web01.fireside.fm Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:01:57 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/tags/female Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:00:00 -0400 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! en-us episodic A podcast to help you along in your own fitness journey! Isaiah Copon 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! yes gym, bodybuilding, exercise, weight loss, fitness, health, healthy, nutrition, stress, sleep, lift, strong, coach, personal trainer, trainer, workout, diet, nutrition Isaiah Copon ijcopon@gmail.com https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-83 b9305e25-4072-4557-b9f8-503079af96f6 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:00:00 -0400 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about the Raptors game, the MLB, journalling / self-reflection, and Cedric McMillan, I talk about how resistance training can make your bones stronger and when not to hit the biggest muscle group first during a workout. 27:20 yes After talking about my adventure to the Raptors game, the start of the Blue Jays season, journaling / self-reflection, and Cedric McMillan, I talk about how resistance training can make your bones stronger and when to not hit the biggest muscle group first during a workout. How lifting makes your bones stronger (11:09) When to not hit the biggest muscle group first (16:49) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, progress, bulk, new year, goals, squat, bones After talking about my adventure to the Raptors game, the start of the Blue Jays season, journaling / self-reflection, and Cedric McMillan, I talk about how resistance training can make your bones stronger and when to not hit the biggest muscle group first during a workout.

• How lifting makes your bones stronger (11:09)
• When to not hit the biggest muscle group first (16:49)

]]> After talking about my adventure to the Raptors game, the start of the Blue Jays season, journaling / self-reflection, and Cedric McMillan, I talk about how resistance training can make your bones stronger and when to not hit the biggest muscle group first during a workout.

• How lifting makes your bones stronger (11:09)
• When to not hit the biggest muscle group first (16:49)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-82 34c72a69-e6ba-4cff-8589-935a0a00f372 Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:30:00 -0400 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about another week of being sick, the finale of March Madness, and the Grammy's, I talk about how to cut the easiest and smartest way and why resistance bands can be so useful and important. 34:46 yes After talking about my week of sickness and bad training, the March Madness final, and the Grammy’s, I talk about how you can cut the right way, and why resistance bands can be so useful. How to cut the easiest way (8:21) Why resistance bands are important (21:54) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, gender, male, female, men, women, progress, bulk, new year, goals, squat After talking about my week of sickness and bad training, the March Madness final, and the Grammy’s, I talk about how you can cut the right way, and why resistance bands can be so useful.

• How to cut the easiest way (8:21)
• Why resistance bands are important (21:54)

]]> After talking about my week of sickness and bad training, the March Madness final, and the Grammy’s, I talk about how you can cut the right way, and why resistance bands can be so useful.

• How to cut the easiest way (8:21)
• Why resistance bands are important (21:54)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-81 105d37e7-8715-461f-b586-c878b105296a Fri, 01 Apr 2022 19:15:00 -0400 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about changing my dumbbell bench press form, reducing the pressure and stress you put on yourself, I talk about why tempo can be so important during your lifts and why you need to do more incline bench press. 23:34 yes After talking about my new dumbbell bench press form, reducing the pressure you put on yourself, and the Oscar’s 2022, I talk about why tempo is so important in your lifts and why incline bench press needs to be more of a focus these days. Why tempo is important (10:38) Why incline bench is important (18:01) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, gender, male, female, men, women, progress, bulk, new year, goals, squat After talking about my new dumbbell bench press form, reducing the pressure you put on yourself, and the Oscar’s 2022, I talk about why tempo is so important in your lifts and why incline bench press needs to be more of a focus these days.

• Why tempo is important (10:38)
• Why incline bench is important (18:01)

]]> After talking about my new dumbbell bench press form, reducing the pressure you put on yourself, and the Oscar’s 2022, I talk about why tempo is so important in your lifts and why incline bench press needs to be more of a focus these days.

• Why tempo is important (10:38)
• Why incline bench is important (18:01)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-80 ae21e71e-92a5-46ae-8751-0fc8a3faaa99 Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:15:00 -0400 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about Mike Mentzer's one set training method, no masks in the gym, and my own training, I talk about the difference between front and back squats, and why you might not necessarily need to do cardio to lose weight. 34:07 yes After talking about Mike Mentzer’s 1 set training method, no more masks, and my own training, I talk about the difference between performing front and back squats, and why you might not even need to do any cardio in order to achieve your weight loss goal. Difference between front and back squats (15:37) Why you don’t need to do cardio to lose weight (24:51) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, gender, male, female, men, women, progress, bulk, new year, goals, squat After talking about Mike Mentzer’s 1 set training method, no more masks, and my own training, I talk about the difference between performing front and back squats, and why you might not even need to do any cardio in order to achieve your weight loss goal.

