Strength & Scotch: Get Fitter While Enjoying Life

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SS 295 - How to Keep Your Muscle When Running More Nov 17, 2020

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In this week's episode Grant and Heavey answer a question from listener Joe: How to keep your muscle when increasing running. Heavy shares his tips on strength training to maintain muscle mass as well as nutrition strategies to keep that hard-earned muscle. Grant also shares his new infatuation with gaba rice (germinated brown rice) and the boys discuss their favorite Thanksgiving dishes… and Grant's disgust of casseroles.

If you like Heavey's take on health and fitness be sure to subscribe to his weekly emails where he shares his favorite tips and tricks.

And if you enjoy nerding out on health and fitness with Coach Heavey, be sure to check out his main project, Evidence Based Athlete.

2:50 www.strengthandscotch.com/plus

3:15 Three whiskeys on the table

6:20 Hiding whiskey

6:37 Question from listener Joe: running without losing muscle

9:07 Running and muscle gains

10:05 How many days a week in the gym to maintain gains?

11:45 Prioritizing compound movements

13:15 Five categories of movements

15:53 Recommended rep schemes

19:00 Adding unilateral training

19:44 Nutrition for muscle sparing

21:47 Grant Guzzles

24:02 Gaba Rice (germinated brown rice)

30:31 Benefits of gaba

35:09 Preparation of foods affecting absorption

36:18 Shoot the Sh*t

39:50 Have to have stuffing

40:42 Worst mistake of my life

SS 294 - Staying Fit When Traveling Nov 03, 2020

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This week the boys are joined by Heavey's wife and Evidence Based Athlete Coach Nicole to chat about fitness and nutrition on the road. Heavey and Nicole have a dialed-in routine for road trip nutrition and training that has served them well both pre and during the pandemic. Tune in to hear their tips on maintaining fitness while limited on equipment and nutrition choices.

If you like Heavey's take on health and fitness be sure to subscribe to his weekly emails where he shares his favorite tips and tricks.

SS 293 - Exercising To Improve Your Mental Game Oct 20, 2020

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In this week's episode, Coach Heavey shares the research on exercise for improving cognitive function. What exercises are most effective for acute and long term mental acuity? Tune in to find out!

And if you enjoy nerding out on health and fitness with Coach Heavey, be sure to check out his main project, Evidence Based Athlete.

SS 292 - Case Study: Significant Fat Loss During COVID Oct 06, 2020

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This week on Strength and Scotch, Grant and Heavey are joined by Heavey's wife and head coach at Evidence Based Athlete, Coach Nicole.

Nicole shares a case study on a nutrition client, "Bobcat" who lost 45 pounds over the last 4 months. The trio discusses details on Bobcat's nutrition coaching as well as his home training program with minimal equipment.

And if you enjoy nerding out on health and fitness with Coach Heavey, be sure to check out his main project, Evidence Based Athlete.

SS 291 - Exercise Tech and Building Your Movement Stack Sep 22, 2020

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In this week's episode, Coach Heavey dives further into the concept of a movement pyramid, as a tech stack. In the words of Grant: "It's a good analogy, it's just really nerdy."

Tune in to build your own movement stack, learn about short vs long scotch fermentation and how chickweed might be your new favorite veggie.

If you like Heavey's take on health and fitness be sure to subscribe to his weekly emails where he shares his favorite tips and tricks.

And if you enjoy nerding out on health and fitness with Coach Heavey, be sure to check out his main project, Evidence Based Athlete.

SS 290 - What Movements Should You Be Prioritizing? Sep 08, 2020

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This week on Strength and Scotch, Heavy breaks down the movement pillar of health in a new way: revealing his pyramid of movement priorities. From low intensity foundations, to mobility, eustress and peaking at reach, find out how you can better optimize your movement for longevity. Grant also shares his 3 favorite summer cocktails and finally the show is wrapped up with a shoot the shit segment on current affairs.

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From members-only episodes, to the whiskey club and fitness group, there's a little something for everyone in Plus.

SS 289 - We're Back Baby… With Strength and Scotch Plus Aug 25, 2020

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We're back this week with an all-new episode of Strength and Scotch! The boys chat about how to safely return to training after a layoff or injury. They also share a big announcement:

The rollout of Strength and Scotch Plus: special bonus episodes, a whiskey club, monthly fitness challenges, and a mastermind braintrust.

Nutrition For Fat Loss (Best of Strength and Scotch) Aug 18, 2020

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With all the fad and extreme diets out there, can you guess which is the right one for you?

In this episode Grant and Heavey cover nutrition for fat loss. Listen in as they dish out the truth about fat loss nutrition.

If you like Heavey's take on health and fitness be sure to subscribe to his weekly emails where he shares his favorite tips and tricks.

How To Train for Size / How to Train for Strength (Best of Strength and Scotch) Aug 11, 2020

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In this episode, Grant and Heavey dive in depth about different training variables and how you can manipulate them for strength or size. Whether you're looking into building size or strength, this is a must-listen!

(This is part II of Grant and Heavey's discussion from episode 176)

If you like Heavey's take on health and fitness be sure to subscribe to his weekly emails where he shares his favorite tips and tricks.

How Fast Can You Lose Fat and Keep Your Muscle? (Best of Strength and Scotch) Aug 04, 2020

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Grant and Heavey tackle the best – and safest – rate for fat loss. They dish out information from studies to determine at what rate can fat loss and gaining strength under safe conditions be achieved. Is this something only athletes can do? Listen in to find out!

If you like Heavey's take on health and fitness be sure to subscribe to his weekly emails where he shares his favorite tips and tricks.

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