The Esoteric Anomalies Podcast: Recent Episodes
David Iglesias
Jordan Estrada, a chiropractor working in Sugar Land, Texas, rose to internet fame by combining pain relief tips to trending TikTok songs.
In this episode, we discuss Jordan's music background, his passion for helping people, and how TikTok was able to change the trajectory of his life to become an internet sensation.
Follow on Instagram: Jordan Estrada: @nopainmoregains
In this episode, I interview Eric Salazar. Eric won his pro card at his NPC bodybuilding show utilizing a weighted vest for artificial weight, giving his body the sense that he was heavier than he actually was, thus burning more calories. We also discuss non-exercise activity thermogenesis and tracking step counts.
Eric's Instagram: @ifbbpro_ericleesalazar
In this episode, I chat with Bill Campbell PhD. Bill Campbell is a professor of Exercise Science and director of the Performance and Physique Enhancement Laboratory at the University of South Florida. Topics discussed include new refeed research, diet break research, protein, and optimizing fat loss.
Bill's instagram: @billcampbellphd
Riley Deveau is the owner of Trinity For Change, a company dedicated to people suffering from mental health disorders, in which 25% of their profit is donated to finding alternative treatments. In this episode, Riley tells his story of dealing with OCD, dysthymia depression, panic disorder, and attempting suicide at a young age.
Instagram.com/RileyDeveauu Instagram.com/TrinityMindsetPodcast Instagram.com/TrinityForChange Website: Trinityforchange.com
Sauna study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941775/
Tiffany Nguyen is a competitive powerlifter and online training coach. Originally, Tiffany was pursuing to be a dental hygienist until she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in her hands, making her unable to work in this field. She soon decided to pursue fitness full time with fantastic success as a coach and athlete.
In this episode, we get into Tiffany's strict, Asian upbringing as she had to make it on her own, opposing her parents in many instances. We also discuss interracial dating as a Vietnamese girl since is something that comes up very often for her.
Morgan Bartley is a mental health advocate and social media influencer that focuses on helping and inspiring others by sharing her weight loss story and struggles. With the help of dietitians, therapists, and her vertical sleeve gastrectomy, Morgan was able to lose 115lbs total, even dealing with binge eating disorder. She shares her whole story in this episode. Enjoy!
Follow Morgan: Instagram - @morganlosing YouTube - Morgan Losing
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In this interview, we get into numerous topics which include, Jeff’s status as a natural bodybuilder, James Krieger’s meta analysis on dose-response relationship between weekly resistance training volume and increases in muscle mass, showing superiority for 10+ sets per muscle group per week compared to lower sets; high frequency and lower frequency training when volume is matched, minimum effective volume, maximum recoverable volume, maximum adaptive volume, maintenance volume, and how they play into routine design, and a brief discussion on Christian Guzman’s peak week, since Jeff was able to help him during that time.
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Chris Barakat is a natural bodybuilder and educator who holds degrees in Exercise Science and Nutrition. He also works as an adjunct professor at the University of Tampa and runs his online coaching business, Competitive Breed. In this episode we talk about hypertrophy, his training routine, MaX Hype, protein intake and timing, his experiment with fasting 72 hours, ketogenic dieting, and much more!
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Armando Nava, more commonly known as Nava The Beast, is a United States Marine and CEO and founder of his supplement company, Fuego Supps. Finding himself going down the wrong path in life, he was encouraged to join the Marine Corp. During his enrollment, he decided to document his life in the military for YouTube. Despite being severely criticized for filming, Nava remained resilient in his endeavor and is now one of the biggest military vloggers on YouTube with over 365,000 subscribers on his channel at only 21 years of age.
Follow Nava: Instagram: @navathebeast YouTube: Nava The Beast
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Christian Guzman is the founder and owner of Alphalete, Alphalete Gym, Up Energy Drinks and runs a successful YouTube channel in which he documents his life. Millions of people look up to Christian as an inspiring, successful entrepreneur, achieving prosperity in his mid-20’s, but not many are aware of his past growing up as a shy, silent and reserved teenager that took a leap of faith by dropping out of college to follow his dreams. In this episode, we delve into his past, how he broke out of his shell and stuck to his passion to build his multi-million dollar empire.
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Bret Contreras is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) who earned his doctoral degree in Sports Science from Auckland University of Technology in 2015. Though Bret is heavily involved in the research of exercise science, he also has over 20 years experience in personal training, giving him great capability of combining practical work with the influence of research. He is widely known as, “The Glute Guy”, because of his obsession in glute training and conducting research in regards to glute hypertrophy. He also has a profound knowledge in biomechanics. In this interview, we briefly touch on his past, discuss functions of the glutes, training frequency, mechanisms of hypertrophy, and why telling people they’re dysfunctional can steer them in the wrong path.
Follow Bret: Instagram - @bretcontreras1 Website - www.bretcontreras.com
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Lauren Dannenmiller is an IFBB Pro bikini competitor who earned her pro card by winning the overall at Miami Nationals in 2017. In this episode, we talk about her past and how she transitioned from a runner to competing in bikini, her competitions leading up to her overall win, diet and training, lifting with breast implants, importance of posing, and a winner's mindset.
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Ethan Jose (EJ) is a former D1 gymnast, medical student, Ghost Lifestyle Ambassador, and fitness enthusiast. In this episode, we delve into his past in gymnastics, his Men's Physique competition, the differences between the two, and discuss how he's able to balance med school while reaching his fitness goals.
