Richard A. Winett is an award-winning researcher, the Heilig Meyers professor of psychology at Virginia Tech, former director of both the Psychology Department’s Clinical Science program and the Center for Research in Health Behavior, and just as impressively, a life-long bodybuilder.

Dr. Winett has published hundreds of articles and studies and has been heavily involved in research funded by many government agencies over the past decades, focused on the intersection of health psychology, personalized behavioral medicine, and public health, just to name a few of his areas of expertise. Of particular interest to us is his focus on resistance training and high-intensity and interval training.

Contact Richard Winett:

• Virginia Tech profile
• Richardwinett@gmail[dot]com

This episode covers:

• Richard's latest research and future projects
• How to effectively motivate your friends and family to start exercising and start losing weight
• Your questions, answered: Richard's exercise philosophy, his training regimen, exercise in general, and more
• Why - and how - do some people gain muscle mass faster than others, and can any one way work for everyone?
• Why you might want to exercise and train with a good trainer instead of by yourself
• Is sitting the new smoking?

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