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S3E2 - ”As a trainer, do you take the time to get to know your clients?”
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In this episode, I answer Austin's question about whether or not I take the time to get to know my clients on a personal level. Thanks for the question Austin! As always, feel free to message me or email me any podcast questions. You can reach me through these links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theodore.lim/ Website: https://www.theodoreli…
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S3E1- We’re Back! / Life Recap / Listener Questions
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We're back babyyyyyyyyy. In this episode, I recap life over the past year and address some listener questions about how my training mentality has changed over the years and how to deal with lulls in motivation after life events and injuries. It's good to be back!! Important Links from this Episode: Train with me in-person or online: https://www.the…
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S2E5 - Stoicism and Misc Notes
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In this episode, I share some quotes and notes from stoic philosophers Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca that have helped me in my personal development journey. I also share a few misc training and health notes that you may find helpful in your own journey. Enjoy! Important Links from this Episode: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Discourses and …
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S2E4 - Dr. Quiet and Dr. Happiness
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And just like that, we are wrapping up The Four Doctors series. This episode is all about Dr. Quiet and Dr. Happiness. The main questions to ask yourself are: What makes me happy? How often am I currently doing those things? In a perfect world, how often do I want to be doing those things? Enjoy! Important Links from this Episode: Train with me Onl…
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This episode is all about movement and training, figuring out how much movement you need daily in order to feel your best and what kind of movement that might look like. I also share the key principles that have guided my training and movement practices over the past decade and provide some key takeaways from each of those modalities. Important Lin…
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S2E2 - Dr. Diet (The 4 Doctors Series)
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This is part 1 of a 4-part series that will outline ‘The 4 Doctors’ as taught by Paul Chek. This episode will be all about Dr. Diet, how to figure out your individual needs, learn what works for you and learn how to listen to your body. By learning these things and putting them into practice, you will learn how to nourish yourself for optimal healt…
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S2E1 - Biggest Challenges and Lessons in 2020
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In this episode, I share my biggest challenges and lessons in 2020. This is the start of season 2 of the podcast and I plan to bring some awesome content your way this year. You can expect me to drop 2 episodes every month. Friday will be the day! Please feel free to message me if you have any comments, questions or topic suggestions. Thank you for…
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80 - How Many Days Should I Train? What Kind of Training is Best? Should I Strength Train or do Cardio?
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In this episode, I offer some questions to ask yourself and some insights for when it comes to deciding what kind of training you should be doing in order to achieve your goals. There are many different paths to the same destination and it’s important to find the path that will work the best for you. Please feel free to message me if you have any f…
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I’ve been away from the podcast for a few months now and I’m happy to be back! Please message me if you have any questions or topic suggestions and I will make it happen for you! Check the show notes for some awesome links too! Important Links from this Episode: Train with me In-Person - https://www.theodorelim.ca/in-person-training Train with me O…
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78 - Going For My First RUN / One-Arm Pushups / Free 15 Minute Calls
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In this episode, I share some thoughts after going for my FIRST RUN EVER. I also talk about how I achieved my first ever one-arm pushup last week. Lastly, I am now offering free 15 minute calls/video calls over Zoom to help you with any of your questions. The link to book a call is in the shownotes below! Important Links From This Episode Book a fr…
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77 - Training, Burpees and Books (Special 420 Episode)
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Show Notes: 3:00 - Virtual group training 5:00 - PRs and recovery 13:00 - Books I’m reading 23:00 - My stance on burpees 32:00 - Focus on the basics 36:00 - Snacking, step counts and food during quarantine Important Links From This Episode: Follow me on instagram - @theodore.lim Claim your FREE week of virtual group training - Sign Up Here Jailhous…
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76 - Focus on the Things You CAN Control
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Show Notes: In this episode, I share how I’m spending my time during this COVID-19 situation. I also encourage you to to take this as an opportunity to do the things that you’ve always wanted to do but maybe never made the time for. Hope you’re taking care of your physical, emotional and mental health during this time! Focus on what you can control…
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75 - COVID-19 / Cannabis / Yoga / Movement
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Show Notes: This is the COVID-19 edition of the Building Strength Podcast. Hope everyone is doing well, staying healthy and taking care of their physical and mental health. Sending lots of love!! Important Links from this Episode: Youtube Video: Theo’s Ultimate Upper Body Warm Up Guide Work with me in-person or online: www.theodorelim.ca/letswork F…
