PermaFit Live Podcast
185 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsThe PermaFit Live Podcast is an informative and educational podcast dedicated to helping people create the mindset that they need in order to achieve all of their fitness, strength and health goals. It is the belief of the host, Gordon Light, that anyone and everyone is capable of getting the body of their dreams, the level of health they've always wanted, or the strength achievements that they've desired for years. It is also Gordon's belief that the #1 obstacle that is stopping everyone is their mindset. This podcast will dive deep into specific nuances of physical, nutrition and training content, but also content around the mindset and mental framework needed to execute on the former. Take a listen, and prepare to have your mind opened up in a way that will help you get the most of your life by first prioritizing health and fitness, starting with perspective and mental strength.
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Episodes
How to Deal with Frustrating Fitness Plateaus
July 26, 2018 08:30 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBFitness plateaus SUCK. We all experience them, and they're ALWAYS discouraging. Whether your objective is to lose weight, put on muscle, increase your PR, get a faster mile, etc., you will eventually hit a plateau. What is a plateau exactly? It's a period of time when you seem to stay completely stagnant. No progression, no regression, just a completely steady state. This might sound fine on paper, but when you've been making progress every week and then all of the sudden you're stuck, it...
5 Important Points About Hydration
July 24, 2018 08:30 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBChances are you're already aware that our bodies are mostly all water. Just in case you DIDN'T know - your body is somewhere around 60% water. This is slightly lower for women, around 55% due to extra fat storage. But what does this mean? If we cut open our bodies does water come rushing out? Of course not. This whole thing about our bodies being 60% water is at the cellular level. Water is in our cells and helps do ALL kinds of things for us (which are all positive benefits). In this epi...
The 4 Truths About Creating the Right Mindset for Fitness Goals
July 19, 2018 08:30 - 31 minutes - 29 MBMany people who are successful in fitness have different ways to get motivated or inspired, but one thing is true: they are able to build inspiration from within. They are able to find a source to help start the fire and get the engine going, but once it's going, it's self-sustaining for a long time. Getting that fire started isn't easy. Just like a real fire, it takes oxygen, a spark, a dry enough environment, and then it needs to be fed once it's burning. For us, especially with somethin...
Intermittent Fasting for Beginners
July 17, 2018 08:30 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBThis episode is going to be a complete education in intermittent fasting for those who have never heard of OR are new to intermittent fasting. Within the episode, I dive into 3 main areas: 1) What IS intermittent fasting? 2) The 3 most common ways people execute intermittent fasting (there is more than 1 correct way!) 3) The difference between eating for growth/development/goals vs. eating for pleasure/survival You might be wondering what #3 has to do with anything! Well, when you begi...
How to Immediately Start Building Confidence
July 12, 2018 08:30 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBHow confident are you? Do you struggle at all having conversations or social engagement with other people? Do you struggle with taking on new things and owning them, such as getting your fitness under control and/or taking it to the next level? Inside this episode, I talk about this and other issues relating to confidence and self-belief, and also one quick way to start dealing with it. There is a tactic that I have used many times to build my confidence and help others build their confid...
Why Protein Is So Important!
July 10, 2018 08:30 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBEver wonder WHY protein is supposedly SO important for our bodies? We hear it all the time, especially from people in the bodybuilding industry. "Eat this much protein per pound of bodyweight every day or ELSE!". Some of these people are right, some are not, but one thing is for sure...protein is a confusing topic and most people just need a little information to better understand the subject. In this episode, I break down what happens in your body when you eat protein, from a muscle buil...
The Main Reason People Fail at Reaching Their Fitness Goals
July 05, 2018 08:30 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBDo you know the main reason people can never make that jump from being unhealthy to healthy? From being unfit to fit? From being obese to not obese? From having no muscle to having muscle? It's not because they don't have work ethic. It's not because they don't have the ability to be dedicated. It's not because they are unable to make sacrifices to get there. The reason is because they are unable to firmly understand this one principle: uncommon and non-typical results require uncommon a...
