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The Forever Athletic Podcast — 210 episodes

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Ep208. What to Eat Before a Workout (And the High/Low Method for Matching Food to Your Day)

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Ep207. How Much Protein for Weight Loss (And Why the Scale Lies to You in Week 2 of a Diet)

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Ep206. Simple Meal Planning For Weight Loss Without Overthinking. Introducing the 3-1 Method.

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Ep205. What to Expect From Week 1 of a Diet, and the ONLY Number That Matters.

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Ep204. Why Willpower Isn't the Problem With Weight Loss

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Ep203. How to Stop Weekend Overeating Without Ruining Your Week.

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Ep202. Why You're Training Hard But Not Progressing

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Ep201. 3 Things That Wind Me Up About the Fitness Industry

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Ep200. 5 Things I Do Differently Lifting in My 40s vs My 20s.

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Ep199. How To Avoid Ozempic Butt.

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Ep198. Two Studies That Changed How I Think About Training

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Ep197. How to Find a Good Personal Trainer or Online Coach.

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Ep196. The Inconvenient Truth About Building Muscle After 35

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Ep195. 3 Compromises I've Happily Made As A Lifter Approaching 40

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Ep194. How to Stay Fit on Holiday Without Ruining Your Trip

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Ep193. Why Fat Loss Feels Harder After 35.

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Ep192. How To Stop Being Hungry When Dieting.

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Ep191. Why You’re Stuck in the Weekday/Weekend Cycle.

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Ep190. Why Am I Not Seeing Results From The Gym?

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Ep189. Why Fat Loss Is NOT A Marathon.

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Ep188. The Fat Loss Phase Nobody Talks About - Weeks 4–8 Explained

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Ep187. How I’m Losing 5kg in 7 Weeks Without Tracking Calories

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Ep186. Why Your Fat Loss Has Slowed Down And What To Do About It

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Ep185. How Much Protein Do I Need? The Truth (And Why You're Confused)

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Ep184. This Boosted My Progress More Than Anything After 35.

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Ep183. What Successful Fat Loss Looks Like in the First 90 Days

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Ep182. Your January Fitness Plan Is Probably Too Aggressive. Here’s a Better One

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Ep181. How to Get Back in Shape After Christmas (Exactly What I’d Do Over 6 Weeks)

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Ep180. The First 30 Days of Fat Loss: What Matters (And What Doesn’t)

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Ep179. Why Christmas Weight Gain Matters More Than You Think (And How to Avoid It)

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Ep178. Why Your Calorie Deficit Isn’t Working, And Why Tracking Still Matters (Even If It’s Not Perfect)

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Ep177. Why Your Workouts Aren’t Working: The Over-35 Strength Formula That Actually Breaks Plateaus

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Ep176. Why You Don’t Look Like You Lift (Even When You Train 3+ Days Per Week)

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Ep175. 7 Ways Lifters Over 35 Can Train Around Injuries (Without Losing Progress)

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Ep174. How to Handle Social Events Without Derailing Your Weight Loss Goals

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Ep173. How to Start Losing Weight Now (Instead of Waiting for January)

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Ep172. Why High Achievers Struggle to Lose Weight (Even When They’re Successful in Everything Else)

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Ep171. How to Stay Motivated to Work Out (When You’re Busy, Tired, and Over It)

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Ep170. 7 Dumb Diet Culture Rules You Need to Ignore.

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Ep169. How to Manage Hunger While Losing Weight: 7 Science-Backed Strategies for Sustainable Fat Loss

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Ep168. How To Maintain Fat Loss. 7 Lessons From Clients Who Have Made It Stick.

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Ep167. 7 Things I Wish Every 35+ Lifter Knew About Fat Loss

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Ep166. Why Tracking Every Calorie Isn’t the Answer (And What To Do Instead)

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Ep165. How to Train Smarter, Not Harder, After 40: Strength, Muscle & Fat Loss Without Wrecking Your Body

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Ep164. The Dream Start With 6 Client Journey

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Ep163. If I Were You, This is How I Would Eat – 8 Clear Steps

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Ep162. Free Weights vs. Machines: What's Best for Strength, Muscle & Injury-Free Training After 35?

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Ep161. How To Stay The Course.

