The Mind Muscle Connection

What To Do If You Overshot Your Building Phase | Ep 788

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Gaining more weight than you planned during a building phase doesn’t mean you have to jump straight back into a fat loss p

Why You Feel Like You Need To Fat Loss Diet Year Round | Ep 787

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! If you feel like you have to be in a fat loss phase all year to stay in shape, your building phases are probably the probl

How to Know When to End a Building Phase, Back Training & More w/ Aaron Straker | Ep. 786

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Aaron Straker, founder of Straker Nutrition Co. and co-host of the Eat Train Prosper Podcast with Bryan Boorstein, is back

Do You Need to Eat Before a Workout? Pre-Workout Nutrition Explained | Ep 785

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Whether you need to eat before a workout depends on the type of training you’re doing. In this episode, I break down how I

Building Discipline, Confidence, and Sustainable Habits When Motivation Isn't Enough With Cody McBroom | Ep 784

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Cody McBroom, founder of Tailored Coaching Method and host of the Choose Hard Podcast, is back on for the second time. In

Muscle Growth Is a Slow Process and You're Making It Slower (Nutrition Edition) | Ep 783

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!  Muscle growth is already a slow process, and a lot of what we do with our nutrition slows it down even more. In this epis

9 Carbohydrate Mistakes Hurting Your Physique and Performance | Ep 782

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Carbs are always a hot topic. Some people think they're the reason you can't lose fat, and others think you need

Body Recomp Nutrition Strategies with Brandon DaCruz | Ep 781

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Nutrition can make or break a body recomp phase. In this episode, Brandon DaCruz is back on for part three of our body rec

My Progressive Overload Framework For Building Muscle | Ep 780

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Progressive overload is one of the most important parts of building muscle, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. I

Self Inflicted Hunger vs Physiological Hunger (and what to do about it) | Ep 779

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Hunger is a normal part of fat loss, but not all hunger comes from a true physiological need for more energy. In this epis

Calorie Cycling In a Building and Fat Loss Phase + Examples | Ep 778

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Calorie cycling can be a useful tool during both fat loss and building phases. In this episode, I break down how I use cal

How, Why, When I Use Maintenance Calorie Days During Fat Loss For Clients | Ep 777

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Maintenance calorie days can be a useful tool during a fat loss phase, especially when it comes to managing diet fatigue,

Muscle Growth Is a Slow Process and You're Making It Slower | Ep 776

In this episode, I explain why building muscle is such a slow process and how poor training and programming can make it even slower. I go through seven common training an

How to Get The Most Out Of Your Training During Fat Loss | Ep 775

In this episode, I explain how to approach training during a fat loss phase while keeping performance and training volume high. I also talk about how I can balance my cal

Four Scenarios Where The Scale Doesn't Tell You What's Going On | Ep 774

In this episode, I explain why the scale doesn't always tell you everything that's happening with your body composition. Four different scenarios show how you c

Weight stable doesn't automatically = adequately fueled | Ep 773

In this episode, I break down why having a stable body weight doesn’t automatically mean you’re adequately fueling your body. I discuss who is most at risk of underfuelin

Exploring Peptides for Health, Recovery, and Performance with Dave Marsh | Ep 772

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!  Peptides are having a moment, promising to boost recovery, metabolism, body composition, and performance.  In this episo

You Can Build Muscle In a Deficit, But You Need To Know These Things | Ep 771

Building muscle in a calorie deficit is possible, but your ability to do so depends on several factors. In this episode, I break down how resistance training, the size o

Training Volume, Progressive Overload & Building More Muscle with Steve Hall | Ep 770

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!  How much training volume can you actually recover from and when is it too much? In his 14th appearance on the podcast, S

How To Periodize Your Training | Ep 769

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! Training periodization is about adjusting your training throughout the year based on your goals, nutrition, recovery, and