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Matt takes a look back at 2020 and gives a sneak peek into new happenings with Barbell Logic for the new year in this short but sweet Christmas special. Things to look forward to from Barbell Logic include more lifting camps and seminars in the New Year, new books, and a brand new Barbell Academy Principles Course.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from our family at Barbell Logic to yours.

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Matt takes a look back at 2020 and gives a sneak peek into new happenings with Barbell Logic for the new year in this short but sweet Christmas special. Things to look forward to from Barbell Logic include more lifting camps and seminars in the New Year, new books, and a brand new Barbell Academy Principles Course. 

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from our family at Barbell Logic to yours. 

GET STARTED with one-on-one online coaching FOR FREE!

Get your FIRST MONTH FREE on all strength and nutrition coaching plans.  No discount code needed and includes a 10-day, no-obligation trial.  https://bit.ly/2MKeOoh

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Thanks to the crew at the Music and Ideas Podcast for helping us continue a Holiday tradition. Scott Hambrick is back with co-hosts Karl Schudt and Trent Jones for another holiday jazz music special. This year the guys discuss the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi.

Sharing their musical insights and a healthy dose of nostalgia for the holidays, the hosts will make you appreciate the classic Christmas special in new ways, starting with the thematic, melancholy centerpiece "Christmastime is Here."

Check out the Music and Ideas podcast for more discussion of music, ideas, and art.

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Thanks to the crew at the Music and Ideas Podcast for helping us continue a Holiday tradition. Scott Hambrick is back with co-hosts Karl Schudt and Trent Jones for another holiday jazz music special. This year the guys discuss the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi.

Sharing their musical insights and a healthy dose of nostalgia for the holidays, the hosts will make you appreciate the classic Christmas special in new ways, starting with the thematic, melancholy centerpiece “Christmastime is Here.”

Check out the Music and Ideas podcast for more discussion of music, ideas, and art. 

GET STARTED with one-on-one online coaching FOR FREE!

Get your FIRST MONTH FREE on all strength and nutrition coaching plans.  No discount code needed and includes a 10-day, no obligation trial.  https://bit.ly/2MKeOoh

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Matt, Niki, and Andrew answer your burning holiday questions submitted through Instagram. This podcast address both fun and helpful topics related to Christmas and winter, to include favorite holiday traditions, lifting outside, adding protein or alcohol to egg nog, best stocking stuffers for lifters, and more. Enjoy the holiday spirit with Barbell Logic!

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Get your FIRST MONTH FREE on all strength and nutrition coaching plans. No discount code needed and includes a 10-day, no obligation trial. https://bit.ly/2MKeOoh

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• Matt on Instagram
• Niki on Instagram
• [email protected]

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Matt, Niki, and Andrew answer your burning holiday questions submitted through Instagram.  

This podcast address both fun and helpful topics related to Christmas and winter, to include favorite holiday traditions, lifting outside, adding protein or alcohol to egg nog, best stocking stuffers for lifters, and more.  

Enjoy the holiday spirit with Barbell Logic!

GET STARTED with one-on-one online coaching FOR FREE!

Get your FIRST MONTH FREE on all strength and nutrition coaching plans.  No discount code needed and includes a 10-day, no obligation trial.  https://bit.ly/2MKeOoh

Special offers from BLOC and our partners:  https://barbell-logic.com/offers/

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The holiday season is coming up, and for many of us this is a time where we gain weight: whether we justify an unexpectedly large bulk or simply seem unable to avoid our weight inching up despite our best intentions. Learn some practical methods to achieving your goals and preventing or limiting holiday weight gain (or even enabling holiday weight loss).

The holidays present unique challenges: huge meals, home-baked desserts, calorically-dense food items, peer & family pressure, fond memories. We can enjoy the holidays while still moving toward our goals.

First, leave room in your food & training journal to assess why you deviated from your plan. This isn't to judge yourself, but to build awareness. Were you hungry? Did you eat because you always eat at a certain time? Did you not want to disappoint someone? Did you mindlessly eat? Or, did you just really want that food item?

Approaching holiday meals and time periods with realistic plans. Fasting prior to a meal is likely unrealistic. Eating a protein-rich meal the day of a big meal that will have plenty of fat and carbohydrates, however, makes sense.

For the big meals themselves, have a plan to help you prevent or at least limit overeating. For example, fill your first plate with a normal amount of food. This may mean limiting the items you put on your plate. This may mean putting sample-size amounts on your plate. Then, when you're done, wait 15 minutes before getting seconds.

For dessert, assess whether you're hungry or not. Take a dessert home if you really want it--you don't have to try every type of pie that meal or that day!

Finally, Niki & Gillian discuss the idea of "volume eaters" and "intensity eaters." Though people may be some combination thereof, volume eaters tend to overeat through large quantities of food, whereas intensity eaters tend to overeat through calorically dense items (eggnog, anyone?).

Arm yourselves with the knowledge and tips to better battle the holidays!

GET STARTED with one-on-one online coaching FOR FREE!

