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Choose Hard with Cody McBroom

Cody McBroomwww.choose-hard.com
Built For Those Who Choose Effort Over Ease. Choose Hard is the podcast for people who refuse average. Host Cody McBroom—a leader who’s lived it, built it, and teaches it—provides unfiltered insights, science-backed coaching, and values-driven strategies to help you build your body, sharpen your mind, and lead with purpose in a world that softens standards. ⠀⠀ So if you're ready to earn a stronger body and a stronger life—without taking shortcuts— this is your podcast.
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857 - Proper Timing For A Cut, Training 7 days A week, and Creating Social Media Awareness

In this episode Cody elaborates on some really awesome question topics that include Proper Timing For A Cut, Training 7 days A week, and Creating Social Media Awareness with your clients. If you love this podcast, please do us a favor and share this episode with anyone you think would like it or benefit from it. Thank you!! —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On The Podcast: Ask Us Here! Purchase Items F...

Feb 08, 202337 min

856 - Importance of Food Quality, Intuitive Eating, and All or Nothing Mentality

In this episode Cody talks about a number of Nutition topics such as the importance of food quality, the all or nothing mentality, and why intuitive eating may not be the answer. If you love this podcast, please do us a favor and share this episode with anyone you think would like it or benefit from it. Thank you!! —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On The Podcast: Ask Us Here! Purchase Items From Tailo...

Feb 06, 202337 min

855 - Jermaine Kearse - Super Bowl Champion’s Mindset

In this episode, we get the honor of hanging out with Super Bowl Champion, Jermaine Kearse. Jermaine is a local hero in the State of Washington, which made this even better for us personally! But the episode isn't just great because we got to hang out with a NFL Champion... It's a great episode because we dig into the MINDSET of a NFL Champion! Not only that, but Jermaine is also an entrepreneur who, with his partner Greg Bodine, has started a premier indoor golf training facility, called Evergr...

Feb 02, 20231 hr 9 min

854 - Squat Substitutes, Overcoming ”Skinny Fat”, and The Transition To Maintenance Calories

In today’s episode, Cody elaborates on how multiple other squat patterns in order to compensate for any injuries or issues that you may have with typical barbell squat. He will also cover how to properly transition back into maintenance calories in order to get prepped to go into a successful cut. —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On The Podcast: Ask Us Here! Purchase Items From Tailored Life Apparel -...

Jan 30, 202331 min

853 - Eliminating ”Diet Mindset”, Finding Clarity Around Your Goals, and Nutrition For Athletes

In today’s episode, Cody dives deep talking about how to positively change your mindset around being in a calorie deficit, Finding clarity around your different goals in 2023, and how he would coach new or young athletes with their nutrition. —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On The Podcast: Ask Us Here! Purchase Items From Tailored Life Apparel - HERE Download 1 (or ALL) Of Our FREE GUIDES: https://ww...

Jan 26, 202338 min

852 - Finding Your Why w/ Andres Villalba (Pt.2)

This episode is part 2 with Andres Vilallba, co-founder of Tailored Life Apparel. We carry on the discussion from last week, which you can listen to by clicking the link below, and start answering some listeners' questions! Questions range from how to know when it's time to make the leap and start a new business or career, determining whether you are setting the right goals for yourself, whether or not we experience burnout or being unmotivated, and more… Listen to Part 1 with Andres HERE ! And ...

Jan 23, 202349 min

851 - Facts Over Feelings, w/ Andres Villalba (Pt.1)

We have Andres Villalba, who is an Entrepreneur, CEO, Life Coach, and Philanthropist, on the podcast today to do a joint episode with Cody, on Personal Development and Business Success. During this discussion, the guys chat about some of what they're going through now in the early stages of building Tailored Life Apparel. Then they dive into some specific topics regarding multitasking and productivity, working on multiple goals simultaneously, focusing on what's factual instead of letting your e...

Jan 19, 202351 min

850 - Bulking After Being Overweight, How To Stop Over-Exercising, & The Best Diet Length.

In this episode, Cody will dive deep into 3 topics that include bulking after being overweight, How to stop over-exercising and the best diet length. If you love this podcast or find it helpful in any way, please share it on social media or with anyone that you know that could benefit from it! —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On The Podcast: Ask Us Here! Purchase Items From Tailored Life Apparel - HER...

Jan 16, 202334 min

849 - 5AM Club, Staying Motivated, and The Best Journal Prompts

This podcast is ALL about personal development! More specifically, calling out the bulls**t you see on instagram and telling it how it is. Breaking down what ACTUALLY matters, works, and produces success. Topics include the "5AM Club" and whether or not getting up that early is actually necessary, staying motivated and consistent with moving towards your goals, and what the best journal prompts to use are. —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign ...

Jan 12, 202347 min

848 - Understanding True Recovery, Tracking Cheat Meals, And More...

Today Cody talks about how you go about having “Cheat meals” in your diet plan or if you should have them at all. He also dives deep into stating nutrition planning as a teenager and how it should help you as you grow older. Make sure to help us grow this podcast by taking a screenshot on your phone and tagging us and someone you know that you think should listen! —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On T...

