Nutrition Talks With tysonthetrainerr

Episode #140 - Maintenance Phases

One thing you want to get good at as an athlete is being able to maintain your weight with the least amount of effort possible. The less effort you have to put in to maintain your weight, the less mental attention you have to dedicate to maintenance. In today's episode, I want to share with you what you should be doing while maintaining your weight and how it's going to help you in the long term.

Episode #139 - QNA With The People's Gym

Sam from the people's gym was kind enough to ask me to come on and do a QNA for his clients at the people's gym. This was just some basic questions that were asked from his clients that they wanted answers to and it was great to sit down and have a chat.

Episode #138 - Rebuilding Confidence

It's tough to be an athlete and hold yourself to high standards. We love the responsibility and the focus but sometimes even the best of us can fall off track and struggle. If you have fallen off track and you're having a tough time getting back into the swing of things, you're not alone. There are some good habits that you can follow to help get your mindset back in the right frame of mind.

Episode #137 - Hard Truths

I love doing my Saturday truth bombs and today I thought I'd make those truth bombs into a podcast rant. Sometimes we just need to be told the hard truth about certain things and accept the truth. Just because we don't like to hear the facts or disagree with them doesn't mean they are wrong.

Episode #136 - Getting Back On Track

As an athlete, you have high standards for yourself. You always expect yourself to be doing the best and never want to feel like you're failing. The truth is that life is not stable and things are going to come up. This means that you may get thrown out of routine, lose your sense of direction or just get in a bad headspace, but that doesn't mean that you have to give up everything. Here's how to get back on track when times get tough.

Episode #135 - Fitness Myth - High Calorie Days

Have you ever heard that you need to be eating more food on the days you train in the gym and less food on the days you don't? In today's podcast, I'm going to be breaking down the myths associated with high carb days or high-calorie days and explaining why most of you aren't ever going to need to worry about this.

Episode #134 - Rates of weight gain for athletes

If you're an athlete wanting to gain a little bit of muscle mass then this episode is for you. When it comes to gaining muscle, this is slow progress which is why the saying "slow is the way to grow" is the best way to think about this. We can't gain muscle as fast as we would like to and because of that, we have to make adjustments to how fast our rate of weight gain is. Ideally, you should be gaining about .25 -.5% of your body weight per week.

Episode #133 - Losing Your Menstrual Cycle

Something that I touched on a few weeks ago on my Instagram and I realised how prevalent it is is females losing their menstrual cycle. It is NEVER normal for a for a female to stop menstruating so if you’ve lost your menstrual cycle you need to work on restoring it ASAP. Now usually this happens when people are dieting for long periods of time, are low levels of body fat or they exercise a lot and don't eat so much.   Because of this, the body will basically shut off your menstrual cy...

Episode #132 - Getting Back On Track

Even as an athlete you can fall off track. The hard thing is when you fall off track is to get your head back into the game because it's hard. Especially when you have high expectations of yourself and you want to be able to stick to what you say you'll do. However, you're a human and it's going to happen, so here's how to get back on track.

Episode #131 - Things I've been wrong about

I hate to admit I'm wrong, I like being right. But when I am wrong, no matter how much I hate to admit it, I will admit that I am wrong and change my opinion. There have been a lot of things in the nutrition world that I've changed my thoughts on and over the last 18 months, there have been a lot of things that I've actually changed. In today's video, I want to share with you those things that I've changed.

Episode #130 - Avoiding Hunger When Dieting As An Athlete

Episode #129 - What Not To Focus On

I've gone over before about what you should focus on when it comes to achieving the body you want. In today's podcast, I'm going to do the opposite and tell you what you need to be focusing less on. Too many people are following way too many fitfluencers and thinking they have to follow all of these obsessive little things when they don't. If you just focus on avoiding what most of these people say and stick to the tried and true methods, they're what are going to get you the best resu...

