#65: Levi Tate on The Art & Science of Bodybuilding, Conscious Eating, Training for Performance vs Lifestyle, and MORE!

Levi Tate (@levitate.lifestyle) is a bodybuilder and personal trainer from New Zealand, who now lives in Victoria, BC. Levi grew up playing sports and found the gym through sport where he fell in love. He now trains both lifestyle clients and competitors, while actively competing himself. You can visit his website, levitatelifestyle.ca to learn more about Levi’s coaching.

Bodybuilding is far from a sport of just a bunch of meatheads throwing weight around and slugging back protein shakes. It’s a sport that requires extreme dedication and precision to be the absolute best. In addition to the details of training, nutrition, supplementation and “gear”, there is an equally important art component. The ability to pose with choreography and fully display your (literal) body of work is a crucial part of the sport. We spoke quite a bit about the ins and out of this.

While bodybuilding may be the extreme end of fitness, there is tons to learn for the general population. After all, so much fitness knowledge has come from the bodybuilding work and simply been adapted to everyday people. We broke down where some myths came from, and how they apply to both bodybuilders and regular people alike.

Eating is an ever important part of our health, and so many of us do it completely unconsciously. Perhaps the first step to any nutrition plan should be understanding what you’re even eating. We might call this “conscious eating”. Levi and I spoke a lot about this, and how to find the best nutrition strategies for yourself – there’s no one size fits all approach.

There was a lot of detail in this episode and I think it’s one you’ll want to share with your friends and listen back to. Be sure to follow @levitate.lifestyle on social media, and check out levitatelifestyle.ca. 

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