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Black Iron Radio — 358 episodes

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Hybrid Training: Balancing Endurance & Strength

2

So You Want to Stop Starting Over Every Week, Month, or Year

3

Protein Variety: Beyond Chicken & Shakes

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So You Want To Build Better Breakfasts

5

Examining Diet Trends: The Science Behind Today's Most Popular Diets

6

So You Want To Stretch & Mobilize More

7

Sodium & Potassium: The Forgotten Electrolyte Balance

8

So You Want To Train for Your First Triathlon

9

Identity Shift: Seeing Yourself as an Athlete at Any Size

10

So You Want To Feel Strong for the Next Decade

11

Massage Guns, Saunas, & Ice Baths: What's Worth the Hype?

12

So You Want To Get More Steps in Your Workday

13

The Role of Play in Fitness: Sports, Games, & Fun Movement

14

So You Want To Stay Consistent While Traveling

15

Common Period Side Effects and How to Manage Them

16

So You Want To Get Pregnant

17

Aging & Recovery: How to Adapt as You Get Older

18

So You Want To Build Habits That Actually Last

19

The Limits of Nutrition Coaching: Red Flags We Can't Ignore

20

So You Want To Cook More At Home Without Hating It

21

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)

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So You Want To Improve Your Body Image

23

Getting 7-9 Hours a Night is the Guideline, But Not Everyone's Reality

24

So You Want To Stop Overeating on the Weekends

25

Exercise Snacks: The Big Impact of Small Bursts

26

So You Want To Understand Your Wearable Data

27

How Social Connection Improves Your Health

28

So You Want to Try Competitive Fitness: CrossFit & HYROX

29

The Hidden Trimester: Real Talk on the 4th Trimester

30

So You Want To Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

31

Becoming a Centenarian: Nutrition, Movement, & Habits for Aging Into Triple Digits

32

So You Want To Stop Snacking Late at Night

33

Healthy Expectations: Aligning Your Goals with Your Effort and Reality

34

So You Want To Know More About Fasting

35

Understanding Weight Fluctuations: Why the Scale Moves and What Really Matters

36

So You Want To Stop Stress Eating

37

What Active Recovery Days Should Actually Look Like

38

So You Want To Feel Your Best in 2026

39

Beyond Aesthetics: Why Appearance Doesn't Reflect Health

40

So You Want To Ditch Diet Culture in 2026

41

Using GLP-1s? Nutrition Still Determines the Outcome

42

So You Want To Work With Black Iron in 2026

43

Using Fiber to Support Digestion, Energy, & Health During the Holidays

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So You Want To Focus on Performance Instead of Fat Loss in 2026

45

Heart Health Helpers: Using Nutrition & Movement to Keep Blood Pressure Happy

46

So You Want To Model Body Positivity for Your Family

47

Seasonal Sleep: How to Protect Your Rest During the Holiday Hustle

48

So You Want To Try Winter Sports to Fight SAD

49

Everyday Movement: Strategies to Increase NEAT

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So You Want To Stay Active Through Holiday Travel & Chaos

51

Eating Enough: Nutrition to Support Energy, Focus & Recovery

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So You Want To Be Alcohol-free This Holiday Season

53

Diet Breaks for Mental Health — Are They Helpful?

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So You Want To Train For Something During The Holidays

55

Fat Isn't the Enemy: How to Choose Healthy Fats

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So You Want To Set Some Boundaries This Holiday Season

57

Understanding Leptin & Ghrelin: Your Hunger Hormones Explained

58

So You Want To Make Better Choices This Holiday Season

59

All About Creatine: Benefits Beyond Strength

60

So You Want To Support Your Mental Health Through Menopause

61

Eating for Brain Health: Nutrition to Support Focus & Memory

62

So You Want To Do A Half or Full Ironman

63

Sleep & Gains: How Rest Shapes Your Results

64

So You Want to Improve Your Bone Health

65

The Truth About Metabolism: Busting Slow-Metabolism Myths

66

So you want to transition from a deficit to maintenance

67

Protein Timing: Does When You Eat It Actually Matter?