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74 - Working for a Gym vs. for Yourself / Pay Yourself First / Book Recommendations
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In this episode, I talk about the pros and cons of working for a gym versus working for yourself and how I got this point in my training career. I also share four book recommendations that you might find helpful. As always, thank you for listening! Important Links from this Episode: Work with me in-person or online: www.theodorelim.ca/letswork Foll…
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73 - Transitioning From Barbells to Kettlebells / Principles / Tracking Your Training
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“How has training and programming changed for you as you’ve transitioned from barbells to kettlebells?” Important Links from this Episode: Work with me in-person or online: www.theodorelim.ca/letswork Follow me on instagram: www.instagram.com/theodore.lim Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX1EGufoJwm6LXUTU0WNx9g Prog…
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72 - Decade in Review: Top 10 Lessons I Learned in the Last 10 Years
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71 - Q&A / Year 3 of The Building Strength Podcast
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Show Notes: 3:20 - Top 5 episodes of this podcast that you NEED to listen to 17:00 - What do you think about goal-setting, building rituals and resolutions? 28:00 - Home gym essentials on a budget 34:00 - How is it possible that I weigh the same but my stomach is getting bigger? 38:00 - The importance of slowing down in the gym Important Links from…
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70 - Strongfirst / SFG L1 Kettlebell Certification / My Prep and Experience
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Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 5:00 - The Start of my Kettlebell Journey 10:00 - Different Programs I Used to Prepare 14:00 - Strongfirst SFG L1 Technique and Snatch Test Standards 17:30 - 500 KB Swings / Day 23:00 - Learning How to Eat for Performance 25:00 - Hydration, Nasal Breathing, Hand Care, 28:00 - The Power of Visualization 35:00 - SFG L1 Kettle…
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69 - Coach D / Is a Calorie Deficit the Magic Pill You've Been Looking For?
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Show Timestamps: 2:30 - Lessons We’ve Learned From Leaning Out 13:00 - Defining Food Volume and Explaining it’s Importance 21:00 - Protein Intake MATTERS 26:30 - “Does a bigger calorie surplus equal faster muscle growth?” 36:00 - A Brief Technical Difficulty 39:00 - It’s a Long Term Game 42:00 - How to Calculate Your Maintenance Calories and Protei…
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68 - If You Ain't Tracking, You're Just Guessing
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Show Timestamps: 4:00 - Tracking our training, food intake, finances, sleep and biz performance 12:00 - Tracking your training 17:00 - Food 25:00 - $$ 38:00 - Quality sleep is key 40:00 - The more you do it, the better you will get at it Important Links from this Episode: Building Strength Podcast #50 - Personal Finance / Tracking Your Income and E…
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Show Timestamps: 2:00 - Self care 7:00 - Sleep is key 12:00 - Feels Important Links from this Episode: MBTI Test: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-testPar Theodore Lim
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66 - Meal Prep Guide for Lean Gains / Grocery Store Tips / Bonus Rant
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Show Timestamps: 3:00 - Sharing my Staple Meals 8:30 - Essential Tools for Efficient Meal Prepping 10:00 - Sharing my Meal Prep Recipes 18:00 - Nobody’s Perfect Rant 26:30 - Grocery Store Tips Important Links from this Episode: Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theodore.lim Book a Free Strategy Session: https://www.theodorelim.ca/letswork #…
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65 - How I'm Getting Leaner / How to Create a Mobility and Stretching Routine
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Show Timestamps: 1:00 - Intro 5:40 - Book Recommendations 12:00 - How I’m Getting Leaner 30:00 - How to Create a Mobility and Stretching Routine Important Links from this Episode: Book a Free Strategy Session: https://www.theodorelim.ca/letswork Where I listen to audiobooks: https://www.audible.ca/ Book Recommendations: The Four Agreements - Don Mi…
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#64 - Performing Well Outside of the Gym
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Show Timestamps: 1:00 - Making a positive impact 3:30 - Social media and it’s impact on our creativity 11:00 - Cellphone notifications 15:00 - Scheduling your dream week / timeblocking 27:00 - The Four F’s 31:00 - Current Journal Setup Important Links from this Episode: Work with Me: www.theodorelim.ca/letswork Follow and DM me on Instagram: www.in…
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#63 - Lessons Learned From Tracking Macros
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Show Timestamps: 1:00 - Intro 2:30 - Asking for your help :) 7:00 - Lessons learned from tracking macros 14:00 - Food volume is key 20:00 - Weight will fluctuate 27:00 - How to calculate your starting macros 37:00 - Business for Unicorns Important Links from this Episode: Work with Me: www.theodorelim.ca/letswork Follow me on Instagram: www.instagr…
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#62 - I Hired My Friend / Talking About Body Image
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Show Timestamps: 1:00 - Intro / Show Breakdown 5:00 - Theo’s 6-Week Nutrition Challenge 17:00 - Hiring my Good Friend, Coach D 23:00 - My Mental Health in May 28:00 - Breaking Down Body Image Important Links from this Episode: Work with Me: www.theodorelim.ca/letswork Work with Coach D: www.powerphysique.com Coach D’s Instagram: https://www.instagr…
