Chasing Clarity: Health & Fitness Podcast

TOPICS:⁃ WHAT IS RESTING METABOLIC RATE (RMR)?⁃ SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON SEX-BASED DIFFERENCES IN RMR⁃ WHY MEN BURN MORE CALORIES AT REST⁃ DEBUNKING THE “FEMININE METABOLISM” MYTH⁃ THE ROLE OF LEAN MASS IN INFLUENCING RMR⁃ HOW TO PRACTICALLY INFLUENCE YOUR RMRWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.com

TOPICS:⁃ HOW STUBBORN BODY FAT DIFFERS BETWEEN SEXES⁃ WHY IT’S HARDER TO LOSE FAT IN CERTAIN REGIONS THAN OTHERS⁃ HOW BETA & ALPHA ADRENERIC RECEPTORS INFLUENCE FAT BREAKDOWN & FAT LOSS⁃ THE ROLE CATECHOLAMINES PLAY IN THE FAT LOSS PROCESS⁃ THE SCIENCE OF STUBBORN BODY FAT⁃ HOW BLOOD FLOW INFLUENCES LIPOLYSIS & FAT LOSS⁃ HOW DIFFERENCES IN HORMONES BETWEEN SEXES INFLUENCES FAT STORAGE & FAT LOSSWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.com

TOPICS:⁃ INTRO TO A NEW PODCAST SERIES⁃ THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAT WE CARRY⁃ SEX DIFFERENCES IN BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION⁃ SEX DIFFERENCES IN FAT STORAGE & FAT GAIN⁃ SEX DIFFERENCES IN POST-MEAL FAT STORAGE⁃ DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES & FEMALES IN TERMS OF HOW THEY BURN FAT & RESTORE EXCESS FATTY ACIDS INTO FAT CELLS⁃ SEX DIFFERENCES IN FAT USE DURING EXERCISE⁃ SEX DIFFERENCES IN FAT GAIN, FAT LOSS & POST-DIET FAT REGAIN⁃ WHY YOU NEED TO STOP DRASTIC WEIGHT CYCLING & INSTEAD FOCUS ON LOSING FAT & THEN MAINTAINING IT⁃ WHY LOSING LEAN MASS DURING A DIET PREDISPOSES YOU REBOUNDING AFTER A DIET⁃ WHAT TO DO AFTER YOU FINISH A FAT LOSS PHASE⁃ METABOLIC RESTORATION PHASESWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.com

TOPICS:⁃ WHAT IS GLP-1 & GIP? WHAT ARE THE MECHANISMS BY WHICH THEY HELP WITH WEIGHT LOSS?⁃ CAN WE GO OVER THE CURRENT ANTI-OBESITY MEDICATIONS AVAILABLE AS WELL AS THE ONES THAT WILL BE RELEASED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS⁃ LIRAGLUTIDE⁃ SEMAGLUTIDE⁃ TIRZEPATIDE⁃ RETRATUTIDE⁃ CAGRISEMA⁃ BIMAGRUMAB⁃ SEX DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSE TO GLP-1 RA’S⁃ WHY WOMEN LOSE FASTER & MORE WEIGHT ON GLP-1’S⁃ WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE WHEN USING THESE COMPOUNDS?⁃ HOW TO OPTIMIZE BODY COMPOSITION OUTCOMES WHEN USING GLP-1’S?⁃ WHAT STRATEGIES CAN BE USED TO KEEP THE DOSE LOWER TO KEEP SIDE EFFECTS LOWER?⁃ FAT & WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAUS⁃ WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME OFF? TAPERING OFF GLP’SWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.comLink To Lyle’s New Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT26F7HY

