40fit Radio
by 40fit Radio
40fit Radio is THE source for fitness, health, and lifestyle for 40+ aged Masters individuals. Hosted by Dr. Darin Deaton, DPT, Starting Strength Coach, and CrossFit Certified Trainer, Darin brings a refreshing science and experiential based viewpoint. He also hosts content experts on everything involving fitness and health. Whether you're just getting started on your journey to fitness and health or you're a pro, 40fit Radio has something to offer you!
Episodes
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#122 - Don't Call It Come Back! Power Cleans for the Masters Lifter
Coach D and Coach Trent are back (finally) with a new episode, broadcasting from THE Wichita Falls Athletic Club, the home of Mark Rippetoe and the birthplace of the Starting Strength model. Today they discuss the role of the power clean for the Masters lifter -- should you be doing it? Should…
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#121 - We're Back!
After a several month hiatus, Darin and Trent are back with 40fit Radio!
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#120 - ALL or NOTHING: Getting Away from the Extremes in Your Health and Fitness
Coach Darin has said it before, humans like to "complicate to validate." The bigger, faster, more complex, more "science-y," the better! Right? Likewise, the idea that fitness is an intense, all-in pursuit pervades media and popular training programs. Frankly, it's exhausting! Health and fitness...
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#119 - Coaches' Corner: Low Stress Programming for Intermediate Lifters
Darin, Trent, and Charity convene for another coaches corner, this time offering some strategies for lowering systemic stress while programming for the intermediate lifter. The intermediate lifter with some training history on her belt -- we sometimes refer to these lifters as "middle...
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#118 - Exploring the Micronutrients: Vitamins and Minerals
Coach D and Trent discuss the most important vitamins you should be getting from your diet and supplements. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
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#117 - Why You Should Stop Worrying About PR's
Coach D, Trent, and Charity discuss the tendency of strength coaches and athletes to get hung up chasing PR's on the bar, and missing the forest for the trees -- that is, the greater PR's in life such as raising good families, growing mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. You can find Charity…
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#116 - Cardio Is Not a Magic Bullet
It's January, and that means there are millions of people trying to make good on their New Years' Resolutions. For many, this resolution involves losing weight, cutting body fat, and "leaning up." And predictably many resolutioners first instinct is to hit the cardio machines -- treadmills,...
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#115 - Getting Back Into the Gym After COVID
Coach Charity Hambrick returns to the show to discuss her experience contracting COVID-19 and her slow road to get back into training afterward. Though she contracted COVID back in October 2020, Charity had lingering fatigue and muscle cramps for weeks, and loss of smell that lasted for over…
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#114 - Masters Programming: Volume vs Intensity for Longevity
The last episode of 2020! Thanks for tuning in, and we look forward to keeping the conversation about health and fitness going in the New Year. In today's episode, Coach D and Coach Trent discuss the concept of selecting appropriate volume and intensity for a Masters athlete. These are two of the...
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#113 - Getting Warm When the Weather Is Cold
In the strength community, the typical advice about warmups is to start warming up with the first barbell lift you will be performing. For many people, especially novices, this will be the squat, so the warm-up would consist of a couple sets of five with the empty bar, then a few progressively...
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#112 - Motion Is Lotion: The Secret to Long-Term Joint Health
Coach D and Coach Trent continue the discussion on sustainable fitness by diving deeper on the topic of joint health. As the saying goes, "motion is lotion," but what kind of motion should we be doing in training, and is there such thing as too much? As with many things, moderation is key, and...
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#111 - Coaches' Corner: Fitness and Health Is a Long-Term Project
Coach Charity Hambrick returns to the podcast for a sort of "coaches' roundtable," an impromptu discussion between three coaches talking shop about training, programming philosophy, and long-term health and fitness. As Coach D reminds us, we're all organisms with a certain trajectory. We're born,...
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#110 - Fitness for the Reluctant Trainee with Charity Hambrick
What if you just don't like exercise? What if you have trouble sticking with anything physically hard? How do overcome these hurdles? Not everyone falls in love with training, and that's OK. You can still enjoy the health and physique benefits of training! Strength coach and accomplished Master's...
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#109 - The Sustainable Fitness Mindset
Coach D and Coach Trent discuss the importance of training with a long-term mindset and an eye on sustainability -- training smart now so you that you can keep training for years! Trent analogizes fitness with cars. If you let a car sit for months, or years, then it starts to deteriorate. A car...
