elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew: https://www.elitefts.com/join-the-crew     Paul Carter takes a seat in this 182nd podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Paul Carter has spent over thirty years dedicating his life to the pursuit of strength and hypertrophy development. As a competitive powerlifter and bodybuilding, he has coached elite powerlifters and bodybuilders and has worked with some of the premier minds in the field, including John Meadows, Charles Poliquin, Ed Coan, Alan Aragon, and Chris Beardsley. Paul's primary focus is muscle physiology, biomechanics, and anatomy research. Paul's IG: https://www.instagram.com/liftrunbang1/     ABOUT THE HOST Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™. Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/underthebar/?hl=en SPONSORS   Marek Health Marek Health is the telehealth platform that connects customers to partnered providers focusing on hormone optimization and preventative medicine—offering self-service labs at great prices and guided optimization. https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/ Use Code Tabletalk for 10% off your first order. Also, check out the Table Talk Panel: https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/      1st Detachment  1st Detachment (1D) is a veteran-founded, expert-formulated supplement company led by renowned coach Justin Harris and optimal living specialist Joe Miller. From a game-changing pre-workout to potent glucose disposal agents & industry-leading intra-workout, we’ve combined science with real-world experience to custom-formulate each product. We are battle tested. Are you? Find your battle today! Use code TABLETALK10 at checkout for 10% OFF your order. https://1stdetachment.com/   elitefts   If you can put it in a gym bag or load weight on it, we have you covered. https://www.elitefts.com/ Use Code TABLE TALK for 10% off your first elitefts order.   SUPPORT THE SHOW   All profits from elitefts Limited Edition Apparel, Table Talk Coffee, and Team elitefts Workouts, Programs, and Training eBooks support Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast. Shop these elitefts items: https://www.elitefts.com/content/table-talk/   Support Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast by joining the crew.  https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/    elitefts Shop: https://www.elitefts.com/   elitefts IG: https://www.instagram.com/elitefts/ 0:00 Sponsors 3:20 Who is Paul Carter 9:20 Going to failure, RPE, RIR 18:40 What does Paul use for training hypertrophy 32:10 Some of John Meadows trainings principles 47:00 Biggest road block in progress is Fatigue 52:00 Bodybuilding training is “simple” however not Easy 1:00:00 Training Hard….what is Hard? 1:14:15 Mental overriding physical obstacles 1:22:30 Training muscle or training movement 1:47:40 More discussion on fatigue, pre-workout, intra-workout 2:11:20 The Classic ECA stack 2:18:25 Tren discussion 2:29: Learning to overcome training adversity and plateaus before PEDS and intensifiers 2:32:00 Inspiring on social media 2:43:55 Adversity on social media 3:02:00 Intensification lifting techniques 3:21:50 Truly productive training is BORING on paper 3:28:25 Internal leverages change as size increases 3:41:00 Additional topics of discussion STRETCHING 3:50:50 Finding Paul on Social Media