Project Fitness with Chris Fudge

"If you like this show, please leave us a review. Go to RateThisPodcast.com/ projectfitness and follow the simple instructions." In this episode Chris goes through his experience of following a carnivore diet and why it's now a staple in his day to day nutrition. Out of curiosity Chris experimented with eating a nose to tail diet and has tweaked it to get the most out of his nutrition to support h...

In this episode, Chris is joined by Marissa Hammon Self Love and Life coach to discuss "what is self love and what is the role of training and nutrition within it?"  Topics regarding the fitness industry and how looks don't always equate to health and confidence. How does one listen to their body while still staying disciplined and what holds people back from achieving these outcomes? In this epis...

"If you like this show, please leave us a review. Go to RateThisPodcast.com/ projectfitness and follow the simple instructions." In this episode Chris goes through everything you need to know about PROTEIN. Its origin in language, what is it, what does it do, why you want more of it in your diet, how many grams per day and simple hacks to increase your daily consumption with food and supplements....

In this episode, Chris is joined by Dr. Aaron Tressler, a chiropractor with over 25 years experience working out of Pittsburgh. Aaron is 55 years old and a true example of what you can do when you take care of your body.  When he's not playinging with his grandkids or working toward elevating the health status of his city, he plays competitive rugby with men 20 and 30 years younger.  Dr. Tressler...

In this episode Chris goes through the process of meal preparation. As trendy as it is in todays fitness stream, meal prep isn't and shouldn't be difficult. Chris explains what it is, why you aren't doing it, why you should do it and then how to do it.  Topics Covered: organization batching grocery lists outsourcing pick up family prep Check out the new website at: www.projectfitness.ca Check out...

In this episode, Chris has brought back Dr. Marc Morris to discuss flexible dieting, if it fits your macros and his nutritional coaching practice he uses with clients and the course he teaches trainers and everyday fitness professionals to use when coaching others in nutrition. Marc discusses the difference in coaching someone versus just plugging in macros. Marcs unique ability to blend the resea...

In this episode Chris goes through some of his favourite protocols for weight loss without counting calories. Through the pandemic many people have gained extra pounds aka "the Covid 19". It is possible to reduce some of the weight gain without counting calories and in this episode I show you how. Topics Covered: Time Restricted Eating Calories Fat High Calorie Low Calorie Minimizing Damage 3500 c...

In this episode, Chris is joined by Education expert, Personal Trainer and PN Nutrition Coach Maggie Rafferty.  Maggie and Chris discuss strategies they use to combat the difficulties of raising children healthy in such a difficult world.  Maggie brings up the food industry, the dairy impact on children, how fruit roll ups don't grow in trees or the ground and strategies for parents to overcome th...

In this episode Chris goes over a counter claim to a recentPN Article titled " The carnivore diet: Can it really transform your health? The truth about the all-meat trend, and how to try it safely."  By Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD As someone who is a fan of Precision Nutrition and eats carnivore, I was disappointed in some of the statements made from the article and thought I could weigh in. My exper...

In this episode, Chris is joined by 3 experts in the field of nutrition, Dr. Marc Morris, Eoin Lacey and Hari Ghuman.  Combining 10's of thousands of people this panel has worked with we discussed multiple topics from fat loss, IIFYM, is a calorie really a calorie and the role of a health nutrition expert versus a instagram or youtube nutrition coach. Each expert weighed in on how that would handl...

In this episode Chris teaches you all about body fat percentages. He goes over the ranges from unhealthy to healthy, different percentiles for gender and how age effects body fat.  Chris also goes over how to accurately test someones if you only have 30$ or up to $2000.  Chris also revisits his early days in personal training retelling a story of how he used skin fold callipers, pencils and calcul...

In this episode, Chris is joined by fitness industry leader Brody Thorne. Brody brings his 20 plus years of management and leadership experience and discusses everything you need to know about discipline. From his own definition, Brody gives examples of how he's used it from managing others, in his own training as a multi sport athlete and when dog training protective dogs.  Brody's provides many...

Smashing into the mid week with a hot topic how to Motivate yourself. Chris weighs in on what is motivation, where it comes from, why we aren't motivated and then how to develop motivation. Chris uses his experience with clients, some whom he's worked with for a decade straight on how the psyche of motivation works and how to keep it going. Chris also dives into why motivation is temporary and wha...

