Give it the Beanz

Episode 5: Q&A

In todays episode I answer a few of the questions asked from my Instagram story. A brief summary of questions discussed are below:

-Intra workout, cyclic dextrin vs other agents such as cyclic dextrin. If it is necessary, the physiological benefits of taking it, the reasons why we would want to use it and the psychological benefit. I also touch on peri workout nutrition and post workout food choices

-Initial diet plans and adjustments. I talk through the methods I use to come up with total calories and then adjustments I would make to that or output, along the client journey 

-I give my opinion on the hardest category to prep for and discuss what we should be informing clients of before the begin a prep

-I finish off by discussing how far we should push body weight up in an off season from category to category

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Episode 4: Guest interview with Luke Hoffman on Stress

In todays episode Luke and I discuss all things Stress related. From ways to cope with it, the effects on your training/recovery all the way to its impact on something as fragile as the menstrual cycle. A brief summary of todays podcast in order:

-A summary of Lukes journey, body building career and how himself and Calum built the brand itself to where it is today

-What exactly is stress and what is the bodies response to this

-The difference between sympathetic drive or parasympathetic drive mean? Which one do we want and when?

-High coritsol levels can be seen and the enemy of fat loss or muscle gain? Luke describes why this is the case and what we can do about it

-We discuss how high cortisol levels can impact recovery, sleep, digestion, mood and the Menstrual cycle 

-Real life ways people can manage stress, systems they can put in place and supplementation

-Lukes biggest lesson learnt in his career to date and advice for aspiring young coaches

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Episode 3: Guest interview with James Sutton on Biomechanics

In todays episode James shares his knowledge and expertise on all things biomechanics. We have tried to put this across in as basic, simple terms as we can for those who instantly dismiss it due to ‘fancy’ terminology being thrown around. Any coach/advanced lifter should be all ears.

A summary of things discussed:

-A brief summary of his journey, and the muscle mentors

-From a coaching the client perspective a description of the basic forces we need to be aware of when working with a complete beginner in the gym

-Resistance profile and strength curve are thrown about a lot. James describes both and how we can manipulate these to make training more effective

-How you would know what colour of  band to use to change the resistance profile of a machine 

-Exercise selection can be completely person dependant but there are often moves seen as ‘must do’ James summarises why a barbell squat might not be suited for an individual

-Cuffed work has become more and more popular, we discuss it’s popularity and it’s effectiveness vs similar moves

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Episode 2: Guest interview with Rob Whitfield: team_lrf

In todays episode Rob shares his insight and expertise on competition prep. Any aspiring competitor/coach will not want to miss this one. Here is a summary in order of all topics discussed:

-A summary of Robs body building career and how he built the brand itself to where it is today

 

-The the hardest class to prep clients for and why

 

-With there being so many different federations we delve deep into the different look some federations want vs others and also a scenario if you are doing multiple shows

-With an increasing number of bikini girls being put on PEDs by coaches, we discuss our thoughts on if it's to do with coaches being uneducated and where the trend is coming from

 

-We discuss a typical mens physique athlete journey in regards to PEDs they could use and why they would use them/changes they might make

 

-A review of Complete strength vs other supplements and what makes them different

-The biggest lesson Rob has learnt in his career to date

 

-Advise for aspiring coaches out there in the industry

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https://mygymsupps.com

 

Episode 1: Introduction, my journey, working with gen pop, training assisted vs natural

An introduction to myself, what the podcast will entail and a few answers to questions answered that were asked on instagram.

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