The Daniel Yores Podcast

Andrew Coates ( @AndrewCoatesFitness ) is a personal trainer, podcaster, writer and now speaker from Edmonton, Alberta. He’s one of the most genuine people I’ve had the pleasure of speaking to and interacting with in the online fitness world to date. He is the host of his own podcast, The Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast and is a regular contributor to notable fitness websites such as T-Nation , Tr...

Peter Tzemis ( @petertzemis ) ( https://petertzemis.com/ ) is a digital copywriter and is also my cousin. At the time we recorded this episode we were living together for several weeks in Florida. We had so many great conversations and knew one had to be recorded. Digital copywriting is something that most people don’t understand and have no idea what that even means. The best way we found to desc...

Stephen Campolo ( @stephencampolo ) is a transformation coach with an incredible story. After being fed up with being scared to take his shirt off in the pool at his own birthday parties as a teenager, he knew he had to make a change. This led Stephen down the path of fitness and nutrition which ultimately helped him lose (and keep off) over 100lbs. And now it's his mission to help others do t...

Dr. Jackie Koudys ( @dr.jackie.nd ) is a naturopathic doctor practicing in Toronto, Canada. You can connect with Dr. Koudys virtually at www.myfzn.com/drkoudys . You can also visit her at the two clinics she treats out of in Toronto: Momentum SportMed and Wellness and Foundation Physiotherapy and Wellness . Jackie completed her undergrad in kinesiology at York University where she also played on t...

As you know I live in Toronto, Canada. Recently, I came down to Florida for a few weeks. No, I'm not moving here permanently and will be returning back home. I mentioned on my IG that I'd do a short episode just explaining why I decided to come down here and what I'm doing here; so here it is. If you like this sort of stuff, let me know and I'll do more of these.. and hopefully try...

Jesse Hy is the co-founder of Float Toronto ( @float_toronto ) ( https://float-toronto.com/ ) Originally from Vancouver, he and his business partner were introduced to sensory deprivation tanks, or float tanks. They dove in head first, enjoyed it first as consumers and as they learned more, decided to move to Toronto and open their own center in 2014. Floating is a tricky experience to explain, be...

John Martirosyan aka J-Mart ( @jmartfit ) is a personal trainer, health coach, podcast host and explorer of human movement. John's podcast is The State of Health Podcast with J-Mart and is available on Youtube , Apple , Spotify , and everywhere else. You can also access John's Bodyweight Basics training program available for FREE here . In this podcast John and I discussed the all importan...

Celia Lopez ( @celialopezfit ) is a personal trainer and the founder of the Placemade Workspace ( @placemade.co ) ( https://placemade.co/ ). Placemade is Canada's first fitness and health inspired co-working space. One big gap in the fitness industry is practitioners no understanding how to operate their business. As much as we'd love to be able to do what we do for free, that's not fe...

Karla Leong ( @karlameagan ) is an athletic therapist treating out of Eikonic Health ( @eikonichealth ) ( https://www.eikonichealth.ca/ ) in Woodbridge, Ontario. Karla treated me during my knee surgeries and is the best manual therapist I've ever met. She changed and shaped the way I think about health, fitness, and as an extension, life overall. Karla takes a very holistic approach to fitness...

Anthony Barsby ( @anthony.barsby ) is a Certified Exercise Physiologist (CEP) and Registered Kinesiologist (R.Kin) and is the Director of Human Performance at Deer Fields Clinic ( https://www.deerfields.ca/ )( @deerfields_clinic ) in Toronto, Canada. Anthony and I went to school together at York University and studied under Dr. Veronica Jamnik during our undergrad degrees in kinesiology. Anthony w...

Richard Bucciarelli ( @richardbucciarelli ) is the owner of Speed Training ( https://speedtraining.ca/ ) ( @speedtraining.ca ) He's a sports scientist, strength and conditioning coach, university professor, PhD candidate, and most importantly a husband and father. After graduating from York University Richard began coaching soccer to youth athletes (I was one of them!) and quickly realized tha...

Janessa Laureano ( @janessalaureanoo ) is a trainer and the owner of O2 Fuel Fitness in Vaughan, Ontario ( @o2fuelvaughan ). She also owns and operates a spray tan business @lolotantoronto , also located in Vaughan. With some added bandwidth due to the lockdown in Ontario Janessa successfully gained 20lbs and has never been stronger or felt better. Gaining weight in a healthy way is not as easy as...