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Ep160. Hot Cold Therapy. The What, Why and How.

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Ep159. EPIC Start With 6 Recap.

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Ep158. Why You Don't Need To Control Everything To Lose Weight.

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Ep157. Why Leaner Isn't Always Better.

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Ep156. 5 Training Truths You Need To Hear To Break Through Your Plateau.

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Ep155. 5 Fat Loss Nutrition Truths You Need To Hear.

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Ep154. How to Stop Weekend Overeating (Without Tracking Everything)

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Ep153. How To Get In Shape Fast (What I'd Do With 60 Days)

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Ep152. How to Stick to Your Health & Fitness Goals on Holiday (Without Ruining the Holiday)

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Ep151. 3 Mindset Shifts to Stop You Being Average.

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Ep150. How to Transition From Fat Loss to Maintenance (Without Losing the Plot)

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Ep149. Why Most Diets Fail (And What To Do Instead) - 3 Unconventional Nutrition Tricks That Actually Stick

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Ep148. How to Stop Eating Your Feelings (Without Tracking Everything)

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Ep147. Why Calorie Tracking Isn’t As Hard As You Think (and How It Will Help You Lose Your First 5kg)

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Ep146. How To Squat, Bench and Deadlift Without Crushing your Joints.

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Ep145. Q&A: Training Day Macros, Protein Myths, Sleep & Meal Timing

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Ep145. Why You Training Sucks After 35 (And How To Fix It)

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Ep144. How To Stay Fat Forever.

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Ep143. Introducing START WITH 6

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Ep142. How To Fuel For A Hyrox Race.

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Ep141. Why The Best Way To Train For Fat Loss Is Strength Training.

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Ep140. Why You're Seeing No Progress, Even When Lifting 3x Per Week.

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Ep139. Our Top 6 Fat Loss Hacks With Kate Usher.

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Ep138. If I We're You, This Is How I Would Train.

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Ep137. Why Every Athlete Over 30 Should be Supplementing With Creatine.

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Ep136. The 10 Commandments of Fitness Over 30.

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Ep135. How To Save Your Joints While Weight Training Over 30

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Ep134. Breaking Through Plateaus After 35.

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Ep133. How to Stay Fit Through Christmas Without Starting Over in January

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Ep132. Why Strength Training is one of the Best Investments you can Make in Yourself as a Professional over 35

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Ep131. A Busy Professional’s Guide to Nutrition – How To Fuel Your Body for Performance

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Ep130. Sustainable Fitness for Busy Professionals: Build Habits That Stick.

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Ep129. 4 Reasons Why Waiting Until January To Start Your Fitness Journey Is A Mistake

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Ep128. The Compound Effect | Marginal Gains For Big Fitness Wins

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Ep127. Why Less Is More For Lifters Over 30

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Ep126. Strength Training for Runners | 5 Essential Exercises

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Ep125. Time Efficient Training | 6 Key Tips To Make More Gains In Less Time

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Ep124. The Essential Training Split for Everyday Athletes.

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Ep123. The Hardgainers Guide to Building Muscle.

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Ep122. How To Build Muscle In 30 Minutes A Day

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Ep121. Why You Should Train Like An Athlete.

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Ep120. What Is A Deload and When Should You Do One?

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Ep119. 3 Fat Loss Mistakes EVERYONE Makes (including you)

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Ep118. You Don't Need A Fitness Photoshoot.

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Ep117. Tom's INSANE Strength Gains (3 Key Lessons)

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Ep116. The Best Way For 99% Of People To Train.

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Ep115. How to Drop Body Fat Without Counting Calories.

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Ep114. 4 Steps To Progress Your Pull-Ups.

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Ep113. What Is The Best Training Split For Strength and Muscle?

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Ep112. 4 Training Hacks To Get In Shape Quicker.

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Ep111. 3 Ways To Re-Start Stalled Fat Loss Progress.

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Ep110. Boost Your Strength, Improve Your Sleep and Reduce Anxiety (Evidence Based Nutrition Hacks).

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Ep109. How Do You Know If You're Training Hard Enough?

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Ep108. How To Set Life Changing Goals.

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Ep107. Q&A: Bang For Buck Training, Aerobic Conditioning For Sprinters, Bench Tips For Women and Budget Gym Buys.

