Muscle for Life

This episode is part of a weekly series that I have dubbed “Motivation Monday.” (Yes, I know, very creative of me. What can I say, I’m a genius…) Seriously though, the idea here is simple: Every Monday morning, I’m going to post a short and punchy episode that I hope gets you fired up to tackle the workouts, work, and everything else that you have planned for the week ahead. As we all know, it’s one thing to know what you want to do, but it’s something else altogether to actually make yourself do it, and I hope that this series gives you a jolt of inspiration, energy, and encouragement to get at it. So, if you like what you hear, then make sure to check back every Monday morning for the latest and greatest installment. Want to get my best advice on how to gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster? Sign up for my free newsletter! Click here: www.muscleforlife.com/signup/

Pre JYM is one of the most highly rated pre-workout supplements on the market today, and it’s no surprise why. It boasts a long list of active ingredients, it contains no proprietary blends, and its formulation appears to be backed by sound scientific research. It’s also quite similar to my pre-workout Pulse because both contain citrulline malate, betaine, and beta-alanine, so many people wonder how the two compare. So, how good is Pre JYM? Well, the short story is this: Pre JYM’s formulation is better than many other pre-workouts on the market. It contains several high-quality ingredients at clinically effective levels and will likely enhance your physical performance and mental alertness. That said, Pre JYM also contains ingredients that don’t make sense given the formulation, as well as ingredients that are included at suboptimal dosages. Pulse, on the other hand, contains fewer ingredients, but all are chosen for good reason and included at clinically effective levels. Thus, it’s likely to deliver more bo

If you ask the average gymgoer what single physical factor most affects muscle growth and fat loss, they would probably answer “testosterone levels.”And they’re right.Testosterone is certainly a primary hormonal driver of muscle growth. Research has shown that anabolic steroids, which drastically raise testosterone levels, given to even young, healthy men can induce muscle growth and fat loss without any exercise whatsoever.Thus, it would be fair to assume that the higher our testosterone levels are, the more muscle we build and the leaner we get, right?Well, this is where things get interesting. Let’s dive in. Want to get my best advice on how to gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster? Sign up for my free newsletter! Click here: https://www.muscleforlife.com/signup/

Blood flow restriction training is making waves of late. It sounds new. It sounds scientific. And some are saying it’s revolutionary. Well, it also smacks of artifice. Like it was contrived by marketers to sell the latest round of magazines, pills, and powders. And so if you’ve been skeptical, good. You should be. You see, the more time you spend educating yourself in the ways of muscle building, the more you become certain of one thing: If something sounds too good to be true — too easy, too effective, too innovative — it almost always is. Is that the case with blood flow restriction training? In this episode, Dr. Mike Zourdos is going to break it all down. He’s going to explain what blood flow restriction training is, how it’s supposed to increase muscle growth, what it’s best suited for, how to do it safely, and more. In case you’re not familiar with Dr. Zourdos, he’s an assistant professor of Exercise Science at Florida Atlantic University, published scientist, and competitive powerlifter, as well as the

If you dread the idea of “dieting,” I understand.Most diets feel more like punishment than self improvement. Instead of educating you on how the metabolism truly works and giving you the tools you need to manage it effectively, most diet “gurus” resort to fearmongering and food restriction instead.If you want to lose fat or build “lean muscle,” they say, you can kiss just about everything you like eating goodbye.Grains…anything containing gluten or sugar…high-glycemic carbs…red meat…processed foods…fruit…dairy…caloric beverages…granola…it’s all gotta go.All your toys. Throw all that shit into the fire. No pain no gain! Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion!Maybe you’re not up to this, you think. Maybe you’re not tough enough. You’ve always had trouble with willpower and dedication. Maybe abs aren’t really worth it.On the other hand, who knows, maybe all you need in life is chicken, eggs, and vegetables? Starving children in Africa have it much worse…Stop! Put the Kool-Aid down and slowly walk a

This episode is part of a weekly series that I have dubbed “Motivation Monday.” (Yes, I know, very creative of me. What can I say, I’m a genius…) Seriously though, the idea here is simple: Every Monday morning, I’m going to post a short and punchy episode that I hope gets you fired up to tackle the workouts, work, and everything else that you have planned for the week ahead. As we all know, it’s one thing to know what you want to do, but it’s something else altogether to actually make yourself do it, and I hope that this series gives you a jolt of inspiration, energy, and encouragement to get at it. So, if you like what you hear, then make sure to check back every Monday morning for the latest and greatest installment. Want to get my best advice on how to gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster? Sign up for my free newsletter! Click here: www.muscleforlife.com/signup/

If you’ve ever wondered what a day in the shoes of yours truly is like, and how I generally think about and approach my work and life on the whole...then you’re in for a serious disappointment because it’s probably not nearly as glamorous as you might think. Seriously though, this episode is actually an interview that I did with Dan Bradbury for his podcast, which is called The Business Growth Podcast, and I thought you all might find it interesting, so here it is. In this interview, Dan and I talk about some topics that are more important than ever right now, including what gets in the way of us realizing our full potentials, what my daily routine looks like, what books have most helped me in my career, what are my most important pieces of advice for people who want to grow their businesses, and more. Check it out and let me know what you think! 3:54 - How do you balance multiple businesses and family? 9:31 - What do you think gets in the way of people achieving their full potential? 18:39- What is driving y

