Scott Abel Fitness Podcast

We discuss recent as well as some older articles and studies about The Biggest Loser, including issues with metabolism, the framing of how weight loss happens, and some of the more pervasive effects of representing weight loss in the media.

Scott and Mike discuss a strategy for training and traveling: "Programmus Interruptus." This is a training strategy to make sure you stimulate your bodyparts in a way congruent with your training program, but which lets you stay flexible.

Mike is joined by Lou Schuler to discuss some of the larger trends in fitness, as well as how to avoid saying the same things over again in fitness writing. They also discuss Clean Living Movements, fitness careers, and more.

Scott is joined by Alexandra Paul of Baywatch. They discuss Alexandra's work as a health coach, her remarkable activism (and even her arrests), her work for animal rights and how that has changed her, her career development after Baywatch, and much more.

We discuss what goes into an actual, solid workout: what to focus on, tempo vs cadence, pumping reps vs explosive reps, myths, warmups.