The StrongSthetics Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jordan Clarke
The StrongSthetics Podcast is hosted by Jordan Clarke. Jordan is a retired professional Track and Field Athlete for the United States, a husband, father, and private Strength Coach. The StrongSthetics Podcast will be diving into all sorts of topics pertaining to athletic performance, body transformation, nutrition and supplementation, and various physical and mental recovery modalities.
In this episode we discuss 5 very common dieting pitfalls that hinder progress and a couple other topics on the matter- Extremely restrictive dieting, quality of food, protein consumption, healthy fats, preparation and planning, grocery shopping, and sleep.
Without a question, total calorie consumption is an important piece of the pie when it comes to losing weight, building muscle, and optimizing performance. However, NOT ALL CALORIES ARE CREATED EQUAL. Quality Matters, and if your sole focus is on total calorie consumption and not as much on quality you are missing the boat entirely. In this episode we dive into how the body recognizes calories, Thermic Effects of Food, how certain food choices can turn on and turn off genes and change your genetic expression, how foods can up-regulate and down-regulate different hormones, food choices on satiation, adverse effects of poor food choices, and ultimately how calories are important but QUALITY needs to be an essential focus and piece of the pie when optimizing your health, performance, and body composition in the long run.
The StrongSthetics Podcast is hosted by Jordan Clarke. Jordan Clarke is a retired professional Track and Field Athlete, Husband, Father, and private Strength Coach. In the introductory episode he introduces the podcast and what it will be about, and shares some information about himself and his past.