Train Hard Live Strong

There will never be a one plan fits all program that gets everyone the dream progress they desire. Everyone was built different, everyone has different genetic builds, everyone has different fibers, everyone has different metabolisms, everyone is different. The other day I was asked, "Matt what's the best training split for me?" Picking a training split depends on what you want to achieve. What goals do you have for your body, physique, strength, and performance. Do you want a higher PR, do you want 6 pack abs, do you want to improve your mile time. These are all questions that should be answered first.

Then we can start building a training split to best amplify your results. There are a few things to think about when you're building your split (which is all explained in this episode), but two things I highly recommend is: 

1. Get a coach who knows what they're talking about and have them coach you for at least 3 months. This will get you understanding what splits are, how to train, how to eat, ect.
2. If you're building this yourself, pick a split and stay true to it for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks, check your progress. See what changed, see how you improved, then move things around, or take another avenue of approach. 

This is your health, your goals, your strength, your muscle growth, your performance. This is your journey so have fun with it.

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Weight loss & muscle growth are easier to achieve than we think. I was a very thin guy in high school and never thought I was ever gonna build muscle. All I ever thought, or was told, was that I had a "fast metabolism". Yes I have a fast metabolism but all that means is while I burn naturally 2,000 calories and with my workout included I burn around 3,500, all it means for me to grow muscle is that I need to eat above 3,500 calories a day. Vice versa with weight loss. If I wanted to lose body fat then I would need to eat about 3,250 a day depending on how much weight or fat I want to drop. 

Before we get into deficits and surpluses though, there is one manor factor to address first. You need to understand what food is first and how to eat for health. A lot of people want to eat for weight loss or muscle growth but don't even know what a calorie is (this is why getting a coach is crucial). Once you've understood what a carb is, a protein is, or a fat is, then you're going to have greater success in your deficits or surpluses. 

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Talking about the best way to build muscle or best way to shred fat is all great, but what about about everything else that can get in the way of your goals. Aside from the burning fire you have to achieve goals, there is this thing called life, and life will come in and try it's best to push you off your route. How do you stay focused when someone in your family passes away, how do you stay focused when you get a text saying your friend just committed suicide. How do you stay focused when you feel like everything is lost?

In this episode I will share with you all how to do that. How to think so your drive never dies out even when life is trying to make it. I will share with you my story on what I did to keep myself growing & going forward. Life will always happen even when you don't want it, and no matter how hard you prepare for the worst, you can only prepare so much. your health is life, and your life is your health, mentally & physically. 

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As a coach, I hear a lot of females say, "I want to have bigger glutes, legs, shoulders, ect, but I don't wanna get bulky like a man. I also hear a lot of men say that they're having trouble putting on weight, but they train heavy everyday. Just because you lift heavy, does not mean you're building muscle. Building muscle is precise and needs to have the boxes checked off.

If you're lifting heavy but hangout in a deficit then you will not see the mass you're looking for. Eating a well balanced day of food and sleep will create the progress you want! To all the girls, if you lift heavy don't be scared of looking to manly because to build some mean muscle you need to be in a good surplus in order to achieve that. In this episode I will dive deep into how you don't always need to lift heavy to achieve muscle gains. 

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Do you need supplements in order to achieve your goals in weight loss, fat loss, performance, muscle growth, ect? The answer is no. You don't need them, but would it help, yes. Supplements have been created to assist in filling the empty spots or amplifying certain spots. There are 4 supplements I always get asked about: Protein, Creatine, Pre-Workout, and Vitamins. 

In this episode I will share my story with supplements and how I was stupid with them at a young age. It's crucial to understand your goals, what you need to get their (naturally first), then understand what you can take to amplify or fill an empty spot. A lot of people have low protein intakes, so a protein shake here and there will help higher your intake. If you eat enough protein but want to workout harder and grow faster, then protein will amplify progress. Supplements depend on your goals, health, and how fast you want it.