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#108 - Regenerative Medicine for the Masters Athlete with Dr. Daniel Clearfield Pt. 2
In Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Clearfield, he explains how he "helps the body heal itself" using treatments such as proliferative therapy, joint manipulation, platelet-rich plasma injections, and traditional physical therapy and exercise. Dr. Clearfield also discusses his process for…
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#107 - Regenerative Medicine for the Masters Athlete with Dr. Daniel Clearfield
As we've said many times, training for strength improves tissue quality, flexibility, and joint health, especially for Masters lifters who have accumulated some bumps and bruises along the road of life. However, some Masters trainees find that even after they have acquired a solid baseline level…
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#106 - The Secret to Success Is Hidden In Your Daily Routine
Want to change your body, change your health, change the way you eat and train? It all starts with the habits you cultivate, and your daily routine. Many folks start a fitness program because they have been driven to change. Something has pushed them over the edge -- the way they look, the way…
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#105 - Fresh Eyes: The Importance of Getting New Perspectives on Your Training
Consistency is the key to progress in fitness and nutrition, and that often means doing the same thing workout to workout (ensuring you have a logical progression built into your training program) for long periods of time. Fitness is a marathon, not a sprint, after all. But sometimes the slow,...
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#104 - Training with Joint Replacements
Coach D delivers an overview of total joint replacements, their effectiveness, their limitations, and the considerations for training before and after surgery. Modern medicine has developed artificial joints which can replace damaged or worn out joints in the human body, often with great results....
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#103 - Meet Brad: Using the Barbell to Conquer Back Pain and Obesity
In another 40fit athlete profile, Fort Worth Strength member Brad Lamar joins the show to talk about his amazing journey of losing 50lbs and nearly 10in off his waist while getting stronger and leaner than he's ever been. Brad is a 49-year old IT professional in the healthcare industry who began...
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#102 - Meet Clif: Treating Diabetes with Iron Medicine
Today a member of Fort Worth Strength & Conditioning joins the show to discuss his journey going from overweight and diabetic to fit and strong with well-managed blood sugar. Clif Hadley is a 61-year old IT professional with no prior athletic background (well, not since high school at least!) and...
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#101 - Knee Pain, "Bad" Knees, and Why You Still Need to Squat
Back pain may be the most common type of pain humans experience, but knee pain is a close second. What do you do if you have painful knees, but still need to train? Coach D and Trent discuss the anatomy of the knee, the various causes of knee pain, and tips for training through knee pain. Connect...
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#100 - Tips for Training with Back Pain
Back pain is ubiquitous, and an unfortunate reality of being human. As Darin and Trent described in their four-part series of back pain (see episodes 28, 29, 31, and 33), it is a complex problem with many facets, including structural, psychological, and even social causes. That said, many…
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#99 - Stalling Out on Linear Progression? EAT MORE FOOD!
Coach D and Trent are back after a short break to talk about some trainee's reluctance to increase their calories while barbell training and conditioning. Perhaps driven by a fear of "getting fat," some trainees try to restrict their calories, particularly their carbohydrate intake, during the...
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#98 - Modifying the Lifts for Tight and Injured Shoulders
Coach D and Coach Trent discuss how they modify the barbell lifts and the novice linear progression for trainees with weak, injured, or tight shoulders. As always, they stick by the basic principle of making the lifter adapt to the model and the process, not adapting the process to fit the…
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#97 - A Case Study in Barbell Training: Jay Presti's 12-Week Transformation
Professional hunter, videographer, and host of the show Blue Collar Adventures, Jay Presti, returns to the show to share the progress he's made barbell training during his novice linear progression. After just 12 weeks of training, Jay has increased each of his lifts by more than double, he's...
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#96 - Fitness Insights from the Quarantine
Coach D and Trent reflect on the recent quarantine and how it has impacted their thinking about health and fitness. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
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#95 - Programming for Women: Sets and Reps
Following Ep. 94's discussion on sets and reps, Coach D and Coach Trent discuss some of the programming changes they make for female trainees during the novice progression and throughout the advanced novice phase. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
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#94 - Sets, Reps, and Programming for the Advanced Novice
Coach D and Trent discuss the rationale behind the novice linear progression's use of 3 sets of 5 for the squat, press, and bench, and 1 set of 5 for the deadlift. They also discuss how and why these rep ranges can be altered as a trainee reaches the end of the novice phase and transitions…
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#93 - Safetyism and the Coddling of the American Mind
Where do you draw the line between safety and logic? In today's episode we discuss the three great "untruths" that pervade American culture. The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt:...
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#92 - Don't Call It A Comeback! What to Do When You Go Back to the Gym
Coach Darin and Trent discuss how to adjust your program after a prolonged layoff. As the world begins to open up from quarantine, many people will be able to go to the gym for the first time in several weeks. Detraining is an inevitable result of such a long layoff, however, so care must be…
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#91 - Heavier Things: Why Masters Need to Lift Heavy
Coach D and Trent have extolled the virtues of lifting barbells for years now. Yet some Masters lifters shy away from lifting heavy in fear that they might hurt themselves, or that it's too tough on their joints. Lifting heavy is not only the best way to build strength, it's essential for…
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#90 - Playing the Long Game
The fitness world is awash in gurus peddling "the last word" in fitness and health. Even reasonable trainees following time-tested programs can get tunnel vision and fail to address other aspects of their health and fitness. At 40fit, Coach D and Trent believe in a well-balanced approach to…
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#89 - Staying Positive (But Not for COVID-19)
Many of those in the 40fit Nation are in week three (or longer) of city or statewide lockdowns, and dire headlines continue to dominate the media outlets. So Coach D and Trent are sharing today some ways they are staying positive and productive in the midst of the madness. Be purposeful with your...
