On the first installment of the Bulk Boys podcast, I interview Jakob S of @JSStrength, a powerlifter and coach who's already putting up staunch numbers at the age of twenty. (Correction: I said he was twenty-one in my introduction, but his birthday isn't until April 1st.) Our conversation covers the impact of temperament on training, how to progressively overload your mindset, our mutual fanboying over  @ShetharTraining  and  @peterubishfitness , and selfishness as the truest path to altruism. Stay tuned for part two of our discussion, which should be dropping on Easter. You can find Jakob at  @JSStrength  on Youtube and jsstrength_0 on Instagram, and email him at jsstrength@outlook.com for coaching inquiries. TIMESTAMPS: 1:50 moving back to New Mexico; gap year 2:50 the challenge of accepting that you know yourself best 6:10 How Jakob got into lifting 7:25 Why overhead and incline pressing have better carryover to contact sports 9:10 Sloth and heartbreak: the perfect potion 11:10 That one ex that we aren’t going to talk about 12:30 pulling a hammy 13:00 Fellas will bang the wall if they don’t have an outlet 13:45 Low bar is a finicky outlet, especially with a hamstring injury 14:15 Jakob’s 500 pound squat 15:00 Becoming the Shane Hunt of Anytime Fitness 15:30 Our mutual admiration of hamstrings; Cailer Woolam’s rear glute spread 16:00 Jakob’s experience coaching high school powerlifters 16:45 Jakob’s experience mogging high school powerlifters 18:00 Jakob’s early and diverse strength training influences 19:15 The benefits of knowing that you don’t know 26:00 Jakob’s freak athlete Dom 27:00 Laboring in obscurity 29:15 Jakob trains every damn day 31:15 Jakob wants you to throw out your pre-workout 31:50 A tornado tries to sweep him off to Oz 33:45 Shouts out to @Shethartraining 34:15 Getting caught in the hype; central fatigue; wave loading your adrenaline 36:40 Tailoring training to disposition 37:30 Jakob’s plans for competing 39:00 Jakob is a true bulk boy 39:15 Jakob is about to stop being a true bulk boy 39:40 Getting veiny for the ladies 40:30 Doing his own dental work 40:55 My bleeding-heart snowflake encouragement 42:45 Closet powerbuilders; why I’m not Dan Green (yet) 43:30 How Jakob programs accessories 44:15 One weird trick to explosive progress 46:30 Bulk boys are carb boys 46:50 Jakob goes exercise scientist about how carbs facilitate anabolic signaling 48:00 Shouts out to @MPMD 48:40 Protein quality/amino acid profiles 50:05 Bulk boys are also beef boys 50:45 I am going to get evicted if I can’t monetize this channel 52:00 Anal pencil-necks 54:15 GPs know broadly, but not deeply 55:00 Just do this thing 56:00 Jakob’s house getting robbed by Andrew Huberman fans 56:40 A simple kind of bulk boy 57:00 Poverty makes you seem enlightened 59:30 You have to address yourself before you can address others; the value of honest selfishness Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio