Chasing Clarity: Health & Fitness Podcast

EP. 61 THE WHOOSH EFFECT & WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAUS: FAT LOSS MISTAKES THAT CAUSE STALLS TOPICS DEFINING A WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAU- WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT ISNT HOW TO PROPERLY ASSESS A PLATEAU WHAT FACTORS CAN CAUSE YOU TO THINK YOU’RE PLATEAUED THE WHOOSH EFFECT THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES BEHIND A PLATEAU MOST COMMON MISTAKES THAT ACTUALLY CAUSE A WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAU Where to find us and engage with us :) Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/ Follow Jeff on IG: https://www/instagram.com/jeffunbreakableblack Follow Ironhouse on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ironhousestrengthconditioning Follow Relentless Forever - youtube.com/relentlessforever

EP. 60: HOW STRESS CAN HINDER & MASK FAT LOSS & PHYSIQUE PROGRESS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC OF STRESS THE MANY AREAS STRESS CAN AFFECT DURING A FAT LOSS PHASE HOW STRESS AND CORTISOL CAN MASK FAT LOSS PROGRESS THE IMPACT STRESS CAN HAVE ON OUR HUNGER HORMONES, APPETITE, FOOD CHOICES AND CALORIE INTAKE HOW STRESS IMPACTS METABOLISM HOW STRESS IMPACTS MUSCLE GROWTH AND RETENTION HOW STRESS IMPACTS TRAINING PERFORMANCE AND RECOVERY

EP. 59: FACTORS THAT IMPACT SCALE WEIGHT FLUCTUATIONS & HOW TO SHIFT YOUR MINDSET ON WEIGH-INS TOPICS: COMMON THOUGHTS AND FEARS AROUND THE SCALE WHAT THE SCALE IS USEFUL FOR HOW TO USE THE SCALE FOR THE MOST ACCURATE DATA FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE OUR SCALE WEIGHT FLUCTUATIONS RESEARCH ON THE BENEFITS OF MORE FREQUENT AND CONSISTENT WEIGH-INS

EP. 58: ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF COACHING AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT MAKES FOR A QUALITY COACH AND A QUALITY COACHING EXPERIENCE NEED TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE, AN ABILITY TO EDUCATE CLIENTS AND A DESIRE TO CONTINUE LEARNING THE ABILITY TO BE EMPATHETIC AND RELATE TO CLIENTS  HOW QUALITY COACHING INCREASES A CLIENT’S BELIEF IN THEMSELVES  THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING OBJECTIVE FEEDBACK THE IMPORTANCE OF WALKING THE WALK AND LEADING FROM THE FRONT  HELP CLIENTS SET AND ATTAIN GOALS  BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT COACHING

CHASING CLARITY EP. 57: PCOS WITH JASON THEOBALD: HOW TO MANAGE PCOS THROUGH FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION, SUPPLEMENTATION & LIFESTYLE CHANGES TOPICS: INTRO AND WHY WE WANTED TO HAVE JASON ON THE SHOW WHAT IS PCOS AND HOW IS IT DIAGNOSED SIGNS, SYMPTOMS AND ISSUES CAUSED BY PCOS WHAT ARE THE FOUR MAIN TYPES OF PCOS AND WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF EACH TYPE NUTRITION FOR PCOS HOW LOSING WEIGHT CAN IMPROVE PCOS SYMPTOMS SUPPLEMENTAL INTERVENTIONS FOR PCOS LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO MAKE WITH PCOS

EP. 56: THE SKINNY ON SEMAGLUTIDE WITH JEFFREY SU: GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS, PROS AND CONS OF OZEMPIC & WEGOVY TOPICS: INTRO TO THE TOPIC OF GLP-1 WHAT ARE GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND HOW DO THEY WORK? DEEP DIVE INTO THE RESEARCH ON SEMAGLUTIDE- DIFFERENT FORMS, RESULTS, ETC. WHO IS SEMAGLUTIDE DESIGNED FOR? WHO WOULD NOT BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR SEMAGLUTIDE?  POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS, DRAWBACKS AND DOWNSIDES OF USING SEMAGLUTIDE

EP. 55: TRAINING TALK: HYPERTROPHY PROGRESSION MODELS, EXERCISE ORDER, THE MIND MUSCLE CONNECTION & BFR TRAINING TOPICS: WHAT IS THE BEST PROGRESSION SCHEME FOR HYPERTROPHY? SHOULD WE AIM TO PROGRESS TRAINING VIA INCREASES IN LOAD OR REPS? HOW TO APPROACH EXERCISE ORDER WHEN PROGRAMMING EXPLAINING THE MIND MUSCLE CONNECTION AND WHEN TO FOCUS ON THE MIND MUSCLE CONNECTION BREAKING DOWN BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION TRAINING- WHAT IS IT, HOW IT WORKS AND HOW TO DO IT Where to find us and engage with us :) Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/ Follow Jeff on IG: https://www/instagram.com/jeffunbreakableblack Follow Ironhouse on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ironhousestrengthconditioning Follow Relentless Forever - youtube.com/relentlessforever

EP. 54: CONCURRENT TRAINING: HOW TO COMBINE RESISTANCE TRAINING AND AEROBIC TRAINING THE OLD THOUGHT PROCESS AROUND CARDIO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CARDIO WHAT IS CONCURRENT TRAINING THE INTERFERENCE EFFECT AKA WILL CARDIO RaOB YOU OF YOUR GAINS? THE UPDATED RESEARCH ON CONCURRENT TRAINING AND THE INTERFERENCE EFFECT BENEFITS OF COMBINING RESISTANCE AND AEROBIC TRAINING PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS ON HOW TO COMBINE RESISTANCE AND AEROBIC TRAINING Where to find us and engage with us :) Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/ Follow Jeff on IG: https://www/instagram.com/jeffunbreakableblack Follow Ironhouse on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ironhousestrengthconditioning Follow Relentless Forever - youtube.com/relentlessforever

EP. 53: MOVEMENT IS MEDICINE: HOW CARDIO ACTS AS THE FOUNDATION FOR FITNESS & HEALTH SPAN INTRO TO HOW EXERCISE IMPACTS HEALTH SPAN THE BENEFITS OF AEROBIC TRAINING AND WHY WE SHOULD DO IT HOW AEROBIC TRAINING LOWERS ALL CAUSE MORTALITY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ALL CAUSE MORTALITY LONGEVITY BENEFITS OF STEPS Where to find us and engage with us :) Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/ Follow Jeff on IG: https://www/instagram.com/jeffunbreakableblack Follow Ironhouse on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ironhousestrengthconditioning Follow Relentless Forever - youtube.com/relentlessforever

EP. 52: MUSCLE AS MEDICINE: HYPERTROPHY AS A VEHICLE FOR HEALTH TOPICS: DEFINING HEALTH SPAN AND LIFESPAN TOP PREDICTORS OF LONGEVITY AND HEALTH SPAN GUIDELINES FOR ACTIVITY VERSUS THE CURRENT STATS AROUND ACTIVITY HOW RESISTANCE TRAINING AND BUILDING MUSCLE IMPROVE HEALTH SARCOPENIA AND IT’S IMPACT ON HEALTH HOW MUSCLE IMPACTS ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY Where to find us and engage with us :) Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/ Follow Jeff on IG: https://www/instagram.com/jeffunbreakableblack Follow Ironhouse on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ironhousestrengthconditioning Follow Relentless Forever on IG: https://www.instagram.com/relentless.forever/