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Do your protein needs change as you get older?

"Weighing the Truth: BMI and the Debunking of 'Healthy Obesity' Myth." Dive deep with us as we tackle the latest study shedding light on the intricate relationship between BMI, age, and metabolic health. Is "healthy obesity" a real phenomenon or just another health myth waiting to be busted? Join us as we dissect the findings, unravel the implications for athletes, and uncover the reality that lie...

How much does interference effect matter!? Will conditioning effect your strength?

Back to our cycle webinars where we go over each of our programming tracks, their major focus and a quick summary.

Strength and hyertrophy often get lumped together but are two seperate goals and stimuli. Depending what your goals are, which should you train first?

This is a point that keeps needing to be hammered in. This week we look at a study that compared two female groups. A low energy group at 1200 calories and an optimal energy group at 2300 calories. Guess which group was better for you and didnt cause issues through every system in the body?

How much do you factor in bar and feet position when squatting? 

Have you thought doing an endurance event or ultra anytime? Be sure to give this a listen.

Do you train too much? You are more likely to train too little, but lets talk about that sweet spot. 

We have talked about out feelings on supplements and that we have no interest in starting a supplement line. But haven't gone into the specifics past that. This episode aims to go a little deeper on our feeling with supplements.

We prescribe strength numbers, but there is evidence that self selected load can be a viable optin. 

We just did a testing session with a blood lactate meter to officially find our Zone 2. So today we are talking about everything blood lactate and finding your zone 2 with blood lactate testing.

What you really need to know about bruning calories and weightloss. 

Concurrent training we talk about a lot is what we do, but the term hybrid athlete is being used a lot now. Whats the difference?

We talk about tracking food, mostly protien. But what does that effect have on your mental state?

We're talking about deload weeks again here. This study compares two 9 week programs geared toward strength and hypertrophy. If you do our programming you know we regularly deload, every 4 weeks.

Finishing off our fueling series we are getting into the extras, hydration, supplementions and other things to consider like micro nutritnts. 

Today, Jerred covers the practical side of Zone 2 Training. In previous episodes, we have covered more of the science of Zone 2 Training. Today, it's about the practical application of Zone 2 training. How to calculate your Zone 2, how to program Zone 2, and how to progress Zone 2 training. 

Round two of our endruance event fueling series, this time we discuss protein and fat. 

A recent unfortunate incident in the world of fitness involved a man dying while squatting at the gym. We aren't intending to exploit this tragic accident. Instead, we want to ensure the safety of all athletes and anyone lifting weights. Jerred will be sharing some safety tips, as well as discussing how to properly spot the squat and what precautions to take each time you perform this exercise; am...

We did an awesome endurance event breakdown and how to fuel. I highly recommend listeing to the full 3 part series. 

This week were taking a look at a presentation at NSCA's Coaches Conference, by Professor Paul Comfort. We look at how micro-dosing strength training work and if I can benefit athletes. How we may use it and expanding on this concept in detail.

How can your gut effect your workout progress and gym gains?

You can most definitely get stronger with doing calisthenics. Increasing your reps, your time under tension (tempo) and dynamic efforts will get you stronger. But that doesn't necessarily mean you will gain muscle.

Can you still make gains or maintain with minimal lifting? this is a great listen if you are going into a down season or temporarly focusing on endurance.