3 KEY Tips for Growing Muscle
July 03, 2018 08:55 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBDo you want to grow muscle? Of course you do, we all do. Growing muscle (even a little bit) means we are burning fat and building our bodies into stronger, healthier and more capable entities. That is something that would benefit literally everyone! How do you build more muscle? What are the main things people do wrong when building muscle? We dive into these topics in this episode, including my 3 KEY tips for maximizing muscle growth. These aren't "high in the sky" tips, either. These are ...
Do You Deserve To Be Fit?
June 28, 2018 08:55 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBDo you deserve to be fit? I've thought a lot about people 'deserving' things lately. The truth is, I don't think anyone actually deserves anything for no reason - things need to be earned. One of the problems with fitness is that a lot of people look at it with a negative light, mainly out of insecurity. I've heard people tell me it's not fair, they deserve to be fit, or that they think it's "stupid and a waste of time", while simultaneously admitting feeling down about how they look and ...
How to Pick a Workout Style that Works For You
June 26, 2018 07:30 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBWhat workout style works for you? If you don't know, then you are in the majority! Before picking a workout style, it's important to first pick a goal. In this episode, we dive into picking the right type of goal. We also spend some time talking about making sure you're 100% a believer in that goal, and you are all in. No workout style is ever going to be truly successful if it doesn't get you the results you want, and if you don't know what those results are (because you didn't set a goa...
Why Putting Your Goals Out There Is Smart
June 21, 2018 07:47 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBWe all have goals, some big, some small. Some of us actually achieve our goals, and others don't. Why is that? Is it because there is some secret winning DNA in some people, and losing DNA in others? No. There are a lot of things that successful people do differently, but one major reason they win is because they are willing to do one main thing: plant a flag in the ground and declare that they will be successful no matter what. They are able to create accountability for themselves by t...
The Core Explained (and Why YOU Can't See Your Abs)
June 19, 2018 07:35 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThe Core: Why is the core so important? Why do we care so much about a 6 pack? Why do some people do a million crunches and never see abs? Why do people say abs are made in the kitchen? Why cant most people see their abs? How do we build our abs to be stronger, more visible, and how it affects the rest of our performance in LIFE in and out of the gym? In this episode, I dive into each of these things and really dissect what it takes to build abs and WHY everyone should build their ab/...
5 Foods That People Think Are Bad, But AREN'T
June 14, 2018 07:30 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn this episode, we dive into 5 consumable foods that people OFTEN tell me are bad, but they do so without having ANY data or supporting information. These people are headline readers, blog title scanners, and surround themselves with information-spewing individuals that don't always have their facts straight. All this leads to is a viral contagion of bad information and opinions/beliefs that aren't based on facts. Dive in and listen to the 5 things that Gordon hears the most about throug...
What Are Compound Lifts and Why Are They Important?
June 12, 2018 07:30 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBWhat are compound lifts and why are they so important? In general, a compound lift is a type of lift that utilizes more than one joint and more than one muscle group. Think of a squat and how that exercise requires the knees and hip flexors to go through a wide range of motion in order to perform the lift correctly. This activates both joints, and supporting muscle groups within, above and below each of those joints (calves all the way up through the core). An isolation exercise is the op...
How to Dominate When You're Down
June 07, 2018 07:43 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBHow is it that some people seem to NEVER get down on themselves? How is it that they ALWAYS seem to be motivated and fired up? For some reason they seem to be 100% driven, motivated and focused at any given time. The reason it seems this way is NOT because they never get down or demotivated, it's because they know exactly how to deal with it. Everyone - literally, EVERYONE gets down, or loses their focus and drive. Regarding fitness and nutrition, this means falling off of their diet or n...
Total Body Training vs. Split Training
June 05, 2018 07:05 - 40 minutes - 37 MBI have LONG been a student of learning the pros, cons, ups and downs of total body training vs. split training. I've studied both. I've tested both on myself. I've tested both on other people I've discussed (at length) this topic with others going back over the past 14 years. The main punchline is that your goal, your ambition, and your expected outcomes MATTER to what you decide to do. It's incredibly important that you are thoughtful and specific about how you approach training. This epi...
