I haven't had a Q&A for a while on the podcast so I thought today would be the perfect day! Definitely some great questions that I go into a lot of detail with both from a physiological and psychological perspective so you won't want to miss this one. Please let me know if you enjoy this format and I will continue to do it! Questions include: - Protein Amount with High Body Fat - Time Management Strategies/Time Blocks - Favorite Part of a Growing and Cutting Season - KETO! - Favorite Fish Oi...
Oct 24, 2019•47 min
If you are a Youtuber or aspiring Youtuber, have a desire to explore postdoctoral education, or... actually everyone will enjoy this no matter where you are at in life. My guest today is my good friend Stephanie Buttermore, host of the very popular Youtube channel Stephanie Buttermore Ph.D. Stephanie does not regularly appear on podcasts so this was a special treat for me and for her as well to come on and talk very openly about her graduate and postdoc phase of life, the evolution of her Youtub...
Oct 17, 2019•1 hr 42 min
Do you want to be the best? Are you afraid of saying that out loud? My guest today has that exact mindset and confidence with the results to back it up. His name is Russel Orhii and he is the 2019 83KG IPF World Champion and world-record-holding powerlifter. Russel is someone who is as genuine and joyful in person as he is on social media and we get into a lot of mindset talk today that you will love especially if you are someone aspiring to be the best at what they do. Topics covered today incl...
Oct 10, 2019•58 min
When is the last time you cleaned your house? I will assume (hopefully) it was recently. Why don't we take this same action with our bodies on a regular basis? My guest today is the amazing Taylor Sappington and immediately when we got on the call we just started talking. It took about halfway through to realize I hadn't introduced her yet but what we were talking about was so important and wide-ranging, I couldn't stop. I hope you find a lot of value out of this episode and use some of these pr...
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 9 min
What do Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, and Jiu-Jitsu all have in common? My guest today. Nsima Inyang is a Professional Bodybuilder, Elite Level Powerlifter, Martial Artist, and a DEEP dude. We get into a lot of mindset principles around failure, measuring progress, and dealing with stagnation. We definitely touch on a lot of different topics but it was a great conversation and one you won't want to miss. Some topics covered today: - UV Lights and how it affects human beings - Sleep and how it affe...
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 16 min
Ready to elevate where you are in life in probably the most SIMPLE format you've ever heard? Today's conversation with Austin Current of Physique Development is truly a "How to do Life for Dummies" guide. Austin is one of the most intelligent people I know when it comes to training and nutrition, but today he offered up some golden (arguably platinum) nuggets on life. Here's the conversational gamut we ran today: -Following the "plan" that was laid out for him and realizing that he didn't actual...
Sep 12, 2019•1 hr 46 min
On today's show, we're diving DEEP into RELATIONSHIPS - the good, the bad, and the downright uncomfortable. I'm joined by my good friends Erin Dimond and Jordan Dugger. Both are powerhouses in fitness and business, but something that REALLY shines about them is how they show up in their relationships. I was blown away by their openness, vulnerability, and the amount of tough/uncomfortable questions they ask in their own partnership. Some topics we cover today: -"priming" yourself for future rela...
Aug 22, 2019•1 hr 22 min
Get ready to learn a lot on today's episode... I had the pleasure of chatting with my dear friend and training coach, Alex Bush. Alex is a coach, holds a Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, is certified through Precision Nutrition, and has also taken extensive coursework through N1 Education. We dove DEEP into some intermediate and advanced training principles, so get your notepads ready! WHAT WE TOUCH ON TODAY: -the three different phases of training (neurological, hypertrophy, metabolic) in...
Jul 18, 2019•1 hr 16 min
Today's episode is a bit unconventional... we're here for a solo episode, and today I want to talk to you about mindfulness, and the power that becoming more mindful in my day to day has had on my life. I know mindfulness is REALLY trendy right now, and I'm not here to teach you how to meditate and be super zen. All I want to do here is help you EXPERIENCE your life more and to your utmost capacity. So, the timeline of our lil chat today: -what mindfulness means (technically) -why mindfulness ha...
Jun 20, 2019•38 min
On today's episode of EMBody Radio, I had the pleasure of sitting down with my good friend Nick Komodina. In a world full of people who aren't who they portray themselves to be online, Nick is the absolute opposite of that. I’ll allow Nick to introduce himself, but if there’s anything I can say about him, it’s that he’s not only who he portrays himself to be online, he’s a lot more than that as well. We get into a lot of deep shit on this episode, and I really feel like you’re going to walk away...
