Driven For Health: Nutrition and Weight Loss for Men Over 40:

Ten health questions get typed into Google by men over 40 more than almost any other search this month. One popular answer says skipping sex for a week spikes your testosterone by 45%. That claim traces back to a study that got retracted over twenty years ago. Coach Brian pulled the real search data and checked the real research behind all ten questions.

(Have you ever built a health habit around something you saw online, only to find out later the science behind it was wrong? Get the real research and a plan that replaces the guesswork at www.thecalltorise.com)

This episode runs through ten of the most searched men's health questions right now: testosterone and TRT, GLP-1 drugs and muscle loss, belly fat, training splits, Zone 2 cardio, fiber, wearables, blood work, and the mental health conversation most guys skip. Coach Brian names the real study behind each answer and gives one action step per topic. The whole episode runs under twenty minutes.

By the end you'll know which of these ten questions apply to you, and the one change to make first.

In this episode:

- Two testosterone myths worth knowing, from the FDA's new move on TRT to the "skip sex for a week" claim that's false

- GLP-1 drugs and the muscle loss they don't warn you about

- Why your beer belly comes from more than calories

- The 3-3-3 gym trend, tested against real research

- Why more guys are trading treadmill sprints for Zone 2 cardio

- The fiber gap most men have, and the real daily target

- What your wearable data means and the blood tests biohackers run that a standard physical skips

- Why the mental health part gets skipped, and the one sentence that starts to fix it

The Call To Rise is a 100-day fat loss challenge for driven men ready to take their body back. It combines strength training, personalized nutrition and real accountability. Most men drop 20 to 30 pounds and rebuild the confidence that comes with it.

This program also works if you are dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or Type 2 diabetes. It was built for those men too. Many men see those numbers move in the right direction alongside their weight loss.

Inside the program you also join a Brotherhood of men doing the same work. Together you build a body you're proud of and start leading like the man you already are at work.

This is your wake-up call to rise. Learn more and apply at www.thecalltorise.com

Common questions this episode answers:

- How many days a week should you train each muscle group after 40?

The American College of Sports Medicine says train each major muscle group at least twice a week. Aim for about 10 sets per muscle group weekly if you want growth.

- Does skipping sex for a week raise your testosterone?

No. The 45% claim comes from a small 2003 study that got retracted. No study since has repeated the result.

- Do GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic cause muscle loss?

They can if you are not careful. Resistance train at least twice a week and hit your protein target every day to protect your muscle while you lose fat.

- How much fiber should a man eat in a day?

Aim for 38 grams a day. Most men only get about half that. Only 5% of men hit the recommended target.

- What percent of suicides in the US are men?

HeadsUpGuys reports that men make up roughly 75 to 80% of suicide deaths in the US. Fewer than one in five men had seen a mental health professional in the year before their death. That number is closer to one in three for women.

Nate ate ice cream every single day for five months. He also turned down Ozempic on purpose. By the end he had lost 23 pounds and brought his blood sugar back under control.

(Do you think losing weight means giving up the food you love? See how Nate did it without cutting out dessert at www.thecalltorise.com)

Nate works in tech and used to be a mathematician. He travels internationally for work and calls himself a serious foodie. In this episode he sits down with Coach Brian to talk about the five months that took him from 198 pounds to 175, back to his high school weight at 45. You will learn exactly how Nate built a plan that let him keep eating dessert while he lost weight and improved his blood work.

Chapters:

- [00:00] Why Nate turned down Ozempic and chose food and training instead

- [05:30] How homemade ice cream became his daily ritual without sabotaging progress

- [12:00] The carb and fruit rules Nate was wrong about for years

- [24:15] How he lost weight on work trips to Japan and Florida

Key Takeaways:

- You can lose 23 pounds in five months and eat ice cream every day if you build the plan around protein, portion control, and real adherence.

- Ozempic isn't the only path—real food, strength training, and consistent steps move the same numbers without the side effects or cost.

- Travel and fat loss aren't mutually exclusive if you structure your day right and eat lighter earlier so you enjoy dinner without guilt.

Resources Mentioned:

- Ninja Creami for homemade ice cream

- Fairlife milk (high protein, lower sugar)

- The Call To Rise 100-day program

Common questions from this episode:

- Can you eat ice cream every day and still lose weight?

Nate ate homemade ice cream every day for five months and lost 23 pounds. He made it at home with a Ninja Creami, using Fairlife milk and a sugar substitute. Each pint held about 150 calories and 20 grams of protein.

