“It pains me to admit that as a pre-teen who worshipped Franco Columbo and The Austrian Oak in the late 80s, the idea of a podcast combining scientific journal research and esoteric humor never crossed my mind. (At the time, I had no idea what ‘esoteric’ meant; to be fair, Steve Jobs had no idea what ‘podcast’ meant, either.) But seriously folks, I was already familiar with Eric Helms thanks to the Muscle and Strength Pyramids series, and I knew about Omar (albeit to a lesser degree) because of the prevalence of “Kinda Chunky Kinda Hunky” shirts in my region of North America. Now that I’ve graduated from renting Pumping Iron from the nearest Blockbuster fortnightly, I can honestly say I cherish my driving time with the melodious Helms-Isuf ensemble in the background. More than once per podcast I’ll hear something that vasodilates and striates my cerebral cortex to an RPE 8-9. And even when their muscular chorus fails to elicit optimal arousal, at least I can sleep easy knowing someone out there gets me and my iron obsession. Five stars. #thiccboiz”
PersistPowerlifting via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/06/23