In this episode, Robbie interviews Nicholas Smith, a fitness expert on how to get the absolute most out of your workouts and spend less time at the gym while making way more gains…
Show Notes:
Stronglifts, crossfit, HIIT, whats your workout routine and which is best?
The biggest enemy to any workout protocol… (02:40)
Things people do to hijack their results and slow them down without realizing it?
Have you seen the same people at your gym for the last 2 years and they look the same? Why is that? (04:00)
Can you out-train a bad diet? (05:00)
How to plan a workout effectively… (06:20)
What are SMART goals? (08:30)
Can you lose body fat and gain muscle simultaneously? (07:30)
Hack #1 – Understanding anatomy in order to… (09:20)
Hack #2 – How to avoid wasting a rep (12:30)
Hack #3 – What you need to focus on during a workout to double your muscle growth… (15:10)
What we can learn from CT Fletcher… (16:15)
Hack #4 – A stupidly easy technique that will make you much more sore while lifting less… (18:30)
Hack #5 – If you don’t do this, you become THAT guy in the gym (21:30)
Hack #6 – What you can bring to the gym to speed up your progress… (25:00)
How about diets? Should you do intermitent fasting, paleo, keto, carnivore, vegan, cleansing, etc… (26:30)
What happens to your body and brain during a fast… (27:15)
What is gluconeogenesis and why is it important to muscle growth… (29:30)
Should you do a cleanse?… (31:00)
What role hormones play with food and why it’s important to know… (33:00)
What might be going on with your body if you’re overweight.. (34:30)
What does testosterone do and why it’s important… (36:00)
What happens to women during menopause and why it’s relevant to this discussion… (38:00)
The crazy deformity that can occur when you take this (not Testosterone)… (40:00)
A story a short, stalky, poorly dressed guy who is now having orgies with “Boats N Hos”
Why do so many people sell supplements? (47:00)
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Really enjoyed this. There is so much misinformation about weight training and body building out there the easy tips prescribed here are critical.