- Can you lose weight without taking Ozempic?

Nate lost 23 pounds and got his blood sugar under control without Ozempic. He wanted to avoid the potential side effects and chose to do the work through food and training instead.

- How do you avoid gaining weight while traveling for work?

Work travel took Nate to Japan and Florida during the program, and he still lost weight on both trips. He ate lighter during the day so he could enjoy a real dinner, which let him try local food without gaining weight.

The Call To Rise is a 100-day fat loss challenge for driven men ready to take their body back. It combines strength training, personalized nutrition and real accountability. Most men drop 20 to 30 pounds and rebuild the confidence that comes with it.

This program also works if you are dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or Type 2 diabetes. Many men see those numbers move in the right direction alongside their weight loss.

Inside the program you also join a Brotherhood of men doing the same work. Together you build a body you're proud of and start leading like the man you already are at work.

This is your wake-up call to rise. Learn more and apply at www.thecalltorise.com

Joe stepped on the scale before an eight day trip and read 210.4 pounds. He never weighed himself once while he was away. A couple days after he got home, he stepped back on the scale. It read 210.4 again.

(Do you usually gain weight when you travel? See how men inside The Call To Rise stay on track even on the road at www.thecalltorise.com)

This episode is a real round table call with men inside The Call To Rise. They report real wins, work through real setbacks and dig into the two reasons that actually drive lasting change. Two men on the call open up about heart scares that pushed them to finally get serious. You also hear a live nutrition label breakdown and real coaching on steps, strength training and travel.

By the end, you will know the real reason behind every health goal, how to catch hidden sugar on a label and the exact rule for getting back on track after a trip.

Main topics in this episode:

- Real client wins, including one man who held his exact weight through an eight day trip

- The Motive by Patrick Lencioni and the two real reasons men get healthy

- What to do when progress stalls or motivation drops

- The rule for weighing in again after time away from home

- Balancing daily steps with strength training as you get older

- A live label check comparing regular and zero sugar canned beans

- Two real heart health scares and what came after them

- The daily question that keeps a man moving toward his goals

The Call To Rise is a 100-day fat loss challenge for driven men ready to take their body back. It combines strength training, personalized nutrition and real accountability. Most men drop 20 to 30 pounds and rebuild the confidence that comes with it.

This program also works if you are dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or Type 2 diabetes. It was built for those men too. Many men see those numbers move in the right direction alongside their weight loss.

Inside the program you also join a Brotherhood of men doing the same work. Together you build a body you're proud of and start leading like the man you already are at work.

This is your wake-up call to rise. Learn more and apply at www.thecalltorise.com

Common questions from this episode:

- When should I weigh myself after a trip?

Wait as many days as you were gone before you step on the scale. Travel causes water retention from flying and eating differently, so an early weigh-in will not show your real number.

- How many steps a day should I walk to lose weight?

Aim for 10,000 steps a day as a baseline. If you already hit that at work, you can spend the extra time on strength training instead of adding more steps.

- How much sugar is in canned baked beans?

A regular can of baked beans can carry around 11 grams of added sugar per serving. A zero sugar version has none and tastes close to the same.

- How often should men over 40 strength train?

Two to three times a week is enough to build and keep muscle as you age. Pair it with daily walking for the best results.

Nicky Billou had not spoken to his ex-wife in over a year. Divorce papers had sat unsigned for two years while she refused to close it out. Then Nicky broke down crying in front of other men at a weekend retreat. The second he turned his phone back on for the break, she was already calling.

(Have you been carrying something for months or years without telling another man? See what a real brotherhood looks like at www.sovereignman.ca)

Brian sits down with Nicky Billou, founder of the Sovereign Man Movement and host of The Sovereign Man Podcast. They talk about why men need other men instead of leaning on family or work alone. Nicky explains why so many men lose their closest friends by their forties. He also shares what changed for two men in his group, one who went from unemployed to six figures in a year and another who left a grocery store job to run a multi million dollar company.

By the end you will know why a peer group of friends your own age is not enough and what to look for in a group of men who will push you forward.

