The Ripped Body Podcast

Today, I’ve asked Ripped Body coach Matt to interview me to catch you up on what’s happened in the 3.5 years since the last pod.I talk about the new community for online coaches (The Rising Coach Collective) that I’m launching at the end of this month, why I changed my mind about group coaching and started The Ripped Body Cut Club, why we released a second edition of The Muscle and Strength Pyramid books, and briefly, why I prefer life in Japan to back home in Birmingham.If you’d like to be notified when we open applications for either the Rising Coach Collective or the next cohort of the Ripped Body Cut Club group coaching program, make sure you’re subscribed to the email list. Go to Rippedbody.com and enter your address in the box.This is the first of a new series, and I hope you enjoy the honest catch-up.

In this first episode of the second season I have my friend James Clear of JamesClear.com.James writes and teaches people how to instill lasting habits. I've been reading his work for years, and there is no doubt that his writing has helped me to become a better coach.After 6 years of writing, he's releasing his first book called Atomic Habits. So, while everything is super fresh in his mind, I decided to have him on to give us advice on the best ways to set training and nutrition habits.For the full show notes head to:https://rippedbody.com/podcast-james-clear/

Hypertrophy researcher, Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, answers questions covering considerations for older lifters, hypertrophy mechanisms, training splits, the value of mind-muscle connection, and how to tell if you are training too much or too little.For the full show notes & links visit:https://rippedbody.com/podcast-brad-schoenfeld

Joseph Agu talks about the challenges he faced working as sports nutritionist to the British Athletics Team, and how those lessons apply to us regular trainees.For the full show notes and links go to: rippedbody.com/podcast-joseph-agu

In this second part of our interview, Menno talks about the recent HMB and Ketogenic diet study fraud, and why using steroids can be like creating a "game over" scenario which you want to avoid.For the full show notes & links visit:https://rippedbody.com/podcast-menno-henselmans-pt2

Recorded in my living room in Tokyo, Coach Menno Henselmans of BayesianBodybuilding.com shares tips on how he has stayed jacked and shredded while traveling for the last five years.I also asked Menno about the somewhat controversial topic of race-based muscular potential, why he isn’t a fan of HIIT, why he quit business consulting to pursue a fear in fitness, and his frank thoughts on meal timing and intermittent fasting.For the full show notes & links visit:https://rippedbody.com/podcast-menno-henselmans/

This time I have Patrick Umphrey on the show, the man behind the legendary "Eat. Train. Progress." Facebook group. I talk to him about the power of empathy when working with clients, building that community, and how that has lead to a stream of applicants for his coaching business.For the full show notes and links go to: rippedbody.com/podcast-patrick-umphrey

This interview with Luka Hocevar was absolutely epic.Luka owns Vigor Ground fitness, a 12,000 square foot facility just outside of Seattle in a town called Renton. It's the best gym I have ever walked into, so I invited Luka on to talk about his journey to opening that, from being a regular LA Fitness trainer.The interview ended up being SO much more than that.The start of this episode may sound like an advert for his gym, but the point of it is that I want you to hear the vision and the passion, and be inspired if you are looking to do something similar.Later in the interview, we start talking about building a fitness business yourself. How Luka has run charity boot camps for the last 10 years every Saturday, which is not only something he loves doing but has helped him seal a solid reputation in the community and earned him heaps of clients along the way.We dig into how you can leverage ideas such as this to build trust, empower people to make a change, and build a business out of something you love doing.Show notes and links here: rippedbody.com/podcast-luka-hocevar

Special Q&A Session with questions from members of the RippedBody.com Family Facebook Group.Why not join the family?https://facebook.com/groups/rippedbody Get the full show notes and links here:https://rippedbody.com/podcast/andy-morgan-2

"The thing that ties all lifters together, regardless of their level, is that we are all interested in getting to the next PR."On this episode, I interview Mike Tuchscherer, founder of Reactive Training Systems, and father of using 'Rate of Perceived Exertion' (RPE) based on 'reps in reserve' to modulate recovery with training. Mike has coached 12 people to world records, he is one of only five people to have ever totaled over 2100 lbs in the 260 lb in the IPF, and is something of a legend in the training community.In this interview, you'll hear the story of how Mike accidentally pulled a world record deadlift. You'll learn how to use RPE in your training to help manage and progress better, and we also answer reader questions. Enjoy!Show LinksSuper Training - The go-to book in Mike’s college lifting careerhttps://goo.gl/iCLHiaReactive Training Systems - Mike’s coaching businesshttp://www.reactivetrainingsystems.com/ Free Applications - To monitor athlete training and recoveryhttps://goo.gl/LDmyUfGreg Nuckols’ kitchen sink analogy - On work capacity and recoveryhttps://rippedbody.com/work-capacity/RTS Basics - Great starting resources on RPEhttp://articles.reactivetrainingsystems.com/category/rts-basics/“Fixing the ‘Tuck Under’ When I Squat” - Fixing butt wink / limited squat depth by Tony Gentilcorehttp://tonygentilcore.com/2012/03/q-a-fixing-the-tuck-under-when-squatting-part-i/Project Momentum - It’s for a training question we do not have an answer forhttp://articles.reactivetrainingsystems.com/2016/04/01/project-momentum/Complete Show Notes here: https://goo.gl/TdiK8u