Ep 823: Inside the Weight Cut: What It Really Takes

Power Athlete Radio

Power Athlete

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Cutting weight is one of the hardest parts of being an athlete, and most people get it dead wrong. John is joined by Power Athlete's resident Dragin Slayer, Arash Soofiani, and Certified Power Athlete Coach & Nutrition Ninja, Ben Skutnik, to pull back the curtain on sugar detoxes, scale anxiety, and the nutrition and training protocols that actually work. If you want to drop weight without losing strength, this is the blueprint. Shownotes: https://bit.ly/Ep823 Tired of influencers, fads, and half-baked hacks? 90 days. One mission. Get lean, build muscle, and forge a mindset that doesn’t break. CUT WITH US - https://powerathletehq.com/hammer90/ Check out what we do: Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training Nutrition - https://powerathletehq.com/nutrition Knowledge - https://academy.powerathletehq.com Click on the link to see the companies we use and support 👉 https://powerathletehq.com/partners/ Follow Arash https://www.instagram.com/arash_soofiani/ and Ben https://www.instagram.com/benskutnik/ on Insta Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day.
0:08.4	Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more.
0:17.0	So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt, you've come to the right place.
0:24.5	Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin.
0:27.2	Hey, welcome to a special episode of Power Athlete Radio.
0:30.8	I'm joined by Dr. Ben Skutnik and Mr. Arash Sufiani, and we are here to discuss the eat the weakness and hit a couple different
0:40.0	topics. We're going to talk a little bit about protein. I want to talk a little bit about
0:43.1	compensatory acceleration versus VBT and really just what it takes to get lean. As you know,
0:49.5	I sent out a newsletter today that talked about bulking. So I wanted to talk a little bit about bulking as well.
0:55.0	So cover a couple topics today. And welcome.
1:00.4	Stoke to be here. All right. So where do you guys want to start? You want to talk on this
1:06.3	protein deal? Yeah. First, I want to say or I want to want to ask rosh what are you weighing right now
1:13.0	because i'm still trying to chase you i think in terms of the challenge oh dude i'm cruising at
1:17.2	240 and i'm i'm eating an in unmeasurable amount of pasta and rice yeah this last week
1:24.8	the mercedes has been trying to buy my love with food, I think.
1:30.9	Wow.
1:31.9	What's that like?
1:32.7	Oh, it's so nice.
1:34.0	Last night she made like a little halo top with baked apples and spice oatmeal.
1:41.5	She's supposed to do this before the ring.
1:43.3	Now she got the ring. I'm just wondering
1:44.8	how this is all working. I don't understand it either. But she's trying to fatten me up, I think.
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