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10 Great Fitness Podcasts

Perhaps you often find yourself standing in the store waiting to purchase your Coke and Cheetos Puffs, when it hits you! Magazines slam you with perfectly chiseled bodies and tight buttocks. One glance at the Men’s/Women’s Health or Shape magazine is all it takes to make you instantly notice that button that’s about to burst on your brand-new pair of Levi’s.

Game face is now activated.

Whether you’re still in the game of making your New Year’s resolution a reality, or you’re just sick and tired of seeing that beer belly sagging lower than the base of your t-shirt, there’s one thing that’s very clear… a good workout routine is in order, and a good workout routine begins with the best information on how to begin your journey.

Where exactly do you start? Sure, there are boatloads of different websites you can surf, but doing too much research might stretch you in too many different directions. One website will recommend one workout, and then the next will taunt that workout method and argue why theirs is better! What you need is physical training knowledge that is both consistent and provides a plethora of high quality fitness information to the masses. Your best option is a great podcast. In this article, we’ll reveal the top 10 podcasts we believe to be the best in the business, and the reasons why.

Here we’ll include both workout podcasts as well as food & nutrition podcasts. As you can imagine, even religiously following a fitness workout will be futile in the face of junk food!

Top Fitness Podcast #1 -Bulletproof Radio

Well known for his infusion of butter and java and revolutionizing the way we drink coffee, host Dave Asprey also shares his knowledge on the topic of health and fitness. In fact, a tweak in his diet here and there is what caused him to lose 100 pounds. Harnessing the power of his experimental/experiential knowledge, Dave openly reveals every hack up his sleeve to his audience on how to lose weight as he did. The information he shares is also coupled with other authors and experts in the field, making for a well-refined podcast with much knowledge to gain, and nothing to lose (but pounds!).

Top Fitness Podcast #2 -Food for Fitness

If science and how it relates to fitness is down your alley, you’ve got to check this one out! In this podcast, Scott Baptie picks apart different workout methods and nutritional theories to provide you with the top-of-the-line, science-based fitness information around. In addition, Scott tackles various FAQs, while backing up his knowledge with research from other notable sports scientists and doctors.

Top Fitness Podcast #3 – Rich Roll

Perhaps you’re in the mood for gathering inspiration to begin your workout. In this podcast, Rich Roll (an ultramarathoner) has created a self-named podcast, in which he broadcasts conversations with others in the health and fitness field. This is a fantastic way to get a health and fitness from a variety of different standpoints.

Top Fitness Podcast #4 -No Meat Athlete Radio

The name of this podcast speaks for itself. Due to the immense rise in vegetarian and vegans, we thought many of you guys could use a dose of podcast fitness that involves meatless diets! Host Matt Frazier runs on plant fuel and has qualified for Boston and ran several other ultramarathons. Sharing his experienced struggles on being a serious runner on a no meat diet, Matt tackles many issues faced by others who are doing the same. Not interest in the veg diet? Not to worry, as Matt also reveals an immense amount of fitness knowledge that’s applicable to anyone shooting for higher fitness levels!

Top Fitness Podcast #5 -Mark Bell’s PowerCast

This podcast for all you bodybuilders out there who are striving to look like Greek god. Mark Bell is a professional powerlifter who shares his knowledge on how he’s gotten to his fitness level. Though, he doesn’t stop there. His weekly show also contains interviews with top performing athletes from a wide display of fitness backgrounds, from athletics to CrossFit. Mark Bell’s podcast is humorous in delivery yet filled to the brim in useful knowledge.

Top Fitness Podcast #6 -Hurdles

We thought we’d throw this in, because it contains a very unique approach to fitness. As the title of the podcast implies, this podcast is about those who started their fitness revolution after suffering through hurdles in life. Host Emily Abbate does a fantastic job in sharing her knowledge, stories of others, while beginning her podcast with how she began running as a frustrated freshman in college. This is a great podcast for those who are looking to overcome difficulties and using that fuel to not only get your body into the best shape of your life, but also to resolve difficult things in your life that you may be going through.

