Odyssey Strength Podcast

Work life, social life, and other stresses keeping you from the gym? Here's our checklist of under-rated tools you can use. This week's topics: 1. How to handle life getting crazy 1:05 2. Faster results aren't always better 8:10 3. Maintenance is progress 10:39 4. Training tools we've been loving 15:54 5. Turn more notifications off 22:35 Let us know your thoughts and send in any q...

The truth: It's not always going to be perfect, but there's so much you can do regardless. This week's topics: 1. Hacks to not miss training sessions 5:11 2. A.M. routine to set up your day 10:00 3. Embrace difficulty & imperfection 14:58 4. Maintenance is actually progress 29:27 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: htt...

Want to successfully cut down and reveal your shredded dream physique? Don't make these mistakes we've seen many make while in their deficit. This week's topics: 1. When to do cardio in a diet & what kind 6:05 2. The limits of calorie banking 14:12 3. Dealing with sickness when dieting 23:18 4. How quickly should you lose fat? 26:05 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questio...

Should you cut or build into your big trip away? How do you keep those results? This week's topics: 1. Taking metrics & "optimal" too far 0:34 2. Should I cut or build into my holiday? 14:17 3. Locking in gets easier every time 20:35 4. What I wish I knew before my holiday 27:15 5. Should you train while away? 36:57 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, othe...

Intensity in the gym, skipping the basics... Don't skimp on this list if you want exceptional physique gains. This week's topics: 1. Wearables - which ones are worth it? 1:28 2. Don't risk leaving gains on the table 7:32 3. Do you have to lift more every week? 17:09 4. Double-edged sword of role models 21:03 5. Focusing on the basics that matter 26:01 Let us know your thoughts and send...

Have you hit a plateau? Here's how to stick to it and break through. This week's topics: 1. Trying to find a new hobby 0:45 2. Managing joint pain / repetitive strain 8:46 3. Do the simple things for long enough 16:25 4. Results are produced outside the gym 25:38 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://instagram.com/Odysse...

How do you embrace the build, knowing you won't be lean again for a while? Here's our mid-bulk mentality. This week's topics: 1. Managing nutrition on a trip away 16:50 2. Missed a training session? 25:35 3. New goals, new training programs 28:35 4. How far to go with a bulk phase 36:33 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated:...

Adrian joins the boys to chat all things consistency, setting up a routine, and learning to love the process, for continual results. Adrian: Instagram This week's topics: 1. What we look for in a good gym 4:19 2. Staying locked in when it gets hard 9:23 3. Good training simplifies over time 17:05 4. How we learned to enjoy training 24:54 5. What time should you train? 35:59 Let us know your th...

Several shows, photoshoots and holidays later, the boys are now well into their growth phase - here's how they're tackling it. This week's topics: 1. The biggest struggle during a deficit 6:10 2. Accepting your lifestyle will change 12:04 3. The game of post-diet weight gain 17:11 4. Planning future comps & growth 28:17 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, ot...

From soccer and Muay Thai to bodybuilding... Here's what we learned along the way. This week's topics: 1. Our personal training origins 4:48 2. How Jackson first started training 21:08 3. Yiannis' start in competitive soccer 30:54 4. What we owe to bodybuilding 38:05 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://instagram.com/Odyssey. S...

Snacking, cravings, hunger, food-fatigue, busy work-life... Here's how we teach our clients to successfully navigate food. This week's topics: 1. You need to decide to commit 4:35 2. What happens after the diet? 10:28 3. Deficit & surplus mistakes we see 14:30 4. "I can't get all my food in" 23:42 5. Dealing with hunger & cravings 32:58 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, o...

Not sure if you're on the right track? Here's our checklist to achieving the physique goals you know you deserve. This week's topics: 1. Who we work with 11:01 2. Picking the best exercises 13:37 3. Am I recovering enough? 20:35 4. How to manage expectations 25:21 5. Eating for your goal 31:25 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https...

Here are some of our best practices for managing eating out and being social, while sticking to your goals and not losing all your progress. This week's topics: 1. The best food tracking app 9:40 2. What if I go off my plan? 19:20 3. Accounting for eating out 25:25 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://instagram.com/Odyssey. Str...

