High Intensity Business

Ted Harrison is a UK-based, pioneering high-intensity training guru and the owner of Vital Exercise, a private exercise studio specialising in strength and conditioning. Having spent more than three decades supervising thousands of workouts and having helped people of all ages achieve personal bests in health and fitness, Ted's evidence-based philosophy and approach to training has helped many feel good, grow stronger, and look great – all for just under 20 minutes a week!

This is Ted's second time coming on the podcast; you can check out his first appearance by clicking here.

Contact Ted Harrison:

• Vital Exercise
• Vital Exercise on Facebook
• Vital Exercise on Twitter

In this episode, we cover:

• How to build positive, life-changing habits
• The sometimes destructive nature of social media discourse on health and fitness
• Ted's experience training with legendary bodybuilder Vince the "Iron Guru" Gironda
• Ted's approach to hypertrophy and building muscle mass – and why he thinks it's one of the best
• How to properly train your abdominal muscles, Ted's takes on diet, nutrition, meditation, and more!

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!

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In this inbetweenisode, I share the power of checklists! Checklists are often overlooked due to their simplicity. However, with today's information overwhelm, it's never been a better time to create checklists for all of those repetitive tasks. This removes the need to remember all of the to-dos within a project and increases accuracy and effectiveness.

In the podcast I forgot to mention how my buddy, Tom Church, first inspired me to use checklists. You can listen to my interview with Life Hacker and Latestdeals.co.uk co-founder, Tom Church, here.

In this podcast, I talk about:

• Why checklists are super handy!
• How I use checklists in my own life
• How checklists have been incredibly helpful in my full-time job and business

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!

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Clarence Bass is a bodybuilding legend and a prolific health and fitness writer. He wrote regularly for Muscle & Fitness magazine and authored 10 books on nutrition and exercise, including the widely-known Ripped series of fitness books and DVDs. A lifelong athlete, Clarence excelled in wrestling and Olympic weightlifting, garnering championships and collecting numerous trophies for athletic accomplishments early on in his life. He entered his first bodybuilding competition in 1976, and would later go on to win a number of contests and awards, including the Past-40 Mr. America contest in 1978, the Past-40 Mr. U.S.A. the following year, and the "Most Muscular Man" award in the U.S.A. competition, just to name some of his achievements.

To this day, Clarence continues to be recognized for his impressive body of work: in 2003 he received the Vic Boff award for lifetime achievement, the Association of Oldetime Barbell & Strongmen's highest award; In 2011, The Stark Center for Physical Culture & Sports at the University of Texas in Austin included a series of photos of Clarence as part of a ten-gallery photography exhibit celebrating the opening of The Joe & Betty Weider Museum; and in 2013 the Stark Center held a gathering of experts in exercise physiology to celebrate Clarence's long list of achievements over the span of his life and career in bodybuilding, fitness, and exercise.

Contact Clarence Bass:

• Official Website: www.cbass.com
• Email: cncbass[@]aol.com

In this episode, we cover:

• How Clarence got – and maintained – his impressive physique
• What worked best and what worked against him, based on experience
• His thoughts on low-carb diets, intermittent fasting, training frequency, and steroid use
• How to optimize your health and fitness – for life
• … and much more!

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!

Blair Wilson is the owner of MedX Precision Fitness and is a successful high-intensity training expert and professional, having been mentored by none other than John Little himself. Blair has worked as a professional water skier and has trained many clients from different walks of life, has himself been involved with and contributed to several influential studies on the mechanisms of fitness and weight loss – two of which have been published in international publications – and he is also a founding member of the Canadian Sarcopenia Foundation.

Today Blair continues to help and train people of all ages and abilities using his precise, exacting approach to high-intensity training along with a variety of other complementary methods and approaches designed to keep people healthy, build muscle, and optimize body composition.

