Truth Not Trends

Join us as we welcome Andrei Yakovenko and Philip Shepherd, authors of Deep Fitness. Deep Fitness brings a much-needed evolution to our understanding of what fitness can mean. Deep Fitness identifies and lays out a very compelling argument for the benefits of brief, intense, and infrequent bouts of high-intensity movement, or what they call Mindful Strength Training To Failure. Learn why the inclu...

Boyer Coe competed in bodybuiliding competitions from the 60's to the 90's, entering 88 competitions and winning a total of 26 titles (15 professional and 11 amateur). Today, at 75 years old, he is still in the gym every morning at 5.00 A.M. This week join us as we sit down for a candid conversation with Boyer. We discuss his life in bodybuilding from his early inspiration from mentor Red Lerille...

Social media brings with it instant access to tons of health and fitness information. On the surface this may seem like a positive thing. In truth we are inundated daily with millions of words and images that are not posted for our benefit but merely to beguile us into spending our hard earned money on useless supplements, over-complicated workout routines, and gadgets lauded to improve performanc...

Dr. Ben Bocchicchio has been an advocate of slow strength training and a low-carb diet since 1973. He was on the leading edge of Nautilus training and had a professional relationship with Arthur Jones as the world became familiar with the exercise machines Jones called "the thinking man's barbell".  In this interview Dr. Ben Bo is fresh off giving a lecture at the Low Carb USA conference in San Di...

Strength training is the most important and effective exercise that anyone can do. Virtually everyone, from teenagers to the elderly, can and should engage in it regularly. It's important for both gaining new muscle and the maintenance of existing muscle mass. Unfortunately, beginning (and even veteran) strength training enthusiasts can get a lot of bad advice about volume, frequency, duration, lo...

Jim Schmitz , owner of The Sports Palace , a weightlifting and weight training gym and club established in San Francisco in 1968. His accomplishments in the field of Olympic-style weightlifting are numerous. He has twice been selected as head coach of United States Olympic weightlifting teams, in 1980 and 1988, and was selected as assistant Olympic Team Weightlifting coach in 1992. He was head coa...

This week our guest is Strength Coach and H.I.T. entrepreneur Carl Johnson. Carl attended Brigham Young University and completed a degree in Exercise Science. He became a certified tennis teaching pro and a Certified Health Fitness Specialist through the American College of Sports Medicine. While at BYU he had the opportunity to complete a tennis coaching internship to enhance both his coaching an...

Join us as we celebrate 20 years in the strength coaching biz with our guest, Dwayne Wimmer. Dwayne is the founder and head trainer of Vertex Fitness. With professionalism, expertise, and personal attention as his hallmarks, and the utmost concern for his clients' fitness and wellness as his vision, Dwayne has fulfilled his ultimate dream in running his own physical fitness training center. His ca...

Nutrition. Is there anything out there that is more confusing? High carbs, low carbs, good fats, bad fats, don't eat at night, don't eat anything but fruit until noon…It's enough to make you scream. How can we possibly decipher all the nutritional mumbo-jumbo that is thrown around every day? Each time you turn around there is a new diet telling you what to eat and what to avoid. Well, take a deep...

Join the TNT crew as we discuss 10 Things we know about strength training, a.k.a. what we've learned after years and years of experience. When science looks at various strength training techniques, muscle protein synthesis, frequency of training, and the like, these are the conclusions, and they form our base of knowledge as it relates to resistance training.   Many of these recommendations may se...

This week we are joined by Michael Petrella, Mike Perilli, and Mike Marzanek, as they discuss in detail their attempts to recreate the legendary Colorado Experiment. The Colorado Experiment was a bodybuilding experiment featuring Casey Viator and run by Arthur Jones using Nautilus equipment at Colorado State University in May, 1973. The first subject, Casey Viator gained as much as 63 pounds of mu...

Our guest this week is Dr. Andrew Oswari M.D. Join us as he shares how he found the low-carb way of eating and in the process lost 60 pounds and reversed type 2 diabetes. Along the way he also eliminated chronic knee pain, brain fog, headaches, irritable bowel, reflux, hypertension and irritability, all through changing the way he ate. Dr. Oswari says, "I am sick of seeing sick people who are foll...

