Phat Muscle Project

Phat Muscle Project


Ep. 68: The Evolution of Dr. Jim Stoppani

October 15, 2025

Get ready to hear about Dr. Jim Stoppani’s journey from researcher to writing for bodybuilding magazines and starting his own supplement line!

  • Who is Dr. Jim Stoppani?
  • Where was the industry in late 1990’s and early 2000’s for you.  Where did you start to make your mark and start to become known as an expert in the industry?
  • Message boards, bodybuilding.com and magazines- what were the most crucial to your career and what did you love about it, and dislike about it?
  • The shift of attention from these places to social media- how did you make the shift?  Were you late to the industry or on time?
  • Starting your own line Jym Supplements- what year did this start, and what was the driving force behind it?
  • How did year 1 go?  What are the biggest mistakes you learned from?
  • When did the supp line hit that next level and start to grow really well? What was the driving force of that?
  • Q&A
  • What are the number 1 things people need to know about supplements and nutrition facts that you see people miss?
  • Where do you see the supp industry headed in the next 10 years?  More functional and health based stuff being added?
  • 25g creatine a day thoughts for cognitive function.
  • Natural test boosters good or meh?
  • What are you excited about either as a supp, ingredient, etc?
  • What keeps you up at night?
  • If you could go back and tell Jim in the year 2000 anything you wanted what would it be?
  • Closing thoughts

Links:

PHAT Muscle Supps- www.phatmuscleproject.com 

John:

IG: @teamgorman
Email: john@team-gorman.net

Lisa:

IG: @nutritioncoachingandlife 
Email: lisa@nutritioncoachingandlife.com
Website: www.nutritioncoachingandlife.com

Info Jim:

JYM Supplement Science (@jymsupps) • Instagram photos and videos
Jim Stoppani, PhD (@jimstoppani) • Instagram photos and videos
Real science. Real products. Unreal results. | Jym
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