Make Fitness Make Sense

Coach JK shares his persepctive on body recomposition in a way that makes the goal, the process, and the expectations easier to understand. Body recomp is often talked about as the best of both worlds: losing fat and building muscle at the same time. But that can also make it confusing, especially when people are trying to compare it to a more traditional fat loss phase, muscle gain phase, or weig...

In this episode, Coach JK talks about how identity-based habit change fits into the fitness conversation. Insipred by ideas from James Clear’s Atomic Habits , JK explains why lasting fitness habits usually require more than a checklist, a plan, or a temporary goal. This episode will help you make sense of what that identity shift can look like in everyday life, from food choices and social setting...

Cortisol gets blamed for everything right now: belly fat, poor sleep, stress, fatigue, hormone issues, and even people’s workouts. But is cortisol really the villain, or has the internet turned a normal human hormone into another thing to fear? In this episode, Coach JK shares his perspective on the cortisol conversation in a way that is less panic-driven and more practical. He looks at what corti...

Welcome to episode 1 of Make Fitness Make Sense with Coach JK McLeod. This podcast is for people who want fitness, nutrition, and healthy habits explained in a way that actually makes sense. In this episode, JK answers three common fitness questions: Is collagen protein worth taking? Why does recovery feel harder after 30? And how do you deal with guilt when old habits, old thoughts, or old insecu...