The Mind Muscle Connection
The Mind Muscle Connection is a show dedicated to educating you on applying science-based; training, nutrition, and mindset strategies to help you build a leaner, stronger, and more confident self. Grab some coffee and listen in!
Episodes
770 episodes
Benefits and Trade Offs Of Each Nutrition Phase | Ep 762
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!Body recomposition is possible, but that doesn't mean you should stay in the same nutrition phase forever. Whether you're in a fat loss phase or a building phase, each has a purpose and each...
Women Often Have a Larger Stress Response to Calorie Deficits | Ep 761
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!Fat loss always comes down to being in a calorie deficit, but that doesn't mean everyone responds to dieting the same way.In this episode, I explain why women often have a larger stres...
The Three Biggest Factors That Determine Your Maintenance Calories | Ep 760
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!Many people want to increase their maintenance calories, but only a few factors actually make a meaningful difference.In this episode, I break down what determines your maintenance cal...
The Stress Bucket Explained: How Stress Affects Fat Loss, Muscle Gain And Health | Ep 759
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast.We all deal with stress, but most people underestimate how much it affects their progress in the gym and their overall health.In this episode, I explain my stress bucket analogy and ho...
15-10-5 Lifting Protocol, Resting Heart Rate, HRV, Muscle Growth and More with Bryan Boorstein | Ep 758
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!In this episode, Bryan Boorstein is back on the podcast for another great conversation about training, recovery, cardio and hypertrophy. We discuss how Bryan uses recovery metrics like restin...
What Determines How Lean You Can Get And Stay? | Ep 757
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast.Getting lean is about much more than willpower. In this episode, I go into what actually determines how lean you can get and what it really takes to maintain it. I look at how genetics, muscl...
Workouts Beating You Up Or Not Building Muscle As You’d Like? | Ep 756
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!If you leave the gym feeling beat up or you're not building muscle the way you expected, this episode is for you. Today, I break down some of the biggest progression mistakes I see and explai...
A Better Approach to Phases Outside of Fat Loss | Ep 755
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection PodcastIn today’s episode, I break down a better way to run a building phase. A lot of people come out of fat loss and either stay too conservative with calories or keep pushing body weight up the en...
Why You Should Run a Fat Loss Diet Every So Often + How Long a Fat Loss Phase Should Be | Ep 754
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!Most people think the only reason to get into a calorie deficit is to lose body fat, but there can be benefits beyond just getting leaner. In this episode, I break down five reasons why spend...
Body Recomp Deepdive Part I w/ Brandon DaCruz | Ep 753
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! In today's episode, I have Brandon Cruz back on for another deep dive, this time into body recomposition, training execution, and what actually drives progress in trained individuals. W...
Why A Single And Short Build Phase Isn't Going To Drastically Change Your Physique | Ep 752
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!Many people finish a building phase feeling frustrated because they didn’t gain as much muscle as they expected. In today’s episode, I explain why that happens, why a short building phase is ...
Pre Sleep Nutrition, Protein, Collagen, and more w. Dr. Mike Ormsbee | Ep 751
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Mike Ormsbee to break down the research on pre-sleep nutrition, protein timing, and how eating before bed actually impacts body composition, recovery, and...
How To Build Muscle In A Deficit | Ep 750
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!Building muscle in a deficit is one of the most misunderstood topics in fitness. So in today's episode, I break down the common mistakes people make when thinking about muscle growth in a def...
Eating Under Maintenance But Weight Isn't Going Down or Is Up? | Ep 749
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!Have you ever felt like you're eating below your maintenance calories and doing everything right, but the scale isn't moving? Or maybe it's even going up? In today's episode, I break down som...
10 Things You Need To Know About Body Comp Change | Ep 748
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!Body composition is a topic that gets talked about a lot, but there's still a lot of confusion around how it actually works. A lot of people end up chasing the wrong things, getting frustrate...
Why Increasing Calories Didnt Work For You | Ep 747
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!A lot of people increase their calories expecting things to improve and instead end up feeling like it backfired. The scale jumps, bloating shows up, and suddenly you're questioning whether i...
Is Bulking and Cutting Dead? | Ep 746
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!In today’s episode, I talk about the ongoing conversation around body recomposition, bulking, and cutting. Lately, more people have been saying that bulking and cutting is dead, so in this ep...
Why Your Maintenance Calories Feel So Low | Ep 745
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!A lot of people feel like the second they eat over 1500 calories, they instantly gain weight. In today’s episode, I break down why that feeling happens, why your metabolism probably isn’t bro...
Training In a Fat Loss Phase vs Outside Of It | Ep 744
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!A lot of people think fat loss means doing more cardio, more volume, and harder workouts. But in today’s episode, I explain why that approach can actually hurt your recovery, performance, an...
Does Cardio After Lifting Prevent Muscle Growth, Fat Loss Mistakes, 4 Week Training Cycles and More w. Brandon DaCruz | Ep 743
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!In this episode, I sit down with Brandon to dive deep into some of the most debated topics in evidence-based training: deloads, program structure, muscle maintenance, and whether frequent exe...
Can You Lose Fat At Maintenance? | Ep 742
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!A new study on body recomposition sparked a big conversation around maintenance calories, fat loss, and muscle gain. So in today’s episode, I break down what the study actually showed, where...
My Case For Periodizing Your Nutrition | EP 741
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!A lot of people spend years trying to find the “perfect” calorie target and then stay there forever. The problem is your body adapts over time, and what works in one phase of the year may sto...
Body Comp 101: How to Actually Improve Body Composition | Ep 740
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!In this episode, I sit down with coach Bruno Araujo Silva, a coach based in Belgium, to break down a real client case study and walk through Body Comp 101: How To Actually Improve Body Compo...
5 Most Common High Stress Load Avatars | Ep 739
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!Most people are trying to do the right things, but they are applying them at the wrong time. So in this solo episode, I deep dive into the 5 Most Common High Stress Load AvatarsI break...
Hyrox Training, Zone 2 Cardio, Fats In a Deficit, Calorie Cycling, and more | Ep 738
Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!This episode is a Q&A episode where I go through a bunch of questions I’ve been getting from clients and listeners… Hyrox Training, Zone 2 Cardio, Fats in a Deficit, Calorie Cycling, and...