The Michael Caz Podcast

It's round five as our favorite duo reconnects this week on the Brute Podcast platform. Adee Cazayoux, CEO of the online one-on-one nutrition coaching program Working Against Gravity, joins Brute Podcast host and her husband, Michael Cazayoux, to discuss the new WAG Certification Course. Finally, you can become a certified expert in nutrition science by learning the same macro-focused methodology WAG has used to transform the lives of thousands of clients. If you're at all interested in helping others reach their full potential physically, mentally and emotionally, you're going to want to sit tight and turn the volume up because that's exactly what the WAG Coach Certification Program aims to help you do. If you want to learn more about the basics of nutrition coaching, be sure to check out Episode 7 of the WAG Podcast with Adee and Michael Cazayoux! Topics: 06:54 – Basics of coaching, going through transformation 16:51 – Building confidence 23:32 – Getting started in nutrition coaching 32:48 – "Doing it yourself…" 53:03 – Keeping it interesting 56:40 – Coaching certification Links: WAG Coach Certification WAG Instagram Reviews: If you love this podcast, please click HERE to leave me a review. It energizes me to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support. Follow us on Instagram @brute.strength.

If there's a four-letter word Annie Lalla gets, it's L-O-V-E. When it comes to relationship coaching, there's no one more perfect for the job of developing emotional bodybuilders than Annie Lalla. Annie helps individuals attract, create and foster connections and on this episode of the Brute Podcast, she's here to help do the same for you. Listen as she shares her insight on how to find your true love, tips for getting through conflict resolution and why your exes may have actually been blessings in disguise. Topics: 08:10 – Mapping 17:36 – The value of past relationships 20:45 – Finding true love 35:30 – Coaching vs. therapy 46:30 – Polarity 63:00 – Conflict resolution Links: Savage Lovecast Annielalla.com Reviews: If you love this podcast, please click HERE to leave us a review. It energizes us to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support! Follow us on Instagram: @brute.strength

If there's anyone who isn't afraid to share his opinion, it's Dr. Sean Pastuch. Sean is the owner of the world-renowned gym ActiveLifeRX, known for smart programming and getting people to continue to live the life they want pain free. In this week's episode, Sean joins Michael to discuss the recent changes to the CrossFit community. First, the changes came to Regionals. Then, CrossFit's social media accounts went silent, leaving the question of what's to come for the future of the sport and where the fitness industry is heading. With so much up in the air, Sean and Michael share a message for gym owners to improve their gym, become more self-aware and why they need to start a mastermind group. Topics: 03:50 – CrossFit leaves social media 12:50 – Future of CrossFit 22:50 – Message to gym owners 29:24 – Self-awareness and intent 48:50 – The value of feedback 56:50 – Creating a mastermind group Links: Invisible Gorilla Experiment Active Life Books: Extreme Ownership – Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill Reviews: If you love this podcast, please click HERE to leave us a review. It energizes us to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support! Follow us on Instagram: @brute.strength

How you move through a room is how you move through life. Every moment is an opportunity to cultivate your mind, body, and movement. Joining the podcast this week we have movement specialist and host of the Align Podcast, Aaron Alexander. In this week's episode, Aaron shares some simple practices that can help you control your thoughts, emotions, and change your perception of the world you live in, including the profound effects of gratitude and what it means to create spaciousness. Topics: 13:40 - Deep relationships/ community 18:10 - Practicing gratitude 52:40 - Creating spaciousness 56:55 - Testing your limits Links: Brainwashing wasp (video) Align Podcast Books: Shut Your Mouth Save Your Life - George Catlin Reviews: If you love this podcast please click HERE to leave me a review. It energizes me to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support. Follow us on Instagram @brute.strength.

In a recent Instagram post, Michele Letendre admits to falling into the sport of CrossFit a bit randomly nearly 10 years ago. It's safe to say she found her calling. The CrossFit athlete turned founder of Deka Comp joins this week's Brute Podcast to talk about the shift from athlete to coach as she trains some of the top athletes in the sport, including Patrick Vellner. Listen as she shares her insight on what it means to be a leader versus a mentor and how success is ultimately born from failure. Topics: 05:10 – Intro to competitive sports 12:45 – Leader vs. mentor 30:44 – Fear in competition 37:50 – Athlete to coach 53:15 – Success through failure Links: Instagram dekacomp.com Books: Atomic Habits – James Clear Reviews: If you love this podcast, please click HERE to leave us a review. It energizes us to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support! Follow us on Instagram: @brute.strength

