150: DFAC World Champion & Mr. America Winner Robert Thompson Jr.

Welcome back to the Longevity Muscle Podcast! Today we have DFAC Natural Pro Bodybuilding Overall World Champion, Mr. America Winner & WNBF Pro Robert Thompson Jr. joining us!

Timestamps
00:35 Natural Pro World Champion, Mr. America Winner
00:57 Starting a gym in the Cayman Islands (why & how?)
01:48 Robert wins DFAC Worlds & finding purpose 
02:59 DFAC pros (what it means)
03:30 Robert Thompson Jr. on stage with...
04:00 Life changing decisions…
07:20 Robert’s gym in the Cayman Islands!
09:30 Born in Jamaica raise on the Cayman Island
10:12 Robert’s competitive history playing high level football (soccer)
10:55 A life altering knee injury that led to bodybuilding GREATNESS!
13:20 Life in the Cayman Islands
15:12 Training with a meniscus injury (why Robert isn’t competing this year)
16:46 Recovering from severe burn out due to overworking & high level stress
19:35 “Being a personal trainer…” - Robert’s goal
20:15 Robert talks about his clients, mental health & suicide.
21:55 Robert’s message to those who are struggling
23:19 Social media is a tool (It's how you use it...)
25:03 Robert Thompson’s training approach (mindset)
27:30 Compound lifts
27:58 Isolation lifts
28:02 This is the key for adding new muscle tissue!
29:09 Robert’s ideal rep range
30:05 Robert’s training split (deadlifts on leg day or back day?)
31:03 Intensity of effort
32:35 Is training the same offseason vs. Contest prep? (Robert explains)
34:10 High reps or low reps? Robert explains
34:58 How many hard sets per exercise?
37:05 Training to failure

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