Jordan Lips

Where Optimal Meets Practical

Health EN ↓ 291 episodes

When it comes to nutrition and training...talking about what's optimal is always fun, but making it practical changes lives. On this show we'll dive deep on all things training, nutrition, and mindset optimization while making sure to drive home the practical and applicable side of things. -JL

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Jordan Lips

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92: Annie Miller (@AnnieMiller.co) - How to...Build a coaching business, manage time better, make better content, avoid burnout, deal with imposter syndrome, decide which platforms to devote time to... 15.02.2022 54:57

Who : Annie Miller (@AnnieMiller.co) --- Topics: Building a fitness coaching business Time management for coaches Social media tips to avoid burnout How to make good content Where to put your efforts as a content creator Imposter syndrome About Annie's coaching process. --- Where to find Annie: Podcast: The FITSPRO Podcast Website: www. AnnieMiller.co IG: @AnnieMiller.co Pinterest: Annie Miller --...

91: Q&A w/ @ButterYourMacros: How do you balance your mental health with your aesthetic goals? Why is maintenance so much harder to wrap my head around than a deficit?? If you had to pick one exercise to do for the rest of your life... 09.02.2022 51:59

Who : Natalie + Heidi @ButterYourMacros --- Topics: How do you balance your mental health with your aesthetic goals? Why is maintenance so much harder to wrap my head around than a deficit? And a few more rapid fire questions :) --- Where to find BYM: Podcast: the butter dish Website: Butteryourmacros.com IG: @Butteryourmacros --- Where to find me: IG: @JordanLipsFitness Podcast: Where Optimal Mee...

90: Alyssa Olenick (@LittleLyssFitness) - Concurrent (Hybrid) Training: What is that? How to set up your training, nutrition, and mindset if you like lifting...but maybe also wanna do some cardio too (or vice versa) 31.01.2022 1:11:31

WHO : Alyssa Olenick (@LittleLyssFitness) --- TITLE/TOPICS : Concurrent (Hybrid) Training: If you want to lift heavy shit but also have cardio goals/enjoy running What questions should I ask myself before getting into hybrid training How to meet yourself where you're at and set the right goals for you Is cardio gonna kill my gains? What sort of cardio overlaps the most? How do I start implementing...

89: Shannon Collins aka The Gym Nurse (@thegymnurse) - Shannon's story, shift work, reconciling your goals and your fears, stuff about muscle gain :) 25.01.2022 58:59

WHO : Shannon Collins aka The Gym Nurse (@TheGymNurse) --- TITLE/TOPICS : Shannon's story, shift work, reconciling your goals and your fears, stuff about muscle gain :) --- Where to find Shannon: Instagram: @TheGymNurse Website: www.thegymnurse.com --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsF...

88: Introduction to periodization for hypertrophy 20.01.2022 27:15

88: Introduction to PERIODIZATION for HYPERTROPHY --- What is periodization Do we need it/why How important is it What are the 3 branches of stimuli How do you know when you need to change something --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.com --- Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE Sign up...

87: Ruth Maleski (@Ruth_MPower) - Why do you lift for HYPERTROPHY? Is Hypertrophy training "Functional"? Things that help make cutting easier... 13.01.2022 54:58

WHO : Ruth Maleski (@ruth_mpower) --- TITLE/TOPICS : Why do you lift for HYPERTROPHY? Is Hypertrophy training "Functional"? Things that help make cutting easier... --- Where to find Ruth: Instagram: @ruth_mpower Website: www.ruthmpower.com --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.co...

86: 10 Tips for going into your next CUT 05.01.2022 32:57

85: 10 tips for going into your next cut --- They're not in any particular order so I recommend listening through all the way🙂 --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.com --- Danny Matranga episode on ALCOHOL Reverse Dieting Episode Sal Di Stefano on why you should LIFT --- Apply...