Another solo episode all about what I'm calling the paradox of exercise selection. Choosing the correct exercises for your goals matters. It matters a lot. But at the same time, getting up and moving and doing ANYTHING matters even more. If you've over the "movement for the sake of movement" thing and looking to achieve some more specific goals with your training, then this is some...

James Gardiner ( @firstar.therapy , https://firstartherapy.com/ ) is an athletic therapist by trade but really so much more than that. He's worked with athletes at the highest level across many sports and organizations and has also been able to connect the dots through yoga, breathwork, mindfulness, intentful movement and all the things that make us human. James went searching for more in the...

Matthew Arnone ( @arnonematthew23 ) is a professional soccer player, the creator of @mindframefit ( www.mindframefit.com ) and the founder of Jason's Wish ( @jayzwish ) which supports Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto, in memory of his brother Jason. He's also one of my best friends. Matt and I started working out together in university and did all the stereotypical things you could think of....

Juan Salgado ( @the_chosenjuan1 ) is a competitive powerlifter, personal trainer and business owner in Costa Mesa, California. Juan and I share a lot of similar thoughts on how to navigate fitness in conjunction with enjoying one's life. We both also got into coaching after career ending sports injuries and have learned so much about life through the lessons learned in the gym. This was a real...

The very first guest on the podcast is my friend and mentor Matthew Bousson aka Coach Boss ( @boussytheboss ). He's travelled all over and worked with some of the best athletes and programs in the world. From Stanford University to UFC champions he's worked with the best of the best and brings all of that knowledge and experience into who he is today working with many non-pro athletes like...

Recently there's been some buzz about the term progressive overload which seems to be the newest fitness word being used incorrectly to sell things. Whether it's just marketing, or genuine ignorance to it's meaning, I wanted to do my small part to help you understand what it means. Progressive Overload is the underlying principal that leads to success in fitness. In short, it is increm...

From the time I was 11 until I was about 21 I dealt with a whirlwind of knee injuries that eventually required a major surgery. Seeing as I'm currently only 26 years old, this entire ordeal was a pretty significant chunk of my life so far. I've reflected back on all of this many times and learned many lessons from it. I didn't necessarily realize them at the time, but in hindsight I su...

This episode is all about the mindset you need to adopt to successfully approach and achieve your fat loss goals. Fat loss is altogether not difficult as far as the physical things that need to be done: be in a caloric deficit and exercise regularly. The difficulty comes in actually being able to do these things for a long enough period of time to achieve your desired result. That's where the...

Gyms are FINALLY opening back up in Ontario, or so it seems. Regardless of where you are in the world, or whether gyms actually stay open for an extended time now, this will always be relevant after any layoff time from training. In this episode I highlight the thing you need to be most careful of when getting back in the weight room. Hint: It's you and your ego... I also give a reasonable str...

Supplements are often mistaken as a replacement for maintaining healthy habits of exercise, nutrition, sleep and everything else. However, they really should just exist to supplement everything else that we're doing. Supplements are a wonderful and messy thing to begin to understand. There are endless different kinds and all can be marketed to tell you they are somehow EXACTLY what you need to...

Have you ever really considered that you can't train your body fat? When you exercise, you are training your muscles. Of course exercise plays an important role in weight loss, but it might not be the one you think it does. In this episode, I go on to explain why your training goal CANNOT be fat loss, by definition. I then explain the important role that strength training plays during weight l...

Almost a year into the lockdowns and your hand is still in the cookie jar? Listen, I know it's tough to resist. The snacks are just so delicious, and there's nothing else to do. There's nowhere to go anyways, so what's the big deal? Well, if you've gained weight throughout this despite eating mostly healthy meals and keeping up with your at-home workouts, the snacking is likely...

In this episode I offer some direction and practical advice as to how you should be thinking about your workouts. Should you do full body workouts? Legs only? Abs only? Booty HIIT? Should you train for strength, endurance, hypertrophy? What do those things even mean? I aim to give an overview of all of these topics. It's great that you've decided that you're going to start strength tra...