• Difference between front and back squats (15:37)
• Why you don’t need to do cardio to lose weight (24:51)

]]> After talking about Mike Mentzer’s 1 set training method, no more masks, and my own training, I talk about the difference between performing front and back squats, and why you might not even need to do any cardio in order to achieve your weight loss goal.

• Difference between front and back squats (15:37)
• Why you don’t need to do cardio to lose weight (24:51)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-71 b7ed99e4-ece4-492e-b150-dd2a590e09b7 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0500 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon Reflecting on this past week's snowstorm, my life, barefoot training, and Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard. And for the fitness topics for this week, I talk about how to get back to working out after being sick (COVID-19) and the difference between short vs tall lifters. 33:27 yes Reflecting on this past week of training, barefoot training, reading progress, a massive Southern Ontario snowstorm, and Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard for 68 billion, I talk about how you can get back to working out after having COVID-19 or just being sick in general, and I’ll break down some differences between short and tall lifters. How to get back to working out after being sick or having COVID-19 (21:54) Short vs tall lifters (27:18) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, progress, bulk, new year, goals, snowstorm, short, tall Reflecting on this past week of training, barefoot training, reading progress, a massive Southern Ontario snowstorm, and Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard for 68 billion, I talk about how you can get back to working out after having COVID-19 or just being sick in general, and I’ll break down some differences between short and tall lifters.

• How to get back to working out after being sick or having COVID-19 (21:54)
• Short vs tall lifters (27:18)

]]> Reflecting on this past week of training, barefoot training, reading progress, a massive Southern Ontario snowstorm, and Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard for 68 billion, I talk about how you can get back to working out after having COVID-19 or just being sick in general, and I’ll break down some differences between short and tall lifters.

• How to get back to working out after being sick or having COVID-19 (21:54)
• Short vs tall lifters (27:18)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-70 a49e6522-8e62-4cf6-9cd3-f181ae65d607 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 08:15:00 -0500 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about the gyms still being closed, home workouts, what I've been up to lately, and Oregon State's latest hemp research, I talk about why going 'all in' isn't a smart strategy, and I talk about the best protein sources that you can eat on a daily basis. 32:20 yes After talking about the schools opening, my extended holiday vacation, and Oregon State using hemp to treat the coronavirus, I talk about why the ‘All In’ approach doesn’t work for most people, and I list out some good protein sources to eat. Why ‘All In’ isn’t a great approach (9:53) Good protein sources (20:30) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, gender, male, female, men, women, progress, bulk, new year, goals After talking about the schools opening, my extended holiday vacation, and Oregon State using hemp to treat the coronavirus, I talk about why the ‘All In’ approach doesn’t work for most people, and I list out some good protein sources to eat.

• Why ‘All In’ isn’t a great approach (9:53)
• Good protein sources (20:30)

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• Why ‘All In’ isn’t a great approach (9:53)
• Good protein sources (20:30)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-69 4f35bfb4-0358-48df-bc45-3409fe254508 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 23:15:00 -0500 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about how my week went, another round of gym closures (lockdown), and CES 2022, I talk about how you can lose weight without tracking your calories and how you be more healthy in your own home. 38:32 yes After talking about my week, Ontario going into lockdown again, and CES 2022, I talk about how to lose weight without tracking calories, and how you can be more healthy within your own home. How to lose weight without tracking (17:28) How to get healthy in your own home (29:27) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, gender, male, female, men, women, progress, bulk, new year, goals After talking about my week, Ontario going into lockdown again, and CES 2022, I talk about how to lose weight without tracking calories, and how you can be more healthy within your own home.

