The Daily Swole

Are you actually hungry or is your thirst mechanism so weak that you just FEEL hungry? Addressing proper hydration is paramount to your fitness goals AND your overall health and wellness.

Arm training goes for men and women alike and needs to cover specific areas of focus including resistance used, basic vs complex movements, multi-joint vs single joint, shape, genetics, acute variables and those DELTOIDS!

Your fitness reality depends on what you are trying to accomplish and what you are ACTUALLY doing. The reality of your progress will be slow, ups and downs, filled with twists and turns that you, nor anyone around you can anticipate. Bottom line, you keep moving forward with the best of intentions and do the best you can always. Great Q&A session as well talking about cardio, crossfit, and more!

Are you approaching your training schedule by the numbers or by the day of the week? This can be a major factor in limiting or promoting your progress. Also we break down what a "cheat day" can REALLY do to negatively affect your body.

The biggest difference between someone that gets results and someone that doesn't is that the first person DOESN'T QUIT. You just have to start and keep going, and in this episode, I go into the best ways to just get your butt in gear no matter WHAT your exercise experience is.

The body has the amazing ability to produce strength as well as functional movement. Which is MORE important in your training and as you go through life? Should you be focusing on one style of training more than the other?

Focusing on these three areas, grain consumption, dairy consumption and hydration, can be a game changer over the weekend. Friday, Saturday and Sunday is almost HALF your week. If you're not staying on point over those days, you are in trouble.

Now serving single leg exercises on the menu. This single-leg romanian deadlift is a great glute activator as well as proprioceptive enhancement exercise. The full exercise breakdown is available on my YouTube channel, but for now, kick back and enjoy this episode.

Here are 6 reasons with full discussion for stopping bench pressing. We also get into specific issues with upper body compensations and concerns that may lead to feeling it more in shoulders and triceps rather than in the belly of the pectoralis major muscle.

Some key points made on larger body part splits as well as the adaptation principle and "muscle confusion". Also discussed proper glute activation and how to best ACTIVATE as well as INTEGRATE the glutes.

There's metal in your meat according to recalls made by Hormel, so your SPAM IS TAINTED! More like it's tainted with Spam itself which is gross as hell but hey, food is food right?

Working the whole body is more than just a "full body workout". Integrated with yoga and meditation will ensure that your priorities will focus on the symbiosis of body AND mind. Unlock the mind and you will find your way with your fitness. Here is how I'm approaching my training...ENJOY!

The REAL fat tax in this country is on everyone's shoulders and until we address the root cause of this issue, it will never change and people like THIS will always have a "squawk box" to step up onto.

Some topics covered today are getting into yoga for the first time and the impact it will have on fitness and overall life experience and quality. Also, the concept of fasting and whether or not intermittent or full fasting is beneficial for the body. Overtraining psychology and physiology also discussed with warning signs and the approach to combat it.

Meditation and yoga usually come up in conversation, and is a major refocus in my own personal fitness. Priorities run our lives, so shifting this up on the ladder ABOVE physical training is a huge game-changer.

The things people struggle with EVERY DAY that are avoidable AND in many cases "curable", it is unacceptable to not address them.

This episode HAD a topic to start off with, buuuuuuuuuuuuut ended up being just a ton of questions popping up immediately and it would be rude to ignore!! Open Q&A episodes are great because you get awesome info plus this one was HILARIOUS!

Full discussion about social media fitness jabronis and the exposure of scams and lack of education in online training.

When you are approaching your nutrition OR your training, make sure you understand that the STRENGTH applies to your mental game as well as your physical game. It is very easy to overlook the details and lose focus and discipline in society as we know it.

No one "has" the time to exercise and do everything, but the difference is the people that get results DO IT. You have to do it as well. MAKE the time if it is important to you... no one just HAS time.

Executing daily is a challenge, but will breed discipline and get the job done. In this episode I'm out of the studio and I discuss the fitness profession, certifications, education in fitness and more.

Do you train in the morning or the evening and does it even matter when it comes to you making progress?

Everyone starts, but how MANY TIMES do they start...What is much more important is what you do AFTER starting. Stop running your mouth and start putting in work!

Apparently, the quarter-squat is the NEW "half-squat" as people are getting more into lower body training, unfortunately, the form is not coming along with it. Make sure you are doing a PROPER squat, REGARDLESS of how many or how LIGHT you are training.

The main reason people count calories is not because it WORKS, but because.....check this one out :)