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Exercise is Bullshit!"The Million Dollar Trainer" with Pete CerquaEpisode 35... The Million Dollar Trainer!Pete Cerqua joins me today on the podcast to discuss his history in HIT and how he became one of the leading voices in helping gym owners grow their business. After a long successful career growing his gym to a seven figure business, Pete stepped away from it all. Now he helps other business owners find the bottle necks in their own business to help them grow exponentially. Pete is extremely gracious with his time and knows all their is to know about running...
2025-11-1950 minExercise is Bullshit!"Cookie Cuts Fitness" with David "Cookie" CookEpisode 34!Thrilled to have my friend and fitness colleague David "Cookie" Cook on the show this week. Dave owns "Cookie Cuts" Fitness in Nashville, TN. He's one of the most soft after personal trainers in the area. Aside from having a thriving coaching business, Dave is one of the most authentic people I've ever met. He's extremely open with his story of recovery and fitness struggles and how he's continued to battle these while managing to hold onto a growing business through it all. ...
2025-11-0548 minExercise is Bullshit!"The Future of Fitness" with Jeff TomaszewskiEpisode 33. Today I'm joined by the founder, owner and CEO of Max Strength Fitness, Jeff Tomaszewski. Jeff has long been a proponent of safe and efficient high intensity training, and I'm lucky to have known him for the better part of a decade. His extremely successful high intensity training studios, Max Strength Fitness, are some of the fastest growing in the strength training boutique studio space. Since launching the franchising company a few years back, they are already in the dozens of signed locations and have plans for dozens...
2025-10-2250 minExercise is Bullshit!"Jeff Nippards Year Long Experiment" with Derrick Van Every, MSEpisode 32!I'm ecstatic to be joined today by Derek Van Every. Derek is another brilliant student from Stu Phillips lab at McMaster University. He's already completed his Master's and is currently working his way through his PhD under the tutelage of Dr. Phillips. For those of you that follow online body building, most will be familiar with Jeff Nippard. Jeff has a huge following and has spent close to a decade building an audience in the online evidence based bodybuilding space. He recently conducted a super interesting study (with...
2025-10-0845 minExercise is Bullshit!"Birth Control and Muscle Gain" with Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple, PhDEpisode 31!Today I'm thrilled to be joined by one of the brightest minds in the evidence based exercise space. Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple is a brilliant researcher focusing on an often understudied area in the sports science literature... women. Her research deals with a variety of subjects specific to female research participants and she's made it her job to reevaluate long held dogma in the research literature and replace it with actionable recommendations, specifically tailored for female lifters. This week we discuss some of her research specifically on the myth...
2025-09-2445 minExercise is Bullshit!"D1 Coaching At Its Finest" with Coach Mike BradleyEpisode 30!This week I'm thrilled to be joined by one of the longest tenured basketball strength and conditioning coaches in the country. Who during this podcast when we recorded it had been with Florida State University for over 20 years. Mike Bradley is one of the longest tenured strength coaches in all of college athletics. However at the time of this recording he was entering what might turn out to be his last season with Florida State. As we discuss in this episode, the world of college athletics is constantly...
2025-09-1037 minExercise is Bullshit!"The Gospel of Fitness" with Steve McKinneyEpisode 29... "The Gospel of Fitness"Today I have the pleasure of being joined by Steve McKinney. Steve owns "Fitness and More" training studio in Granite City, Illinois. Steve has specialized in delivering private 1-on-1 High Intensity, Low Impact workouts for over three decades. He's delivered 10's of thousands of 1-on-1 sessions and his studio is packed with a waitlist. I was connected with Steve through a mutual friend who told me about his studio, and his recently published book "The Gospel of Fitness" which...
2025-08-2752 minExercise is Bullshit!"Mitigating Disuse in Aging" with Dr. James McKendry, PhDEpisode 28! I'm so excited to be joined today but one of my favorite researchers currently in the field of Exercise Science. Dr. James McKendry joins me from his brand new home at the University of British Columbia in Canada. James is a former student of Dr. Stu Phillips (probably the leading protein scientist in the world), and now he's running his own lab in Canada. We talk a bit about what he has planned for his new lab, and what type of tests he's...
