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If you want to know how to build muscle, lose fat, and be healthier, happier, and wiser…faster than you ever thought possible…then this podcast is for you. Hosted by the bestselling author and entrepreneur, Mike Matthews, each episode gives you simple, science-based know-how and inspiration that will help you build your best body and life ever.
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If you want to know what testosterone is, how it affects your body, what will and won’t increase your body’s natural testosterone production, and what you can expect in terms of bottom-line results, then you want to listen to this podcast.
Here’s a little sneak peek of what you’re going to learn in this episode:
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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 like biographies and outstanding research and writing, and if you want to read one of the greatest rags-to-riches stories of all time, then you want to read this book.
It is, hands down, one of the best biographies I’ve ever read.
What struck me first about Rockefeller was his relentless work ethic, indomitable spirit, and unwavering self-assurance. Much like history’s great military conquerors, he was ferociously competitive, hated losing, and not only thought big but did big.
I love reading about these types of people because it makes you reflect on what you’re truly capable of and willing to do and endure to realize those ambitions. I wholeheartedly believe that every one of us can be, do, and have so much more than we presently believe, and that half of the battle is just learning to get out of our own ways.
If you’d like to walk in the shoes of one of history’s most brilliant, powerful, and ruthless businesspeople and see what you can learn, then you want to read this book.
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This time I’m going to make a bit of a case for “clean eating” because I think it doesn’t deserve all the ridicule that it gets online, and especially among the “cool crowd” that love to showcase not only how good their bodies look but also how heinous their diets are.
I don’t know about you, but if I had to choose between the diet of your average clean eater that thinks sugar makes you fat and gluten causes leaky gut and the diet of your average IIFYMer that doesn’t like to waste calories on nutritious foods like fruit and vegetables, I’ll take the former every time, and I’ll explain why in this episode.
I’m also going to talk about a style of dieting that gives us the best of both worlds -- the quality of clean eating and the adaptability of flexible dieting -- something that I’ve dubbed “flexible clean eating.”
I know, very creative of me.
This style of dieting is perfect for improving not just your body composition but your health and vitality, as well. It also makes you a better intuitive eater and helps you develop a healthier relationship with food, which ultimately makes it easier to a lean, muscular physique without having to count and track everything that you eat.
4:10 - Why is the rejection of "clean eating" a bad idea?
4:54 - Is body composition an indicator of health?
5:50 - What does a smart flexible dieter's meal plan look like?
6:40 - What are the benefits of a nutritious diet?
7:54 - What's the problem with highly-processed food?
11:39 - How can you develop a healthy relationship with food?
12:48 - Are you better off with a "clean eating" style of dieting?
13:40 - What's the best way to eat?
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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 have entrepreneurial ambitions of any kind, then you need to read this book.
It will teach you one of the most important lessons you can learn if you want to build and own a business, not just have another job: systematization.
In other words, if you want to build a business that serves you and your lifestyle–instead of the other way around–then you need to learn how to make it dependent on systems and not people.
This is especially true if you also want a business that can scale.
And that’s the focus of this book.
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In this podcast, I’m going solo to talk about ketogenic dieting because it’s getting more and more hype these days for losing fat, gaining muscle, and improving general health and well-being.
The question, of course, is whether or not it can live up to its reputation, and as you’ll see, my current answer is no, it can’t. I’ve done quite a bit of research on it, and my take is that keto dieting makes sense for certain people under certain conditions, but these people are in the minority, and you’re probably not one of them.
Here are a few of the things you’re going to learn in this episode...
3:17 - Why does fasting suppress epileptic seizures?
4:09 - What is the purpose of the ketogenic diet?
5:21 - How does the ketogenic diet work?
6:33 - Does keto help you lose weight faster than traditional dieting?
14:05 - Does keto help muscle building?
21:35 - What about studies showing that low-carb is better for gaining muscle and strength?
25:50 - Does keto dieting have health benefits?
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In this episode I interview Dr. Cate Shanahan, who’s an author, physician, and nutritional consultant for professional sports teams like the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets.