Jun 13, 2019•1 hr 7 min
After a lonnnnng time away, EMBody Radio is back. And I'd go so far as to say that it is back with a big bang. Today on the show, Joseph Sheehey returns for his second podcast on EMBody Radio. Joe is a human on a journey - a journey that has led him to some very dark places, and now on a journey to truly experience the fullness of life, elevating himself and those around him, and working on creating products that truly help others live well. Joe is one of the founders of Cured Nutrition, one of ...
Jun 06, 2019•1 hr 9 min
It's that time of year... aka the New Year. Aka the time of year when the already rampant bad health/fitness nutrition advice is even MORE prevalent. In today's episode, I take some of the worst pieces of fitness "advice," diet programs, and general fallacies that YOU guys left on my Instagram and got into some of why those protocols/recommendations aren't going to necessarily get you where you want to be. If you're ready to hear some bad fitness advice debunked, you'll love today's episode! ---...
Jan 10, 2019•33 min
Everyone talks about "metabolism." Slow metabolisms, fast metabolisms, metabolic adaptation, stubborn metabolisms, all that. But... what actually is "your metabolism?" Can you point to it? Today's episode was inspired by a follower question essentially asking me to help her better understand what "metabolism" actually means. So lets talk allllll about -what "metabolism" actually is from a physical perspective (definition time) -what metabolism practically means -the different components of your ...
Dec 21, 2018•35 min
I'm done with my undergrad, have a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, and am readaaaaayyyy to talk to you guys today about training and training intensity. In today's show, we talk about: -How muscle actually develops, -What "adaptation" truly means, -Maintaining, progressing, and regressing adaptations, -Newbie gains, -Where your starting point should be if you feel like you've plateaud in training, -The concept of progressive overload and why most people aren't achieving it, -Training intens...
Dec 13, 2018•29 min
Sleep - it's something that we all love, but that most of us proooobably aren't getting enough of. And that's a HUGE detriment not just to our overall health, but to our performance and body composition. In today's show, we're talking sleep. More specifically, we're talking: -How poor sleep may negatively impact fat loss, -How poor sleep may potentially be catabolic (muscle-wasting), -How poor sleep may promote body fat gain, -Sleep hygiene, -Creating a nighttime routine that works for you and W...
Nov 08, 2018•17 min
This episode serves as a capstone of sorts for the resources I've created surrounding breast implant associated health problems, more commonly known as "Breast Implant Illness." Today I had the pleasure of talking with board certified plastic surgeon and MY personal explant surgeon, Dr. Brian Lee, on all things breast implant issues. We talk about: -His journey into the profession, and how his own struggle with psoriatic arthritis led him down a path that blended his knowledge as a surgeon with ...
Oct 12, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Steroids, particularly anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS), are very popular in all sports, but particularly strength and physique sports (bodybuilding, Weightlifting, powerlifting, and Crossfit). There's a huge taboo around AAS, but an even bigger taboo surrounding women and androgen use. I'm so excited to bring you part 2 with Victoria Felkar, a researcher whose research is quite literally titled, "Women and Steroids." We're diving into that exact topic in this episode. Today we talk about: -Si...
Oct 04, 2018•45 min
Do you take or have you taken hormonal birth control? Do you understand your own menstrual cycle? Have you ever tried to go off birth control and had an awful time trying to regain your natural cycle? Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Victoria Felkar once again. She was in some of the first episodes of EMBody Radio (episodes 5 & 6 to be exact), and she is a wealth of knowledge. Victoria is a researcher and she studies the things that other people don't seem to want to touch - women an...
Sep 27, 2018•1 hr 12 min
What's up guys! Today we're back for a solo episode and we're digging a little deeper into fat loss... and more importantly, when it's NOT a good time to try and lose body fat and/or why your fat loss phase isn't going the way you'd like it to. Here's the link the the research review on metabolic adaptations I referenced in this show: https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1550-2783-11-7 Today we talk about: -what needs to be in place before you start a cut -why previous dieting attemp...
Sep 20, 2018•24 min
Do you struggle with anxiety and/or depression? SO many of us do. Did you know that what and how you eat could help heal that? On today's show, I had to pleasure of interviewing Ali Miller. Ali is an integrative functional medicine practitioner with a background in naturopathic medicine. She is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, with a contagious passion for food as medicine developing clinical protocols and virtual programs using nutrients and food as the foundati...