In this episode, Chris is joined by  Ivy Joeva. Ivy who is a doula, coach and educator shares her passion for illuminating the connection between personal wellness and the health of mama earth. They discussed the effects of how humans are treating our planet and the consequences on fertility and longevity. There discussion covered how women health is different than mans and why where food comes fr...

In this Episode, Chris teaches you how to reduce the covid weight gain. Chris shares some personal experiences he felt with when COVID hit and what he and his clients went through. After applying 5 simple changes he dropped the weight quickly and effortlessly. Chris shares those easy how to's and the experiences his clients went through.  Let's be honest, not everyone can wear a moomoo or sweats f...

In this episode, Chris is joined by Dr. Norm Robillard, Ph. D., Founder of the Digestive Health Institute. Chris and Dr. Robillard discuss what is gut health and talk about the causes and drug free treatments of GERD, IBS, acid reflux, LPR, IBS, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), and related health conditions. Chris also gets a lesson in bacterial health in our stomachs and how certain...

In this Episode, Chris teaches you how to modify your training under non optimal conditions. Think of certain times where scenarios aren't conducive to a good session. You feel warn down or have a cold, you didn't sleep well last night, your muscles are still aching from your last workout or ....you are hung over. Do you workout that day?  Chris dives into some personal experiences with these as a...

In this episode Chris sits down with Michael Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, a board-certified Interventional Cardiologist, Professor of Culinary Medicine, and Professional Chef. This author of multiple books including the Fallacy of a Calorie has been interviewed on such shows as The Dr.s, Great Day Huston and Health Talks. Through our detailed conversation Dr. Mike discusses the powe...

In this Episode, Chris teaches you why sleeping in "la buff" will increase your sleep and thus your overall health.   Being sleep deprived has been proven to be linked to increasing risk of many metabolic dysfunctions such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, obesity and different forms of cancer. Knowing this we should emphasize healthy sleep hygiene protocols and in this episode we break...

    In this episode Chris and Dr. Mash discuss the divide in physical therapy and personal training.  Great insight on what trainers and people can do to better equip themselves for the gym and when injuries occur.   Bio: Dr. Michael Mash is the owner and founder of Barbell Rehab, a continuing education company dedicated to helping fitness and rehab professionals improve their management of barbel...

In this Episode, Chris teaches you "Cardio" Heart disease is the number one cause of mortality in the world according to the WHO. For some mysterious reason cardio gets a bad reputation. In this episode Chris will tell you what is cardio, what it does for you, why you aren't doing it and how to do it effectively.  If you want to discuss a plan to help you maximize your cardiorespiratory fitness......

In this episode, Chris is joined by DTS Instructors Ben McDonald and Casey Zavaleta.  These two combined are a big piece of the DTS Education team. For once, we got to sit down and talk about them and why they got into the fitness industry and their roles within the company. DTS Fitness Education was founded on a simple concept - deliver quality and highly practical education to personal trainers,...

In this Episode, Chris teaches you "How to Maximize your sleep  1. Why Sleep? 2. How long do Elephants sleep? 3. What is melatonin used for? 4. What is melanopsin? 5. How to consolidate memory. 6. Does alcohol effect sleep? 7. Why hot showers are effective 8. Electronics in the bedroom. 9. Food before bed. 10. Coffee? If you want to discuss a plan to help you maximize sleep....Connect with Chris I...

In this episode, Chris is joined by Dr. Aaron Horschig from Squat University where they discuss the why of Rebuilding Milo.  Chris and Aaron also talk about Aarons influences, why insoles might be damaging your feet and the never ending continuum of where mobility and stability play a role in training   Also in this episode:  Squat Powerlifting Physical therapy Worlds Strongest Man Dr. Stu McGill...

In this Episode, Chris teaches you "How to provide exceptional Service" by explaining his Top Ten in session go to's. 1. Was I on time? 2. Was I in uniform and presentable? 3. Did I greet my client with a smile? 4. Did I ask open ended questions? 5. Did I set up and put away all of their weights? 6. Did I relate the workout to their intrinsic motivators? 7. Did I refill their water or get them a t...