The Bodybuilding.com Podcast

The Bodybuilding.com Podcast episodes:

• 04.19.2024

  The Strong 25 Challenge: Transform Yourself and Win $20,000 in Prizes

  Welcome back to The Catalyst! Today we're announcing Bodybuilding.com's first transformation in nearly FIVE years. VP of Brand, Danielle Bitts, delivers the breakdown of the Strong 25 Challenge, prizes up for grabs, and how to enter. Hit the link below...

  
• 03.29.2024

  5-Minute Friday: Checking 1,2,3...Are You Breathing?

  Welcome to The Catalyst 5-Minute Friday, where our host and VP of Brand, Danielle Bitts, breaks down wellness tips in five minutes or less. Today we're discussing breath, and how you can instill just a few healthy habits to get...

  
• 03.27.2024

  Ep. 14 | Jeff Medina | The Full Body Benefit of Acupuncture

  Jeff Medina is a board certified licensed acupuncturist specializing in the practice of Nei Jing. Together we break down the full body benefits of acupuncture. From bone, muscle and tissue health to sleep, digestion and fertility disruptions, acupuncture has the...

  
• 03.22.2024

  5-Minute Friday: 4 Things to Consider in Your Weight Loss Journey

  Welcome to The Catalyst 5-Minute Friday, where our host and VP of Brand, Danielle Bitts, breaks down wellness tips in five minutes or less. Today we’re discussing the top four ways to break free from your weight loss plateau.

  
• 02.08.2024

  Ep. 13 | Kenny Santucci | Gymtimidation & Building Community

  Kenny Santucci has been building fitness communities and helping New Yorkers get STRONG for the past 20 years. Today he joins us to chat about overcoming gymtimidation, the importance of surrounding yourself with likeminded individuals and how community can serve...

  
• 01.03.2024

  Ep. 12 | Todd Anderson | How To Get Better Sleep

  Tired of bad sleep? Today we’re breaking down the top ways to optimize sleep performance. From learning about healthy sleep hygiene, to understanding what daytime habits may be wreaking havoc on your deep sleep, this covers it all. Joined by Todd...

  
• 12.11.2023

  Episode 11 | Kira Stokes | Building Abs, Hybrid Training and Movement After Menopause

  Kira Stokes is a health and wellness expert based in New York City, with over 25 years of experience in the fitness industry. A graduate of Boston College with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Health Sciences, Kira's...

  
• 11.15.2023

  Episode 10 | Josh Whalen | Sex, Drugs, & Testosterone

  Meet Josh Whalen, the founder of Blokes, a metabolic health company that's changing the way we view and act on men's health. Together, he and his wife Katy, founder of Joi, are reshaping how we as a society measure a...

  
• 10.19.2023

  Episode 09 | Nikki Davila | Losing Weight, Eating Carbs, & Healing Your Relationship with Food

  Nikki Davila is a Registered Dietician who specializes in weight loss. Today we chat through the key components for dropping weight and beating plateaus, where fasting can be beneficial, why carbs are for everyone and breaking the habit of emotional...

  
• 09.26.2023

  Episode 08 | Kristen Lettenberger | Pelvic Floor Health and Breathing Techniques for Lifting

  Dive into why pelvic floor health pertains to both men and women, and how it impacts athletic performance, sexual performance and everyday health. We'll also cover breathing techniques based on lifts and load, as well as progressing powerlifting through complementary...

  
• 08.09.2023

  Episode 07 | Gabe Snow | Allowing the Mind to Lead the Body

  Gabe Snow is a New York City strength & conditioning specialist with a B.S. in psychology and neurochemistry. Over the last 10+ years he's worked with humans from all walks of live and has coached them to lead with a...

  
• 06.06.2023

  Episode 06 | Ebenezer Samuel | Building Muscle and Training for Your Decade

  Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S., is the fitness director of Men's Health and a certified trainer with more than 10 years of training experience. We sat down to talk muscle building in the kitchen and in the gym, how to determine which...

  
• 05.03.2023

  Episode 05 | Rachel Mariotti | Building a Resilient Mind & Destigmatizing Women's Health

  Rachel is a licensed mental health therapist here in New York City as well as a professional fitness coach. Her main focus in mental health treatment is building habits in order to grow mental resilience while addressing the physical and...

  
• 03.20.2023

  Ep. 04 | Dan Giordano | How to Lower the Risk of Injury

  In today's convo we talk about Dan's goal of helping people live better, longer and the tools one can use in their daily regime to help lower the risk of injury and expand the pursuit of longevity.

  
• 02.15.2023

  Episode 03 | Stefi Cohen | Optimizing Training, Nutrition and Recovery

  Stefi Cohen is a 25-time world record holding powerlifter, the first woman to deadlift 4.4 times bodyweight (120lb pulling 545lbs in 2019), and owns an impressive 507 pound squat PR and 242 pound bench PR. The athlete has recently taken up...

  
• 02.03.2023

  Episode 02 | James Newbury | Competing at the Highest Level as a Vegan Athlete

  Today we're joined by James Newbury- 4x Australia’s Fittest Man, 5th Fittest Man at the 2019 CrossFit Games, renowned hybrid athlete, participating in both Ironman and Strongman- on the same weekend, now, Bodybuilding.com Athlete.

  
• 02.02.2023

  Episode 01: | Shaquille O'Neal | Sitting Down with SHAQ

  The man, the myth, the legend, Shaquille O'Neal sits down for us during a shoot to talk all things fitness, basketball and life.

  
• 10.22.2020

  Episode 100 - Jon Goodman

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• 07.23.2020

  Episode 99 - Austin Naylor: ''I Never Knew How Much Fitness Related to Being Positive.''

