Episode 281: Keto Low Carb For Weight Loss & Strength With Zack Kusnir

Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter

Zach Bitter

Sports, Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Hybridathlete, Ultra, Endurance, Ultramarathon, Running, Run

4.7 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Zack Kusnir is a former Division I football player. He played defensive tackle at the University of Southern California. After football, Zack trimmed down to 205 lbs after a career of trying to work up to nearly 300 lbs. He did this with consistent strength work and a ketogenic diet, and recently has targeted adding muscle.

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0:00.0	Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast with Zach Bitter.
0:09.9	All right.
0:10.9	Welcome to this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast.
0:14.9	For episode 281, I have a guest interview with Zach Kushner.
0:21.2	Zach is a former Division I offensive lineman for the University of Southern California.
0:27.7	One of his jobs as an offensive lineman was to pack on as much weight as possible.
0:33.7	With a target weight of nearly 300 pounds,
0:36.2	Zach had to work hard at gaining weight while at USC.
0:40.5	After college, with football no longer consuming his attention, he decided he wanted to embark
0:46.0	on a health and fitness journey.
0:48.5	In this episode, I chat with Zach about how he decided on leveraging a ketogenic diet to drop a huge portion of
0:55.9	his college playing weight, how he adjusted to a second goal of regaining some muscle weight
1:01.8	after the initial weight loss post-collegiate football career, and what his staples are
1:08.3	that make up his low-carb ketogenic lifestyle and how his training
1:12.8	regimen has changed since leaving football.
1:16.9	Before we get rolling and welcome Zach onto the show, I want to share some upcoming
1:21.3	guests and topics with you.
1:23.1	Currently in the hopper and up on the show Patreon page is an interview with Dr. Robert
1:30.4	Kills, who is a vocal advocate for the ketogenic nutrition and runs a successful fertility
1:35.0	clinic. I was able to bring a former guest, Dr. Mike Nelson, back onto the show and take a
1:40.6	closer look at one of my consultation clients, Ashkar Nanavati, who is gearing up for a
1:48.1	massive 100-plus-day expedition project in freezing cold temperatures.
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