Episodes

You leave your checkup with a new prescription and no plan. Coach Brian gives you 13 questions to bring to your next doctor visit. They cover a weight loss plan, a realistic timeline and blood work targets like A1c and cholesterol and blood pressure. You walk out with a plan and a team to help you manage your weight.

Coach Brian ran his first gym on four to five hours of sleep a night for two years. On the Sh!t Creek Survivors podcast he talks about burnout and emotional eating. He explains the middle gear mentality. You leave with daily standards and pattern interrupts for the next time stress pushes you to extremes.

Victor needed to lose 43 pounds. He lost 21 and then stalled for four months while feeling hungry all the time. Coach Brian uses Victor's story to explain the seven hormones that drive hunger and cravings and fat storage. You will learn why hunger can rise even when your calories are right on target.

Your doctor tells you to watch your numbers and gives you no next step. Coach Brian explains the markers men over 40 need to know. He covers A1c and fasting glucose and blood pressure and triglycerides. You learn why these numbers change slowly and which daily habits move them in the right direction.

Lucas dropped over 30 pounds in the 100 day fat loss challenge. Then he spent two weeks at home for the holidays and the scale jumped. Coach Brian and Lucas talk through why holiday weight comes on fast and what it is made of. You will learn how Lucas reset without falling apart.

Every time you say you will handle it yourself you add another rock to your pack. Jon Sheldon is a former Marine infantry squad leader who now coaches men. He and Coach Brian talk about why high performing men go silent when things get heavy. You get a four part framework for catching burnout early.

Mike lost 30 pounds through the holidays and a full work schedule. He never started over on a Monday. Mike is a men's mental health counselor and the host of the DadEnial Podcast. He tells Coach Brian how weekly group calls and flexible nutrition got him there.

Mediterranean and keto and plant based and paleo and intermittent fasting all have fans. Coach Brian ranks these five diets from real coaching experience. Each one is scored on fat loss and muscle gain and longevity and how long you can stay on it. You will learn how to judge any diet before you try it.

You walk out of a routine checkup with a diabetes diagnosis and a plan that is only more pills. Cliff Beach heard type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure and high cholesterol on the same day. He tells Coach Brian what he changed in his food and movement. You learn the warning signs men ignore until their labs get worse.

Why am I not losing weight when I barely eat? Coach Brian answers 26 real questions men over 40 sent him by DM and email. He covers late night eating and belly fat and whether cardio is needed. He also explains what your blood pressure and A1c and cholesterol numbers say about your future.

Your weight and your energy and your blood work fall off a little each year while work gets heavier. Coach Brian gives you a six step plan to take control of your health in 2026. He covers weight loss you can keep and better blood panels. He also covers food and strength training and daily movement. Sleep and stress are part of the plan too.

Two men the same size can burn up to 2,000 calories a day differently from how much they move outside the gym. Coach Brian explains what metabolism is and why it rarely explains weight gain after 40. You leave knowing what raises your calorie burn.

Most men think about their spine only once something hurts. Dr. Ryan Wohlfert has spent over 25 years correcting spinal problems before they turn into chronic pain. He explains how screen time and daily habits break the spine down. He also gives you simple posture checks you can do at home today.

At 46 a doctor told Janet McConnell she was on track for early heart disease. She is now a Senior National Champion Bodybuilder turning 70. Coach Brian talks with Janet about why men feel older every year. She explains how strength training protects your brain and why leg training matters after 40.

A busy man over 50 works hard and still cannot get the scale to move. Coach Brian coaches him live in the first Health Hot Seat. They go through his work schedule and stress and sleep and training. You hear where his plan breaks down and the simple changes that get him moving again.

You sit at a desk all day and the scale keeps climbing. Lucas is a financial analyst who went from 236 to 205.7 pounds in 100 days with The Call To Rise. He had already tried keto and carnivore and fasting. You learn what finally worked for him.

You lost the weight once and it found its way back. Coach Brian answers real questions men in their forties and fifties ask every week. He covers food noise and creatine. He also explains when to be in a fat loss phase and when to live at maintenance.

Doug had not been under 200 pounds in more than 30 years. He and Barb are a retired couple who wanted to travel and stay active without their health limiting them. Coach Brian tells how they stopped guessing with food. You will hear how they ate out and stayed social while their weight came down.

You train hard and you still do not have a plan that fits your week. Coach Brian breaks down 10 habits for getting lean and strong again in your 40s and 50s. He covers daily weigh-ins and resistance training and a weekly planning system. He also covers why an active hobby can beat traditional cardio.

Coach Brian went from owning two CrossFit gyms to coaching a CrossFit World Champion. After 23 years of coaching he shares the 14 daily habits he teaches every man inside The Call To Rise. You leave with the rules for nutrition and movement and eating out.

Brian Nase was waking up five or six times a night with a thirst he could not quench. A blood sugar reading of 374 led to a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Coach Brian talks with him about the warning signs most men brush off. You will also hear why his first approach backfired and how he eats now.

You have a beer or two with dinner and wonder why the scale will not move. Coach Brian explains what alcohol does inside a man's body after 40. It pauses fat burning and slows muscle building. It also raises cravings and wrecks your sleep. You leave with practical rules for having a drink without losing ground.

Your eating plan falls apart the moment you travel for work. An airline pilot who lives in hotels and airports tells Coach Brian how he fixed that. He went from daily headaches and energy crashes to steady energy. You learn how he packs food for a five day trip.

The warm rolls and the office cookie tray are rarely what wrecks a man's holiday. The all or nothing thinking that comes right after them does the damage. In part 2 Coach Brian covers big meals and parties and the leftover spiral. You leave with simple routines that keep you on track through the season.