A nacho tray reaches the middle of the table before anyone opens a menu. Coach Brian prices a sports bar night one order at a time, from the appetizer to the last beer. You leave with a three-part rule you can use at any bar in the country. One sha…
The bread basket reaches your table before the menu leaves it. Coach Brian walks an Italian meal in the order it arrives and puts a number on every part of it. You leave with two orders you can say word for word and a rule for the take-home box. A …
The chip basket reaches the table long before the waiter takes your order. Coach Brian walks a Mexican restaurant meal one stop at a time from the chips to the last round. You leave with the number behind each stop and three orders that fit a fat lo…
A 24-ounce Mocha Madness carries 810 calories and 163 grams of sugar. Coach Brian walks the menu boards at Smoothie King, Jamba, Robeks and Tropical Smoothie and reads the numbers out loud. You will know which drinks are food and which ones are dess…
CAVA hands you a base, a protein and a long row of additions. Coach Brian walks through what each one costs you and where the calories hide. You get two exact orders you can say word for word at the counter. Two men order at the same CAVA counter. …
A crunchy shrimp roll and a shrimp avocado roll sit on the same menu at the same restaurant. Coach Brian breaks down where the calories hide at a sushi bar and at a hibachi table. You will get one exact order for each so you know what to say before …
The takeout menu has sixty items on it and you only need three of them to go right. Coach Brian walks through the three decisions that control a Chinese takeout meal. You will get real numbers on five dishes and the exact wording to use at the count…
A two-hour flight can turn into a seven-hour food problem. Coach Brian walks through a full travel day from the front door to the first meal after landing. You will learn what clears security and what to order once you are inside the terminal. A tw…
A gas station is the one stop in this series with no menu board and no posted calorie count. Coach Brian walks the shelves in episode 156 and sorts them with a single test you can run in five seconds. He then builds four meals from what almost any s…
Shake Shack builds a good burger and the signature one is not the order that wins. Episode 155 walks the menu item by item and hands you the burger worth placing. It covers the drink carrying 750 calories, the mushroom sandwich that sounds light, an…
Wendy's is the one stop in this series where the best order needs no changes at the register. Episode 154 ranks eight real orders from worst to best and names the sandwich worth ordering. It covers the 920-calorie sandwich that carries a full day of…
Orange chicken makes up more than a third of everything Panda Express sells, and the two worst items on the board are the sides that go underneath it. Episode 153 ranks nine real orders from worst to best and names the plate worth building. It cover…
Taco Bell gave the midnight run a name in 2006 and called it the fourth meal. Episode 152 ranks eight real orders from worst to best and names the one worth saying at the window. It covers the side dish with four grams of protein, the stacking move …
A whole large pepperoni from Domino's runs 2,300 to 3,000 calories and almost nobody guesses it within 500. Episode 151 ranks eight real orders from one to ten and names the two worth placing. It covers the cheesy bread that beats every pizza for da…
You have ordered the same thing at McDonald's for twenty years without reading the number on it. Episode 150 ranks seven real orders from one to ten and names the two worth saying out loud. It covers the breakfast plate carrying 1340 calories, the s…
Chick-fil-A runs the shortest menu in this restaurant series, and that is exactly why men stop reading it. Episode 149 ranks nine real orders from one to ten and names the two worth saying out loud. It covers the salad carrying more than 1,700 milli…
Subway is the one counter where you watch your own food get built, and that feeling of control is why most men never check a number here. Episode 148 ranks nine real Subway orders from one to ten and names the two sandwiches worth building your week…
Panera reads as the safe lunch, and that reputation was built on purpose. Episode 147 ranks eight real orders off the board from one to ten, from the 1,140 calorie mac and cheese bread bowl to the You Pick Two combo that lands under 500. It also cov…
Episode 44 is a conversation with Jon Sheldon about the load a successful man carries and never puts down. It works through why fading purpose reaches the body before it reaches anything else. Then it lays out his four part blueprint of purpose, vis…
Fat loss that used to work stops working for a lot of men after 40, and the reason is rarely effort. Episode 47 names the seven hormones that decide how hungry you feel, how much energy you have, and where your body puts fat. Coach Brian covers what…
Twelve minutes between meetings and a Chipotle line is where most men place the order they always place. Episode 145 opens the restaurant series with the real numbers on that board and one order Coach Brian wants you saying out loud. It covers the b…
A yearly physical runs about ten to fifteen minutes and most men spend all of it answering questions instead of asking them. In episode 49 of Driven For Health, Coach Brian hands you the thirteen questions to bring with you and the wording for each …
Coach Brian was the guest on this one. James Allen hosts a show for business owners, and he opened by saying that nobody builds anything without energy and focus. The conversation moves from identity to steps to how a day of food gets built. Energy…
The United States called its new food pyramid the biggest reset in nutrition policy in decades. Episode 51 sorts the good from the bad from the ugly and lands on the part no graphic can fix. Coach Brian reviews it for the man who has already tried t…
