This episode of the Lifting Qs podcast is from a seminar I did for Erie Fitness Academy members. I dive in-depth into the PRACTICAL tools and ACTUAL steps you can take to build a training routine, a nutrition plan, and the lifestyle behaviors necessary to achieve sustainable results! I'm not just giving you information here. You will walk away with easy-to-implement actions to improve your life today! How much to train to get benefits, how to read nutrition labels, hack your diet, make decisions at restaurants and manage your lifestyle! Take a listen, then take action!

No one enjoys dieting. It sucks. But it is a necessary thing at times to reach and maintain our goals and improve and maintain our health. How do we make dieting easier? Reach nutrition "enlightenment" and diet and maintain fat loss and body composition with minimal effort. Find out in this episode!

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Coach Gehrig Hutchinson (Coach G) joins me on the podcast to talk all things STRENGTH. We talk about how to get as strong as you, progress from a beginner to an advanced lifter, and maximize your time in the gym. Coach G has a degree in exercise science and years of experience as a coach and a powerlifter that he brought to this one. It's a masterclass on strength! I learned a ton from him every day and I'm excited for you to hear it on this podcast! Give him a follow @coach_g_cscs on Instagram.

Progressive overload is the core tenant of making training adaptations and reaching our strength and muscle goals in the gym. It is more than just adding weight to the bar though. What are all the ways we can progressively overload our training? The key progress intensity! Find out how to track intensity, what intensity you need to hit for your goals, and all the ways to progress intensity. After this episode, you will be able to avoid plateaus and stalls, keep your training interesting, and reach all your goals in the gym!

This is the Lifting Qs podcast. Brought to you by me, Coach Q. I wanted to give you guys some of my background so that you can better understand my perspective when it comes to lifting, diet, and mindset. Here is the story of where I come from, what I've gone through, and what has led me here today. I hope you relate to this as a lifter, a "dieter", and a person. Everyone has a story and perspective to share, here's mine.

First ever Lifting Qs episode with a guest! I bring to you, Coach Brandon Person, my friend and colleague at Erie Fitness Academy. Brandon has a degree in Human Performance, years of coaching experience, and is a seasoned lifter who has competed in powerlifting, deadlifting over 550 pounds in competition. Trust me, once you hear what it took for him to get there, to say you'll be impressed is an understatement! You'll also learn about training through injuries and pain, training as an athlete, and hear us have some fun! 

If you have been in a gym or around fitness long enough you have heard someone say they are plateaued. You may have even experienced it yourself! Stuck on a certain weight, a muscle group that won't grow, that body weight you can get below. Is it truly a plateau thought? Have we accounted for all variables, been consistent, and managed all variables!? Find out how you can tell and what to do about it!

In this episode we answer an awesome listener question. "What is the overlap between strength and hypertrophy? How does this change with experience?" And end the great debates of, "do you need to be huge to be strong!?" "How come people who are less jacked can lift more!?" "How can people be super buff but not can't lift shit?" With deep dives into strength and hypertrophy! This is the ultimate lifters podcast!

There is no shortage of information out there about fitness & nutrition. You can barely go on social media without someone yelling at you from a grocery store about the ingredients and foods that are gonna kill you, make you fat, destroy your gains, you name it. The access to information we have is amazing. How do we decipher this information and actually apply it? Let's separate fact from fiction, fads from fundamentals, bullshit from the good shit! Let's Q it up!