The Breaking Muscle Podcast

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Increasing the ROI on Your Diet and Training with Eric Bach May 23, 2019

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Our guest for this episode is Eric Bach. Eric describes himself as a bacon, bourbon, coffee connoisseur, and overly invested sports fan. For a decade has helped high school, college, and pro athletes. Helps guys to build confident, strong, athletic bodies. Works both in-person and online.

Eric has tried all the industry BS gimmicks. Discovered they didn't work and has boiled his training down to the following motto… "Success lies in the relentless pursuit of the basics."

In the episode, we discuss the basics of building an athletic and aesthetic physique, the key muscle building habits you need to know, common mistakes most lifters are making, how fast you can realistically build muscle, and a whole bunch more.

If you enjoyed this podcast and took value from it, please rate and review to help us spread the word to motivate and inspire others to take their performance to the next level. For more podcasts like this, visit the Six Pack of Knowledge page.

Your host Tom MacCormick is a personal trainer and online coach whose goal is to be the curator of the greatest hypertrophy experts on the planet. If you are interested in working with Tom or finding out more about him then follow him on Instagram @tommaccormick or visit his website www.tommaccormick.com.

The Difference Between Discipline and Motivation with JC Deen May 23, 2019

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Our guest for this episode is JC Deen. JC has been involved in athletics for over a decade, and now works as a fitness consultant to fitness enthusiasts and athletes all across the globe.

He whips people into shape and helps them learn how to make fitness complement their lives, as opposed to ruling it.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of having a mentor. The psychology of achieving your goals. The lessons he learned getting ripped for the first time. How to develop positive habits and rituals, a surprising fact about his past, and a whole lot more.

The Number 1 Factor That Dictates If You Build Muscle, Strength, and Power May 23, 2019

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John Rusin is one of the fitness and sports performance industry's leading experts in the pain-free performance training model that blends the world of strength and conditioning with clinical movement based diagnostic medicine to provide the ultimate results based methods.

In this episode, we discuss, red flags that might be holding you back, the 6 foundational movement patterns and how to develop strength in them, how to bulletproof your body, and why strength is never a weakness.

Staying Open-Minded but, Sceptical to Achieve Elite Performance May 23, 2019

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Our guest for this episode is Dr. Andy Galpin. Andy is a tenured Professor in the Center for Sports Performance at CSU Fullerton. He is a pioneer in the field of human performance education and has his finger on the pulse of all the cutting-edge modalities you can use to level up in your athletic pursuits.

In this episode, we dive deep on all things muscle building. Andy channels both his inner-bro and inner-nerd to give you a host of golden nuggets you can take away and apply to improve your results.

Rekindling the Passion - Lessons from a World Champion Feb 28, 2019

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Our guest for this episode is Damian Lees. Damian is a Personal Trainer, Online Prep Coach, and WNBF Pro Natural Bodybuilder. He placed second at the world championships. In the interview, we go in-depth on how you can apply the principles and strategies he's learned, from years as a top-level competitive natural bodybuilder to your own training. These tips will help you to maximize your results.

We discuss the mistakes he's made in the past, how to balance family, work, and social life with elite performance, what holds people back from making the progress they are capable of, kitting out a home gym and much, much more!

Wolf Brigade and The Sect - Challenging the Orthodoxy Nov 27, 2018

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Strength & Conditioning "Truth and Consequences". A new guest each month, interviewed by Greg Walsh of Wolf Brigade. Mind over matter; Critical-thinking and accountability; Unconventional origins and philosophies; We will speak with and strive to reach those that embody each and all. Progressive, desirable demographics- by nature and nurture- often do not have three hours to listen to someone else's story when they are neck-deep in constructing their own. Our transmissions will be clear, brief, and honest; Concepts often left for dead in this modern age that will benefit from any breath of life they can get. This week Greg talks with Paul Roberts and CJ Mansfield of The Sect in Utah.