68

So You Want to Manage Sleep Deprivation With a Newborn

69

Food Noise: What It Is and How to Quiet It

70

So You Want To Try Working With A Nutrition Coach

71

Upgrading Your Plate: How to Improve Your Food Quality

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So You Want To Gain More Muscle

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High-Volume Eating: How to Eat More While Staying on Track

74

So You Want to Manage Gestational Diabetes

75

Behind on Hydration? Here's Why It Matters

76

So You Want to Compete Without Attaching Your Worth to the Result

77

Exploring Climate-Friendly Eating

78

So You Want More Energy for Life, Work & Training

79

The Night Shift Nutrition Game Plan

80

So You Want to Stop Tracking Macros

81

Perimenopause, Menopause, & Muscle: Why Lifting Is Your Best Friend

82

So You Want to Prevent Training Burtout

83

Snack Smarter

84

So you want to improve your digestion

85

The Fiber Fix: Why You Need More and How to Get It

86

So You Want to Nail Your Competition Day Nutrition

87

Reverse Dieting: The Missing Piece for Long-Term Success

88

So You Want To Dial In You Pre, Intra, & Post Training Nutrition

89

The Protein Puzzle: How Much Do You Actually Need?

90

So You Want to Waste Less Food

91

Introducing Fe26

92

So You Want to Be a Morning Person

93

Hangovers & PR's: How Alcohol Messes with Your Gains

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So You Want to Start Lifting Again Postpartum

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Your Hormones Aren't Broken, But That Advice Might Be

96

So You Want to Start Tracking Macros

97

Cravings 101: Why They Happen & Managing Them Without Deprivation

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So You Want To Try a New Sport in Your 30s, 40s, or 50s

99

Cardio vs. Lifting: Which One Should You Prioritize?

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So You Want to Consume Less Caffeine

101

The Stress Story: Cortisol's Role in Your Health

102

So You Want To Train Through Pregnancy

103

Maintain to Gain: The Secret Sauce Before Weight Loss

104

So You Want To Eat Different Than Your Partner or Family

105

From Bump to Baddie: Ditch the Bounce-Back Myth

106

So You Want to Consistently Hit Your Protein Goal

107

Why Baking is Good for the Soul

108

So You Want to Stay Injury Free

109

You Don't Have to Earn Your Food with Exercise

110

So You Want to Eat Healthy on a Budget

111

Life with Autoimmune Disease

112

Meet Coach Jess Saxon

113

So You Want to Train for Multiple Sports at Once

114

Do You Really Need Supplements?

115

Meet Coach Jess Gordon

116

So You Want to Improve Your Body Composition

117

Body Positivity vs. Body Neutrality

118

So You Want to Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor & Core

119

Micronutrients 101

120

So You Want to Consume Less Alcohol

121

Why Fitness & Athleticism Aren't a "Look"

122

So You Want to Start Running Again Postpartum

123

Let's Talk About GLP-1's

124

So You Want to Ditch the "All or Nothing" Mindset

125

Finding Joy in Movement and Food

126

So You Want to Maximize Recovery Days

127

Breaking Up With Food Guilt (For Good)

128

So You Want To Manage Stress Better

129

Meal Planning & Prepping for the Busiest of Folks

130

So You Want to Run Your First Marathon

131

Nutrition Is Simple, But Simple Doesn't Mean Easy

132

So You Want To Be A Nutrition Coach

133

The Power of Carbs

134

So You Want To Survive Eating in the First Trimester

135

Food is More Than Just Fuel

136

So You Want To Break Up With the Scale

137

Exercise and Your Milk Supply

138

So You Want to Make it to the CrossFit Games

139

When It's Time to Work with a RD, LDN, or CNS

140

So You Want to Start Sleeping 8 Hours a Night

141

Latin Diet Culture Norms & Fears

142

So You Want to Perform at Altitude

143

Deficit Decisions: How To Time Your Cut

144

So You Want to Run 100 Miles

145

Peak Performance & Peak Wellness Are Mutually Exclusive

146

New Year, Lasting Habits

147

Restrictive Fad Diets are a Waste of Time

148

Traveling Without Losing Progress

149

Navigating Nutrition at Holiday Parties

150

Mindful Eating at Thanksgiving

151

Building a Healthy Relationship with Food

152

What Your Hunger Cues Are Telling You

153

Getting a Holiday Head Start

154

Practicing What We Preach Can Be Easier Said Than Done

155

Navigating Halloween Treats Guilt-Free

156

BONUS Episode: Chriscast 4 - Introducing Tier 1 Supplements

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Building a Balanced Plate

158

Balancing Lifestyle Choices – Alcohol & Eating Out

159

To Macro or Not to Macro

160

Chriscast 3 - Hydration

161

Defining "Consistency" in Nutrition

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Chriscast 2 – Sample Size & Effect Size in Research

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Creating a "Bare Minimum" Plan For Days "Optimal" Isn't An Option

