The C3Method Podcast

615 - Training - How to Return to Training After a Break

If you've had time away from training, or time of lessened intensity (weight loads and/or volume) of training, how you come back to regular training is extremely important.  There is a right way and a wrong way.  In today's podcast we explain both and provide a way for you to return to training in a manner that keeps you safe and builds long-term success.

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#266 – Training – Body Weight Training
#274 – Training – How to Achieve Total Fitness in a 30 Minute Workout
#350 – Training – Accessories & Strength Progressions for Squat Bench Deadlift

614 - Nutrition - The Effects of Caffeine-Fueled Fasted Workouts

Do you workout without eating beforehand?  Do you energize your workouts with caffeine instead of food?  Are you completely crazy?  If you answered "yes" to the first two questions then "yes" should be your answer to the last question!!! haha.  Listen to today's podcast to find out why!!!

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#153 – Nutrition – How Many Calories Do I Need?
#249 – Nutrition – Meal Timing
#329 – Nutrition – Meal Frequency Effects on Diets
#376 – Mindset – Improving Sleep Quality
#390 – Nutrition – Proper Nutrition for Sedentary Workers
#426 – Nutrition – Why Eating Less Isn’t Good for Fat Loss
#552 – Mindset – Call Yourself Out

613 - Trainer Education - Four Areas of Development

If you want to achieve the highest results of your physical goals you MUST develop your knowledge in ALL four of the areas presented in this podcast!  This is helpful for both trainers and general public!!!!!!

Past Podcasts Referenced:
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612 - Mindset - How to Bounce Back

Find yourself where you don't want to be?  Feeling stuck?  Feeling down in the dumps?  Maybe you just got shocking news that dropped the bottom right out from underneath you?  In today's podcast we cover 5 tips that'll help you bounce back and regain a sense of control and positive motion in your life!!!

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#124 - Mindset - Setting SMART Goals

611 - Training - Rehab and Corrective Therapy - You Don't Have to Live in Pain

In today's podcast we discuss examples of how we address injuries and movement dysfunctions in hopes of giving hope to anyone battling with movement pain.  There is a way to address the pain, you don't have to "deal with it" forever!!!

610 - Nutrition - Nutrient Usage Around Workouts

In today's podcast we discuss how to improve energy going into and during a workout, and also how to achieve more body response following a workout in regards to adaptation to the training stimulus.  How you can eat better for better workouts and better results.

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#21 – Nutrition – Carbs – Good or Bad?
#29 – Nutrition – If I Eat Fat Will I Get Fat?
#33 – Nutrition – How Much Protein Do I Need?
#93 – Nutrition – Intra-Workout Drinks
#216 – Nutrition – Protein Digestion & Type Selection
#261 – Nutrition – Hydration for Health Energy & Performance

609 - Trainer Education - The Benefits of a Coach for a Coach

In today's podcast we cover five benefits of why a coach should have a coach.  The best athletes in the world, the best business owners in the world, the best anything in the world, haha, they all have coaches, they all have advisors, they all believe in the benefits of learning from others.  Don't be stubborn, don't be insecure, don't let a big ego get in the way... if you're a coach, GET A COACH!!!  Not only will the investment pay off in your own life but it'll also pay off in the lives of those that you help!

608 - Mindset - To Control More You Must Control Less

In order to gain more control over what's most important to us in life we must learn to control less of what isn't.  In today's podcast we talk about this balance of control and how you can learn to apply it in your life!

607 - Training - Why You Need Both Heavy and Light Weight to Build Muscle

In order to build the strongest, largest, and most injury adverse muscle tissue possible you need to have both heavy and light weights incorporated into your training.  Today we discuss why both are needed and provide an example format on how you can incorporate both into a single workout safely, effective, and creatively!!!

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#241 - Nutrition - Nutrition Concepts for Aesthetic Athletes

606 - Nutrition - Effects of Exercise on Caloric Allowance

In today's podcast we discuss the effect of exercise on nutrition and how exercise can allow us to eat more while still achieving goals such as fat loss, sport performance, and lean muscle gains.  BUT!!!  There's a "best" type of exercise to maximize this effect!!!  Listen to the podcast to find out more!!!

