854 - Squat Substitutes, Overcoming ”Skinny Fat”, and The Transition To Maintenance Calories
Choose Hard with Cody McBroom
Cody McBroom
4.9 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode, Cody elaborates on how multiple other squat patterns in order to compensate for any injuries or issues that you may have with typical barbell squat. He will also cover how to properly transition back into maintenance calories in order to get prepped to go into a successful cut.
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Timestamps:
(3:30) - I’ve always had chronic back problems, .I’ve spent the last 3 years trying to strengthen my back and get healthy. I can belt squat, almost 400lb, leg press I did 900lb for 8 reps the other day and my deadlift max is 315lb But barbell squat I can’t do more than 175. As soon as I get under the bar I just imagine squatting down and snapping in half and hurting up my back. How do I improve my squat and increase the weight?
(12:00) - My question is how would you recommend transitioning back to maintenance and further down the road doing a cut? Should I maintain my protein intake and just cut back on carbs?
(17:00) - I do about 1 hr per day of circuit style resistance training with 15 lb dumbbells/kettlebells. I am looking to start resistance training with heavier loads for body recomposition (increase muscle mass and decrease fat mass, I think I am "skinny fat") and am wondering if I will need to decrease my caloric intake if I start training heavier but with longer rest times between sets and lower reps.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the tailored life podcast, the one and only fitness and nutrition |
| 0:10.4 | podcast that goes way beyond just training and nutrition and helps you create a life |
| 0:14.7 | by design. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Cody McBroom, and with me is my co-host. |
| 0:18.8 | Travis McQueen. |
| 0:20.0 | Today we got another Q&A. |
| 0:22.4 | A lot of Q&A's lately. |
| 0:23.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:23.9 | We're going to keep cranking them out. |
| 0:25.5 | As some of you have noticed, actually was one of the first thing Cody swung by because he was going to Giant. |
| 0:29.5 | And one of the things he said, I was like, man, what do you think about it? He was like, it fits my commute better. Yeah. Because I don't drive very far. |
| 0:38.4 | I was like, that's exactly why we started doing it. |
| 0:39.8 | So some of you guys might start noticing we are shortening the podcast length a little |
| 0:43.1 | bit, sticking to just three questions. |
| 0:44.7 | It could be 30 minutes, could be 40. |
| 0:46.2 | It's kind of like, how do we get those three questions done with as much info as without it being this super long drawn-out conversation, partially because statistics show that is |
| 0:56.1 | better for most listeners. I don't think that would be better for interviews. I can't get |
| 1:00.7 | everything out of somebody in 30 minutes. So the interviews will remain full-length hour, but we're doing |
| 1:05.9 | that because now we can be more focused, crank out more podcasts once we get into the new studio. |
| 1:12.4 | Podcasting is our main platform to deliver content to you guys. It's what you guys tend to like |
| 1:15.9 | the most, which is why we're constantly asking to share the show. We're doing these |
| 1:18.8 | contests for the free shirts and all those kind of things. But I don't even know what days |
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