164

Chriscast 1 – The Relationship Between Exercise & Burning Fat

165

Macro Myth Busting

166

P&P C-Section Series Part 3: Answering Your Questions

167

P&P C-Section Series Part 2: Emergency C-Sections

168

Black Iron Summer Run Club

169

Gut Health & Digestion Part II

170

P&P C-Section Series Part I: Planned C-Sections

171

Gut Health & Digestion Part I

172

How Nutrition, Food Relationships/Views & Body Image Change Over Time

173

Preparing for the Crossfit Open

174

Measuring Body Fat

175

Hitting the Gas & Pumping the Brakes with Kels, Kelly, and Morgan

176

Food Planning & Prep 101

177

Breaking Down Black Iron Training

178

Breaking Down the Black Iron New Year Challenge

179

Meet Coach Diana

180

Let's Talk About Stress Eating

181

Using Food Journaling & Apps to Improve Your Nutrition

182

Simplicity + Consistency = Results

183

Weight Fluctuations

184

Nutrition For Crossfit

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Client Interview: Rachael

186

Running Nutrition

187

Mindest and Nutrition for Weightlifting

188

Powerlifting Nutrition

189

Interpreting Studies & Research for Dummies

190

Meet Coach Chloe

191

Meet Coach Joyce

192

Meet Coach Margaux

193

Meet Coach Carly

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Meet Coach Ryann

195

Meet Coach Kirstie

196

Meet Coach Manders

197

Meet Coach Sabrina

198

Meet Coach Lauren

199

Meet Coach Ashley

200

Meet Coach Kelly

201

Meet Coach Amanda

202

Meet Coach Maggie

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Meet Coach Maria

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Meet Coach Morgan

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Meet Coach Chris

206

Meet Coach Nicole

207

Meet Coach Kels

208

Releasing the Burden of "Should"

209

Accepting the Body You're In

210

Growing Through the Turmoil

211

Managing Your Expectations

212

The Best Cure for Winter Blues is Alpine Sports

213

All About Periodization

214

How to Not Stress About Thanksgiving

215

If You're Sick, Don't Push It

216

Yo-Yo Dieting is Just Short Term Futility

217

So You Can't Go Full Send. Now What?

218

BONUS: Towards a Flexible Training Model

219

What is the Difference Between Refeed Days, High Volume Days, Carb Cycling and Diet Breaks?

220

Our Client Amanda's Journey of Extremes

221

Introducing Sam Lazar

222

So Which Supplements Are Actually Worth It?

223

Nicole R. and Joyce on Always Finding the Joy in Motherhood

224

Chelsi and Courtney are Sleep Evangelists

225

BONUS: Why Should You Eat Before Working Out?

226

Maggie and Manders on Using Discipline to Gain Confidence

227

Maria and Jay on Supporting Each Other Through Every Journey

228

BONUS: Train Low, Compete High

229

Lauren S. and Nicole N. on Navigating Nutrition in the Office

230

Quiana and Ryann on Rejecting Diet Foods

231

Ashley and Kirstie on Growing Out of Competing

232

Kels and Kel on Being Friends and Competition in the CrossFit Games

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Emi and Diana on Why Appearance is Not a Good Indication of Health

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Bonus Episode: Why Is Weight Loss So Difficult to Maintain?

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Maria & Whitney on Using Fitness to Get the Most Out of Life

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Carly and Morgan on Training with Food and Fuel

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Margaux & Sabrina on Decoupling Performance From Looks

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BONUS EPISODE: The Best Way to Mix Cardio and Strength Training

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Tips and Tricks for Moving Your Body During Temperature Extremes

240

Tips and Tricks for Spontaneous Trips

241

Are Fitness Trackers Accurate? (BONUS EPISODE)

242

How to Guesstimate

243

Navigating Nutrition with Children

244

BONUS: Do Fake Sugars Cause Cancer?

245

Does Cardio Really Kill Your Gains (+ Introducing Black Iron Tactical)

246

Life Happens. Here's How to Make Adjustments When Things Don't Go as Planned

247

BONUS EPISODE: Study of the Week- TDEE Across Lifespan

248

IVF

249

Therapy is the Answer

250

The One Trick For Weight Loss Doctors Don't Want You To Know (Or, How To Read Research)

251

Hello, We Are Neurodivergent

252

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone with Hannah Liffers

253

We Are FRUSTRATED

254

Nutrition for All Stages of Life with Our Client Abbey

255

Pushin' Pee

256

Life After College Athletics

257

Staying on Track While Traveling

258

Build Yourself a Community

259

Our 100th Episode!

260

Body Image in the Outdoors

261

How BIN Started

262

Fitness During a Pregnancy

263

Making Big Changes with Our Client (and Friend!) Jess

264

Dealing with Gym Anxiety

265

Nutrition Primer 2.0

266

Episode 93: Blood Sugar Regulation

267

Episode 92: Training For Performance When Your Goal is Weight Loss

268

Episode 91: Self-Advocacy and Growing Into a New Identity

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Episode 90: Dealing with Unsupportive People

270

Episode 89: All About Protein

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Episode 88: Fad Diets Throughout History

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Episode 87: Investing In Yourself

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Episode 86: A Lot of Us Have High Cortisol; Here's How to Deal With It

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Episode 85: What is Hypertrophy?