Cate has been studying the relationship between diet and health and wellbeing for a long time now and recently published a book on the matter called Deep Nutrition, and I wanted to get her on the show because of how many people in the fitness space have little regard for the nutritional quality of their diets.
Thanks to the rising popularity of flexible dieting, more and more people are realizing that they can more or less eat like shit and still be lean and muscular, which is why you see the social mediaz full of such people boasting about how much crap they can “fit into their macros” while still having abs, as if it’s some sort of “lifehack” or dietary achievement.
Well, what they’re failing to realize that our bodies need a lot more than just “macros” to function optimally and stay healthy and, ultimately, disease-free over the long-term. And I don’t know about you, but I’m more interested in making sure that Future Me is healthy and vital than pleasing Current Me with mountains of junk food delights.
So, that’s the topic of the discussion that I had with Dr. Shanahan. In it, she shares quite a few insights on how our food choices affect our physical and mental health and performance for better or worse, including...
5:41 - What is the concept of deep nutrition?
7:00 - How much do lifestyle choices contribute to diseases? Can you offset poor dietary choices with exercise?
9:26 - What are the effects of processed foods on your body? How does it affect your metabolism and energy?
20:40 Can you manipulate your macros for maximum muscle gains?
22:41 - What is epigenetics?
33:09 - Does a high carb diet benefit training?
43:51 - What are the common types of vegetable oils and why are they bad for you?
47:41 - What are some common foods that are rich in vegetable oils?
51:35 - What are some dietary changes people can start on today?
57:12 - How can people connect with you and follow your work?
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If you’ve been kicking around gyms for a while now, you’ve probably noticed that steroid use is becoming more and more common.
Just here in the U.S., at least a million guys and gals of all ages turn to the sauce every year to get bigger, leaner, and stronger faster, and these numbers only seem to be going up with time.
This isn’t surprising, really, considering how many juiced guys and gals dominate the fitness social media scene, how much of a difference the right drugs can make, and how easy it is to get your hands on anabolics (you can buy ‘em on Amazon, FFS…).
And so I’m asked about steroids. A lot. And so I thought I’d make a podcast to answer the questions that I get most, like…
5:02 - What do I think about people on steroids?
6:27 - Are there good and bad reasons to take steroids?
19:30 - Why am I not on steroids?
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In this episode I have Mr. Eric Helms back on the show, as promised a bit ago, to talk about how to “bulk” properly. In other words, how to gain as much muscle and as little fat as possible.
In case you don’t know Eric, he’s a member of the 3DMJ coaching team and is himself a professional natural bodybuilder and strength athlete, as well as an author and credentialed scientist with a number of peer-reviewed papers under his belt.
I’ve referenced his work quite frequently in my own writing, so it’s a pleasure to interview him and pick his brain about the science of making gains. This time we’re talking about how to gain muscle quickly without just getting fat.
As you probably know, some fat gain is inevitable during a proper bulk, but most people make a handful of common mistakes that not only sabotage their efforts to gain muscle but set them up for a long, grueling post-bulk cut that, in many cases, more or less wipes out the progress they made.
The good news, though, is when you know what you’re doing, you can gain significant amounts of muscle without gaining large amounts of body fat, and it’s not as hard as many people think.
Eric breaks it all down in this interview, where he explains the big mistakes that many people make and then the simple science of making “lean gains.”
So if you want to know how to gain strength and size without packing on pounds of fat, you definitely need to listen to the interview.
Here it is...
5:34 - What are some of the common mistakes people do when trying to gain muscle and strength?
8:57 - Can you keep your body fat at a specific percentage and still gain muscle?
11:13 - What is your advice on mini bulk cycles?
17:05 - What are the common training mistakes when bulking?
25:40 - What is the proper diet and nutrition when bulking?
39:50 - What are the common diet mistakes when eating at restaurants?
46:00 - How do things change on the training side when bulking?
50:50 - Are there any differences in exercise selection when programming a cut verses a bulk?
1:00:46 - What supplements do you recommend for strength and muscle mass?
1:09:29 - How can people connect with you and find your work?
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