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#107 - How many meals per day should I be eating? with Craig McDonald Apr 13, 2022

Show notes

This podcast is another quick one where I’m joined by my cofounder of Nustrength, Craig. It’s a super short episode so you can absorb this information really quickly. Basically, we get asked the question - How many meals should I be eating per day? - all the time! So, we wanted to take this opportunity to answer this one.

In this episode, Craig and I discuss:

➡️Why context matters

➡️What we think is the ideal meal frequency - it's going to be different for everyone

➡️How your schedule plays into it

➡️How your blood sugar control plays a role

➡️Balancing macros

➡️Why being consistent matters the most

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SHOW NOTES

01:58 - Why context matters

03:51 - What we think is the ideal meal frequency - it's going to be different for everyone

05:39 - How your schedule plays into it

06:22 - How your blood sugar control plays a role

07:53 - Balancing macros

13:32 - Why being consistent matters the most

17:30 - Planning ahead

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#106 - The truth about Sugar and Diabetes with Isaac Pohlman Apr 11, 2022

Show notes

I’ve been dying to get Issac on the podcast! I highly recommend following him, he's a wealth on information and he is a type 1 diabetic.

Many women I speak to think that sugar causes diabetes and insulin resistance. So I thought it would be a great opportunity to get Isaac on to break down some of the misconceptions around sugar, diabetes and insulin resistance.

We cover:

➡️His story and background

➡️How Isaac found pro-metabolic eating

➡️The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes

➡️How stress contributes to poor health, diabetes and insulin resistance

➡️Why people think sugar causes diabetes

➡️How polyunsaturated fats interfere with carb/sugar metabolism

➡️Isaac's process with his diabetic clients

➡️What foods Isaac recommends to diabetics

➡️Why potassium is important

➡️The importance of balancing your meals

➡️Salt and its benefits

➡️How often Isaac takes insulin and what improvements he’s seen eating pro-metabolically

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SHOW NOTES

04:22 - Isaac Pohlman's story and background

06:42 - How Isaac found pro-metabolic eating

09:18 - The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes

13:30 - How stress contributes to poor health, diabetes and insulin resistance

15:44 - Why people think sugar causes diabetes

19:18 - How polyunsaturated fats interfere with carb/sugar metabolism

21:00 - Isaac's process with his diabetic clients

22:42 - What foods Isaac recommends to diabetics

25:23 - Why potassium is important

27:20 - The importance of balancing your meals

29:16 - Salt and its benefits

32:58 - How often Isaac takes insulin and what improvements he’s seen eating pro-metabolically

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#105 - Coming off Keto, fixing her cycle issues and changing her body composition with a Pro-metabolic approach with Renee McDonald Apr 06, 2022

Show notes

I love Renee. She is so awesome. Renee is actually 35 years old with 5 kids AND she works as a midwife. It’s really incredible how she’s managed everything. She started with our challenge, then entered the WinAtLife program.

Renee was one of those women who came and really applied herself. She had already been going to the gym 5 years prior to starting with us, but she had gone through all the diets, from low carb to keto and more. Renee says she would get great results and lose body fat but it was never sustainable and she would then have to do yet another challenge or diet. She also suffered from cycle issues and PMS and her doctor was trying to get her to take anti-depressants. She wanted to find a sustainable approach where she could change her body composition and fix her cycle issues.

Today, she’s been in our program for 12 months. In this episode, Renee and I chat about:

➡️Her chronic fatigue issues

➡️Symptoms she experienced on other diets and her keto stint

➡️Positive changes she’s seen in the program and how she's put on 3.5kgs of muscle training less

➡️Renee’s body composition changes and how people come up to her in the gym and ask if she is competing

➡️How she manages her time with the program, her 5 kids, and work as a midwife

➡️What it’s been like doing a program online

➡️Advice for women who have just started this journey or who are struggling to make progress

And more!

