Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates

Emma Storey Gordon is a behaviour change and fat loss expert with incredible messaging that gently calls us on our own sh!t.  Emma shares her insight on: -Identifying when and why your energy is low and the simple lifestyle behaviours you can change to improve your daily energy and sense of well being. -Lower standard creep. -The stories we tell ourselves about planning. -Focus on making your bad...

Eve Guzman combines her education with her personal experience to have lost 150 pounds, kept it off, became a successful nutrition coach, then built an empire mentoring other women to build their businesses.  Eve shares her wisdom on: -Why people don’t want to change -The stories and narratives people hold onto to remain stuck in place -How to change those narratives -How your stories and staying...

Danny Matranga is a certified strength and conditioning coach who’s made an impact with no nonsense evidence based messaging around nutrition and fitness. Danny joins me to share his thoughts on: -Why people do not have the skills to eyeball their calorie tracking -The sugar diet -His favourite tracking strategies  -Why extreme diets are “performance art” -The problems with dietary tribalism -Why...

Dr Mike T. Nelson is a PhD, Author, and prolific educator in nutrition and training. Mike guests to share his expertise on: -What is metabolic flexibility and why it’s important for your health and performance -How to get your body to more efficiently utilize carbs and fats as fuel -When your body best uses fat and carbs as fuel -What’s going on with insulin resistance -How to improve insulin sens...

Dr Eric Helms is one of the most respected and influential educators in muscle building training and nutrition.  Eric guests with detailed and nuanced answers about: -How much muscle can the average person expect to build in a year or across a lifetime -Are there differences between men’s and women’s ability to build muscle  -Why some distrust has grown toward science and science backed muscle bui...

Zack Zillner is the Director of Sports Performance at The University of Miami for men's basketball and co-host of the Coach Em Up Podcast Zack joins to talk about: -The problem with movement cults -Why we sometimes see people overvalue trends popularized by high level athletes, like cupping and kinesiotape  -Managing off season vs in season training for athletes -What matters for recovery for...

Amanda Thebe is one of the most trusted voices in menopause advocacy and education.  Amanda guests to take a blowtorch to the exploding volume of menopause misinformation online.  Amanda shares: -How her strength training maybe have prevented broken bones after being hit by a car -Why we are seeing this explosion in menopause and women’s hormonal health misinformation -Debunking myths around corti...

Brad Dieter is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Owner of Macros Inc. Brad shares his expertise on: -What years of client data suggests about the people who lose the excess weight and keep it off are doing to be successful -What happens when people are misled by the allure of fad diets and overpromised diet marketing -How do rewire the narrative that other life success must come at the cost of ou...

Jeb Stuart Johnston specializes in working with people who struggle with emotional eating. Jeb joins me to share: -Understanding emotional eating and why its a significant driver of our obesity crisis -Important skills for managing emotional eating -Why he approaches emotional eating with non-judgemental curiosity  -If GLP-1 Agonist drugs help with emotional eating -Why some people struggle with e...

Tim Riley is a strength and conditioning coach and host of the Coach Em Up Podcast.  Tim joins to share his thoughts and wisdom about: -How important fitness was in leaving behind a past involving drugs and alcohol -How to build muscle without losing athleticism  -The traits, attitudes, and behaviours that correlate with athletes going on to be successful in sport and life -The strength and condit...

Lavanya Krishnan is a personal trainer with a Masters Degree in public health, who travels the world extensively.  Lavanya shares: -Why she doesn’t compromise on her fitness when she travels -How to plan ahead to include strength training -What do to when you don’t have gym access while travelling -When to give yourself grace on your fitness and nutrition routine -Her experience visiting one of th...

Ava Cowan is a legendary Pro Figure Champion and Coach who’s appeared on the cover of over 20 fitness magazines. Ava joins me to share:-When do fitness competition diets become dangerous-What are the red flag behaviours to watch for-How to create guardrails to diet safely-Ava’s positive and negative experiences from a long and successful competitive career-Are there people who are drawn to competi...

