Build Without Breaking - With Brian Keane

For this one, I just pressed record and talked about of my experience running 250km self-sufficient through the Sahara Desert the week before last. I go briefly into everything I did with my training, food and mindset before the event and then all the ridiculous and life-changing moments during and after my time in the Sahara. This episode goes through the highs and the lows. I've talked everythin...

Dave and Steve are identical twins, better known as The Happy Pear. On top of running an incredibly successful health food vegan business; they are also best-selling authors who live and embrace an incredible lifestyle of health, wellness and happiness in general.     This podcast is amazing! We talk everything from their semi-pro background in rugby and travelling the world as hippies (their word...

On today's Q&A Brian answers: Can you get visible abs with just diet alone? 00:44 Do you think cutting can make you look bigger? 07:35 How do I encourage my partner and/or loved one to develop their own healthy mindset by consuming content such as yours or other well-regarded sources? I know for a fact it would help them out as it has helped me but their cynicism of stoicism and "self-help" books...

Becca is a personal trainer and online nutrition coach. After spending time in London as a nurse, she moved into the fitness industry and now helps serve clients from all walks of life with her unique training and nutritional approach. Becca gave so much value here; from her training and nutrition mistakes to going from cardio bunny to glute expert. I hope you enjoy this one.   Rapid fire Question...

1) How can I build the mindset to make healthier food choices? I think I know what foods are good and bad but I just can't seem to stick to eating healthier, any tips would be great?  01:15 2) What are your thoughts on 'twice a day' training? 12:26 3) What are your thoughts on visualization and meditation? 23:53 4) Hi Brian, can you do a podcast about how to cope with a partner who isn't supportiv...

How can I avoid eating junk food? I feel like I'm always craving it. 02:21 Do you ever hit a wall midday from getting up so early in the morning? I get up at 5 am (like you every morning) but always feel drained by 11 am and need a nap. It takes me so long to get going after the nap though and it takes a big chunk of my day? Any help would be great?  14:29 I've heard you mention crossfit a few tim...

1) I started paying attention to my food & health relatively recently. But my girlfriend still doesn't. How would you recommend to handle this kind of situation, she doesn't really want to change but I think it would be better for her? 01:38   2) What's the best way to grow my legs? 11:39   3) Will running fasted with BCAA's in the morning help me burn more fat? 19:46   4) I'm 29, all my friends a...

I was lit up after this episode. Marcus is a Dubai entrepreneur, an ultra-marathon runner, ultra cyclist and a motivational speaker who has zero filter on everything he says. If you need motivation today, this is the episode to listen to!   At the end of this episode, DM me or Marcus on Instagram – what is your Everest?     Rapid fire Questions   When you think of the word successful, who's the fi...

1) What do you eat before working out on the morning? 00:44 2) I've seen a lot of bulk and cut plans contain carbs before bed. Can you explain the reason and effect this has on the body?  09:21 3) This summer I will be doing a lot of travelling (interrailing/America) for 6 weeks. Any tips on training and eating on a low budget when travelling? 17:38 4) I feel a bit tired during my workouts and loo...

  Do you burn more calories by carrying out your reps slowly or fast? Or does it even matter?  01:04 On a time under tension lift, do you stop before the top of the movement? I don't know if the muscles are under tension or if it's just lactic acid? 11:26 How much weight should I be squatting weight wise? 20:12 When dieting, at what stage should you take green tea extract – or should you always su...

Best selling author of 'The Warrior Diet' Ori talks through everything from his new book on stress and how 'controlled stressors' such as intermittent fasting and the right eating pattern can make you leaner, fitter and stronger alongside how it can slow down the ageing process whilst ramping up your sex drive.   Introduction: Ori Hofmekler is a modern renaissance man whose formative military expe...

Do you believe that you can build muscle and lose body fat at the same time or can people only just cut and bulk?  00:53 Is it normal for your face to get fatter when you're bulking? 10:17 I can't feel my back contract of rows, have you any tips? 13:58 Am I better to only have carbs at insulin sensitive times or space them out through the day if fat loss is my goal or does it even matter? 19:51 Ho...