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SHOW NOTES

07:46 - Her chronic fatigue issues and the symptoms she experienced on other diets and her keto stint

11:07 - Positive changes she’s seen in the program and how she's put on 3.5kgs of muscle training less

15:26 - Renee’s body composition changes and how people come up to her in the gym and ask if she's competing

19:57 - How she manages her time with the program, her 5 kids, and work as a midwife

21:38 - What it’s been like doing a program online and is it worth it?

24:45 - Advice for women who have just started this journey or who are struggling to make progress

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#104 - Q & A with Danny Roddy Apr 04, 2022

Show notes

Danny Roddy and I jumped on the podcast to do a question-and-answer episode. I got heaps of questions for him from Instagram so we thought it only made sense to tackle them all in one go!

Danny has been living in Mexico off-grid. He provides a bit of an update on what he’s been up to during the first few minutes of this episode. Danny and I also chat about:

➡️Sugar and can it affect sleep

➡️Blood glucose and PCOS

➡️How to optimize testosterone

➡️Oat bran and why he has been having it daily

➡️What Danny typically eats in a day

➡️How to treat SIBO

➡️Sleep tips

➡️Amenorrhea and thyroid health

➡️The conflicting info about Vitamin D supplementation and his thoughts

And more!

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SHOW NOTES

6:16 - Why is there so much conflicting information about Vitamin D Supplementation?

08:30 - How stress affects your body

13:37 - Sugar and can it affect sleep

16:02 - What do you think about the croissant diet? Is it a good choice?

16:34 - Blood glucose and PCOS

17:35 - How to optimize testosterone for men

20:40 - Oat bran and why he has been having it daily

22:25 - What fruits work for males?

25:38 - What Danny typically eats in a day

34:08 - Tracking Food and why it's important

40:17 - Do you think topical progesterone on the scalp can help?

41: 15 - Do you think supplementing with B Vitamins can help with hair growth?

42:25 - How to treat SIBO

44:52 - Sleep tips

50:31 - Amenorrhea and thyroid health

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#103 - How many days per week should I be training? with Craig McDonald Mar 30, 2022

Show notes

I have my co-founder and partner, Craig McDonald, back on the podcast. I get heaps of questions around what the optimal amount of days to train is, so we thought we’d quickly jump on and do a short podcast about it.

In this episode, Craig and I discuss:

➡️How there isn’t an “ideal” number of days for everyone

➡️Why this number depends on what you can actually commit to and be consistent with

➡️Recovery and frequency of training

➡️Why volume plays a part

➡️Focusing on doing what you can

➡️Why it’s about consistency, not perfection

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SHOW NOTES

02:08 - How there isn’t an “ideal” number of days to train for everyone

03:52 - Why this number depends on what you can actually commit to and be consistent with

11:26 - Recovery and frequency of training

16:45 - Why it’s about consistency, not perfection

18:12 - Why volume plays a part

27:14 - Taking ownership

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#102 - The power of Breath Work with Jessica Patching Bunch Mar 28, 2022

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My friend, Libby Wescombe introduced me to breathwork, and I loved it. If you don't follow Libby, follow her she's super knowledgeable 💛 So, through this, I ended up connecting with Jess and we did a session together. Jess is a stress resilience coach (she has a few programs you can try if you’re interested!) and one of her specialties is breathwork.

As many of you likely already know, I was feeling so anxious over the last year when I was trying to fall pregnant. I’m in a much better place now but I found this such a relaxing practice. I do it right before I go to sleep, and it just calms my maniac brain right down 🤣 And now it’s just part of my routine!

In this episode, Jess and I chat about:

➡️What breathwork is exactly

➡️How it works

➡️How it helps manage stress and anxiety

➡️Mouth breathing vs nose breathing

➡️How much time you need for it

➡️The best times to use this technique

➡️How to do it

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SHOW NOTES

04:30 - Brief background of Jessica Patching

08:18 - What is breathwork

12:39 - How it works

15:47 - How it helps manage stress and anxiety

16:49 - Mouth breathing vs nose breathing

19:00 - How much time you need for it

21:03 - The best times to use this technique

24:08 - How to do it

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#101 - How to progress your weights with Craig McDonald Mar 23, 2022

Show notes

I have Craig, my partner at NuStrength and life partner, back on the podcast! We are following up from the last short snippet.