Legendary powerlifter and IFBB Pro bodybuilder Stan Efferding is also one of the most thoughtful practitioners of evidence based nutrition and training. Stan joins for a pure masterclass in: -Why we have an obesity and metabolic health crisis -How much of the benefit of healthy lifestyle is directly attributable to fat loss -Why the classic “eat less/move more” advice is truthful but not helpful -...

Dr Lauren Colenso-Semple is garnering a lot of attention for her excellent myth busting media. Lauren joins to share: -Why “balancing hormones” is nonsense -If there’s any evidence to support general training prescriptions around women’s cycles -Do weighted vests help with bone mineral density -Can we “build” bone health as we age -Why we are seeing a lot of questionable or outright bad informatio...

Dr Spencer Nadolsky is an industry leading obesity physician who joins me to cut through the noise and confusion about: -Why obesity is so prevalent -Food Noise -GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic -GLP-1 medication effects on addiction  -Debunking misinformation about LDL cholesterol risks -Can we influence the distribution of body fat? -What is Lipidema (hint - the fibrous lower body fat like...

Pat Basil is a CSCS with a Masters Degree in Exercise Science and an Undergraduate Degree in Psychology, a great combo for knowing how to merge the training prescription with the relationship and mindset to get people to act and change. Pat joins me to share his thoughts on: -How to create the sweet spot of training stimulus to create adaptation -Why you can make great progress with more consisten...

Chris Powell is a lot more than just the host of the ABC Series Extreme Weight Loss (Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition). Chris is a highly educated, evidence based, and deeply empathic coach who works with people struggling with significant weight loss. Chris shares: -The biggest mistakes people make when trying to lose weight -Helping people change their beliefs about what they can accomplish...

Dr Sean Pastuch is an industry leader in helping people not accept a life limited by pain, but getting people back to doing what they love. In this episode Sean shares: -His insights into why we don’t need to accept pain as part of life -Thoughts on how to change our story about pain -How to get back to doing things we love in life -How our relationships affect our experience of pain -Insights on...

Matt Wenning is a rare combination of high level education (Masters Degree in Biomechanics) and high level competition success (3x World Champion powerlifter and multiple record holder). Matt joins me to share his thoughts on: -Biomechanics, specifically practical and tactical nuance, and underrated ideas he feels aren’t utilized often enough -Why he feels variety is important but how to apply var...

Dr. Caleb Burgess is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach who joins me to discuss: -How being an overall healthier person means you typically have less pain and recover from injury better -How repetitive movements and sustained postures may lead to injury risk -Why slouched positions aren’t inherently risky for injury, but lack of variety of movement may be -I...

Brad Schoenfeld, PhD is among the worlds leading researchers in the field of muscle hypertrophy, a tenured professor, and author. Brad is measured and nuanced in his breakdown of popular muscle building beliefs and myths.  Brad joins me to share a researched backed breakdown of: -Why we can build muscle with rep ranges outside the classic 8-12 reps.  -The benefits of training at different rep rang...

Joel Jamieson is a world leader on performance conditioning, heart rate variability, and energy systems. Joel joins the podcast to educate you on: -The optimal balance of strength and cardio. -Is VO2 max trainable and how important is it for longevity. -Can you do too much strength training to where it negative affects longevity. -Where do we see diminishing returns on strength training. -How does...

Aram Grigorian is a dear friend and one of the most generous and selfless professionals in the industry.  Aram joins me to share his thoughts on: -Why he thinks people would benefit from tracking their nutrition (there’s a lot of nuance here). -Why people are often resistant to tracking. -Self limiting beliefs. -How fashion magazines, social media, and even your mom’s language and actions messed u...

Jason Brown is one of the industry’s leading authorities on programming for strength, cardiovascular health, and making it all fit optimally into a busy life.  Jason breaks down a masterclass in making strength and cardio work within your busy life so you don’t need to live in a gym 6 days a week and shares thoughts on: -How much strength training and cardio you need.  -Why you probably don’t need...

Andy Morgan is an experienced coach and the co-author of the Muscle and Strength Pyramids Books. Andy showed up researched and prepared to give you a lot of value. Andy joins the podcast to share his wisdom on:-How to spot fitness and nutrition charlatans.-Where do such charlatans originate from.-What’s going on when someone isn’t losing weight but claims they’re in a calorie deficit.-Why do peopl...