All Episodes

292: Alex Thieme - Motivation, identity & building better habits

291: Alec Blenis - Hybrid training, movement optimism & the truth about “perfect form”

290: Bryan Boorstein - Does your training split actually matter?

289 - Dr. Emily Dow: Gut Health, Fueling, and the Truth About Eating Enough

288: Q&A - Beans, bulking, training for strength and longevity, journaling, getting the health benefits of cardio and MORE!

287: Akash Patel - Science vs Policy: The Dietary Guidelines Problem

286: Ruth Maleski (@ruth_mpower) - Will it ever be enough?

285: Andy de Santis (@andytherd) - "Ode to Legumes": Fatty liver, fiber, and what actually matters

284: Q&A - RMR testing, strength asymmetry, GLP-1s to lose stubborn fat and MORE!!

283: Q&A - HR during lifting, go-to fruits & veg, bulking vs maingaining, and MORE!!

282: My New Year's Resolution - Be mediocre

281: Kasey Jo (@coachkaseyjo) - How to set the right goals and be consistent with your habits

280: Dealing with low motivation to train

279: Marathon race review - "How it went"

278: Barbie Boules (@the_cognition_dietitian) - Alzheimer's: What is it and how do we reduce risk?

277: Q&A - Normal BMI with T2D, best and worst fitness takes, how to make tracking less obsessive and MORE

276: Marathon race preview = My training, fueling, goals, and your questions!

275: Q&A - Why is "everyone" running marathons? metabolic adaptation, 1:1 coaching, my take on alcohol and MORE!

274: Bryan Boorstein - Exercise modality hierarchy: "What should I do with my time to be healthy?"

273: Everything you need to know about FIBER

272: Q&A - Life updates, fiber targets, activity multipliers, fasted cardio and MORE!

271: Patrick McCarthy - Working with professional athletes + the brighter side of 75 hard

270: Edin Sehovic (@evidencenutrition) - Managing T1D as a nutrition professional (and more)

269 - How many steps should you get?

268: Is moving more pointless for weight loss?

267: Dr. Adrian Chavez - Public health state of affairs

266: @fontyfitness - How to eat at your favorite restaurants without going over your calories

265: Dr. Joey Munoz - A chat about business, growth, fulfillment, and family

264: Jazz Hennessy (@jazz.fitness_) - Perfectionism and finding balance, skinnytok, marathon training, evolving as a coach, and more!

263: Q&A - Interrupted during workouts, running shoes, engaging your core, vacation tips, transitioning off tracking...

262: Lauren Colenso-Semple, PhD (@DrLaurenCS) - Biggest myths & lies in the women's health space

261: If I could start my fitness journey over here's what I'd change...

260: Bryan Boorstein - two dudes talking about training

259: 4 steps to build a great hypertrophy program

258: Q&A - Plant vs animal protein, cardio vs steps, scheduling training throughout the week, max protein absorption in a meal and MORE...

257: I'm at higher risk for Alzheimer's. Here's what I'm doing.

256: Q&A - Changes I've made recently, fluctuations in workout performance, tracking habits, having tough conversations with family

255: Should you wear a weighted vest?

254: Q&A: Marathon training, adjusting calories in a deficit, net carbs, and MORE!

253: Dr. Spencer Nadolsky - "Obesity is a chronic disease"

252: Should/can you exercise if you're sick?

251: Q&A - Genetic testing, kettlebells, highly active clients, rep ranges for hypertrophy

250: 7 dangerous nutrition/health myths right now

249: Q&A - Best shoulder exercises, deficit discomfort, recomping, adding cardio vs cutting calories, bulking calories and more!

248: Weight loss drugs - What are they, how do they work, who are they for/not for, are they cheating, and what does the future hold?

247: Q&A - Strength plateaus, is there such a thing as "too strong" or too much fiber? smart scales, returning to running and more!

246: Bryan Boorstein - Ranking the best and worst upper body machines

245: "What gets measured gets managed"...kinda?

244: 10 tips for losing weight without tracking your calories

243: New Year's resolutions - what you need to hear

242: Q&A - Do you need less volume over time? How do athletes perform well if they're so lean? How much soreness is OK?

