The C3Method Podcast

1721 - Training - Should You Train with Full Range of Motion?

Have you heard that training through full range of motion can be dangerous?  But, have you also heard that it's the only way to achieve optimal muscle fiber recruitment?  You may have heard both that you must ALWAYS or must NEVER train through full range of motion... so, which is it?  What range of motion is both safe AND effective?

1720 - Nutrition - To Find the Best Diet, You Must Fail

When trying to refine the best diet for your goals you will face challenges, and in each of those challenges you have a choice.  Do you stop, or, do you find a way to keep going?  If you do decide to try to find a way to continue to progress, to work through the challenge, in what you try, it may not work.  You may try a solution, and it fails!  In today's podcast we discuss that moment.  What do we do when what we do fails?

1719 - Q&A - How to Make Proper Caloric Adjustments

Have you ever decreased calories wanting to lose body fat BUT felt a horrible crash in energy and intense cravings so much so that you gave up?  Have your increased calories trying to gain muscle but felt that you only gained fat?  In today's podcast we discuss how to properly adjust calories when you're wanting to achieve great results BUT also sustain the process and KEEP the results long-term!

1718 - Mindset – Stop Trying to Make Change Comfortable

Are you facing a new goal, a new challenge, and it's making you feel... uncomfortable?  GOOD!!!  It's supposed to!!!  You actually NEED to feel uncomfortable when facing a change!  Listen in to learn why AND how to overcome that feeling!

1717 - Training - Conceptual Programming - Chest Workout for Growth

Want a chest workout structure that will allow you to write effective, personalized workouts... and with unlimited workout variations?  Essentially great chest workouts for the rest of your life?!  Well, you're in luck!  In today's podcast we discuss a chest growth workout structure you can use to achieve great workouts with unlimited variations!

1716 - Nutrition – The Carnivore Diet Podcast – Comment Response

In podcast 1708 we discussed the Carnivore Diet; what is it, why do people follow it, and do I recommend it.  A viewer on our YouTube channel responded to that podcast disagreeing with some of the information presented in that podcast so I thought, through today's podcast, it would be fun to respond to their comment and discuss the various points they made!  It's a great learning opportunity that I hope we all can benefit from!!!

1715 - Q&A - Push Phases and Holding Phases for Optimal Weight Loss

Do you struggle with intense cravings when dieting?  Do you struggle with always feeling the pressure of the diet?  Do you struggle with adherence?  Frequent cheating?  In today's podcast we discuss how using dieting phases can help decrease all of these issues to increase your adherence which will help you feel better through the process and increase your chance of success!!!

1714 - Mindset - Important vs Urgent

Are you doing what's important?  Or, what feels urgent?  Aren't those the same thing?!  Often... they're not!!!  We all often feel overwhelmed with a million things to do and they all seem important, but, if we stop and think of the future we want, there are some things that we begin to realize have greater significance than others!  Make sure you're investing into those more significant things!!!  Listen to learn more!

1713 - Training - Determining Proper Working Set Intensity

How hard should you push yourself during a working set?  If you're too controlled are you doing enough to stimulate proper adaptation from the body?  But, if you're too aggressive are you overstressing your body and risking injury?  Finding the right working set intensity can be challenging, but in today's podcast we give advice on how to streamline that process!

1712 - Nutrition - Why Even Bad Diets Work

Have you ever wondered why there are SO MANY diets that reportedly work?  Why there can be diets for low fat AND low carb?  Diets that are meat only or plant only?  How can ALL OF THESE DIETS WORK if they're all so different?!

1711 – Q&A – SARMs – Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators

What are SARMs?  Should you be taking them?  Could they be "the secret" to huge gains in strength and muscle mass?  Listen in to find out!!!

1710 - Mindset - How to Support Someone Who Needs to Lose Weight

Does someone you know need to lose weight?  Are they trying but struggling?  Are you struggling with knowing how to best support them, to best motivate them?  In today's podcast we discuss the do's and don'ts of how to best support someone who needs to lose weight! 

1709 - Training - Are Your Efforts in the Right Order?

Are you focused on perfecting your training programming?  Your supplement protocol?  Everything you're doing IN the gym?  If so, GREAT!  You should be!  But, there's also a focus we need to be paying attention to, AND, it's actually the more important and impactful focus!!!  Listen in to learn what it is!!!

1708 - Nutrition - The Carnivore Diet

Should you eat only meat?  Should you completely avoid fruits, vegetables, and all plant-based foods?  The Carnivore Diet says... you should!!!  But... should you? haha.  In today's podcast we discuss the Carnivore Diet; the good, the bad, and the definitely ugly!!!  Listen in to learn!

1707 - Q&A - How to Achieve Your Fitness Goals on a Budget

Are you on a small budget but want BIG progress?  In today's podcast we discuss how to meet your nutrition goals, have great training programming, AND excellent education all while saving money!!!  Excellent information!!!

1706 - Mindset - Understanding Frustration With and Hesitation Towards Trying New Things

If you're facing the prospect of a new challenging or are currently in the struggle of a new challenge, a new approach, forming a new habit, developing a new mindset... feeling hesitant, frustrated, and even embarrassed, are all common feelings!!!  They're all a part of the process!  They all have the potential, if unmanaged, to hold you back!!!  Listen to learn more about how to best manage these feelings so you can continue to progress and become your best!

1705 - Training - Recovery Capacity Should Dictate Your Programming Parameters

Are you trying to progress in multiple disciplines?  If so, are you facing poor workout recovery, joint pain, fatigue, plateaued progress?  Or, would you like to avoid all of those things? haha.  In today's training we discuss how to best approach programming when you want to be your best in multiple areas!!!

1704 - Nutrition - How To Lose Weight Without Eating Less

If you read the title of the podcast you may have asked yourself "How is that even possible?!"  Spoiler alert... it is!!!  You can actually lose body fat WITHOUT eating less!!!  Does it sound too good to be true?  Listen to the podcast to find out how!!!

1703 - Q&A - Setting SMART Goals for Fat Loss and Muscle Building

If your goal is to both lose body fat and build muscle you might be wondering... how do I measure progress?  If I lose body fat I would weigh less, but, if I gain muscle tissue I would weigh more... won't they cancel each other out?  The answer... measure your progress with methods OTHER than a weight scale!!!  Listen to today's podcast to find out all of the details!!!

1702 - Mindset - People Judge You Less Than You Think

Do you fear the judgement of others?  Do you feel uncomfortable doing what's best for you because of what others may think?  In today's podcast we discuss the fear of judgement from others and how we can reframe how we think in order to still pursue our best life!