Episode #128 - Sodium and Blood Pressure

Sodium is an electrolyte and it’s not something you should be scared of. If you’re someone who has a healthy blood pressure and you have a good sodium intake, I’d recommend increasing your sodium. Sodium can help with performance and muscle contraction so it might be worth trying to bump it up. As you slowly increase it (I’d suggest increasing it by about 300mg per week) you can monitor your blood pressure. Let's say you have 2500mg a day. You increase that by 300g to 2800mg a day an...

Episode #127 - Getting yourself out of a rut

Sometimes you will find yourself stuck in a rut. You keep eating foods you shouldn't eat, you fall off track with your training and you are falling into a bit of a spiral. You are not alone and this happens more commonly than you think. What I want to do today is to share with you how you can get yourself out of a rut and back on track.

Episode #126 - Optimising Your Diet

Optimal is something that you should only be focusing on once you have everything else down pat. This is not something you try to do when you can’t even hit your fruit and veggie goals or reach your daily protein requirements. “Optimising” is when you’re looking to ship that needle a little bit further towards that 1 - 2% extra progress that you’re trying to eek out to be the best. So here’s how you can start optimising your progress.

Episode #125 - Tips For Dealing With Hunger

Hunger is going to be something you'll have to deal with when you're dieting. But just because you have to deal with it doesn't mean that it's going to be something you can't reduce. I've got a few tips that are going to help you deal with hunger when you are dieting that will keep you on track.

Episode #124 - My Dieting Phase

I have recently just completed my diet for boxing and I wanted to share my journey with you. I decided to enter a dieting phase because I needed to get to 86kg if I wanted to get into fighting weight. So I decided to diet down from 92.6 down to 87.5kg, losing 5kg in total. I'm just going to share with you the process I took to lose weight the right way without impacting my performance.

Episode #123 - Biscoff, Bullsh*t and Fitness Fads

Everyone in the fitness industry is jumping on some pretty bad trends at the moment and it's causing people a lot of harm. Especially when it comes to gut health. I don't know why but for some reason they love to follow these trending fads because they're popular but they have no consideration for the negative outcomes. Like your gut health, people don't realise how the "fit foods" that they choose are causing gut issues but instead they look at gluten or dairy being the main culprits ...

Episode #122 - Hydration For Athletes

Hydration for athletes is such an important topic and even though it's covered, I don't think people realise how important it is. If your goal is to perform at your best then you need to know how much you need to drink to be hydrated. The reason for this is when dehydration increases, there is a gradual reduction in physical and mental performance. There is an increase in heart rate and body temperature, and an increased perception of how hard the exercise feels, especially when exercisi...

Episode #121 - Dear Females

It is a very big issue at the moment with these fitfluencers and the things they push on a daily basis. As a male who coaches predominately females I want to help change the narrative when it comes to the dieting culture. I hate how much you're told to restrict your food, I hate that you think you have to drink stupid amounts of water a day and I hate the toxic mentality that is put on you. So I want to ruffle some feathers today with some tips that you should be following.

Episode #120 - Losing weight properly for weight class sports

Last week I talked about weight class sports and how they play a part in an athletes life. If you are someone who's in a weight class sport and you're considering dropping one or a few weight classes then you have to be smart about your choices. One of the things you don't want to do is to remove carbohydrates completely because you're going to negatively impact your performance. To avoid making these mistakes by listen to today's podcast. Website: www.tysonthetrainerr.com   Inst...

Episode #119 - Change Your Mindset

Everyone is in a rush to get the results when it comes to fitness. You think that you can go from 0 - 100 overnight and expect to see your ideal body within just a few weeks or months of training and dieting. Here's a newsflash for you, it doesn't work that way. If you want to really look after your health and fitness, this isn't just a 12-week challenge, this is a lifestyle change for the better! In today's podcast, I am going to teach you how to change your thoughts and mindset to ...

Episode #118 - Weight Class Sports

Weight class sports are an interesting kettle of fish. The allow us to compete against people who weigh the same as us and remove some advantages that people may have. There is so much that comes into weight class sports and things you need to consider that you really have to take time and think about what's going to be best for you. In today's podcast, I'm going to cover some things you need to consider when it comes to weight classes. Website: www.tysonthetrainerr.com Instagram: ww...