Get your FIRST MONTH FREE on all strength and nutrition coaching plans. No discount code needed and includes a 10-day, no obligation trial. https://bit.ly/2MKeOoh

Special offers from BLOC and our partners: https://barbell-logic.com/offers/

Connect with the hosts

• Matt on Instagram
• Niki on Instagram
• [email protected]

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• Barbell Logic on Instagram
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The holiday season is coming up, and for many of us this is a time where we gain weight:  whether we justify an unexpectedly large bulk or simply seem unable to avoid our weight inching up despite our best intentions.  Learn some practical methods to achieving your goals and preventing or limiting holiday weight gain (or even enabling holiday weight loss).  

The holidays present unique challenges:  huge meals, home-baked desserts, calorically-dense food items, peer & family pressure, fond memories.  We can enjoy the holidays while still moving toward our goals.  

First, leave room in your food & training journal to assess why you deviated from your plan.  This isn’t to judge yourself, but to build awareness.  Were you hungry?  Did you eat because you always eat at a certain time?  Did you not want to disappoint someone?  Did you mindlessly eat?  Or, did you just really want that food item?  

Approaching holiday meals and time periods with realistic plans.  Fasting prior to a meal is likely unrealistic.  Eating a protein-rich meal the day of a big meal that will have plenty of fat and carbohydrates, however, makes sense.  

For the big meals themselves, have a plan to help you prevent or at least limit overeating.  For example, fill your first plate with a normal amount of food.  This may mean limiting the items you put on your plate.  This may mean putting sample-size amounts on your plate.  Then, when you’re done, wait 15 minutes before getting seconds.  

For dessert, assess whether you’re hungry or not.  Take a dessert home if you really want it--you don’t have to try every type of pie that meal or that day!  

Finally, Niki & Gillian discuss the idea of “volume eaters” and “intensity eaters.”  Though people may be some combination thereof, volume eaters tend to overeat through large quantities of food, whereas intensity eaters tend to overeat through calorically dense items (eggnog, anyone?).  

Arm yourselves with the knowledge and tips to better battle the holidays!

GET STARTED with one-on-one online coaching FOR FREE!

Get your FIRST MONTH FREE on all strength and nutrition coaching plans.  No discount code needed and includes a 10-day, no obligation trial.  https://bit.ly/2MKeOoh

Special offers from BLOC and our partners:  https://barbell-logic.com/offers/

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• Matt on Instagram
• Niki on Instagram
• [email protected]   

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You understand the basics and understand the importance of preparation: how does this look in real life? How does a potential meal, day, or week look? Gillian & Niki delve into how to approach nutrition plans practically.

Looking at the week and the day helps. When you look at a week, think about when you go grocery shopping, which meals will be eaten outside the house, how much food you need and how many meals you need to prepare. What staples do you always keep in the house, regardless of meals? What meals or snacks do you have on hand if you cannot cook, get unexpectedly hungry, or life just gets in the way of your plans?

If you look at a day, look at the meals and snacks you'll eat. Are there certain meals you know you'll have to prepare ahead of time versus certain meals you can cook right before you eat? Do certain times of day tend to cause you to deviate from your planned meals or snacks? What causes this to happen?

Once again, planning ahead increase your compliance and aids you in accomplishing your goals, faster. This means planning for the grocery store, meals, days, and weeks. It also means incorporating habits that you enjoy into the plan, such as a drink at the end of the day or dessert.

Learn the practices, including specific recipe ideas, that help make healthy eating more fun.

GET STARTED with one-on-one online coaching FOR FREE!

Get your FIRST MONTH FREE on all strength and nutrition coaching plans. No discount code needed and includes a 10-day, no obligation trial. https://bit.ly/2MKeOoh

Special offers from BLOC and our partners: https://barbell-logic.com/offers/

Connect with the hosts

• Matt on Instagram
• Niki on Instagram
• [email protected]

Connect with the show

• Barbell Logic on Instagram
• The Website
• Barbell Logic on Facebook

You understand the basics and understand the importance of preparation:  how does this look in real life?  How does a potential meal, day, or week look?  Gillian & Niki delve into how to approach nutrition plans practically.  

Looking at the week and the day helps.  When you look at a week, think about when you go grocery shopping, which meals will be eaten outside the house, how much food you need and how many meals you need to prepare.  What staples do you always keep in the house, regardless of meals?  What meals or snacks do you have on hand if you cannot cook, get unexpectedly hungry, or life just gets in the way of your plans?  

If you look at a day, look at the meals and snacks you’ll eat.  Are there certain meals you know you’ll have to prepare ahead of time versus certain meals you can cook right before you eat?  Do certain times of day tend to cause you to deviate from your planned meals or snacks?  What causes this to happen?  

Once again, planning ahead increase your compliance and aids you in accomplishing your goals, faster.  This means planning for the grocery store, meals, days, and weeks.  It also means incorporating habits that you enjoy into the plan, such as a drink at the end of the day or dessert.  

Learn the practices, including specific recipe ideas, that help make healthy eating more fun.  

GET STARTED with one-on-one online coaching FOR FREE!

Get your FIRST MONTH FREE on all strength and nutrition coaching plans.  No discount code needed and includes a 10-day, no obligation trial.  https://bit.ly/2MKeOoh

Special offers from BLOC and our partners:  https://barbell-logic.com/offers/

Connect with the hosts

• Matt on Instagram
• Niki on Instagram
• [email protected]   

Connect with the show

• Barbell Logic on Instagram
• The Website
• Barbell Logic on Facebook