Main topics in this episode:

- Why the average man has no close friends left by his forties

- The retreat moment that ended a two year standoff over Nicky's divorce papers

- Why a peer group your own age cannot replace older men who already solved your problem

- What men crave inside a masculine only space

- How one unemployed man went to six figures in a year inside a brotherhood

- The phone rule Nicky's group uses at every meeting

- Why raising the standards inside a men's group changes who stays

Nicky runs the Sovereign Man Movement, a brotherhood of men who meet regularly to work through real problems together. Your first meeting is free and happens right on Zoom. Check out Sovereign Man at www.sovereignman.ca

About Nicky Billou:

Nicky Billou is a two time New York Times bestselling author and the founder of the Sovereign Man Movement, a brotherhood built to help men take real responsibility for their lives.

Nicky has written three international best selling books, including Finish Line Thinking and The Power Of Connecting. He is also a two time New York Times bestselling author.

In February 2018 he founded the Sovereign Man Movement. It is a brotherhood where men meet to work on relationships, business, health, and personal growth together.

Nicky also hosts The Thought Leader Revolution, a podcast where he has interviewed more than 500 thought leaders. He has appeared as a guest on more than 600 podcasts himself.

At 58 Nicky is two years into training for his bodybuilding pro card. He hired a coach in February 2023, lost 58 pounds, and competed in his first bodybuilding show a year later.

Find Nicky Billou and the Sovereign Man Movement at www.sovereignman.ca or on The Sovereign Man Podcast.

Common questions about this episode:

- How many close friends does the average man have?

Nicky Billou says the average American man has zero close friends. Most men lean on their spouse or their coworkers and never build a real circle of men outside of those two places.

- What is the Sovereign Man Movement?

The Sovereign Man Movement is a men's group Nicky Billou started in February 2018. Members check in every meeting, work through real problems together, and pay 100 dollars a month plus tax to belong.

- Why do men need a brotherhood instead of just a peer group of friends?

Your peer group is usually stuck on the same problem you are. Nicky says a man needs older men in his life who have already solved what he is facing right now.

- What do men crave in a masculine only space?

Men want direct straight talk without the usual padding. Nicky says once a man finds a masculine only space that works he wants to keep coming back.

Marcus looked at a family photo and didn't recognize his own face. He was standing next to his wife and didn't know who that man was. His labs told the real story. His A1C came back at 6.7 and his cholesterol came back at 222.

(Have you looked at a photo of yourself and not recognized the man in it? See what real change looks like at www.thecalltorise.com)

This episode breaks down what happened in Marcus's coaching. He was a marketing director carrying 35 extra pounds for five years before that photo changed things. Coach Brian walks through the three tools he used with Marcus: negative visualization, frustration tolerance, and a four-question method for shutting down the thought spiral that keeps men quitting. These are the same tools he uses with clients after 23 years of coaching men over 40.

By the end you'll have three tools you can use this week, whether you're staring down bad labs or trying to break a pattern of quitting before results show up.

Main topics in this episode:

- Why successful men struggle to stick with their health goals

- The real story behind Marcus losing 28 pounds and improving his labs

- What negative visualization is and how it works

- How frustration tolerance keeps you in the game after a hard week

- A four-question method for shutting down a self-defeating thought

- How A1C and cholesterol numbers move when you stay consistent

- Why willpower isn't the real problem

The Call To Rise is a 100-day fat loss challenge for driven men ready to take their body back. It combines strength training, personalized nutrition and real accountability. Most men drop 20 to 30 pounds and rebuild the confidence that comes with it.

This program also works if you are dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or Type 2 diabetes. It was built for those men too. Many men see those numbers move in the right direction alongside their weight loss.

Inside the program you also join a Brotherhood of men doing the same work. Together you build a body you're proud of and start leading like the man you already are at work.

This is your wake-up call to rise. Learn more and apply at www.thecalltorise.com

Common questions about this episode:

- Why do successful men struggle to stick to their health goals?

Many capable men have low frustration tolerance around health. One hard week feels like proof the plan failed, so they quit instead of continuing.

- What is negative visualization?

Negative visualization means getting honest about where your current habits lead in three to five years. It uses your real numbers and family history instead of guesswork.

- How do you stop self-sabotaging your weight loss?

Run the thought that's stopping you through four questions. Is it true? Is it absolutely true? How does it make you feel? What would you do if you didn't believe it?

- How do you get back on track after falling off your diet?

Accept what happened. Name the feeling. Then do the next right thing today, not tomorrow.

Jeremie Bacon knows what it feels like to build a career while watching his health move in the wrong direction.