  What is the best alcohol to drink when trying to lose fat? 01:39 What are good foods to eat to bulk up? 10:21 What is the best cardio machine to lose body fat? 15:05 What are your thoughts on "all calories being equal / not equal? i.e. clean food vs. a chocolate bar.  21:59 Thoughts on using legal steroids bought online? 27:58 There's a girl I like who is always texting and flirting with me but...

  Siobhan's story is incredible. She talks through how she went from being overweight (and strong) to lean and fit and how keeping herself accountable on social media started it all! We talked everything in this episode from 9-5 jobs to travel to physical transformations and avoiding fad diets. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did recording.   Siobhan's Social Media Links Website: http://oh...

  I want to lose body fat, should I go on a keto diet? 01:35 How can I be more productive in the morning?  10:47 How does ZMA work and does it help with sleep? 19:37 How do you not lose muscle when training for a marathon? 27:09 Is a gym or a barbell and dumbbells at home better when starting off first? 32:04 I couldn't get it up the first time I tried having sex with a girl I liked, I was so nerv...

How can I build muscle training at home? 01:13 What are your top 3 diet tips? 07:04 What pre workout do you recommend to people? 17:18 My knee hurts when I run on the road, what can I do? 24:21 Is the organic white chocolate you eat healthier than the 'normal' chocolate? 30:21 I have pain in the front of my shoulders when I do presses, how can I fix it? 33:22 How can I get over fear, you know I wa...

  Today is a pretty heavy hitting mindset episode, I talk about some things in my own life that I haven't spoken about previously to try and give context to how these stories showed up in my life and the life triggers that sparked them. I feel like this would have been a treasure map for me five years so I hope it helps as it's something I needed to hear not too long ago.     Story 1: IT'S JUST NO...

1) What do you think of juice diets? 2) Do you track fruit or should as carbs? 3) Do you have good quotes or advice for athletes (and life in general)? 4) What would you recommend for severe bloating? I find it terrible after eating pulses and green veg, it's quite painful? 5) You always talk about glute activation, this might be a stupid question but how do you know if they're activating? 6) What...

Q+A   1: How to get back into training after the being sick? 2: How many days a week should you train, is between 5-7 days good? 3: Can you go over your investing/spending/ wasting time and money thing from Snapchat, please? 4: What's more important to lose body - eating a calorie deficit or keeping protein high? 5: Should I do cardio before or after weights? 6: I use to have a thing with my house...

Currently in the middle of your book and your anxiety podcast was so helpful. Do you have any other mindset or philosophy book recommendations for a beginner?  I'm juggling with a new-born, career, training and college, any tips?  What do you think of fat burners, are they harmful or helpful? -   I've lost my way in life, don't even have the energy to go to the gym anymore, what should I do?  A gu...

Q+A     How can I boost my immune system- recently every time I train, I wake up sick the next day? Does the length of rest time between sets matter if your goal is muscle building? I just hit a wall and don't want to go to the gym this week, should I push through or take a break? Do you have any rest days? Is it true if I stop having sex then my performance in the gym will get better?    

Learn how you can balance your nutrition, training, supplements to shift the Xmas pounds and set yourself up for attaining your goals for 2018!

I've probably learnt more in this last year than I had in the previous five combined. I hope this episode helps as much as it helped me re-listening to it.     Self-awareness is more important than any skill or knowledge you can learn. You need to do what's important to you and not what the world says you should do.   "Be yourself because everyone else is taken" – Oscar Wilde     Process is EVERYT...

Thoughts on a dirty bulk, will the fat turn into muscle? How do u set your goals on your whiteboards? Watch and view everything you do and it begs this question, how do you managing to get everything done and squeezed into a day? Like how are you that motivated dude it's amazing- It's a trait I struggle with and hoping you might give me a few tips and do you ever sleep? Look forward to your respon...

1) How can I wake up earlier, I struggle to get up as it? 2) What are your thoughts on smoking (on nights out for example)?   3) How can I stop being bullied?   4) I'm spending over an hour in the gym, how long should my sessions be?   5) My question, therefore, is how does one break through the mindset of accepting mediocrity as a baseline(ie. 'I've been good enough today so I deserve this')and e...