Here’s an involable truth of nutrition science:If you eat more calories than you burn, you’ll gain weight.And the more calories you eat, the more weight you’ll gain, and the more of that weight is going to be fat. That begs the question, though.Is there a limit to how much fat you can gain in, say, a single day? Can 24 hours of uninhibited gluttony really lead to several pounds of fat gain, as some claim?Well, that’s what you’re going to learn in this episode.The truth is that you can gain a large amount of fat from a single day of bingeing, but it’s probably less than you think.By the end of this episode, you’ll know how your body stores fat, how much fat you can really gain in a single day, and how to minimize fat gain if you have your heart set on plundering the kitchen.Let’s jump right in. Want to get my best advice on how to gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster? Sign up for my free newsletter! Click here: https://www.muscleforlife.com/signup/

In this episode, I interview my buddy Adam from the Mind Pump team to talk about, well, things. Life things. Business things. Personal things. All kinds of things that I hope you, dear listener, find interesting. This interview is a departure from my normal routine of drilling deep down into one topic, because Adam and I go all over the place and share some of the hard lessons we’ve learned growing both as individuals and businesspeople. For example, we discuss the difficulties we’ve had managing people in our businesses (and Adam shares a couple great tips that helped him improve), how to spot and eliminate “toxic” people from your life, how to have the “hard” conversations necessary for moving your life and relationships ahead, and more. 5:01 - How long did it take for you to build your team? 12:58 - When did you realize you didn’t like managing people in a business? 21:55 - How do you make your podcast stand out in the health and fitness field? 52:59 - What were the childhood traumas that you had to overco

Once upon a time, I was stuck in a rut.Despite training 5 to 6 days per week, my weight wouldn’t budge…I couldn’t get stronger…and I hadn’t built any muscle to speak of in years.What is an aspiring little “shredder” to do?Well, I consulted the prestigious annals of broscience and quickly found the answer:Eat more protein. A metric f$%# ton, to be exact.   And so the great protein gluttony began. I double-scooped my protein shakes. I ate over a pound of meat per day. I popped hardboiled eggs like they were candy.I was a good little bodybuilder… with (thankfully) good little kidneys. Thanks mom! (Just kidding–high-protein diets aren’t bad for your kidneys.)Well, after a year of eating 400+ grams of protein per day… I had to face the facts.It wasn’t working.Despite all the gorging, I looked and weighed more or less the same and I was lifting more or less the same weights.Nothing had changed, really.Well…fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me…you can’t get fooled again!To my credit, I got wise, dramatical

This episode is part of a weekly series that I have dubbed “Motivation Monday.” (Yes, I know, very creative of me. What can I say, I’m a genius…) Seriously though, the idea here is simple: Every Monday morning, I’m going to post a short and punchy episode that I hope gets you fired up to tackle the workouts, work, and everything else that you have planned for the week ahead. As we all know, it’s one thing to know what you want to do, but it’s something else altogether to actually make yourself do it, and I hope that this series gives you a jolt of inspiration, energy, and encouragement to get at it. So, if you like what you hear, then make sure to check back every Monday morning for the latest and greatest installment. Want to get my best advice on how to gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster? Sign up for my free newsletter! Click here: www.muscleforlife.com/signup/

If you’re like, well, most everyone, you have at least a little bit of joint pain. Maybe it’s your shoulder, or your knee, or your hips, and maybe the pain comes and goes or maybe it lingers. Maybe you’ve tried things to sort it out like stretching, resistance training, foam rolling, anti-inflammatories, and natural supplements like glucosamine chondroitin, only to be disappointed. And now you’re looking for information on yet another supplement that promises to finally soothe your joint pain—collagen. Can it? Well, the long story short is yes, it absolutely can. As with all natural supplements, some work better for some people than others, but there is good scientific evidence that collagen can indeed reduce joint pain and inflammation and even benefit people with healthy joints. By the end of this episode, you’re going to know what collagen is, why people supplement with it, how it can improve your joint health, the best kind of collagen to take, and more. Let’s get to it. 4:26 - What is collagen? 5:26 - Wh

What would you rather have—a Rolex watch or more vascular arms, legs, and abs? If you chose the latter, I like you, and you’ve come to the right place. Because while I can’t help you get a shiny new Yachmaster, I’m going to show you exactly what you need to become the proud owner of some new skin-popping veins. And yes, you can get more vascular even if you’re genetically the “smoother” type, like me. If you’re worried that you’ll never get to admire the beauty of your vascular system, take heart. By the end of this episode, you’ll be on your way. Let’s get to it. Want to get my best advice on how to gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster? Sign up for my free newsletter! Click here: https://www.muscleforlife.com/signup/