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#390 – Nutrition – Proper Nutrition for Sedentary Workers
#487 – Training – The Benefits of Training When Not Fully Recovered
#591 – Training – with Meredith – I Don’t Want to Get Too Bulky

605 - Trainer Education - Learn More Than One Way

When wanting to find the best program for ourselves or our clients whether it's a nutrition program, training program, tracking program or otherwise knowing how to apply different structures / options is extremely important!!!  Not everyone has the same personality, the same preferences, the same needs, and so on.  So, the more ways we know allows us to best match which way is best for that individual.

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#41 – Nutrition – Diet Right – What Matters Most
#366 – Nutrition – IIFYM & Body Weight Tracking – The Unseen Effects
#599 – Trainer Education – Combining Structural Differences in Training

604 - Mindset - Brutal Honesty - Happiness for Others

On a scale of 1-10, how good are you at celebrating others happiness when you're not happy?  If you're not happy do you feel resentful to others who are?  If you don't have something but someone else does, do you feel angry, do you put them down, do you expect them to withhold their happiness because you're not?  In today's podcast we discuss the concept of being happy for others regardless of what our own level of happiness is, and how important it is that we do so.

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#508 – Mindset – A Happy Life Isn’t an Easy One

603 - Training - How Do I Know If I Have Good Form?

How do you know if you have good form?  When you're exercising, how do you know if you're doing what you're doing correctly?  In today's podcast we cover 5 questions you can ask yourself to identify if you have good form and we discuss how to get confirmation / education on good form!!!

602 - Nutrition - Don't Skip Breakfast

When you reduce calories to promote fat loss, DO NOT reduce them from "before" activity!  Instead reduce calories consumed during and/or after activity.  This important not only for fat loss effectiveness but also for improved quality of life during the dieting process.

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#41 – Nutrition – Diet Right – What Matters Most
#129 – Nutrition – Starvation Diets – Intermittent Fasting & Keto
#153 – Nutrition – How Many Calories Do I Need?
#249 – Nutrition – Meal Timing
#329 – Nutrition – Meal Frequency Effects on Diets
#426 – Nutrition – Why Eating Less Isn’t Good for Fat Loss

601 - Trainer Education - Double Check Your Programming

Is your programming complete?  With all of the changes having to be made to people's regular training routines, are you certain your programming made it through the changes still intact?  With a change in environment, with a change in equipment, etc... are the components for what qualifies as a complete program still in place?

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#30 – Training – Muscle Cardio – How to Lose Fat Without Losing Muscle
#70 – Training – Importance of Progressions
#175 – Trainer Education – The Importance of Strength
#214 – Training – Understanding Rep Ranges & Expected Results
#497 – Training – Creating Cardio within Weight Training
#513 – Trainer Education – Ghost Writing – Programming Information
#525 – Trainer Education – Ghost Writing for Nutrition Clients

600 - Mindset - Your Problem Isn't Your Problem

What has been holding you back from your best life?  Is there a "problem" that seems to always be in the way?  And it's been in your way for some time?  What if, that "problem" wasn't your problem?  What if there was a way to beat it, to overcome it, to correct it, to address it?

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#157 - Mindset - Address It or Accept It

599 - Training - Combining Structural Differences in Training

There are many possible structures to use in training.  Different structures provide different benefits but also different possible limitations.  Understanding what structures are available and their pros/cons will help you better select what training structure is best for you!

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#181 – Training – Using Muscle Damage for Fat Loss
#563 – Training – Peaking Workout Intensities

598 - Nutrition - Micronutrients

In today's podcast we cover what supplements you need to address your micronutrient needs!!!

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#345 – Nutrition – Dietary Fats & Cholesterol
#414 – Nutrition – Improving Digestion Comfort

597 - Trainer Education - Give More to Get More

In order to "get more" clients / members, as trainers and gym owners, we must "give more".  Give more options, give more education, give more assistance... we have to expand upon what benefits we can offer!!!  In today's podcast we discuss areas to consider and ways of giving more that will help you build your business.

Past Podcasts Referenced:
#593 – Trainer Education – Reduced Cost Services Ideas to Rebuild Clientele

596 - Mindset - Calming the Whirlwind

In our every day lives there's the things we "want to do" vs the things we "have to do".  The better we manage the "have to do"s the more time, effort, and energy we can give to the "want to do"s.  In today's podcast we cover 5 tips that'll help you better manage those "have to do"s!!!