Eat To Perform Podcast

This was the first guest of our new coaches course series and it's still one of our best. Alex is an accomplished powerlifter AND and accomplished Ultra Marathoner. His views on work capacity is something everyone that wants to get better at exercise needs to hear.

This is going to be sort of a different podcast because I felt like this was going to be the best medium for this discussion and why I am not recommending people buy HealthBox (mostly the health band at this point) and why it isn't a great fit for Eat To Perform goals.

In this episode we talk about the impact on metabolism as it relates to different styles of training and why weight lifting creates a specific type of demand that is different than other forms of training and why that is beneficial.

In this episode we go over how athletes with more fat to use can optimize their fat loss goals using specific forms of cardio. We also go over how relatively lean people get leaner and the answer is going to surprise a lot of people. Paul and Sam debate the merits of specifying your training AWAY from your fat loss goals and why that might make sense at times.

The reigning king of hypertrophy is Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, Brad stops by to talk about evidence based training and how to use that to see results that show up in the mirror.

I apologize that the beginning of the podcast feels a bit wonky, we had some production issues but the Q&A was too good to lose. We do these classes for people just starting to Eat To Perform and they are some of our best podcasts because we get great questions. Most of our other podcasts have themes, as you can tell from this broadcast we didn't need a theme because the questions were coming in h...

This is an addendum from Yesterday's podcast on lifting for fat loss. I walk you guys through how various forms of cardio can be used to reach your fat loss goals.

In this podcast we talk about the consequences of lifting too heavy too often when fat loss is your goal and how to change up your routine. Also we cover the dreaded "I don't want to get bulky question" and tell you why lifting is a growth signal and that's exactly what you want for fat loss over time.

These episodes are devoted to training concepts for the most part but also we try to dig a bit deeper on why training volume is favorable for self esteem. So how did we get on the topic of Viagra and Whitney Cummings, you will have to listen to find out.

The best lies have a small fraction of truth that almost seems logical. The problem is no matter how many times you say them they don't suddenly become true. We walk you through why abs aren't actually made in the kitchen, we insulin is wrongly categorized as a "storage" hormone and why you should be eating at your calorie balance or above and how that positively can affect your fat loss goals.

This is another Quick Hitter on why or body stores fat and how we can use that information to reach our physique goals.

It's easy to stay motivated when all the streams are aligned. In this episode we talk about sleep, sickness and getting back on the path. We talk about rigidity as part of the problem and why obstacles provide the light that show you the path.

We covered a lot of ground on this one and talked about how you can use past dieting knowledge to help your new journey as well as finding a good compromise between looking good naked and enjoying your workouts and your life.

In this "Quick Hitter" I walk users through establishing a baseline, using that baseline to see a specific result and then what life looks like after that. I use 3 examples to illustrate my point for various points in a persons journey.

With no April we decided to have a little fun with this one with our Guest Baker Leavitt from Kill Cliff. Baker is a super funny guy and has a new podcast called "The Panic Room with Black Baker". In this episode Baker pulls a gun on me, kind of (you might need to watch on YouTube to see that).

This was actually one of our QuickStart classes that we recorded because people have been asking me about my new High Volume routines and how I structure them.

We deep dive the idea of "food perfection" and why limiting your options leads to failure for a lot of folks. We also talk about Paul's project doing lot's of reps over the course of one day as opposed to a shorter time window.

"Less Than" is a fictional account of an athlete that preparing for the 2056 Olympics, she is talking to her grandmother about the diet industry and the differences between the two eras in time.

We record a few of these classes but this one came out so good I decided to make it a podcast. Eat To Perform QuickStart is an upgrade Eat To Perform members can buy to get acclimated a bit quicker, there is a bit more accountability and access to coaches and that's what makes it invaluable to new members.

Trying to start off 2016 in the right way we first need to start with how we talk to ourselves and allow failure to be a part of the process rather than the thing that ruins everything like all of the years before.

Whenever you start to make your health a priority the new way of thinking will often lead you to feel confused and overwhelmed. In this episode we walk you through how to avoid that.

With the New Year comes a lot of scare tactics from all of the folks trying to "help you get back in shape". We talk to you about why it isn't as bad as you think and give you strategies to look at it differently.

This was a great podcast where we talked with world glass grip athlete Adam Glass and he says something everyone needs to here about gaining weight and when your body becomes unresponsive. This was one of the best calls we have ever had.

We wanted to use this podcast/webinar (can be found on YouTube) to highlight ETP staff from around the world including trying to find out holiday traditions in Australia. We got to meet everyone's families and just have a great time.

This has been a trending topic in the ETP community and one that is important for most people going through dieting cycles. Let's face it, sucking it up and eating less is relatively easy, the hard part is getting back to normal. In this podcast we walk a coaching client through that process.