The Bodybuilding.com Podcast

By Nick Collias, Heather Eastman & Krissy Kendall, Ph.D.

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Episode 82 - One Step at a ...

01.22.2020

Pat Brocco, aka "Possible Pat," recounts his incredible transformation story as he went from just over 600 pounds to under 275. His first step toward weight loss was literally just that—a step. Every morning, Brocco walked the mile and a ...

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01.22.2020 Episode 82 - One Step at a Time: Possible Pat's 300-Pound Transformation Pat Brocco, aka "Possible Pat," recounts his incredible transformation story as he went from just over 600 pounds to under 275. His first step toward weight loss was literally just that—a step. Every morning, Brocco walked the mile and a ...
01.06.2020 Episode 81 - Ashley Horner: ''I Want to Help Every Female Find Beauty in Their Strength.'' As a former Bodybuilding.com Spokesmodel winner, Ashley Horner has been a fixture of the fitness industry for nearly a decade. The former WBFF pro left physique competition behind and used her experience living on a military base to develop specialized ...
12.23.2019 Episode 80 - Spreading the Good Word of Fitness with Trainer Mike One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, Mike Hildebrandt—aka Trainer Mike—is a men's physique competitor, classic physique competitor, Dymatize-sponsored athlete, and a longtime friend of Bodybuilding.com. This trainer's trainer keeps busy as the area director of fitness for Axiom ...
12.09.2019 Episode 79 - From Broken to Ripped: How Bands Rebuilt This Former Bodybuilder into a Self-Made Icon James Grage always felt most comfortable in the gym, even if life wasn't always going his way. In his own words, "fitness was the only thing I had going on for me." But when this self-proclaimed gym rat suffered a ...
11.26.2019 Episode 78 - Mahmoud Sebie on Wrestling, Reading, and Ramadan Greco-Roman wrestler and Egyptian Olympic athlete Mahmoud Sebie is known for his unique physicality and his unwavering positive attitude. Learn how this Team Bodybuilding.com athlete has conquered physical and mental obstacles from qualifying for the Olympics to maintaining his high-caliber ...
11.15.2019 Episode 77 - Born to Teach: Joelle Cavagnaro Uses Evidence-based Science to Make Fitness Easy Like many of us, health and fitness coach Joelle Cavagnaro was a typical high school athlete who could get away with eating junk food as a teenager but soon found those skills didn't transfer to the all-you-can-eat buffets in college. ...
10.28.2019 Episode 76 - Saxon Panchik: ''Getting Pushed Past my Limits Set my Expectations Higher and Higher'' Few people literally fall into a sport, but Saxon Panchik did! A fall off a 75-foot cliff at the age of 12 is precisely what started this life-long athlete down the path of becoming the 19th fittest man in the ...
10.14.2019 Episode 75 - Barbarically Beautiful: Miranda ''Danger'' Granger Talks MMA and Toddler Taekwondo "There's something barbarically beautiful about staring into someone's soul before you rip it out of their body," says Team Bodybuilding.com athlete and newly-inducted UFC fighter Miranda Granger. This undefeated 5-foot-7 blonde badass has been training with her coach since she ...
09.30.2019 Episode 74 - DocThor: ''I'm a Body Builder, not a Bodybuilder. I Want to Build my Body.'' Dr. Kaleb Redden (also known as DocThor for looking like a missing Hemsworth brother) is a doctor of osteopathic medicine based in Boise, Idaho, and the official doctor to Kaged Muscle, as well as being a Kaged Muscle athlete. A ...
09.16.2019 Episode 73 - Matt Vincent & Bonnie Schroeder: Lifting, Injury Rehab, and Athletic Adventuring Owner of the lifestyle brand HVIII Brand Goods, Matt Vincent, and USAPL 57kg lifter Bonnie Schroeder, took the month of August to hit the road, living out of Matt’s car while hitting up the sights and famous gyms across the ...
09.03.2019 Episode 72 - Hannah Eden: ''Fitness is Not About Winning, It's About Moving'' From extremely rebellious kid to extremely fit rebel, Hannah Eden has always approached fitness on her terms. With fiery red hair to match her smoldering intensity and burning desire to work hard, this badass fitness coach has a badass approach ...
