Podcasts by Become a Beast
Achieve Your Health
Further podcasts by David Damron: Avid Runner, Gym Rat, & Health Enthusiast
Podcast on the topic Gesundheit und Fitness
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BAB 088|Week 9 of The Weekly Beast Challenge from 2015-03-01T20:05:19
Thanks for taking the Weekly Beast Challenge. It's a great way to get us out of the comfort zone. In Week 8, we took on the one vegetable-based meal per day challenge. I succeeded by primarily get...
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BAB 087|Week 8 of The Weekly Beast Challenge from 2015-02-22T22:34:53
I failed miserably at the Week 7 Weekly Beast Challenge. I'm looking ahead to a successful week where we will tackle a vegetable-meal-a-day. In Episode 87 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I discuss ...
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BAB 086|Week 7 of The Weekly Beast Challenge from 2015-02-15T19:23:34
Week 6 had us tackling the diet focus by eating 3 cups of spinach per day. I was successful after mowing through endless cups of spinach in my daily smoothies. In Week 7, we are jumping back to fi...
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BAB 085|How to Use the Buddy System to Achieve Fitness Results from 2015-02-11T20:53:52
The accountability factor is one of the primary reasons I succeeded in accomplishing my fitness goals. Yes, focus, effort, and determination were contributing factors, but if it weren't for others ...
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BAB 084|Week 6 of The Weekly Beast Challenge from 2015-02-10T19:23:26
Week 5 saw us tackle the 1 minute wall-sit. This week, we move back to the diet focus. Apologies for the two day delay. The wife and I had our first no-kid trip in 3 years. Needless to say, our tr...
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BAB 083|How Expectations are Killing Your Progress from 2015-02-06T18:45:13
We expect too much. I do my best to expect nothing. If I choose to do the actions required to achieve a goal, I will be further than I was before I started and that is the only expectation we shoul...
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BAB 082|How to Embrace Struggles&Adversity from 2015-02-05T18:35:55
Don't fight life. That's one of my motto's. Life can and will throw endless struggles and adversity in your path. Don't fight it though. In Episode 82 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I dive into h...
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BAB 081|Striving for Perfection Versus Focusing on Perfection from 2015-02-04T20:28:25
Often, we take the wrong approach towards perfection. In Episode 81 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I share my thoughts on perfection and a better way to view your goals.Perfection should not be ou...
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BAB 080|Making Life Boring to Achieve Great Things from 2015-02-03T19:31:19
What if I told you that the year I accomplished the most in the fitness and diet realm was when I had the most boring day-to-day life? Actually, it wasn't boring for me, it was jam-packed, but ever...
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BAB 079|The Lies We Tell Ourselves from 2015-02-02T09:00:37
We all lie to ourselves at times. It's how we negate this as often as possible through personal responsibility and forward thinking that truly matters. I lie to myself that a food journal isn't ne...
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BAB 078|Week 5 of The Weekly Beast Challenge from 2015-02-01T09:00:29
Last week saw us take on the gallon of water challenge. Unfortunately, I failed miserably. If we don't prepare ourselves for success, we will fail. That's what happened this past week with me. I d...
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BAB 077|Why Idols&Mentors are Important from 2015-01-31T09:00:06
I'm a huge fan and supporter of finding and following idols and mentors. They can be catalysts to a life gone astray. In Episode 77 of The Become a Beast Podcast, we look at how a mentor and/or id...
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BAB 076|How Do You Want to Be Remembered from 2015-01-30T09:00:22
If you were to pass tomorrow, what would others remember you for? Yes, this may sound like a morbid conversation, but it shouldn't be. It should be a motivating one that gets us to get off our but...
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BAB 075|How to Build Your Confidence in 30 Seconds from 2015-01-29T09:00:37
I'm relatively small physically in comparison to the other muscle-bound men at my gym. Yes, I'm 6'1", but the other guys have 50 pounds of muscle on me. Yet, I carry a stature that makes me one of ...
