Grow with Jazz
Welcome to Grow with Jazz - the podcast! I'll be bringing you fitness education with practical application to help you build lean muscle and get seriously strong.Join me as I talk all things health and fitness, from muscle building to fat loss to mindset, making the process both simple and enjoyable.
Episodes
145 episodes
How (& Why) To Stop Drinking Alcohol | E141
In this episode, I’m talking all things alcohol - from my fun times with drink, to why I slowly decided to stop drinking altogether.There was no dramatic pledge or New Years resolution.Just a gradual realisation that alcohol no longer al...
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25:58
Is Creatine For Women? | E140
A marketing campaign I saw last week ruffled my feathers.A supplement brand is releasing a new collection of creatine products “designed for women”.They hide under the guise of educating women and making it “for them”.But t...
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10:47
Q&A - Bingeing On Chocolate, Holiday Weight Gain, Fasted Lifting, When To Reverse Diet & More! | E139
Today we're back with another listener Q&A!Topics that were covered include:💪🏼 How to balance lifting and cardio/hyrox💛 Navigating training around a chronic illness🏃♀️Treadmill vs outdoor running for bad knees
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37:25
Why You Keep Falling Off Track | E138
Raise your hand if you’re in a constant battle with trying to stay consistent whilst living a crazy busy life🙋♀️You do well for a few weeks, smashing those 10k steps, staying strict with your meal plan and abstinence from your Achilles ...
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Preventing Muscle Loss On Holiday | E137
It's the time of year where many of you will be jetting off for a well-deserved break to soak up some sunshine or explore a new city.But with that might be coming a little bit of concern around what will happen to your body when...
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Does The Scale Dictate Your Mood? | E136
Relationship status with the scale: it's complicated.Today we're unpacking why so many women have their self-worth and success governed by a random number that nobody else knows.We'll first be talking about where the obsession wit...
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23:57
My Best Advice For New Runners | E135
I've gone from a self-proclaimed running hater to completing my first marathon over the past few years.I remember the way sense of achievement I got after my first 10k (and I also remember how much my joints were screaming at me and how ...
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Everything I’d Do If I Wanted To Lose Weight Fast For Summer | E134
Not long ago it felt like we had HEAPS of time until summer.Holidays felt like a distant prospect and our puffer coats and scarves kept us feeling comfortable.All of a sudden, here we are in mid-May and those summer plans are sudd...
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I RAN A MARATHON - Full Race Debrief | E133
On Sunday 27th April I completed my first ever marathon in a time of 3 hours 46 minutes and 7 seconds.Today I'm giving you the run-down on exactly how it happened, including:📆 What my training looked like to prepare...
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52:26
How To Prevent "Self-Sabotage" | E132
Why is it that we always mess things up and end up in "screw-it" mode when we start seeing results?!You'd think seeing changes in your body and feeling more confident would be motivating, but some people find it actually makes them take ...
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Get Lean Whilst Eating Your Favourite Foods? | E131
"Get your dream body with zero restrictions😍"It's a really nice sentiment. Much better than the toxic diet culture messaging of the past. But is it really true?Can you get lean and transform the way you look without giving up any ...
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How To Avoid "Redundant" Exercises | E130
When I first started lifting, I thought a good workout was simply a group of good exercises.Unfortunately, there’s a bit more to it than that…See you could write a session made up of GREAT glute exercises but it could still be a “...
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4-Weeks Out From My First Marathon! [Update!] | E129
Shit is getting real.I’m officially 1 month out from my very first marathon😅When I signed up last year, it felt like such a distant prospect. Something that was a problem for future-me.Well, here’s future me dealing with th...
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18:15
The Rise Of SkinnyTok | E128
Thinness is back.I mean, it never really left, but over the past 5ish years it was re-packaged as "wellness". The body positivity movement grew, even to an extent that wanting to change your body was a bit taboo. But this yea...
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19:45
How I Eat Out Multiple Times Per Week & Stay On Track | E127
In the past, going out to eat would really stress me out.How will I know my macros if I can't track? What if I go over my calories for the day?In my mind, eating out = off track. Often I'd end up over-eating when I got...
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23:06
"Holding onto fat" because you're not eating enough? | E126
“Your calories are too low so your body is holding on to fat”“Reverse diet to lose fat on higher calories”“Your metabolism has been damaged by your low calorie diet”If you follow any fitness content onl...
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11:47
Are All Calories Made Equal? | E125
Clean eating vs IIFYMWhole foods vs Ultra-processed foodsGood/healthy foods vs Bad/unhealthy foodsIf calories are the same, does it actually matter what we eat?In today's epis...
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12:40
Maintenance Q&A - Avoiding Weight Regain, Maintenance Without Tracking, Navigating Travel & More! | Project Cut
In the final live coaching call of Project Cut I'm answering members' questions about their return to maintenance once the program is over so they can maintain their fat loss for the long run.
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34:47
Build Muscle From Home! | E124
Here’s how it often goes for people who train from home:They follow YouTube videos or workouts on an app and see really good results. They get fitter, lose weight, but after a while, those results start to slow down and the...
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So you're ill⁉️ Here's what to do next | E123
Since everyone and their dog seems to have gotten ill at some point this January, I thought it'd be fitting to record an episode on how we deal with illness.I'll be breaking down the whole process, including:📉Lesser-known signs you ...
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Q&A: Navigating Meals Out, High Volume Eating, Creatine & More! | Project Cut
Get an insight in to what we're working on in Project Cut - my 8-week fat loss program!
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36:44
Fasted Cardio And Lifting For Women | E122
If you listen to a very popular podcast, you might have heard a very well-respected, qualified guest say that lifting fasted negates the effects of the your training because it forces us to break down lean muscle tissue to use as energy...<...
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How Many Carbs & Fats Should You Be Eating? | E121
We always hear about calorie target and protein targets, but what about our other macronutrients: carbs and fats!?That girl on TikTok says how cutting out carbs helped her drop 10lbs and you heard that guy on Instagram talking about how...
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