When he started working at Goldman Sachs, he was 220 pounds and lean. Three years later, he was 240 pounds, stressed, out of shape, and preparing to start his first software company. His wife finally called him out, and that conversation pushed him to change course.

Jeremie eventually dropped more than 60 pounds and became a competitive triathlete while building a company and raising a young family. That experience changed how he viewed stress, health, success, and personal responsibility.

Today, Jeremie has built, bought, and sold multiple software companies. He works as a venture capital investor, teaches entrepreneurship and investing at the University of Chicago, and continues to evaluate how driven people allocate their time.

His framework centers around four buckets:

**Family. Work. Civic. Self.**

Each bucket matters, but they will rarely receive equal attention at the same time. The real work comes from making intentional decisions about where your time goes and understanding what you may be sacrificing in the process.

Jeremie also shares a conversation with a billionaire who admitted that he chose work and self over family and civic responsibility. By the time he understood the cost, his children were adults with families of their own.

That story raises a hard question every driven man needs to answer:

**What are you giving up to get what you think you want?**

### Main topics covered

* How Jeremie gained weight while working at Goldman Sachs

* The challenge from his wife that pushed him to change

* Losing more than 60 pounds while building a company

* Replacing stress eating with training

* Building, buying, and selling software companies

* Lessons from angel investing and venture capital

* The Four Buckets: family, work, civic, and self

* Why perfect balance is unrealistic

* How to make intentional decisions with your calendar

* The billionaire who admitted he chose poorly

* Why wealth does not guarantee peace or happiness

* Protecting your family, health, and identity while pursuing success

### The Call To Rise

The Call To Rise is a 100-day Fat Loss Challenge designed for driven men over 40 who are ready to get back to a healthy body, boost their energy, and lead as powerful men.

This program is also designed for men dealing with chronic health concerns such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or Type 2 Diabetes.

Through strength training, personalized nutrition, and radical accountability, you can lose 20 to 30 pounds, rebuild your confidence, and create a healthier lifestyle that works alongside your career and family responsibilities.

You will also join a Brotherhood of like-minded men committed to showing up, taking responsibility, and following through.

Learn more at www.thecalltorise.com

David Denning went in for his yearly checkup. His doctor said his cholesterol was high enough to start a statin. David asked to fix it on his own first. His doctor agreed to check back in three months.

(Have you ever gotten a lab result that pushed you to change before your doctor made you? See what worked for David at www.thecalltorise.com)

Coach Brian sits down with David Denning, co-founder of Jumpstart Go and host of The Modern Insurance Agent podcast. David breaks down what he changed to bring his cholesterol down, from his morning coffee to his one meal at dinner. He also explains why a real story builds more trust than a polished post, with AI content everywhere now.

By the end of this episode you will know how David fixed his cholesterol without a statin, and how telling that story only made people trust him more.

Main topics in this episode:

- Why David's doctor gave him three months before starting a statin

- How one meal a day and a morning walk brought his cholesterol down

- Why he keeps coming back to his "default" instead of chasing perfect

- Running a business and a marriage with the same person every day

- Why real, unpolished content builds more trust in an AI-heavy world

- Why David tells clients to pick one social platform and go deep

The Call To Rise is a 100-day fat loss challenge for driven men ready to take their body back. It combines strength training, personalized nutrition and real accountability. Most men drop 20 to 30 pounds and rebuild the confidence that comes with it.

This program also works if you are dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or Type 2 diabetes. It was built for those men too. Many men see those numbers move in the right direction alongside their weight loss.

Inside the program you also join a Brotherhood of men doing the same work. Together you build a body you're proud of and start leading like the man you already are at work.

This is your wake-up call to rise. Learn more and apply at www.thecalltorise.com

About David Denning:

David Denning is co-founder of Jumpstart Go. He runs it with his wife, Elle. She is also his high school sweetheart. Jumpstart Go teaches insurance agents and agency owners how to grow through organic social media and referral partnerships instead of cold calling.

David and Elle host The Modern Insurance Agent podcast. They cover marketing, sales and business strategy for insurance professionals. They also lead a Facebook group called Marketing for Insurance Agents, now past 37,000 members.

David went to Georgia Tech and worked in construction before moving into marketing. He met Elle in high school at 16, and they married at 21. They lived in South Africa for two years. They worked out of Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines next. They now live in St. Petersburg, Florida.

David and Elle share their home with Lula, a Rhodesian Ridgeback they brought back from South Africa.

You can find David at jumpstartgonow.com, or search for him by name on social media.

