Where Optimal Meets Practical

By Jordan Lips

When it comes to nutrition and training...talking about what's optimal is always fun, but making it practical changes lives. On this show we'll dive deep on all things training, nutrition, and mindset... more

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How many episodes does Where Optimal Meets Practical have?

The podcast currently has 256 episodes available.

Where Optimal Meets Practical episodes:

August 12, 2021 67: Blake Elarbee (@BlakeLosAngeles) - Should we call out misinformation? Sustainability over everything, Utilitarian arguments in health and fitness
WHO: Blake Elarbee
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WHO IS THAT: Blake has a Bachelors of Science in dietetics from Florida state university, is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and certified sport nutrition specialist.
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TITLE/TOPICS: Should we call out misinformation? Sustainability over everything, Utilitarian arguments in health and fitness
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Where to find Blake:
Instagram: @BlakeLosAngeles
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
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Love You
-JL
...more
54min
August 06, 202166: 10 Most FAQ I Get Daily About Training and Nutrition
10 Most FAQ I Get Daily
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(01:11) How to calculate your maintenance calories
(02:56) How do I know when I’m back at maintenance after a reverse diet?
(08:37) What sort of cardio should I do for fat loss?
(10:00) What are the best exercises for glutes?
(11:05) Can I make gains if I’m training at home?
(13:57) What certifications do I recommend for upcoming coaches?
(18:37) Should I train abs?
(21:07) How much protein is needed for muscle growth?
(24:17) What’s the best macro split for fat loss?
(30:36) How do I build my own workout split?
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How to build a decent program for hypertrophy
Danny Matranga podcast episode
Ranking home gym equipment
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
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Love You
-JL
...more
35min
July 27, 202165: 10 Reasons You're Not Hitting Your Body Comp Goals
10 Reasons You're Not Hitting Your Body Comp Goals
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(00:20) You're always trying to cut
(02:45) Your NEAT sucks
(05:25) Your goals take way more work than you realistically CAN or WANT to do
(08:42) All or nothing mentality
(11:40) You eat like a child
(15:06) Not training with intensity
(17:40) Program hopping/Not tracking workouts
(20:36) Special butterfly syndrome
(26:30) Every occasion is a special occasion
(30:55) Obsession with pebbles
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
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Love You
-JL
...more
35min
July 21, 202164: Q&A - Why is it important to train muscles at different lengths? Can I gain muscle without barbells (downside of barbells)? Other fitness podcasts I recommend, Different ways to progress in relative intensity across a meso
Q&A Episode 7/20
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(00:35) Can you still gain muscle using a smith machine, dumbbells, and cables but no barbell?
(09:40) Why is it important to train muscles at different lengths?
(13:10) Why does my coach program rpe 7,8,9,10 within the same exercise and some people program decreasing RIR across a mesocycle
(18:42) Other fitness podcasts I would recommend
(20:25) When to know you should bulk for progress / maxed newbie gains / maintenance gains
(23:25) Goal you have for the next year for your career, life, and personal?
(27:15) Carb cycling - is it a superior form of calorie deficit in any way? Benefits?
(30:41) Week vacation during mesocycle. Should I start the cycle of over or just get back to it?
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
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Love You
-JL
...more
33min
July 14, 202163: 10 Things I Used to Believe
10 Things I Used to Believe
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(01:20) Meal plans really help people
(07:40) Training 6-7x/wk is best
(11:20) You don't need to track your workouts
(14:10) Faster dieting will damage your metabolism
(20:15) Being lean af 24/7 is #goals
(24:33) I could keep growing muscle at maintenance
(28:21) There are "bad" foods that would make me "unhealthy"
(32:40) Walking is useless
(35:09) Shorter rest periods are better for hypertrophy
(38:05) I need to do a bunch of mobility exercises before I start training
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Alan Aragon episode on metabolic adaptation
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
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Love You
-JL
...more
44min
July 10, 2021 62: Cody Moxley (@CJMoxley) - When people say "you're just overcomplicating things", Setting reasonable goals + expectations, More sensation isn't always a good thing...
WHO: Cody Moxley (@CJMoxley)
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WHO IS THAT: Coach and project manager for N1 Education, CISSN
