Summary: -----------------------------------<br> ♦ JC Santana on Hybrid Training, Biomechanics, Supplements and More ♦<br> ------------------------------------<br> <br> JC Santana returned once again to discuss a wide variety of topics related to functional training, mixing various hybrid forms of training, diet, supplements, aging, real life, and more.<br> <br> <br> ♦ Assorted Topics ♦<br> <br> <br> The trio discussed different gym environments. Sometimes JC will spend literally 2 hours going through his workout, and yes, that includes lots of chatting with friends. But he still gets the work done.<br> <br> Scott lamented the differences in gym environments these days, comparing your average big commercial gym to the comradery you can see in Pumping Iron.<br> <br> Mike noted that Daniel Coyle talks a lot about talent hot spots or talent hot beds in his book, Talent is Overrated, and his upcoming book, The Culture Code, is actually going to be all about these.<br> <br> JC admits to being a “biohacker,” and downs 35-40 pills a day. But he thinks when you get into it for vanity reasons, well, that’s a slippery slope.<br> <br> Bret Contreras’ glute work has helped JC a lot recently with his squats, and for the first time he’s actually feeling his glutes in his squats. But to do this, it involved a lot of exercises that guys typically don’t want to do… because they’re misguidedly viewed as “women’s exercises”.<br> <br> There was a lot of discussion about hybridity and hybrid forms of training – when to bring bodybuilding into functional training, or vice versa.<br> <br> The dumbest thing JC has done? Stepping on a stability ball to talk about how dumb it is to step on a stability ball. Yes, it led to injury.<br> <br> <br> --------------------------<br> ♦ LINKS & RESOURCES ♦<br> --------------------------<br> <br> <br> JC’s Main Website – IHPfit.com<br> <br> JC Santana Instagram - Instagram.com/ihpfit<br> <br> Facebook - Facebook.com/JCSIHP