Episode #117 - Stepping Away From Emotion

It's very easy to get caught up in how you feel and act on those emotions. You can be having a great day, everything is going well and then all of a sudden something sets off the emotional side of you and you go into a panic. Sometimes we need be able to take a pause for a second and step back from the emotional side of things and think about it logically before we make an impulsive decision. This will help you make better rational choices and avoid you derailing yourself.

Episode #116 - Stop Skipping Sleep!

Sleep is one of the most underrated things that humans neglect. We are the only species that choose to forgo sleep which just blows me away because it's so important. If you want to perform better as an athlete, have more energy, recover, grow and basically get every single bit of your life better then you need to focus on sleep. Give today's podcast a listen to find out just how important it is. Website: www.tysonthetrainerr.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/tysonthetrainerr Face...

Episode #115 - Gaining Season

Winter is the perfect time to make some muscle gains. Here is everything you need to know...

Episode #114 - Eating Enough For Your Sport

One thing that I've noticed is that there is a lack of education for athletes who aren't professional. If you're someone who's an amateur you have to either hire someone yourself to help with your nutrition or go on the hunt for your own education. So in today's podcast, I want to share with you how to know if you're eating enough and explain how much you need to eat. This will help you improve your performance, your body composition, improve health markers, reduce risks of injury and ...

Episode #113 - What to REALLY focus on

In the world of instagram, there is a lot of misinformation out there. There are coaches that make you think you have to focus on certain things because THEY think it's important. In reality, it's going to have little to no effect on the progress you make. Instead, I'm going to dive into today's podcast and explain to you what really matters for your goals and what you can disregard. This podcast is for you if you're someone who's just a normal person who wants to get a bit fitter OR...

Episode #112 - Cardio For Boxers

Boxers and fighters love to push themselves. They are hard workers and will put in everything they need to to get the job done. The issue with this is that they are always red lining their fitness and they are actually NEGATIVELY impacting their fitness. If you want to be a good boxer or even a better boxer then you need to understand energy systems and how to fuel yourself, so give this episode a listen. Website: www.tysonthetrainerr.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/tysonthetrainerr...

Episode #111 - Body Fat Levels And Comparing Yourself

I recently purchased a new scale that I wanted to try out to see what the accuracy was like for clients.  Upon getting the scale I saw that it measured other things apart from just scale weight and these other measurements are very inaccurate. So I thought I'd educate you guys on how to get an accurate reading when it comes to testing your body fat levels if you are curious to know.  I also want to talk to you about comparing yourself to other people on social media and why that can be...

Episode #110 - I'm Now Boxing

So as you guys know I was planning on doing a triathlon at the start of this year. Unfortunately due to some injuries with my shins, I've had to change the goal posts.   So, going forward, my focus is going to be on training to become a boxer. The reason I decided that I want to become a boxer is because it's something that's going to push me outside of my comfort zone and try something new for 2022. In today's episode, I'm just going to give you a quick insight into what I'm going...

Episode #109 - The Scale And Tracking Progress

Everyone seems to get caught up in the scale weight. They think that this is the main thing that is going to determine their progress. Little do people know, there is a lot more to tracking your progress than just the scale weight. So today I want to deep dive into what really tracking progress looks like and other things you need to focus on.

Episode #108 - Hydration Tips

Episode #107 - Random Thoughts

Just some random thoughts on things that I came up with for the podcast.

Bonus Episode - Reflecting on your goals.

Episode #106: Why Your Energy Systems Matter

Episode #105 - My Dieting Phase

In today's podcast, I'm going to talk to you about my dieting phase. I decided to go on an eight-week diet go from 92.5kg down to 88kg. The reason I decided to do this is that I have to be at a fighting weight of 86kg. Even though the diet was eight weeks I didn't really have a time constraint with how long it would take because I wasn't in a rush since I don't know when my fight will be. I decided to record today's podcast because I want to share with you what I did for my diet, how...