Top Fitness Podcast #7 -Get-Fit Guy

This podcast may be simple in name, but it’s jam packed with information related to health and fitness! Host Ben Greenfield is not only an Ironman triathlete, but also an all-round fitness expert. Sharing his knowledge on the latest research as well as including interviews with fitness experts, Ben paves the way to a healthy and fit lifestyle covering a vast array of subjects, including workout you can do on your own driveway!

Top Fitness Podcast #8 -All About Fitness

You guessed it… this podcast is all about fitness! For those of you who enjoy discovering the intricacies of body science, this is the perfect show for you. Not for the faint of heart, trainer Pete McCall delivers in-depth scientific knowledge about the inner workings of the body, ranging from the science of muscle development to detailed advantage of HIIT. If you’re an amateur to fitness, perhaps just dipping your toe in the water is the best thing to do by starting with his 15-minute episodes. As a cherry on top, Peter also includes various interviews with top nutritionists, researchers and scientists to gain even more of an insight into the body.

Top Fitness Podcast #9 -The Nutrition Diva’s Quick and Dirty Tips

Focused hard-core on the nutrition aspect of fitness, Monica Reinagel delivers exceptional information on dietary advice. What’s more? If you’re short on time, you can learn an impressive amount of nutritional knowledge in 10 minutes or less! Topics vary from what do to after overstuffing yourself during the holidays, to the effects of grains as a part of your diet, to discussions about types of milk. If you’re in the process of modifying your diet, this would be a great place to kickstart your diet-changing adventure.

Top Fitness Podcast #10 -The Fat-Burning Man

For those of you who love the Paleo diet, here’s a great podcast to add to that bucket list of yours. So how much of a fat-burning man is this guy? Host Abel James covers how he lost 20 pounds in a matter of 40 short days. This he credits to his Wild Diet. If you’re eager to transform your body in a relatively quick fashion (perhaps for that beach party coming up this Summer), then this is a podcast you’ll want to listen to.

So there you have it folks! A complete list of our top 10 podcasts for fitness. The days of flab are over, and it’s time for you to get up and turn every head your way as your stroll down your own red carpet into the hall of fitness. Hopefully these podcasts will pave the way to a healthy and fit you, enjoy!

 

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Gym Hero Pro Reviewed

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Gym Hero Pro is one of many training log apps that are available for your smart phone. I have used many of them and today I wanted to tell you my impressions of Gym Hero Pro.

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When you open the app you get the above screen. From here you can see your planned workouts, start a new workout, look at completed workouts, see progress photos, look at an exercise database, etc. It is a very useful opening screen that gets you to everything you need quickly and easily.

When you click “Begin Workout Now” you get the above screen. You can now begin a workout (if that's what you are doing) or you can plan a workout (something I always do in advance). When I click on schedule a workout I am presented with a date picker and I can select when I want to do this workout. The following screen allows me to either give my workout a name or if I've already put the same workout into Gym Hero Pro I can select it from this screen.

By selecting the name and hitting plan I am presented with the exercises for that workout. When entering exercises always be consistent with the naming because Gym Hero Pro also gives you a history on all your lifts. You want to keep that same name every workout so your history is accurate.

After clicking an exercise you are presented with the screen above. It enables you to track every set, rep and weight you move. It also shows you what you did the last time with this exercise (very helpful)

My Impression

It is not my intention to create a tutorial on Gym Hero Pro. I provided the above to get you familiar with the interface. Now I would like to give you my impressions of this app.

I love tracking my workouts and honestly feel it is essential for future progress. Gym Hero Pro makes it so easy to keep track of all my workouts. It helps me stay focused when I am at the gym. I am going to highlight just the features I find amazing here.

One very interesting aspect is Gym Hero Pro's ability to tell you the history of the last time you did a certain exercise. For my approach this makes it very easy to really challenge yourself each workout.

I personally use those previous numbers to progressively increase weight and reps. It works really well and it will focus you on what is most important.

Another cool feature is the rest timer. Swipe down from the top of the screen and a timer appears. You can use that to time your rest periods. It is awesome!

I highly recommend this app. Please note that I am not paid at all to do this review and I receive no money if yo choose to use the app.

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Revisiting Why I Like Budget Gyms

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Not that long ago I shared a rante on why I like budget gyms. I am revisiting those comments because I have slightly changed my opinion and wanted to share it here. Some people will not believe the things I am about to share, but I promise you they are completely true.