08.19.2019 Episode 71 - Quads Like Robb: The Ritual of Routine Wrestler and MMA fighter-turned-powerlifter Robb Philippus discusses squatting 905 naked-knee his first year, lifting over 2,200 pounds in competition, and why thinking can hurt you in the cage. Learn how this father of two channels his mindset, drawing as much ...
08.06.2019 Episode 70 - Kelsey Kiel: ''Never in a Million Years Would I Have Thought I Could Do This'' Two-time CrossFit Games athlete and former gymnast Kelsey Kiel explains how she gave up obsessing over the scale to embrace a performance-based physique. Kiel overcame her doubts about her abilities, her fear of gaining weight, and her expectations of what ...
07.22.2019 Episode 69 - Logan Aldridge: The Fittest One-Armed Man on Earth Losing an arm at the age of 13 couldn't stop extreme-sports junkie Logan Aldridge from chasing his competitive dreams. Embracing the mantra "it's just an arm," Aldridge has spent the last decade becoming an accomplished CrossFit athlete, a Guinness World ...
07.10.2019 Ep. 68 - Strength is Never a Weakness: Sean Brady on Training, Testing Yourself & Philadelphia Grit MMA fighter and Team Bodybuilding.com athlete Sean Brady discusses his upcoming UFC debut. Learn how this Philly native and jiujitsu blackbelt uses weightlifting and training four times a day to get in fighting shape and why you can never be ...
06.24.2019 Episode 67: Heavy Lifts & Cardi B - Anthony Fuhrman's Secrets to Becoming the World's Strongest Man What started as an alternative to standard-issue military conditioning quickly grew into a life-changing career as Anthony "Flama Blanca" Fuhrman discovered his knack for lifting heavy and moving fast could catapult him to the top of his sport. Find out ...
06.10.2019 Episode 66: Laura Phelps - ''If You Let Me Lift, I Will Break a World Record'' A true legend in powerlifting and a pioneer in women's strength, Laura Phelps discusses how training to improve her physique accidently led her to discover her true passion: powerlifting. Gymnastics and marathon running had made her flexible and focused, but ...
05.28.2019 Episode 65: Finance to Fitness–How Brian DeCosta Discovered Incremental Changes Yield Bigger Results Brian DeCosta had the degree, the dream job, and the 401(k)—but was he happy? After a near-death experience brought his priorities into focus, DeCosta discovered a more fulfilling life pursuing fitness as a career. As a successful online coach and ...
05.13.2019 Episode 64: Scott Herman - Real World Fitness in The Era of Social Media YouTube sensation and Real World alum Scott Herman knows there's no BS-ing on social media. After working his way up from maintenance to manager at his local gym and earning his personal training certification in the process, it didn't take ...
04.30.2019 Episode 63: Alyssa Ritchey - From the Farm to Weightlifting on the World Stage Alyssa Ritchey started out as a hyperactive farm girl, then traveled through the gamut of sports including gymnastics, track and field, skateboarding, bikini, and CrossFit. Now she’s a record-setting weightlifter with the Olympic team in her sights. She shares her ...
04.08.2019 Episode 62: Myree Bowden - The Underground Dunk King Meet slam dunk specialist and new Team Bodybuilding.com athlete Myree Bowden. In a wide-ranging interview, he tells his story of life on the court, walks through the process of performing a slam-dunk moment by moment, and shares the training that ...
03.15.2019 Episode 61: Nick's Quest to Get a Grip Is this the human race's most unlikely contender at a world championship strength event? Nick tells Heather how he happened into the sport of Armlifting and ended up representing the USA on the global stage. Be sure to follow us ...
02.14.2019 Episode 60: How to Eat for Strength Without Budging the Scale "Weight gain" and "weight loss" tend to dominate fitness and nutrition conversations. But what if you want—or your sport demands—that the number on the scale doesn’t change all that much? Doug Kalman, PhD, RD, a researcher and dietician who has ...