Episode #104: Beta Alanine

Episode #103 - Dieting Tips

In today's podcast, I want to talk to you about dieting. Currently, I am in my third week of dieting and I have been successful with it so far. Now even though it's early days, I have just been ticking along every single day because I know what I need to do in order to stick to my goals. I will share with you some tips that are very helpful when it comes to avoiding the most common issue we have which is over eating. Over eating is usually due to a few things such as not eating enoug...

Episode #102: Beetroot Juice

Episode #101 - Eat Like An Adult

One thing that people complain about is not being able to stay on track with their diet or maintenance. The funny thing is that the people who usually complain are the people that can't even follow daily habits they need to follow to be healthy. So I want to talk to you what eating like an adult means and why you need to start focusing on having a better diet and how that is going to help you in the long run.

Episode #100: Sports Talk - Caffeine

Episode #99 - The Pregnancy Podcast

I had someone ask on the QNA's about pregnancy and how they should change their nutrition and calories when it comes to getting pregnant and I thought that was a great idea for me to do a podcast on. I decided to do some proper research on nutrition and training when pregnant, just so I can make sure i'm covering all of my bases and teaching the right information. So in this podcast, you're going to learn what you need to be doing nutritionally when it comes to getting pregnant, what to ...

Episode #98: Sports Talk - Supplements - Creatine

Today's topic is about creatine and basically everything you need to know about this supplement. Creatine is one of the most researched and one of the most evidence-backed supplements that are around. In this podcast I'll tell you exactly what you need to know about it, how to use it, how it's going to help you with your performance and the best type of creatine to buy.

Episode #97 - Gaining Phases With Anita Baz

In today's episode, Anita Baz is joining me on the podcast to talk about gaining phases. As she is a female I thought it would be great to bring her on and cover how she goes in a gaining phase and what considerations to make when actually pushing for muscle gain. Anita has done about seven gaining phases now and is always getting better and refining the process. Each time she's gone through a gaining phase she's learned what to do and what to avoid to make sure the next one she does i...

Episode #96 Sports Talk - I've Stopped Triathlon Training

I was really hoping I was able to keep going with my triathlon training but unfortunately it was just bad timing for me and my shins. All of 2021 I struggle with running because of my Shins and I couldn't figure out what was causing the issue. I didn't know if it was the way I ran or what but it was frustrating. Then I kept getting multiple issues with the bike I had and because the repair shops take so long to get into I just figured that this wasn't the right time for me to be focusing...

Episode #95 - QNA PT.2

This is the second part of the QNA that I did last week. This week's topics dive in a little bit deeper and goes a little bit longer but I do cover a lot of questions. These questions include: - What do i think of the 75 hard challenge - How to keep yourself motivated when things get hard - Advice for new Pt's starting out - What's the best way to progressively overload - What's most important for fat loss - What's the go with Dairy and a few more topics. So make sure to give ...

Episode #94 Sports Talk - Training Correctly

One thing that athletes don't lack is the will to train. A lot of you are always showing up, doing what you need to do and sometimes even more. This is where the issue of "more" can become a problem. Training just for the sake of training or to get tired is not what you should be doing. That is more along the lines of exercising. Instead, you need to be focusing on training to get better at your sport and there is a difference between the two. Give today's podcast a listen to see...

Episode #93 - Just Another QNA

Today's podcast is a QNA with followers from Instagram. I do want to include more QNA's into my podcast so it will be something I will be doing more, just to smash out a bunch of questions that people want to know about. Today's questions include: - Steroid vs natty gainz and what the differences are. - How to adjust calories when you plateau  - Changing my stance and opinions on things that come out - Female cycles and weight fluctuations I'll be doing another QNA.

Episode #92 - Overtraining

If you're a normal person, the chances of you overtraining aren't very high. However, for the athletes who are listening to this, overtraining is actually something that can definitely come about. So I want to just dive in a little deeper and explain to you what overtraining is and how you can avoid it.