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#88 - How to Build a Strong Immune System with Robert Santana
The COVID-19 pandemic has gotten many people thinking about their immune system, and how well equipped their body is for fighting pathogens. The body's immune system, of course, is the complex integration of multiple body systems (circulatory, lymphatic, integumentary, etc.) which collectively...
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#87 - Getting in Shape for the Hunting Season with Jay Presti
Coach D and Trent talk with hunter, marksman, and former professional cowboy Jay Presti about beginning strength training to stay strong and healthy for his high country hunts around the world. Jay and his partner Crystal operate Blue Collar Adventures, a television show on the Pursuit Channel…
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#86 - Quarantine Fitness: Staying In Shape When You Can't Go to the Gym
The world is on lockdown at the moment as we deal the COVID-19 pandemic, and that means many are stuck at home without access to a gym. We're not letting that slow down the gainzzz train though! Today Coach Darin and Coach Trent discuss ways to keep training and stay fit, with little or no...
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#85 - Should We Believe the Hype? Thoughts on Coronavirus COVID-19
Coach D and Coach Trent discuss the current panic over COVID-19, a novel coronavirus which was recently declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. World Health Organization WHO - Current Stats CDC CDC - Disease Burden of Influenza Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook...
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#84 - Programming Around Sports & Recreation (Conjugate vs Concurrent Model)
Today Coach D and Trent discuss how to train and program around a sport or other recreational activity, such as mountain biking, running, rock climbing, etc. And the short answer is... it depends! There are many variables to consider when programming around a sport or activity, especially when…
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#83 - Going Lean: Four Keys to Fat Loss
Coach D discusses four elements of fat loss that he considers when helping trainees lose body fat. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
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#82 - Testosterone 101 with Dr. Willie Villareal
Today we welcome Willie Villareal back to the podcast and join him for a deep dive into testosterone, normal levels we should look for, the pros and cons of TRT, and how training, nutrition, and lifestyle habits drive our hormone and testosterone levels. You can find Dr. Villareal at his practice...
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#81 - Equipment Basics (and Some Fun Stuff Too)
You asked for equipment talk... so today we're talking equipment. Everything you need for barbell training, basic conditioning, and more! Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
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#80 - Conditioning Myths BUSTED
Conditioning is not a magic bullet. It's just a tool. And like all tools. it works best when used for the right purpose. Nevertheless, we receive a lot of questions about conditioning, and have noticed some persistent myths and misunderstandings about it. Today Coach D and Trent put on their...
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#79 - What To Do When You Fail
It's inevitable... someday you're going to miss a rep. What then? One of the most common questions we get is what to do when you fail to complete all your working sets during the novice linear progression. First of all, don't panic! It's bound to happen. In this episode, Coach D and Trent walk...
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#78 - Call to Action: 2020
There's so much to talk about when it comes to health and fitness, but we don't want to just spout off anything. We want to hear from YOU. What do you want to hear in 2020? What topics do you want us cover, what are you curious about? Send us an email at [email protected] with your suggestions,...
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#77 - Changing the Narrative about Health & Fitness in 2020
It's time to change the story you tell about your health and fitness. New Year? New you narrative! Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
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#76 - Accessorize Your Program with... Accessory Lifts!
Happy New Year folks! We LOVE the big compound lifts, but sometimes you need a little more in your training. Or maybe you need a little extra recovery between heavy bouts of training. In both scenarios, accessory lifts can be used to fill the gaps, increasing the volume of work you're performing...
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#75 - The Bench Press... The Ultimate "Accessory Lift?"
Coach D and Trent wrap up their discussion of the compound lifts with the Bench Press -- sometimes included in the Big Four compound lifts, although we consider it more of an optional Big Lift. To be sure, the bench press is an important upper body lift, and everyone who can do it should do it!…
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#74 - The Deadlift, or How to Pick Stuff Up and Put It Back Down
From the beginning, man has had a need (and a strange desire) to pick stuff up and put it back down again. It shouldn't be a surprise then that the deadlift is one of the Big 3 compound lifts that should make up any good training program. Despite the growing popularity of Crossfit, strongman, and...
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#73 - Pressing Matters: The Most Important Upper Body You'll Ever Do
Coach D and Trent explain why the Press is the most important upper body lift you'll ever do. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
About this show
40fit Radio is THE source for fitness, health, and lifestyle for 40+ aged Masters individuals. Hosted by Dr. Darin Deaton, DPT, Starting Strength Coach, and CrossFit Certified Trainer, Darin brings a refreshing science and experiential based viewpoint. He also hosts content experts on everything involving fitness and health. Whether you're just getting started on your journey to fitness and health or you're a pro, 40fit Radio has something to offer you!
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