85: Danny Matranga: The Alcohol Episode - Will it wreck your gains? Stop you from losing fat? Can you drink and be healthy? How to make it...less bad... 03.01.2022 1:03:14

WHO : Danny Matranga --- TITLE/TOPICS : Alcohol. Will it wreck your gains? Stop you from losing fat? Can you drink and be healthy? --- Where to find Danny: Instagram: @Danny. Matranga Podcast: Dynamic Dialogue --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.com --- Apply for 1:1 Coaching H...

84: Does your weight have a SET POINT? 15.12.2021 25:13

84: Does your body weight really have a SET POINT? --- If so, can you change it? How? What mechanisms might be behind this? How much is genetics? How much is behavior? Is all weight loss futile? --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.com --- Sigma Nutrition Podcast Episode --- App...

83: Ranking training variables for HYPERTROPHY (volume, intensity, reps, rest etc...): What's most important? Can we even rank them? How do they work together to help us make the best gains? 08.12.2021 24:32

Training principles for hypertrophy: Here's my attempt to rank all the variables that affect your hypertrophy programming (stuff like volume, split, reps, rest etc..). The truth is, ranking them is really impossible since a major f*ck up on one of them can ruin the rest...but I did my best to hopefully help you understand how these work with each other to help you optimize gains. --- Where to find...

82: Should you get 10k steps? If not, how many? Why do we care? Does it matter how you get them? 30.11.2021 23:57

Topic: Should you get 10k steps? If not, how many? Why do we care? Does it matter how you get them? --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.com --- Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE Sign up for FULL GYM group programming HERE Sign up for AT HOME group programming HERE --- Helping you fin...

81: Jeremiah Bair - Online coaching for hypertrophy: Ways to progress across a mesocycle, volume prescriptions for online clients, rep ranges, and RIR/RPE discussion 24.11.2021 53:04

WHO : Jeremiah Bair --- WHO IS THAT : Online coach, Podcaster, Business owner --- TITLE/TOPICS : Hypertrophy stuff: Ways to progress across a mesocycle, volume prescriptions for clients, rep ranges, and RIR/RPE discussion --- Where to find Jeremiah: Instagram: @JeremiahBair Podcast: Living Lean Website/Blog: BairFit. Com --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanl...

80: Sal Di Stefano - Why you should lift: Better health, quality of life, mobility, aesthetics, and confidence. 17.11.2021 56:42

WHO : Sal Di Stefano --- WHO IS THAT : Owner/founder of Mind Pump Media --- TITLE/TOPICS : Why you should lift: Better health, quality of life, mobility, aesthetics, and confidence. --- Where to find Sal: Instagram: @MindPumpSal Podcast: Mind Pump Website: Mindpumpmedia.com --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Prac...

79: Q+A: Should you drop calories in deload week? How to be more confident as a PT, Tips for managing calories over the holidays, Collagen discussion, Are supersets just time savers? and MORE 09.11.2021 48:06

Q+A 11.9.21 --- Should you drop calories in deload week Supersets: more than just time savers? Collagen Tips for managing calories over the holidays Best way to grow your glute min Do you need more protein in a deficit? Natural ways to boost testosterone How do be more confident as a PT How to feel your traps less in your lateral raise --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: Jor...

78: How long should your MESOCYCLE be? 03.11.2021 26:19

How long should your MESOCYCLE be? --- What is a mesocycle? Why do we need a deload? What my general recommendation is and why Exceptions to the rule Applying this to the individual Pre planning vs autoregulating My general take on things --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.com...

77: What's the difference between STRENGTH and HYPERTROPHY? 02.11.2021 25:03

What's the difference between STRENGTH and HYPERTROPHY? (and how do you decide which type of training to do?) --- Physiological differences Training differences How can I get stronger without getting bigger? How much overlap is there? What if I want both? Can I do both at the same time? Why I personally prefer hypertrophy focused training Summary --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness...