2025-08-1359 minExercise is Bullshit!"Men's Health Optimization" with Jack OostenEpisode 27! Jack is Back!I'm joined today again by my good friend Jack Oosten of JackedN'Leen Gym in Rogers, MN. Jack and his wife have built on of the premier bodybuilding destinations in the country right in our back yard. If you're ever in the Twin Cities, make sure you take a day to stop by and check out this Utopia of Fitness equipment. J&LGym. On today's episode, Jack and I chat about something near and dear to my heart, Men's Health Optimization. The word "optimize" gets thrown...
2025-07-3059 minExercise is Bullshit!"Throwing Cold Water On Your Gains!" w/ Alec Pinero, MSEpisode... 26! It's as cold... as ICE!I'm joined today by Alec Pinero, another great student out of Lehman College in the Bronx, under the tutelage of the great Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. Alec is a genius and sure to do great things in the industry. The Harvard alum is currently pursuing his PhD, but today's conversation centered around a paper he was part of for his Master's Program. Ice baths and cold plunges have become a mainstay in the biohacking and health and fitness space, but Alec and his team...
2025-07-1636 minExercise is Bullshit!"5 P's Strength Training" with Mark AsanovichEpisode 25! Today I'm so priviledged to be joined by one of the greats to ever do it in the strength and conditioning space. Former NFL strength and conditioning coach Mark Asanovich shares his treasure trove of wisdom. Mark was a S&C coach for multiple teams in his career spanning over 20 years in the NFL. He was also one of the last coaches to truly practice a High Intensity Training style at the highest level of football. He's been a coach on the Bucs, the Ravens, the Jaguars, and the Minnesota Vikings.
2025-07-0246 minExercise is Bullshit!"The Cohesive Couple... Trains Together" with Rebecca & James LockwoodEpisode 24!This episode is a little bit different than previous on this show. I'm thrilled today to be joined by two clients of my company Reformed Fitness (HERE), Rebecca & James Lockwood. I've know Rebecca for almost 4 years when she started working with me remotely. She moved on to Reformed Fitness where we reconnected when I started working completely remote in 2024. Rebecca is an amazing business women, mother, writer and entrepreneur and her husband James is her steadfast companion, stay at home dad (an often...
2025-06-1844 minExercise is Bullshit!"A Better Body Comp Testing Method" with Alysha D'SouzaEpisode 23! The Jordan Podcast! And that's appropriate because today I have one of the GOATS in the field of Exercise Science Research!In this episode I'm joined by PhD student Alysha D'Souza (IG HERE) from McMaster University in Canada. Alysha is a student in Dr. Stu Phillips lab and is leading the way in a new generation of female focused exercise science research (an area that's currently severely lacking in the field). In this episode we discuss a new and exciting muscle composition modality the "COSIAM" method. A combination...
2025-06-041h 01Exercise is Bullshit!"Saving Time with Supersets" with Ryan BurkeEpisode 22! The Emmett Smith of Podcast Episodes! And just like the all-time leading rusher, this one is all about speed... or time... or the time you'll save being speedy. I'm joined today by Ryan Burke (IG HERE). Ryan is a tremendous young researcher currently pursuing his PhD at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Ryan is a former Master's Graduate from the Applied Muscle Development lab at Lehman University under the guidance of the great Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. Today Ryan and are are discussing a paper he was part of...
2025-05-2158 minExercise is Bullshit!"All Things Rep Speed & Cadence" with Jack OostenEpisode 21... BlackJack! He's back! The Jack Attack!In this week's episode I'm joined by Jack O0sten. Jack is the founder and owner of Jacked&Leen Gym in Rogers, MN. One of the true Mecca's of Bodybuilding in the Midwest... and possibly the world. Jack has been in the bodybuilding game for over a decade and he and his wife Eileen opened their dream gym in 2024. Together they've been coaching and helping hundreds of clients for the last 5+ years. Jack is also one of...
2025-05-0752 minExercise is Bullshit!"Clients and Things" with Eric FeiglEpisode 20... ! They said we couldn't do it... but here we are ah-doing-it!Today I'm joined by my friend and college Eric Feigl. Eric has been a coach for close to 20 years and trained thousands of client sessions, in person and online. He's currently based out of Ohio at Mission 5 Fitness (HERE) where he takes clients in person, but you can also find him online if you're outside of his area and looking for coaching.Eric and I spent this episode talking about the current state of the fitness industry...
2025-04-2347 minExercise is Bullshit!"Functional Training For Older Adults" with Dr. James Steele, PhDEpisode 19... that's almost 20! They said we couldn't do it... but here we are ah-doing-it!Today I'm joined by the king of stats, Dr. James Steele. Dr. Steele is a good friend and colleague, former associate professor at Solent University and currently the head of the research department for Keiser Australia (HERE). He joins me on the show today to discuss a relatively recent paper he was a major part of called "Machine-based resistance training improves functional capacity in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis." (HERE). This paper is a fantas...
2025-04-091h 02Exercise is Bullshit!"All The Science Stuff" with Max Coleman, MSEpisode 18!!! The king of IG cooking content and hypertrophy gains is back!In this week's episode I'm joined by Max Coleman, MS. Max is a previous guest on the show and one of the brightest minds in the exercise science space today. He has a fantastic IG account where he break down scientific literature... all well cooking delicious treats!In this week's episode we talk about the state of the science on a variety of different fronts. Supersets, Optimal Rest Periods, Minimum Effective Dose and more.
2025-03-261h 18Exercise is Bullshit!"How S&C Should Be" with Jay Vincent17 Episodes and the hits keep coming... now that's what I call "Exercise is Bullshit!"In this week's episode I'm joined again by previous guest and no nonsense fitness expert Jay Vincent. Jay is a high intensity training specialist who helps men get in the best shape of their lives, faster than they ever though possible. To learn more about his system and coaching visit his website HERE.This time Jay joins us again to talk about his recent expedition into the field of strength and conditioning. As you've heard...
2025-03-1253 minExercise is Bullshit!"Preparing for Surgery and for Life" with Dr. Sara Oikawa PhDEpisode 16... another Doctor! And a Candadian! A double whammy of awesome!
Dr. Sara Oikawa is the Chief Science officer for Enhanced Medical Nutrition (HERE). They specialize in pre and post surgery nutrition interventions for patients who want to maximize their readiness going into surgery and prepare to be at their best following surgery.
Their flagship product EnRoute is a patented blend of protein and nutrients that has been clinically shown to not just maintian lean tissue, but actually acutely increase lean mass in individuals, even without regimented exercise. It's...
2025-02-2657 minExercise is Bullshit!"Big Ticket Coaching" with Dave BessEpisode 15 with Big Ticket Bess!
This week I'm joined by my good friend and business mentor Dave Bess. Dave is a renaissance man who does a little bit of everything. He owns a High Intensity training gym in AZ called "Greenlight Personal Training". He also runs a coaching and business mentor company called "PT Legends" which is what my company Reformed Fitness uses for our Health Coaching program. He also... really likes chicken sandwiches.
Dave is a genius at coaching, motivation and helping scale small-medium sized coaching businesses and...
2025-02-121h 01Exercise is Bullshit!"Big 5 Myths In Hypertrophy" with Dr. Brad SchoenfeldEpisode 14... The Doctor's are back!
This episode is great! Unfortunately my sound was not. It's a little echoey but I assure you it's worth your time.
I'm joined this week by the King of Hypertrophy himself, Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. Dr. Schoenfeld is the leading hypertophy (muscle growth) researcher in the world. If you're serious about growing big muscles, you know Dr. Brad. He leads the Lehman College Applied Muscle Development Lab in the Bronx which continues to pump out world class Exercise Scientists. He's been published close to if...
2025-01-2936 minExercise is Bullshit!"Different Styles of Training" with Mike PetrellaLucky Number 13!
You think you have a cool home gym... you are a pathetic. You think your local gym is cool... it is trash compared to Mike Petrella and STG! Mike has unquestionably the greatest collection of vintage and new exercise equipment on the planet. We took a vote, he won... it's over. Even more... he won't stop adding new stuff! Some might say he's obsessed... I just think he's awesome!
Mike own's STG Stength and Power in Ontario Canada (HERE). He's like most Canadians, super nice, affable and...
2025-01-151h 20Exercise is Bullshit!"Online Training & Building Your Brand" with Andrew CoatesEpisode 12... this is a big one!
Andrew Coates is kind of a big deal, though he probably wouldn't admit it. I met Andrew at a conference back in 2021 and like most Canadians, he seemed to be competing for the "Nicest Guy in The Universe Award". He had a burgeoning IG following and a blossoming career as a fitness writer. He had about 60k followers at the time and shared an awesome presentation on how to grow and build a brand.
Flash forward to 2025 and he is one of the...
2025-01-0152 minExercise is Bullshit!"Fit 20 Study" with Dr. James Steele and Dr. PAKEpisode 11... Double doctors!!! Take that nerds!!! It feels like Christmas... because it is! And guess what I'm stuffing your stockings with??? SCIENCE!!!
