Iron Hero FitCast

Episode Description:

You're busy and your workouts shouldn't take over your life (this is especially true with kids and a career). So, what is the goal? The goal is to build a solid foundation that you can repeat for years and years.

What We're Covering:

• "Do I really need to workout 5 days a week?"
• What is the least amount of work I can do to get results?
• Your body and your stress
• Why it makes sense
• What you actually need to train?
• Taj's story
• The real barrier

Episode Description:

You're busy. You don't have time to add another workout during the week. You've talked nutrition with a nutrition coach and it's helped some. But what's the difference maker?

What We're Covering:

• You're coming to class, you're doing the workouts, you're doing lots of things right... now what?
• Movement is key
• How many hours are you inactive throughout the day?
• My experience with general movement
• What did Debra gain from generally moving more?
• Losing inches, losing weight, losing body fat
• You don't need to be perfect

Episode Description:

Looking for a way to build muscle and burn body fat. Yes, strength training can do that. If you're looking for so much more than that, let's see dive into much more.

What We're Covering:

• Your quality of life
• Muscle loss happens but how fast
• Strength training and long term health
• Years to your life and life to your years
• Old dog and new tricks
• You don't have to train like a pro athlete

Episode Description:

A lot of adults over 35 don't struggle with fitness because they're lazy. It's going to be the sum of all the things in your life and you need a simple solution to fix it.

What We're Covering:

• We're not talking motivation
• Why does motivation stop working?
• The real problems
• Why coaching and community matter
• Your overwhelm
• What sustainable fitness actually looks like
• If you've been struggling to stay consistent

Episode Description:

You're a busy parent and you don't necessarily have time to separate and track things. You don't want to make multiple dinners because you want something different from your family.

What We're Covering:

• Why we're looking at it this way
• 1 - Protein
• 2 - Sleep
• 3 - Cooking for your family
• 4 - NEAT
• What's next?

Episode Description:

You're trying to fit healthy eating and exercise into your routine. And there doesn't seem to be the "time" in there to do everything you want. Introducing habit-stacking... it's not new, but let's talk about it!

What We're Covering:

• What is habit-stacking?
• Let's take a look at some examples from my life
• 1 - The kid's table tactic
• 2 - The cooking tactic
• 3 - The meal time tactic
• 4 - The strength training tactic
• 5 - The gym bag tactic
• Implementation for success

Episode Description:

There's a certain way to lift that you did when you were 21. You're also not 21 anymore. You're learning more, you're evolving more, and there's a smarter way to do it.

What We're Covering:

• A quick story
• The evolution
• Maxes
• Hypertrophy-focused
• ROM
• The warm up
• What lifts should I be doing?
• What else?

Episode Description:

You're working out, you're eating reasonably well, and your energy is going in the wrong direction. Maybe you're gaining body fat and losing muscle. You may be missing one of the big important keys. Let's take a look!

What We're Covering:

• Your lack of sleep
• Why sleeping matters so much for results
• Something for you busy parents
• Here's a better sleep system
• It is not optional
• Reframing
• Next steps to improve your sleep

Episode Description:

Beginner or intermediate at strength training? Let's make it a more effective use of your time. You're busy after all!

What We're Covering:

• The teeter totter
• Removing the frill
• The 5 things...
• Compound vs isolated
• What you should learn to do
• Progessions for results
• Days per week
• Rest & recovery
• In short...

Episode Description:

"Do I need to start adding workouts to my week?" The answer is almost never doing more. But if that's not it, let's take a look at what is.

What We're Covering:

• This is what you're really asking
• Doing more vs fixing the right thing
• Filling the jar
• My 2 boulders to focus on
• Here's what you need to do next // momentum