While whole foods are great, and you definitely need them in your diet, not all of your diet should comprise of whole foods. The reason for this is that once you get over a certain number of calories you're going to be having potential GI issues. Instead, you should focus on getting a majority of your diet from whole nutritious foods but once you hit that minimum intake of nutrients (which will be about 2500 calories a day). The rest of your food should come from higher calorie-dense foods to he...
Aug 24, 2022•10 min•Ep. 148
So this has come to my attention lately with how coaches and physique-focused people are treating people in the fitness industry. It is becoming exclusive and making people feel intimidated and like failures, because they "don't want it bad enough". Yet these people don't understand that not everyone wants to be a bodybuilder or physique focused and instead people just want to get fit and healthy.
Aug 21, 2022•43 min•Ep. 147
Sleep is one of the most important things you can focus on for your performance. If you want to improve your performance, motor skills learning, coordination and basically just being an all round better athlete, then you need to prioritise sleep!
Aug 17, 2022•10 min•Ep. 146
One thing that people focus way too much on is their physique or scale outcome. That is the only definition of success or self worth they have and this can become a very negative spiral if you aren't careful. Instead of tying all of your self worth to your body, you have to think about the process and the behaviours that you're doing to better yourself. This process focus is actually what can help you become more successful when you're dieting.
Aug 14, 2022•32 min•Ep. 145
If you've been trying to diet and you can't seem to stick to it, that might be a sign to take a break. Sometimes we can't pick a reason as to why we can't stick to a diet but that's nothing to beat ourselves up about because sometimes for some reason our body just doesn't want to cooperate, so instead, focus on other things...
Aug 10, 2022•10 min•Ep. 144
One thing we can all do better with is developing discipline. It is a great skill to build up because it will help you in all areas of your life. No one has ever complained about how having discipline has caused them issues in their life, yet everyone struggles with their lack of discipline. So today I want to help you understand what discipline is and how you can become more disciplined.
Aug 07, 2022•25 min•Ep. 143
This is a bonus episode that's different from the typical sports nutrition episodes that I usually post on a Thursday. Alex Thomas and I did a double interview with each other and shared our journeys on how we got to where we are today and what it takes to get there. This is also a preliminary to launching our course next week called nutrition fundamentals that will be coming out in August.
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Your mind is such an underrated tool and it's something you can't take for granted. We are so quick to be negative to ourselves or to underestimate our mentality when you can use your mindset to help you succeed. Here are some mindset tips for you.
Jul 31, 2022•40 min•Ep. 141
One thing you want to get good at as an athlete is being able to maintain your weight with the least amount of effort possible. The less effort you have to put in to maintain your weight, the less mental attention you have to dedicate to maintenance. In today's episode, I want to share with you what you should be doing while maintaining your weight and how it's going to help you in the long term.
Jul 27, 2022•10 min
Sam from the people's gym was kind enough to ask me to come on and do a QNA for his clients at the people's gym. This was just some basic questions that were asked from his clients that they wanted answers to and it was great to sit down and have a chat.
Jul 24, 2022•44 min•Ep. 139
It's tough to be an athlete and hold yourself to high standards. We love the responsibility and the focus but sometimes even the best of us can fall off track and struggle. If you have fallen off track and you're having a tough time getting back into the swing of things, you're not alone. There are some good habits that you can follow to help get your mindset back in the right frame of mind.
Jul 20, 2022•8 min•Ep. 138
I love doing my Saturday truth bombs and today I thought I'd make those truth bombs into a podcast rant. Sometimes we just need to be told the hard truth about certain things and accept the truth. Just because we don't like to hear the facts or disagree with them doesn't mean they are wrong.
Jul 17, 2022•36 min•Ep. 137
As an athlete, you have high standards for yourself. You always expect yourself to be doing the best and never want to feel like you're failing. The truth is that life is not stable and things are going to come up. This means that you may get thrown out of routine, lose your sense of direction or just get in a bad headspace, but that doesn't mean that you have to give up everything. Here's how to get back on track when times get tough.
Jul 13, 2022•10 min•Ep. 136
Have you ever heard that you need to be eating more food on the days you train in the gym and less food on the days you don't? In today's podcast, I'm going to be breaking down the myths associated with high carb days or high-calorie days and explaining why most of you aren't ever going to need to worry about this.
Jul 10, 2022•23 min•Ep. 135
If you're an athlete wanting to gain a little bit of muscle mass then this episode is for you. When it comes to gaining muscle, this is slow progress which is why the saying "slow is the way to grow" is the best way to think about this. We can't gain muscle as fast as we would like to and because of that, we have to make adjustments to how fast our rate of weight gain is. Ideally, you should be gaining about .25 -.5% of your body weight per week.
Jul 06, 2022•9 min•Ep. 134
Something that I touched on a few weeks ago on my Instagram and I realised how prevalent it is is females losing their menstrual cycle. It is NEVER normal for a for a female to stop menstruating so if you’ve lost your menstrual cycle you need to work on restoring it ASAP. Now usually this happens when people are dieting for long periods of time, are low levels of body fat or they exercise a lot and don't eat so much. Because of this, the body will basically shut off your menstrual cycle because ...