TOPICS:⁃ INTRO TO THE BENEFITS OF DROPPING BODY FAT⁃ HOW MUCH WEIGHT DO YOU NEED TO LOSE TO SEE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH BENEFITS⁃ THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF 5-10% WEIGHT LOSS⁃ RESEARCH ON THE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS & IMPROVEMENTS THAT MODEST WEIGHT LOSS CAN HAVE ON METABOLIC HEALTH MARKERS⁃ THE IMPACTS OF WEIGHT LOSS ON INSULIN SENSITIVITY, BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL & THE RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES⁃ THE IMPACTS OF WEIGHT LOSS ON BLOOD LIPID & CHOLESTEROL LEVELS⁃ THE IMPACTS OF WEIGHT LOSS ON BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS⁃ THE IMPACTS OF WEIGHT LOSS ON ARTHRITIS⁃ WEIGHT LOSS & ALL CAUSE MORTALITYWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.com

TOPICS COVERED ON THIS PODCAST:⁃ THE MOST COMMON FAT LOSS MISTAKES WOMEN MAKE⁃ SEX DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE FAT LOSS MORE DIFFICULT FOR WOMEN⁃ WHY WOMEN LOSE WEIGHT SLOWER THAN MEN⁃ DIFFERENCES IN FAT LOSS & MUSCLE LOSS BETWEEN SEXES⁃ WHY WOMEN ARE MORE PREDIPOSED TOWARDS EXPERIENCING NEGATIVE EFFECTS FROM VERY LOW-CALORIE DIETING?⁃ LOW ENERGY AVAILABILITYWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.com

TOPICS:⁃ INTRO TO THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE ISSUE IS EXCESS BODY FAT OR INSUFFICIENT MUSCLE MASS⁃ OUR CURRENT OVERWEIGHT & OBESITY STATS⁃ WHAT IS THE AVERAGE BODY FAT PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS?⁃ WHAT IS A HEALTHY LEVEL OF BODY FAT FOR MEN & WOMEN?⁃ HOW MUCH WEIGHT ARE PEOPLE GAINING ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR?⁃ HOW THE AVERAGE CALORIE INTAKE, ACTIVITY LEVELS & EXERCISE LEVELS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE LEADING TO HAVING EXCESS ADIPOSITY⁃ THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF CARRYING EXCESS BODY FATWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.com

TOPICS:⁃ SEX DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES & FEMALES⁃ MARTIN’S NEW RESEARCH LOOKING AT SEX DIFFERENCES IN MUSCLE GROWTH OUTCOMES FROM RESISTANCE TRAINING BETWEEN MALES & FEMALES⁃ REASONS AS TO WHY MANY FEMALES DO NOT MAXIMIZE THEIR MUSCLE GROWTH POTENTIAL⁃ MARTIN’S STUDY ON TRAINING TO FAILURE VERSUS 1-2 RIR⁃ PRACTICAL APPLICATION & TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS RESEARCHWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.com

TOPICS:⁃ THE NUMBER ONE NUTRITION MISTAKE HOLDING YOU BACK FROM DROPPING BODY FAT⁃ THE ISSUES CAUSED BY UNDERESTIMATING, UNDERREPORTING & INACCURATELY TRACKING YOUR CALORIE INTAKE⁃ EVERY CALORIE COUNTS DURING A FAT LOSS PHASE EVEN IF YOU DON’T COUNT THEM⁃ HABITS & ITEMS THAT MOST NEGLECT TO TRACK⁃ HOW COMMON IS IT TO UNDERREPORT OUR CALORIE INTAKE?⁃ NEW RESEARCH ON THE INACCURACY OF SELF-REPORTED FOOD INTAKE⁃ HOW MUCH DO WE UNDERESTIMATE OUR CALORIE INTAKE BY?WHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.com

TOPICS:⁃ THE BENEFITS OF HIGH PROTEIN DIETS⁃ WHY PROTEIN INTAKE MAY NEED TO SCALE UP WHEN WE’RE IN A DEFICIT⁃ HOW BEING IN A DEFICIT IMPACTS MUSCLE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS & MUSCLE PROTEIN BREAKDOWN LEVELS⁃ BREAKING DOWN THE NEWEST SYSTEMATIC REVIEW & META-REGRESSION⁃ PRACTICAL APPLICATIONWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon’s Coaching, Consultation & Mentorship Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon’s Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.com