The Amir Fazeli Podcast

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Perspective is everything and sometimes giving too much weight to something can prevent you from getting to your goals. Motivation can be fickle because it's just an emotion yet so much of our decisions revolve around whether we have it or not. Maybe it's time for a bit of a change if you want better results. Maybe we shouldn't base the decision to act on motivation maybe you should be based on ot...

Everything really starts in your own mind. You manifest all major goals in your life by what you think. Everything starts as a thought before it becomes a reality or a tangible thing. This is why your belief in yourself is first priority - if this isn't in place whatever program or diet you have isn't going to do what it's supposed to do. And getting people to understand this is one of my main goa...

Learn to listen to your body to balance training hard with recovery. You can tell and therefore measure how recovered you are by asking yourself a couple of questions daily. If you found this useful please smash the subscribe button and share it like it's the cure for a new disease. Let's get the whole world stronger and get everyone to be able to make informed decisions about their training. Than...

Someone who loves to get on stage and perform needs to be approached and dealt with much different to someone who gets anxious just thinking about going to the gym. Both of these types of personality types can achieve world class results - but the right guidance and approach is needed. Don't forget to share this video or tag someone who could find this info useful #karmapoints

The stress response is real and the more you can do to reduce it's effect on your body and energy during competition the better your performance will always be. Always. Everything from cramping to shaky openers and being fried by the time deadlifts come around are all partly because of a lack of familiarity with the environment. Here is how to perform better in comp. Let me know your thoughts. Hit...

Train how you're going to compete. Do your program the way it was meant to be done. The coach influences the athlete.

How important is muscle size and how does it effect performance as a strength athlete? Are you wasting time and hurting long term progress by hanging in your current weight class?

Human psychology and motivation is a part of my job I really enjoy and as a coach you would be doing yourself and your athletes a disservice if you didn't have any interest in it. You are basically a shrink every day and if you know how to get people to motivate themselves by understanding what exactly it is that motivates each of us then you can really make an impact. This episode are some of my...

Feeling fried 2 weeks into your new training program? Hitting plateaus? Feeling tired? You need to understand how stress works and how it effects recovery and your gains.

Anothe throwback: Mike joins Amir for some training talk including - How he got started - Bench press - Project Momentum which yielded some great results and the findings Mike came across - Training motivation and mindset - Speed work and its context - And much more. Bars, Plates & Protein Shakes brought to you by Adonis Athletics. Make sure you share, rate and subscribe to our podcast channel. 🙏

Once again another throw back to a past smash hit episode where I talk about the Norwegian Powerlifting study aswell as some ideas on training frequency, intensity and volume with Greg Nuckols of Stronger By Science podcast and contributor to the MASS publication. If you like the episode make sure to share it and rate it 🙏

Throwback to some vintage episodes you wouldn't of heard yet on this podcast...and I'll explain why at the start of this episode. This was the most downloaded episode at the time and for good reason. Dr Mike is a brainiac who not only knows his shit but he also puts it into regular practice. Please share and drop a comment. Thank you 🙏

Is it better to wear weightlifting shoes for squats or flat shoes? Click play and listen to why both have their merit and should be considered in different situations. Thanks for listening 🙏

What you can't measure you can't change. If you're stuck with your fat loss or muscle gain progress and can't answer the question "how many calories are you eating?" then you are making things much harder for yourself. Thanks for the feedback and shares so far guy 🙏

Self improvement is the cornerstone of what Adonis Athletics is and it's the foundation it was built on. Here is a snippet of how I use it. Let me know if you do too and how it has helped you.

Question from one of our listeners - what are some of the things you have to consider when training females? Thanks for listening and sharing.

Training heavy is important for strength development. But training to get jacked is importanter...no but seriously, in this one I talk about how both are important if you wanna get seriously strong.

Do you know what the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system is? How do they both get effected by training? Most importantly how do they influence recovery and how can you hardness them both for better sleep? Mash the Play button and find out. Make sure to share the crap out of the podcast but only if you find the info good. Thank you.

Clean bulk, dirt bulk...terms thrown around often. But how fast should you really be bulking to know you are on the right track and putting on muscle at an optimal rate? Make sure to smash that subscribe button to stay up to date with more. And if you like the channel rate it...but only if you love it. If not tell me how I can make it better for you. 🙏🙏🙏

Imagine if your body could tell you when to train hard and when to back off. Well guess what?! It can. Here are some of the pointers on autoregulation and how it applies to training and why it trumps a rigid program.

The type of diet you follow doesn't mean anything. If you are finding success with it it's likely due to 2 reasons. In this episode I cover those two reasons. Always remember adherence makes the best diet...not the name of the diet. Please share and spread the word and always hit me up with any feedback you have.

I talk about the 4 pillars of Adonis Athletics, what it means to me and to our members and how it's more than a gym and some reasons as to why it's different to any other training facility. Let me know your feedback on this one.

Is there a danger to trying to lose fat too quick? You bet. So how fast should you be trying to lose weight to be safe? This episode tells you exactly that. Make sure to share and let me know what you think.

You are going on holidays but you don't want to lose your gains. Click play and I will show you how.