Have you ever hit a brick wall in the way you train, and know you’re ready for a new approach? Only letting go of your past identity is scary. And trying new things is scary too. What if it doesn’t work? These were my exact thoughts when I dropped all conditioning but walking for several months recently. Here’s what happened - and what I learned.

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Fresh ideas for your training, nutrition, and lifestyle to immediately put to use. Hosted by Marcus Filly, the founder and CEO of Functional Bodybuilding, and CMO Satya Khan. We’ll be talking about avoiding burnout, keeping your passion alive for training, and fueling your body and mind so you can look good, move well now and for years to come.

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Making the Hybrid Athlete

Whatever your strength goal may be, sometimes it takes a long time to get there - with many twists and turns. Satya shares her ambitious path, with some mental and training takeaways.

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Glucose 101

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Intensity Addict & Earning Your Food

Have you ever gotten wise to a fitness trend you realized was basically a scam? We give our takes on the top myths and scams from Reddit’s women’s fitness community - these are helpful for all genders to hear.  Today’s episode is about that feeling of being hoodwinked by all the fitness noise out there and realizing that what really works is a few simple lifestyle changes repeated over and over. And seeing my own friends and family so confused about fitness was one of the main reasons I started my free email newsletter. Even if people never sign up for my programs, it makes me so happy to be able to share this free resource that put simples, in-depth training and nutrition knowledge in your inbox every single week. So if you haven’t already, head over and sign up at functional-bodybuilding.com/free/ . Now on to the show. 

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