This is Jon Andersen. Retired Pro Strongman, Retired Pro Wrestler, Currently an IFBB Pro Bodybuilder. Ask Me Anything

Any questions far away my brothers

Japan is where I experience most of this exotic type food experience

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Brother that is a great question… I created my new version of deepwater thrive to solve that problem… The training is brutal… If we don’t have the body optimized it will not be able to train at that level for very long… Deep part of thrive is all about taking a diet to the next level based upon the individual persons bodyā€˜s response

So unfortunately I cannot give you a straightforward answer on your question my brother

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I understand man, you have to make a living haha

I’ll be sure to check out the thrive stuff

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Hey Jon what about Deep Water Badass. Could you give me a brief description on that?

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The book Text most people much further than they thought they could go my brother so keep on Truckin… Keep kicking ass

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Deepwater bad ass is basically the first generation/name I had created for what is now deep water thrive… Deep water thrive is the king of the mountain because it is based purely off the reaction of the person I am coaching

To be totally honest brother it’s really not because I have to make a living it’s because the program is so specific to the person it’s impossible to answer that question… It customize itself around the person completely unique to the individual… Never the same for two people

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What country is the best to wrestle in?

Do you have any cool stories of wild times with crazy pro wrestlers?

Did you come across many legit Strong Dudes in wrestling?

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Breaking your feelings into smaller sizes more frequent will definitely be helpful brother

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No question Wrestling was a crazy Fun time. In my life… Walking out in front of 50,000 people in the Tokyo Dome is an experience I would have a hard time describing in words… Some of the crazy things you see… Here… Watch happen… And even partake in looking back now blow my mind… How the fuck did I live through all of that… Lol

I had to press East 380 pound 6 foot nine giant over my head in a Tokyo don’t match… Live television… Needless to say I was scared as hell… Lol

Between the recreational drugs are and the painkillers the doctors are always happy to prescribe… It’s not at all surprising how many wrestlers blow their career because they do not have any discipline

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Have you ever had a low back injury bad enough to stop you from doing squats and deadlifts?

If so, what exercises did you do while you were recovering in order to retain strength/size?

Fire away my brothers

What’s up brother… Here is one of the new philosophies I work with in deep water thrive in terms of food choices

Essential fats such as avocado… Olive oil… Avocado oil… Almonds… Almond butter… I want you to start to understand which of these fat sources digest the best for you

In terms of your meat/protein source do the same thing… Keep in mind the more organic it is the better digestion you will have

Deep water thrive the newest version is all focused on a persons digestion

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Great fucking question my brother… I have had multiple ruptured and bulge discs over the course of my career… I competed in my strong Man career on an international basis with two ruptured discs… Very painful to say the least

I ended up having a back surgery… However I will tell you that doing hyper extensions at least every other day three or four sets of 50 will keep your back from having any problems in the future… This is what allows me still to continue to squat and dead lift even with damaged discs

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No questions or anything. Just wanted to stop by and say you’re the f’in man dude.

On the back and chest days in your Deep Water ebook, the progression model seems a little different from the other 2 days in the beginner program, from my perspective. Are we focused on just lowering rest on these 2 days or should we try to add weight as well as these days don’t feature the 10x10?

I truly appreciate your kind words my brother… That means a lot

Great question brother… Your rest. Should always be what I call your sweet spot… You get enough rest you can bring the same intensity back to the next set… If you go to quick you are Not ready… If you wait too long you’re wasting time… When you’re in your sweet spot rest period you maximize every set with weight safely

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I’ll definitely try to do that, it’s tough with work but something I can work on getting better at, thanks.

What are your best deepwater sets? The ones you just went hard as fuck on? Like best squat for reps, DL for reps, power clean for reps etc?