The C3Method Podcast

You have a goal, maybe an action you want to take each day, or an inaction, something you want to avoid doing... you have the goal, but, each day you don't follow through... and you feel the pain of guilt and self-anger.  You don't like that feeling so you swear next time will be different... but, next time... you don't follow through AGAIN!!!  You already KNEW what it was going to feel like to not follow through, but yet you didn't follow through anyhow.  How can we break this cycle?!!

Whether your goal is general health, strength, aesthetics, or even CrossFit... your technique, how well you do what you do, is going to be the limiting factor to the quality and long-term progression of results you're able to achieve.

Past Podcasts Referenced:#181 - Training - Using Muscle Damage for Fat Loss#214 - Training - Understanding Rep Ranges & Expected Results

Eating less calories does help you lose body fat, but... how much less is too less, how much less isn't enough?  If you've tried starving yourself in the past, why didn't it work?  If you think starving yourself now is a good option, why isn't it?  We answer all of these questions in today's podcast!!! 

Past Podcasts Referenced:#33 – Nutrition – How Much Protein Do I Need?#41 – Nutrition – Diet Right – What Matters Most#129 – Nutrition – Starvation Diets – Intermittent Fasting & Keto#153 – Nutrition – How Many Calories Do I Need?#249 – Nutrition – Meal Timing#329 – Nutrition – Meal Frequency Effects on Diets#390 – Nutrition – Proper Nutrition for Sedentary Workers#406 – Nutrition – Short Term vs Long Term Success

Recently, in a grocery store, I watched someone put their cart neatly, and with the best of intentions, away, however, they put it in the wrong place.  Regardless of the quality of their intentions, their actions led to nothing.  Where in our lives, where with our clients, may we be making the same mistake?  We may have the best of intentions, maybe we can create the best single workouts, but, are our intentions, are our workouts leading to big picture progress?

Past Podcasts Referenced:#423 – Personalized Training Templates#415 - Training – Layering Purposes – How to Best Kill Birds

Today's podcast is a challenge! You may not like what's being said, but, will you be open to listening to it? Will you be open to the challenge it presents? Will you be open to taking a deep look at yourself and seeing in what ways you may be able to improve not only in the gym, but, in life?

In today's podcast we discuss the process of creating personalized training templates so you can best balance freedom in your training while staying on track towards your ultimate goals.  The podcast discusses the service we provide in creating programs for you as well as the steps you can take to create one for yourself.

Past Podcasts Referenced:#30 – Training – Muscle Cardio – How to Lose Fat Without Losing Muscle#181 – Training – Using Muscle Damage for Fat Loss#214 – Training – Understanding Rep Ranges & Expected Results#250 – Training – Combing Aerobic Endurance Training & Strength Training#346 – Training – Improving a One Rep Max#391 – Training – Programming Structure Concepts for Both Strength & Mass#407 – Training – Importance and Benefits of Warm Ups

It's Halloween and you want to eat ALLLLLL the candy haha... but, how can you do so without falling too far off track?  In today's podcast we discuss how to "make room for" bad foods so that you don't fall behind on your goals or spiral out of control and fall off your goals completely!

Past Podcasts Referenced:#113 – Nutrition – Self-Punishment Cycles#181 – Training – Using Muscle Damage for Fat Loss#214 – Training – Understanding Rep Ranges & Expected Results#249 – Nutrition – Meal Timing#305 – Nutrition – Nutritional Concerns for Cardio-Only Workouts#390 – Nutrition – Proper Nutrition for Sedentary Workers

Did you know that as your knowledge grows your confidence actually goes down?!!  As you become more aware of what there is to know you also become aware of how much you yet have to learn.  That can be scary for a lot of trainers.  So, in fear, trainers sometimes stay with only newbie clients because they're safe, and they close their minds to new thoughts and ideas that challenge what they believe to be true.  When this happens the trainer stops learning and thus stops improving, but in order to shield themselves from the reality of that situation they'll create a false sense of knowledge and superiority... what a horrible combination!!!  Someone who thinks they know everything when in reality they know very little.  How can we avoid this mistake for ourselves?

Are you struggling to handle the stress of life?  Are you struggling to take on new self-improvement challenges?  Are you just skating by day by day but not necessarily making progressions in your life?  You may be suffering from not having enough mental margin in your life, the space needed to feel less pressured, the space needed to take on new challenges, the space needed to make those improvements you've been wanting to make for so long.  And, a large reason why you may not have enough margin is because of the forms of self-care that you partake in each day!  Listen to today's podcast to find out what forms of self-care are "quick and easy" but aren't getting you the long term benefits you need, and, how to change those to better, healthier forms that can allow you to start living the life you truly want.

Past Podcasts Referenced:#247 - Mindset - Daily Happiness Routine

In today's podcast we discuss ways to "wake yourself up" when feeling sluggish.  We discuss two categories of methods; muscle-based and non-muscle-based, and when it's best to use each category to ensure you get the best response without negative effects.