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BAB 074|The #1 Attitude to Apply to Everything in Life from 2015-01-28T09:00:59
In 2005, my outlook on life changed forever. After visiting the beautiful and carefree land of Australia, I came home with a new approach to everything in life and the results were incredible. In ...
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BAB 073|Why Morning Workouts Should Be in Your Daily Routine from 2015-01-27T09:00:02
The times that I have implemented a morning fitness routine, I have found sustained success in my fitness levels. That doesn't mean I always implement the morning routine. I just have the best chan...
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BAB 072|The Struggles of Eating Right with Kids from 2015-01-26T09:00:37
My 2 year old son has done more damage to my everyday diet than any weekend in Vegas could ever do. Today, in Episode 72 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I talk about how having a kid has drasticall...
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BAB 071|Week 4 of the Weekly Beast Challenge from 2015-01-25T19:38:56
Last week, we tackled 100 squats a day and boy, did my legs not love me for that. To say I was sore the first few days is an understatement. However, lower body workouts are something I need to imp...
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BAB 070|Is Juicing the Best Way to Get Your Fruits and Veggies? from 2015-01-24T20:23:27
Juicing has become a huge craze in the US in the last few years. There are plenty of health benefits to juicing, but, as with most things, there are downsides. In Episode 70 of The Become a Beast ...
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BAB 069|The Important Yet Overlooked Aspect of Diet&Fitness Goals from 2015-01-23T18:56:47
Approach. How do you approach anything? Positive outlook? Frustration? With a plan? There are endless ways to approach life and what comes with it. Whether we achieve our goals or not is a direct r...
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BAB 068|The Smart Strategy to Healthy Snacking from 2015-01-22T19:04:09
Snacking is my personal diet killer and I'm sure it is for a lot of others. Some folks are great at turning down snacks. I crave and devour them. So, I've had to create environments that allow for ...
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BAB 067|The Workout Log You Should Be Using from 2015-01-21T19:50:05
The numbers are the holy grail. I get that. However, when logging workouts, which I strongly advised doing on a regular basis, adding notes regarding how your are feeling, energy levels, life event...
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BAB 066|Be the Hero of Your Own Movie Starting Today from 2015-01-20T19:12:39
What if I asked you to write a movie script of the best life possible? Now, what if I told you to live that script every day from here forward? Joe Rogan talks about that in Be the Hero of Your Ow...
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BAB 065|Four Tips for Implementing Self Massage from 2015-01-20T04:48:44
You don't need a masseuse. You don't need to be a professional basketball player with a personal sports massage therapist. To get a great beneficial massage that will get contracted muscles to rele...
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BAB 064|Week 3 of The Weekly Beast Challenge from 2015-01-19T01:29:26
Small wins. That's our goal week in and week out with The Weekly Beast Challenge. The more small wins you can knock out each day, the likelier you are to succeed versus the person trying to hit the...
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BAB 63|Seasonal Fitness Leads to Year-Round Results from 2015-01-17T09:00:44
I hate the winter. Even more so since I live in Colorado. Sure, my in-law's from Minnesota laugh at me, but cold is cold and I miss California and Arizona. Where that leaves me? My first two winte...
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BAB 062|Reader Question: Should I Take Supplements to Get Huge Muscles? from 2015-01-16T09:00:36
Supplements. So many folks think they are the only way to get desired results. So many people are wrong. In Episode 62 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I answer a reader question regarding supplemen...
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BAB 061|Top 10 Five Minute Life Changing Actions from 2015-01-15T09:00:28
If I told you that five minutes of action could create measurable results in every other aspect of your life, wouldn't you take that action? In Episode 61 of The Become a Beast Podcast, we dive in...
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BAB 060|The #1 Diet&Fitness Plan Ever Created by Man from 2015-01-14T09:00:41
Yes, I have discovered what the super secret hidden plan is to diet and fitness. However, if you thought I would tell you what it is without listening to this episode, you were wrong my friend. In...
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BAB 059|The 4 Most Overlooked Diet Killers from 2015-01-13T09:00:28
You might be sabotaging all of your hard work and not even realize it. Simple changes to your diet can make you go from stagnant to achieving all of your diet and fitness goals. In Episode 59 of T...
