Josh Kennedy and James Breese highlight the importance of nutrition in fat loss in this episode. They share details on the updated fat loss training program they developed for Strength Matters and the reasoning behind the change. They’ve spent the past six to eight months researching how nutrition affects the weight loss process and James himself – being the guinea pig for the program – shares his incredible weight loss results.
Discussion points:
- Introducing a nutrition strategy to fat loss
- The intensity of fat loss workouts
- Training plateau results forcing deeper nutrition research
- The importance of doing a macro-nutrient breakdown
- Maintenance calories and what that actually means
- The Muller Equation
- James’ experience of the program
- The importance of taking photos throughout the process
- How fat loss impacts athletic performance
- Teaser for a new program starting in January
Resources:
Muller Equation for Calculating BMR
Quotes:
“I’m someone who trains six, seven days a week but I looked at those photos and went – ‘that doesn’t reflect my training, so something needs to change there.’” – James Breese
“Some of the leanest athletes on the planet, are people who do everything – they do strength training, anaerobic work, aerobic work, lactate work…” – James Breese
“They [the photos] were the biggest motivation factor” – James Breese
