Physique Development Podcast

Today’s episode is a deep dive all about recovery — one of the most important training variables. Strength training breaks down your muscles alongside other tissues and systems in your body. The time spent maximizing recovery helps us adapt from our training past our original levels — this is how muscle, strength, and endurance are acquired. Without adequate recovery, training performance will suf...

Today’s episode is a more free-flowing episode discussing topics we have messed up in the past and ultimately learned from throughout our fitness journeys. Topics we covered include: -Learning that you need a break from dieting -Training without purpose -Worrying about making everything macro-friendly -Obscene amounts of training volume -Writing and performing redundant training programs -Drinking...

Katie’s fitness journey began after graduating high school. She had always played sports and was incredibly active growing up; however, once she finished high school and found herself without sports – she ended up lost and without guidance. Katie then turned to the gym to keep herself in shape, but also to see how far she could push herself. She missed the structure and competition that sports bro...

Makenzie has been a PD Client for 2 years now and has shown so much dedication and thirst for knowledge. She completely encompasses the Physique Development mission and we are SO excited for you all to have the opportunity to work with her and see how awesome she truly is. Makenzie found her way into the fitness world during her freshman year of college. Being a full-time student and athlete, she...

Today’s episode is our newly structured Rapid Q&A. This is where we take your questions and quickly answer them with the “need to know” on the topic based on our education and experience working with clients. We will answer 16 total questions on topics such as, step goals if working a desk job, nutrient timing and its impact on training, body image, optimizing recovery, and much more! We will...

Charlotte is an ACE certified personal trainer and a Precision Nutrition L1 nutrition specialist and has trained clients in person and online in the past and is now fully online. Charlotte was also pescatarian for a couple of years and is slowly introducing meat back in but knows how to navigate special population diets like her past diet. Currently, Charlotte has been in a surplus for over half a...

Today’s episode is our newly structured Rapid Q&A. This is where we take your questions and quickly answer them with the “need to know” on the topic based on our education and experience working with clients. We will answer 15 total questions on topics such as, body recomposition, guidance on offseason length and recommended cardio, scale weight and adjusting macros, working out when sore, and...

Kortney, like the other PD coaches, has been a PD client for over a year. We saw great promise and potential in her and even met up with her when she was living in Arizona back in January. Alex left that meeting and told Sue, "I think one day she will make a great addition to PD." And here we are, less than a year later and it’s HAPPENING! Kortney's passion for nutrition and fitness began seven ye...

Staying on track while traveling is no easy task. In today’s episode, we discuss all things training, nutrition, and supplementation while on the go. Everything from how to get through TSA with your packed food, how to best select where you’re staying to maximize your health and fitness, and how to find gyms while you’re away. Content and products mentioned: Video on TSA: https://youtu.be/ZGy6uaAl...

Fiber here, fiber there... It seems you can find fiber in everything from a tortilla to a protein bar. How much should I consume? What types should I consume? And from which sources? And when tracking my carbs, do I count net carbs or total carbs? Coach Sue leads us into the abyss of fiber type and amount, and touches on the hot topic of net carbs. Another hot topic in recent years has been protei...

There are many things you should consider when thinking about your first competition prep for a physique sport. When it comes down to it, you may have your ducks in a row physically but there is a list of things you may be forgetting about when it comes to the logistics of competing in a competition like this one. In our first segment, we dive into everything you need to know before you start comp...

Growing muscle as a female can be confusing. Our feeds are filled with everything from low-rep strength training to HIIT workouts like you find at Orange Theory and F45. Which is better to build muscle? In this episode, we dive into the foundations of building muscle and strength, and what to keep in mind if your goal is to grow your physique. Aside from building muscle, building habits is somethi...

Some of our clients track scale weight and some don’t. Gauging progress on your fitness journey can be a challenging thing to manage. You’re met with roadblocks, setbacks, and times where you think you should be progressing and nothing is happening. We take a look at things you should be tracking, whether with your coach, or with your clients, and ways of looking at progress as a moving target thr...

To know the pros & cons of training to failure, we think it is helpful to understand what is occurring physiologically at a cell through resistance training and the closer we approach failure. In this segment, we dig deep and we tell the story from a different perspective than you have probably heard before. Repetition tempo is one of the most overlooked components of intelligent program desig...

If you're tired of starting over, this show gives you the strategy, structure, and support to finally build a body that lasts. Because progress shouldn't require a perfect life. Learn the systems that make fitness sustainable, even when life gets messy. If you're working hard and still don’t see it in the mirror, this podcast shows you what's been missing—and how to finally change...