Jul 03, 2022•27 min•Ep. 133
Even as an athlete you can fall off track. The hard thing is when you fall off track is to get your head back into the game because it's hard. Especially when you have high expectations of yourself and you want to be able to stick to what you say you'll do. However, you're a human and it's going to happen, so here's how to get back on track.
Jun 29, 2022•10 min•Ep. 132
I hate to admit I'm wrong, I like being right. But when I am wrong, no matter how much I hate to admit it, I will admit that I am wrong and change my opinion. There have been a lot of things in the nutrition world that I've changed my thoughts on and over the last 18 months, there have been a lot of things that I've actually changed. In today's video, I want to share with you those things that I've changed.
Jun 26, 2022•42 min•Ep. 131
Jun 22, 2022•10 min•Ep. 130
I've gone over before about what you should focus on when it comes to achieving the body you want. In today's podcast, I'm going to do the opposite and tell you what you need to be focusing less on. Too many people are following way too many fitfluencers and thinking they have to follow all of these obsessive little things when they don't. If you just focus on avoiding what most of these people say and stick to the tried and true methods, they're what are going to get you the best results....
Jun 19, 2022•32 min•Ep. 129
Sodium is an electrolyte and it’s not something you should be scared of. If you’re someone who has a healthy blood pressure and you have a good sodium intake, I’d recommend increasing your sodium. Sodium can help with performance and muscle contraction so it might be worth trying to bump it up. As you slowly increase it (I’d suggest increasing it by about 300mg per week) you can monitor your blood pressure. Let's say you have 2500mg a day. You increase that by 300g to 2800mg a day and you stay t...
Jun 15, 2022•10 min•Ep. 128
Sometimes you will find yourself stuck in a rut. You keep eating foods you shouldn't eat, you fall off track with your training and you are falling into a bit of a spiral. You are not alone and this happens more commonly than you think. What I want to do today is to share with you how you can get yourself out of a rut and back on track.
Jun 12, 2022•28 min•Ep. 127
Optimal is something that you should only be focusing on once you have everything else down pat. This is not something you try to do when you can’t even hit your fruit and veggie goals or reach your daily protein requirements. “Optimising” is when you’re looking to ship that needle a little bit further towards that 1 - 2% extra progress that you’re trying to eek out to be the best. So here’s how you can start optimising your progress.
Jun 08, 2022•11 min•Ep. 126
Hunger is going to be something you'll have to deal with when you're dieting. But just because you have to deal with it doesn't mean that it's going to be something you can't reduce. I've got a few tips that are going to help you deal with hunger when you are dieting that will keep you on track.
Jun 05, 2022•31 min•Ep. 125
I have recently just completed my diet for boxing and I wanted to share my journey with you. I decided to enter a dieting phase because I needed to get to 86kg if I wanted to get into fighting weight. So I decided to diet down from 92.6 down to 87.5kg, losing 5kg in total. I'm just going to share with you the process I took to lose weight the right way without impacting my performance.
Jun 01, 2022•10 min•Ep. 124
Everyone in the fitness industry is jumping on some pretty bad trends at the moment and it's causing people a lot of harm. Especially when it comes to gut health. I don't know why but for some reason they love to follow these trending fads because they're popular but they have no consideration for the negative outcomes. Like your gut health, people don't realise how the "fit foods" that they choose are causing gut issues but instead they look at gluten or dairy being the main culprits when there...
May 29, 2022•39 min•Ep. 123
Hydration for athletes is such an important topic and even though it's covered, I don't think people realise how important it is. If your goal is to perform at your best then you need to know how much you need to drink to be hydrated. The reason for this is when dehydration increases, there is a gradual reduction in physical and mental performance. There is an increase in heart rate and body temperature, and an increased perception of how hard the exercise feels, especially when exercising in th...
May 25, 2022•14 min•Ep. 122
Last week I talked about weight class sports and how they play a part in an athletes life. If you are someone who's in a weight class sport and you're considering dropping one or a few weight classes then you have to be smart about your choices. One of the things you don't want to do is to remove carbohydrates completely because you're going to negatively impact your performance. To avoid making these mistakes by listen to today's podcast. Website: www.tysonthetrainerr.com Instagram: www.instagr...
May 18, 2022•21 min•Ep. 120
Everyone is in a rush to get the results when it comes to fitness. You think that you can go from 0 - 100 overnight and expect to see your ideal body within just a few weeks or months of training and dieting. Here's a newsflash for you, it doesn't work that way. If you want to really look after your health and fitness, this isn't just a 12-week challenge, this is a lifestyle change for the better! In today's podcast, I am going to teach you how to change your thoughts and mindset to align with y...
May 15, 2022•46 min•Ep. 119
Weight class sports are an interesting kettle of fish. The allow us to compete against people who weigh the same as us and remove some advantages that people may have. There is so much that comes into weight class sports and things you need to consider that you really have to take time and think about what's going to be best for you. In today's podcast, I'm going to cover some things you need to consider when it comes to weight classes. Website: www.tysonthetrainerr.com Instagram: www.instagram....
May 11, 2022•11 min•Ep. 118