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BAB 058|Curing Depression through Fitness from 2015-01-12T09:00:16
In Episode 58 of The Become a Beast Podcast, we discuss a serious topic. Depression enters all of our lives at different levels and different times. Fitness is one way to find some relief from depr...
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BAB 057|Week 2 of The Weekly Beast Challenge from 2015-01-11T22:46:07
How'd you do with week 1 of The Weekly Beast Challenge? I knocked out my 100 push-up's each day despite being sick with the flu. I hope you killed it on the challenge also. For those new to the W...
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BAB 056|Diet&Fitness Tracking Using an App Versus Paper&Pen from 2015-01-10T09:00:13
At first, you might look at the title and think that this is a ridiculous topic. It's not. Here's why. What's the best tool in anything that you do? The tool you use. Though I'm a tech gadget fre...
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BAB 055|Why Free Weights Lead to Bigger, Better Beast Results from 2015-01-09T09:00:07
Free weights scared me to death. Once I let down my guard, they welcomed me into their home. If you've ever wanted to hear how I was intimidated by inanimate objects, this is the episode for you. ...
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BAB 054|Accepting Recovery from 2015-01-08T09:00:56
I'm sick. I hate being sick. I love my sign more than anything, but the little munchkin seems to pick up and pass along any and all virus'he can find. In Episode 54 of The Become a Beast Podcast, ...
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BAB 053|Setting and Maintaining Diet&Fitness Baseline’s from 2015-01-07T09:00:07
You know the feeling. The one where you just feel"pudgy"or lethargic. What was the average is now the impossible. We all get this way from time to time but we can reduce the frequency by establishi...
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BAB 052|Two Simple Questions You Must Answer to Succeed at Diet&Fitness from 2015-01-06T09:00:07
In Episode 52 of The Become a Beast Podcast, we tackle the two simple question that, if answered, can propel you to success in the diet and fitness avenues and beyond. Often, we look at the proble...
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BAB 051|Week 1 of the Weekly Beast Challenge|100 Push-Up’s from 2015-01-05T08:00:30
Are you ready to take on a new challenge? How about a new one every week?In Episode 51 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I'm introducing the Weekly Beast Challenge. Every Sunday, I'll share a health,...
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BAB 050|The Power of Just 3 Minutes of Fitness from 2015-01-04T11:00:49
Over and over again, you hear me talking about paralysis by analysis. I'm all about minimum's. What is the minimum to start and continue achieving a desired goal eliminating the paralysis aspect? T...
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BAB 049|The Painless, Enjoyable Way to Eating Healthy from 2015-01-03T23:47:14
Paralysis by analysis. That's a popular phrase that I constantly remind myself of. Why? I often complicate or overthink the things i least want to do. The same applies to eating healthy.In Episode...
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BAB 048|Sleep Better, Recover Faster Starting Tonight with Meditation from 2015-01-02T12:00:32
In Episode 48 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I discuss sitting still. Okay, maybe it's a bit more than that. For the first 30 years of my life, I viewed meditation as something hippies did in some...
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BAB 047|Simple Ways to Start the New Year Off Right from 2015-01-01T14:29:23
In Episode 47 of The Become a Beast Podcast, we dive into the small habits you can start implementing to make big changes in 2015. How we have made big improvements in all aspects of our life at B...
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BAB 046|Reader Question: What’s the Best Workout for Me from 2014-03-20T08:00:39
A fellow listener asks,"What's the best workout for me?"This is an awesome question and one that many people ask. In Episode 46 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I answer this question and my answer m...
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BAB 045|Overthinking the Basics of Diet&Fitness from 2014-03-19T14:00:42
Overthinking diet and fitness can lead to frustration, loss of motivation, and lack of results. This all comes about because we make something extremely simple into something the is unnecessarily d...
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BAB 044|#1 Overlooked Fitness Approach You’re Probably Not Doing from 2014-03-07T14:53:50
In Episode 44 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I discuss how my strength and fitness evolved once I started reducing the weight I was lifting and increased the number of bodyweight exercises I was do...