Fair warning... this episode is old. Also from that previous life and show where they liked to stifle good ideas and creavtivity. Thankfully, their loss is your gain and this episode will now live in Exercise is Bullshit infamy. This is truly at look at the outside end of the spectrum of what real "minimum dose" is. There's minimum dose, and then there's "The Fit20 Study" HERE.
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Boundless Body RadioBONUS! My Appearance on the Exercise Is Bullsh*t Podcast! 750Send us a textToday we are releasing another bonus episode! This is my recent appearance on the Exercise Is Bullshit Podcast! As always, it was a fun chat, and I'm always so grateful to be a guest on someone else's show!Logan Herlihy is a leader in the evidenced based exercise field and the Director of Health and Wellness for Reformed Fitness, an online health coaching and personal training company with clients all over the world.Find Logan at-loganherlihy@gmail.comwww.reformed-fitness.comhttps...
2024-12-221h 03Exercise is Bullshit!"Drop Sets & Deloads" with Max Coleman, MSEpisode 10... do you even "Deload Bro??"
This week I'm thrilled to be join by winner of the 2024 "Best Man-Bun In The Game Award", Max Coleman, MS. Max is one of many brilliant minds to come out of Lehman College in NYC under the tuttelage of the illustrious Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. He has a Master's Degree in Exercise Science and will soon be pursuing his PhD in "Massive Gains" (not actual degree title) from the same university.
Max has already authored or co-authored more than a dozen impressive papers in...
2024-12-111h 04Exercise is Bullshit!"Client Programming" with Casey RuffEpisode 9... we're getting closer and closer to double digits. I think this might win an Emmy or something.... do they do Emmy's for podcast? Pulitzer? Poddy Award?
This week I'm joined by a Utah legend Casey Ryan Ruff, host of "Boundless Body Radio". Casey is a personal trainer, health coach, carnivore enthusiast and one of the first people I met and connected with in the community when I moved to Utah.
He and his wife Bethany own "Boundless Body" together, an in person and online personal training company. They...
2024-11-2759 minExercise is Bullshit!"New Year's REVOLUTION" w/ the Reformed Fitness TeamBonus Episode! Christmas is coming early gang!
Check out myself and the rest of the Reformed Fitness Team discussing our super exciting "New Years Revolution".
In this episode with Jake Picht and Xavier Robinson we discuss our Reformed Fitness New Years Revolution for 2025! You can sign up HERE to book your free discovery call and learn how to get involved.
This is everything our clients have loved about our exclusive 63-Day Transformation Program, plus so much more! Aside from being massively discounted (you have...
2024-11-2537 minExercise is Bullshit!"Cooling Hands & Hypertrophy" with Ryan BurkeEpisode 8.... is... great??
Cue the music... "you're as cold as ice.... something, something, something..."
This week we're joined by Ryan Burke, MS. Ryan is currently pursuing a PhD in Exercise Science from Rutgers University in New Jersey (Go Scarlett Knights!). He graduated with his Master's from the prestigious Applied Muscle Development Lab at Lehman University in the Bronx. Home of such distinguished scientists as Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, Dr. Pak, and Dr. Milo Wolf and future guest Max Coleman (someday soon a Doctor).
We had...
2024-11-131h 01Exercise is Bullshit!"Training at Long Muscle Lengths... AKA 'Lengthened Partials'" with Dr. Milo WolfEpisode 7... with another Doctor? What is this show... the Doctor show or something?? Over 50% doctors is a pretty good ratio for anyone keeping track.
This episode is from over 2 years ago. Before Milo was Dr. Milo and he was just "soon to be Dr. Milo". For various reasons it wasn't released, and the evidence since this initial conversation has changed drastically! I think it's very interesting though to see where Milo's ideas were at the time and where the industry is now... basically OBSESSED with lengthened partials.
So take...
2024-10-3041 minExercise is Bullshit!"Pure Physique & Group Training" with Mike & Corrie Beth LipowskiEpisode 6... the dynasty continues.
This week I'm joined by some behemoths in the fitness industry. Mike and Corriebeth Lipowski are the owners of Pure Physique. A New York based group fitness franchise with a foundation in high intensity training principles. There are so many group fitness concepts out there, but there is NOTHING like Pure Physique. lt's truly evidence based personal training, with the power of 1on1, but the vibe of a small group environment.
