The EveryCalorieCounts Podcast

Jason Theobald is the owner of Scooby Prep, a high-end contest preparation, and coaching service for athletes including nutritional guidance. Nuethix Formulations is Jason's supplement brand you can find it at Nuethix.com Jason joins us for a second time on the pod, if you've been a long time listener, you would remember he actually joined us last season and we got into the topic of busi...

This week on the every calorie counts podcast we have a special guest, Alex Tilinca. Alex is transgender and also happens to be an impressive bodybuilder. I think we can all agree that at some point we feel like we know everything and we have all come across a point and time where we make assumptions and quite honestly sometimes those assumptions are so far from the Truth. We decided to name this...

In today's episode, our special guest is Adam Bonilla of Team Elite Physique. Coach Adam is an absolute legend, a Former Mr. Colorado. He’s been in the industry for over 24 years and holds several accolades within the bodybuilding community and so today we’re talking about handling a contest prep. We’ve spoken about this process several times on the podcast and as you guys know there are seve...

Welcome to this week's episode! We had the pleasure of having Holly Davage all the way from the UK join on this week. She is a scientist by day and a bikini competitor by night. she talked to us about what it's like to train like a competitor in the bikini division as well as opened up on training aspects like intensity and volume and some of the differences between trainees who are more...

This week our special guest Caleb Disney joins us to open up again on a topic that we have been talking about quite a bit on the podcast. The whole landscape of social media, Instagram more in particular, and how it is so easy to hide behind veils of social media and be something that you're not. When we come across those who are genuine and authentic in what they post it is generally a breat...

Welcome back every one! In this week's episode, Tim and Alex go over 3 tips that can improve day-to-day gut health.  these tips are not in any particular order just some important factors that can impact gut health: Sleep  Movement Chewing your food we spent a great deal of time going over the first one on the list which is sleep, it may seem like we harp on it a lot but it truly is one of th...

Social Media can be a great tool, a great asset to those who use it to promote wellness and better being. There are those who post valuable content and genuinely want to help. Then there are those who only care about metrics and the $$ that comes after their posts influence thousands of individuals in younger generations, ultimately leaving them high and dry because they are not able to live up to...

After a couple of weeks away we are back! the duo of Tim and Alex get back to chatting about what they've been up to and Tim goes off on those of you who "want to get ready for the summer" It's a great thing that we have seasons all these seasons here in the northeast but sometimes it pushes us to want things that might be a little further away than where reality currently is....

This week we have our special guest Lindsay O'Reilly on to talk to us about the importance of the thyroid in general day-to-day life, and will also share with us her experience with her own hypo diagnosis. Lauren has a background in dietetics from Missouri State University, Lindsay began her career working as a community dietitian for WIC in the Kansas City metro area and has since transition...

Welcome back to this week's episode of the ECC podcast.  We had the pleasure of having Anthony Spada a young 24-year-old up-and-coming coach in the industry who also just happens to be an intelligence analyst just like our host Alex, what are the odds?! Two episodes ago Tim and Alex were chatting about the right and wrong ways to break into the industry and how the current climate promotes a...

This week on the Every Calorie Counts podcast we had the pleasure of having Laura Goldstein on the show. Laura joined us to speak on her experience with Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA) which is essentially when a female loses their period based on downregulation of hormones or proper signaling. This is an issue that affects many women,  competitors, the general population, etc. Listen to her story on...

Welcome back to another episode this week Tim and Alex go over questions that went unanswered in the previous edition of the Q&A, Some of the questions included - Is 12 months a realistic time frame for substantial gains? - How to look like a competitor, but without stepping on stage Tim also answers some first-time competitor questions As usual, Tim and Alex go over their last seven days, ver...

Welcome back, everyone! In today's episode, we are doing a Q & A answering some of the general questions that we receive on the Instagram accounts of Tim and Brandon.  Brandon just got back from his Physique Education Collective (PEC) trip in Texas so you'll get to hear all about that.  Tim and Alex are busy at work as usual.  Some of the questions answered: What is the prep before t...

Welcome back everyone, today's episode is a good ol' rant. Tim lets us on in a few things that are happening within the fitness industry that might not be 100% true. Is the Online Fitness Training and coaching industry a giant bubble that's ready to burst any moment now? What's your take, how do you prepare yourself to work with someone online if everyone and their dog says tha...

What’s going on everyone welcome back! We are talking about habit building today it’s a good one with plenty of practical takeaways that you can implement today!  Here are some of the topics.  1.  What are habits and why are they important?     2.    Stages of how habits form     3.    Laws of behavior change and how we can make better habits and get rid of negative habits     4.    Main factors w...

Whats going on everyone we are back with part 2  of our stress series  Today we'll be going over stress mitigation tactics to include  Identifying main causes of stress  Changing Your mindset around stress Avoiding Rumination Finding Healthy distractions from stress Adding more parasympathetic activities   This is a great listen, regardless if you have listened to the first part of the series...

What's going on everyone!? So this week we are back and we're talking about stress, it comes in many forms and we all go through it. There really is no way to get around this we're going to experience it one way or another. Brandon opens up about what stress truly is and really dissects the difference between stressors that we can benefit from (Eustress) and Stressors that will ulti...

Whats going on guys?!?  We are back this week with a special guest John Gorman.  Army Veteran Entrepreneur & Business Owner Coach Bodybuilder Author These are just some of the titles that John goes by. The team stepped away from the training aspect of everything for a bit. This episode will be special to all of our listeners who are entrepreneurs, coaches and trainers alike. John is full of wi...

Whats going on ECC Fam! Welcome back to this week's episode. We were FINALLY able to catch up with Cliff Wilson. Cliff is a well respected coach and professional natural body builder. Cliff has paved his own path and has been able to build a highly successful business doing what he loves, training professional athletes. The journey has not always been easy or as straight forward as it may see...

Welcome back to the every calorie counts podcast everyone. This week the team is discussing the risks involved when diving deep into a fitness lifestyle.  At some point it's almost like the industry evolved and moved away from being primarily health.  Obviously it's important to be healthy however it seems more prevalent today that people just want a certain external satisfaction that re...

What's up listeners, so this week we're talking all about sleep. it's a conversation that comes up often. For something that is needed so critically, way too often we hear of individuals who simply put it off and still expect to operate at ultra high levels. Here is what we went over in today's conversation: 1.Intro to sleep  2.Sleep loss and its impact on hunger and calorie in...

Whats going on everyone? On this weeks episode we open up about measuring progress how can it be done effectively without coming to the detrimental effects of getting deflated by social media. Measuring progress comes in many different forms and those forms are actually different depending on what phases you're currently in within your journey. Tim and Brandon go over some great practical adv...

Welcome back ECC team! this week we had a ton of fun because our special guest from the U.K. is a part of one the best online learning platforms when it comes biomechanics. Paul Standell of The Muscle Mentors U.K. joined us this week and we're talking training particularly training for hypertrophy. As we know training to change the way that our body looks takes quite an amount of discipline b...

Whats up guys! the trio is back and we're talking about adherence to meal plans and diets while trying to still live a decent social life. Yes it is possible to still stay on track but it will require some work Tim, Brandon and Alex go through some practical tips and takeaways for navigating this situation that is honestly a part of ALL of our lives. We all go through the holidays and special...

Reverse Dieting is the one topic that everyone should know. It's important to be able to understand this topic from the beginning because there is a high likelihood that you [reading this] will be going through this process at some point or another. When it comes the dieting there are typically three phases a deficit phase, and maintenance phase and a surplus phase. When going through these p...