Exercise Science: A waste of college w/Strongman coach Alec Jose, founder of RPE.11

We sit down with strongman and weightlifting coach Alec Jose, who has garnered a little bit of controversy this week in his promotion of the long maligned "belt clean" in strongman. We didn't get to cover that topic but he did go after lots of sacred cows like the waste of a degree that Exercise Physiology is for personal trainers, why strongman gets it wrong in regards to training (and what they get right), how PEDs really do work if you work them right, and the general silliness of the "fitness" industry.   Keeping in line with a strong tradition of s*it talking, this episode of The Pump should have you simultaneously angered and laughing.   :30 Intro 2:00 Alec identifies Dean's personality as that of a pick up artist 5:20 Alec's history at Peak Performance, Exercise Science, how to gain respect 10:00 Application of training methodology 17:00 Real friends and honesty 22:00 Building a backyard gym in Brooklyn during Covid 25:00 Craziness of strongman in NYC 30:00 Training environment 35:00 Breaking the mold of old training rules 40:00 Journalism background pays off 45:00 Stupid helps strong 47:00 Fake natty 50:00 Drugs, drug testing, drugs 1:02:00 Crazy powerlifters 1:10:00 Closing thoughts   Find Alec www.teamrpe11.com IG @Alecjose      @RPE.11