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TITLE: When people say "you're just overcomplicating things", Setting reasonable goals + expectations, More sensation isn't always a good thing...
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TOPICS:
-Setting reasonable goals
-Managing expectations
-If having some flexibility is important...how flexible is too flexible?
-When does the pursuit of optimal have diminishing returns?
-Why are there people who have no idea what in the literal F they're doing but are still jacked?
-Stimulus vs. Sensation - How are they different and how can we identify accordingly
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Where to find Cody:
Instagram: @CJMoxley
N1 Courses
N1 Member Site
N1 IG: @N1.Education
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
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Love You
-JL
...more
52min
June 29, 202161: Q&A - Stim-free pre-workout, Benefits of failure training, Can you change your maintenance calories? How different grips affect muscles being worked, Low cal swaps that helped in my deficit...
Q&A 6.23.21
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Questions answered/Topics covered:
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Stim-free pre-workout: Why I love it
Benefits of training to failure
Low cal swaps that helped me in my deficit
Can you change your maintenance calories?
How different grips affect muscle's used
Fairlife ice cream
How to know if you need a rest day if you train every day?
How accurate are apple watches at determining your TDEE
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
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Love You
-JL
...more
43min
June 23, 202160: Q&A - Differences between strength + hypertrophy programs and adaptations, Glute Bridges vs Hip Thrusts, Rep ranges for hypertrophy, Should you stretch after your workouts for recovery? Running and lifting in the same program...
Q&A 6.23.21
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Questions/Topics:
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Strength vs Hypertrophy training - A brief description of differences in adaptations and programming
What's the difference between a Glute Bridge and a Hip Thrust
Should you be stretching after your workouts for recovery?
Can you run and lift in the same program? Things to think about...
Is it ok to use wider rep ranges like 6-12 vs things like 8-10 etc
How to make your split squats more quad dominant vs glute dominant
Does lifting raise inflammation?
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
---
Love You
-JL
...more
1min
June 16, 2021 59: Erin (@FoodScienceBabe) - Organic food myths, WTF are GMOs + should we care? Health halos, marketing terms to look out for, and the dangers of misinformation...
WHO: Erin (@FoodScienceBabe)
WHO IS THAT: Erin is a food scientist who has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. She's worked in the food industry for over a decade, both in the conventional and organic sectors. Erin combats misleading food claims online with her hashtag #factsnotfear to share the truth about agriculture, food marketing, and more.
TITLE: Organic food myths, WTF are GMOs + should we care? Health halos, marketing terms to look out for, and the dangers of misinformation...
TOPICS:
-What does "organic" mean?
-More nutritious?
-Better for the environment?
-What are GMOs?
-Should we be worried about them? How might they actually be helpful?
-What are Health Halos and how are they misleading and other marketing terms and how annoying they can be once you know better?
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Where to find Erin:
Instagram: @FoodScienceBabe
Facebook: @FoodScienceBabe
TikTok: @FoodScienceBabe
Patreon: FoodScienceBabe
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
---
Love You
-JL
...more
57min
June 10, 2021 58: Steve Hall (@ReviveStronger) - RIR, Training to Failure, Setting Up Your Mesocycle
In today's episode with Steve Hall of Revive Stronger we discuss everything you've ever wanted to know about Reps In Reserve (RIR)
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-What is it and how might it differ from RPE?
-Why you mighttttt not want to train to failure all the time
-Benefits and application of failure training
-Common misconceptions
-Setting up your mesocycle with RIR
-How to use your log book data to help you optimize results
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Where to find Steve:
Instagram: @ReviveStronger
Youtube: Revive Stronger
Podcast: Revive Stronger Podcast
Website: ReviveStronger.com
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Where to find me:
Instagram: @JordanLipsFitness
Youtube: Jordan Lips Fitness
Email: [email protected]
Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical
TikTok: @JordanLipsFitness
Website: JordanLipsFitness.com
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Apply for 1:1 Coaching HERE
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Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL
---
Love You
-JL
...more
1h 3min

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