Joe kicks off the final show of 2023 by updating the audience on his mystery/chronic laryngitis... He then reads the best iTunes review of the year and announces January's [extended] "MuscleUp" supplement sale before getting into this week's main show topic: How To Make The Best Gains of Your Life in 2024 [Avoid These 7 Mistakes!] *For a full list of Show Notes + Timestamps visit www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com. Happy New Year, everyone!

• IMPORTANT LINKS
• Team Forever Strong [ONLY $149/year!]
• DeFrancosGymNJ.com
• DeFranco's Nutritional Supplements [*Use coupon: MuscleUpJanuary]

Joe D. is still fighting laryngitis but he refused to miss this week's pre-Christmas show! He opens the show by announcing the 5 winners of his "Gift of Gainz Giveaway" on Instagram. He then fills the audience in on the new program that he's starting Christmas Day. After revealing some details of the new program - he picks up where he left off last week - solving his audiences' biggest training & nutrition problems. Specific topics include: 1) Figuring out your optimal volume for strength & hypertrophy goals 2) How/When to test indicator exercises 3) How to program warm-up sets when the end goal is hypertrophy vs strength 4) How to get a sufficiently challenging leg workout when you're working around previous back injuries 5) Should you change your diet up during a deload week? *For a full list of Show Notes + Timestamps visit www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com

• IMPORTANT LINKS
• Team Forever Strong app [*Use coupon: STRONG150]
• Joe's Instagram (@defrancosgym)
• DeFranco's PUMP-N-PRIME

After contemplating cancelling this week's show [due to "laryngitis"], Joe decides to suck it up, grab the mic, and help solve his audiences' biggest training & nutrition problems! Specific topics include: 1) How NOT to 'fly off the rails' nutritionally during "holiday party season" 2) How to replace heavy Reverse Hypers [when your gym doesn't have a Reverse Hyper machine] & How to perform "vertical pulling" exercises [when your gym doesn't have a Chin-up bar or Lat Pulldown] 3) Unilateral exercise execution - Is it better to do all one side then the other, or alternate arms/legs? 4) How to design 2 consecutive days of Full Body workouts without overlapping movements or patterns? 5) How to warm up your entire body in 6 minutes or less... And More! *For a full list of Show Notes with Timestamps visit www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com.

• Important Links
• Manukora Honey
• DeFranco Whey
• Team Forever Strong
• Upper Back vs Lat-focussed Rows
• Dead Hangs w/ Pec Stretch bias
• Lying Rope "Pullovers"

Joe opens the show by announcing this month's "MuscleUpDecember" supplement sale. He then answers 4 listener questions. TOPICS INCLUDE: 1) Joe's 3 favorite [insanely effective] coaching cues for teaching the box squat, bench press and deadlift 2) The most underrated longevity supplement 3) The best way to overcome left-to-right imbalances 4) The 3 areas of Nutrition that Joe has changed his mind on during the past 5 years. *For a full list of Show Notes + Timestamps goto www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com.

• IMPORTANT LINKS
• DeFranco-brand supplements [*Use code: MuscleUpDecember]
• CPPS courses [*Use code: XMAS40]
• Joe D's instagram (@defrancosgym)