Side Quest Podcast

Booze.

We all love it. Whether it's beer, whiskey, tequila, or wine, drinking is often a social event.

And because you're  on a fat loss regimen doesn't mean you can't drink. But, it does take some planning.

However, when you're on a maintenance plan (not bulking or cutting), alcohol does some interesting things. It's calories seem to disappear.

Why?

Scientists aren't exactly sure, but in this episode, I cover more details on how to drink while dieting AND how alcohol stacks up versus fats, carbs, and protein.

In this episode I discuss:

- Strategies for drinking while dieting

- The TEF of alcohol

- Alcohol "ghost" calories

- Fat storage and alcohol

Dom Mazzetti is a man who needs no introduction. 

He's the Brofessor, who delivers the essential gym we all need for optimal gains.

Oh, and he's also the first illiterate man to write a book.

A book he's titled: The Swoly Bible: The Bro Science Way of Life

Hailing from the tri-state area, Dom, is what you might call: confidently stupid. Dom refuses to grow

Dom Mazzetti absolutely refuses to entertain the thought of becoming an adult. Unless being an adult means knocking out reps for Jesus.

Deep below his immaculately sculpted core, Dom Mazzetti is a great guy. just misunderstood. Dom is the type of guy that will give you the shirt off his back, even if you don't want his shirt, just so he can be shirtless. This is his first book.

Just completely misunderstood, except to bros.

Dom also enjoys being shirtless. Which is why he left the fridged, forgotten, wastelands of NJ for the sunny, shirtless, beaches of LA. 

In this episode we discuss:

• His greatest achievement
• More accomplished than Helen Keller
• Best curl combination on Earth
• If Dom were in a WWF Tag Team Catch Match who would be his partner
• HIs favorite chapter in The Swoly Bible
• What would happen if he had a magic lamp
• Food and curls
• What science he learned for the book
• The definition of BroScience?
• Can you buy The Swoly Bible and become Dom Mazetti?
• Tweeting out how many reps of curls you do
• What a video game of his life would look like
• Where he would go in a time machine

While training one of my clients one day, I asked her why getting a pull-up was more important than a chin-up for her.

Her reason was simple: "if I'm hanging from a ledge and can't do a pull-up to save my life, I'd be mad at myself for dying that way."

That stuck with me for awhile. And even more so recently, I had an email come in, as well as a conversation with my wife, about why I do what I do.

Why do I track calories every day? Even though, I could eyeball it or follow simple rules to stay in maintenance.

Why do I train five days a week?

Why do I constantly try and better myself?

It all has to do with values.

This is a bit of an update from a former post and early podcast episode.

But it's not just about ME. I had an email come in from a listener and we chatted about why this---training, nutrition, and dedication---lifestyle is important to us.

In this episode I cover:

• 80/20 Principle
• You're not alone
• Finding your why
• Our relationships with food
• You may be someone's inspiration
• Watching my wife's grandmother scuttle across the floor
• Bizarro Episode
• Your body is a temple
• Preparing for the unknown

I met Marshall Roy the night before Man Camp started. Over a couple of beers, I realized this dude is just as big a nerd as I am.

After his presentation at Man Camp, I knew I had to have him on the podcast to chat.

Marshall Roy is a personal trainer (2014 Best Personal Trainer in Philidelphia), an accomplished powerlifter, a black belt in kickboxing, and writer. Besides his numerous certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), an SFG level II kettlebell instructor, Precision Nutrition nutrition coach (Pn1), and certified practitioner of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS), Marshall Roy has also appeared on television fitness segments with The Weather Channel.

He believes fitness is a decision you make repeatedly---for the rest of your life. But one where you don't need to try and strive for perfection. Instead, Marshall Roy would rather see you strive for excellence and consistency. Because as he says, "perfection is an illusion, but the achievements made in its pursuit are very real."

In this episode we discuss:

• Rogue One Trailer
• Our mutual love of Star Wars
• What Star War character he’d like to see get his own film
• Who would make a badass Boba Fett film
• Using weight lifting as a stress reliever
• Earning his stripes
• Needing permission to cry or show emotion
• Improving on the emotional side of society
• The problem of male anger
• Captain America: Civil War
• Why empathy isn’t a weakness
• Meeting in the middle to solve problems
• Parsemus Foundation
• Gun control
• His struggle to improve empathy
• Self-love
• The aspects we dislike in ourselves
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
• Why love needs to start with you
• Self-limiting beliefs
• You are the person you spend the most time with
• Fun questions
• The Weather Channel
• Staying sane while chasing the results or the illusion
• Martial arts and gymnastics for young kids
• Jedi, Sith, and Grey Jedi
• My Dad was Darth Vader
• Website (risegym.com)
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

During college, one of my best friends and former clients, Justin, said something that has stuck with me over the years.