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BAB 043|The Inherent Problem with Diets from 2014-02-11T04:34:52
As I've discussed before, I have a hatred for dieting versus choosing a healthy diet. In Episode 43 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I discuss the many problems with diets and specifically, why most ...
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BAB 042|How to Reevaluate Your Diet&Fitness Once a Rush of Motivation Wears Off from 2014-02-03T14:04:51
About a month after the 1st of the year, my gym starts seeing fewer visitors, the produce aisle isn't as crowed, and life, unfortunately, goes back to the sad normal it was prior to the first of th...
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BAB 041|Food Addiction&How I Address My Own Food Addiction from 2014-01-30T05:26:03
In Episode 41 of The Become a Beast Podcast, we discuss food addiction and my own addictions to food. Food addiction is not only an issue for the obese. As a fairly fit guy, I have an addiction to...
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BAB 040|Why People Fail at Detoxes&What to Do Instead from 2014-01-17T08:00:42
We are just a few weeks removed from the new year and there are millions of people who have tried to detox from the gluttony of the holidays and subsequently failed miserably. Detoxing, for most p...
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BAB 039|Working Out for 365 Straight Days from 2014-01-15T05:20:01
In 2013, I took on the challenge of working out for 365 straight days. I must say it wasn't easy, but worth every workout. In episode 39 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I discuss the struggles I ...
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BAB 038|The Beast is Back from 2013-10-25T03:51:22
Welcome back to The Become a Beast Podcast! I have missed you guys and gals. Thank you for all of your continued support. I know I have been distant, but we are back and better than ever. Lots com...
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BAB 037: #DontWannaWednesday&What in the World It Means from 2013-05-23T02:47:11
The last thing we want to do is often the first thing we need to do. - Tim Ferriss (paraphrased) I hate pull ups. They intimidate the hell out of me. I suck at them. I can bench over 200 pounds w...
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BAB 036: How Becoming a Beast Will Cause You to Lose All of Your Friends&Why That’s a Good Thing from 2013-05-22T04:56:39
Sometimes your friends really aren't your friends. They are just the people you end up hanging out with. True friends push you to achieve the potential withinyourself. So today, I wanted to talk ab...
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BAB 035: Sticking to a Fitness Plan When Wanting to Do More from 2013-05-21T05:24:32
Many of us established a fitness plan and think,"I've got this."The problem with these plans sometimes isn't that we don't follow through, but that we want to do more than our plan. So, what should...
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BAB 034: Becoming a Super Athlete from 2013-05-16T01:38:28
Do you want to look like the world record marathon runner or the world's strongest man? I don't want to look like either. I want to become a super athlete. In Episode #34 of The Become a Beast Pod...
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BAB 033: Becoming&Staying a Healthy&Fit Parent from 2013-05-15T02:38:09
As a parent, I feel that my top two responsibilities are 1) to provide a safe environment for my child to develop and 2) to show them what I believe to be a good example for living one's life. The ...
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BAB 032: Where to Start When It Comes to Building Muscle&Getting Stronger from 2013-05-14T02:53:48
Getting stronger and building muscle are often the two most desired attributes of those looking to become fit. However, they often overlook the best way to start. In Episode #32 of The Become a Bea...
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BAB 031: Diet or Fitness: Which Should I Address First from 2013-05-10T08:00:52
Diet or fitness? The question many folks ask themselves when they have either been in a rut or have never really addressed either. Today on the Become a Beast Podcast, I address which I choose and ...
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BAB 30: #1 Overlooked Benefit of Working Out at Your Full Potential from 2013-05-09T08:00:07
Often, small actions in one part of our lives can lead to huge benefits in others. When we workout at our full potential, there is an overlooked benefit that can lead to better results in the futur...
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BAB 029: Solving Depression Through Diet and Fitness from 2013-05-07T07:00:19
Sometimes, the simplest answer to our biggest stressors comes through cleaning the junk out of our lives and just focusing on life itself. In it's simplest form that means putting a high focus on o...
