Author: Jason Leenaarts

#69-Case Studies In Disordered Eating With Brenda Murdock, RD

Registered dietitian, Brenda Murdock joins me this week as we take a new angle in the discussion of disordered eating. I used 5 scenarios from current clients (taken anonymously) to get Brenda’s take on effective strategies to help them. The catch with this episode is that Brenda has no knowledge ahead of time about the […]

#68-Practical Solutions For Diastasis Recti With Dr. Sarah Ellis Duvall

I have the great pleasure of speaking with Dr. Sarah Ellis Duvall this week. Dr. Sarah is a physical therapist who has done an incredible amount of work putting out material regarding the pelvic floor, post-partum core work and our topic this week, diastasis recti. You can learn more about Dr. Sarah’s work at www.coreexercisesolutions.com To […]

#67-On Metabolic Damage With James Krieger

Internationally hailed researcher, James Krieger, joins me this week to discuss his stance on metabolic damage. We talk about the theory that repeated bouts of dieting can slow your metabolism down and affect future weight loss efforts. James has spent over two decades uncovering the research and studies related to fitness and nutrition so that […]

#66-Why Me Want Eat? With Krista Scott-Dixon

On the heels of her awesome new book, Why Me Want Eat?, Krista Scott-Dixon of Precision Nutrition fame comes on the show to talk about this new project. Krista has not only delivered an excellent read for those struggling on their weight loss journey, it is honestly one of the most unique books of its […]

#65-Should Everyone Be Powerlifting? With Tim Henriques

Tim Henriques is the author of All About Powerlifting and Director of NPTI covering Virginia, Maryland and DC. In this week’s episode, we tackle his All About Powerlifting project and discuss why he wrote the book and the contributions he feels every fitness enthusiast needs to recognize with regard to powerlifting in the fitness realm. We […]

#64-Getting Lean Minded With Mike Howard

Mike Howard, founder of Lean Minded and author of Talking Back To Diet Gurus, is my guest this week.  We talk about many of the unfortunate side effects the general population faces when they’re influenced by diet misinformation. Mike explains why he wrote his excellent book and how many of those philosophies continue to shape […]

#63-Is Your Cell Phone Affecting Your Health? With Dr. Jacob Barkley

I am joined in the studio with Dr. Jacob Barkley, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at Kent State University, to discuss his work with cell phone behaviors. Dr. Barkley has done an incredible amount of research and published studies looking at the correlation between sedentary behaviors and cell phone use. You can see more of […]

#62-Not A Delicate Flower: Empowering Females In Fitness With Meghan Callaway

Meghan Callaway joins me this week to talk about her efforts in empowering women to be and achieve more with their fitness plans. We discuss some of the pervasive notions that women can only achieve great bodies through low resistance and unrealistic time constraints that seem to be perpetuated by the media and fitness celebrities. […]

#61-Can You Fix Your Hungry Brain? With Stephan Guyenet

Stephan Guyenet has delivered one of 2017’s finest books when it comes to the neuroscience of our eating behaviors in “The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting The Instincts That Make Us Overeat” He joins me this week to discuss some of the topics that he outlines in greater detail in that book. You can order your copy […]

#60-Lift Your Life With “Fast Forward Amy” Vandeputte

Amy Vandeputte of “Fast Forward Amy” fame hops on this week’s episode with me. If you’ve not heard of her yet, you can say you got your initiation through this show! Amy is steadily booming in the fitness industry by tapping into not only her native Belgium but also branching out to America and beyond as […]