01.22.2019 Episode 59: Michael McGurk on the Future of Army Fitness The United States Army is about to undertake a dramatic and unprecedented overhaul to the way it tests, and promotes, military fitness. The man who headed the research into the new standards talks with us about how and why, as ...
01.05.2019 All Access Challenge Series Kick Off 2019 So, you want to be a thousandaire? More importantly, you want to Get Fit and that amps us up more than burpees on leg day. Register today to participate and a chance to win our 2019 Challenge. Become a leaner, ...
12.10.2018 Episode 58: Metal Guitarist Nita Strauss on the Highway to Health Nita Strauss was wielding her ax in the service of Alice Cooper and building a reputation as one of the best metal guitarists in the world. She was successful, but far from happy. Then she changed course, quit drinking, and ...
11.26.2018 Episode 57: Fergus Crawley on Squatting 132 pounds, 7,600 times, in 24 Hours After Scottish powerlifter Fergus Crawley survived a suicide attempt in 2016, he turned his life around with the help of an unlikely ally–a French Bulldog puppy. Then, he set his sights on one of the most grueling strength records out ...
11.12.2018 Episode 56: Rob Smith - The Life of an Everyday Beast WBFF pro muscle model Rob Smith, the host of Bodybuilding.com’s Everyday Beast video series, shares his philosophy on food, lifting, and beasting through life. Highlights: - Why workout "pairings" with food are so important to him - "Cheating" versus "I ...
10.30.2018 Episode 55: Bajheera on Games and Gains Jackson Bliton, better known as Bajheera, has built a unique dual following online. He's a pro bodybuilder, but also a pro gamer, and streams both to tens of thousands daily. He shares his story, his nutritional approach, and takes live ...
10.15.2018 Episode 54: Meg Squats Steps Up to the Platform On the verge of her fourth go-round in the USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals, Meg Squats talks with us about her prep, how she used her program Uplifted to great effect in the offseason, and what she'd tell herself if she ...
10.01.2018 Episode 53: Darryn Willoughby - Lessons from 30 Years in the Lab and on the Stage Look him up, and you'll see a researcher has been involved in many foundational studies in strength and supplement research. But this Ph.D. is also a bodybuilder with 3 decades of competition under his belt. A few weeks out from ...
09.18.2018 Episode 52: Baby Oil and Burgers with Lawrence Ballenger When classic physique competitor, fitness model, and Team Bodybuilding.com athlete Lawrence Ballenger started oiling up his muscles 2 minutes into the conversation, we should have known what we were in for. He discusses his insane diet and protein intake, plus ...
09.04.2018 Episode 51: Pauline Nordin - Lessons from 20 Years of Hard Training The iconic fitness model and creator of The Fighter Diet reflects on her two-decade anniversary of moving heavy iron. She goes deep into her history, her recent struggles with injury, how she uses pot for recovery, and far more. Highlights: ...
08.20.2018 Episode 50: The Foundations of Fitness Nutrition Registered dieticians Douglas Kalman, Ph.D., and Susan Hewlings, Ph.D., pull up to the table to discuss what they ate for breakfast, how the rest of us should navigate the perils of mealtime, and their new course on Bodybuilding.com All Access: ...
08.06.2018 Episode 49: Abel Albonetti on How He Earned (and Keeps) Those Abs Fitness model Abel Albonetti stops by to share his fitness story and give some insight into training a certain muscle group he gets asked about constantly. He tells Nick and Heather about growing up home-schooled, transitioning from fashion model to ...
07.23.2018 Episode 48: Paige Hathaway on Fitness, Fish, Five-Week Challenges, and Flyover Country Top fitness model and Instagram fit-star Paige Hathaway visits Bodybuilding.com headquarters in Boise to share her story. She talks with Nick and Heather about fitness challenges, pescatarian dieting, phone discipline, her fitness heroes, and plenty more. Highlights: - How growing ...
07.09.2018 Episode 47: Talking 1,000-rep workouts with Tyler Holt Trainer and Bodybuilding.com Spokesmodel Search finalist Tyler Holt comes by to talk about 1,000-rep workouts, as well as the joys and challenges of "living the dream" of gym ownership in his mid-twenties. Highlights: - How he got obsessed with 1,000-rep ...
