Lift & Learn

A podcast to help you along in your own fitness journey!

About the show

In this podcast you’ll be listening to me explain and dive deep into various health and fitness topics. I’ve trained hundreds of clients throughout the years and with this podcast, I try to reach even more people who are looking to change their life in a positive way. You’ll hear about new information and solutions to your weight loss and fitness journey that will actually help you. It might not take 4-8 weeks to reach your goal and that’s just the truth. There is no magic pill when it comes to weight loss or strength gain, it’s just about doing things properly and consistently and you’ll learn a lot more about this when you hit that play button!

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Episodes

  • #35: Should You Stop Eating At Night?, How To Stay Fit During the Pandemic

    May 14th, 2021  |  28 mins 33 secs
    barbell, bmi, butt, calories, coffee, cooking, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, doms, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, gains, health, home gym, intermittent fasting, issue, knee, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, medicine, mistakes, mobility, movement, muscle, newbie, overtraining, pandemic, plateau, preworkout, scale, strong, stronger, sugar, tracking, volume, warmup, water, workout

    After talking about the NHL Playoffs coming soon, my injury recovery, and a new electric Subaru SUV, I talk about if you should stop eating at night and how to stay fit during the pandemic if you're stuck at home.

  • #34: How to Grow Your Butt, What is DOMS?

    May 7th, 2021  |  27 mins 17 secs
    barbell, bmi, calories, coffee, cooking, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, gains, health, home gym, intermittent fasting, issue, knee, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, medicine, mistakes, mobility, movement, muscle, newbie, overtraining, pandemic, plateau, preworkout, scale, strong, stronger, sugar, tracking, volume, warmup, water, workout

    After talking about being back in Canada, the NY Rangers brawl, and the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce, I talk about ways to grow your butt and what exactly DOMS is.

  • #33: The Biggest Issue In Health, Food as Medicine

    April 30th, 2021  |  30 mins 23 secs
    barbell, bmi, calories, coffee, cooking, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, gains, health, home gym, intermittent fasting, knee, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, medicine, mistakes, mobility, movement, muscle, newbie, overtraining, pandemic, plateau, preworkout, scale, strong, stronger, sugar, tracking, volume, warmup, water, workout

    After talking about finishing up my quarantine, I talk about the biggest issue with our health in today's society and how to use food as medicine.

  • #32: How to Build Muscle and Lose Fat at the Same Time, Best Warmup to Do

    April 23rd, 2021  |  33 mins 38 secs
    barbell, bmi, calories, coffee, cooking, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, gains, health, home gym, intermittent fasting, knee, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, medicine, mistakes, mobility, movement, newbie, overtraining, pandemic, plateau, preworkout, scale, strong, stronger, sugar, tracking, volume, water, workout

    After talking about my shoulder dislocation and getting back into Canada, I talk about how to build muscle and lose fat at the same time and the best warmup to do.

  • #31: Building An Ideal Home Gym, Bringing Cooking Into the Home

    April 16th, 2021  |  26 mins 25 secs
    belt, bmi, calories, coffee, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, gains, health, intermittent fasting, knee, learn, lift, lifting belt, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, medicine, mistakes, mobility, movement, newbie, overtraining, pandemic, plateau, preworkout, scale, strong, stronger, sugar, tracking, volume, water, weightlifting belt, workout

    After talking about my training and failed attempts at getting into Canada, I talk about essential tools you need for your own home gym and bringing cooking into your own home to be more healthy.

  • #30: Purpose of a Weightlifting Belt, Exercise as Medicine

    April 9th, 2021  |  24 mins 4 secs
    bmi, calories, coffee, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, fruit, gains, health, intermittent fasting, knee, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, mistakes, newbie, overtraining, pandemic, plateau, preworkout, processed foods, scale, strong, stronger, sugar, superfood, tracking, vegetables, volume, water, workout

    After talking about COVID-19 in Toronto and my lifting accomplishments, I talk about the purpose of a weightlifting belt and using exercise as medicine.

  • #29: What's a Superfood?, Overcoming Knee Problems

    April 2nd, 2021  |  21 mins 40 secs
    all star, bmi, calories, coffee, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, drone, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, fruit, gains, health, intermittent fasting, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, mistakes, newbie, overtrain, overtraining, pandemic, plateau, preworkout, processed foods, scale, strong, stronger, sugar, tracking, vegetables, volume, water, workout

    After talking about the week, I talk about superfoods and how to overcome knee injuries.

  • #28: Difference Between Sugars in Fruits and Processed Foods, Food Staples In My Diet

    March 26th, 2021  |  25 mins 8 secs
    all star, bmi, calories, coffee, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, drone, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, gains, health, intermittent fasting, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, mistakes, newbie, overtrain, overtraining, pandemic, plateau, preworkout, scale, strong, stronger, tracking, volume, water, workout

    After talking about my training, gaming, and the NBA trade deadline, I talk about the difference in sugars between fruits and processed foods and food staples in my diet.

  • #27: All About Overtraining, Drinking Water to Lose Weight

    March 19th, 2021  |  21 mins 59 secs
    all star, bmi, calories, coffee, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, drone, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, gains, health, intermittent fasting, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, mistakes, newbie, pandemic, plateau, preworkout, scale, strong, stronger, tracking, volume, workout

    After talking about how my training went, I do a deep dive into overtraining and how drinking water can help you lose weight.

  • #26: Can You Take Coffee For Pre-Workout?, Getting Outside To Feel Good

    March 12th, 2021  |  21 mins 44 secs
    abs, best, bmi, calories, cardio, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, education, exercise, fasting, fitness, food, frequency, gains, happy, health, hiit, intermittent fasting, learn, lift, liss, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, mistakes, newbie, pandemic, plateau, scale, strong, stronger, tracking, volume, workout, worst

    After talking about sports and my training, I talk about if you can take coffee for pre-workout and getting outside to feel good.

  • #25: How Often Should You Workout, Should You Do HIIT To Lose Weight

    March 5th, 2021  |  26 mins 15 secs
    abs, best, bmi, calories, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, education, energy drinks, exercise, fasting, fitness, flu, food, gains, gym bag, happy, health, intermittent fasting, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, meditation, mistakes, newbie, pandemic, plateau, scale, strong, stronger, tracking, vitamin d, volume, winter, workout, worst

    After talking about sports, my own training, and some gaming news, I talk about how often you should workout and if you should do HIIT cardio to lose weight.

  • #24: The Best / Worst Ab Exercises, Do What Makes You Happy and Healthy

    February 26th, 2021  |  28 mins
    bmi, calories, covid, covid-19, detox, diet, education, energy drinks, exercise, fasting, fitness, flu, food, gains, gym bag, health, intermittent fasting, learn, lift, lose weight, macronutrients, macros, meditation, mistakes, newbie, pandemic, plateau, scale, strong, stronger, tracking, vitamin d, volume, winter, workout

    After talking about hockey, my training and a new sleep study, I talk about the best and worst ab exercises and doing things that make you happy and healthy.