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#61 - How to Work up to Heavy Weights Efficiently and Effectively
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Show Timestamps: 3:00 - Training for LIFE 8:00 - How to work up to heavy weights 12:00 - Tracking your training progress and why it’s so important to do so 16:30 - GRRRR Important Links from this Episode: Apply for In-Person or Online Coaching with Theo https://www.myodetoxperformance.com/Par Theodore Lim
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#60 - Kettlebells / Learning New Skills / Ladder Training
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Show Timestamps: 1:30 - April nutrition update 4:00 - My kettlebell journey so far 11:00 - Find the right information and pick a program to follow 17:00 - Ladder training 22:00 - 10,000 KB swing challenge by Dan John 29:00 - Adherence is key Important Links from this Episode: Apply for In-Person or Online Coaching with Theo #58 - On ‘Cheat Meals’, …
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#59 - Theo's Ultimate Guide to Handling Injuries
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Show Timestamps: 2:30 - My Injury History 6:20 - Theo’s Ultimate Guide to Handling Injuries 9:20 - Ask for help! 16:30 - Do the work 20:00 - Keep training 27:00 - Don’t make it worse 30:00 - Keep your mental game on point 33:00 - Learn from the injury 37:00 - Joint-by-joint model 44:00 - Conclusion Important Links from this Episode: Myodetox Websit…
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#58 - On 'Cheat Meals', Variety in Your Diet and Theo's Standards for a High Quality Meal
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Show Timestamps: 2:00 - My gameplan for April 3:30 - What is a high quality meal? 8:00 - It’s all about compliance and sustainability 14:00 - On cheat meals As always, thank you for listening! If you like what you hear, please share the podcast with a friend or two and drop a review on Itunes as well. You can learn more about me at my website -www.…
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#57 - Principles are Few, Methods are Many
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Show Timestamps: 1:00 - Prioritize and focus on principles - not methods 3:00 - Is a body part split more effective than push, pull, legs for gaining strength and mass? 10:00 - Training principles that I focus on for myself and my clients 17:00 - Nutrition principles 27:00 - Be adaptable and make changes when needed Important Links from this Episod…
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#56 - Breaking Down Soreness, Progressive Overload and the Central Nervous System
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In this episode, I answer one of my client’s question regarding training and soreness. She asked, “Should I be sore from my training? How do I know I’m making progress if I’m not sore?” This was a great question that opened up the conversation around whether or not soreness is the goal and how our CNS (central nervous system) plays a role in our pe…
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#55 - Theo's Favourite Exercises for Overall Health / Mastering the Basics / Introducing Movement Variability
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In this episode, I answer some questions regarding my favourite exercises for overall health and I share my philosophy and outlook on nutrition and movement variability and how that affects our performance inside and outside of the gym. I also share what I learned as a coach by having my clients push heavy ass sleds back and forth last week. Lastly…
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#54 - Q&A / Strength Training and Progress / Nutrient Timing and Supplements / Learning New Skills
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In this episode, I deep dive on a set of listener questions based on strength training, how to establish and work towards certain goals, nutrient timing, supplementation and learning new skills. I am trying out a new format for this podcast and I think this will be very beneficial for my listeners. If you have a question or multiple questions, plea…
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#53 - Managing Recovery to Optimize Performance in the Gym and in LIFE
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In this episode, I share how I recover from my training through proper programming, sleep and nutrition. I dive into the importance of sleep and how it affects my performance in the gym but more importantly - outside of the gym. I also talk about what I’m currently doing for my training and how I am managing my recovery throughout the week. These d…
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#52 - The Minimalists Guide to Meal Prep
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In this episode, I share my experience with meal prepping and what I’ve learned over the last 8 years. Over the last 8 years, I’ve teared down the process to make it as efficient and effective as possible. This episode is for those who are looking to shake up their meal prep process or even for those who are looking to start cooking for themselves …
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#51 - Building a Power Physique with Coach D
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In this episode, Coach D (@powerphysique) joins me and proceeds to drop knowledge bomb after knowledge bomb regarding training, coaching clients to successful transformations, how neurotyping has changed the way he trains and his biggest piece of advice for aspiring lifters and coaches. Do not sleep on this episode. I knew D was going to come on he…
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#50 - Personal Finance / Tracking your Income and Expenses / What I've Learned
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In this episode, I share what I’ve learned through the process of tracking my income and expenses and WHY I think it is so important to face your finances head on. I also share HOW I track my expenses on a daily, monthly and yearly basis. I know that it can be uncomfortable to talk about money but it needs to be done! I know, I know, money isn’t ev…
