John, there’s nobody else like you in the rest of the bodybuilding industry. You’re the perfect teacher: one who isn’t too egotistical to give away the long hard lessons (that cost you the countless hours of trial and error and endless research) it takes to attain success - FOR FREE! Godbless you for your kindness 🙏 I used to idolise bodybuilders like Kevin Levrone, Flex Wheeler, Lee Priest & Mike Mentzer but no - you are the best. Definitely; hands down the best. 💪👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

"Look at when you train as like your holy time. You protect that." John Meadows unintentionally motivating me to get after it!

Thank god for this man, he’s teaching me so much I’m blessed.

Rip John Meadows❤

I know u r in heaven right now but I have learned so much in the past years bc of you, my gains are great and now I’m dieting and following all ur videos, have to say that thanks to you I have the body I always wanted THANK YOU

I cant begin to explain how much your videos mean to me and how much Ive learned and keep learning. This is my mindset: "Do not accept bad workouts, do not accept weak workouts". Thank YOU John!

Best shape I ever got in (gave myself 12 weeks before a show in 2007) I was doing 45 mins fasted LISS on a spinner in the morning and then really short (30-40mins) intense giant set style training with forced reps. My mantra was lift big, eat small, but it worked. Just couldn't get enough definition on my legs in time for stage...back then I didn't know anything about HIIT or intra nutrition.

I love the perfect timing of your videos John, as I'm about to start my summer diet!

Thanks jon! Awesome advice! Exactly what I needed to hear as I'm starting my diet for a competition

It is a real pleasure to hear you in each video, John. Keep going!

Always dropping knowledge that’s so useful! Thank you John 🙏🏽💪🏽

Hands down this is the best channel on youtube. Thanks for this info bro. I'm from Birmingham in England every year we have something called bodypower it's huge. I've never been but if you come and visit next year il go for sure. 💪

John alwys uploads info that I need xD I love this channel

Thank you for all your help. I've been sick for almost a month and remembered this video and i have been overtraining. You and Jeff nippard are a blessing giving out all this wisdom for free. thank you

Starting my 12-weeks cut this Wednesday. Super pumped after this. Thank you John! 🙏

Great information again, I've definitely noticed that going very low calorie was MUCH easier on my training when I had adequate calories / carbs periworkout than before!

It would be an honour to meet you one day. Watching one of your videos daily has been such an amazing source of solid information. I always wonder so many of these things and you seem to have a very logical broken down answer for them all. Thank you so much

This was the most thoroughly explained information and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Thanks for posting! Been watching a few of your vids today, good stuff! I'll probably never step on stage, but I've been working out consistently for the past 17 years, and it took me too long to discover the importance of nutrition. 💪🏽

Great stuff John. As a 52yo nat I need to hear this info at least twice a year. 👍🏼

wow! i really got some good info on here from this moment forward im gonna tweak it so hopfully not one workout suffers on a diet. strength, endurance, focus etc! today was a great workout. love

Thank you for giving such great advise! Keep them coming

John meadows, you seem like a really cool person👊 appreciate all the videos and information on diet an training. Great work 💪

You motivate me to continue the hard work .Thanks man !

Thank you John this video really helped me I am now keeping my pre and post nutrition the same and I feel a lot of difference in my recovery.

This is a really great video, I'm on a cut now, about three weeks into it and yeah I noticed a big drop in strength for my one rep maxes especially. I tried training in a fasted state too and yeah, it really hits you hard, I totally agree it's better to take the carbs before and after the workouts otherwise it's just an uphill struggle. I need to not be in such a rush to lose the fat overnight. Really really cool video, loads of good tips and definitely stuff I'll keep in mind.

This is what great content looks like! Valueable and applicable information, straight to the point. Thank you John for sharing your knowledge.

So true, A couple years ago my work schedule changed so I had to do weight training in the morning which meant I got 5 meals in through out the day after training. Whereas before I trained in the evening only getting one to two meals in after my workout. My recovery and strength went noticeably up during the time I was training in the morning...

I've spent about two weeks trying to get the answers to my questions, answers that were all clarified in this one 10min video. Thank you!

I'm so glad he said this. I realized when dieting that I MUST have normal carbs just before and after my workouts. Any other meal, no problems. Cut away. But before the weight and after the weight, those meals are sacred. Another great video from John.

Thanks For The Great Advice Your Channel Is Lit 🔥🔥🔥💪🏾

Favourite video yet. Thanks mate ♥️

thanks john. your videos are awesome and full of useful info

Love how you differentiate and keep it honest.

Thanx john, i am close to 10% and i haver noticed that i havent been giving it the fullest lately. This video came at thr right moment!!! Thank you.

Thanks again Big John! Not only do you provide relevant and valuable info, but you always seem to involve cool super heroes in your vids! Like today is Ghostrider, in other vids were nightcrawler, Captain America and Beast in ur T shirts! You are one COOL dude! Keep the great content coming and as ALWAYS, i look forward to ur new vids! Cheers buddy!

I love love love when I see a notification from your channel! Thank you so much, all your uploads are so helpful. I wish I could afford a trainer like you. God bless!

Great video, John. Much appreciated.

I realized from this video that i have been counter productive. I've been intermittent fasting but I'm not that muscular just got some fat. I'm going to be changing this thank you for this video

Fantastic advice! This is what I did during my last cut and I actually still managed to GAIN a bit of strength while getting shredded. As my carbs reduced, I took them from breakfast and lunch, but no matter what I always had my pre and post workout carbs.

Amazing info as usual!! Thanks John!!