This week we dive deep into Strength Training Program design. Join us as we discuss how to manipulate program variables such as Full-Body vs Split routines, exercise volume, training frequency, sets, reps, and adding Advance Overload Techniques. How to not get stuck in the Gregorian Calendar. Ways to maximize recovery. We'll also discuss intensity variation such as training to momentary muscular f...

This week's guest is Kirei Yasunori. Kirei's mission is building strong, healthy bodies. She has coached thosuands of students and clients during her lifetime career in fitness, martial arts and yoga. Kirei's number one core value is real health. She is passionate about offering High Intensity Strength Training as a powerful anti aging tool. With absolute trust in her staff, she is confident that...

Body By Science, Mike Mentzer, Bruce Lee: what do these things have in common? Fitness researcher and pioneer John Little. Join us this week as we discuss the science underpinning our most prevalent beliefs about exercise. Some of our topics include: what's wrong with the state of exercise as we know it presently, w hy resistance training is the best form of exercise one should engage in, Max Cont...

Join us with our guest and online client, David Kersten, as we discuss his experience working with TNT strength. Right now people are seeking connection more than ever. TNT private one-on-one strength sessions give the client and trainer an opportunity to come together, customize programming, and work towards individual fitness goals. TNT virtual strength training is the next fitness revolution. I...

This week T.N.T. Strength brings you our first responders episode. Strength, conditioning, and nutrition, as well as stress prevention and management are critical for first responders to stay strong, healthy, and safe. We're thrilled to be joined by full-time firefighter Jason Klofstad and full-time police officer Pete Almeida as we discuss strategies and tactics for staying fit and ready for the...

In this episode we are joined by Iliana Stoilova, co -founder of X-Force Body in south Tampa, Florida. We learn why X-Force is scientifically proven to be one of the fastest, most efficient, fat loss and muscle gain programs in the world. We discuss the unique X-Force Body machines and their patented "tilting" weight stack which allows for a 40% heavier resistance on the "negative" or lowering par...

This week our guest is Brian Murray, M.Ed. - Exercise Physiologist - Director of Clinical Research for ViiV Fitness. Join us as we discuss how a motionless total-body maximum intensity strength training workout stimulates new muscle and bone growth and can be completed in under 5 minutes. With a motionless protocol, you can stimulate strength and size increases that are at least equal to those obt...

In this episode we are joined in the basement by Luke Carlson. Luke is CEO and founder of Discover Strength, a successful evidence-based training organization specializing in p ersonalized strength training for busy professionals. He is a practitioner, speaker, and author on strength training and science-based exercise programs. Luke reveals his secret crush as well as tips for success in the heal...

Constance Young is a beef farmer who is dedicated to producing beef in a way that prioritizes the planet, people, animals, and progress. Numerous proven sustainability practices are utilized throughout each and every step of the "pasture-to-plate" process that contribute to the way her beef is responsibly raised today. Reach Connie at otsquagocreek@gmail.com

In this week's episode we are joined by Conor Heffernan, Ph. D. Conor's research interests include physical culture, Irish and British history, gender history, political history and the history of medicine. Conor has published articles in Women's History Review, the International Journal of the History of Sport Irish Studies Review, Sport in History and several more journals. He has also contribut...

In this episode we meet Simon Shawcross, founder and director of HITuni, an e-learning provider that specializes in delivering courses on high intensity training (HIT) and evidence based fitness. Simon shares his passion for HIT and the positive impact that exercise has on people's lives that has driven him to dedicate the last seven years to developing premium online certification-level courses f...

What if there were just a 1% chance that we could actually protect you, your athlete / child from the physical and cognitive damage of concussions? In this episode we are joined by Dr. Ralph Cornwell Jr, exercise physiologist and a researcher as we discuss the importance of a low-volume, time-efficient approach of progressive strength training for the muscles of the head and neck.

Strength training is a safe and beneficial activity for adults of all ages. Current research has demonstrated that strength-training exercises have the ability to combat weakness and frailty and their debilitating consequences. Join us as we discuss how o lder adults can quickly, safely and efficiently rebuild muscles that have atrophied from years of sedentary living. Just 3 to 4 months of effort...