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Straight Shot Radio
by Straight Shot Training
A straight forward, no nonsense take on functional fitness, nutrition, and health from Straight Shot Training.
Episodes
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Ep. 155 Fat Loss Q&A: Calories, Cravings, Hormones, and What Actually Matters
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight and felt like nothing is working, or like you’re constantly fighting hunger, cravings, and confusion around what you “should” be doing… this episode is for you. We’re breaking down some of the most common fat loss questions we hear every day at Straight Shot...
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Ep. 154: Coffee Drinks, Breakfast, Ozempic, and Recovery
Here's the audio from a Facebook Live Q&A hosted by Coach Bruce and Coach Moe! They answered questions about how to reduce your intake of sugary drinks, why breakfast is important for fat loss, how to mimic the effects of Ozempic through diet and exercise, and what the best strategies for…
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Ep. 153: Overtraining, Shoe Selection, & How Heavy is "Heavy"?
Coach Bailey and Coach Delaney take over the show in this episode! They hosted a live chat on facebook where they answered questions about overtraining vs. under-recovering, ideal shoes for working out, how to tell if you’re lifting heavy enough, and tons more as we had a LOT of people join in…
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Ep. 152 - Bodyfat, Beef vs Chicken, Protein and Weight Loss
We cover whether or not you can lose fat and tone up certain areas of your body, how to swap proteins in and out of your diet to avoid burnout, how dietary protein contributes to fat loss, and more. If you’re struggling with knee, low back, or shoulder pain, we’ve got something for you. It’s…
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Ep. 151: Sugar Cravings, Training Injuries, and Preworkouts
We're back! This episode is an audio version of a Facebook live by Coach Jonny and Coach Bruce where they talk about how to beat sweets cravings, fact vs fiction on preworkout supplements, and strategies to train around injuries using techniques found in Coach Bruce's new eBook. You can download...
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Ep. 150: Stop Resting Your Injuries
Could resting and icing your injury actually PROLONG your symptoms??? Doctor Matt Silver from Alpha Project Phyzio joins me to talk about the new school style of physical therapy, why resting and icing an injury ISN’T the best way to heal it, and how you can learn from him at his upcoming…
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Ep. 149: Holiday Fitness and Nutrition Q&A
This week on the show we’ve got holiday nutrition, keto vs. macro tracking, multiple workouts a day, the pump after working out, and training for power. Thanks to everyone from Instagram for submitting their questions!
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Ep. 148: When Things Don‘t Go As Planned
Whether it's the holidays, a vacation, an injury, or a nasty stomach bug that causes you to lose 5lb in 2 days...things don't always go as planned. But it's how we get back to things and stay consistent where we can that allows us to make progress over a longer timeline. I share a recent personal...
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Ep. 147: Choosing to Do Difficult Things
Coach John and I answer a question we’ve gotten from a lot of people when they see how we eat and train: “How do you choose to do difficult things?” Is it a personality trait? A series of decisions? A product of our training itself? Find out in under 20min with this episode!
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Ep. 146: How to Eat and Train During December
December is this strange middle ground between thanksgiving and the end of the year when your schedule is different, your sleeping is off, your eating is all over the place with parties and traveling, and - oh yeah let’s try to find a time to workout in the middle of all of that too. In this...
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Ep. 145: What To Expect During Your First Session
We’re going to let you know what to expect during your first personal training session! We’ll also give you some tips on how you can be prepared for your session AND how to make the most of your recovery afterwards.
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Ep. 144: Colds, Protein Bars, Limb Lengths, and Cylindrical Cranberries
Much like a Thanksgiving meal plate, we weave together some random topics into a gravy-smothered 38min of fitness knowledge in this week's episode. Coach Delaney joined me to go over training protocols when you're sick, how your limb length affects your lifts, and what our top picks for protein...
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Ep. 143: Dining Out Without Destroying Your Diet
We have been putting together a nutritional ebook for our awesome clients! This resource will have a grocery shopping guide, recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and shakes, an audio crash course in macronutrients and meal prepping, a recovery checklist, AND tips for eating out at...
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Ep 142: Training Through the Winter Blues
With the days getting shorter, darker, and colder, seasonal depression, mood changes, changes in sleeping habits, or even just a lack of motivation or desire to get to the gym can make sticking to your training routine difficult if not impossible. In this episode, the Straight Shot Coaches give...
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Ep. 141: The Haunted Hall of Fitness Topics
This episode was so terrifying of an endeavor to approach alone, that I enlisted the help of Straight Shot Coaches Delaney and John, as we walked through the haunted graveyard that is the world of health and fitness trends. From high fructose corn syrup to rounded back deadlifts, we dug into some...
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Ep. 140: It‘s Never Too Late to Start
It doesn’t matter how old you are, it’s never too late to start moving better, get stronger, and live a healthy and active life. In this episode, I share why “starting late” isn’t as uncommon as you think, and how continuing to train with a strength and conditioning program over the course of…
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Ep. 139: My Two Favorite Times I Mopped A Gym Floor
I've mopped a LOT of gym floors in my career as a coach, but two instances stick out to me as very special and defining moments in my life. In this episode, you'll hear both stories bookending a brief timeline of my journey with Straight Shot Training with a whole lot of gratitude to the people...