Building a Healthy Body, and Active Mind, and Strong Relationships Nov 27, 2018

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Dr. Wendy Walsh is a human behaviors expert. She teaches Health Psychology at California State University Channel Islands and speaks often about pro-aging (mental and physical wellness,) gender dynamics and relationship science. She is an award-winning television journalist, radio host, an influencer and brand ambassador. Time Magazine named her one of the Persons of the Year in 2017 for her work in helping to pave the way for the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.

In this latest edition of the Outliers podcast for Breaking Muscle, I am talking to Dr. Walsh primarily about the mental aspects of health answering the question of what does an actual healthy person look like in totality.

Although some people may appear healthy from the outside, in their physical appearance, Dr. Walsh talks about all the components of a healthy life. Healthy people treat their body a little bit like a temple as far as diet, exercise, sleep, but then psychologically they have good stress coping habits. They are able to do some mindfulness and find ways to be able to calm themselves so that stress and cortisol levels don't get the best of them. In addition, healthy people tend to have secure healthy relationships, both social relationships within the community and interpersonal one-on-one relationships.

There's a lot of great ideas and concepts to dig into here, dealing with isolation, infantile urges in our adult attachments, and general behaviors that sabotage our wellbeing. So, it's not just enough to be physically healthy, you need to be healthy in your mindfulness, and healthy in your relationships, whatever they may be.

Mastering Your Energy for True Health and Fitness Jul 09, 2018

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Brad Davidson talks to Daniel Tromello about helping people to overcome outdated fitness and nutrition advice, waking them up to the possibilities of a truly healthy life.

At the age of 33, coming off competing for the Olympics, Brad finds himself confronted with the news that he is diabetic. his thyroid has shut down and he has the testosterone levels of an 85-year old man. Basically, at the age of 33, Brad is facing andropause or male menopause.

As a high achieving athletic person, Brad begins to realize that stress is his biggest issue. And, not taking anything for granted, he starts to dig into everything, his training, his nutrition, his lab work, all in pursuit of finding a way out of his unlikely situation.

In his conversation here, Davidson covers everything from his approach to addressing the problems he sees in high achieving people and how his adaptations and methods can help anyone find the energy they seem to be missing, fire up their metabolism that has slowed down, and achieve a truly healthy, fit state of being.

For more on the host, Daniel Tromello

For more on the guest, Brad Davidson

The Soul of an Ultramarathoner Jun 20, 2018

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This July, Shannon Farar-Griefer will run her 8th Badwater. So far she has completed all seven of the previous 135-mile races and is the first woman in the world to double the Badwater and run 292 miles.

The 57-year old Farar-Griefer is a speaker, entrepreneur, author, and culinary chef, but she is also an ultramarathon trailblazer. When she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis ten years ago, she didn't let it slow her down. She believes ultra running and a healthy diet are her best medicine.

The engaging, bubbly personality belies the steel of a personality that tackles some of the most challenging races in the world. Here, she talks to Daniel Tromello about the joy of running, her success, and also the demands the sports makes of its athletes.

Farar-Griefer has a lot to say about fitness, diet, and achievement, all against the backdrop of physical and personal challenges that could, should, would keep anyone from even walking a few miles.

Focus to Slay Your Goals with David Essel Jun 05, 2018

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Celebrated author, counselor and motivational speaker, David Essel, talks about his life and his latest book, Focus.

David wants you not just to read his book but to do the work because he believes what we get out of life is what we focus our thoughts on, and just as importantly, what we focus our actions on, on a daily basis. In David's belief, what separates this book from other products on personal growth and motivation, is that he doesn't just look at what the mind is doing but the actions that we take, and their results, on a daily basis.

For 25 years David has used a variety of healing methods to help people release limiting beliefs regarding money, their bodies, love, addictions, a lack of self identity and more including cognitive behavioral therapy, emotional desensitization, amino acid therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique/Tapping, as well as the common practices of journal release, nutritional therapy, meditation, financial freedom methodology, and more.

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