06.25.2018 Episode 46: Full-Body Training Done Right with Charles Staley Charles Staley calls himself "The oldest, skinniest guy you’ll ever see deadlifting 500 pounds." How does he do it? With intelligent full-body training that hits the sweet spot of intensity. After the release of his Bodybuilding.com All Access program Full-Body ...
06.11.2018 Episode 45: Getting Uplifted through Lifting with Meg Squats Join powerlifter, Bodybuilding.com Spokesmodel Search winner, and YouTube fitness stalwart Meg Squats in this wide-ranging conversation. She shares her strong, strong story (it involves even more squatting than you might imagine) and gives crucial tips for thriving on her new ...
05.30.2018 Episode 44: The World's Fittest Podcast Episode with Ross Edgley UK-based athletic adventurer Ross Edgley talks with Nick and Heather just days before undertaking an unbelievable feat: swimming all the way around Great Britain at a very muscular 220-plus pounds. This is a true deep-dive into the limits of human ...
05.30.2018 Episode 44: The World's Fittest Podcast Episode with Ross Edgely UK-based athletic adventurer Ross Edgely talks with Nick and Heather just days before undertaking an unbelievable feat: swimming all the way around Great Britain at a very muscular 220-plus pounds. This is a true deep-dive into the limits of human ...
05.14.2018 Episode 43: Deep-diving sports nutrition and cognition with Dr. Douglas Kalman Registered dietician and co-founder of the International Society of Sports Nutrition Doug Kalman gives his perspective on a wide range of currently popular supplements for performance, and enhanced cognition. Plus, he answers the age-old question: Is brown rice really any ...
04.30.2018 Episode 42: Living Lean with Alpha M Aaron Marino, better known by the title of his immensely popular YouTube channel Alpha M, comes by the Bodybuilding.com offices to talk lifting, grooming, confidence, and his new fitness program, "Tailored: Six Weeks to Living Lean." Highlights: - How it ...
04.16.2018 Episode 41: Kris Gethin - Man of Ultra Our favorite bodybuilder-turned-triathlete stops by to discuss his latest challenge and triumph, a 50-kilometer high-desert ultramarathon in the middle of winter. The man who has famously "never missed a meal in 19 years" also talks about his recent experiment with ...
04.02.2018 Episode 40: Kym Nonstop on How to Build Your Body at Home Kym "Nonstop" Perfetto, star of Bodybuilding.com's new program Home Body, talks about her past in reality TV and her present as a fitness star and bike racer. General silliness, off-color humor, and kale-massage jokes abound. Highlights: - How living a ...
03.19.2018 Episode 39: Kyler Jackson - The Larger Calling of Muscle Building Over the last 9 years, Kyler Jackson hasn't missed a workout. When he started the journey, he was a depressed teen looking to bulk up to protect himself. Today, he's an up-and-coming coach, YouTuber, and the newly crowned Bodybuilding.com Spokesmodel ...
03.05.2018 Episode 38: Straight talk on Protein and more with Dr. Jose Antonio The CEO and co-founder of the International Society of Sports Nutrition stopped by Bodybuilding.com to talk about his research into high-protein diets, and share the current state of the research on protein dosage, creatine, glutamine, and plenty more. Highlights: - ...
02.20.2018 Episode 37: Jason Poston on Global Fitness, Training, and Blood Sugar IFBB physique pro Jason Poston is busier than ever, representing the sport around the world and sharing the details of his training and life with his fans. He gives an in-depth look into his 17-year lifting history, how he broke ...
02.05.2018 Episode 36: Larger-than-Life Lifting and Eating with Branch Warren IFBB pro Branch Warren has been a world-class bodybuilder for so long, it's easy to forget he's still just 42 years old–and still as huge and shredded as ever. "The Texas Rattlesnake" opens up about his history, his favorite game ...
01.22.2018 Episode 35: Taylor Chamberlain - Born into Bodybuilding Team Bodybuilding.com athlete and IFBB Bikini Pro Taylor Chamberlain shares her fascinating story of finding her way in fitness, watching her parents take the stage when she was a teenager, and figuring out how to thrive with flexible dieting. Highlights: ...

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