The Fit Mans Podcast: Recent Episodes
Blair Sangster
This podcast is for the modern day man who wants to be fit, healthy and successful without giving up his social life. You can expect practical tips and actionable steps on everything from training, nutrition, lifestyle and mindset to help you become and stay a modern day fit man.
In this episode I chat with Jonny Becker, former professional chef, meal prep company owner and now 'The Coaches Chef'. We chat about all things nutrition covering topics like: - What equipment you should have in the kitchen. - What cupboard essentials you should always have in. - How you can become more creative with your meal prep. - How it's ok to make it easy for yourself. - And finally, how you can set yourself up for easier success in the kitchen.
If you're looking to build some lean mass this without adding body fat this is a must. I go through 11 tips that will help you get the most out of your gaining phase.
- Train to technical failure.
- Protein ASAP after you train.
- Slight surplus, the days of dirty bulks are gone.
- Build cals up over time - easier on digestive system, metabolism adaptations as well as physical adaptations.
- Structured training for 6-12 week cycles - focusing on progressive overload.
- Train hard - recover harder. Don’t overdo it in a week.
- Dedicate 6 months to this phase minimum.
- Take ‘Bulking Breaks’ - 1 week where you eat less to help rebalance hunger hormones (protein protein protein).
- Sleep, 7-8 hours per night so important for muscle growth.
- Casein protein at night.
- Spread meals across the day (e.g. 3 meals, 3 snacks - protein with each)
A term that gets thrown around a lot... Is there even such a thing as 'sustainable weight loss'? How do you know if what you're doing is sustainable or not? Here's my take on it...
Don't be fooled by the length of time is should take you to reach a new peak with your health, fitness and physique. In today's episode, I explain how long I think it should take you to get into the shape of your life and how that timeline might look. If you find yourself constantly having to 'start over' every year then this will be key listen.
Part 2 of the last episode diving into more detail behind my Instagram post on 10 lessons I learned throughout 2021.
In this episode I go into more detail of my recent Instagram post listing 10 of the mistakes I made in 2021 and how you can avoid them.
I was on Philip McWilliams podcast and thought I would publish it here too. It's certainly a juicy one where we cover a few taboo subjects. Enjoy!
In today's episode I go over 10 mistakes I've made over years when trying to improve my physique, get stronger and fitter. Listen in and learn from my mistakes.
In this episode I cover a little bit about me, who I am and why I started this podcast. Then I go into my top three tips based off the current circumstances, trends and struggles I'm seeing guys have.