Scott Abel Fitness Podcast

We discuss recent as well as some older articles and studies about The Biggest Loser, including issues with metabolism, the framing of how weight loss happens, and some of the more pervasive effects of representing weight loss in the media. Scott also discusses some of the things he knows athletes would do to lose weight from his experiences in the competition. Articles * “Forge

Scott and Mike discuss a strategy for training and traveling: “Programmus Interruptus” Visit scottabelfitness.com/interrupt for a detailed written breakdown of what we’re talking about, plus a video demo. The main idea is, if you're traveling and need to substitute in a workout in your hotel room (or what-have-you), you can stay flexible by mixing whole body training

Mike is joined by Lou Schuler to discuss some of the larger trends in fitness, as well as how to avoid saying the same things over again in fitness writing. Mike wanted to talk to Lou to talk about fitness writing because Lou — an award-wining journalist — has been fitness editor of Men’s Fitness, and, later, Men’s Health, and he’s written a bunch of well-known books in t

Scott is joined by Alexandra Paul of Baywatch. They discuss Alexandra's remarkable activism (and even her arrests), her work for animal rights, her career development after Baywatch, and much more. Links & Resources • Alexandra Paul's Website - https://alexandrapaul.com/ • Alexandra Paul's IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000575/

We discuss what goes into an actual, solid workout: what to focus on, tempo vs cadence, pumping reps vs explosive reps, myths, warmups. Some Quick Notes: * “The muscles work the weights; the weights don't work the muscles.” * *Most* of what we talked about is related to using the inside/out approach instead of an (exclusive) outside/in approach. I.e., yes, your weights

How much customization is needed for a workout program? Ideally, does every program you do need to be custom-designed from scratch? The answer is obviously not. Any good coach will have their own library of programs that are useful for a variety of different contexts: * First, these programs are structured around sound principles * Then, after doing a client assessment, a program

Scott talks with Dotsie Bausch, a seven-time USA cycling champion and a medal-winning athlete with team USA's cycling team. Dotsie was named by VegNews in 2019 as one of the top 20 most influential vegans in the world. She was featured in the 2017 documentary The Game Changers and the 2015 documentary, Personal Gold An Underdog Story.   Topics Covered * The spiritual element

Scott and Mike discuss what to do when you struggle with cravings. So, you open the bag, and find you just can't stop until the whole bag's finished; or, you try to have a handful, but you then need to reach for more.   Topics covered * The importance of wondering “what if?” I.e., if you're always thinking “mmm, oh, should I or shouldn't I?” then even

This episode was based on a coaching client email Scott received that indicated what progress looks like. It's not just a before and after photo. It's about letting go of JOMO, not worrying at all about the scale, not being shamed based on what the weight scale says, and things like that. Most of the discussion was about unpacking the hows and whys of these four main indicators of

How do you start a program off on the right foot? If you've tried multiple diets and “failed” in the past, and you still, y'know, have weight to lose, how do you actually change things so that this time it really is different, and you're not just doing different versions of the same thing, over and over again? This episode was all about how to do that, and how to start