  An up-and-coming motocross racer from a motocross family, Austin Naylor had his sights set on the pro circuit until a horrific motorcycle crash changed everything. With shattered feet that left him bedridden for five straight months, a dejected Naylor started...

  
• 07.08.2020

  Episode 98 - Chad Belding: The Voice of Fitness in the World of Duck Hunting

  Coming from an athletic upbringing playing college baseball, Chad Belding got serious about hunting after the sudden death of his father in 2006. After teaming up with trainer Matt Pendola, Belding learned to approach hunting with the same mentality as...

  
• 06.24.2020

  Episode 97 - LaDawn Latawiec: ''Find Something That You're Passionate About and Strive for It.''

  Growing up, LaDawn Latawiec stayed active enough to hide her weight. Rather than try to be one of the "skinny girls," her niche became being that one friend who could eat everything on the table. As an adult, Latawiec turned...

  
• 06.15.2020

  Episode 96 - Greg Roskopf: The Key to Unlocking Success is Being Out of Pain

  As an experienced strength coach with a master's degree in exercise physiology and three decades of experience working with top athletes, Greg Roskopf knows what it takes to train better and feel less pain. As a pioneer of muscle activation...

  
• 05.23.2020

  Episode 95 - Kaleb Redden: Doc Thor talks TV, ''Titan Games,'' and meeting The Rock

  For someone who doesn't watch a lot of TV, Kaged Muscle athlete and doctor of osteopathic medicine Kaleb Redden—aka Doc Thor—is going to be spending quite a bit of time on it. That's because this Hemsworth doppelganger is a contender...

  
• 05.18.2020

  Episode 94 - Scott Herman on Pushing Limits, Nuclei Overload, and Why We Hate Having to Rest

  YouTube fitness star and MetaBurn90 creator Scott Herman joined us to discuss the official workout style of lockdown and how to avoid home-workout fails. Trading his barbells for bedsheets, Herman has challenged himself and his followers to dig deep for...

  
• 05.14.2020

  Episode 93 - Kris Gethin Found a New Form of Intensity Training from Home

  CEO of Kaged Muscle and longtime Bodybuilding.com athlete and contributor Kris Gethin shares his insights on how hardcore gym rats handle lockdown. Listen as he discusses intensity, mindfulness, motivation, and what it's like to train when your back is against...

  
• 05.11.2020

  Ep.92: Paul Carter on Hitting Proper Muscle Groups, Sunshine & Creating Adaptive Responses to Stress

  Muscle-building expert Paul Carter knows the key to muscle growth and maintenance is adapting to stress, even the stresses of COVID-19. The creator of the "Jacked in 3" and "Jacked at Home" training plans, and the brains behind keeping your...

  
• 05.07.2020

  Episode 91 - Vince Ozalp: From Elite Athletes to Average Joes, Transformation Happens Every Day

  Australian trainer Vince Ozalp had an idea to bring out the elite fitness of every client. During his 15 years of experience in the fitness industry, Ozalp has developed transformative programs for "The Biggest Loser" contestants and 250K Challenge winners...

  
• 05.04.2020

  Ep. 90 - No Stopping Now: How Kym Nonstop Deals with Quarantine, Cycling Indoors & Her Own Advice

  Home Body creator and YouTube fitness sensation Kym Perfetto, aka Kym Nonstop, is no stranger to working out from home—but never like this. Like most of her fans and followers, she appreciates that social distancing means a lot of us...

  
• 04.28.2020

  Episode 89 - Hannah Eden: Staying in Control When Everything Feels Out of Control

  In fitness, overload forces adaptation, and as fitness model and Body Pump owner Hannah Eden knows, adding that extra stress can actually be beneficial. As the creator of FYR—short for Find Your Reason—Eden knows it's hard to wake up and...

  
• 04.13.2020

  Episode 88 - Troy Adashun: "I Kind of Failed My Way to Success."

  The progenitor of SuperHuman You and co-creator of Alpha Lion, Troy Adashun has been cursed with an appetite for greatness his entire life. His pursuit of big dreams and bigger ambitions led him to attend the same athletic academy as...

  
• 03.30.2020

  Episode 87 - Glenn Lovelace: How Being a Little Selfish Can Save Your Life

  Full-time student and full-time husband and father Glenn Lovelace put everything and everyone ahead of his own health. As the weight piled on and he and his family faced one obstacle after another, Lovelace found himself questioning whether or not...

  
• 03.16.2020

  Episode 86 - From the ER to PRs: How Aussie Powerlifting Sensation Paige Mills Found Her Calling

  The life of an ER nurse can be pretty hectic, but challenging and fast-paced was never an issue for Paige Mills. When she's not riding her Harley, she can be found training herself and others on the finer points of...

  
• 03.03.2020

  Episode 85 - Robyn Koolen: How Simple Little Changes Led to a Major Transformation

  Robyn Koolen grew up with the same subliminal messaging a lot of little girls receive, that little girls should be small and petite, and she didn't feel like she was either. By the time she was in college, Koolen was...

  
• 02.18.2020

  Episode 84 - Kristi Brewer: "No One Has It Easy."

  Everyone is fighting some battle or struggling with something, be it mentally, physically, emotionally, or financially, but native Idahoan and Team USA Weightlifter Kristi Brewer knows the key to finding balance in life is the simpler, the better. Proving it's...

  
• 02.04.2020

  Episode 83 - David Morin: ''Every Day is an Opportunity to Take a Deep Breath. Go for it.''

  A pulmonary embolism in 2015 put fitness model David Morin into a coma after nearly drowning in his own fluid. When he awoke, he was introduced to the revitalizing power of deep breathing. Since then, Morin has passionately pursued all...

  
• 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...