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Latest episodes
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39 min
Success Is Fleeting: Nick Saban's Secret to Getting Stronger
Niki Sims and Andrew Jackson use the Nick Saban documentary to show why focusing on the next six seconds, not the outcome, keeps you getting stronger, and why PRs chased for valida…
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33 min
Why You Feel Off: Reading Your Body's Signals
Feeling tired, foggy, bloated, or weak in the gym usually has a cause. The trick is knowing how far back to look. In this episode of the "Acting Like You Care About Your Body" seri…
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37 min
Lose Fat Without Cardio: 9 Months, Zero Treadmill
Barbell Logic founder Matt Reynolds has cut body fat for nine straight months with no cardio. He shares how walking, lifting, quitting alcohol, and simple meals did the work. You c…
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37 min
How to Keep Training When Your Body Gives You Every Reason Not To | Andrew Conrad
Andrew Conrad has plenty of reasons not to train. He was born with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or RDEB, a rare skin disorder that makes his skin extremely fragile.…
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31 min
How to Sleep Better Without Obsessing Over Optimization
Sleep affects your mood, focus, training, recovery, and almost everything else you do. But getting better sleep does not require a perfect nighttime routine or an endless list of s…
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15 min
You're Not Too Far Gone: How to Get Back in Shape
What happens when you remember being athletic, strong, and in shape—but that version of yourself feels decades away? For former athletes and people who used to train, getting back…
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30 min
When Training Hurts: How to Keep Moving Without Making Things Worse
Pain can make it feel like the safest option is to stop training completely. But for many common aches and pains, doing nothing may actually make it harder to get back to moving, l…
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29 min
How to Find Time to Work Out When You're Busy
You're busy. You have work, family, chores, responsibilities, and a dozen screens competing for your attention. So when someone tells you to exercise more, the obvious response mig…
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26 min
Act Like You Care About Your Body: Find Your Quest
Most people know they should exercise, eat better, move more, and take better care of themselves. The problem is turning that knowledge into consistent action. A meaningful quest c…
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30 min
"I Can't Afford It": What Are You Really Saying?
"I can't afford it" is one of the most common reasons people give for not hiring a coach, joining a gym, or investing in their health. Sometimes that's completely true. But sometim…
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21 min
Training Feels Too Complicated? Do Less
Training feels too complicated. You don't have enough time. You're tired, busy, and you keep telling yourself you'll get back to it when everything lines up. In this episode of Bea…
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18 min
Do You Need to Get in Shape Before You Start Training?
"I need to get in shape before I start working out." It sounds reasonable, but it gets the process backwards. Training is how you build strength, confidence, work capacity, and the…
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36 min
You're Not Too Busy to Train: How to Make Exercise a Priority
You know training matters. You may even want to train. But work, family, travel, fatigue, and everything else competing for your attention keep pushing it out of the week. In this…
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56 min
Strength Training After Joint Replacement: Getting Strong Again at 72 with Beth Dickson
After two knee replacements, a hip replacement, and years of chronic pain, Beth is getting strong again at 72. A lifelong athlete, coach, and gym owner, Beth has spent decades swim…
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56 min
Best Home Gym Equipment for Strength Training
What home gym equipment is actually worth buying after the basics? In this Beast Over Burden legacy episode, Niki Sims and Matt Reynolds talk through strength training gear that so…
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43 min
Why Muscle Matters as You Age with Dan Rossi
Dr. Dan Rossi joins Beast Over Burden to talk about strength training, aging, injury, confidence, and why muscle mass matters beyond the gym. As a hospitalist and internal medicine…
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32 min
Training Through Back Pain: How to Keep Going Without Forcing It
Training through back pain does not mean forcing your old numbers or pretending nothing hurts. In this Beast Over Burden episode, Niki Sims and Andrew Jackson discuss Niki's long p…
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53 min
Strength Training After 40: Hunting, Family & Getting Stronger with Beau Baggett
Strength training after 40 should help you do more than lift weights in the gym. It should help you stay capable, active, and strong for the life you actually want to live. Beau Ba…
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35 min
Strength Training After a Stroke: Melissa's Story
Melissa McGregor's strength training journey began years after suffering a stroke while 10 weeks pregnant. In this Beast Over Burden episode, Niki Sims and Andrew Jackson are joine…
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38 min
Powerlifting After a Heart Attack: Michael Gaudet's World Championship Comeback
Michael Gaudet joins Beast Over Burden to share his remarkable story of powerlifting after a heart attack, living with type 1 diabetes for 50 years, and becoming a world champion a…