The Question we have all asked or have been asked:
What is a good workout?

Coaches,atheltes, and people new to fitness all need to listen to this epsiode.

Phil breaks down how to answer this question. You will also learn what to look for in chooisng which workouts are good and which workouts to avoid when evaluating your gym's approach to their program.

We are in an era of fitness where it seems everyone has some type of watch or app to track their workouts.

Has this chnaged the way we evaluate workouts? Is this change better or worse?

Every gym you walk into now you will see most people looking down and fiddling with their watches. What are they doing? Why are they doing it?

Has the availability of new technology chnaged the way we view training and evaluate training sessions? Listen and Find out

Phil and Brandon dive into the evolving influence social media has had in health and fitness throughout the last decade.

Social media is a tool that can be used to help you through your health and fitness journey;however, it can also be a tool that can hinder your progress. It can have positive or negative effects both physically and mentally.

Check out their breakdown of red and green flags for evaulating accounts next time you are thinking of hitting that follow button.

We live in a culture where it's more common to be obese than fit. This leads to genrational obesity in families.

Why is this?
Is this a battle we can win?
How much does it affect children?
Will the next gernation going to outlive their parents?
What leads to this?
How can we change the course of gernerational obesity?

Have you plataued while others are prpgressing. are those other people doing the same workouts?
People doing the same training will different results. Why is that?

There are many reasons this can be. It is possible you fall into one of three groups. In this epsiode you will learn what those groups are. You will also learn how to fix flaws that are leading top plateaus and steps backwards.

Brandon Ecker joins the show to help answer the nutirion questions you sent in.

Precision Nutrion Certified
Head of Crossfit NOLA Nutrion
Crossfit L-3

Brandon is the perfect guest to respond to the most frequently asked nutrition questions: We get to many topics in this epiosde: Timing,Macros,Micros,Alcohol, and much more. Listen, Learn, and Enjoy

Are your strength numbers going up ,but your body looks the same? Why is that?
In this epsiode you will learn common mitsakes that cause this. You also learn about:

Neurolgical Adaptations and Muscular Adaptations
High Weight Low Reps vs Low Weight High Reps
Working Sets vs Warm Up Sets
Mechanical Tension to build Muscle
How to have the "lean" "athletic" "toned" look

Its easy to start impoving nutrition when life is easy. What happnes when life gets hard?
The "New Year, New Me" is the easiest time to start.

Is the easiest time to start the best time to start?
What is the best time to begin improving nutirtion?


Nutirion is simple ,but is not easy. In this epsiode Phil points out soecific factors that are difficult hurldes and breaks down a process to overcvome these hurdles.

Was the show, "Biggest Loser" good for Health and Fitness?

This show was ground breaking in introducing health and fitness into popculture

Was that a good thing?
Did the show set health and fitness back?
What is it like to be a contestant?
What happens to contestants after the show?

You will hear about all of this and more in this epsiode. Phil sits down with "Biggest Loser" season 4 contestant, Jez Luckett. In this conversation Jez discusses:
The interview process
What it was like to be on the show
How being a contestant affected his health and fitness journey
and much more

Is "balance" an excuse, the path, or the goal?

Balance is the state in which all things are equal. If balance is the goal, it may require imbalance to create change.

We all want to find balance with our health and fitness. It depends on where you are and where you want to go.

In this epsiode youn will know when and why you have to create imbalance in order to find balance.