Odyssey Strength Podcast

What's your fitness game plan, leading up to the festive season? This week's topics: 1. When is it ok to eat breakfast food? 5:50 2. Carrying over habits from your diet 12:35 3. Making decisions through your "why" 20:12 4. Dealing with delicious festive foods 33:00 5. Strategies to manage alcohol 41:43 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updat...

Caffeine, fatigue, exercise variation, nutrition... what have you planned for the time in-between your dieting phases? This week's topics: 1. Enjoy the process = Get the result 4:23 2. Setting the right expectations 15:38 3. You can't always be dieting down 22:55 4. Coach Jackson's announcement 32:52 5. How much caffeine have we had? 36:34 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics...

We sat down with Ben from STCfit/STClearn, talking all things from powerlifting to personal development. Ben: https://instagram.com/benscottstc This week's topics: 1. Leveraging the people around you 15:18 2. Prep mistakes we made 10 years ago 25:35 3. The less glamorous side of competing 41:32 4. The gap between okay & exceptional 49:01 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics,...

Cardio, protein, training volume, the list goes on. Here are our best tips to achieving that summer shred - sustainably. This week's topics: 1. What a realistic diet looks like 18:45 2. But what happens after the diet? 27:23 3. How should you utilise cardio? 34:22 4. When is it time to pull the plug? 45:26 5. Answer these questions beforehand 50:40 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questio...

Get those summer shreds - and keep your progress afterwards, without rebounding and gaining too much body fat. This week's topics: 1. Scary overseas situations 1:35 2. How to get summer shredded 12:03 3. Keep the gains & set the next goal 17:55 4. The reality of food when dieting 24:30 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://insta...

The boys sat down with Adrian from Grounded Strength and Jason from STCfit/STClearn, to discuss all things from developing fortitude to life lessons learned. Adrian: https://instagram.com/coach.adrianbrown Jason: https://instagram.com/jasongalea_stc  This week's topics: 1. Leveraging the people around you 15:18 2. Prep mistakes we made 10 years ago 25:35 3. The less glamorous side of competing 41:...

Not sure how hard you're training, but why you're also not progressing at the same time? Here's how to put that hard effort to better use. This week's topics: 1. Our top cologne & restaurant picks 1:01 2. The easiest way to meal prep 13:55 3. Training hard vs. effectively 24:28 4. Intentionally gaining weight 32:53 5. You need to train with other people 37:29 Let us know your thoughts and send in...

Going ham in the gym, training your chest multiple times a week, but getting no results? Look no further. This week's topics: 1. Is more volume better for pecs? 19:41 2. Chest exercise technique tips 27:29 3. The best chest exercises, for you 33:18 4. Is the decline press useless? 38:06 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://inst...

Cardio won't kill your gains, not lifting more isn't a failure, AND you can be courteous in the gym? This week's topics: 1. People that won't share equipment 3:00 2. Dogs that are too intelligent 18:15 3. What holds your intensity back 25:41 4. Upping weights isn't everything 35:32 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://instagram...

Should you take supplements? Will strength training make you bulky? & more answered on this week's ep. This week's topics: 1. Yiannis' return to soccer 5:10 2. What supplements do we take? 13:45 3. The draw of powerlifting 26:48 4. Benefits of strength for women 36:00 5. Having a training partner 43:25 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updat...

A bit lost on how much to train, how often, and which exercises you should do? This ep is for you! This week's topics: 1. Wrestling is still top-tier 3:16 2. What is "good" technique? 13:02 3. Volume, frequency & lagging muscles 24:01 4. Picking effective exercises (for you) 35:06 5. Common mistakes & how to fix them 46:38 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy...

From newbie to intermediate, to experienced - here's what we've found to be the best gradation method for SUSTAINED results. This week's topics: 1. Overpriced drinks & the movies 1:30 2. Where to start with training 10:48 3. Progressing your program 24:09 4. Finding the right balance for you 33:26 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: h...

The boys are back, and refreshed! This week we dive into figuring out why you train and eat a certain way - what are you really striving to achieve? This week's topics: 1. "Letting go" in Europe for 2 months 1:37 2. Figuring out your purpose 17:55 3. What sustainable nutrition looks like 27:36 4. Baseline habits we'd recommend 39:55 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, other...

Foam rolling, protein targets, food habits, maintaining strength... Where should your focus be when you hit the dieting phase? This week's topics: 1. F2F with your online coach is fun 5:35 2. Deficit doesn't always mean weaker 12:27 3. Where to start with food habits 18:01 4. Foam rolling - Yes or no? 31:03 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay...

Sometimes you need to pause one thing to progress another, and repeat. It won't always be linear! This week's topics: 1. Figuring out what you value 5:35 2. Stacking habits on top of habits 15:55 3. The wins won't always be easy 22:13 4. You won't get stronger continuously 33:29 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://instagram.co...

Having no immediate goal makes it harder to stay adherent, but here are some strategies we use. This week's topics: 1. Performance goals in hypertrophy 12:29 2. Technique vs. weight moved 23:50 3. Everyone's killing it right now 34:11 4. Why maintenance is the hardest 39:25 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy the show! Stay updated: https://instagram.com/Ody...

Here are some tips we like to incorporate on the tail-end of a diet, which won't necessarily make things easier, but better to handle. This week's topics: 1. Fatigue at the end of a diet 2:03 2. Dealing with hunger levels 8:32 3. Our coaches keep us in check 14:22 4. Carb cycling, insulin sensitivity 31:46 5. Travel nutrition & training tips 35:35 Let us know your thoughts and send in any question...

From setting expectations to being aware of the difficulty ahead - here's how to ensure the highest chance of success with your dieting phases. This week's topics: 1. Dieting is acute & purposeful 2:47 2. Common food tracking mistakes 14:25 3. How periods can affect appetite 19:06 4. Good or bad, habits compound 24:40 5. Training intensity during a diet 35:35 Let us know your thoughts and send in...

This week's QnA from the OS Discord server covered a range of training and nutrition topics, from creatine consumption to protein / carb timing. This week's topics: 1. Gym etiquette isn't hard 7:03 2. Structure isn't always boring 12:40 3. How much creatine & water? 22:25 4. Timing nutrition / meals 30:24 5. Is over-training real? 40:41 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, o...

The boys caught up with Grounded Strength founder Adrian Brown, chatting all things from personal inspirations to business aspirations (and of course, lots of bodybuilding). Adrian: https://instagram.com/Coach. AdrianBrown This week's topics: 1. Looking to the top for inspiration 3:06 2. Why we love what we do 14:59 3. You should enjoy your training 38:48 4. Choose your method & stick to it 43:10...

Should you train and diet while on a holiday? Or, taking one step back - have you set up your diet for success in the first place? This week's topics: 1. Individual responses to dieting 13:59 2. Training/nutrition while on holiday? 18:06 3. Doing things you don't want to do 28:10 4. How to build a diet for yourself 33:42 Let us know your thoughts and send in any questions/topics, otherwise enjoy t...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Odyssey Strength Podcast! Here we'll chat all things training, nutrition and lifestyle - and how to manage them so you get stronger, look better naked, and tick off (and keep) goal after goal. This week's topics: 1. Empty gyms - yes or no? 1:05 2. Why we love bodybuilding 4:42 3. Our huge announcement 13:16 4. What we wish we had 19:35 Let us know your thoug...