Get Out of Your Own Head
May 31, 2018 09:05 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBDo you ever get stuck in your own head? This occurs when people are grinding along with something, day in and day out, and then all of the sudden they hit a wall for what seems like no reason. All of their drive, energy and forward progress seems to come to halt. For most people, this hits us hardest on the mental side of things...meaning, when we experience this sudden drop in drive and focus, we tend to create a lazy, lethargic, and slow moving mindset. Why? It's human nature. It's ju...
Weight Training vs. Cardio Training
May 29, 2018 09:05 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBAh, the age-old debate of weight training vs. cardio. Truthfully, I believe this should not be a debate. While similar, these are two very different methods of exercise which map to very different objectives. Because of this, it's important to be thoughtful about how you're training, and deploying your strategy in a way that links to your main desired objective or goal. Minute for minute, cardio burns more calories than weightlifting. However, weight training will increase resting metaboli...
Being Comfortable In Your Own Skin
May 24, 2018 09:02 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBAre you TRULY comfortable in your own skin? Unfortunately, this is the thing that keeps most people BACK from achieving their fitness goal. That's right, it seems opposite, but it's the truth. People are so uncomfortable in their own skin, that instead of becoming empowered to get more fit, stronger, lose weight, gain weight, etc., they end up in a situation where it's more comfortable for them to hide than to go look awkward working out in front of other, more fit people. I don't EVER...
What is Bodyfat and How Much is Too Much?
May 22, 2018 09:15 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBHave you ever wondered what bodyfat really is? Ever wonder how its truly measured, what your bodyfat percentage really is and what that tells you about your health? In this episode, we dive into bodyfat. We discuss the pro's and con's of bodyfat, what TYPE of bodyfat makes us look fat (not lean/cut/shredded), what happens in our bodies to create fat AND how it gets burned, and also how to melt away fat in order to get the lean look that most of us are after. We also talk in detail about w...
How to Stay Focused When You Lose Focus
May 17, 2018 09:52 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBDo you ever lose focus, drive and motivation? Its a trick question, because EVERYONE loses focus at some point or another. Even the most ambitious, hungry and passionate people become unfocused at some point or another. Its those that can continue to push when they aren't fully engaged, and also find a way to become fully engaged again, that end up winning. The best part: we all have this inside of us. We all can make sure that we operate at a high level even when we don't feel like it. W...
Developing a Healthy Relationship with Food
May 15, 2018 09:48 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBWhat's your relationship with food look like? If you're looking to make a major transformation, chances are, your relationship isn't great. On the flip side, however, if you have already gone through a transformation, there's a high likelihood that you could also have a bad relationship with food. What the hell is a bad relationship with food? It's when suffer from major internal conflict over the act of eating. For some people, this is an issue with eating too much of something, and for ...
The Difference Between Habits and Discipline
May 10, 2018 09:05 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBWhat is the difference between a habit and discipline? When it comes to fitness, these two words are used together so often, and usually in a way that is incorrect. Habits are not disciplines, and having discipline is not the same as having a habit. The textbook definitions for these are: HABIT: a regular tendency that is difficult to give up DISCIPLINE: training to achieve controlled behavior, often using punishment to correct disobedience Habits are tendencies, and can be either good...
How to Train with Progressive Overload
May 08, 2018 09:01 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBHave you ever wanted to grow your muscles more? Maybe you are looking for bigger muscle size, strength, vascularity, or all of the above? The reason you aren't growing may have nothing to do with your nutrition or work ethic. The reason may be because your training isn't conducive to these goals. The reason might be that you just aren't pushing yourself with a commonly misunderstood technique called Progressive Overload. Not enough people understand the concept of Progressive Overload when...
How to Create a Success Routine
May 03, 2018 13:35 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBHave you ever wondered if its possible to create a success routine? A "routine" implies a series of steps in a consistent pattern, over a period of time that ultimately leads to a result. Most people think it's not possible to have a routine that ties directly to being successful in something. Most people believe that success is not as simple as following a path, or course, or certain map and arrive at the end with some form of success. These people are wrong. In this episode, Gordon div...
The Power of Developing Leg Strength
May 01, 2018 09:05 - 32 minutes - 30 MBDo you train your legs enough? Of all of the conversations I've had with people about fitness, muscle building and strength development, the thing that always surprises me is the lack of leg training. It seems that people undervalue the importance of leg development, especially men. The reasons for this are many, some of which include: 1) Aesthetic reasons 2) A lack of understanding of how leg development can contribute to total body fitness 3) The exercises aren't fun 4) There's no vi...