Contact Blair Wilson:

• Blair on Linkedin
• MedX Precision Fitness
• MedX Precision Fitness on Facebook
• MedX Precision Fitness on Twitter
• MedX Precision Fitness on Linkedin
• MedX Precision Fitness on Google+
• MedX Precision Fitness on YouTube

In this episode, we cover:

• How Blair got his start with high-intensity training and how he became John Little's apprentice
• How Blair started MedX Precision Fitness, his business goals, and his focus
• The HIT workout and nutrition protocols he uses to train himself and his clients
• His recent injury – and his accelerated recovery that has shocked experts
• Why aging doesn't – and shouldn't – automatically mean losing muscle and losing strength
• Why you need both exercise and nutrition to positively affect your body composition
• … and more!

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!

Brad Schoenfeld (PhD, CSCS, CSPS, FNSCA) is a renowned fitness professional and an authority on body composition optimization. In addition to winning numerous natural bodybuilding titles himself, he is also the 2011 NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year, the recipient of the 2016 Dwight D. Eisenhower Fitness Award, a regular columnist for Muscular Development magazine, has had over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers published, has himself been featured in a variety of health-and-fitness-oriented magazines such as Men's Health, Ironman, and Muscle and Fitness (just to name a few), and has authored a number of books, including The M.A.X. Muscle Plan and the Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy.

He currently serves on the editorial advisory boards for several journals, such as the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, and is an assistant professor of exercise science at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York, and is the head of their human performance laboratory.

Contact Brad Schoenfeld:

• Look Great Naked - Brad's Official Website
• Brad on Facebook
• Brad on Instagram
• Brad on Twitter
• Brad on Linkedin
• Brad on YouTube

In this episode, we cover:

• Brad's perspectives on optimizing for hypertrophy and muscle growth
• The upsides and downsides of high-intensity training
• His exercise philosophies that conflict with HIT principles (and why)
• How to target and fatigue Type-1 and Type-2 muscle fibers more effectively
• Muscle protein synthesis, intake frequency, periodization, de-loading, and more!

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!

Welcome to another inbetweenisode with yours truly.

In this episode, I give you a detailed insight into my current personal exercise and nutrition regimen, which has been heavily influenced by my guests and their work.

In this episode, I cover:

• A deep dive into my current workout and nutritional regimen
• How to employ a highly efficient and effective workout into your lifestyle
• How to make a high-intensity bodyweight training regimen work for you
• How to tweak your training program to enable progression and achieve better results
• How to eat to maximize muscle mass while minimizing fat gain - and more!

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!

Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist and review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, is the New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Paleo Solution, and is a renowned expert in the field of ancestral health and fitness.

Having been a former California State Powerlifting Champion, he coaches and consults with world-class athletes and Olympians in across a variety of sports, and he serves on the board of Directors/Advisors for Specialty Health Inc., Paleo f(x), and Paleo Magazine. Robb has also conducted seminars in nutrition, strength, and conditioning to a number of entities including NASA, Naval Special Warfare, the Canadian Light Infantry and the United States Marine Corps.

His new book, Wired to Eat, comes out this year on March 8 in the UK, and on March 21 in the US - early birds can receive launch bonuses by pre-ordering the book here.

Contact Robb Wolf:

• RobbWolf.com
• The Paleo Solution Podcast
• Robb on Facebook
• Robb on Twitter

In this episode, we cover:

• Why it's harder to get into the Navy Seals than into the NFL
• The diet wars: calories in and calories out versus high fat and low carb
• How to eat well on a budget for maximum nutritional efficiency
• Optimal supplementation and which nutrients to watch out for
• What biomarkers you should be tracking to optimize improvement, and more!

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!

James Fisher is one of the world's top experts in strength and conditioning, and sport psychology. Besides being an accomplished academic researcher, he has also been a fitness professional, strength and conditioning coach, and the GB wheelchair basketball coach at the London 2012 games.