Common questions from this episode:

- Can you lower high cholesterol without a statin?

- Doctors do not always start with medication. David's doctor agreed to hold off and check his numbers again in three months. Diet and movement changes brought his cholesterol down enough that he never needed the statin.

- Does eating one meal a day help with weight loss?

- For David it did. He drank black coffee and water during the day and ate one meal at dinner. That change helped him drop weight without tracking a single calorie. A morning walk added even more.

- Why do insurance agents hate cold calling?

- Contact rates have dropped so far that agents now need 300 to 500 dials a day to get through. David calls the old method "frown and drown" because of how it wears people down.

A guy in your gym dropped thirty pounds since spring, and your brother-in-law is on it too. You haven't touched a GLP-1 or called your doctor about one, but you're starting to wonder if you're missing out. Underneath that sits a real worry. If it costs you muscle, does that make it even harder to lose weight later?

(Wondering if you need a GLP-1 to lose the weight, or if there's another way? See what makes this time different at www.thecalltorise.com)

This episode runs seventeen questions back to back, the way they stack up in a man's head over six months. Coach Brian walks through the decision to start a GLP-1, what happens once you're taking it, and what happens after you lose the weight. By the end you'll know what to ask your doctor before you fill a script, what these drugs do to your appetite and muscle, and what to have ready before you ever open the box.

Chapters:

- [00:00] Should you try a GLP-1 or lose the weight the old way first

- [06:45] Four questions to ask your doctor before you start

- [12:30] What the first few weeks on a GLP-1 feel like

- [18:15] Why your muscle is at risk on these drugs and how to protect it

- [25:00] What happens to your weight if you stop and how to come off it the smart way

Key Takeaways:

- One in eight adults in this country are now on a GLP-1, but that doesn't mean it's the right first move for you—ask your doctor these four questions first.

- GLP-1 kills appetite and can cost you muscle if you don't strength train and eat enough protein while taking it.

- The weight comes back if you stop the drug, so have a plan for what comes next before you start—that plan looks different than the weight loss phase.

Resources Mentioned:

- Strength training on GLP-1 (muscle preservation protocol)

- Protein intake strategy while on GLP-1

Common questions from this episode:

- Should I take a GLP-1 to lose weight?

That's a question for your doctor, not a yes or no answer. Ask yourself first: have you tried losing the weight the old way? Do you have a medical reason (Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure)? If you're considering it, ask your doctor these four questions before you fill the script.

- What happens to your muscle on a GLP-1?

GLP-1 suppresses appetite so aggressively that you eat less protein and do less heavy lifting, which costs you muscle. If you stay on a high-protein diet and strength train 3-4 times a week while taking it, you protect most of your muscle mass.

- What happens if you stop taking a GLP-1?

The weight comes back. Your appetite returns to normal. If you don't have a plan for what comes next, you'll regain most of what you lost. That's why the phase after you lose the weight matters more than the weight loss phase itself.

- How many people are taking GLP-1 right now?

One in eight adults in this country are now on one. That number keeps growing. But the fact that other people are taking it doesn't mean it's the right first move for your body.

The Call To Rise is a 100-day fat loss challenge for driven men ready to take their body back. It combines strength training, personalized nutrition and real accountability. Most men drop 20 to 30 pounds and rebuild the confidence that comes with it.

This program also works if you are dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or Type 2 diabetes. Many men see those numbers move in the right direction alongside their weight loss.

Inside the program you also join a Brotherhood of men doing the same work. Together you build a body you're proud of and start leading like the man you already are at work.

This is your wake-up call to rise. Learn more and apply at www.thecalltorise.com

Halfway through this episode, Adam Barney lost power. The lights cut out in the middle of a talk about running out of energy in your body. It felt fitting, since the topic was running on empty.

(Do you push through tired days for months before something finally breaks? See what real energy looks like at www.thecalltorise.com)

Coach Brian sits down with Adam Barney, an energy coach and the host of the podcast Is Anything Real.

Adam spent over 20 years in corporate marketing at Microsoft, Digitas and Akamai Technologies. There he managed more than 100 million dollars in ad spend, then got laid off twice. He now teaches that burnout comes from energy debt. Years of skipped rest, skipped meals and skipped time with family pile up like interest on a loan.

They also break down the Ikigai framework and Adam's own Energy OS Alignment Framework. They use it to explain why so many successful people still feel burned out.

