The Ripped Body Podcast

Today I'm speaking with Eric Helms, one of my co-authors of The Muscle and Strength Pyramids, and one of the brightest minds in the fitness industry. Eric is a Research Fellow at the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, a natural bodybuilder and powerlifter, co-founder of MASS Research Review, and the co-founder of 3D Muscle Journey, a coaching service for natural athletes.In this episode, Eric shares some of his most important takeaways and lessons, including:👉🏻 Why you need to be careful when comparing yourself to others. 👉🏻 What it truly means to be an evidence-based professional.👉🏻 The reason "genetic limitations" should be ignored.And more. I hope you enjoy our conversation.ABOUT THIS POD 🎙At RippedBody.com, we are known for our no-nonsense nutrition and training guides. We teach you exactly how to achieve the client results you see on the site.👉🏻 To get started, head over to RippedBody.com and enter your email address.You’ll get the third edition of our Nutrition Setup Guide, and our email course teaching you how to avoid the 5 most common ways people screw up. We’d be honored to guide you. 🙏🏻If you have any questions, hit me up in the comments in the articles. I've been answering daily for the last 12 years.📖  Download our free Nutrition Setup Guide now.👥 HOSTED BYAndy Morgan of RippedBody.com  (Instagram 👉🏻 @andy_rippedbody)

This season on the Ripped Body podcast, I’ve been speaking with readers who find themselves stuck, helping troubleshoot their progress and break through plateaus. For the next part of season 4, I’ll be sitting down with some of my fitness industry friends to discuss their backstories, mistakes they’ve made, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.To kick things off, I’m speaking with Steve Hall. I mentored Steve when he first got into coaching online, and it’s a pleasure to see his growth and how much of an impact his business, Revive Stronger, is now having.Steve became hooked on fitness in his university days. But was nearly killed when he was hit by a van when running.He has since gone on to compete in natural bodybuilding while building a successful coaching and bodybuilding education business.Here are some of the main points we discuss-Judge a fitness expert by the content they share, not how they look.-Muscle growth is exceptionally slow.-Don’t rush recovery after injury. And more. I hope you enjoy this new series. If there’s someone you’d like me to invite on, let me know, and I’ll see what I can do!Steve's progress photos are linked here.ABOUT THIS POD 🎙At RippedBody.com, we are known for our no-nonsense nutrition and training guides. We teach you exactly how to achieve the client results you see on the site.👉🏻 To get started, head over to RippedBody.com and enter your email address.You’ll get the third edition of our Nutrition Setup Guide, and our email course teaching you how to avoid the 5 most common ways people screw up. We’d be honored to guide you. 🙏🏻If you have any questions, hit me up in the comments in the articles. I've been answering daily for the last 12 years.📖  Download our free Nutrition Setup Guide now.👥 HOSTED BYAndy Morgan of RippedBody.com  (Instagram 👉🏻 @andy_rippedbody)

Today, I’m speaking with Hemang, who is a 50-year-old father of two who works in finance, and has a work-from-home arrangement. He does the carpool drop-off most days, is co-president of his son’s school PTA, and is a Scout volunteer.Hemang has been around the same weight for most of his life. He’s not what anyone would call fat, but not lean either. However, he managed to drop around 20 lbs of fat and gain 10 lbs of muscle, and hit nearly 900 lbs for his squat, bench, and deadlift total in the last couple of years, which is an incredible achievement.But now he’s stuck.He’s not getting any leaner, not getting any stronger, and his joints are starting to ache.That 1000 lb total is tantalizingly close. He knows he needs to lose 4 inches off of his waist, but family commitments keep getting in the way, and he’s not sure what he can do to get the gains train moving again.I’m sure many of you can relate to this. Let’s see if we can help.

