Raising the Bar 4: CHAPTER 9 - "Have they ever f**king tried it??!!??

[Mike Pulcinella]

Chapter 9 Synopsis:


As Mike publishes the first completed short for his new positive motivational MHP fitness video series, he encounters a surprising amount of NEGATIVE response online…and this negative attention goes far beyond that typically expected from ‘internet trolls'.


As a documentarian, his curiosity about this negativity leads Mike down a rabbit-hole that ends up in a confrontation with certain new and radical ideas that challenge decades of ‘bodybuilding truths’.


Mike’s brother, Dave Pulcinella - a bodybuilder who competed for almost thirty years - joins the conversation and finds an adversary in one of the most outstanding figures in the new culture of bodybuilding.


Ian McCarthy—founder of ‘No Bull**** Bodybuilding’—disparages Dave’s years of experience by using empirical data and science to try and ‘disprove’ methods used by top bodybuilders throughout the entire history of the sport.


Challenging questions arise as Mike investigates the nature of bodybuilding and how it relates to health and fitness.


Is bodybuilding even meant to be “healthy”?


Dave prepares to sit down with Ian for a formal debate as anecdotal experience clashes with empiricism and science in ways unforeseen and even staggering.


• Featured in this episode is an in-depth exploration of the accuracy of the science in the studies that those in the IIFYM crowd use to support their position on the role of diet in fat loss and muscle gain.

[Poker face Ace]

Ian is a idiot