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1169 episodes transcribedIf you can’t recover from your workouts properly, you’re going to have a hard time. You won’t be able to lift as much weight, progress on your lifts a...
If you’re a veteran gymgoer, you probably know what it’s like to feel fatigued. You’re drained, achy, and lethargic. The weights feel oppressively hea...
“Can you recommend a book for…?” “What are you reading right now?” “What are your favorite books?” I get asked those types of questions a lot and, as...
Almost every day, I’m asked about the hugely popular ketogenic diet. I’ve written about it some time ago and more recently had Dr. Eric Helms here on...
Gluten-free is still going strong these days. According to Google Trends, it’s just about as popular now as it was at its peak six years ago, and glut...
I’ve churned through over 150,000 emails, social media comments and messages, and blog comments in the last 6 years. And that means I’ve fielded a ton...
How often do you hear sympathies these days for the “downtrodden, exploited, and underpaid” common folk, along with harsh, condemning words for those...
In this episode, I interview Fred, who used my work to help radically transform his life and literally save his life. Fred originally got in touch thr...
Fat was practically falling off your body just a few weeks ago, and now you're wondering if your scale is broken because no matter what you do, your w...
Aside from the basic military diet meal plan and eating schedule (which we’ll go over in a moment), there’s no official military diet and the recommen...
Take this supplement and you’ll be able to train harder. Train harder and you’ll gain more muscle and strength. Gain more muscle and strength and you’...
There has been a lot of grumbling about genetically modified foods over the last decade or so, and many of the claims are alarming enough to scare you...
News flash: us Westerners aren’t exactly paragons of health and wellness. While it’s easy to blame our bloated body fat percentages and sedentary livi...
In the early 1960s, a scientist named Ancel Keys was puzzling over a question: Why were rich, middle-aged businessmen in Minnesota more likely to die...
As a general rule of thumb there are two reasons people take gut health supplements: 1. They have been told that to be optimally healthy you need to m...
Recently, Jordan Syatt lost 6 pounds in a month. Ho-hum, so what. Well, the twist is he did it eating a Bic Mac every day, which is also completely ho...
As you might know, I’m the founder of a supplement company called Legion, and it has gone pretty well so far. In just six years, Legion has grown into...
If you can’t endure discomfort, you’re not going to make it very far in your training, not to mention your life. Lifting weights is hard. Doing HIIT i...
The first few weeks after starting a diet are usually smooth sailing. You aren’t that hungry, your energy levels are good, and you’re still adding wei...
This episode is part of a monthly series that I have dubbed “Motivation Monday.” (Yes, I know, very creative of me. What can I say, I’m a genius…) Ser...
