The Drop Set with Darin Starr: Bodybuilding for the Masses

The Drop Set with Darin Starr:  Bodybuilding for the Masses


Latest Episodes

244 – Being “Ready” For a Show, Supplement Sh!tlist
February 06, 2024

One of the absolute most common questions I get is when will I be ready for a show, or Im 14 weeks out, will I be ready? or some variation on the theme. My usual answer is well, its complicate

243 – Prep is Underway! Best Kitchen Tools for Bodybuilders
January 23, 2024

Hey Darin, can you be rambling and borderline incoherent for 40 minutes? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. The real question: drunk or sober? Sadly, the latter. Yes, this is sober me and I still behave like th

242 – Figure Olympian and Posing Guru Autumn Cleveland
January 12, 2024

Autumn Cleveland has been around for a bit with a competition history of 20+ years and a couple Olympia appearances to show for it. She has also positioned herself as an authority on posing, offerin

241 – The Growth Season Manifesto
January 05, 2024

What makes for a good and productive growth season? Conversely, what makes for a bad one? How do we define whether its good or bad? What should your goals be? How much balance is too much balance

240 – Semaglutide – WTF Are We Doing With This?
December 20, 2023

A little random pre-Christmas catch up on some stuff, and thankfully MUCH lighter fare than last week and then we dive in to a topic suggested by my former client Jessica who wanted to get my take o

239 – Make Every Day Count
December 12, 2023

Rest in peace to my friend and coach Krissy Lia, you will be missed.

238 – Optimal vs. Practical
December 05, 2023

Lots of ground to cover today. Michelle called in with some solid questions concerning peptides and deloads (separate questionsnot a weird combination of deloading peptides), and I ramble on for a b

237 – Confessions of an Online Coach
November 28, 2023

Throwback episode! No not a greatest hits release but just going back to the old formatting. Call me an optimist but I think after 237 episodes Im starting to get the hang of this podcast thing.

Fixing the Show Day Experience with Live Streaming
November 08, 2023

Future generations will look back and see Episode 236 of The Drop Set as a watershed moment for humanity. Maybe. Ok, maybe not so much. But let it be known Im trying some different stuff here, so

235 - New IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Hannah Hussein
October 24, 2023

Hannah Hussein and I have one thing in common (well, we probably all do) we both did dumb shit in our 20s. The difference is that today, shes here on the hot seat to talk about hers while mine wil