Jan 09, 202352 min

847 - All Things Body Composition with Dr. Brandon Roberts

In this episode we bring on our Chief Science Officer, Dr. Brandon Roberts, and dive into some hot topics from the evidence based community! We start by discussing "Stretch-Mediated Hypertrophy", which includes the debate between a full range of motion vs. a partial range of motion, the importance of the stretch phase in any range with any exercise, inter-set stretching, and how to implement stretch based movements into your training program for better muscle growth results. Then we cover ultra-...

Jan 05, 202354 min

846 - A No-Bullshit Approach To New Year’s Resolutions

Do you ever procrastinate setting legitimate New Years Resolutions or Goals, due to just not knowing HOW to set them properly? Maybe you get stuck in the process because you don’t know what your goals should be or how hard you should push? Well in this episode, we teach you a no-bullshit approach to setting goals that MATTER. Throughout the episode Cody explains the importance of facing your failures in order to discover what you need to change, how to visualize your greatest potential self, and...

Jan 02, 202345 min

845 - Brandon Senn: Coaching World Record Athletes

Brandon Senn is a powerlifting coach who has been coaching for well over a decade and in that span of time he has personally competed at a high level, coached multiple athletes to break world records in powerlifting, spoke at thousands of seminars, and directed hundreds of coaches through proper education on strength training at two of the most well known powerlifting companies in the world -- Kabuki Strength and Juggernaut Training Systems. He is a world class coach, to say the least! And his t...

Dec 29, 20221 hr 4 min

844 - Losing Fat Without Tracking Macros, Best Way To ”Get Started” On Your Goals, and More...

In todays episode, cody discusses the challenges of trying to lose fat without tracking macros, How to start new habits when it comes to going to the gym, and so much more! Please share this episode with anyone and everyone! Please take a screenshot and share it on all social media platforms and tag us @Codymcbroom and @tailoredcoachingmethod. —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On The Podcast: Ask Us He...

Dec 26, 202254 min

843 - Fat Loss Plan For Busy Moms, New TCM Headquarters, And More…

In today’s episode Cody will give an update on the progress of how the new TCM Headquarters is coming along in construction. He will also break down how to set ones calories when entering into a bulk. Please share this episode with anyone and everyone! Please take a screenshot and share it on all social media platforms and tag us @Codymcbroom and @tailoredcoachingmethod. —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answer...

Dec 22, 202248 min

842 - Yo-Yo Dieting, Unsupportive Family Members, and More…

Cody goes in depth about ending the new year strong in order to be positive and have momentum going into the new year! When holiday times come around, sometimes it can be hard to be around people that don’t support you in your weight loss or fitness journey, today cody will explain to you what he has done in the past to help get past it and educate them on what you are doing! Stick around! Please share this episode with anyone and everyone! Please take a screenshot and share it on all social med...

Dec 19, 202249 min

841 - Cody Becomes A Powerlifter....

Today, Cody will cover multiple topics that include the delay of the Tailored Trainer app and some business lessons he has learned from it, The launch of Tailored Life Apparel, and his brand new start into his Powerlifting Journey. Make sure to give us a rating on apple podcast and Spotify and screenshot and share on your social media so we can help as many people as possible! —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions ...

Dec 15, 202252 min

840 - Artificial Intelligence Trend, Overcoming Body Dysmorphia, And More…

Today Cody will cover topics including the new artificial intelligence trend that is going around and what effect it could have on people. He also goes over lots of different business lessons that he learned before starting his own company, and last but not least, goes deep into body recomposition while still eating at maintenance calories. You don’t want to miss what he has to say! Make sure to give us a rating on apple podcast and spotify and screenshot and share on your social media so we can...

Dec 12, 20221 hr 1 min

839 - Marcus Filly - Functional Bodybuilding Origins

This episode's guest is Marcus Filly, Founder and Owner of Functional-Bodybuilding. Marcus was a med school student who decided to pursue a different type of a health career, instead of the traditional medicine route -- that career path was fitness! He left med school to become a coach and open a gym, which led him to becoming a 6x CrossFit Games Competitor and eventually to becoming one of the most well known fitness influencers in the world. When ending his CrossFit Athletic Journey, he began ...

Dec 08, 20221 hr 5 min

838 - How-To Increase Your Maintenance Intake, When To Skip Compound Lifts, and Being A Go-Giver

Today's episode is a solo show where Cody jumps on the mic to answer some questions! He dives into his exact coaching method to test his clients ability to go to failure and judge their true level of effort, which takes up the first half of the podcast (SO much value). Then he proceeds into the questions, which revolve around the most effective ways to program training, building up someone's calorie intake, and being a REAL go-giver during the holidays! Don't forget that Tailored Life Apparel's ...