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Ep. 138: ”Squid Game” Tips for Your Fitness Goals
The Korean dystopian masterpiece "Squid Game" is set to be the most-watched show in Netflix's history, and has sparked a flood of memes, parodies, and discussions all over the internet. The other day I was thinking about how one of the games in the show reminds me a lot of working towards a…
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Ep. 137: Taco Bell & Barbells
As a personal trainer, I try to get my clients to make most of the food they eat. However I know people are going to eat out occasionally, and sometimes, it’s going to be at a fast-food restaurant. It may surprise you, but if you’re going to eat fast food, I’d honestly recommend Taco Bell. I know...
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Ep. 136: Healthy Travel Tips
Whether it's a work trip or a vacation, consider this episode as your guide to staying on track with your fitness, while still relaxing and enjoying yourself, and allowing your body to get some rest and recovery. It's a tough balance, but the tips I share in this episode should help you find a...
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Ep. 135: Non-Weight Loss Benefits of Exercise
Losing weight is one of the top reasons people start working out, but it's only one of the MANY benefits to your physical and psychological health that you get from regular exercise. I review an article from NetDoctor UK in this episode with 12 non-weight loss benefits from working out plus give...
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Ep. 134: Aerobic Circuit Training
This is NOT your typical circuit training workout. These long-duration, low-intensity circuits will help you build your aerobic engine, improve your overall health, optimize your recovery, and manage your body composition. The best part is, they WON’T leave you heaving on the floor and you’ll...
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Ep. 133: Kill Negativity Make Advancements with Kwame Asante
KILL NEGATIVITY MAKE ADVANCEMENTS. It’s a fitness and lifestyle brand with a powerful message of overcoming adversity with militant positivity. It’s with this mindset that KNMA founder Kwame Asante hopes to help elicit a positive change in the clients he coaches, the individuals who wear his...
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Ep. 132: Finding Time for Your Fitness
“I don’t have time to workout” “There’s no way I could get 8 hours of sleep” “I’m just too busy to eat healthy” I hear these phrases ALL THE TIME when I'm trying to counsel people on the importance of sleep, nutrition, and exercise. Inevitably, when we actually take a closer look at their day, we...
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Ep. 131: The Conjugate Method
Personal Trainer, Crossfit Coach, and Strongman Competitor John Taylor is back with me for this episode as we give you an intro into one of our favorite training methodologies: The Conjugate Method. This style of workout programming combines multiple training strategies to help you increase your...
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Ep. 130: August Topic Pile (Goal-based workouts, burnout, programs, IG trends, taste, and the new studio!)
Coach Delaney and I are back with another Topic Pile this month and we cover training for different goals, burnout, selecting a workout program, annoying coaching trends on Instagram, a nutrition idea that we DON’T exactly agree on, and some thoughts on the new studio Straight Shot is opening…
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Ep. 129: The 5 Worst Pieces of Fitness Equipment
Looking to add to your home gym? Or maybe you're a gym owner looking to expand your inventory? Either way, please do NOT waste your money on the types of fitness equipment that I detail in this episode!
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Ep. 128: We're Opening A Studio!
It’s finally happening. After 2 years of searching, 4 years of Straight Shot being a company, and 13 years since I first dreamed of opening my own studio, we have found our own space. Located in North Frederick at 8411 Broadband Drive, our future home is a beautiful, brand new building that’s…
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Ep. 127: It's All Fake
Everything on social media is fake. OK not EVERYTHING, but A LOT. And coaches are actually making it harder for people to get in shape with the nonsense they're putting out on their channels. In this episode, I give you some things to watch out for online so you can avoid the hype and do the…
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Ep. 126: Why "10,000 Steps"?
Do we really need to take 10,000 steps a day in order to be healthy? A recent article by the New York Times challenged this idea by bringing to light the origin of the mythical “10K Steps a Day” and compared it to the science from epidemiologists on health and physical activity. I read through…
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Ep. 125: July's Topic Pile (swimsuit selfies, sick workouts, keto vs. vegan, time machines, and more)
I have this ongoing note on my phone where I put down ideas, thoughts, questions people have asked me, hypotheticals, funny observations, and controversial things I’ve seen posted around the internet. For this week’s podcast, I wrote down a few of them on pieces of paper and had Coach Delaney…
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Ep. 124: From Fitness to Farming at Reifsnider Farm
Rebecca and Kyle Conrad are combining their backgrounds in farming, fitness, and grocery industries to usher in a new era for a farm that’s been in Rebecca’s family for 7 generations. Frederick area residents can now go to Reifsnider Farm for fresh local produce and free-range, pasture-fed beef....
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Ep. 123: Co-Working + Fitness at SL Studio Frederick
Imagine a co-working space that was half office space, half private gym, outfitted with top-of-the-line functional fitness equipment. That’s exactly what Hannah and Jimmy King of Squadstyle Lifestyle have created with SL Studio in Frederick, MD. SL Studio is a revolutionary co-working space that...