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BAB 028: 3 Fitness Idols and How They Can Help You Achieve Your Fitness Goals from 2013-05-06T08:00:52
In Episode 28 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I discuss the three fitness idols that I look up to and how they can help you achieve more of your own fitness goals. Click here to listen, rate, and...
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BAB 027: Finding Your Confidence Through Fitness from 2013-05-03T08:00:12
Confidence is an atribute that I feel a lot of people miss out on. That shouldn't be the case and fitness can be your avenue to gaining more confidence in yourself. In Episode 27 of The Become a Be...
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BAB 026: 4 Shoulder Exercises to Start Looking like Vin Diesel&The Rock from 2013-05-02T08:00:12
Shoulder exercises are critical to not only looking like a complete badass. They are also essential towards our balance and necessary strength for being active (i.e. picking something up, pushing a...
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BAB 025: Becoming a Professional at Failing from 2013-05-01T08:00:20
Becoming a professional at failing is highly encouraged at BecomeaBeast.com. Not because we want you to not succeed at your goals. Rather, we want you to achieve more than you once believed was pos...
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BAB 024: The Zen of Simple Eating from 2013-04-30T08:00:31
The Zen of Simple Eating discusses approaches towards simplifying and succeeding at a life-long healthy diet. In Episode 24 of The Become a Beast Podcast, 5 simple tactics that have worked for me ...
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BAB 023: Answering the Question: How Do I Get Fit&Healthy from 2013-04-29T08:00:55
Answering the question,"How do I get fit and healthy?,"is a lot easier than most people think and most people already know the answer. In Episode 23 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I discuss a prin...
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BAB 022: 2014 Boston Qualifying&What I’ve Learned from Previous Boston Qualifying Failures from 2013-04-22T09:00:29
Qualifying for the Boston Marathon in 2014 is going to be even tougher than ever now that so many proud runners want to show their support following the tragedies in the 2013 Boston Marathon. That'...
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BAB 021: My Reaction to the Boston Marathon Terror Attack&My Urge of You Following Such from 2013-04-16T02:23:57
In a somber episode 21, I discuss my reaction to the horror of the Boston Marathon terror attack. I also discuss what you can do to help and it's not just about giving money. It's more about buildi...
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BAB 020: Stretch Goals&Why You Should Set One Today from 2013-04-15T09:00:08
In Episode 20 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I share my recent stretch goal example, how stretch goal setting has helped me and how you can set stretch goals. (Click here to listen, rate, and su...
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BAB 019: 5 Psychological Practices that Prevent Dieting Failures from 2013-03-26T22:22:12
In Episode 19 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I discuss 5 psychological practices that prevent dieting failures. The ways I share may sound simple (or slightly hilarious), but they work and that'...
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BAB 018: James Clear of JamesClear.com Shares His Insight Into Becoming Superhuman from 2013-03-20T10:00:51
James Clear of JamesClear.com joins us in Episode 18 of The Become a Beast Podcast to discuss how he has achieved goals in many different aspects of his life by implementing a health a fitness regi...
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BAB 017: 3 Running Techniques to Reduce Injuries, Improve Recovery Time&Hit Your Personal Records from 2013-03-19T18:41:49
In the return of The Become a Beast Podcast, I share some amazing news and three running techniques that have helped me throughout the years. (Click here to listen, rate, and subscribe on iTunes...
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BAB 016: How to Get Better After Getting Sick from 2013-02-28T03:34:43
I hate being sick. What I hate worse is killing all motivation to get back to Beast Mode after getting sick. In Episode 16 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I get back on the wagon to getting better....
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BAB 015: 3 Areas to Address After a Long Holiday Vacation from 2013-02-18T04:06:57
In Episode #15, I share the 3 areas I try to address upon returning from a long holiday weekend or vacation. I usually fall off the wagon in the eating-super-healthy category during vacations, but ...
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BAB 014: My Top 5 Biggest Health&Fitness Mistakes…&How I Corrected Them from 2013-02-14T08:00:36
In Episode 14 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I address my top 5 biggest health and fitness mistakes that I have made in the past and how I corrected them. (Click here to listen, rate, and subscr...
