Dr. Andy Galpin

Number one predictor of success with training programs is... The number one health and wellness podcast.

Number one predictor of success with training programs is... The number one health and wellness podcast.

It's a pleasure, man. We have many friends in common. It's about time here.

It's a pleasure, man. We have many friends in common. It's about time here.

There is no specific routine. direction to that. And I know that was like the most deflated answer possible after that enormous setup. But I'm saying that because I actually want to empower people, not the opposite.

There is no specific routine. direction to that. And I know that was like the most deflated answer possible after that enormous setup. But I'm saying that because I actually want to empower people, not the opposite.

Having done this for many years, having taught for a very long time, one thing that is very clear, if you give hyper-specific answers to questions like that, when someone hears that and they go, oh, I can't do that exercise because my knee hurts, or I can't train like that because I fill in the blanks, right? Then they often feel like they can't do anything. And And I hate that.

Having done this for many years, having taught for a very long time, one thing that is very clear, if you give hyper-specific answers to questions like that, when someone hears that and they go, oh, I can't do that exercise because my knee hurts, or I can't train like that because I fill in the blanks, right? Then they often feel like they can't do anything. And And I hate that.

I want to go everyone from zero to two. I want to get somebody to 10, but I want all the wins we can possibly get. And so if you look at that combination of things you said, two very specific things, grow muscle, lose fat. Okay, great. That gives you effectively every option under the table for your fitness routine.

I want to go everyone from zero to two. I want to get somebody to 10, but I want all the wins we can possibly get. And so if you look at that combination of things you said, two very specific things, grow muscle, lose fat. Okay, great. That gives you effectively every option under the table for your fitness routine.

There are some core things that will lay in that foundation though that will be true regardless of your approach. I can hit those very quickly. This is a basic saying that we will, and there's variations of this, but the concepts are few and the methods are many. As long as you hit these next couple of concepts, you can choose all kinds of different methods.

There are some core things that will lay in that foundation though that will be true regardless of your approach. I can hit those very quickly. This is a basic saying that we will, and there's variations of this, but the concepts are few and the methods are many. As long as you hit these next couple of concepts, you can choose all kinds of different methods.

The methods are things like how many days you do it, Do you use kettlebell? Do you run? Do you go outside? Do you use group classes? Those are all methods, methods. They're important. We can get to that detail. But concepts are few. Here's what that's going to look like. Are you doing something consistently?

The methods are things like how many days you do it, Do you use kettlebell? Do you run? Do you go outside? Do you use group classes? Those are all methods, methods. They're important. We can get to that detail. But concepts are few. Here's what that's going to look like. Are you doing something consistently?

If you look across the literature for many years now, the strongest predictor of success with training programs, fitness programs, exercise programs, and nutrition programs, number one predictor of success, short and long term, is adherence. You have to be consistent. I will take a consistent approach,

If you look across the literature for many years now, the strongest predictor of success with training programs, fitness programs, exercise programs, and nutrition programs, number one predictor of success, short and long term, is adherence. You have to be consistent. I will take a consistent approach,

with a suboptimal program, with a bad program, any day of the week for that particular question. So be consistent. Second one is there's got to be some sort of progressive overload. That doesn't mean you have to lift more weights. It doesn't mean you have to train harder or more, but there has to be some sort of intentional progress. That could be done within the day, the week, the month.

with a suboptimal program, with a bad program, any day of the week for that particular question. So be consistent. Second one is there's got to be some sort of progressive overload. That doesn't mean you have to lift more weights. It doesn't mean you have to train harder or more, but there has to be some sort of intentional progress. That could be done within the day, the week, the month.

You get lots of ways to get there, but be consistent and try to keep progressing eventually. Outside of that, we're getting into more nuance. And so now we're thinking about things like you probably want to use really high efficient movements. These are exercise types, movement patterns that have a lot of caloric expenditure with minimal time, right? Most likely I'm inferring from that question,

You get lots of ways to get there, but be consistent and try to keep progressing eventually. Outside of that, we're getting into more nuance. And so now we're thinking about things like you probably want to use really high efficient movements. These are exercise types, movement patterns that have a lot of caloric expenditure with minimal time, right? Most likely I'm inferring from that question,