We're getting deep into discussion with our Special Guest, author, and researcher, Christopher Barakat. William Grazione, owner of the Educated Dieter is joined with Co-Host Coach Gillis. Chris Barakat Visits HQ to talk about his current bodybuilding show prep and discuss how a person can maintain as much lean body mass as possible during the process. We learn how Chris adapted his coaching business during the pandemic while gyms and bodybuilding shows were shut down and how COVID also ushered in an influx of new fitness coaches in the last 18 months. With that influx, we address concerns and give insight into what we think the fitness industry will be like in the next five years. Finally, Chris will fill us in on what it means to be an evidence-based fitness coach and how to interpret studies and understand what outlying variables are at play. It's not always as cut and dry as the information is laid out to be.