Strength Solutions Podcast

Strength Solutions Podcast | Season 5 • Episode 2 🎙 Hosted by: Nathaniel Espinoza (@strengthsolutionsnathaniel) Edwin Santiago (@strengthsolutionsedwin) 📆 Release Date: 2/18/26 🧠 In This Episode 1️⃣ Why the New Food Pyramid Doesn't Matter – Another pyramid, another headline—and still the same confusion. We explain why no graphic will ever fix nutrition, why higher protein conversations miss the...

Strength Solutions Podcast | Season 5 • Episode 1 🎙 Hosted by: Nathaniel Espinoza (@strengthsolutionsnathaniel) Edwin Santiago (@strengthsolutionsedwin) 📆 Release Date: February 04, 2026 🧠 In This Episode 1️⃣ How to Restart Fitness Without Destroying Your Body If the last two weeks of December—or any extended break—knocked you out of your routine, this conversation is for you. We break down the...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 47 - "No One-Size Fitness, Emotional Data, and the Illusion of Health" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 12/23/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Does Fitness Have a One-Size-Fits-All Answer? – A viral video of a man screaming about "the right way" to train sparked this convers...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 46 - "Timing, Training Truths, and What Actually Makes Relationships Work" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 12/18/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Is There a Best Time to Start Working Out — And What Matters More as You Age? – People often feel like they've "missed their cha...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 45 - "Lifting, Lies, and the Lessons We Keep Missing." 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 12/8/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Lifting Is Unique — So What's Your Actual Goal? – Strength training only makes sense when the goal is clear. Fat loss? Muscle? Longevity? Pain reduct...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 44 - "Microplastics, Miscommunication, and the Future of Health" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 12/6/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Why Pelvic Support Matters More Than You Think – We break down how poor chair design and lack of pelvic support contribute to back pain, hi...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 43 - "Movement, Medicine, and the Myths We Still Believe" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 12/3/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: We Take Movement for Granted — And It's Hurting Us – A morning client conversation sparked today's theme: we've done a poor job showing people wha...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 42 - "Pain, Perception, and the Pursuit of Health" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 11/12/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Pain vs. Injury — What's the Difference? – Most people treat pain as something purely physical, but pain is also emotional and contextual. We break down...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 41 - "Why It's Never Just One Way: The Lies We're Sold About Health, Work, and Balance" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 11/06/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Why It's Never "All or Nothing" – Social media has convinced us there's only one right way to eat, train, and live—...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 40 - "We're Doing Women Wrong: Fitness, Fertility & the Truth About Recovery" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 10/27/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: We're Doing Women Wrong in the Health Industry – From training to recovery, the fitness world often overlooks how different w...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 39 - "Stop Listening to Fitness Gurus: Core Truths & Why Boredom Might Save You" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 10/23/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: What We've Learned and Changed Our Minds On – Growth means admitting when you were wrong. We share the biggest things we'v...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 38 - "The Hard Start, The Wrong Fix, and The 300g Lie" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 10/21/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Why the Beginning Is So Hard (And How a Good Trainer Speeds It Up) The hardest part of fitness isn't the weights — it's the first few weeks. We talk...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 37 - "Are We Really Getting Better—or Just Getting Help?" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 10/6/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights : 1. What's Happening To Functional Patterns?    - Functional Patterns recently posted a video of their founder doing a rather... unconventional ex...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 36 - "From A1C to Attraction: The Conversations We're Avoiding" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 9/29/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights : 1. Are We Overstressing Ourselves?    - We had a few conversations with clients this past week about how stress may have been affecting the...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 35 - "The Best Lift, The Worst Ideas, and Everything In Between" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 9/26/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights : 1. The Best Lift Ever    - We focus a lot on trying to find the best lift to gain the most muscle or reduce the most pain, but is there re...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 34 - "The Truth About Taste, Health, and Living Empowered" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 9/15/24 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights : 1. Why Doesn't Good Food Taste Good?    - A post on Reddit asked the question, if good and nutritious food is the best for you, then why doesn't...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S3 Ep. 33 - "Can You Afford Health? What Fasting Really Does & Who Gets to Be a Coach" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 9/9/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights : 1. Can People Really Not Afford Good Food?    - The argument often is that lower-income individuals do not make good food ch...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 32 – "The Boys Aren't Okay—And Neither Is Your Health After 40" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 9/1/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: How We Live From 36-46 Matters – How we live in our "middle ages" matters a lot for our future and how healthy we will be toward the end of l...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 31 – "Athletes, Oxygen, and Sweets" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 8/26/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Stop Training Like An Athlete! – We all see the athletes we long to be training like crazy or doing some non-traditional exercises, but to be fit, does that mean we sho...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 30 – "It's A Little Loud Out There" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 8/18/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: In this episode. Edwin asks some intriguing questions for Nathaniel to answer. We also discuss some new ideas behind cardio training from overseas, pickleball pick up,...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 29 – "NEW GYM SAME US" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 8/14/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: NEW GYM SAME US – We finally got into our new place and got everything rocking and rolling! We recorded in our new place this time, so please excuse any audio changes as we're still...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 28 – "We're Back And Better Than Ever!" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 8/4/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Messing With Small Rocks – Are we really fixing problems by using beef tallow and eliminating dyes in our food, or are we missing the big picture, and is there a lar...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 27 – "Calories, Courts & Childhood" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 7/14/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Is Calories In, Calories Out Always the Answer? – We've all heard it—just eat less and move more. But is CICO (calories in, calories out) really the full picture of wei...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 26 – "You Can't Outlift Your Diet (or Your Face)" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 7/7/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: Longevity's Best Diet! – What are the healthiest people on Earth actually eating? We look into the diets of the longest-living populations and talk about w...

Strength Solutions Podcast | S4 Ep. 25 – "YouTube, Your Back, and Your Butt" 🎙️ Hosts : Nathaniel Espinoza ( @strengthsolutionsnathaniel ) & Edwin Santiago ( @strengthsoltuionsedwin ) 📅 Release Date : 6/23/25 --- 🚀 Episode Highlights: 1. Myths About Fixing Pain – Is pain always a sign something is broken? We break down some of the biggest lies you've been told about pain and what actually works...