Choose Hard with Cody McBroom

  The holidays are a busy time for people. From normal stressors such as working long hours to fighting traffic, caring for aging parents and paying the bills, just when you think your life is stressful enough, the holidays arrive, adding an additional layer of stress to our already busy lives. Indeed, people in the United States are more likely to feel their stress increases rather than decreases...

Dr. Aaron Horschig, also known as Squat University on all social media platforms - where he has millions of listeners, readers, and subscribers, is easily the leading expert on not only squatting... but on the entire concept of bridging the gap between physical therapy and strength and conditioning. He's a physical therapist by trade and an athlete by choice, making him one of the smartest lifters...

Apply to join the TCM Team HERE Apply for our World Renowned Coaching Program, RIGHT HERE . Remember to join our private FB community, RIGHT HERE . As Featured on: Huffington Post, Bodybuilding.com, The PTDC, Dr. John Rusin, Muscle For Life, HLHL, iN3, OPEX Fitness and More… ---- Timestamps: 6:00 - Can I combine strength training and running if I want to build muscle? How many days should be stren...

Today’s episode dives into what science says about one of the most common training questions we get as coaches… How long should you rest between sets? Generally speaking, short rest periods reduce the amount of reps you can do in subsequent sets. Longer rests 3 are better for developing strength and when you're training at high intensities to failure. For hypertrophy, you are free to choose your r...

Today Cody dives into a short list of 6 key factors and traits that help successful dieters keep the weight off after they finish their diets. In fact, these are not just hypothetical traits... They're BACKED BY SCIENCE. Literally, you can see the research cited below in this podcast description. This podcast breaks down how to lose weight in a sustainable manner and how to sustain that weight los...

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How should we be training, to optimize results? Specifically hypertrophy (muscle growth) results? Should we ALWAYS use a full range of motion? Or can we use partial ranges as well, in some context? The answer goes both ways, but definitely leans heavily on the full ROM side of things - which is what we dive into today; a study on full vs. partial ROM. Example 1 + Study: if increasing the ROM cause...

Joel is the creator of The Morpheus Training App, BioForce Conditioning Certificate, and Coach to many of the worlds greatest UFC and MMA fighters. He is considered a conditioning expert and is easily known as the top conditioning coach/educator in the entire world. Today, Joel and Cody have a conversation that could be considered “conditioning 101”… they start with the basics and carry on into th...

Apply for our World Renowned Coaching Program, RIGHT HERE . Remember to join our private FB community, RIGHT HERE . As Featured on: Huffington Post, Bodybuilding.com, The PTDC, Dr. John Rusin, Muscle For Life, HLHL, iN3, OPEX Fitness and More… ---- Timestamps: 1:05 - How do you feel about dairy in my diet, as a 49 year old near menopause? Hormones are a bit crazy. 5:40 - For nutrition, do you work...

This is a common myth that we’re going to completely rip apart, today! Listen in on this research review to better understand the role of insulin, what actually causes obesity, and why you can't blindly take advice in the fitness and nutrition industry. Background: The carbohydrate insulin model ( CIM ) states that  increasing fat deposition in the body—resulting from the hormonal responses to a h...

This episode will provide you with exactly what the title suggests... the tools, strategies, and mental shifts needed in order to completely transform your body, your career, your relationships, and your life. ANYTHING in life worth accomplishing can be accomplished if you step into it with a growth mindset and in this episode, we teach you just that - while also showing you what it takes to susta...

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Everyone tends to believe that your metabolism slows down as you age and therefore stops you from being able to get leaner or lose weight… So, is this actually true? Does research truly support this? Yes, it does - but only on the extreme ends (young/old). And today, we dive into this question and a recent study that comes from the Pontzer study in Science - listen in for details and read below fo...

We're going to dive deep into the weeds of programming in today's podcast! Cody breaks down the new program launching in the Tailored Trainer App, called Bulletproof Bodybuilding. The program is designed to attack your aesthetic goals (recomposition), while creating a level of resiliency in your body that helps you to completely avoid aches, pains, and injuries, to keep you in the gym for years an...

---- Apply for our World Renowned Coaching Program, RIGHT HERE . Remember to join our private FB community, RIGHT HERE . As Featured on: Huffington Post, Bodybuilding.com, The PTDC, Dr. John Rusin, Muscle For Life, HLHL, iN3, OPEX Fitness and More… ---- Timestamps: 1:40 - Where did you learn most about form and advanced variations? 8:50 - When I deadlift, I feel like my lower back is lifting the w...

In today's episode, Cody talks with James FitzGerald on the state of the fitness industry, why automation and algorithms are NOT the answer, how coaches SHOULD be thinking, what sustainability and consistency really mean and look like, and so much more… This is a deep and very philosophical conversation between two fitness professionals who share a lot of the same passion, insights, and opinions. ...

This week, you're getting TWO Q&A's from us! In this episode Cody dives into whether or not CBD is proven in the research to be effective, how many protein shakes is too many, knee sleeves and whether or not it's just placebo, setting realistic (and specific) goals, learning to handle stress, and more! ---- Apply for our World Renowned Coaching Program, RIGHT HERE . Remember to join our privat...

---- Apply for our World Renowned Coaching Program, RIGHT HERE . Remember to join our private FB community, RIGHT HERE . As Featured on: Huffington Post, Bodybuilding.com, The PTDC, Dr. John Rusin, Muscle For Life, HLHL, iN3, OPEX Fitness and More… ---- Apply For Coaching: bit.ly/Coaching-App Get Your Free Copy of The Nutrition Hierarchy, HERE Learn How We Coach: Read This Case Study Article Top 4...

We have Chris Barakat on the podcast once again! This time, we're diving into his most recent bodybuilding prep journey, why he believes intensity is more important than volume and intensity for hypertrophy and muscle maintenance during a fat loss phase, intuitive eating for fat loss and when it may be appropriate to do so, and so much more! ---- THINGS WE MENTIONED: - Podcast 1 w/ Chris - Podcast...

Reverse Dieting... a commonly confused and often misguided topic, within the dieting world. So in this podcast, Cody is going to help clear the confusion and educate you on what reverse dieting is, why you would want to reverse diet in the first place, how to perform a reverse diet properly, and what to expect when going through the reverse dieting process. And he does so by answering YOUR questio...

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Today we bring on a client of Cody's named Susan Lenderts, who has actually been a client for just over 3 years! Very long time and it's for good reason, which we get into today… So, this podcast will serve partially as a live testimonial conversation - which has been requested many times by you, the listener. We cover what changes she's seen since starting, why she's still coaching after 3 full y...

We've all heard about the placebo effect, but have you really looked at the research showing it's efficacy...? Is it a myth or an insane phenomenon that produces results? Believe it or not, the research tends to lean towards the latter! But this placebo effect needs to be properly understood in order to be used for better results, because in some cases it could even prevent you from getting result...

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Today is a research review podcast with our Chief Science Officer Dr. Brandon Roberts! We dive into a new study on intermittent fasting, review all the literature available on ketone supplementation, and finish off with looking at what the research says about "fitness trackers", such as the Apple Watch, Whoop Band, Oura Ring, and more... Follow Brandon on IG at @brob_21 and Cody at @codymcbroom --...