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Ripped Report – What It Takes To Go From Lean To Ripped

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Going from lean to ripped is more complex than simply a continuation of what you do to get a lean beach body. This is where the little nuances of diet and training can go a long way in helping you achieve your physique goals.

In episode 4 of the Ripped Report, Physique Coaches Scott Tousignant and Bryan Krahn share their training, nutrition, and mindset strategies to help you transform your body from lean to crazy ripped.

You’ll hear about;

  • Can you get ripped and never feel deprived?
  • Do you have to eat only tilapia and broccoli while doing endless hours on the stairclimber to get ripped?
  • What experience teaches you each time you go from lean to ripped.
  • How your body fights you every step of the way.
  • When to listen to your body and when to ignore it.
  • Changes that need to be made to your nutrition in order to go from lean to ripped.
  • Tips to reduce the stress of dieting.
  • Cardio recommendations when going from lean to ripped.
  • Mind games to help you use the challenges to your advantages.

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Ripped Report – Overcoming Challenges

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Challenges are an opportunity to grow…
IF you embrace the struggle and learn from the experience.

In episode 3 of the Ripped Report, Physique Coaches Scott Tousignant and Bryan Krahn keep you up to date on their progress, changes in training strategies, diet plan, challenges they’ve faced, and victories they have achieved this week.

You’ll hear about;

  • Scott’s nutrition challenges while on vacation.
  • How stress has taken a toll on Bryan’s diet.
  • Scott’s new 4 week training split.
  • Bryan’s training split.
  • Managing muscle damage and recover while varying training frequency.
  • Lessons learned that will propel them forward during their photo shoot prep.

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Ripped Report – 8 Weeks Out

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Two bro’s 8 weeks out from a photo shoot in the beautiful background
of Calgary Alberta Canada and dishing out the goods
on what it takes to get cut and jacked over 40.

In episode 2 of the Ripped Report, Physique Coaches Scott Tousignant and Bryan Krahn share their progress updates, changes in training strategies, diet plan, challenges they’ve faced, and victories they have achieved this week.

You’ll hear about;

  • Scott’s epic Father’s Day Binge.
  • How Bryan managed his diet while in New York City last week.
  • Scott’s current training split.
  • How Bryan approached his training while away.
  • Did we do any cardio?
  • Supplements we’re using while getting shredded.

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Ripped Report Episode 1 – Origins

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Two bros over 40 getting ripped for the Summer
and sharing the experience with you.

The Ripped Report is a mini series of the Modern Musclehead Podcast, where Physique Coaches Scott Tousignant and Bryan Krahn share their progress updates, training strategies, diet plan, challenges, and victories as they prepare to get cut and jacked for a photo shoot in mid-August 2016.

In episode 1 Scott and Bryan share their origins story;

  • Starting weight.
  • Workout plans they are wrapping up and what they are transitioning to.
  • How Bryan accidentally started this cutting phase.
  • Nutrition strategies we’ve begun to implement to kick off this diet phase.
  • Bathroom selfie pics.
  • Why maintenance SUCKS!
  • Yearly periodized planning.
  • Living a little during the Summer and still burn fat.
  • Our physique goals for this cutting phase.

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How To Deal With Fit Shamers and Saboteurs

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Summer shredding season is upon us!

It’s an exciting time when many of my physique coaching clients are in fat loss mode with the goal of looking their absolute best when they hit the beach.

As with any goal worthy of achieving, you can expect to face challenges along the way. It just so happens that many of my clients have been facing the exact same challenge during the past two weeks.

Fit Shaming!

Those closest to them have been knowingly or unknowingly saying things that have the potential to sabotage my clients fat loss journey.

One of my female clients has been questioned multiple times about why she wants to lose weight.

Some flat out telling her “You don’t need to lose weight”.

Others asking, “Are you anorexic?” Which is absolute nonsense considering she looks stunning, strong, and athletic.

I can’t say that I’m shocked though. In preparation for our last photo shoot (pics above the title) a family member gave my wife Angie the nickname “Ana”, which was meant to be short for anorexic. She seemed to do so in a jokingly way, but it’s just not funny at all.

Some of my clients have been asked, “Are you sick or are you intentionally trying to lose weight?”

Some have been told “Your face is going to look gaunt if you lose any more weight”.

Paul, who is one of my workout partners was just told “You look too skinny”.

This is a guy who at 52 years old is now in the best shape of his life. He’s lost 100 pounds and looks freak’n awesome! More important, he feels absolutely amazing!

I couldn’t be more proud of him. This is a guy who is high on life. The kind of person I really love having around me. Super positive and with what appears to be limitless energy.

I’ve had some intriguing conversations with Paul about the fit shaming he’s encountered. He told me,

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Modern Musclehead Ep 52: What Is The Best Lifting Tempo?

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Bros ‘in the know’ do not simply ‘lift things up and put them down’. There is intent behind every repetition. They are mindful of their lifting tempo while strategically controlling the speed of each movement.

In episode 52 of the Modern Musclehead Podcast, Physique Coaches Scott Tousignant and Bryan Krahn share their insights on lifting tempo along with their reasons why you should manipulate it in your workout programming;

  • Defining lifting tempo.
  • Is rep speed a useless variable to manipulate?
  • Do you need to follow tempo prescriptions as closely as possible?
  • How altering the tempo can completely change the ‘feel’ of an exercise.
  • What are the benefits of slower tempos?
  • Is it worth it to go super slow with your rep speed?
  • Why are guys over 40 making better physique improvements from lifting ‘lighter’ weight?
  • The proper way to lift explosively.
  • Taking lifting tempo to the extreme.
  • How the load can dictate the tempo.
  • The ‘intent’ of rep speed.
  • How to squeeze the maximum benefit from your last rep.
  • Benefits of holding the pause at various ranges of the movement.
  • Our favourite methods for utilizing a faster rep speed.
  • Bryan’s best approach for building your legs.
  • Episode 52 of the Modern Musclehead Podcast is brought to you by the word ‘Engagement’

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