Today, I’m speaking with Gary, a 59-year-old consultant living in Scotland.Gary has been self-described skinny-fat all of his life. He lived in the United States for 15 years, where he gained a little too much weight. In the 10 years since his return to the UK, he’s managed to lose 50 lbs of fat and gain 10-15 lbs of muscle.He doesn’t feel as self-conscious as he once did. But he’s not done yet. The problem is that despite a heavy focus on numbers and data, he hasn’t made any real progress in the last year. This has taken its toll on his motivation. He’s wondering what he needs to do, that can also work with his family life.Let’s see if we can help.ABOUT THIS POD 🎙At RippedBody.com, we are known for our no-nonsense nutrition and training guides. We teach you exactly how to achieve the client results you see on the site.👉🏻 To get started, head over to RippedBody.com and enter your email address.You’ll get the third edition of our Nutrition Setup Guide, and our email course teaching you how to avoid the 5 most common ways people screw up. We’d be honored to guide you. 🙏🏻If you have any questions, hit me up in the comments in the articles. I've been answering daily for the last 12 years.📖  Download our free Nutrition Setup Guide now.👥 HOSTED BYAndy Morgan of RippedBody.com  (Instagram 👉🏻 @andy_rippedbody)

Welcome to our weekly Q&A series, where Ripped Body coaches Andy and Matt answer your questions.In this episode, we're answering the following questions:1. "Can I eat as often as I want during the feeding window?"2. “Are there separate programs for bulking vs. cutting?”If you'd like us to answer your questions, please send your questions to podcast@rippedbody.com.ABOUT THIS POD 🎙At RippedBody.com, we are known for our no-nonsense nutrition and training guides. We teach you exactly how to achieve the client results you see on the site.👉🏻 To start, head to RippedBody.com and enter your email address.You’ll get the third edition of our Nutrition Setup Guide, and our email course teaching you how to avoid the 5 most common ways people screw up. We’d be honored to guide you. 🙏🏻If you have any questions, hit us up in the comments in the articles. We've been answering daily since 2011.📖  Download our free Nutrition Setup Guide now.👥 HOSTED BYAndy Morgan of RippedBody.com  (Instagram 👉🏻 @andy_rippedbody)Matt Dustin of RippedBody.com (Instagram 👉🏻 @mattdustin)

Today, I’m speaking with Tyler (@tyler.lavasseur), a 31-year-old minister living in Jackson, Florida, who has just become a dad.Tyler started training when he was 21. He was fed up with the skinny-fat guy that stared at him in the mirror. In the last 10 years, incredibly, he’s gone from 195 to 245 pounds, with most of that being muscle.He’s looking to compete in his first powerlifting competition in October, and his long-term goal is to get to 230 pounds at 10% body fat.How can he get into his weight class without losing strength? And when should he start cutting?Is his goal of 230 pounds at 10% body fat realistic? What is it going to take to get there? And how can he avoid the mistakes of the past?Let’s dive in.ABOUT THIS POD 🎙At RippedBody.com, we are known for our no-nonsense nutrition and training guides. We teach you exactly how to achieve the client results you see on the site.👉🏻 To get started, head over to RippedBody.com and enter your email address.You’ll get the third edition of our Nutrition Setup Guide, and our email course teaching you how to avoid the 5 most common ways people screw up. We’d be honored to guide you. 🙏🏻If you have any questions, hit me up in the comments in the articles. I've been answering daily for the last 12 years.📖  Download our free Nutrition Setup Guide now.👥 HOSTED BYAndy Morgan of RippedBody.com  (Instagram 👉🏻 @andy_rippedbody)