John you are the only one giving real new info. That's why I buy your products

Wow! Thank you so much, I really appreciate this video...im doing my first show ever in 5 months so this is huge help❤

thanks John! awseome info as always. i use brocolli in my non workout window meals for low carb but enough volume for satiety !

Thanks a million John! So helpful. Started my prep for the Masters this week.

Thanks John, really helpful & insightful as usual. Kind regards, Richard U.K

Excellent info. What a legend you were John.

Wow this was great information! Thanks John!

I've always sandwiched my workout between two starchy carb meals when dieting. It works awesome! Thanks for the video brother.

Im wit u 100%!💯 i was misinformed to take fat burners pre workout during a prep. Not the same "push". After a while i was like " i should be focused on training hard and heavy, not burning fat"

Such a fantastic video!!! Thank you!

Great vid bro-i'm jealous of yer Ghost Rider action figure!

So happy to see your channel growing. The information was gold for someone like me who is preparing to compete this year. I was hitting very light weights for very high repetitions(50) for now. Will definitely change the training style and assess the results. Thank you. Good Luck. Hope you reach 100k very soon.

Hey John thanks for your videos I need information like this since powerlifting season is over for me I started training more like a bodybuilder. So I have to continue working heavy so I can get bigger more reps.

Fantastic advice and perfectly timed.

As awesomeness as always! Great video!

Insulin is the key to muscle and fat loss. After 10 years of training and basically rubber banding back to the same average physique I've only just clocked on. Big thanks for sharing the information. Shame I didn't know this at the start.

Damn, this hits home so hard right now. I’ve been on a cut already for 5 weeks and have lost like 8 pounds and have been pushing myself hard in the gym unlike previous cuts. I’ve felt great but one thing you mentioned is that my pump just seems to disappear completely after like 45 solid concentrated minutes. It’s so weird because I can still push myself I feel but it’s just not there, that’s when I start finishing up. Never has happened to me before but I’m glad I’m doing this just like you explained.....you’re awesome thank you for the advice

Am I the only one who watches John's videos for his voice as much as his tips? This guy may have the most endearing American accent I've ever heard, I hope my future boss sounds like this 😀

Yes. I’m in contest prep. The only time I eat carbs are around my workout. Zero the rest of the day. I have about an hour long pump and good workout, then I flatline and I leave. I’m miserable the rest of the day, but still get good workouts.

Great info that applies to me right now.

Thanks for the advice OG 🙏.

John great tips this is super helpful thanks

Omg Mr Meadows! Great info. I needed this.

I've been eating way too much lately. Still training intense. Might be time for a cut. Thanks coach.

Thanks as always MD!

I'm a type 2 and have like, zero tolerance for carbs at all, so I am trying to train hard on extremely limited carb intake, only what I get from veggies. I wouldn't call it keto, per se, because I am getting most of my calories from protein, but I am throwing in a little extra fat. BCAA's are essential for me to get through my workouts, which are some straight up '70's style Bill Pearl era type stuff, 2 hours of high intensity supersets but I tend to try to keep to either 3 total body workouts or 4 splits, I tend to go chest/back/legs one day, shoulder/bi/tri the next, 5x6-8 with pyramids, generally 2 exercises per part. I found that was the sweet spot for me with some LISS in there. I do use some fat burner (ECA) and am experimenting with something to help me retain muscle while cutting, which I do notice a difference vs when I was totally natural. Post workout for me is usually ham and cheese, with something like, say, a pound of hamburger for dinner with maybe broccoli or some greens. Still sitting at 228 right now, 5'8, and roughly 20-22% BF atm but I've got another 6 weeks of cutting and am now working on drastically reducing calories while keeping protein uptake high, and am considering adding a meal of something like sweet potato. Great video!

Needed to hear that as I did what you said to be a experiment and had a body break down while at work. Opps lol

Thanks for all the info you have shared with us! May God continued to bless you.....✍🏽

Thanx for posting this knowledge ♥️

Your subs have blown up recently! Congrats!

This is gold!

I appreciate your knowledge John, keep doing videos on here

true to the point and so damn valuable

Great stuff great info

i find that carb cycling is great for having great energy levels throughout the week. also not starting a cut too aggressively

Awesome vid John. Can you do a video on trying to build muscle on a plant based diet. I recently tried doing this and my strength consistently went down on all major lifts. For a month now. Trying to be healthier but not lose everything i worked so hard to build for the last 10 years.

Another great video.

Great vid, great info

Spot on advice

is always my goal to lift the same weight after losing 15-20 lbs of fat

Wow really good info, thank you so much

great advice thanks

Thanks. Brother this video helped me out a lot

Wow really great video, I learned a lot, thanks!

Great video.

thanks John!

Thanks I have been struggling with this

These were great tips thanks

Thanks Coach!

Thanks for the video man. About that last part on cardio: I think a lot of cardio can't hurt as long as weight training gets proper amount of reps and intensity. But I have no experience so don't listen to me hehe

Thank you John

John, it is 2020, we need another Cutting video :-) You are awesome!

So much to be said now for becoming a fat adapted athlete. I don’t eat carbs mostly carnivore focused. Protein is my focus with just a little vegetables. Energy is amazing and I never bonk. Maybe it is time to give it a try?

This is GOLD

Great video!

EAAs & Vitargo intra-workout big difference in recovery when dieting. Week 5 of cutting atm no loss in strength, pump is there and 10lbs down, now the good stuff comes..

Im late but i feel this video was made for me thank you so much

Great information

Wish i had your mind set on a diet.. BUT.. that's a bad 4 letter word to me.. i doubt i'll ever be in the shape you are in.. but, one day i hope to be in My best shape ever! thanks for the info!