Sick, fatigued, overtrained, in a deficit, in a surplus... Here's the mindset we use, when it comes to showing up more often than not. This week's topics: 1. Baseball is now my identity 2:48 2. The art of cooking 16:50 3. Training when you're sick? 30:15 4. It will only get harder 37:40 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://inst...

Want that X frame? That dumptruck? Those boulder shoulders? It's gonna take some time and some work. This week's topics: 1. The dog-fostering experience 5:40 2. Balancing chasing two goals 13:04 3. Trusting the long dieting process 22:40 4. It's hard to put on size / muscle 32:27 5. How much processed food matters 38:43 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy th...

Sure, you shouldn't compare yourself to the best in the world... but you can learn from them. This week's topics: 1. Being built for a sport or lift 2:29 2. Is what we're doing "healthy"? 10:43 3. The truth behind meal timing 25:26 4. What we can learn from the elite 34:35 5. Are you majoring in the minors? 41:20 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show!...

Ever felt sleepy after carbs? Sick during a workout? Fluffy during a bulk? This is the bulking ep for you. This week's topics: 1. Training a family guard dog 14:55 2. Nutrition & training on holiday 24:25 3. Eating out vs. Meal prep 30:29 4. Why you feel sleepy after eating 39:38 5. Lessons learned in bulking 44:06 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the sho...

You get hungry, you get tired, training gets hard - the list goes on... Here are some tools to make it all more manageable.  This week's topics: 1. Water bottle appeal is real 1:48 2. Olive oil & salt are life 10:19 3. 'Smaller' meals in a diet? 25:32 4. Keep training intensity high 39:30 5. Our first date advice 43:28 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the...

Feeling fluffy? Or struggling to get meals in? Or overall questioning your current progress? This ep is for you.  This week's topics: 1. Fred Again was amazing 0:52 2. Weight-gain struggles 17:15 3. Your leanness =/= Your worth 26:24 4. Leaving no stone unturned 33:22 5. How we're improving our sleep 38:40 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay u...

Make the call. Choose the goal. Book the shoot. Here's how you could set yourself up to continue progressing and smashing goals. This week's topics: 1. The joys of car troubles 1:03 2. Fighting people on Instagram 9:14 3. Make the decision to commit 17:10 4. Put habits in place and refine 24:20 5. When to chase that last 5% 29:22 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwis...

Are those fancy, intricate exercises you see in the gym worth doing? This week's topics: 1. Unnecessary GF & vegan diets 6:33 2. Weird house-squatting laws 16:58 3. Unimportant focuses in the gym 22:02 4. Strength is the underlying base 39:04 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://instagram.com/Odyssey. Strength

Those thoughts of "I'm not big enough", "I'm not lean enough", "I'm not jacked enough"... we have them too. This week's topics: 1. Fluctuating clothing sizes suck 8:07 2. Always wanting to be bigger or leaner 15:05 3. Frustration with progress (or lack of) 21:15 4. Our recent cuisine discoveries 26:26 5. The rabbithole of coffee-making 36:35 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topi...

Here are some of the mental tips we've personally used to unlock more effort (and results) in our training sessions.  This week's topics: 1. We're (not) becoming firefighters 2:09 2. Dealing with injuries / niggles 11:50 3. You could probably train harder 16:33 4. Get familiar with uncomfortability 27:05 5. How to lift more when you can't 31:40 Physique Camp pre-registration: https://form.jotform....

Kicking off 2024 with a bang - improvements, goals, announcements, and more. This week's topics: 1. Tattoos & training in Bali 3:20 2. Gaining weight tougher than cutting? 20:12 3. Jackson's comp prep update 31:49 4. Announcing our 2024 release... 34:28 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://instagram.com/Odyssey. Strength

Here's how we set the bar each session, and how we're tackling our 2024 physique goals. This week's topics: 1. Experimenting with pre-pump exercises 12:04 2. Feeling exercises where you shouldn't 23:15 3. How we determine set/rep intensity 30:43 4. Deciding when to stop the bulk 38:28 5. Resetting the caffeine sensitivity 43:47 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise...