This week on episode 679 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RECing Crew interview pro player and fitness coach T.J. Jurkiewicz, and TJ shares a whole bunch of tips about diet and exercise that will really help any listener improve their health away from the tables. They also get into his time as a pro player, what it’s like getting backed as a cash player, life in Thailand, and a lot more!
We also Open The Action with our speed round, and we play Stake/Study Stack with Phil Galfond, Matt Affleck, and Zach Gruneberg!!
Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tj_jurk/
Twitter: https://x.com/TheFitnessJurk
We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:
How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/
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Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Timestamps:
10:43 TJ on his role in poker
16:21 TJ’s degree and poker
19:34 Playing in cash staking
28:58 Balancing diet and fitness
30:07 TJ and Travis Kelce in the same room
31:15 Eating well during long poker sessions
35:16 Best foods to bring to the table
38:10 Diet soda vs. zero-calorie soda
41:02 Handling fitness & nutrition misinformation
43:16 TJ on diabetes
53:13 Best foods for long poker sessions
1:13:57 What a fitness and nutrition coach does for clients
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