Sep 13, 2018•59 min
I've been through a lot of weird health complications the last couple of years and tried a lot of different therapies. If you had told me a year ago that it was my breast implants that were causing the problem, I'd have thought you were crazy. My health continued to decline, and then I came to realize that my implants could very well be at the root of why. Today, I talk about: -Some of the symptoms I had -What I tried to fix them/heal -What made me believe my health problems were related to my i...
Sep 06, 2018•44 min
TRIGGER WARNING FOR THIS EPISODE: We discuss eating disorders, physically/emotionally abusive relationships, PTSD, and mental illness in this episode, so please be aware of that before listening. Today's guest is, to put it simply, a warrior. Mik Zazon has been through so much for such a young person, and she's all about owning her story and using it to help others. Today's episode covers so many topics, including: -Physical trauma from sports that left her without college scholarships and witho...
Aug 23, 2018•1 hr
Blood flow restriction training, also known as occlusion training/BFR, has become increasingly popular in the fitness industry. Today's show features Kusha Karvandi, the man behind BFR Bands. Kusha has an extensive background as a trainer (over 10,000 hours with clients and over 20 nationally recognized certifications) and he also has a unique perspective given his knowledge of neurology. Today's episode is rich with knowledge from Kusha, including: -What does "functional neurology" even mean? -...
Aug 16, 2018•55 min
The body positivity/#BOPO movement is becoming increasingly popular... One question that health professionals, myself included, have asked, is "Does promoting body positivity mean promoting obesity or unhealthy behaviors?" There's also a myriad of fitness influencers/personalities beginning to use body positivity hashtags and claim the movement as their own... which can be problematic. Today's guest, Victoria Myers of Nourishing Minds Nutrition, is a Registered Dietitian who also speaks extremel...
Aug 09, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Social media essentially runs our current world... And I don't really think it's going anywhere. To be honest, there are a TON of positives to social media! But, put it in the wrong hands, and it can go south reeeeeal quick. It gives anyone with a smartphone/computer/tablet the ability to speak freely, without filtration or regulation. That can be a breeding ground for misinformation, especially in the fitness industry. I don't know about you, but there have been many a time when I found myself ...
Aug 03, 2018•10 min
Do you struggle with your diet? Rather, do you struggle with STICKING to your diet? Today's guest is Dr. Kori Propst. Kori is a health psychologist at the Diet Doc and the Mental Edge program, where she works to uncover the motivation(s) behind and the mindset of eating. She helps clients work on what and HOW we think, tendencies we have, triggers we have, and developing emotional agility. In today's show, we had some amazing conversations about diet, the mindsets/tendencies we have surrounding ...
Aug 02, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Drew Canole, author of the book "You Be You" (available for preorder now) and founder of Organifi. This episode started as a talk on all the benefits of greens and took a turn for the spiritual. Get ready for this one, we went deep here! We talk about: -How Drew got into this whole situation through his own health transformation, where he discovered the power of green juice, -Defining yourself, -Focusing on not just identity, but WHYdentity, -"Waking up" ...
Jul 26, 2018•57 min
Today's episode features Sarah Clark, a fertility coach who has been through the ringer with her own reproductive health. Sarah was diagnosed with ovarian failure at 28 and had her two children via in vitro fertilization. It wasn't until later that she realized her infertility was actually caused by various food intolerances. She has now dedicated her life to coaching couples through infertility challenges and helps women conceive naturally. In today's show, we talk about: -Sarah's journey throu...
Jul 12, 2018•46 min
Today's episode is a solo episode from yours truly! Adversity, struggle, sadness, hardship. Ubiquitous across the human experience. But what happens when tough times strike? Do you fall into the victim mentality? Is everything that happens to you "just bad luck," or make you feel stuck/like you're destined to live a crappy life? Or are you the protagonist? Do you KNOW there's a way, and do you find it? We're all one of those two people. Learn which script you're reading to flip it out of the vic...
Jul 05, 2018•17 min
I hope you're ready for an information-packed episode today! David Krantz is a health coach who specializes in genetics, including epigenetics, nutrigenomics, nutrigenetics, and even the genetic component of CBD/THC/and other cannabis-derived products. You'll want to grab a pen and paper for this one! Today, you'll learn about: -What epigenetics is/what it means, -How we can change our genetic makeup throughout our lifetime with diet, exercise, and lifestyle, -What happens when our genes and env...
Jun 28, 2018•1 hr 11 min
