Justin Harris and Dani LaMartina are guests on this episode of Dave Tate’s Table Talk to discuss training, recovery, and diet in lifting.
“Dumbbell rows are bodybuilding burpees.” For more wisdom and the full post-Table Talk Podcast workout with Justin Harris, read on. This back workout is complete with pull-overs, pull-downs, deadlifts, and multiple row variations (one by which Justin deems as the best lat exercise there is).
Dave Tate and Justin Harris reflect on how they first met and a handful of the adventures they shared during Dave’s post-powerlifting retirement diet.
In this snippet from a Table Talk Podcast episode, Dave Tate and Justin Harris discuss Janae Kroc’s return to the bodybuilding circuit and how hormones may (or may not) affect her return to the sport.
Carb cycling: A fancy phrase for rotating calories. Nutritionist Justin Harris breaks down why you should be carb cycling and why it works in simple terms.
It’s better to have one cheat meal a week than to go off of the program and eat on a day that you’ve burned off a lot of calories and now have taken in more calories than lost. Don’t turn a fat-burning day into a fat-gaining day.
Dave Tate sits down with bodybuilding contest prep guru Justin Harris, who helped bring Dave down to single-digit body fat levels — a feat few people thought possible.
Not all online trainers are bad. Many members of team elitefts have been in this line of work for decades, training people long before social media even existed. Here’s what to look for.
How many carbohydrates do you need in every meal? Should you consume more on training days than rest days? How many grams of protein are necessary? These actually aren’t the questions you should be asking.
All in one spot, check out the entire 7-part discussion with Dave Tate and Justin Harris. Pre-workout energy, GPP, muscle loss while dieting, and training age are just a few of the topics discussed.
Training programs, nutrition plans, supplement protocols — sorting through all this information to find really works may seem difficult. It doesn’t have to be.
100 grams per day? 200? 300? And is it possible too have too much?
You will meet people who change your life forever. I’ve found most of mine within the four steel walls we call a gym.
There are rules about training age that apply whether you’re 15 or 50.
Does it really make a difference if you do your cardio before or after eating in the morning?
You can train shoulders in a lot of ways, from a lot of different angles. Including the full workout, one of bodybuilding’s brightest minds shows how to do it best.
Getting better at a box squat and making the most of your diet may sound like they have nothing in common. They do.
You hear a lot about GPP and aerobic capacity, but does it actually make a difference for a powerlifter or a bodybuilder? Dave and Justin weigh in.
Are all sources of pre-workout energy created equal? In this video, Dave and Justin discuss the best way to find motivation in the gym.
That time of the year is right around the corner. No, I’m not talking about giving and receiving gifts. What I’m talking about is…
If you have only one opportunity per month to eat the foods you want, you don’t waste it. By the end of the night I felt like I was going to die.
Elitefts strength athletes and coaches discuss the most influential knowledge they have gained in their careers.
Do you struggle with stiff leg deadlifts? Use a hack squat to get more out of your stiff leg deadlift!
What happens when you mix atomic physics with meathead instinct?
This unique, time-proven methodology has made Harris a master of both bodybuilding and powerlifting.
As a complete source of essential amino acids, red meats can increase protein synthesis by avoiding the downfalls of rate-limiting factors.
Are green-leafy vegetables and “free” foods the missing links to your diet?
Dave was a 300-pound powerlifter. 1200 grams of carbohydrates and a stack of double cheeseburgers later, he had more abs than we could count.
David Allen, Justin Harris, and Josh McMillan break down mental and physical barriers to success.
When there's something weird hangin' in your fridge, who you gonna call? FatBusters. When you hit an ab shot and it don't look good, who you gonna call? FatBusters. I ain't afraid of no carbs.
Skip this interview if you want to stay ignorant about nutrition.
Some nutrition and training gems from Justin that you may have forgotten.
Should bodybuilders eat clean (non-processed whole foods) all the time when preparing for contests?
Recently on the Q&A, someone asked me about my thoughts on tweaking the DC training program. He was having some difficulties getting his numbers up but was worried about not following the program to the letter.
I can confidently say, “If you’ve attended one elitefts seminar…well, you’ve really only attended one elitefts seminar. And you have no idea what you’re missing if you don’t attend more.”
I’ve found a nice way to trick the body. You end up eating a higher volume of food, all while dropping calories twice.
Justin is the owner of Troponin Nutrition. Justin’s writing has been featured in numerous publications, including Muscular Development and Ironman, and he’s successfully helped hundreds of athletes with their diet and nutritional programming.