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#49 - How I Approach Setting New Goals
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In this episode, I share how I am approaching my goals for 2019 and how I decided on these items. By reflecting on what I did well and didn’t do well in 2018, what area of life I want to improve the most and what I need to do in order to do so, I was able to come up with a few big goals that I share in this episode. I also talk about the process of…
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#48 - Getting Burnt Out / Reflecting on 2018
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In this episode, I share what I’ve been working through over the last 4-8 weeks. I definitely got burnt out from working too much and not recovering enough from that workload. I’m feeling a lot better now and more ‘back to normal’ after taking some time off to reflect and recharge. I also talk about what I learned about myself through this rough pa…
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#47 - Attending the Strongfirst Kettlebell Course
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In this episode, I recap my experience taking the Strongfirst Kettlebell Course with Louka Kurcer. I travelled to Montreal to take this one day course because I needed someone to critique my technique with the KB moves. I got exactly that and much much more from this course and my time in Montreal. I also talk about what courses / certifications I’…
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#46 - Smith Machine vs. Free Weights / Full-Body Strength Training Template
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In this episode, I share my most recent fuck-ups just to show you that I am not as perfect and 'on it' as instagram stories might show you. I dive deep into whether or not we should be using the smith machine and how we can utilize it for maximum benefits. I also share my full-body strength training template and explain the simplest way that you ca…
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#45 - Education vs. Experience / How to Become Better?
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In this episode, I share with you why I think both education and experience are equally important when it comes to honing your craft. I also share my personal experiences regarding both and what has made the most impact for me in terms of becoming a better coach. As always, thank you for listening. If you like what you hear, please share the podcas…
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#44 - How to Cultivate your Physical and Mental Environment
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In this episode, I talk about how to cultivate your environment (both physical and mental) in order to improve your mental health. This is a very important topic that not a lot of people talk about and I want to shed some light on how I've been able to cultivate my own environment and how that has helped me grow as a person. As always, I am not per…
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#43 - How to Improve Front Squat Mobility / Why Every Athlete NEEDS to Strength Train / Dealing with Elbow Tendinitis
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In this episode, I share how to improve your front squat mobility, why strength training is so important for sport performance and injury prevention, how to deal with elbow tendinitis and some technique tips for the romanian deadlift. As always, thank you for listening. If you like what you hear, please share the podcast with a friend or two and dr…
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#42 - Low-Rep Training for Strength / Increase your Chinup Strength / Frequency, Volume and Intensity
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In this episode, I talk about approaching your strength training with intent and focus, the value of low-rep training for making insane strength gains and I share the format from a strength class at Myodetox Performance. As a bonus, I address the topic of frequency, volume and intensity and how to manipulate each factor to create the most realistic…
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#41 - Building Daily Habits to Achieve Your Goals [Q&A Session]
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In this episode, I answer your questions regarding habits, pre-workout fuel, motivation, supplements that I take (or don't), real estate and training barefoot. As always, thank you for listening. If you like what you hear, please share the podcast with a friend or two and drop a review on Itunes as well. You can learn more about me at my website - …
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#40 - Pavel Tsatsouline / Simple and Sinister / Grease The Groove
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In this episode I talk about Pavel Tsatsouline and what I've learned from him, the Simple and Sinister program that I'm currently running and I give a quick summary/analysis of a podcast that Pavel was featured on. This is my first time trying out a different format for the podcast so I'd appreciate any feedback you have. As always, thank you for l…
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#39 - Ten Minute Workouts / Working Around a Busy Schedule / Should I Run Every Day?
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In this week's episode, I answer these questions: I want to gain some muscle and shed some fat. I've been inactive for a while but I'm thinking of running every day. What do you think? How do I get my ab wheel rollouts stronger? I can't seem to go out all the way. What can I do to tone my legs at home? How many days should I train? How do you know …
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#38 - 12 Questions to Ask Yourself
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In this week's episode, I share with you 12 questions to ask yourself that a friend of mine shared with me. This was a very effective and enlightening self-discovery exercise and I think you will benefit from doing this. As always, thank you guys for listening. If you like what you hear, please share the podcast with a friend or two and drop a revi…
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