241: Dr. Alan Flanagan - Does the "Lean Mass Hyperresponder" Add Up? (a response to ep. 231)

240: Dr. Joey Munoz - Making "health and fitness" a lifestyle, not a chore

239: How fast do you lose muscle? How fast do you gain it back? How little can you do and maintain?

238: Dr. Nicole Lippman (@FeedYourMental) - How do diet, exercise, and gut health affect mental health, depression, ADHD, and more!

237: @Mikeneedsaplan - Lessons learned losing 110lb and keeping it off

236: Q&A - Why isn't adding sets considered progressive overload? Should you increase cardio to lose weight? How to meet physical activity guidelines and more!!

235: Dr. Andrea Love - foodbabe, fear mongering, RFK, "MAHA", and the dangers of misinformtion

234: Alex Viada - Hybrid training, z2 + z3, and how to get started...

233: Life and training updates

232: Q&A - Muscle weighs something, life plans, modifying around injuries, deloading for running vs lifting, nutrition periodization and metabolic adaptation

231: Nick Norwitz - Are lean mass hyper responders (LMHR) safe from heart disease?

230: Bryan Boorstein - Do you need to train more over time to keep making gains? Are volume recommendations helpful?

229: Ranking the top 25 leg machines

228: Q&A - muscle vs strength loss, HR zones, when is it safe for your kid to start lifting?

227: Calvin Scheller - The science of appetite regulation

226: John Noel - What are most of our clients REALLY struggling with?

225: Dr. Matthew Nagra - Health benefits of a plant-based diet and how to make sure you get all the nutrients you need

224: Dr. Allan Bacon - Cortisol, insulin, autophagy, stress, and sleep

223: Bryan Boorstein Q&A - Fringe stuff we do, hybrid training, health scares, pre-workout meals and more!!

222: Is it OK to do something you KNOW is unsustainable to lose fat?

221: Jaebian Rosario - Is obesity a choice? The biopsychosocial model of obesity...

220: Danny Matranga Q&A - how we stay motivated, things we do that aren't healthy, in person coaching, cannabis chat and more!

219: Martin MacDonald - Aggressive dieting: how, why, who, and common misconceptions

218 - Body recomposition - what is it, how does it happen, and should you do it...

217: Setting up the perfect fat loss phase

216: 13 tips to get better gains in less time

215: Q&A - Yoga, adapting to calories, face pulls, dog training, metabolic training, what I would tell 20 year old me....

214: Best and worst fitness quotes and sayings

213: How to stop tracking and start eating mindfully

212: Q&A - "menopause belly", meeting physical activity guidelines, what is "too few calories for fat loss", what is a healthy BMI?

211 - How to add running to your lifting routine

210 - Q&A - lowering blood pressure, how to help busy clients, how to stop tracking, getting out of your deficit with minimal weight gain...

209: Why you don't look like you lift...(and what to do about it)

208 - Jenna Lips - Birth story, setting boundaries with family, best and hardest things about parenting so far...

207: My favorite set and rep schemes for muscle growth

206: Rachel Henley - How to be more confident in the gym and not take yourself so seriously

205: ButterYourMacros - Things we've changed our mind about, parenting and more!!

204: Steph Gaudreau - Women + weightlifting, cycle-syncing, writing your own programs & more!!

203: Vatche Shakarian - Growing up overweight, finding a balanced approach, and the war against misinformation

202: Ryan Kassim - Working with the elderly, gaining perspective, and looking good naked while staying mindful

201: Changes to my training heading into dad sZn

200: Jenna Lips - Pregnancy + Parenting Q&A

199: Q&A - Zone 2 heart rates, what I feed my dogs, habits vs tracking, N1 hypertrophy camp...

198: Q&A - Protein as you age, how to know you're in zone 2, splitting workouts across the week, "dieting" vs "cutting" and MORE!

197: Alex Allen - Mindset, self-efficacy, and changing your identity...

196: Dr. Joey Munoz - The carnivore diet, nutrition research, and why we all fall for some bs sometimes...

195: Q&A - Bracing core during lifts, joint pain, 2x/wk training, hobbies outside of lifting and MORE!

194: ButterYourMacros - How do we make things sustainable?

193: Luke Smith R.D. (@lukesmithrd) - If you want to help people get healthy, should you become a dietitian? Online Coach? Influencer?