Coach Brian runs a roundtable every Wednesday inside the Call To Rise 100-Day Fat Loss Challenge. This week the group dug into sleep. Brian had just recorded episode 110 with online sleep coach Nick Lambe, and he brought the best of that conversatio…
Coach Brian joined Terraine on the Behind The Shades podcast to talk about men's health after 40. They get into busy schedules, stress, food and the old athlete inside every man who feels like he disappeared. This episode is for business owners, ent…
Mike is 59. He has known Coach Brian since 2004. Back then he came to Brian's ab class on Monday nights and spin class on Friday nights. This year hit him hard. His mother died in February after years of decline from dementia. He started a new job t…
Most men pour everything into work and family. They stop paying attention to their own health. Coach Brian joined Uncle Marv on The Unhealthy Podcast to talk about what happens next. Most men pour everything into work and family and stop paying att…
One guy on Coach Brian's plan is down 30 pounds. That is three watermelons of body weight gone. You do not need to skip pizza night, happy hours or vacations to get there. Here is the exact 3-step system Brian uses with his Call To Rise clients. Ste…
Most men build a business for freedom. Few stop to ask if their body can keep up with the life they are chasing. Tim T. Delaney bought a small business with almost no experience and little cash down. That choice set him on a path to financial freedo…
Chris is a tech executive with three kids and aging parents who need him. His job keeps him on planes most weeks. He finished the Call To Rise 100-Day Fat Loss Challenge and lost 20 pounds. He did it without giving up wine at dinner or pizza night w…
After 40 you lose 2 to 3 percent of muscle every decade. This happens whether you train or not. Coach Brian built this episode from 25 questions clients send him in the DMs and ask him at the gym. This episode is Part 1 of a two part AMA. It covers …
An A1C above 5.7 makes you pre-diabetic. At 6.2, you are diabetic. Plenty of men running six and seven figure businesses cross that line years before a doctor says the word out loud. This episode is Part 2 of Coach Brian's AMA. Episode 118 covered n…
David Barnett has sold 36 businesses. He knows what makes a company sellable and what kills a deal before it closes. But the biggest lesson from this episode did not come from a spreadsheet. It came from a sore spot he found in the shower on a famil…
Neal has a box sitting on his bathroom counter. His doctor wrote the script 3 days ago. It is still unopened. His buddy at the gym will not stop talking about the one he is on. His wife lost 30 pounds on hers in 4 months. Neal's labs are not where h…
Most guys think they are stuck with their health because of the wrong diet or the wrong gym program. Mike Acker says that diagnosis misses the real problem. Mike Acker is a TEDx speaker and bestselling author who coaches executives on why they freez…
You started a GLP-1 to lose the gut. The scale moved and your doctor got happy. Then your shirt started to fit strange. Your arms look smaller and your squat dropped. This is common for business owners and driven men over 40 on GLP-1 drugs like sema…
Lane Kawaoka once ran two CrossFit gyms. He coached a client named Betsy Finley to the CrossFit Games at age 60. She placed first once, second once and eighth once. (Is your business growing while your health falls apart? See what changes when you f…
Matt walked six miles instead of his usual four the day before a concert. He knew he would eat nachos and drink wine that night, so he planned ahead instead of skipping the fun. (Think you have to give up your life to lose weight? See what changed …
Four words sneak into your day and quietly keep you stuck. Mindset coach Pat Smith joined Coach Brian on the podcast to name them and show a fast way out. Try his three-step exercise and feel your own state shift in under a minute. The Four Word Pa…
A guy tells Coach Brian he snacks smart. Trail mix, he says. A healthy choice. He eats about a third of a cup most afternoons. That runs close to 180 calories. Two handfuls turn into almost a full meal, and he never sees it happen because it does no…
Coach Brian asked a guy what macros are. The guy could not answer. Macros means protein, carbs and fat. Those three make up every meal you eat. This guide breaks down what each one does and gives you a simple ratio to start with today. Coach Brian j…
Halfway through this interview, Adam Barney lost power. The lights cut out while he explained running out of energy. The timing fit the topic perfectly. Coach Brian sits down with Adam Barney, an energy and leadership coach. They break down how ene…
David Denning went to his doctor for a yearly checkup. His doctor said his cholesterol was high enough to start a statin. David asked for three months to fix it on his own first. His doctor agreed. (Have you ever gotten a lab result that pushed you …
Chandler had lost weight before. Four or five times over the years. Each time it came back within a few months. One bad day at work turned into a bad week off track. Then the scale crept back up. The All-Or-Nothing Cycle Chandler Couldn't Break Ch…
You feel it in your calf on the stairs. Not pain exactly. More like a swelling, a tightness that builds when you push and fades when you stop. Cream goes on it, then something for the inflammation. Eventually you tell yourself it's getting older. T…
You're standing in front of the mirror with a date circled on the calendar. A wedding, a reunion, a vacation. And the question that shows up isn't "how do I get healthy." It's "how fast can I drop this." That question feels practical. It's actually…
Your A1C comes back at 7.1. Your doctor tells you that's okay. So is it? That number gives you your average blood sugar over the last three months. A man can hit that average by sitting at a calm, steady level the whole time. Another man can hit th…
