Faithful Fitness With Coach Alex VanHouten

Popularized by Crossfit - You may think "As many reps as possible" (AMRAP) and "every minute on the minute" (EMOM) are only tools for the box.

Wrong.

The crossfit culture did much to popularize these constructs, but much like the 5 by 5, 3 sets of 10, and "300 hundred" workouts -- they're simply program design tools that can be powerfully used in the right hands.

Let's talk about how you might use them strategically and effectively - outside of the box.

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Dr. Adrian Chavez holds a PhD in nutrition sciences, hosts the "Your Nutrition Perscription" Podcast, and coaches clients and trainers in the effective use of daily nutrition practices to promote fat loss, wellbeing, and health!

Together we continue exploring the role of caloric consumption, tracking, and deficits/surpluses in achieving the results our clients want to see through exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle change!

Get ready for some awesome nuggets!

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What happens when you don't eat before your workout?

Do you burn more calories? Do you lose more fat? Does your performance suffer?

Join CoachAL as he and Joel Yakowitz talk through their experience with metabolic analysis and the research/experience of clients practicing the art of Fasted Exercise.

It's quite a nuanced discussion!

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Can you believe it!?

For our 100th episode, we've got a top 10 of our first 100 episodes just for you. A recap of past work (maybe you need to revisit) or a road map if you're new (where to start!?!)

Also some Gabriel easter eggs you won't want to miss (if you like creative kids... :) )

And, last but not least, an announcement about our most exciting offering to help you lose fat, gain muscle, get more energetic, and do so with the power of your own body -- this is going to be EPIC!

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A calorie is not a calorie.

For nearly 70 years we've been creating food labels, legislation, and dietary recommendations AND spending billions of dollars trying to get people to eat less and exercise more.

All based on research that whose foundation is a shakey one.

Namely - calories are a terribly inaccurate measure.

Not in thermodynamics, no. Calories as a measure of heat energy trapped in a chemical bond - that's quite inarguable.

But Calories as a measure of energy digested and utilized by the body and used as the bedrock for policies and programs to help people overcome the obesity epidemic, kick diseases to the curb, and live better lives -- THAT leaves alot to be discussed.

In this episode we discuss the issues with calorie counting. The inaccuracies and considerations regarding the measurement and implementation of calories.

Then we talk about some alternatives.

Get excited to put to death a system that's been failing us for a long time. And to talk about how we might do better presently and in the future!

It's gonna be a party!

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Scientific American - https://www.economist.com/news/2019/03/16/death-of-the-calorie
Atwater Studies - https://www.businessinsider.com/calorie-counts-arent-accurate-2013-7

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Having the motivation to go the the gym, pick up the weights and execute your program is only part of the battle.

How you should be directing your hard work to get the best results in the most time-efficient matter? That’s a whole other ball game.

Listen in as Coach Al breaks down how to use pyramids, drop sets, and failure sets to put the icing on your workout cake.

And maybe with some well developed musculature, cake won’t be such a problem…

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Happy Father's day!

Happy Dad Bod day!

Depending on what Dad Bod means to you, that may be a welcomed salutation or an offensive one.

I'm taking this opportunity to share my journey about what "Dad Bod" means to me and the ethos I hope to inspire among my fellow fathers who are leaders in their family and community.

Your body is more that your appearance.

Who are you attracting with it?

And more importantly

Who's watching you that you will rub off on?

Here are my thoughts on the matter.

I'm looking forward to yours!

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Beyond Calories:
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Original Article:
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Next time someone tries to argue “weight loss is really not that hard. It’s just thermodynamics!”

I’m pulling out the Gibbs free energy equation and asking them to define Entropy in terms of human caloric intake/expenditure.

(won’t be able to. Food scientists are rarely engineers and very few people understand what ENTROPY actually means— let alone anyone in the food/health industry accounting for it in their energy expenditure equations)

I actually took thermodynamics as an engineer. It’s not that easy.

I’ve also worked with enough clients in 14 years to give you giant list of cases in which thermodynamics did little to help them achieve a better version of themselves...

I’m in the process of publishing a powerful rebuttal and a new way to understand nutrition and exercise.

Get excited!

This weekend begins “Beyond calories” a two-part series to help us take a new step forward.

Don’t worry. It’s not a “calories don’t matter treatise” — though I’ve argued in the past that they don’t matter nearly as much as other things we could coach to get great results.

It’s more of a discussion about how we can better understand our food and exercise to become more than we are right now.

Your food is more than calories in.
Your exercise is more than calories out.

Who knows who we could be if we became 1% better every single day?

...it’s likely counting calories isn’t the answer to continual improvement!

Even in terms of food and fitness...

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"With faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move a mountain"

Powerful words to be sure...but what about a barbell...what about your run? What about the willpower required to make you move dinner from the fridge to the table?

Does belief have anything to do with your health and fitness?

Well we're finding that genetics -- the hand you're dealt has ALOT to do with how healthy and fit you can become in life.

There are genes that code for your ability to process carbohydrates. Genes that mitigate risk for cardiovascular disease. Even genes that make you great at running long distance vs. genes that make you tire quickly...

But what if I told you that the hand you're dealt doesn't matter if you don't have a powerful mindset? What if belief has a more powerful effect on you than even your genetic makeup.

Sounds far-fetched, doesn't it?

Join me for this amazing discussion in the inner circle over two studies that are challenging us by turning this assumption on its head.

It turns out that sports science and sports psychology are coming together to being to explore this scientifically -- and the results are no less than mind-blowing.

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Source Article - The studies
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Following a tough an enlightening show about what we don't know regarding carbs and fats last week, I thought it helpful to sit down with two medical practitioners to have a more practical discussion about nutrition practices in everyday life.

How do I know what supplements to take?
Is sugar really evil for my kids?
Should I try one of the new diets out there?

And alot more.

Isaiah and Jamie from xfitlabs give us a chance to pick their medical and parental brains with regard to common questions about nutrition that you won't find answered as honestly and helpfully on your social media feeds or via google search.

Last week's show - The GREAT CARB DEBATE
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