Developing Patience for Fitness Goals
April 26, 2018 09:05 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBDo you consider yourself patient with your fitness goals? Most people have a VERY difficult time staying patient and focused while they churn and burn towards their fitness goals. It's no secret that building strength, losing fat, gaining speed, increasing muscle mass, increasing flexibility, etc, ALL take time. It's also no secret that during the TIME it takes to build these things, you have to continuously monitor your actions, habits, mindset, and daily decision making. Due to this...
The Basics of Macronutrients
April 24, 2018 09:05 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBEver wonder what macronutrients are? What makes them different from micronutrients? What the hell is a macronutrient anyway? This can be a very confusing, or very simple concept depending on who's explaining it and which method they use. In this episode, we take a look at the BASICS of macronutrients, and how to get started calculating them for yourself or for someone else (if you're a trainer, nutritionist, etc): 1- What on the nutrition facts label of food make up the macronutrients?...
Committing To The Process
April 19, 2018 09:05 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBDo you know what it really means to commit to a process? We all seem to know the general concept of committing to a process and providing unconditional trust in a system, but most of us don't know how to actually do that. If you're one of those people, you definitely aren't alone. It's also not entirely your fault - it's a flaw in the human brain. When we don't see results quickly (in anything, not just fitness), we make an assumption that the system is broken OR we aren't following the s...
Working Out at Home?
April 17, 2018 09:05 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBAre you struggling to find time to work out in a gym, or at a location outside of your home? Do you ever hear about people working out at home and getting in really good shape but you don't understand how they could possibly do that with all of the distractions and lack of equipment? The truth of the matter is: ANYONE can get into very good shape by working out at home. Chances are, you can build a better body than you ever imagined simply by working out at home. Three things that need st...
How To Build a Strong Mindset
April 12, 2018 09:05 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBWhen you go to the gym, or work out at home, do you have a specific vision of who you want to be that you are working towards? Do you have goals, ambitions, and objectives to lose weight, build muscle, or develop strength, but the detail of those goals stops there? We all can create a vision for what we want to look like, feel like and be like. What most people don't know is that when you create that vision in your head, that's when you can actually start building real disciplines and hab...
Using Weightlifting to Reach Fitness Goals
April 10, 2018 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBThe body can be developed in many different ways. One of the main ways we can help our bodies is by strengthening it. And the main way to build strength in our bodies is to give it a reason to grow and become stronger! Without giving the body a reason to do this, it will not develop strength, size, or additional support. In this episode, Gordon dives into the main way to build strength in the body: weightlifting. This includes many forms of weightlifting, and stressing the body through oppo...
The Importance of Thinking
April 05, 2018 09:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBHow often do you give thought to using, developing and opening your mind? More importantly, how much do you prioritize taking time to nurture and provide exercise for your mind? The mind is the most powerful asset we have. There is an unlimited number of things we can achieve by harnessing the power that we all have in our minds. In this episode, Gordon dives into the importance of thinking deeply, clearing the mind, and taking time to develop it through various exercises and daily hacks....
The Importance of Movement
April 03, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBHow often do you think about moving your body? More importantly, how much do you prioritize moving your body? Too many people neglect the simple actions of moving their body on a daily basis. If only they would get up and put a focus on some cardio, resistance exercising, weightlifting, or simply stretching, they would experience the addictive nature of how good it feels to take care of our bodies. In this episode, Gordon dives into the importance of movement on a daily basis. He goes ove...
Introduction to Strength of Body and Mind
March 28, 2018 18:06 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBWelcome to Strength of Body and Mind! In this initial episode, Gordon introduces himself and talks about the purpose of the podcast and brand "Strength of Body and Mind" and what it means. He also dives into the concept behind the mindset being the main foundation in which all fitness and health related disciplines and habits are built upon. Gordon found a passion for fitness in 2008 when he found himself nearly 100 lbs overweight and finally had the AH-HA moment of "enough is enough." Th...