Welcome to our weekly Q&A series, where Ripped Body coaches Andy and Matt answer your questions.In this episode, we're answering the following questions:1. "How much training volume is needed to maintain your physique?"2. “Do we need to track macros to see progress, or can we use simpler portion control methods?”If you'd like us to answer your questions, please send your questions to podcast@rippedbody.com.ABOUT THIS POD 🎙At RippedBody.com, we are known for our no-nonsense nutrition and training guides. We teach you exactly how to achieve the client results you see on the site.👉🏻 To start, head to RippedBody.com and enter your email address.You’ll get the third edition of our Nutrition Setup Guide, and our email course teaching you how to avoid the 5 most common ways people screw up. We’d be honored to guide you. 🙏🏻If you have any questions, hit us up in the comments in the articles. We've been answering daily since 2011.📖  Download our free Nutrition Setup Guide now.👥 HOSTED BYAndy Morgan of RippedBody.com  (Instagram 👉🏻 @andy_rippedbody)Matt Dustin of RippedBody.com (Instagram 👉🏻 @mattdustin)

Today, I’m speaking with Donald, who is a 59-year-old, former accountant living in Florida.He’s been a runner all of his life, but only started lifting consistently at the start of this year.He’s dropped 25 lbs in the last six months, lost 8 inches off his waist, and has got considerably stronger. He’s now plateaued and is wondering where he should go from here. Should he continue cutting? Bulk? How should he change his training program?I think he’s in a great position. Let’s dive in.ABOUT THIS POD 🎙At RippedBody.com, we are known for our no-nonsense nutrition and training guides. We teach you exactly how to achieve the client results you see on the site.👉🏻 To get started, head over to RippedBody.com and enter your email address.You’ll get the third edition of our Nutrition Setup Guide, and our email course teaching you how to avoid the 5 most common ways people screw up. We’d be honored to guide you. 🙏🏻If you have any questions, hit me up in the comments in the articles. I've been answering daily for the last 12 years.📖  Download our free Nutrition Setup Guide now.👥 HOSTED BYAndy Morgan of RippedBody.com  (Instagram 👉🏻 @andy_rippedbody)

Welcome to our weekly Q&A series, where Ripped Body coaches Andy and Matt answer your questions.In this episode, we're answering the following questions:1. "Who in the fitness industry would you like to throw on the fire?"2. “When I get busy, I can't stop snacking after I take one bite, and one slip-up leads to days of overeating. What should I do?”If you'd like us to answer your questions, please send your questions to podcast@rippedbody.com.ABOUT THIS POD 🎙At RippedBody.com, we are known for our no-nonsense nutrition and training guides. We teach you exactly how to achieve the client results you see on the site.👉🏻 To start, head to RippedBody.com and enter your email address.You’ll get the third edition of our Nutrition Setup Guide, and our email course teaching you how to avoid the 5 most common ways people screw up. We’d be honored to guide you. 🙏🏻If you have any questions, hit us up in the comments in the articles. We've been answering daily since 2011.📖  Download our free Nutrition Setup Guide now.👥 HOSTED BYAndy Morgan of RippedBody.com  (Instagram 👉🏻 @andy_rippedbody)Matt Dustin of RippedBody.com (Instagram 👉🏻 @mattdustin)

Today, I’m speaking with Chris, who is a semi-retired food industry exec living in Arkansas.Chris has been dieting and training in some form for the last 30 years. He said he can remember being body shamed in 5th and 6th grade for being pudgy and unathletic, and even though he knows he is in better shape than most men his age, he needs help to cure his poor body-image hump, and finally uncover his abs.Now, as you’ll hear, he likes to experiment on himself. He said he’s tried everything. And frankly, I think that’s the problem. He’s absorbed too much bad information and he struggles to stick to anything.Let’s see if we can help him.ABOUT THIS POD 🎙At RippedBody.com, we are known for our no-nonsense nutrition and training guides. We teach you exactly how to achieve the client results you see on the site.👉🏻 To get started, head over to RippedBody.com and enter your email address.You’ll get the third edition of our Nutrition Setup Guide, and our email course teaching you how to avoid the 5 most common ways people screw up. We’d be honored to guide you. 🙏🏻If you have any questions, hit me up in the comments in the articles. I've been answering daily for the last 12 years.📖  Download our free Nutrition Setup Guide now.👥 HOSTED BYAndy Morgan of RippedBody.com  (Instagram 👉🏻 @andy_rippedbody)