This week's Brute Podcast is wild—and it has everything to do with guest Hunter McIntyre. Hunter is back on the Brute Podcast in advance of this year's 2019 CrossFit Games to express his excitement—and gratitude—for making it into this year's Games with the wild card draw. (Rumor has it that if he doesn't place in the top 15, he'll be rocking a new belly button piercing by the end of the year.) Listen to hear more about how he went from rehab to OCR Champ, other crazy stories and to learn how Hunter is preparing for one of the most grueling challenges in sport. Topics: 09:28 – Going to the CrossFit Games 27:40 – Looking for a new challenge 23:50 – Open vs. Regionals vs. Games 38:50 – Competing for the podium 47:51 – Yearly ritual Links: Instagram Reviews: If you love this podcast, please click HERE to leave us a review. It energizes us to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support! Follow us on Instagram: @brute.strength

A two-time best-selling author, purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and former California State Powerlifting Champion all walk into a room. The plot twist? They're all the same person, and that person is Robb Wolf. Robb Wolf has spent his career sharing his knowledge in nutrition and strength and conditioning with NASA, the Naval Special Warfare Command and now the Brute Podcast. In this week's episode, he's sharing the experience behind why he recommends low-carb diets, how to optimize nutrition for performance and how to effectively lean out. Topics: 06:55 – PaleoFX 15:30 – Low-carb dieting 22:10 – Optimizing nutrition for performance 37:15 – Quality vs. quantity for getting lean 49:40 – Advice for dieters 59:15 – Principles of Jiu-Jitsu 1:14:00 – Health and sustainability Links: robbwolf.com Instagram Podcast Books: Wired To Eat – Robb Wolf The Paleo Solution - Robb Wolf Homo Deus – Yuval Harari The Obstacle Is the Way – Ryan Holiday Reviews: If you love this podcast, please click HERE to leave us a review. It energizes us to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support! Follow us on Instagram: @brute.strength

First, CJ Martin passed the bar to become a lawyer. Then he went on to raise the bar in what it means to be an elite CrossFit coach. The former attorney now owns the infamous CrossFit Invictus, home gym to a number of elite CrossFit athletes, and this week he's joining the Brute Strength podcast to discuss mentorship, leadership and entrepreneurship. In this episode, CJ takes it back to the beginning, discussing how he traded in the security of a career in law to jump into the unknown, open a gym and nearly lose it before becoming a coaching legacy in the sport. Enjoy the show! Topics: 06:51 - Asia CrossFit Championships 09:40 - Coaching teams and preparing for The Games 14:05 - Changes in The Games season 29:55 - Life before coaching 41:10 - Highs and lows 57:25 - Coach/athlete relationships Links: Crossfitinvictus.com Reviews: If you love this podcast, please click HERE to leave us a review. It energizes us to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support! Follow us on Instagram: @brute.strength

Dr. Andy Galpin has nutrition down to a science. Literally. With a master's in Human Movement Sciences and a Ph.D. in Human Bioenergetics, it's safe to say that taking advice from Dr. Galpin on the best ways to optimize nutrition for your health and performance or sticking to a meal plan is the opposite of a bad idea. If that isn't enough to convince you, the professor of strength and conditioning in the Center for Sports Performance at California State University joins the Brute Podcast for the second time ever this week to share his tips for mastering the basics of nutrition and the benefits of "batching" in order to stay on track with your goals. Check out Andy's first appearance on the Brute Strength Podcast on episode 125. Topics: 09:15 – Optimizing nutrition for health and performance 24:39 – Compliance & nutrition 35:40 – Mastering the basics of nutrition 43:29 – "Batching" Books: Unplugged - Andy Galpin, Brian MacKenzie, Phil White Links: Scientific American Marie Spano andygalpin.com Body of Knowledge Podcast Instagram YouTube Reviews: If you love this podcast, please click HERE to leave us a review. It energizes us to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support! Follow us on Instagram: @brute.strength

This week on The Brute Strength Podcast, we welcome back Brent Fikowski for the second time. Brent is one of the most consistent and successful CrossFit athletes to date, finishing 4th, 2nd and 4th in his previous Games appearances. In this week's episode, we'll be diving into the more technical side of training. Brent will share some of the tactics he uses when preparing for competition, how he approaches training, and some killer habits that give him an edge over competitors. Whether you're trying to compete at the highest level or become the best version of yourself, this episode has something for you. If you haven't checked out his first episode, be sure to give it a listen, we talk about his origin story and how he became the athlete he is today. Topics: 06:30 - Qualifying for The Games in Asia 17:25 - Granite Games 35:20 - Mindset 43:30 - Simplicity and essentialism 52:20 - Killer habits 1:05:40 - Urgent/ important matrix Links: Website Instagram Books: The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo Essentialism - Greg McKeown Reviews: If you love this podcast please click HERE to leave me a review. It energizes me to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support. Follow us on Instagram @brute.strength.