EP756 - Training Hard Still Look Average, Weekday Discipline Weekend Chaos, Peptides Worth It, Losing Weight Gaining It Back, All In Burnout, GLP1 Tool Or Crutch, Q&A

The Brad Jensen Show

Brad Jensen

Nutrition, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 792 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this Q&A episode, Craig and I dive into some of the most common struggles we're seeing right now around nutrition, training, and knowing what actually matters.

We start with the all or nothing cycle. Being dialed in during the week, then losing it on the weekends and feeling like you're starting over every Monday. We break down what's really driving that pattern and how to get out of it.

We talk about the frustration of putting in years of work in the gym but still feeling like you look average, and how to actually audit your approach instead of just doing more.

We get into peptides and the current hype around them. Where they can actually be useful, and where people are jumping in way too early chasing an edge they haven't earned.

We also hit on the cycle of losing weight and gaining it back, and why the issue usually isn't the diet itself, but something deeper that keeps repeating.

There's a big conversation around the all in personality. Why going 100 percent eventually backfires, and how to find something sustainable without losing your edge.

And we finish with GLP-1s. How to know if you're using them as a tool versus a crutch, and what should actually be dialed in before going that route.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to the Brad Jensen show with Health and Mindset Optimization podcast.
0:04.6	Let's go. Welcome back to the edition of the Brad Jensen show.
0:28.7	We're thrilled your hair.
0:30.3	Good morning.
0:32.4	How do you know what time they're listening?
0:34.3	I'm talking to you.
0:35.3	I don't care about them.
0:37.7	I'm kidding. I'm talking to you. I don't care about them. I'm kidding.
0:39.7	I'm sorry, baby.
0:40.9	Hello.
0:42.4	I didn't mean that.
0:43.5	I didn't mean that.
0:46.3	Name that show.
0:48.5	Me or them?
0:49.7	Them.
0:50.2	Oh, yeah.
0:50.8	Did you get it?
0:51.6	Did you lock in your...
0:52.6	A, happy Gilmore. B, Billy Madison. C. Okay. Wait, now I'm confused. Oh, do you not know what it is? Hold on. Or C. Ace Ventura. No, it's not that one. I'm sorry, baby. Happy Gilmore. Happy Gilmore. Yes, okay. You kind of confused me. You threw it. Good. Beat it. I know. And your coloring sucks. I knew it was Adam Sandler. But there you go. I don't know what time they're listening to it. But if you're listening, thank you. I do love it. So check this out. me and Craig moved up the podcast recording time, but I didn't move it up in my calendar. I can't even look him in the eyes right now. And I got here right on time and I was super impressed with myself. I have three minutes early. I walked in. I'm like, he's not even in here yet. For four, five minutes. Sit down. And then he comes around the corner like five minutes later and he goes, sleep in? And I was like, what? It didn't dawn on me. I was like, what is he talking about? I thought you were saying I look like shit or something. I was like, I look very put together. You do look very put together. Like, do I like, tired? No.
2:01.6	And he was skipping in.
2:02.6	Like, I was like, oh, it's a good day. Then it dawned on me. That's all right. He goes, it's actually not all right, but it's not. But now here's the deal. I've always said, I don't make my decisions. My calendar does, which I'm not sure is healthy. I thought that was a healthy stance.
2:17.3	And now I'm like,
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