By the end of this episode you will have a simple way to spot where your energy leaks out. You will also have three questions to ask yourself before bed, so you can see where your energy went today.

Main Topics:

- What energy debt is, and how it builds up like an unpaid loan

- The Ikigai framework and Adam's Energy OS Alignment Framework

- Why "I'll take care of myself after this project" keeps pushing your health back

- What losing his job twice taught Adam about his own identity

- Three questions to ask yourself before bed to see where your energy went

- Why success can cost too much if it costs your health or your family

- How small daily choices build into real change over time

About Adam Barney:

Adam W. Barney is an energy coach and transition leadership coach based in Boston.

Adam is the author of Make Your Own Glass Half Full: The Path To Empowered Optimism and Autonomy. He built the Energy OS Alignment Framework. It grows out of the Japanese Ikigai concept. The framework helps leaders find where their energy, their skills and their impact line up. He also hosts the podcast Is Anything Real, where he talks with founders and leaders about what works in business and in life.

Adam has coached more than 200 leaders through burnout, career transitions and real change. He lives in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston with his wife, two young daughters and two dogs. He calls it a good kind of chaos.

You can find Adam on Instagram at @adamwbarney or at adamwbarney.com.

His book Make Your Own Glass Half Full is available wherever books are sold.

The Call To Rise is a 100-day fat loss challenge for driven men ready to take their body back. It combines strength training, personalized nutrition and real accountability. Most men drop 20 to 30 pounds and rebuild the confidence that comes with it.

This program also works if you are dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or Type 2 diabetes. It was built for those men too. Many men see those numbers move in the right direction alongside their weight loss.

Inside the program you also join a Brotherhood of men doing the same work. Together you build a body you're proud of and start leading like the man you already are at work.

This is your wake-up call to rise. Learn more and apply at www.thecalltorise.com

Halfway through this episode, Adam Barney lost power. The lights cut out in the middle of a talk about running out of energy in your body. Silly enough, it matched the topic exactly.

(Have you lost the weight before, only to gain it back? See what makes this time different at www.thecalltorise.com)

Coach Brian sits down with Adam Barney, an energy coach and the host of the podcast Is Anything Real.

Adam spent over 20 years in corporate marketing at Microsoft, Digitas and Akamai Technologies. There he managed more than 100 million dollars in ad spend, then got laid off twice. He now teaches that burnout comes from energy debt. Years of skipped rest, skipped meals and skipped time with family pile up like interest on a loan.

They also break down the Ikigai framework and Adam's own Energy OS Alignment Framework. They use it to explain why so many successful people still feel burned out.

By the end of this episode you will have a simple way to spot where your energy leaks out. You will also have three questions to ask yourself before bed, so you can see where your energy went today.

Main topics in this episode:

-What energy debt is, and how it builds up like an unpaid loan

-The Ikigai framework and Adam's Energy OS Alignment Framework

-Why "I'll take care of myself after this project" keeps pushing your health back

-What losing his job twice taught Adam about his own identity

-Three questions to ask yourself before bed to see where your energy went

-Why success can cost too much if it costs your health or your family

-How small daily choices build into real change over time

About Adam Barney:

Adam W. Barney is an energy coach and transition leadership coach based in Boston.

Adam is the author of Make Your Own Glass Half Full: The Path To Empowered Optimism and Autonomy. He built the Energy OS Alignment Framework. It grows out of the Japanese Ikigai concept. The framework helps leaders find where their energy, their skills and their impact line up. He also hosts the podcast Is Anything Real, where he talks with founders and leaders about what works in business and in life.

Adam has coached more than 200 leaders through burnout, career transitions and real change. He lives in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston with his wife, two young daughters and two dogs. He calls it a good kind of chaos.

You can find Adam on Instagram at @adamwbarney or at adamwbarney.com.

His book Make Your Own Glass Half Full is available wherever books are sold.

The Call To Rise is a 100-day fat loss challenge for driven men ready to take their body back. It combines strength training, personalized nutrition and real accountability. Most men drop 20 to 30 pounds and rebuild the confidence that comes with it.

This program also works if you are dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or Type 2 diabetes. It was built for those men too. Many men see those numbers move in the right direction alongside their weight loss.

Inside the program you also join a Brotherhood of men doing the same work. Together you build a body you're proud of and start leading like the man you already are at work.

This is your wake-up call to rise. Learn more and apply at www.thecalltorise.com