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We tend to always hold on to the passed. We tend to always fear who we were and going back to that "old self". If you fuel off this fear, then that's great. You have learned how to channel your emotions towards becoming a better you. If the fear of being your old self fears you enough where you slack off and begin those steps back to your old self, then you need to have a serious talk with yourself.

Same with the opposing side. If you were once super fit, athletic, and was the fitness addict, but that was 15 years ago, you're in the now right now stop dredding on the passed. Your body is extremely resilient. If you were super fit before, you will achieve that times 2 this time. Your health has guided you to this very day, now it time for you to make moves!

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We know that doing curls will make your biceps bigger. We know that doing bench press will make your chest bigger, and yes having big strong muscles is cool, but what about paying attention to the muscles that make us even stronger or healthier? We are made up of hundreds of bones and muscles that attach to those bones to let us move around, lift heavy weights, and enjoy life. There is one muscle group in particular that is overlooked and even embarrassing to talk about. 

Our amazing guest speaker today, Brittney Ellers, is here to break the ice and expand our knowledge on the pelvic floor! Brittney has an incredible story with her pelvic floor and what brought her curiosity towards learning more about it. Not only is the pelvic floor important for health but it also plays a major role in sex. A healthy strong pelvic floor will ensure hernias don't occur, sex is pleasurable, injuries are prevented, bowel movements are smooth, and so much more! 

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Instead of focusing on eating for weight loss, getting shredded, getting 6 pack abs, ect, imagine eating just for health. How does that look like? How does the food we eat truly provide value to your body, it's organs, and it's functions? How does the food you eat give your body exactly what it needs to provide you with great performance, high energy, positivity, and outstanding health. Over the years, especially with people who don't understand food, we have lost the true reason on why we need to eat "well".

Now a days it's, "Yo Coach Matt, what do I gotta eat to lose weight?" It's rarely, "Yo Coach Matt, I want to learn what foods provide my health with what it needs to give me a long health life." If we see food through this lens, you will soon find out just how much you've been neglecting it. If we have pain, we go towards pain killers. If we are tired we go towards caffeine. Analyzing your body, it's reactions, and it's performance around nutrition and what you give it, can be the most simple fix to what can be causing harm in your life for the passed few months or years. 

"The best care is self care"

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Taking a goal and making it reality is harder than it sounds. Yes we undertsand that it will take hard work, dedication, ect, but what happens when you're face to face with failure. What happens when your life takes a different route. What happens when you lose the motivation to keep pushing. Most of the time we move towards quitting, and when we quit, a few months or even years pass by and we think back and regret quitting. This is an endless circle of constant failure and feeling like crap.

In today's episode we bring on the great Ainsley Perish. This woman has an iron mentality. She has dedicated herself, body, and mind towards her goals and does not let up. She not only competes her self, but she also coaches other competitors on how to pose for their shows. She understands the NPC world and is grinding to achieve her pro card. Will all that going on, she also takes on life, and the other mental things that her clients are taking on too. With months in this field, you tend to create a one road mindset, and that one road is only leading to success!

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Beginning a health & fitness journey can be difficult, and then turning it into a lifestyle can also be difficult. Thinking about it to much will only add to the stress of "am I doing this right". So in this episode I will explain how making this a lifestyle is way ,more simple than you think. The breakdown of a lifestyle is simple: 1) make a solid routine that can me maintained, 2) that routine then will turn into a habit, and 3) once that habit is created, turn it into a ritual and that will mold into your lifestyle

Letting go of old habits and making new ones will be hard, but it's necessary. If you have goals you want to achieve with health, fitness, body image, performance, ect, then new habits must be created. You live a life right now, even if it has bad habits or good habits. You have things you do day to day that are already chosen for you. Once these 2nd nature things are created, and a healthy lifestyle is sustained with ease, then you have concerned transforming this into a lifestyle. 

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