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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!<\/p>\n
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\u00a0
02:59 DFAC pros (what it means)
03:30 Robert Thompson Jr. on stage with…
04:00 Life changing decisions\u2026
07:20 Robert\u2019s gym in the Cayman Islands!
09:30 Born in Jamaica raise on the Cayman Island
10:12 Robert\u2019s 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\u2019t competing this year)
16:46 Recovering from severe burn out due to overworking & high level stress
19:35 \u201cBeing a personal trainer\u2026\u201d – Robert\u2019s goal
20:15 Robert talks about his clients, mental health & suicide.
21:55 Robert\u2019s message to those who are struggling
23:19 Social media is a tool (It's how you use it…)
25:03 Robert Thompson\u2019s 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\u2019s ideal rep range
30:05 Robert\u2019s 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<\/p>\n
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