275

Episode 84: Mastering the Basics is the Best Way to Be Successful

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Episode 83: Dialoguing with Your Coach

277

Episode 82: How Upbringing Influences Dietary Habits

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Episode 81: Navigating Shift Work

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Episode 80: Managing Priorities as a Mom

280

Episode 79: Things You Can Do to Maximize Your Recovery

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Episode 78: Cleaning Up Your Digestive Habits

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Episode 77: How to Deal with Low Appetite

283

Episode 76: Can You Gain Muscle/Strength in a Deficit?

284

Episode 75: Grief and Stress Responses

285

Episode 74: Why You Should Have a Coach When You Are Pregnant

286

Episode 73: The Black Iron Approach(es) to Training

287

Episode 72: Why We Do Things The Way We Do Them

288

Episode 71: Pandemic Mental Health Check In

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Episode 70: The Pillars of Recovery

290

Episode 69: The Goal Is Not To Track Forever

291

Episode 68: The Fourth Trimester

292

Episode 67: What and How Much Food to Bring on a Hiking Trip

293

Episode 66: All About Fats

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Episode 65: BIN Performance Team Q&A

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Episode 64: What We Wish We Had Known During Pregnancy

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Episode 63: Consistency Over Perfection

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Episode 62: The "Grind Never Stops" Mentality Might Be Slowing Your Progress

298

Episode 61: Food Intolerances vs Allergies

299

Episode 60: Stories From the Trail-Women's Empowerment

300

Episode 59: Athletics vs Aesthetics

301

Episode 58: Talking Obesity

302

Episode 57: Communicating Your Goals

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Episode 56: Getting Out of a Food Rut

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Episode 55: Food Accessibility and Respecting Cultural Preferences

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Episode 54: Hey, You MIght Be Overtraining

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Episode 53: Women's Bodies Throughout History

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Episode 52: Training Through Pregnancy

308

Episode 51: The Gut-Mind Health Connection

309

Episode 50: Exercising While On Your Period

310

Episode 49: PCOS

311

Episode 48: Performance Nutrition

312

Episode 47: Returning to Health from Autoimmunity

313

Episode 46: Making Small Changes to Achieve Big Changes

314

Episode 45: STRESS

315

Episode 44: Mythbusters (Pt 1)

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Episode 43: Dealing With Body Image in Children

317

Episode 42: How to Navigate Nutrition With a Partner

318

Episode 41: Changing Mindset & Goals

319

Episode 40: Body Image

320

Episode 39: The Little Wins

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Episode 38: From Client to Coach

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Episode 37: Training Through the Pandemic as a Strength Athlete

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Episode 36: Big Picture Energy with Coach Zach

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Episode 35: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

325

Episode 34: Going Vegan with Marcus

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Episode 33: Pregnancy

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Episode 32: Making the Most of It with Coach Nicole

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Episode 31: About Your Period

329

Episode 30: How to Get Hired at BIN

330

Episode 29: You Might Need a Coach If

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Episode 28: Stop Treating Your Vegetables As an Afterthought

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Episode 27: The Business of Business

333

Episode 26: The Emotional Toll of Autoimmune Disorders

334

Episode 25: Tracking is Just Food Journaling

335

Episode 24: Fellas, Let's Talk About Body Dysmorphia

336

Episode 23: Autoimmune Disorders

337

Episode 22: Sleepy Time Pt 2

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Episode 21: Sleepy Time!

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Episode 20: Our Daily Struggles

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Episode 19: Introducing Client Types

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Episode 18: Our 2020 Giveaway

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Episode 17: Krissy Back, Baby!

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Episode 16: Training Through Injury

344

Episode 15: Mindset Control

345

Episode 14: Traveling Well

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Episode 13: Wellness

347

Episode 12: On Food Guilt

348

Episode 11: Q and A #1

349

Episode 10: Different People Need Different Things, Silly

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Episode 9: Gotta Get Ya Weight Up

351

Episode 8: Competition Cutting

352

Episode 7: I Put My Cut Down, Flip It and Reverse It

353

Episode 6: Earning a Cut

354

Episode 5: The Scale (gasp!)

355

Episode 4: Nutritional Therapy

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Episode 3: Nutrition Primer

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Episode 2: The BIN Approach to Nutrition

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Episode 1: Welcome to BIN Radio!