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Ep106. 3 Reasons To Reduce Your Training Volume.

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Ep105. 4 Fundamentals For Training Longevity.

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Ep104. Are You An Everyday Athlete?

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Ep103. Q&A: Knees Over Toes, Creatine HCL and How To Progress Your Accessories.

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Ep102. How To Lose Fat Fast.

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Ep101. How To Peak Your Strength.

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Ep100. Should You Be Olympic Weightlifting?

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Ep99. Q&A: How Much Protein Can You Have In One Sitting, Meditation For Strength Gains and My Goals.

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Ep98. Why Your Abs Aren't Showing This Summer.

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Ep97. Charlotte's Incredible Fat Loss Transformation.

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Ep96. Should You Build Muscle Or Lose Fat?

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Ep95. Q&A: Accessory Exercises, Static Stretching Before Lifting, Overshooting and The Creatine Study.

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Ep94. Why You Need A "Shit Hits The Fan Plan".

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Ep93. Fuck Balance - Get Shit Done. (How To Periodise Your Lifestyle).

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Ep92. Why Everyday Athletes NEED To Supplement With Creatine.

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Ep91. Q&A: When To Deload, Feeling Weaker On A Cut, Optimising Your Programme and Winning The Next Quarter.

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Ep90. 3 Red Flags That Tell Me Your Training Sucks.

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Ep89. Q&A: Are Deadlifts Bad For Your Back? How Do I Warm-Up? Best pre-training Carbs?

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Ep88. Top 5 Muscle Building Mistakes.

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Ep87. Q&A: What Can You Achieve in 60 Days? Endurance Training Priorities and Training Through The Menopause.

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Ep86. Now is YOUR TIME to get STRONG IN 60.

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Ep85. Q&A: Plant Based Protein, Beginner Aches and Pains and The Minimum Effective Dose.

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Ep84. The truth about functional training: Your weakness is your weakness.

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Ep83. Scale Weight Illusions: The Unseen Factors Behind Your Weigh-In

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Ep82. Why Your Body Is The ULTIMATE Status Symbol.

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Ep81. The BEST Training Method For Busy Over 30's.

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Ep80. My Cutting Diet And The 1 Simple Principle You Should Follow.

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Ep79. The 8 Mistakes Every Over 30 Gym-Goer Makes.

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Ep78. Lessons From Wrestlemania 40 For Everyday Athletes.

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Ep77. How To Build MASSIVE Arms.

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Ep76. It's Time To Get SUMMER STRONG.

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Ep75. The BEST Chest Building Workout.

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Ep74. Q&A: Active Recovery, Do Macros Matter and How To Stay Motivated.

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Ep73. The Toddcast with Todd Price.

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Ep72. Q&A: CBD, BMR and Gym Etiquette.

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Ep71. How To Build Confidence.

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Ep70. The Perfectionist Mindset.

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Ep69. Q&A: Recommended Lifting Gear, Sweet Snacks and Lifting When Ill.

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Ep68. Dominating Deadlifts. 5 Tips For Bigger Pulls.

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Ep67. Q&A: Reverse Dieting, Cardio For Fat Loss and Training As You Age.

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Ep66. How To Become The Strongest Guy In The Gym (Dan and Luke's Story).

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Ep65. Q&A: STRONG IN 60 vs 1-1 Coaching, Tips For Hardgainers.

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Ep64. 4 Life Hacks To Get In Shape (And Stay In Shape).

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Ep63. Introducing STRONG IN 60.

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Ep62. Make SIMPLICITY Your SUPERPOWER.

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Ep61. Q&A: Is 1 Session A Week Enough, and Training After Illness.

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Ep60. Q&A: Supplements, Strength Training Science, Cross-Training and Nutrition For Morning Lifters.

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Ep59. Tempos. The Secret To Strength, Muscle And Mobility Gains.

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Ep58. Q&A: Training When Ill, Burning Fat And Building Muscle Simultaneously, Lifting With A Back Niggle.

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Ep57. Breaking Through Strength Plateaus.

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Ep56. Protein Intake, Overrated Exercises and RPE Lifting.

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Ep55. How To Gain 9kg Of Muscle In 2024.