The Pro's of Budget Gyms

Today everything is so expensive and that includes gyms. To me this is the main reason to consider a budget gym. While price generally tells us the quality of what we are buying, that isn't always the case with gyms.

You can save a substantial amount of money by joining a budget gym.  I was paying $38.50 a month at a huge commercial gym, 24 Hour Fitness, and found that the equipment was constantly broken and yet my membership fees kept rising. When I had the chance to join Fitness 19 I took a careful look at what they offered. To me, the equipment offering was almost exactly what was offered at 24 Hour Fitness, but I was able to get an all club membership at Fitness 19 for just $12 a month.

The Con's of Budget Gyms

This is where you have to be very careful–your examination of the con's of budget gyms. Most people who lift know that Planet Fitness has a lunk meter that they set off when someone grunts, but I recently discovered that Chuze Fitness, a California and Arizona based gym chain, has a similar rule. I was on a tour of a Chuze location just yesterday and there was a sign on the wall that said:

If you are grunting you had better be giving birth!

I was simply amazed. At the same time, it didn't surprise me at all because with the available equipment, it wouldn't be necessary to grunt. They had no barbells in the entire place and the dumbbells went up to 70 lbs. and no higher.

Planet Fitness actually gives pizza out to members.

These two budget gyms, Planet Fitness and Chuze Fitness, both claim they do this to make the “normal person” more comfortable. I say that is a bunch of bull crap. They do it to be different. Beware of these things before you join.

On a side note, the Chuze Fitness I toured was the cleanest gym I have ever been in.

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Y3T Review Revisited

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Y3T is an amazing training program that I've used in the past. I actually did a review of it not long ago. Y3T is a program created by the Yoda, Neil Hill. It has been used by one of my favourite bodybuilders, Flex Lewis. The principles it contains really seem to work, but I will discuss all that later in this article and in further detail in another article.

Y3T is an extremely intense training program. It switches up rep ranges weekly to maximize your strength and size gains. Each cycle is 3 weeks in length and it is recommended you do 3 cycles. When I use it I go for 4 cycles because I like the neatness of a 12 week training program.

Week 1 of the 3 week cycle focuses on heavy compound movements with a low rep range. Week 2 focuses on compound movements and isolation movements with a slightly higher rep range and slightly lighter weights. Week 3 takes you to complete muscle failure with a very high rep range.

Y3T is a unique multi-dimensional program that hits every aspect of the muscle in a short period of time. Another focus is to stretch the fascia of the muscle and the connective tissues. By only lifting heavy once every 3 weeks you get the benefits of lifting heavy without the fear of injuring your joints.

I found the Y3T program highly effective. It was one of my most successful training programs where I saw the most changes in my body. It is the type of program you go back to all the time to see even more gains. I love to train with mass intensity, so this was the perfect program for me. I suggest you give this a try. You will be very happy with the gains you make.

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Bad Bodybuilding Information

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Bad information is so prevalent in the bodybuilding and fitness industry. Sometimes it is quite obvious while other times it is not. The following 3 points are aimed at teaching you how to avoid bad information.

Bad Information Disguised as Expertise

Many times an expert will use their reputation to put out a money making idea. Often they don't take care to insure that it is not bad information. People flock to their site and buy because of their name. They disguise the bad information as expertise. Always take the time to compare the information you are given with previous teachings by the expert. Use your brain. Don't be duped into buying things just because someone “big” is behind it. That is simply a recipe for disaster.

Bad Information Disguised as Innovation

 

At times people present their ideas as innovative. I've seen things like the popcorn diet or the all fruit diet that make some fantastic claims. The do so based on the fact that their idea is “innovative” yet they fail to show you any scientific evidence to support what they are presenting. Just because something hasn't been presented before doesn't make it innovative. Be careful with new ideas. Bodybuilders have been doing their thing for many years and the approach really hasn't changed much.

Bad Information Disguised as Minor Modifications

Many times an old idea will get a remodel. This is one I carefully scrutinize because I know the old system well and what it can and can't do. I analyze what the new changes are and how they would help or hurt the old system. I conduct my own experiments. That's the key. Check things out to see if they really do work. Bad information will hide behind many things, but if you keep your eyes open you will be able to vet it and not be fooled.

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