Where Optimal Meets Practical
When it comes to nutrition and training...talking about what's optimal is always fun, but making it practical changes lives. On this show we'll dive deep on all things training, nutrition, and mindset optimization while making sure to drive home the practical and applicable side of things.
Latest episodes
Feb 14, 2023 • 1h 16min
145: Q&A - Nutrition periodization, carb cycling, getting your first pull-up, per session volume, how to bring steps down without gaining weight and MORE!!
Topics⬇️Long term nutrition periodizationCarb cycling - helpful?How to get your first pull-upWhy we start with “not all the way to failure”How to lower steps to something sustainablePer session volume limitsPeptides…scam?Do all your workouts need to be equally hard?Links mentioned in episode⬇️Brianna Battles Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mUZeJbiDEUU21RlEz6JqX?si=8452645eb5d64853Where to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Apply for 1:1 Coaching HEREGroup Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
Feb 7, 2023 • 1h 48min
144: Greg Nuckols - Popular weight loss advice that might do more harm than good. Do people trying to get healthy need to count every macro to the gram? How can we make real, LASTING change?
Topics⬇️What are some pieces of advice when it comes to weight loss that may do more harm than good for those people trying to get/stay healthy?Should non-bodybuilders track every macro to the gram?Should you stop making your food taste so good and stick to more bland choices?How do we make this really sustainable for the LONG term and how might that be different than cyclical dieting for bodybuilding?Links mentioned in episode⬇️Greg’s original segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0sOogUT5ASBS on protein requirements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6GRoE7SYmI&t=667sWhere to find Greg⬇️Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@strongerbyscienceMASS: https://www.strongerbyscience.com/mass/Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/StrongerByScience/Where to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Apply for 1:1 Coaching HEREGroup Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
Jan 30, 2023 • 1h 7min
143: Dave Maconi - How important is biomechanics? How do you assess progress over the long term? How much do genetics matter? Do we all just end up in the same place anyway...
(00:00) Intro/Getting into podcasting(05:40) How important is biomechanics?(15:20) Do we all just end in up the same place anyway?(35:40) How do I know I’m doing enough to grow?(40:27) N of 1 experiments, changing your program over time(47:07) Improving technique and progressing over timeWhere to find Dave⬇️Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@BrainsandGainsPodcastIG: https://www.instagram.com/dave_maconi/Where to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Apply for 1:1 Coaching HEREGroup Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
Jan 27, 2023 • 1h 9min
142: @ButterYourMacros - Q&A Episode
Topics⬇️Never lifted before…where to start?Can you gain muscle while practicing mindful eating?Should you cut or recomp first?Thoughts on taking form videos and how to overcome negative thoughts about themWhat about Orange Theory as my main workout?What’s the key to real lasting change?Where to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Apply for 1:1 Coaching HEREGroup Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
Jan 16, 2023 • 50min
141: Q&A - Pre-workout nutrition, making gains in a cut, should you try to reduce soreness?
Q&APre-workout NutritionShould you try to reduce soreness?Making gains in a cutDeload preferencesSpecialization phasesStrength v HypertrophyLinks mentioned in episode⬇️Deload episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ILOlYxIaGWsEjT6yzeSRP?si=ntqzkskGRBOm0E-uCc2aUgWhere to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Group Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
Jan 9, 2023 • 51min
140: Abby Langer: Our "favorite" charlatans, Regular people taking Ozempic, Do we need to "healthify" everything? How to find good information on social media..
Guest: Abby Langer⬇️Topics⬇️-Being the pencil, not the eraser-How to find good information and avoid bad information-Worst offenders of science: our “favorite” charlatans-Regular people taking Ozempic/weight loss drugs…what the f*ck is going on?-Making lower calorie “macro friendly” versions of stuffWhere to find Abby⬇️IG: https://www.instagram.com/langernutrition/Website: https://abbylangernutrition.com/Where to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Apply for 1:1 Coaching HEREGroup Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
Jan 4, 2023 • 1h 10min
139: Jordan Syatt - Fitness, Fatherhood, and New Year's resolutions...
Guest: Jordan Syatt (@syattfitness)Topics:How his upbringing and experiences with powerlifting ultimately shaped his current beliefs and philosophiesHow has becoming a father changed (if at all) any of those philosophies and outlooks towards health and fitnessHow can we give our children the best chance at a healthy relationship with food and fitness?New years resolutions…Where to find Jordan⬇️IG: https://www.instagram.com/syattfitness/Website: https://www.sfinnercircle.com/Where to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Apply for 1:1 Coaching HEREGroup Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
Dec 30, 2022 • 1h 6min
138: Q&A - Can you go straight from cutting to bulking? Supersets, Minimum requirements for body composition, Distributing calories in a surplus and MORE
Today we have a Q&A episode so THANK YOU to everyone who asked a questions! Got through as many as I could in an hour 😊Links mentioned in episode⬇️Bryan Boorstein Episode5 Things I’ve Changed My Mind AboutReverse Dieting EpisodeWhere to find BYM⬇️IG: https://www.instagram.com/butteryourmacrosWebsite: https://www.butteryourmacros.com/Where to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Apply for 1:1 Coaching HEREGroup Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
Dec 23, 2022 • 53min
137: @ButterYourMacros - How to track your nutrition without f*cking up your relationship with food
Let’s face it…some people make a living telling you tracking is “disordered” or “will give you an eating disorder”. Are they right? Even a little bit? What sort of things can we do both from a mental and practical standpoint to reap the benefits of tracking without f*cking up our relationship with food?Where to find BYM⬇️IG: https://www.instagram.com/butteryourmacrosWebsite: https://www.butteryourmacros.com/Where to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Apply for 1:1 Coaching HEREGroup Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
Dec 12, 2022 • 44min
136: 5 things I've changed my mind on...
In today’s episode I go through 5 things I’ve changed my mind about. I’ll skip the boring shit from when I first started coaching like BCAAS don’t work or carbs make you fat. These 5 I actually find interesting and have affected my coaching/outlook in some way relatively recently!How much protein you actually needHow much training volume you actually needDoes fat loss improve your life?Can you do cardio and still make gains?How important is biomechanics and perfecting exercise technique?Links mentioned in episode⬇️Stronger by science episode on proteinEpisode w/ Dr. OlenikWhere to find me⬇️IG: @JordanLipsFitnessPodcast: Where Optimal Meets PracticalWebsite: JordanLipsFitness.comJordan’s Coaching Options⬇️Apply for 1:1 Coaching HEREGroup Programming [Gym Program]Group Programming [Home Gym]Helping you find the balance between OPTIMAL and PRACTICAL🫶🏼JL