"I don't want to be happy. I just want to be content."

Recently, while reading through Mark Manson's newest book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, he wrote about pain and why people today seem to be running from pain and suffering. 

We actively avoid it. Looking only for those moments of happiness and any reason we can avoid feeling our emotions.

But Mark asks a great question: "what are you willing to struggle for?"

Getting in shape, bettering our health, pursuing our dreams, starting a business it all seems so exciting and we can envision how the result. It's easy to imagine the happiness we'd feel waking up and looking great naked in the mirror or with a few more zeroes in our bank accounts.

But, are you willing to go through the pain to get that? Or are you just looking for those dopamine hits that make you feel happy?

Are you chasing contentment or happiness?

What are you willing to struggle for?

This is what I explore in this episode. I take some passages from Mark's book and I examine areas of my life where I wasn't willing to struggle. Where all I wanted was happiness without the pain.

Contentment doesn't come without some contention. Happiness comes haphazardly.

In this episode I discuss:

•  The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
• Falling into a briar patch
• Carolina Blue Dream
• Chris Pratt Rags to Riches
• Wanting stuff
• Struggles determine our success
• Pain is necessary
• Falling in love with the process

David Dellanave is a lifter, coach, and the owner of The Movement Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

He is one of the most well-known proponents of biofeedback training. He uses this to teach his clients to better understand the signals their bodies send them.

He’s had the pleasure of coaching a number of international level athletes as well as gen pop clients.

A few years ago, David and his friend/business partner John Romaniello, had the crazy idea of creating an even they called "Man Camp."

Initially, construed as a bit of competition with their wives own event, John and David finally pulled the trigger and this year hosted Man Camp in Austin, Texas.

Naturally, I went to the event. You can read my take on it here.

For more show notes head to http://sidequestfitness.com/david-dellanave/

Our world is full of cliches.

You probably hear one every week, if not daily.

Over time they wear on you and eventually become noise in the background and lose any sense of meaning to you.

But hidden in those cliches are nuggets of truth.

There may be a lot more behind those cliches, but it doesn't mean they're not, on some level, true.

In this episode of the podcast, I throw out a handful of cliches you've heard before and break down what the truth is behind them.

You can apply these truths to fitness, life, entrepreneurship, and even to your relationships.

In this episode I discuss:

• Clean Eating
• Garbage In, Garbage Out.

• Eat less move more.

• Trust the Process

• Keep it Simple Stupid

• Rolling stone gathers no moss

• My Father was Darth Vader

• 10 Common Clichés And The Powerful Truths They Hold

Holy. Shit.

Two years ago, I hit publish on the very first Side Quest Podcast episode. I had no idea what would happen or how long it would last. But 125 episodes later, here we are.

Last month, I celebrated one year of Coaches Corner. And it just so happened, that the 2nd Anniversary of the Podcast ended up being the next Coaches Corner.

This time, we decide to take a break from fitness. We still nerd out in the end, but for this episode, we wanted to talk about life.

Specifically, the awkward and often funny moments that we never talk about with others.

Tanner Baze, Nick Sorrell, and Aadam Ali join me on this episode.

It's an episode that feels like you're listening to a bunch of dudes discussing life on a road trip. It goes everywhere and anywhere.

At the end, we break down our thoughts on Suicide Squad, as well as the other superhero films of 2016.

For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/awkward/

In this, October 2016 episode of the podcast, I answer questions from the community of Heroes.

How do you start a website?

What about newsletters or email lists?

How can I stay on task with calories if I don't count or track my macros?In this month's installment of Community Questions, I answer 3 questions from listeners or followers on social media.

In this month's installment of Community Questions, I answer these two questions but I also get very personal with an issue I face with not tracking my food.

Do I have a poor relationship with food?

My good friend Mike Vacanti returns to the podcast.

In his first episode, we talked about training Gary Vee, why he thinks about death, and poker.

Now that he's left his job as Gary Vee's trainer, Mike has a lot going on.

He's been posting daily YouTube videos, blogging, and creating reverse bets to keep his content flowing.

But he's also released a macro tracking app after receiving thousands of requests from fans and readers to do their macros.

Mike is one of the most authentic and hardest working guys I know in the fitness industry. And if truth be told, without Mike, there would be Side Quest Podcast or Side Quest Fitness

For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/mike-vacanti-2/