Ep. 394: Q&A - Understanding Training Volume, The Phases of Dieting, and More...
Choose Hard with Cody McBroom
Cody McBroom
4.9 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Timestamps:
- 9:55 - How do you know how much volume you need to do in order to maintain muscle?
- 20:10 - Do isolation workouts help you get stronger in compound lifts and/or crossfit?
- 25:00 - Is it possible to get leaner at maintenance calories? If so, how?
- 29:25 - I’m 46yo 5'8'' 137lbs Always been active, weight train 5 days a week and counted macros since august 2019. Lost 20lbs at 1350 calories, 18%body fat. Started reverse nov 19. have increased up to maintenance. But in the most recent dexa scan I was the same weight but 21% body fat with less muscle. So now I'm stuck not knowing if I should cut again or just change up weight training at maintenance calories.
- 36:30 - Hey Cody, I’ve got a quick one I think would help some of your listeners as well as reassure me I’m doing the right thing with a current 40 year old female client I’m working with. In the last 24 weeks she has gone from 235 lbs down to 205 lbs with some definite recomp (added lean tissue). Progress has been steady with a 4-5 day refeed each month. Stress is at bay, sleep is quality, energy is ok, hunger is moderate (hasn’t increased too much yet to where it’s unbearable but definitely increasing slowly), and strength is still increasing. Now the question:With bio-feedback still positive, would you push another 12 weeks of a deficit, or take an insurance policy to come back up around maintenance for a min? I just don’t want to risk running her into the ground and wanted an opinion from someone I trust. Appreciate any feedback you might have man.
- 44:10 - When figuring volume for lower body since most compound exercise work quads, hams, and glutes should i count the sets performed for the compound exercise for each of these muscle groups or just the main muscle group?
- 47:50 - I was wondering if you could possibly talk about the “newbie” lifter period (and why its so easy to gain muscle during this period, how long this newbie period lasts, any tips for newbie lifters to promote max muscle gain, etc).
- 52:45 - Hey Cody, recently started listening to your podcast. Really appreciate all you do. My question is how do you manage progressive overload/muscle building while starting a diet? Since your in a calorie deficit, the energy to lift heavy or as much as you did at maintains isn’t there.
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THINGS MENTIONED:
- Volume Bible by James Krieger
- Volume Landmarks by Mike Isreatel
- Better Way To Approach Your Nutrition
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Boom Boom Performance Podcast, your resource for science-based training and nutrition, |
| 0:07.2 | data-driven coaching, and education-focused content. Before we get into this podcast, I just want to say |
| 0:12.9 | thank you for taking the time to listen and learn with me so that you can apply what you are |
| 0:17.9 | about to learn, take my strategies, use these tools, and finally |
| 0:21.6 | have some serious methods to see sustainable success with your physique, your mind, and your life. |
| 0:28.2 | This podcast was built on the foundation of applied education, and I'm excited for you to be here |
| 0:34.1 | so you can have that experience with me. Now, without any further ado, |
| 0:38.4 | let's get on to the show. |
| 0:43.8 | What is going on, guys? We have a Q&A today. Today is heavy on the training side. I think we |
| 0:49.2 | brought up training volume like eight times, but I think you're going to get a lot of really |
| 0:53.4 | good insights from me |
| 0:54.6 | on my philosophy inside of training volume, how to program that in, how to make sure that you're |
| 0:59.1 | recovering from the volume and get the most out of your volume when you're in a fat loss |
| 1:02.5 | phase, a maintenance phase, or a lean bulking phase. I also dive into some cool questions about |
| 1:06.6 | phasing your diet throughout the process of fat loss, maintenance, so on and so forth. So I think there's a lot of really practical and good information in this podcast for you |
| 1:13.5 | today. |
| 1:14.4 | Grab a pad, grab a pen, get ready, take notes, implement this ASAP. |
| 1:18.0 | And if you need any help, this is my shout out to you guys. |
| 1:21.3 | Hit me up. |
| 1:22.4 | Go over to Instagram at cody.com. |
| 1:24.6 | Head over to your email, Cody at tailored coaching method.com. |
| 1:27.6 | I love hearing from you guys. I love answering questions. I love getting feedback from the |
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