Optimise Your Body with Martin Silva

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Stop Training To Failure (Do This Instead For Muscle Mass) Sep 21, 2026

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Episode Description
Most people over 40 are overtraining, under-recovering, and following outdated gym advice that ruins their progress. In this episode, I break down why grinding out 15+ sets to absolute failure is slowing down your gains, and why dropping volume, training shy of failure, and focusing on mechanical tension is the smartest way to build muscle and optimise recovery as you get older.

Why Taking Testosterone Over 40 Isn't What You Think (Robert Breedlove) Sep 18, 2026

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How do you get ripped, optimize your hormones, and build peak physical performance over 40? In this episode, I sit down with Robert Breedlove host of the 'What Is Money?' podcast to break down his exact transformation from heavy-set powerlifter to single-digit body fat at age 40. We dive deep into TRT, anabolics, peptide stacks for gut rehab, breaking through fat loss plateaus, and why conventional wisdom around men's health gets it completely wrong.

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Why You're Gaining Fat Instead of Muscle (Fix This) Sep 13, 2026

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Description:
If you’re trying to build muscle but keep gaining more fat than you’d like, this episode is for you.

I break down the biggest nutrition and training mistakes people make when building, and how to gain muscle while keeping fat gain to a minimum.

Why Your All or Nothing Mindset Is Killing Your Health Sep 10, 2026

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In this episode I sit down with mental health consultant and mind coach Anthony Hartcher to talk about the all or nothing mindset and why it's quietly wrecking so many people's health.

We get into why our brains default to black and white thinking, how emotions drive behaviour more than we realise, and a simple tool you can use to stop reacting and start responding, especially in relationships and hard conversations.

Anthony also opens up about a major turning point in his own life, and what it taught him about letting go of labels and identities that no longer serve him. If you've ever felt stuck between all in or all off with your health, your work, or your relationships, this one's for you.

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Why Eating Less Is Stopping You From Building Muscle Sep 06, 2026

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Description:
In this episode, Martin breaks down why constant calorie restriction and cutting cycles are stopping you from building real muscle and ruining your metabolism. Learn the step-by-step blueprint to transition into a deliberate building phase, eat more food, track non-scale metrics, and optimize your metabolic rate for long-term physique transformation.

Stop Training For Muscle Mass (Do THIS To Get Jacked) Aug 30, 2026

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In this episode, strength icon and biomechanics expert Chris Duffin breaks down why traditional hypertrophy training and quick fixes often lead to plateaus, joint pain, and burnout. We discuss how to optimize neurological strength for maximum muscle gains, the truth about GLP-1s and TRT, and how to build long-term physical resilience without wrecking your body.

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Why Restricting Food Is Keeping You Fat (What I Did Instead) Aug 27, 2026

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Description of Episode:
Restriction is what kept Martin the fattest he's ever been, not lack of willpower. This episode breaks down the exact binge and restrict cycle that wrecked his body composition for months, including the gut problems it caused and the mindset shift that finally fixed it.

Learn the three keys that took him from constant sabotage to sitting at 12% body fat year round, and why eating to build beats eating to cut every time.

Build More Muscle, Get Leaner (Here's How) Aug 17, 2026

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Building more muscle could be the missing piece if you want to get leaner and stay lean long term. In this episode, I break down why being under-muscled makes fat loss harder, how eating more strategically can build your metabolism, and the exact approach I use with my clients.

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Eat More, Get Leaner (Here's How) Aug 11, 2026

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Philip Pape is a nutrition coach and host of the Wits & Weights Podcast with six years in the industry, known for his engineer's approach to fat loss and body recomposition. In this episode we get into why eating healthy isn't enough, the maintenance phase most people skip, and why building muscle fixes almost everything else.

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Wits & Weights Podcast | Ep 463:

Mini-Cuts and Mini-Bulks for Faster Body Recomp After 40

Wits & Weights Podcast | Ep 488:
How to Build More Muscle Lifting 3 Days a Week After 40 (Martin Silva)

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Why Your Muscle Gain Stalls After 35 (And How To Fix It) Aug 06, 2026

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Description:
If your muscle gain has stalled, this one's for you. Martin breaks down why building muscle gets harder after 35, and why it's not really about age, it's about still training like you're in your 20s.

He covers how many sets you actually need per week, why training to failure is holding most people back, and why your body can only recover or adapt, never both at once.

Plus how he uses resistance bands between sessions to speed up recovery, and why eating enough matters just as much as training.

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