Macabolic Podcast

Adam is a level 3 personal trainer operating out of Fitness First, Bondi Junction, Spring street gym. Follow Adam on Instagram at @ruscoman

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Ep 19 - Dylan Rivier Personal trainer from Bondi, Sydney, Australia Instagram @builtbydylan More on me at @mackenziebaker_

While people seem to think a year of semi consistent training and watching what you eat will get you 'shredded'. In reality it takes more consistent long term effort than most people are even capable of committing to. It often also takes genetics that most people don't have.  We're talking several years or even decades of consistent hard training and measured nutrition, just to grow a respectable level of muscle mass in the first place. That's before we even go into the dieting side of the equation.  The purpose of this episode is to help you avoid disappointment, was not to discourage you from striving towards your goals, rather to align your expectations with what you can realistically achieve given the effort you're willing to put in combined with uncontrollable factors such as genetics.

Great health, leanness, muscularity and sports performance can be achieved with a whole spectrum of diet styles. There is no one, best way to go about this, contrary to what certain low-carbohydrate-morons say. There are a raft of false claims associated with keto diets that are pushed by bias, anecdotes and ignorance to common sense, observation, logic and a robust body of scientific literature. Luckily logic has Luke Tulloch in their corner. Luke is a true big dog in the industry, his intelligence, education and experience ‘in-the-trenches’ is paramount. He is the true ‘trainer-of-trainers’ and has a admirable ability to keep his cool when logically debunking any diet f**kery that comes his way. An episode that truly provides tremendous value to anyone interested in improving the way they look and feel in the most efficient manor possible. Keto lover or not, it’s worth a listen.

Should you eat less carbs based on your body type? Should you change your diet based on your level of body fat? Are you a skinny person who eat's everything, but can't gain weight? Or the opposite, who's tried everything to lose weight, but nothing has worked? DALTON FRANKE ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE + TROUBLESHOOTING, ADVICE AND MORE. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @coach_dalt @mackenziebaker_

From my experience and through logical problem solving, every single time someone is not progressing, it's because fundamental principals and not being nailed. For weight loss, it's always due to a lack of an energy deficit. Logic, reasoning and my observational experience reveals no other possibilities, no matter what. So why is there no calorie deficit? Have a listen to find out, you might be surprised.

In episode 14 I was lucky enough to be joined by Dalton Franke from Flex Success. Dalton is a nerd like me when it comes to training and nutrition. In this episode we do our best to 'dumb things down' without rambling on, as we are both certainly capable of. We discus gut health and how you should consider the simple factors of fibre intake and fibre type before you go down the path of spending tonnes of money and time on food intolerance tests and various other gut health related protocols. We discus how having gluten in your diet might be the thing you need to improve your symptoms of GI distress which goes against popular belief We then talk about why having a large discrepancy of training volume and intensity from the start compared to the end of a training program is a smarter approach than just going all in from week 1. We discuss how you don't need to be leaving the gym in a ambulance for the session to be effective and productive, and how that approach will bring sub optimal results.

Ep 11. ft. Sean Sydall - Flexible approaches to nutrition by Macabolic Podcast

In episode 10 of the Macabolic podcast. I justify the reasons why going the more drastic, unsustainable route with your fat loss nutrition is often a good idea and why/how often a better idea than the more sustainable, 'slower results' style approach. I explain why more restriction doesn't always mean better results, and how you have to be smart with what you restrict. I also explain whats wrong with the typical approaches used by those who fall with in the 'drastic, restrictive' crowd, and how adjusting your thought process when you prescribe nutritional interventions can bring you the greatest level of results for the least amount of restriction. Thus promoting and pushing a high level of adherence for the greatest(er) result.