Choosing a workout routine can be a daunting task. You have to decide how many days to train, which muscle groups to work on which days, which exercises to do, how many sets and reps to perform, how to program in progressive overload, and on and on. It’s no wonder that so many people find weightlifting overwhelming and confusing, and why they often choose the simplest option: full-body workouts. Most entail just a handful of exercises, don’t take too much time, and hit every major muscle group in the body, and popular strength training programs like Starting Strength, StrongLifts 5×5, and The Texas Method have conclusively proven that they produce results. Seems like a 360-degree win, right? Not necessarily. The long story short is you can build a great physique using full-body workouts, but you’re probably going to get faster and better results with a different approach. This is especially true if you’ve already been lifting weights for a bit, and in this episode, you’re going to learn why. By the end, you’r

It’s 6 AM and you trudge toward the bathroom like it’s the gallows.The cold winds of despair howl. Shadowy fingers clamp around your throat.Today you face judgement. Today is weigh-in day. You shuffle onto the scale and wait, like a deer gawking at the hunter’s rifle.The number flashes onto the screen. Not a number but the number. That same…damn…scowling…mocking…number.Why? Why the hell are you not losing weight?You’re doing everything right, you scream. You’re following all the rules! Your diet is “cleaner” than an operating room. Your “carbohydrate curfew” begins at 7 PM sharp. You’re cycling this and restricting that…for what?Well, I have good news for you: -You’re not genetically cursed.-Your metabolism is fine.-Your hormones aren’t conspiring to keep you fat.-You’re not eating too little of the “right” foods.-It’s not the carbohydrates, dairy, or artificial sweeteners, either.-The real reason you’re not losing weight is very simple. The solution is likely simple too.So say goodbye to weight loss “secre

This episode is part of a weekly series that I have dubbed “Motivation Monday.” (Yes, I know, very creative of me. What can I say, I’m a genius…) Seriously though, the idea here is simple: Every Monday morning, I’m going to post a short and punchy episode that I hope gets you fired up to tackle the workouts, work, and everything else that you have planned for the week ahead. As we all know, it’s one thing to know what you want to do, but it’s something else altogether to actually make yourself do it, and I hope that this series gives you a jolt of inspiration, energy, and encouragement to get at it. So, if you like what you hear, then make sure to check back every Monday morning for the latest and greatest installment. Want to get my best advice on how to gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster? Sign up for my free newsletter! Click here: www.muscleforlife.com/signup/

Every month or so I like to read a book that I hope will just make me a little smarter. Well, this is one of the better “make me smarter” books that I’ve read in a long time. It’s chock-full of simple but profound psychological, behavioral, and economic insights that will make you a better thinker and decision maker and help you avoid some of the more common cognitive pitfalls that lead people astray in their lives, and the arguments and examples presented in the book are exceptionally clear and orderly, which gives you a firsthand look at how a brilliant mind works—an ideal to strive toward in your own reasoning and analysis. This book is also a good read for anyone interested in becoming a better marketer, because great marketing ideas ultimately come from a deep understanding of human psychology and persuasion, from creative translations of observations about how people think and behave into commercial applications. One of the things that most struck me while reading this book is just how easily we can be

In this episode I interview Cassandra, who recently completed my 90 day coaching service. As you will hear, she had some pretty outstanding results. She lost about 25 pounds and 6% body fat while gaining strength on her key lifts in just 90 days. In this interview, she is going to share a bit of her back story. She is going to share with us what she had done previously and where it got her, what worked, what didn’t work, and how she found her way to me, my work, and my coaching service. She is also going to share some of the things she learned along the way. As with anything, you go in with a plan, but then you have to adjust. You have to adapt to what actually happens and what actually works and what doesn’t. In her case, she was running into a lot of morning hunger, so she talked with her coach to find the optimal meal timing, meal sizing, and meal composition. Specifically, she talks about how she ate her carbs throughout the day to stave off the hunger and ultimately stick to the plan and get the results

This episode is part of a weekly series that I have dubbed “Motivation Monday.” (Yes, I know, very creative of me. What can I say, I’m a genius…) Seriously though, the idea here is simple: Every Monday morning, I’m going to post a short and punchy episode that I hope gets you fired up to tackle the workouts, work, and everything else that you have planned for the week ahead. As we all know, it’s one thing to know what you want to do, but it’s something else altogether to actually make yourself do it, and I hope that this series gives you a jolt of inspiration, energy, and encouragement to get at it. So, if you like what you hear, then make sure to check back every Monday morning for the latest and greatest installment. Want to get my best advice on how to gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster? Sign up for my free newsletter! Click here: www.muscleforlife.com/signup/

You’re probably here because you want to gain muscle or lose fat faster and you’re wondering if estrogen blockers can help. You’ve probably also seen fantastical claims about what these drugs and supplements can do to your physique. You’re not alone. Thousands of others are searching about estrogen blockers every day, too, because they’ve heard the same blarney that brought you here. And in this episode, we’re going to get to the bottom of it all. Now, the war against estrogen is at a fever pitch these days because it’s riding on the coattails of its big brother, testosterone, which is also on a lot people’s minds. It’s common knowledge that raising your testosterone levels can help you gain muscle and strength and lose fat faster, which is why more and more people are snapping up testosterone booster supplements and signing up for testosterone replacement therapy. Most people also know that raising testosterone levels also raises estrogen levels, and that high estrogen levels is generally associated with hig