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If you’re like most women, you want a very specific type of body.
You want to look toned but not “bulky.”
You want to be lean but not scrawny.
You want the right lines and curves in all of the right places, like your legs, abs, and butt.
Well, you can have all of these things–the whole package–no matter your current condition, genetics, or exercise history. You don’t have to live in the gym or eat like a bird, either.
It’s pretty simple, really. All you have to do is…
Add enough muscle to the right parts of your body.
Reduce your body fat percentage to ~20%.
That’s it.
Do that, and you’ll have the body of your dreams. I guarantee it. And in this episode, we’re going to focus on number one: gaining muscle.
Specifically, we’re going to explore the subject of female muscle growth and dispel myths (like the idea that women simply can’t gain muscle effectively, or shouldn’t), establish scientific facts about building a female physique, and lay out simple, practical guidelines that you can implement immediately.
So, if you want to know how fast women can gain muscle and how to put it in the “right” spots to get the look that you want, then you want to listen to today’s episode.
3:10 - Why can't women build muscle as effectively as men?
5:10 - Why are women rarely as big as guys?
5:34 - Does lifting weights make women bulky?
8:18 - Should women tone instead of gaining muscle?
10:13 - How can women gain muscle?
23:25 - What are the best workout routines for women to gain muscle?
26:52 - Will taking supplements help build a great physique?
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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.
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If you haven’t read much in the way of self-help/personal development and want to learn some simple but powerful lessons on optimism, positivity, goal setting, and creativity, then you want to read this book.
There are two distinct types of self-help books: the analytical, “left-brain” books that offer science-based actions and formulas for betterment, and the whimsical, “right-brain” books that are more like fireside chats with wise old mentors who have illuminating experiences and stories to share.
This book is the latter, and one of the better ones of this type that I’ve read (and I tend to not like these types of books).
I don’t want to oversell it and put your expectations too high, but I’m recommending it because quite a few of its key ideas are spot-on and actually validated by science. Most of them probably qualify as common sense, but the same can be said of most things that make for good living.
The trick isn’t just understanding these ideas intellectually but internalizing and organizing our lives around them, the initial impetus to do this often comes down to timing and delivery.
You can come across an idea that, if accepted and acted upon, would completely change your life, but if you’re not ready to accept it or if it isn’t communicated persuasively enough, you won’t give it a second thought. On the other hand, if it’s communicated at just the right time and in just the right way, it can ring you like a bell and motivate you to get into action and transform your very being.
I can’t promise this book is going to do that for you, but it is a book that has that potential, and that’s why it has sold millions of copies and continues to top bestseller charts today.
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In this episode, I have another chat with my friend Noah Kagan on the psychology of getting and staying in shape.
In case you didn’t catch the last episode, here’s a little primer on Noah: he was the 30th employee at Facebook and the Director of Marketing for Mint, and is the founder of Sumo.com and AppSumo.com, and he happens to be an all-around neat dude with interesting ideas about a lot of things.
In this show, Noah and I talk about how to deal with some of the common psychological obstacles and difficulties that keep people from getting the body they really want, and we go all over the place, ranging from Noah’s experiences purposely gaining and losing 40 pounds to my thoughts on how to make training more fun and a lot more.
Here’s a little sneak peek of what you’ll find in today’s episode:
- How people talk themselves out of getting into shape.
- How to immediately make your diet and training more enjoyable.
- An easy way to motivate yourself to do new things.
- How to use your behaviors to shape your attitudes (not the other way around).
- And more…
4:05 - What is the psychology behind people who do and do not want to become fit?
8:40 - How can people adjust their mentality to make training fun?
19:03 - What personal experience triggered you to get into health & fitness?
34:03 - How can we create "free" workouts and what are the positive behavioral effects behind habit?
39:15 - What's the psychology behind how our behavior effects our belief
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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.
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If you spend any time on Instagram, you can’t help but run into pretty girls promoting the miracles of “detox” teas.
You know…
In fact, many of these fitnessistas swear that they’ve never looked or felt better since starting their detox tea regimens.
They’re not alone, either.
Celebrity endorsements abound, and they’re flanked by countless before-and-after shots of everyday folk losing 20, 30, even 40+ pounds in just a matter of months.
Thus, it’s no surprise that detox teas are more popular than ever.
The promise of losing fat, looking sexier, and feeling better by just gulping down some mildly appetizing liquids is just too alluring for many to resist.
It also smacks of “too good to be true,” and as you’re going to learn in this episode, there’s more to the detox tea story. A lot more.
The reality is detox tea “cleanses” can help you lose weight, but not because of the tea, and not not safely and healthily. In fact, you’d be better off just starving yourself and drinking plenty of water.
