Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews - What’s New and Exciting in February?

Episode Date: February 27, 2019

“When’s your next book coming out?” “What kind of supplements are you going to release next?” “What would you name your boat if you had one?” I’m asked questions like these all the time and so I thought I’d start doing monthly updates about what’s new and exciting here at Legion and MFL HQ. So here’s a quick hosedown of what me and my jolly band of pirates and bums have been up to lately. Enjoy! Want to get my best advice on how to gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster? Sign up for my free newsletter! Click here: https://www.muscleforlife.com/signup/

This episode is brought to you by me. Seriously though, I'm not big on promoting stuff that I don't personally use and believe in. So instead I'm going to just quickly tell you about something of mine, specifically my fitness book for men, bigger,, Leaner, Stronger. Now this book has sold over 350,000 copies in the last several years and helped thousands and thousands of guys build their best bodies ever, which is why it currently has over 3,100 reviews on Amazon with a four and a half star average. So if you want to know the biggest lies and myths that are keeping you from achieving the lean, muscular, strong, and healthy body that you truly desire, and if you want to learn the simple science of building the ultimate male body, then you want to read Bigger, Leaner, Stronger,

which you can find on all major online retailers like Amazon, Audible, iTunes, Kobo, and Google Play. Now, speaking of Audible, I should also mention that you can get the audiobook 100% free when you sign up for an Audible account, which I highly recommend that you do if you're not currently listening to audiobooks. I love them myself because they let me make the time that I spend doing stuff like commuting, prepping food, walking my dog, and so forth, so much more valuable and productive. So if you want to take Audible up on this offer and get my book for free, then simply go to www.bitly.com slash free BLS. And that will take you to Audible.

And then you just click the sign up today and save button, create your account. And voila, you get to listen to Bigger, Leaner, Stronger for free. Alrighty, that is enough shameless plugging for now, at least. Let's get to the show. Hey, Mike Matthews here from Muscle for Life and Legion Athletics. And welcome to a brand new episode here from Muscle for Life and Legion Athletics, and welcome to a brand new episode of the Muscle for Life podcast. This is a monthly update episode, and that means it is time for me to ramble about what

I've been up to for the last month or so. But let's start with a bit of fun about February. So every February 2nd, thousands of people gather in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to watch a dude fond the oldest groundhog in the world, thanks to a mysterious life-extending elixir prepared by his handlers, who call themselves the Inner Circle. Now, during said fondling, everyone waits with bated breath to hear from an Inner Circle member whether Phil saw his shadow or not upon emerging from his burrow after his winter hibernation. Now, if Phil saw his shadow, boom, that means six more weeks of winter are on the way. And if not, then spring will come early, of course. Yes, I'm talking about Groundhog Day. And somehow what started as a Christian holiday involving the blessing of candles and feasting turned into this, something akin to the Romanian superstition that

if your palm itches, it means you are either going to get money or get your ass beat. So a couple of weeks ago, we are told the furry forecaster saw his shadow and dashed back into his den. And considering the snowstorms we are still getting here in Northern Virginia, who knows? Z may be right. Yes, I said Z, don't you dare misgender clairvoyant groundhogs. Okay. Anyway, what does any of that have to do with books, supplements, and looking good naked? Well, nothing, but I thought it was cool. And I am going to speak my truth however and whenever I want. Now I have to meditate, sip on my soy latte, feel some gratitude for my wife's boyfriend. Okay. I'm feeling more present, grounded, and mindful. So now we can proceed to what is going up and down around MFL town. tastes better than a sous vide Wagyu steak hand served by Superman. I've been eating a protein

bar a day since they arrived. And now that the initial infatuation has worn off, you know, new toys, fun. I'm even more convinced that these are the best protein bars you can find. They are delicious. They are nutritious and they are also, and they are oh-so-not cementitious. Yes, that's a word, as in not like cement, as in chewy and very nice-like in your mouth. And that's why these bars have been flying off the shelves faster than the unraveling of Jussie Smollett's fake cat crap, clap trap, self-inflicted assault. Schadenfreude, how I love thee so much. And why both flavors are about to run out of stock and chocolate chip cookie dough in particular is on its last legs. Fortunately, however, the next run of bars is arriving in a

few weeks, but if you don't want to wait until then, head over to legionathletics.com and order now before it's too late, because I think we are going to be out of chocolate chip cookie dough by the end of next week. So basically within the next seven to 10 days and chocolate peanut butter will probably last another seven to 10 days after that. Hey, quickly, before we carry on, if you are liking my podcast, would you please help spread the word about it? Because no amount of marketing or advertising gimmicks can match the power of word of mouth. So if you are enjoying this episode and you think of someone else who might enjoy it as well, please do tell them about it. It really helps me. And if you are going to post about it on

social media, definitely tag me so I can say thank you. You can find me on Instagram at Muscle for Life Fitness, Twitter at Muscle for Life, and Facebook at Muscle for Life Fitness. Okay, moving on to the next bit of news. It is another Legion tidbit, and that is that new flavors and formulations for Pulse, Way, and Thrive are on the way. So Legion's 2019 theme is new, new products, new formulations, and new flavors. In other words, new ways for me to take more of your money before fleeing the country. Hashtag blessed, hashtag fitspo, hashtag no filter, hashtag squad, hashtag on fleek, hashtag bay, hashtag YOLO, hashtag struggle is real. So here's what we are getting ready to