Follow EJ: Instagram - ej_fitness YouTube - EJ_Fitness Twitter - ej_fit9
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Chris and Eric are both fitness coaches and are founders of Dynamic Duo Training, an online exercise, nutrition and lifestyle consulting business. They are also #1 International Best Selling Authors and wrote a book titled, "The New Era Of Fitness". In this episode, we discuss how to live a flexible lifestyle, a relentless mindset, business, and how it all ties together to make your life more dynamic.
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Joshua Verduzco is a Registered Dietitian and a graduate from Texas A&M - Kingsville. In this episode we cover Josh's path to becoming an Registered Dietitian (RD), exams, certifications, nutritionists vs dietitians, and finding certain dietary approaches for particular clients.
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Carson Evans is a Stage 3b testicular cancer survivor. A few years ago, he was bound to a wheelchair, enduring multiple rounds of chemo and his doctors telling him he only had a few months to live. In this episode, he tell his whole story of surviving this horrific ordeal.
Shawley Coker is an entrepreneur, online physique coach, and close friend of Christian Guzman. He trains at Alphalete Gym as well. In this episode, we talk about his past and how he got into fitness, his mindset when it comes to physique competitions, his new powerbuilding split, and his relationship with Christian Guzman and Alphalete.
Follow Shawley: Instagram - @shawleycoker Twitter - @shawleycoker
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Kelly Uchima is an academic researcher, YouTuber, and one of the main drivers of the self love movement. In this episode, we talk about her struggles with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. Kelly also discusses going to therapy and dealing with relapses during her recovery, as well as offering a few tips to those that may be going through similar problems. These are issues many struggle with, but most are ashamed to admit they do. Kelly opens up about everything in this episode and explains how she deals with it.
Follow Kelly: Instagram - @_kellyu Website - www.peas-love.com
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Brian DeCosta is an ex-accountant that took a risk to move to the LA area to pursue his passion in fitness. In this episode, we discuss leaving his corporate job, his contest prep, utilizing flexible dieting, and chasing significance over success.
Follow Brian: Instagram - @briandecosta YouTube - Brian DeCosta
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In this episode, I chat with Chris Elkins. Chris is an ex-marine, natural bodybuilding pro, husband, and father. Chris tore his labrum in 2014, but after his recovery, he made a comeback to earn his WNBF pro card. We also talk about how he grew a great support system on social media, steroid accusations, balancing family and bodybuilding, and Pokemon GO.
Follow Chris: Instagram - @chris_elkins Website - www.cuttingedgephysiques.com
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Emily is an IFBB Pro bikini competitor whose dream is to become Ms. Bikini Olympia. In this episode, she talks about her rough upbringing and how she was able to overcome that to develop her confident and relentless mindset. We also discuss advice for new bikini competitors, her relationship with her coach, Paul Revelia, and her overall application of intensity to her life. This is an episode you do not want to miss!
Follow Emily: Instagram - @emilyhayden Twitter - EHfitness21
Paul is a successful physique and contest prep coach, pro natural bodybuilder, and the owner of his coaching company, Pro Physique. In this episode, we discuss qualities of good and bad coaches in the fitness industry, benefits of flexible dieting, reverse dieting, and online coaching.
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Jorge Rosado is a successful online strength and physique coach and a social media influencer. In this episode, he explains the importance of helping people by bringing value to their lives as well as stressing the benefits of good communication skills. This is an episode you don't want to miss!
Connect with Jorge: Instagram: @fitness_iq Website: www.newbreedphysiques.com
Alan Aragon has over 20 years of success in the fitness realm, a continuing education provider for the Commission on Dietetic Registration and National Strength & Conditioning Association, and a contributing editor for Men's Health Magazine. In this episode, Alan discusses nutrition considerations for general population, athletes, and obese individuals. Topics discussed range from dieting, bulking, protein sparing modified fasts, ketogenic diets, body recompositions, setting up macronutrients for your goals and coaching Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Follow Alan: Instagram - @thealanaragon Website - www.alanaragonblog.com Twitter - TheAlanAragon
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Zach Rocheleau, also known as @theflexibledietinglifestyle, is a social media influencer infamous for creating delicious macro-friendly options to fit your goals. He's a foodie in great physical shape, and the starter of his online recipe group known as "The Macro Magician Club". In this episode, we talk about macronutrients, micronutrients, and how to have flexibility with delicious foods, while still having fun and reaching your goals in life.
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Russel Orhii is a competitive powerlifter and an official Alphalete athlete. Russel was previously a football player, but later lost his passion to pursue weight training. He is incredibly passionate about everything he does, including Youtube, coaching, and drawing. "Get Better Today" is his motto, and he lives by it everyday.
Connect with Russel: Instagram: @russwole Youtube: Russel Orhii Twitter: RusSwole
Spencer Nadolsky is a doctor who promotes healthy lifestyle choices over medicine, when possible. He's a doctor that actually lifts weights and practices what he teaches to his patients. In this episode, we discuss weight loss protocols for the obese, as well as his new venture, Steady MD; an online medical practice with real doctors!
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Danny Mabley (Danny_Getsfits), is an inspiration to many people after vlogging his whole journey to lose 140lbs on YouTube. In this episode, we delve into how he lost the weight, incorporating flexible dieting, insecurities with loose skin, girls, and training. Danny's story is compelling and something you definitely do not want to miss!
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