• How to lose weight without tracking (17:28)
• How to get healthy in your own home (29:27)

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• How to lose weight without tracking (17:28)
• How to get healthy in your own home (29:27)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-68 25ca0939-eb6e-4921-a4a1-49e777b2704d Fri, 31 Dec 2021 13:45:00 -0500 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about how the holidays went, if my strength increased over the past year, and COVID affecting sports, I talk about how you can complete all of your goals for the new year and what you can do to stay in shape if the gyms are too expensive. 25:36 yes After talking about my Christmas week, some gifts, and reflecting on the past year’s gym progress, I talk about how to achieve your goals in the new year and what you can do if the gyms around you are too expensive. Achieving goals in 2022 (11:31) What to do if the gyms are too expensive (19:16) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, gender, male, female, men, women, progress, bulk, new year, goals After talking about my Christmas week, some gifts, and reflecting on the past year’s gym progress, I talk about how to achieve your goals in the new year and what you can do if the gyms around you are too expensive.

• Achieving goals in 2022 (11:31)
• What to do if the gyms are too expensive (19:16)

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• Achieving goals in 2022 (11:31)
• What to do if the gyms are too expensive (19:16)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-67 680c3d9e-d327-46b8-81d1-a3b5e875e959 Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:30:00 -0500 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about my training, the pandemic and sports, Pfizer and cannabis, dinosaur eggs, and a new possible cancer vaccine (mrna), I talk about planning for the new year, new you attitude, and I talk about how to program your workouts properly. 34:03 yes After talking about my training, COVID-19, Pfizer getting into the cannabis market, and a new mRNA-based cancer vaccine, I talk about how you can plan for the new year new you attitude and how to program your workout properly in terms of exercise order. New year, new you (15:21) How to program your workouts (24:54) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, gender, male, female, men, women, progress, bulk After talking about my training, COVID-19, Pfizer getting into the cannabis market, and a new mRNA-based cancer vaccine, I talk about how you can plan for the new year new you attitude and how to program your workout properly in terms of exercise order.

• New year, new you (15:21)
• How to program your workouts (24:54)

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• New year, new you (15:21)
• How to program your workouts (24:54)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-66 dba7d137-6fec-449e-a50d-5c7e25306816 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 16:30:00 -0500 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about my week of training, sports, and increasing COVID-19 cases, I go over a few strategies to help you stay lean for the holidays and why you shouldn't be skipping leg day. 30:17 yes After talking about eating some bad food, my training, sports, and increasing COVID-19 cases, I talk about how you can go through the holiday season without gaining much weight and why you should not be skipping leg day. How to eat right for the holidays (10:58) Don’t skip leg day (22:16) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, gender, male, female, men, women, progress, bulk After talking about eating some bad food, my training, sports, and increasing COVID-19 cases, I talk about how you can go through the holiday season without gaining much weight and why you should not be skipping leg day.

• How to eat right for the holidays (10:58)
• Don’t skip leg day (22:16)

]]> After talking about eating some bad food, my training, sports, and increasing COVID-19 cases, I talk about how you can go through the holiday season without gaining much weight and why you should not be skipping leg day.

• How to eat right for the holidays (10:58)
• Don’t skip leg day (22:16)

]]> https://liftandlearn.fireside.fm/liftandlearn-65 0b15a6ac-0041-46a0-ace8-3f177a18dfd4 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0500 Isaiah Copon full Isaiah Copon After talking about my own training, my bulk, robots, sports, and movies, I talk about how to bulk properly and what the ideal macronutrient split is for most people. 34:07 yes After talking about my training, my current bulk, robots coming to life, sports, and movies, I talk about how you can go through a bulk properly and what the ideal macro split is. How to bulk properly (16:44) The ideal macro split (25:03) fitness, health, gains, calories, macros, macronutrients, workout, lift, learn, education, strong, workout, pandemic, covid, covid-19, fasting, intermittent fasting, plateau, fasting, detox, newbie, bmi, tracking, food, scale, lose weight, diet, exercise, volume, stronger, pandemic, mistakes, learn, coffee, preworkout, water, overtraining, knee, sugar, diet, mobility, exercise, movement, medicine, food, cooking, home gym, barbell, muscle, hiit, liss, highly processed, sugar, motivation, dedication, discipline, track, intuitive, stress, hips, weight gain, recovery, injury, triceps, chest, shoulder, delt, deltoid, glute, butt, strong, weight, patience, consistency, fat, cardio, gains, results, full body, imbalance, vegetables, real life, gender, male, female, men, women, progress, bulk After talking about my training, my current bulk, robots coming to life, sports, and movies, I talk about how you can go through a bulk properly and what the ideal macro split is.

• How to bulk properly (16:44)
• The ideal macro split (25:03)

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• How to bulk properly (16:44)
• The ideal macro split (25:03)

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