Last week, we talked about the ideal range to build muscle. If you haven’t listened to it, I’d go back and give that one a listen first. This week, we quickly discuss different ways you can progress your weights and the system Craig uses in our program.

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SHOW NOTES

1:14 - Quick recap about the last episode, "What is required to build muscle?"

5:28 - When is the appropriate time to add more weight?

9:48 - Recommended exercises for the first progression system

11:27 - Working in 2 different rep ranges

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#100 - Beating Menopausal symptoms and building a toned and athletic body at 54 with Lynne Saunders Mar 21, 2022

Show notes

Hit menopause and suffering from night sweats, mood swings and hot flashes? Just can't stand the thought of another low carb, low calorie diet to lose weight?

At 53 Lynn had spent 30 years cycling through quick fix diets. She could lose body fat if she restricted but it was never sustainable and she always put the weight back on + she suffered from menopausal symptoms.

In this episode, Lynn and I chat about:

➡️Her history with dieting and what she’s tried in the past

➡️Her menopausal issues prior to the program

➡️The disappearance of her hot flashes, fibroids, and more!

➡️How she lost 65 cms across all of her body measurements

➡️The type of foods she’s eating now and how many calories she's eating per day

➡️What she loves about the program

➡️The challenges she faced

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SHOW NOTES

03:19 - Winner for our 100th Podcast Episode comp

06:16 - Lynne's history with dieting and what she’s tried in the past

07:03 - Why she joined the program

08:00 - Her menopausal issues prior to the program

08:39 - The disappearance of her hot flashes, fibroids, and more!

10:16 - How she lost 65 cms and 4kgs

11:14 - The type of foods she’s eating now and how many calories she's eating per day

11:56 - What she loves about the program

12:31 - The challenges she faced

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#99 - What is the best rep range to build muscle with Craig McDonald Mar 16, 2022

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In this episode, I’m joined by my co-host and co-founder of NuStrength, Craig.

In this short and sweet episode Craig answers the question: What is the best rep range for building muscle?

Specifically Craig talks about:

➡️The ideal rep range to build muscle - the answer might surprise you

➡️What rep ranges Craig usually programs for our clients

➡️What mechanical tension is and why you need it to build muscle

➡️Why training close to muscular failure is important for building muscle

➡️How many sets per body part per week should you be doing to grow muscle

➡️Examples of training programs with this in mind

And more!

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SHOW NOTES

01:45 - The ideal rep range to build muscle

07:50 - What rep ranges Craig usually programs for our clients

11:00 - What mechanical tension is and why you need it to build muscle

14:28 - Why training close to muscular failure is important for building muscle

16:30 - How many sets per body part per week should you be doing to grow muscle

17:50 - Examples of training programs with this in mind

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#98 - Defending Sugar with Kate Deering Mar 14, 2022

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Kate Deering is the author of How to Heal Your Metabolism (if you haven’t already, definitely give it a read!). We recommend this book to all of our clients.

One of the big key topics in Kate’s book is sugar.

Sugar comes with so many misconceptions. Some people think sugar is poison, that it causes cancer, creates inflammation, and more. And I used to think the same thing; I wouldn’t even eat fruit because I was so brainwashed into thinking sugar was bad for me, but I didn’t understand why.

So, in this episode, Kate and I get to the bottom of it all. We chat about:

➡️The most common misconceptions about sugar

➡️What sugar is

➡️When it becomes a problem

➡️Nutrient-dense forms of sugar

➡️The sugar and cancer belief

➡️The truth about fructose

➡️Why context matters

➡️Diabetes, sugar, and stress

➡️Why removing nutrient dense sugars comes with a cost

➡️Does sugar deplete the body of nutrients?

➡️How to re-introduce sugar into your diet

And more!

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SHOW NOTES

05:43 - The most common misconceptions around sugar

07:24 - What is sugar?

08:30 - When it becomes a problem

10:19 - Nutrient-dense forms of sugar

15:08 - The sugar and cancer belief

18:00 - The truth about fructose

20:57 - Diabetes, sugar, and stress