Today we're back to talk with Chris Barakat about the following topics:  0:00- Intro 0:30- Human performance lab 3:00- Chris’s competition season 8:00- Competing naturally in the NPC 9:30- Recomping pre-contest 15:00- Maintaining muscle during a cut 19:15- Fatigue from large free weight exercises 22:40- Collab with Kassem Hanson’ 25:15- Unilateral 28:15- Non-responders 31:00- Psychology relating to misbeliefs 40:30- Future physique improvements 44:30- Natural bodybuilding shows 49:30- Gameplan for the next season 51:00- Stubbornly sticking to exercises 53:00- Peak week for naturals Website and Coaching: https://brainsandgainspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DaveMaconi Smile Fund: https://secure.operationsmile.org/sit...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave_maconi/