He completed his BSc (Hons) Sport Science from University of Chester, his MSc Exercise Physiology from Manchester Metropolitan University, his PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from Southampton Solent University, and he holds a number of industry-based qualifications, notably the IFBB weight training prescription specialist, Head and Neck training specialist, and the Certificate in Applied Functional Sciences.

His research has been presented across 4 continents, and this year he will be speaking at the Resistance Exercise Conference in Minnesota, USA in April of 2017 for the 5th straight year.

Luke Carlson is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Besides speaking around the world on the topics of evidence-based exercise and the fundamentals of building successful businesses, he has also co-authored two books and multiple scientific journal articles on the topics of resistance exercise.

Luke is an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Exercise Physiologist, Cancer Exercise Specialist and has a BS and MS in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota. He has been a featured speaker at Filex Australia, TaiSPO in Taiwan, the Annual IHRSA Convention, the IHRSA European Congress, the Fitness Leaders Summit, Mindbody Bold, the Vistage Executive Summit, ChinaFit, and is a faculty member for the IHRSA Institute for Health Club Executives.

Contact James Fisher:

• James Fisher at Southampton Solent University
• James Fisher at ResearchGate

Contact Luke Carlson:

• Luke Carlson at Discover Strength

In this episode, we cover:

• The fundamentals and principles of running a successful business (plus some very useful tips)
• Optimizing for hypertrophy, the best time to train, and protein intake timing
• The busy person's guide to building muscle, gaining strength, and becoming healthier
• How to tweak, refine, and make your home workouts more effective
• Answers to your questions on training, health, nutrition, zero-carb diets, and more!

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!

Sunderland, England's own Tony Jeffries is a "world-class athlete-turned-businessman." An extremely successful and motivated man, he has been actively training in gyms since the age of 10. He was a professional boxer, going undefeated at the highest levels of his sport. He is an Olympic Bronze Medalist, a seven-time National Champion of England, and much more! After an injury ended his professional career, he chose not to give up on his passion, but decided to channel it differently. He took his skills and ambition and started a new journey in LA, where he is exploring his new career as an entrepreneur.

He is now the co-owner of two extremely successful Boxing gyms named Box 'N Burn, that have been given the title as "California's #1 Boxing and Fitness Gym." He also runs the Box 'N Burn Academy, which is the world's leading boxing fitness and certification course, which provides an elite trainer certification course designed to educate personal trainers. Tony aspires to expand and open more gyms and continue to grow as the #1 Boxing fitness and certification course in the world. He is a force of nature to be reckoned with and has no plans of stopping until this happens. His favorite quote to live by is, "One year from now, you will wish you started today..."

Contact Tony:

• TonyJeffries.com
• Tony on Twitter
• Tony on Instagram
• Tony on Facebook
• Tony on YouTube
• Box 'N Life Podcast
• Box 'N Burn
• Box 'N Burn Academy

In this episode, we cover:

• Tony's transition from pro boxer to entrepreneur
• How to train effectively for boxing (even when you're injured)
• What it takes to be successful in business
• How to network and develop relationships effectively
• What it was like to train with Conor McGregor and Thor himself (AKA Chris Hemsworth), and more!

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!

This is the first monologue with yours truly. A few weeks ago, I sent out a survey invite via social media to get your feedback on what you like and dislike about the podcast and your current challenges in fitness, business and lifestyle. In this episode, I share my thoughts on your most popular questions.

In this episode, we cover:

• Your questions, answered!
• The most effective and sustainable diet for losing weight (and why)
• Training and exercising to stay lean, maintain muscle mass, and maximize gains
• What you need to know to become superhuman
• How to work smarter and become more productive
• Additional little tips and tricks you can use to get better results, and more!

This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers and trainees. So even if you're not a trainer but someone who practices HIT, this course can help you figure out how to improve your progress and get best results. Check out Hituni.com, add the course you want to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code 'CW10' to get 10% off your purchase!