76: Why I don't love MINI CUTS 25.10.2021 18:45

Why I don't love MINI CUTS... --- What is a mini cut Reasons you might want to do one My thoughts on those reasons... Why it might not be worth it What you might want to consider doing instead Summary --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.com --- Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE Sign...

75: Nutrition Q&A - Metabolic damage, Fiber, Peri-workout nutrition, Mini cuts and MORE 19.10.2021 44:51

Nutrition Q&A 10.19.21 --- Can long term deficits damage metabolism? Fiber...how much? What if I'm constipated? Should you do a mini-cut? Peri-workout nutrition and other stuff :) --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.com --- Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE Sign up for FULL GYM group...

74: What is JUNK VOLUME for hypertrophy? 15.10.2021 13:27

What is JUNK VOLUME for hypertrophy? --- It's 12 min. No show notes necessary lmao --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical Website: JordanLipsFitness.com --- Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE Sign up for FULL GYM group programming HERE Sign up for AT HOME group programming HERE --- Helping you find the balance bet...

73: Q&A - Should you track collagen? Warming up for hypertrophy, How to fix your butt wink, Visceral vs subcutaneous fat... 12.10.2021 40:29

Q&A 10.12.21 --- Warming up/stretching for hypertrophy Full leg day vs quad + ham/glute days. Is one better? If I go to failure but get less reps that prescribed, should I lower the weight? Are drop sets a form of progressive overload? Visceral fat vs subcutaneous fat Continuing education for PTs How to fix butt wink --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsf...

72: @ButterYourMacros - "Calorie Entitlement": Boosting metabolism, reversing to higher calories, and why you might not get as many calories as your favorite fit pro 04.10.2021 57:11

WHO : Heidi + Natalie (ButterYourMacros) --- WHO IS THAT : You living under a rock? go follow them. --- TITLE/TOPICS : "Calorie entitlement": Boosting metabolism, reversing to higher calories, and why you might not get as many calories as your favorite fit pro --- Where to find BYM: Instagram: @ButterYourMacros Podcast: the butter dish Website: Butteryourmacros.com --- Where to find me: Instagram:...

71: Won Dolegowski - Why maintenance is so important, hard truths about reverse dieting, tips for dealing with the scale, breaking the "skinny" stigma... 18.09.2021 40:30

WHO : Won Dolegowski --- WHO IS THAT : 49 year old mom, wife, and coach. After 10+ years of being a pharmacist, she left her career in 2018 to her my passion of running a coaching business. Her passion right now is helping ladies understand inner health comes first. Learn to live at maintenance, stop obsessing about the scale weight, focus on getting strong in the gym, and stop living a life of re...

70: What my GROUP PROGRAMMING will be like 10.09.2021 19:39

WHAT MY GROUP PROGRAMMING WILL BE LIKE --- What are the programs all about Is it male/female specific? What is the training split How long are the workouts What equipment you'll need for both programs... When they start (Oct 4, 2021) How much they cost How advanced do you need to be? How long are the mesocycles Will there be deloads? Will there be form videos? Will I be checking your form videos?...

69: Training Q&A: Cluster sets, EAAs, DOMS, RDLs vs banded RDLs, Straight sets vs. top sets, When to do a strength phase... 24.08.2021 33:59

Training Q&A: --- What's the point of cluster sets Benefits of EAAs if training fasted Pros/cons of unilateral training Best way to deal with DOMS Why is DOMS not a good proxy for hypertrophy High vs low reps Banded RDLs vs RDLs Chalk vs Wraps Straight Sets vs Top Sets --- [Podcast] Differences between men and women --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness E...

68: My thoughts on CROSSFIT... 17.08.2021 33:41

My thoughts on Crossfit... --- What is crossfit? What I like about crossfit What I don't like about crossfit Who is crossfit for? What kind of results can you expect? Why are the Pros so jacked if it's not best for hypertrophy? --- Where to find me: Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness Email: JordanLips@Jordanlipsfitness.com Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical TikTok: @Jor...