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Ep54. What To Do If You're A Weekend Eater.

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Ep53. Q&A: Mental Health Benefits Of Lifting, How To Get Started, Lift Or Run First and Training Through Injuries.

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Ep52. You DON'T Need More Time (You Need More Focus).

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Ep51. Avoid These Transformation Mistakes.

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Ep50. 2023 Wrapped.

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Ep49. Strength Trianing vs HITT/Circuits/Metcons

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Ep48. Fat Loss And Social Events. You CAN Have It All.

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Ep47. Lessons In Frustration.

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Ep46. Q&A: Intermittent Fasting, Binge Eating and Bench Press Technique.

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Ep45. Rest Periods. All You Need To Know.

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Ep44. Q&A: Winter Motivation Hacks, Fat Loss Priorities, Bicep Building and How Many Eggs Are Too Many?

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Ep43. New Year Goal Setting.

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Ep42. How I Write Time Efficient Training Programmes.

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Ep41. Important Perspective For Fat Loss.

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Ep40. Negotiating Christmas and Blood Flow Restriction Training.

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Ep39. How To Be In Better Shape In Your 30s And 40s Than You Were In Your 20s.

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Ep38. Q&A: Improving Recovery, Programming Strength, How Quickly Can I Make Gains, And What Supplements To Take.

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Ep37. What I'd Do If I Was Starting Again.

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Ep36. How To Lose Weight By Eating More.

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Ep35. 10 Lessons From 10 Years As An S&C Coach.

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Ep34. Q&A: How Long Do DOMs Last? How To Improve Squat Technique. Do You Need To Go To Failure? How Often Should You Repeat Exercises?

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Ep33. What I Hate (And Love) About 8 Week Transformations.

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Ep32. Q&A: How To increase Your VO2 Max, How To Get Started In The Gym And Are Home Workouts Worth It?

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Ep31. How To Make More Gains In Less Time.

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Ep30. Q&A: Sweet Cravings, Hex Bar Deads vs Conventional, How Accurate Are FitBits And How Often Should You Change Programme?

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Ep29. Why You NEED A Training Programme.

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Ep28. Q&A: Bedtime Routines For Busy Brains? Early Signs Of Overtraining? What's The Difference Between Strength And Muscle Gain? Are Lifting Shoes Worth It?

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Ep27. How To Break Through Lifting Plateaus. 5 Key Tips.

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Ep26. Q&A: HUEL, Carbohydrates and Insulin, And Top 3 Bang For Buck Exercises.

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Ep25. Balancing Strength And Endurance Training.

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Ep24. Q&A: Breaking Out Of Plateau's, How Quick To Bulk, Ice Baths, Wim Hoff And More!

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Ep23. Training On A Tight Time Budget.

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Ep22. Q&A: Salt, Sweat, Pecs And How Expensive Is Muscle?

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Ep21. How To Stay On Track At The Weekend.

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Ep20. Q&A: Processed Foods, Training Through Injury and Comfort Eating.

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Ep19. Snacking and Willpower - 5 Tips To Regain Control.

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Ep18. Q&A: Do I Need To Eat Before Early Sessions, How Important Are Accessories, Pre-Workout Poops and More!

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Ep17. The Kickstart.

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Ep16. Q&A: Training Through The Menstrual Cycle, Supplements, Top 5 Snacks And BEER.

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Ep15. How To Burn Fat, Build Muscle And Be Forever Athletic.

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Ep14. Fuelling Endurance Training Sessions.

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Ep13. How To Calculate Your Calories And Macros.

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Ep12. How Do I Stop Snacking? Genetics For Weight Loss, And More!

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Ep11. Athlete vs Everyday Athlete... What's The Difference?

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Ep10. The Secret To GREAT Decision Making.

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Ep9. 3 Underrated Aspects Of Great Nutrition.

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Ep8. 3 Post Holiday Priorities.

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Ep7. 5 Steps To Stay In Shape This Summer.

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Ep6. Taking Imperfect Action.

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Ep5. The Importance Of Turning Up.

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Ep4. Building Muscle On A Tight Time Budget.

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Ep3. Why Strength Training?

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Ep2. What Is Forever Athletic?

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Ep1. Who The F**k Are You?

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