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Ep. 122: What To Do Between Workouts
So you’re strength training, 2, 3, maybe 4 times a week, but you might be wondering: "Well, what do I do on the other days?" "Should I rest? Do cardio? Lift more? Am I doing enough? Am I doing too much?" In this episode, I give you some strategies to help you stay active, balance your work to...
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Ep. 121: The Workout Split You Haven't Tried
"Workout Splits" are how you lay out your training across the week in terms of what areas of the body you train or what movements you do. The most common are full body, upper/lower, push/pull/legs, and body part splits, but there are TONS of variations of these. In this episode, I detail a hybrid...
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Ep. 120: 1 Year Later...
Wow. What a year. In this episode, you’ll hear a quick version of how we pivoted our fitness business mid-pandemic to launch the current version of Straight Shot, and some big things in store for us starting this week! Consider this episode also an open letter of gratitude to each and every…
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Ep. 119: Energy Drinks Before Workouts?
So what should you drink before your workout for extra energy, focus, and improved performance? You'll find out in under 11min with this mini-episode!
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Ep. 118: The Witcher's Workout
So how would a coach design a program for Geralt of Rivia, the lead character in The Witcher? Not, “how did Henry Cavill get huge and ripped for his role on the Netlifx show?”...Literally, how would a program be designed for a 13th century, magically enhanced monster-killer with a bad attitude on…
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Ep. 117: Accountability Strategies for Better Results
I share some tips and strategies behind the difference maker in your diet and exercise adherence: Accountability. Trust me, this is not an introspective pep talk. These are real, practical things you can start doing today to help you accomplish your fitness goals by setting up accountability…
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Ep. 116: Cherish the Challenge with Coach Ryan Morse
Challenges in your life are inevitable, it’s how you choose to handle them that makes the difference between them being something that breaks you down and something that builds you up Coach Ryan Morse, C.S.C.S, has faced countless challenges in his athletic, coaching, and entrepreneurial careers....
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Ep. 115: Q&A with the Crew (returning to the gym, protein, chinups, sleep, and certifications)
I’m joined by Straight Shot Co-Owner Chris Lewis and Coach Delaney Bodnar as we tackle some of the questions we received from you all on social media. We cover whether or not you need to return to a gym, plant vs. animal protein in your diet, how to get stronger with chinups, more sleep vs. early...
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Ep. 114: A Home Gym for the Whole Family
Brad and Naomi Leeman wanted to combine their love of fitness with their desire to have more family time. So they created the SwingSesh: a combination home gym and playground setup. Brad serves as a Test Pilot in the US Marine Corps and Naomi is an urban design consultant. They came up with the...
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Ep. 113: 7 Unconventional Fat Loss Methods
So you've been counting your calories and trying to make sure you're in a caloric deficit, but your weight loss has stopped...or worse...you're losing muscle mass. How do you continue to lose weight and make sure it's body fat and not muscle that you're losing? In this episode, I give you 7 ways…
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Ep. 112: Balancing Parenting, Work, and Fitness with Coach Megan Foland
This week on the show we’ve got Straight Shot Coach Megan Foland. Like most personal trainers in 2020, she had a pretty wild year, except Megan also had a baby in 2020, worked as a respiratory therapist, helped with the opening of our sister company, Kinetix Physiotherapy & Performance, and…
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Ep. 111: Dedication Over Motivation
Motivation is overrated. Sooner or later, no matter how motivated you are to start something, that motivation will fade. And when the motivation to eat healthily, work out, and recover well isn’t there, what do you REALLY need to stick with it? It’s Dedication. In this episode, I share some...
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Ep. 110: Making Her Own Way with Jess Racz
Continuing with our series on coaches who embraced the challenges of 2020, we have Jess Racz, C.S.C.S. from JR Performance. Even before the lockdown hit, she was paving her own path, being a female strength and conditioning coach in a male-dominated industry. I first met Jess when she was in high...
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Ep. 108: Why You Keep Getting Injured
Ever wonder why you keep injuring yourself while working out, EVEN if you weren’t using bad form? Well, there are a TON of other reasons why you may have injured yourself and keep injuring yourself. In this episode, I go through a list of possible reasons behind these bumps in the road with your...
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Ep. 107: The Most Embarrassing Gym Stories
The Straight Shot coaches share our own worst gym moments along with a bunch of your submissions from social media. Look, embarrassing stuff in the gym happens, so we use this episode to laugh it all off together and encourage you to keep coming back and bettering yourself each workout. You'll…
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Ep. 106: Switch It Up with Daily Undulating Periodization
If you're looking to balance your many fitness goals, DUP is a method of organizing your workouts throughout the week to accomplish just that. Personally, I used the DUP program I lay out in this episode to hit PR's on all of my lifts while still staying mobile and athletic AND drop 20 pounds…
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Ep. 105: Alcohol, Fat Loss, and Performance
To drink, or not to drink? If you're a listener of this show, you know we're all about moderation. But what exactly are all those tasty beverages doing to your ability to achieve your fitness goals? In this episode, I lay out what alcohol does to your ability to lose weight, get stronger, run...
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