Dec 05, 20221 hr 1 min

837 - Tailored Life Apparel (Who We Are & What’s Coming)

This episode is a big one for us, because it’s the official announcement of the first drop for Tailored Life Apparel! The TLA Launch #1 goes live on Sunday, 12/4, at 4pm PST — you can get notified about the drop and get early access to grab some gear by heading to tailoredlifeapparel.co and signing up for our spam-free email list. In this podcast Cody and Andres talk about how TLA came about, why they want to build this and their vision for the brand, as well as some behind-the-scenes stories ab...

Dec 01, 202251 min

836 - Naturopaths and Pseudoscience, Key Steps When Starting a Business, and More…

Cody and Travis catch up on their thanksgiving time with their family including Cody trying to explain to his family about Naturopaths and their legitimacy. Cody breaks down the exact steps he took to start his business when he transitioned from in person training to online. Make sure to take a screenshot and share on social media and tell a friend! We want to reach and help as many people as possible! Click Link and fill out the form to get Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deal email! - HERE —- To App...

Nov 28, 20221 hr 1 min

835 - Be The Henry Ford Of Your Inner Circle

Today, Cody and Travis talk about what they're thankful for and how to end the year off right in order to start the new year off on the right foot! Cody talks a lot about setting an example for the people around you and being the positive role model that creates change for people you surround yourself with. Hope EVERYONE has an awesome Thanksgiving and Make sure to click the link below for Black Friday Deals!! Click Link and fill out the form to get Black Friday Deal email! - HERE —- To Apply Fo...

Nov 24, 202233 min

834 - Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain, The Truth About Artificial Sweeteners, And More...

Weight gain during the holiday is VERY common... And in this episode, we start by helping you AVOID that! Todays Q&A covers: How to enjoy your holiday dinner without having to stress over hitting your macros, raising your children around clean eating without having a negative effect on them, and how much is too much when it comes to artificial sweeteners? This episode is jam packed with lots of good advice to help you out If you get any kind of value from this, please do us a favor and scree...

Nov 21, 202245 min

833 - Legitimacy of Body Fat Testing, When To Call Clients Out, and More...

—- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On The Podcast: Ask Us Here! Download 1 (or ALL) Of Our FREE GUIDES: https://www.tailoredcoachingmethod.com/guides Giant Lifting Equipment (10% Off With Code “TCM10”): GiantLifting.com 1st Phorm Supps: https://www.1stphorm.com/tailoredcoachingmethod To Get Cody’s Amazon Recommendations, Click Here —-- Timestamps: (4:30) - First, thanks for being so generous with your i...

Nov 18, 202244 min

832 - Amber French: Vie Athletics (Founder/CEO)

Vie Athletics is a POWERHOUSE in Washington State -- it's a female only strength training facility that has a captivating culture and a cult-like community. They've already taken over this state by opening gyms in Seattle, Gig Harbor, Tacoma, Puyallup, South Hill, and Bonney Lake... And now, they're expanding OUT of the state by opening their first out-of-state gym in Chandler, Arizona. But there's more to this story because the founder and owner of the gym, Amber French, is the mastermind behin...

Nov 16, 20221 hr 19 min

831 - Fireside Chat: Tactical Training and Stacking Your 1%

In today’s episode, Cody and Travis review a recent seminar that Cody did for a group of Local firefighters. He did the seminar on how to tailor training and nutrition for their line of work. There is so much good information in this episode. Please don't forget to give us a review and share with a friend! Enjoy! —- To Apply For Coaching: Click Here Download The Tailored Trainer: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On The Podcast: Ask Us Here! Download 1 (or ALL) Of Our ...

Nov 14, 202244 min

830 - Uncovering Slimy Business Tactics, Training Around Back Pain, And More...

This one might ruffle some feathers... because Cody calls out the BS in the "fitness business coaching" industry and spreads the TRUTH around how to become a successful trainer, coach, and/or nutritionist! We then dive into some client specific questions that will applicable to any and all who listen! —- To Download The Tailored Trainer and Gain Unlimited Access To Expert Programming, Sign Up Here: Tailored Trainer Sign Up Page To Get Your Questions Answered On The Podcast: Ask Us Here! 1st Phor...

Nov 11, 202243 min

829 - Men’s Health Fitness Director, Ebenezer Samuel

Today's guest is the Fitness Director of Men's Health Magazine, Ebenezer Samuel! Ebenezer is a journalist turned strength and conditioning coach (CSCS) that landed himself in the world of Men's Health and has now been the director of their entire content department. He's a master at creating content, coaching fitness, and delivering evidence-based advice, that's actually practical and applicable, to the every day person. So in today's podcast, we dive into his story and get his advice on how "no...

Nov 09, 20221 hr 5 min

828 - New Tailored Trainer Programs, Life Changing Seminars, When To Go Into A Deficit, And More….

In today’s Q&A episode, Cody breaks down some of the new features in the new Tailored Trainer app that is almost here! He discusses all the different seminars he attended in his career and why they are so beneficial. Hope you get a lot of value from this episode and please don’t forget to give us a review and share with a friend as we’re always trying to reach more people! —- To Download The Tailored Trainer and Gain Unlimited Access To Expert Programming, Sign Up Here: Tailored Trainer Sign...

Nov 07, 202236 min
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