Ironically, the name “detox tea” is itself misleading because not a single one of these beverages “detox” your body.
In this episode, you’ll learn what detox tea really is, why “teatoxing” is an unhealthy way to lose weight and what you should do instead.
3:18 - What is detox tea?
4:36 - Can you lose weight with detox teas?
10:16 - What are toxins and how does our body process them?
12:39 - What else can assist your body's natural detoxification?
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In this episode, I have a meandering conversation with my friend Noah Kagan about various things related to book marketing, productivity, and fitness.
In case you don’t know Noah, he was the 30th employee at Facebook, the Director of Marketing for Mint, the founder of Sumo.com and AppSumo.com, and an all-around neat dude with interesting ideas about a lot of things.
In this episode, Noah and I talk book creation and marketing and how I plan to go from where I am--about 1 million books sold--to 5+ million sold in the next few years, as well as various strategies for getting in shape and staying productive, including intermittent fasting, how to stay excited about working out, and how to organize your environment to make it easier to stay in shape, and more.
Click the play button below to listen and let me know what you think!
3:10 - What is your writing process?
13:44 - What separates you from other health coaches?
16:30 - Do cheat days and binge eating work or does it reverse the effects of working out?
19:16 - What is a good way of incorporating fasting?
27:10 - What's the last thing you've changed in your diet and nutrition?
31:25 - What is sleep efficiency?
36:51 - How do you make your book stand out in the health & fitness space?
41:10 - After receiving feedback, what changes did you make to your original book?
42:27 - What surprises you during the interview process for your upcoming book?
44:09 - What are some of the questions you asked people in preparation for your new book?
46:04 - How do you not get bored with dieting and working out?
52:47 - What is the mentality behind training and exercise? How does this mentality improve your life?
57:01 - How do we delegate what tasks should be given to other employees? What tasks should a CEO have?
1:02:54 - Do you prefer to workout alone or with someone?
1:04:17 - How do you enjoy your time at the gym and make it a second home?
1:07:37 - When's the last time you had a major change of environment that positively affected your life?
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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.
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If you want a detailed and practical overview of the science of optimizing your mental and physical performance, then you’re going to like this book.
It explores three primary topics–how to use stress and recovery to stimulate progress and growth, how to prime and prepare yourself for optimal performance, and how to tap into the power of purpose–and is packed full of insights and practical takeaways.
I’ve read quite a bit in this space already and so didn’t find much in Peak Performance that I hadn’t come across elsewhere, but I did enjoy it nonetheless. It’s a well-organized and well-presented review of the performance literature, and is written in a breezy, conversational style that makes for effortless reading.
I particularly liked the procedure for finding and formulating a purpose, whether for an individual project or your entire life. It emphasizes transcending yourself and identifying core values and fundamental beliefs, which I believe is spot on, because while they may be worshipped in today’s culture, self-interest and acquisitiveness are, in the end, incredibly unfulfilling and demotivating. You can only spend so much living for yourself and accumulating money and things before your soul yearns for something deeper and more meaningful. And you can only ignore this for so long before it hollows you out.
The right path, the authors argue, is in the opposite direction–the dedication of yourself to a course greater than you, and in focusing on becoming the person that you want to be as opposed to having the things that you want to have.
This isn’t news, of course–high-achievers and thinkers of all stripes have been saying it for millennia–but it will always bear repeating because sometimes you have to hear something multiple times or at the right time before you really take it to heart.
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The new documentary What the Health is causing quite the stir these days.
According to some people, it’s the nail in the coffin for omnivorous eating, conclusively proving that animal products have disastrous effects on your health and the environment.
Others scoff at such claims, dismissing the movie as vegan propaganda meant to shock and scare people into changing their ways.
Every day I hear from at least a few people who are surprised, concerned, or skeptical about what’s presented in the film and want my take, and so this is an episode I’ve owed you for a little while now.
Well, here’s the long story short:
What the Health makes some very good points, and all-in-all, will probably help many people make healthier eating choices. Unfortunately, it’s also riddled with factual errors, misrepresentations and oversimplifications, and outright fabrications.
I’m going to break it all down in this episode and directly address a number of questions that you probably have after watching the film, including…
By the end of this episode, you’re going to know what What the Health got right, what it got wrong, and what science actually says about eating animal products.
5:18 - Is protein deficiency possible?
8:07 - Is all meat bad for you?
12:12 - Does dairy increase the risk of cancer?
14:11 - Are eggs as harmful to the body as cigarettes?
15:35 - Is all animal farming cruel and bad for the environment?
17:47 - Does dietary fat cause diabetes?
21:28 - Is veganism the only diet for long term health and vitality?
22:52 - What did What The Health get right?
28:00 - How do you build muscle and lose fat on a vegan diet?
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