One question I get on the road to violent training consistency is: “What do I do if I don’t have any equipment?” Ah yes. The ancient fitness panic. Rack? Missing. Cable stack? Gone. Dumbbells? Also vanished into the remodeling abyss. Just you, the floor, gravity, and the cold realization that your own bodyweight has been sitting there the whole time like a loan shark in sweatpants. This came up recently with one of our employees, Suzie, out in Colorado. Both gyms she normally uses are being...

I recently joined Jake Turra on the Jacked Athlete Podcast to talk about metabolic flexibility, performance, and how your body actually uses fuel in the real world. We dig into what metabolic flexibility really means—how well you can use carbs and fat, and more importantly, how fast you can switch between them depending on the demand. We get into how stress, sleep, and aerobic capacity can quietly wreck your metabolism—even if your training looks solid—and why most people are missing the...

In this episode of the Flex Diet Podcast, I talk with my good buddy Chad Landers, veteran trainer, strength coach, and author of Building Strength and Muscle After 50, about how to keep gaining strength and muscle as you get older without falling off the “injury cliff.” We dig into why consistency matters most, how progress often drops in steps after injuries, and why smart modifications beat worshipping any single lift. Chad shares lessons from coaching clients for decades, including...