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BAB 013: 1st Edition of‘Stop Doing That’: Know-It-All’s from 2013-02-12T08:00:44
In Episode 13 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I introduce a new segment called'Stop Doing That'. (Click here to listen, rate, and subscribe on iTunes)In this episode, I discuss the know-it-all's ...
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BAB 012: Zombies&Free Weights: How Free Weights Might Actually Save Your Life in a Zombie Apocalypse from 2013-02-10T23:41:24
In Episode 12 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I share how my experience with machines andmy transition to free weights has led me to a fitness level that is Zombie-Apocalypse-Survivable. (Click h...
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BAB011: The Top 10 Go-To Snacks to Cure Midday Cravings from 2013-02-06T05:12:38
In Episode 11 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I share my top 10 go-to snacks to cure midday cravings. The snacks I suggest help prevent falling prey to the time of day that many people choose unheal...
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BAB010: Belly Fat&Why So Many People are Wrong about Losing It from 2013-01-31T04:51:27
Everyone wants a six-pack. Everyone. I have never heard a person says,"I want the biggest belly possible."However, most people are directed to 6 minute abs and magic pills that don't get the desire...
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BAB009: Why You Should Become a Beast from 2013-01-29T05:46:19
In Episode 9 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I discuss becoming a beast, what it takes, and why you should possibly give it a try. (Click here to listen, rate, and subscribe on iTunes)I address t...
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BAB008: Thoughts on Perfect Diets&How You Should Approach Your Diet from 2013-01-22T02:13:45
Perfect diets do not exist. In Episode 8 of The Become a Beast Podcast, I share my thoughts on those who claim to know the perfect human dietary approach and how you can find out what is best for ...
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BAB007: Amy Clover of StrongInsideOut.com Explains How Being Healthy&Fit Can Help the Physical and Emotional Body from 2013-01-19T02:46:25
Amy Clover, founder of StrongInsideOut.com, joins us to discuss her latest 30x30 Project and share how health and fitness has brightened some very dark days in her past. (Click here to listen, r...
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BAB 006: Krista Stryker, founder of 12 Minute Athlete, Teaches Us How to Get the Most Efficient Workout to Get The Best Results from 2013-01-16T01:59:09
Krista Stryker of 12MinuteAthlete joins us in Episode 6 of The Become a Beast Podcast to help us get the most out of the shortest workouts and still see awesome results. (Click here to listen, r...
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BAB005: Jason Fitzgerald, founder of StrengthRunning.com, Discusses Becoming a Successful Runner…and Enjoying It at the Same Time from 2013-01-15T05:27:38
Jason Fitzgerald of Strength Running joins us in Episode 5 of The Become a Beast Podcast to bring great advice on becoming a better running and in a healthy way. (Click here to listen, rate, and...
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BAB004: Vic Magary of FatLossforFree.com&The Get Fit w/ Vic Podcast Discusses Healthy Habit Forming from 2013-01-14T05:01:45
(Click here to listen, rate, and subscribe on iTunes) Vic Magary, of VicMagary.com, joins us in Episode 4 to discuss the #1 reason most people fail and it has nothing to do with not knowing what t...
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BAB003 Podcast: Joel Runyon, ImpossibleHQ Founder, Details How He Achieves More w/ His Body than Thought Possible from 2013-01-08T05:09:12
(Click here to listen, rate, and subscribe on iTunes) Joel Runyon delivers. Each and every time. Though my approach may be different at times, we both look to obtain results once thought impossibl...
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BAB002 Podcast: The‘Why’of Health&Fitness and Short-Term&Long-Term Goals from 2013-01-07T04:25
In Episode #2 of The Become a Beast Podcast, we address to health and fitness topics that will lead to you achieving your goals. First, we address the'Why'for doing crazy things like marathons. S...
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BAB001 Podcast: How to Achieve Your 2013 Health&Fitness Goals from 2012-12-31T19:34:31
Welcome to the first episode of the Become a Beast Podcast! Let the fun begin...(Disclaimer: The Apple folks in Cupertino are in shock about how amazing my new podcast is so they haven't come back...
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