blow out of the airlocks over the course of the next couple months. We have chocolate and vanilla of our new hemp-free Thrive formulation, which is a huge improvement over our current. This new formulation doesn't have hemp, which many people are going to be happy about because they are concerned that the hemp is going to cause them to fail a drug test, which it will not, but I understand the concern. So we're taking out the hemp. Hemp also tastes kind of funky and doesn't have a great mouthfeel. So we're taking out the hemp. We're also taking out the quinoa protein. We're sticking to pea and rice and we are improving the flavor. So this new chocolate is far better than the current chocolate and the vanilla is just new and it is very good. And also the macros are better. This new formulation has fewer carbs in particular. So more protein, fewer carbs, and fewer calories. We also have

a birthday cake flavored whey plus coming, which is delicious. This is definitely my new favorite whey plus flavor. Insta buy. We have a salted caramel whey plus coming. We have a tropical punch pulse coming. Super good. We have a blueical Punch Pulse coming. Super good. We have a Blue Raspberry Caffeine-Free Pulse coming. And this one tastes even better than the caffeinated Blue Raspberry because caffeine tastes like butt. And then later this year, we will be releasing new formulations for Pulse, Recharge, and Triumph. And yes, they are all getting even better. To give you a little sneak peek, in Pulse, we're going to be adding alpha GPC. In Recharge, we are going to be revamping, really overhauling the product.

So currently it's a 60 serving. We're going to go down to 30 servings so we can include more ingredients because high quality creatine is actually fairly expensive for us. So a 60 serving product with five grams of high quality creatine per serving, that alone is actually fairly expensive. And then when you add in the corosolic acid, as well as the L-carnitine, L-tartrate, it is not cheap. It's really not a cheap product to produce. So what we're going to do though, is we're going to go down to 30 servings and keep the creatine, keep the L-carnitine, L-tartrate, replace the cortisolic acid with ursolic acid and add isoleucine. And we're also considering

one or two other goodies. And as far as Triumph goes, we are going to take the current formulation and modify it specifically for men. So Triumph is going to become a high performance, high quality sport multivitamin for men. and then we are going to create a multivitamin specifically for women. And I think this is a great idea because the products are going to be significantly different, both in terms of the vitamins and minerals that they contain in the dosages, as well as the extras. So in the men's, we are going to have higher amounts of most vitamins and minerals because most men weigh more than most women. And the extras are going to include some things that are specifically beneficial for men. And in the women's, we are going to have lower female calibrated amounts of

key vitamins and minerals, as well as the addition of others like iron. For example, we are probably not going to include iron in the men's, but we are going to include it in the women's as well as some female specific extras. Now, of course, both the men's and the women's are going to contain some of the same extras, like, for example, aged garlic extract is good for both men and women. But then we are going to be including several male only or male specific extras in the men's and female-only, female-specific extras in the women's. Anyways, I'll be sharing more information about these products as the process continues. Currently, it's looking like probably Q2, Q3 release on each of those. And we have some other cool new things coming down the pike as well that I'm going to keep you in mystery about for now.

Moving on, moving on. Stacked is looking prettier and prettier every day and getting better and better every day. So I should say Stack 2.0 actually. Now, if you're not familiar with Stacked, it is my workout app and it is pretty cool, but it can be a lot better and I like better. Pretty cool, but it can be a lot better. And I like0. There's also this, I'm going to make 2.0 100% free, no in-app upgrades, no monthly subscriptions or other bullshit, just free. More news on that soon. And with that, I'm going to sign off as the

kids say, that's it, man, which is moron for that's all man. Thanks as always for your support. And I will be talking to you soon in the next episode. Hey there, it is Mike again. I hope you enjoyed this episode and found it interesting and helpful. And if you did, and don't mind doing me a favor and want to help me make this the most popular health and fitness podcast on the internet, then please leave a quick review of it on iTunes or wherever you're listening from. This not only convinces people that they should check the show out, it also increases its search visibility and thus helps more people find their way to me and learn how to build their best bodies ever too. And of course, if you want to be notified when the next episode goes live, then just subscribe to the podcast and you won't miss out on any of the new goodies. goodies. Lastly, if you didn't like something about the show, then definitely shoot me an email at mike at muscleforlife.com and share your thoughts on how you think it could be better. I read everything myself and I'm always looking for constructive feedback, so please do reach out.

All right, that's it. Thanks again for listening to this episode and I hope to hear from you soon. And lastly, this episode is brought to you by me. Seriously though, I'm not big on promoting stuff that I don't personally use and believe in. So instead I'm going to just quickly tell you about something of mine, specifically my fitness book for men, bigger, leaner, stronger. Now this book has sold over 350,000 copies in the last several years and helped thousands and thousands of guys build their best bodies ever, which is why it currently has over 3,100 reviews on Amazon with a four and a half star average. So if you want to know the biggest lies and myths that are keeping you from achieving the lean, muscular, strong, and healthy body that you truly desire, and if you want to learn the simple

science of building the ultimate male body, then you want to read Bigger, Leaner, Stronger, which you can find on all major online retailers like Amazon, Audible, iTunes, Kobo, and Google Play. Now, speaking of Audible, I should also mention that you can get the audiobook 100% free when you sign up for an Audible account, which I highly recommend that you do if you're not currently listening to audiobooks. I love them myself because they let me make the time that I spend doing stuff like commuting, prepping food, walking my dog, and so forth so much more valuable and productive. walking my dog and so forth, so much more valuable and productive. So if you want to take Audible up on this offer and get my book for free, then simply go to www.bitly.com

slash free BLS. And that will take you to Audible. And then you just click the sign up today and save button, create your account and voila, you get to listen to Bigger, Leaner, Stronger for free.