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Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Strength training and fat loss for men and women over 40 is the foundation of this show. In every episode I put a popular piece of fitness advice under the microscope, find the hidden reason it doesn't work, and give you the deceptively simple fix that does. For skeptics of the fitness industry who are tired of following the rules and still not seeing results.
If you've been lifting weights, tracking macros, and doing "all the right things" but your body composition hasn't changed, you're…
Episodes
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 29: Science Says - Diet (Calorie Deficit) vs. Exercise (Cardio) for Fat Loss
This is another "Science Says" episode, where we break down a single recent article relevant to the fitness (lifting, nutrition, health) industry and…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 28: Body Composition for Health and Performance (From Overweight or Skinny Fat to Lean)
Whether you’re trying to lose weight, get healthier, increase strength or performance, or just look and feel better in your body, improving your body…
Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40Ep 27: Build Muscle and Perform Better Using Effective Training and Program Design with Eric D'Agati
Eric D’Agati joins me to talk about training. Eric has spent over 20 years in the fitness industry as a coach, trainer, and instructor. Each year, he travels…
Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40Ep 26: Ageless Running and Fat Loss Strategies for Sustainable Fitness with Louise Valentine
Today I am joined by Louise Valentine to talk about how to achieve sustainable fitness goals by doing less rather than more, how to work WITH our physiology…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 25: Lose 30 Pounds (or More) the Right Way and Keep it Off
What if you have significant weight to lose—around 30 pounds or more? Most people have no problem losing weight . . . in the short term. What usually follows…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 24: How to Distribute Protein for More Muscle Mass
This is our first "Science Says" episode, where we break down a single recent article relevant to the fitness (lifting, nutrition, health) industry and…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 23: How to Minimize Fat Gain and Get Lean with Cuts and Bulks
If you could be in a calorie surplus for three-quarters of the year and constantly get leaner, would that appeal to you? Today’s topic is something that ended…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 22: How to FINALLY Achieve (and Keep) Your Fat Loss and Fitness Results
This episode is all about achieving LASTING results: finding that place where you no longer have to yo-yo diet, jump from one program to another, or feel like…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 21: 21 Ways to Measure Progress and Crush Your Fitness Goals
How do you know when you’ve reached your goal? If you’re trying to lose 20 pounds, do you just instinctively change your eating behaviors and eventually…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 20: Hitting Your Fitness and Nutrition Goals While Traveling or Busy
In this episode, we’re talking about what to do with your carefully-honed, consistent, so-far-successful training and nutrition plans when you go on vacation!…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 19: Integrating Martial Arts for Functional Strength and Lifelong Fitness with Ken Caputo
Today we have another special interview guest! Ken Caputo is a lifelong athlete who eventually found his way to strength training in his late 30s—something he…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 18: 25 Ways to Improve Sleep (The Missing Ingredient to Nutrition and Recovery)
Today’s topic may not seem exciting, but it could be the critical missing ingredient to your nutrition and recovery, whether everything else is dialed in or…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 17: How to Get Stronger and Smarter in Less Time with Powerlifter Tyla Serro
I have the honor of hosting a very special guest, Tyla Serro, for the first ever interview on this podcast. Tyla is not only an engineering colleague of…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 16: Overcoming Pain, Injury, or Surgery to Build Strength and Recover Quickly
Last year, I went under the knife for a microdiscectomy, a type of minimally invasive spine surgery where a portion of a herniated disc is removed using…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 15: Maximize Your Lifting Sessions: Warmups, Supersets, Rest Periods, and More
Let’s say you’re a busy, working professional, perhaps in your 40’s with a family, a mortgage, and a high-stress job. But you want to improve your health…
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Ep 14: Avoid These Common Mistakes That Sabotage Your Fat Loss Goals
As a follow-up to the last episode on losing weight without losing muscle, I want to address the frustration many of us have experienced with either not being…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 13: Losing Weight Without Losing Muscle
The last episode covered why gaining weight while training hard is an effective way to get lean by packing on muscle, increasing metabolism, and making it…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 12: Gaining Weight to Get Lean
It seems that everyone wants to get “lean” these days. There’s almost an obsession with six-pack abs, visual muscularity, and thinness if you’re to believe the…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 11: Your First Year of Lifting (Doing What Matters)
You decided to get stronger, improve your body composition, and become more healthy. You selected a simple but effective barbell-based strength training…
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Ep 10: Focus on These 7 BIG Priorities for Strength and Fitness
Sometimes advice from the fitness industry can be overwhelming. There are so many ways to program your lifting, eat your food, and meet your goals that we…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 9: 10 Fitness and Nutrition “Facts” I Changed My Mind About
Today I share some helpful and sometimes counterintuitive things I’ve learned over the last year about fitness and nutrition that either changed my mind or…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 8: Build the Ultimate Home Gym for Strength Training and Muscle Growth
One of our big goals on this podcast is sustainability and consistency, and the whole process of going to the gym is a huge barrier for many of us. The hassle…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 7: My Journey to More Physical and Mental Strength and Fitness
I had the pleasure of being on another podcast a few months ago called Finding Your Strength Radio Powered by Romeo Athletics, where I was interviewed by…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 6: Set Your Fitness and Nutrition Habits on Autopilot for Effortless Fat Loss
Today we wrap up our foundational series by diving into some practical strategies, tools, and life hacks to set your fitness and nutrition habits on autopilot…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 5: How to Diet Without Being "On" a Diet
Today is the DIET and NUTRITION episode, one of my favorite topics. Although this IS a podcast focused on lifting and getting strong, what you eat—and more…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 4: The Truth about Metabolism, Cardio, and Fat Loss
Today we’re focusing on the “calories out” side of energy balance with a discussion of metabolism, as well as whether and how we can manipulate this “calories…
- Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40
Ep 3: Why is Strength so Important?
Today’s episode is all about the “S” word—STRENGTH. What is it, why is it important, and how to get it. If you’re listening to this podcast, it’s a safe bet…
Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40Ep 2: How to Choose a Strength Training Program
This is the episode where we lay out our fitness philosophy and give you steps to take action right away. Strength training is by far the most effective way to…
Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40Ep 1: Let's Get Strong Together
Welcome to the very first episode of Wits and Weights: Strength Training for Skeptics. If you’re a skeptical, critically-minded person like me, you’ve probably…
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Wits & Weights Podcast Trailer
You've cut calories, added cardio, and followed the rules. Your body adapted and pushed back. The problem was never your discipline. It was the advice. Wits &…