F Cubed: Fitness, Finance, and Faith

It's Monday, so that means we need some motivation! Well, on that note, as you chase after your goals in life, whether they be fitness, finance, faith, or anything for that matter, approach each day with a singles and doubles strategy. When you step into the batter's box that is a new day, don't swing for the fences. Instead, stay patient, wait for your "pitch", and focus on singles and doubles. This will breed momentum, confidence, and optimism.

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Man, it's been nearly 20 years that I've been hitting the bodybuilding stage! That's crazy to think about...especially when I think back to how it all began. Back in 2000, while nursing a broken leg, I read Arnold Schwarzenegger's biography, got all fired up to compete, and did my first show in Spring, 2001. Sure, I got laughed off the stage and had no business being out there, but little did I know, it would turn into so much more.

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How do you analyze the stock market? Basically, there are three ways: technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and quantitative analysis. In this episode, I give a broad overview of each one, along with a brief comment or two regarding my personal evaluations of each technique. In doing this podcast, it dawned on me that this idea would also make for a great video series on YouTube, so be sure and stay tuned to the YT Channel, too!

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I've got to give credit where credit is due, as the inspiration for this segment was inspired by the song "Sleep in the Storm" by Unspoken. If you guys haven't heard of them before, they're nothing short of incredible, so I would check them out ASAP. That, along with Paul's words of encouragement in Acts 27, and Jesus' own act of sleeping through the storm (literally) in Mark and Matthew give us all a great example of how to respond, when life inevitably sends storms our way.

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If your focus is body recomposition, either in the form of fat loss or muscle gain, then the two variables at play will always be training and nutrition. However, I posit that the training variable should almost always be fixed at maximizing muscle growth, while it is the nutrition variable that will be manipulated to meet your goals. Even if your ultimate goal is fat loss, you'll want to train to build (or maintain) muscle to prevent excess metabolic slowdown, encourage your body to keep its precious muscle, and achieve the look you are most likely going for.

Don't worry - you won't accidentally wake up one day too massive...wondering how you let that happen :)

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Whoever that girl was that I recently found while doing a mindless scroll on the internet who coined the term, BLT, to refer to Bites, Licks, and Tastes, was a genius. This is pure brilliance! The thing is all those little nuggets of this or nibbles of that add up...sometimes quickly. I know I fall victim to too many BLTs all the time. Not surprisingly, when I reign those guys in and track them or avoid them altogether, my progress becomes consistent and predictable. So, if your own progress has stalled and you're confused or frustrated as to why, I'd be honest with yourself and give your own BLTs a hard audit.

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The two areas that I'm most passionate about within the world of finance are trading/investing and saving/budgeting. The pathway to any type of financial security is going to inevitably involve these two actions. Well, in this podcast, I wanted to offer up a unique way to think about your dollars...as employees...of YOUR company. If we look to how any corporation works, and map that understanding over to our own situations, we'll recognize that the parallel is undeniable.

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Back in part one, I laid out some general thoughts regarding what my general approach to training and nutrition would be, if I were starting over as a beginner again. But, I didn't get into too many specifics about the details surrounding what each session on that training split would look like, or exactly how I would look to execute a brand new nutritional strategy. Well, here in part two, I wanted to do exactly that, so that you beginners out there now have a nice foundation to begin to build on.

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If I was starting all over again in the world of fitness, and I was an absolute beginner, how would I approach training and nutrition? With nearly twenty years of experience in physical fitness and competitive bodybuilding, I would simplify the entire process. From a training standpoint, I would ditch any type of "bro" split, or anything that was overly complicated, and I would simply do a 3-day or 4-day per week split: Full Body or Upper Body/Lower Body. From a nutrition standpoint, I would invest the time and effort into tracking my nutrition for at least a month or so. Even if you don't want to do this longer-term, which I respect, the knowledge and awareness you will gain throughout this process will be invaluable to you.

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A few weeks ago, I did a piece that suggested a "Circular Approach to Applying the Gospel". Well, in putting that episode together, the idea for this episode was born - with many thanks to my wife, Autumn. The idea is that a daily application to the gospel is more than just a circle...it's a snowball. And, the more and more it builds and expands, the more and more we are left with one overwhelming feeling: hope.

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