Aside from running a successful fitness business this power couple have helped hundreds of...
2024-10-161h 13Exercise is Bullshit!"The P.E. Diet" with Dr. Ted Naiman, MDEpisode 5... It's starting to get serious.
This week we have a special guest Dr. Ted Naiman. Dr. Ted is a primary care doctor outside of Seattle Washington and a leader in the health and nutrition space. These two things don't typically go together. Dr. Ted admits that his traditional schooling and training left him ill-prepared for an exceedingly, sick, fat and unhealthy US population. Thankfully through experience and some powerful interactions with clients he was able to open his mind to the powerful effects of proper diet and nutrition.
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2024-10-021h 13Exercise is Bullshit!"Heavy vs. Light Weights... And Other Stuff" with Dr. Sean Preuss4 episodes! Wow... this is like a series now huh?
Dr. Sean Preuss joins me on the show this week to discuss... A LOT! Sean has an EdD (like a PhD, but way cooler) in exercise science from UNC-Greensboro and has held a variety of high level jobs in the fitness industry. He's one of the leading minds in exercise science and a true advocate of an evidence based approach to exercise.
In this episode we discuss some common myths in fitness. Heavy weights versus light weights for tone and...
2024-09-181h 08Exercise is Bullshit!"Exercise Bullshit" with Jay VincentEpisode 3... we're really cooking here.
Jay Vincent is the founder and owner of the "Golden Era Physique System". Based out of Tampa, Florida, Jay is one of the leading voices in the High Intensity Training and Evidence Based Fitness space. He's also one of the few in the niche that also has the physique to back up the claims.
Jay is a former fitness model for brands like Under Armor, and now he specializes in helping men achieve their dream physiques with just a fraction of the time of...
2024-09-041h 17Exercise is Bullshit!"Your Coach Has A Coach" with Jack OostenTwo Episodes?! What am I, Joe Rogan??
In this week's episode I'm joined by my good friend and my bodybuilding coach Jack Oosten. Jack is a world class bodybuilding and lifestyle coach, that focuses on making his clients Harder2Kill™. He's an all around bad ass and the founder of Jackedn'Leen Coaching with his wife Eileen... Jacked n' Leen... you get it? They live in the Twin Cities and are currently accepting new clients.
Jack has some of the best fitness advice and tips in the game. I can ho...
2024-08-211h 09Exercise is Bullshit!"Ideal Exercise Volume" with Dr. PAKEPISODE 1! Holy cow! Can you believe it?? Mama we made it!
In this episode I'm joined by the distinguished Greek God of Minimum Dose™ himself, Dr. PAK. We discuss all things exercise volume. What you should be doing to maximize your gains and what you should be doing if you want as much muscle in as little time as possible.
Pak Androulakis Korakakis works with Stronger By Science as a Content & Product Manager. As a researcher, Pak did his PhD on "the minimum effective training dose for powerlifting strength" an...
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Boundless Body RadioExercise is Bullsh*t with Logan Herilhy! 645Send us a textLogan Herlihy is a returning guest on our show! Be sure to check out his first appearance on Boundless Body Radio on episode 512, titled Reformed Fitness with Logan Herlihy! Logan Herlihy is a leader in the evidenced based exercise field and the Director of Health and Wellness for Reformed Fitness, an online health coaching and personal training company with clients all over the world. Reformed Fitness's 63-Day Total Body transformation program helps busy professionals shed 10 pounds of fat in 9-weeks with realistic and sustainable habit building, and personalized health coaching tailored...
2024-06-1256 minExercise is Bullshit!PAK Episode 1 Teaser... Exercise is Bullshit!A short clip from my podcast with the legendary Dr. PAK. We discuss a recent study on 50+ sets per week of strength training on a single muscle group. Together we decide what really is the "optimal" dose for strength training!
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Boundless Body RadioReformed Fitness with Logan Herlihy! 512Send us a textLogan Herlihy is a leader in the evidenced based exercise field and the Director of Health and Wellness for Reformed Fitness, an online health coaching and personal training company with clients all over the world. Reformed Fitness's 63-Day Total Body transformation program helps busy professionals shed 10 pounds of fat in 9-weeks with realistic and sustainable habit building, and personalized health coaching tailored to the client. Logan has been in the fitness industry for over 7 years. He’s personally supervised over 20,000 resistance training sessions. He’s an author, his book How 2...
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