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If you had two products side by side and one said sugar free while the other had sugar in it, which one would you choose? Majority of people automatically go for sugar free products because, well, sugar makes you gain weight right? What if the process of making something non-caloric artificially sweetened was worse for your health than eating regular sugar, would that change your mind?

In this episode I will explain the reactions that are caused from eating "sugar free" vs regular sugar, and which one is "best" for you.

Key Takeaways:

• How non-caloric artificial sweeteners manipulate the body, but still increase insulin
• Where natural sugar is found and is sugar free truly better for you
• Gaining weight is not caused from sugar, it's caused by the amount of calories ingested from these products

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What is the route cause of weight gain? It's simply being in a surplus for an extended period of time, whether it's planned/organized or done without knowing. I want you to think of calories as simply energy. If your body is burning a good amount of energy in a day, but still has extra energy that hasn't been used, the body will store that energy (creating fat). 

A lot of people do abuse the carbohydrate macro which then leads to making people believe that carbs are the issue. Carbs are found in many more products at a higher volume than the other two macros (proteins & fats). Eating to much of anything can cause weight gain, but understanding what YOUR body needs and how it all works together for health & progress will create your success.

Key Takeaways:

• What is weight gain: The breakdown of how weight gets gained over a period of time
• The science behind losing weight to fast when it took time to gain the weight
• Where are these macros and in what products do they stay in. What a good balance looks like

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How do you arrange your week to maximize your time to achieve the goals you have for your body & health? Are their specific days that you need to train a certain muscle group that can effect your next days training session? With there being so many muscles in the body and having to work with DOMS how do you get the best out of everything?

These questions are very easy to answer and that's exactly what I do within this episode. I will break down the main focus points you need to dial in to maximize your week's training split. 

Key Takeaways:

• The truth about a "one plan fits all" headline that certain companies will use to make you buy
• What a training split is, what DOMS is, and how to maximize both
• The ideal training split for you to achieve any goal you have for your body, health, performance, ect

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How many times have you told yourself, "I can't. I just can't do this"? I'll be honest, I've said this many times in my life, career, education, and personal development. In fitness, there has been more quitters than people who have achieved their goals against all odds. We are always looking for the easy way out. The quickest way to achieve goals. Or because someone is doing something that works for them, we wanna jump on that wagon with them. Then when it comes time to work, this stuff is just "to hard".

In today's episode I will share the truth about fitness and how you need to open your eyes!

Key Takeaways:

• Stop comparing yourself and focus on your journey
• Just because progress isn't coming fast enough does not mean you aren't achieving results every day
• The hard truth about this journey is.........

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If it took 5 years to put on 80lbs, would 80lbs come off in 2 weeks? Media always tries to teach weight loss as this simple thing that everyone can follow when in reality it's wrong. It sets us up for failure either now or in the future. Don't get me wrong, weight loss is simple and understand nutrition is simple. It's like that saying, "give a man a fish, feed him for the night, teach the man to fish and feed him for life". Once you learn what a carb, fat, and protein is, you will truly understand what your body needs vs wants, and how to eat for health, performance, progress, ect. You would finally be in control.

Key Takeaways:

• How different body types will react to different meal plans
• How some "fits all" diet plans can help you, guide you, make you gain more weight, or not help you at all
• Weight is gained over a period of time. This is the same with weight loss, but how can you sustain it

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What's the difference between eating "clean" and eating "bad"? How would you define each and would you know which one does best for body vs the other? Nutrition has gone far away from what it truly is, "fuel, energy, and medicine". Nutrition is not all about dropping weight, droping body fat, and building muscle. How do we eat for health? How do eat to stay as healthy as possible to watch our kids grow up?

In this episode I will truly break down and share how eating bad and eating clean actually make no sense at all!

Key Takeaways:

• How you have trained your body to eat "bad" is the same as training your body to eat "clean
• The truth about nutrition facts
• The bigger picture to food than you think

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The average person has about 1 - 3 injuries that effect them daily. Maybe 1 out of every 3 people know why there is an injury, how to fix it, and then how to strengthen/prevent it from happening again. A lot of athletes or average people, will not know where their imbalances are and will begin to train with insane resistance which then leads to injury. This injury would be blamed on training when in reality, the imbalances were already their but you didn't notice them. 

Today we have an incredible guest speaker, Meghan Barrington, coming to the show to explain to us all "how to move the body in the most effective way" to prevent injury, improve performance, and improve your knowledge on your own body! 

Key Takeaways:

• What type of training is most effective for lifestyle, performance, and training progress out of body building movements (isolation exercises) and functional training
• What is the best way to train your brain in understanding how to perform the squat
• Eccentric & concentric movements, which one is best to focus on to build muscle, functional movement, and stronger tendons/ligaments

Check out Meghan's Podcast: Move your brain move your body

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People always start their journey with a crazy goal, "I want to lose 100lbs, I want to compete in bodybuilding". These goals are great, but you will fail and quit if small milestone realistic goals aren't set in stone. That huge goal is your super bowl, but you still have practices, games, and playoffs to get through first before you get their.

By creating small milestone goals, you will create friction, you will create momentum that will make you unstoppable in your path to success. 

Key takeaway:

• Be realistic with your goal creation. How to gauge goals to be sustainable and accomplishable.
• How to break down your ultimate goal into small goals to climb your way to success
• How this journey is not a sprint but a marathon

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The human body relies on nutrition for life. Nutrition is one of the most mind controlling aspects of life. Nutrition is the most powerful tool to improve your body, mind, and health. With nutrition being so important, why is it the most least understood thing about our health?

When you think about weight loss, competing, dropping body, being an athlete, 99% of the time you immediately think about the "diet". Dieting is the WRONG way to think about how you should FUEL your body, mind, and health. There is more to it on a psychological level then there is on a physical level. Today's amazing guest speaker, Ainsley Perish (Princessspump), a 2nd time returning guest speaker, is bringing a whole new aspect to diet culture that you must pay attention to.

Key Takeaways:

• Ainsley's experience competing at 3 bikini competitions
• What dieting for 8 months straight has done to Ainsley's mindset & body
• What you're missing when you focus on dieting and when dieting is over

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Can you build muscle and shred fat at the same time? If you can, how is that even possible if you need to lose weight by being in a deficit and gain weight by being in a surplus? In today's episode we will be answering this question that I've been asked plenty of times in my days as a coach. I understand that losing weight can be difficult. I really understand how gaining muscle can be difficult. Let me tell you something before you listen to this episode, your journey will always be a trial and error path. Make sure you pay attention to every move you make, every failure you take, and every success you achieved.

Key Takeaways:

• 1) What is a caloric deficit, maintenance phase, and surplus? What job does each achieve?
• 2) The secret to losing body fat and building muscle at the same time.
• 3) What the difference is in: gaining muscle & weight gain, and shredding body fat & losing weight.

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