Complete Human Performance Radio

"Should I eat it or not?"

If you've ever dieted before, you've asked yourself that question.

You want to lose fat as quickly as possible, but you don't want to completely give up higher calorie foods, like dessert.

After a diet, when you can't take the cravings any more, it's easy to binge on junk food.

But not if you ask yourself these three questions.

This simple three-step formula will help you indulge in your favorite foods without bingeing, restricting, or feeling guilty. You'll be able to eat your favorite foods during your diet, without ruining your progress.

You want to be healthy.

You want to be lean.

You want to live as long as possible.

So you eat a healthy diet.

You do your best to keep up with the latest news on what foods are healthy, and which aren't. You read blogs, and learn why some foods contribute to cancer, cause inflammation, and make you fat.

Then you don't eat these foods, even if you love them. You avoid foods you always thought were harmless, like bread, or fruit, or milk. You're scared, just like I was.

What if these foods weren't as bad as you've been lead to believe?

What if you didn't have to live in constant fear of damaging your health, or gaining fat, if you ate a "bad" food?

What if you could finally relax about your diet?

You'll learn the answers to those question in this podcast.

Every diet works, at least in the short-term.

You have friends who’ve lost tens or hundreds of pounds following a special diet. You have other friends who pester you or maybe even make you feel guilty for eating the way you do.

You’re not sure what to believe.

You keep reading, listening, watching, and searching. You’re desperate for a diet that will work for you.

You’re wasting your time. 

In this podcast, you'll learn why most diets fail, and how to use flexible dieting to get the body you want.

We've all had experiences that made us want to throw in the towel. Maybe you gained a ton of weight.

Maybe you binged during a diet.

Maybe you got injured.

Maybe you experienced something far worse, like getting fired, dumped, or losing a loved one.

Most people don't deal with these situations well. They complain, worry, and make things worse.

You can do better. In this interview, you'll learn how to use the ancient practice of stoicism to turn every challenge, disappointment, and obstacle into an opportunity to "express a virtue," as our guest Ryan Holiday says.

Flexible dieting doesn't get the attention it deserves.

It's arguably one of the most effective, simple, and easy methods for getting lean in a healthy and enjoyable way.

Flexible dieting is what helped me gain 73 pounds -- from being in a hospital bed with a heart rate of 19 beats per minute to becoming a healthy, (mostly) sane person.

It's what helped my dad go from being a chubby middle schooler to staying jacked for the last 40 years.

It's the same system that will help you lose fat, gain muscle, and build a better body, without avoiding certain foods, binging, or counting calories forever.

But what is flexible dieting, exactly?

In this podcast, you'll learn the four essential laws of flexible dieting that prove why it's the best system for getting lean. You'll also learn some of the easiest ways to get started.

Struggling with anxiety? In this podcast, you’re going to learn how to change that. You’ll hear from Charlie Hoehn, a marketing advisor and author who's worked on massive projects like marketing multiple best-selling books, including The 4-Hour Body.

Charlie will share how these challenges started to cause anxiety, and what he finally did to fix it for good.

You'll also learn:

In this podcast, you'll learn how to lose weight quickly and healthily. Fast weight loss isn't easy or necessarily optimal, but there are several techniques you should use to make it less painful. Two doctors who specialize in weight loss medicine, Spencer and Karl Nadolsky, will show you how to lose weight fast in a healthy, controlled manner.

It’s hard to stick to good habits.

You start working out, preparing your own meals, or going to bed on time. You keep it up for a few weeks, but eventually, you stop.

That’s about to change.

In this podcast, James Clear is going to teach you exactly how good habits are formed, the most common reasons people don’t maintain good habits, and specific strategies you can use to make them stick.

Want to build muscle?

Then you need to lift weights. You know there are no shortcuts, and that you need to push yourself in the gym. However, there’s a heated debate about how many sets you should do to gain weight.

In this podcast, James Krieger will teach you how many sets you need to perform to gain the muscle as quickly and efficiently as possible. You’ll learn:

Do you know why most people can’t lose weight?

It’s not because they lack willpower. It’s not necessarily because they get hungry.

The main reason people can’t get as lean as they want to be, is because they don’t have any structure. What you need is a simple, flexible, sustainable system that you can use to lose weight without thinking about it. 

That’s what meal planning gives you. 

Mike Matthews, the author of the website MuscleForLife.com, is going to teach you how to create a meal plan for fat loss.