Episodes

This episode starts the Restaurant Series. Each episode covers one place you already eat and gives you one order that works. At Chipotle the sofritas bowl sounds like the lightest thing on the menu and runs 820 calories. You get a salad order at 270 calories and 37 grams of protein that you can say in ten seconds.

Coach Brian shares his own story of a father who was there and then was not. His parents divorced when he was 12. He talks about his four kids and his marriage to Amber. He explains why a father who puts his health last has less left to give his family.

One man in this roundtable woke up at 2 in the morning and ate 400 calories of peanut butter. He fixed it with a roll of caution tape across the kitchen doorway. Coach Brian walks his clients through a full kitchen makeover. They cover popcorn and cooking oil. They also cover foods that dress up as healthy.

Yusef Marshall goes by Mista Yu. He founded the Men's Roundtable Series and has coached for 30 years. He and Coach Brian talk about why most men carry their problems alone. They cover what the provider role costs a man and how father wounds shape how open he can be. You leave with the one question Yusef gives every man he coaches.

In October 2025 a fake video of Oprah Winfrey pushed a pink salt weight loss product she never touched. Coach Brian walks through real deepfake cases and the Noom settlement. He also covers the Hydroxycut recall. You leave with three questions to ask before you buy any supplement online.

A construction worker putting in 50 plus hours a week tells his full 100 day story in The Call To Rise. He ate chicken, rice and peas instead of fasting or meal replacements. He explains how he prepped food on the road and how his sleep and energy came back.

Thirty day workout challenge ads use a cheap sign up to move you into a monthly subscription. Coach Brian uses a 2017 legal settlement against Beachbody to show the pattern is real. You get a checklist for spotting AI actors and fake sets before you click.

Coach Brian pulled the ten health questions men over 40 search most and checked the research behind each answer. He covers testosterone and GLP-1 drugs. He also covers belly fat and training splits. Then he gets into Zone 2 cardio and fiber. He closes on wearables and blood work. You get one action step per topic in under twenty minutes.

A tech worker who travels overseas for work ate homemade ice cream every day for five months. He turned down a GLP-1 on purpose and chose food and training instead. He sits down with Coach Brian to explain how he kept dessert in his plan and still lost weight.

This episode is a real round table call with men inside The Call To Rise. They report wins and work through setbacks. You hear a live nutrition label check and coaching on steps, strength training and travel. Two men talk about the heart scares that pushed them to get serious.

Nicky Billou founded the Sovereign Man Movement and hosts The Sovereign Man Podcast. He sits down with Coach Brian to talk about why men lose their closest friends by their forties. He explains why a group of men your own age is not enough and what to look for in a group that pushes you forward.

A marketing director looked at a family photo and did not know his own face. Coach Brian walks through the three tools he used with that client. You get negative visualization and frustration tolerance. You also get a four-question method for the thought that makes you quit.

Jeremie Bacon gained weight in his first years at Goldman Sachs. He started training and became a competitive triathlete while he built a company and raised a young family. He tells Coach Brian about his Four Buckets framework of family and work and civic and self. You learn how to decide where your time goes.

David Denning's doctor said his cholesterol was high enough to start a statin. David asked to fix it on his own first and his doctor agreed to check back in three months. Coach Brian and David talk through what he changed from his morning coffee to his one meal at dinner. David also explains why a real story builds more trust than a polished post.

A guy at your gym dropped weight on a GLP-1 and now you wonder if you should try one too. Coach Brian runs through seventeen questions a man asks himself over six months. You learn what to ask your doctor before you fill a script. You also learn how to protect your muscle and what happens if you stop.

Halfway through this episode Adam Barney lost power in the middle of a talk about running out of energy. Adam is an energy coach and the host of Is Anything Real. He explains how burnout builds up like interest on a loan. You leave with three questions to ask yourself before bed.

Chandler had lost weight four or five times and it came back each time. One bad day at the office would turn into a full week off track. Coach Brian talks with Chandler about how he lost 25 pounds in 100 days inside The Call To Rise. You will learn the middle gear mindset that ended his all or nothing pattern.

You lose the same 10 pounds again and again and it comes back every time. Coach Brian joins the 9 to 5 Wellness podcast to explain what protein and carbs and fat do in your body. You learn how to build a plate that keeps you full. You also learn when to eat around a workout.

One listener snacks on nuts and trail mix and cannot explain why the scale will not move. A third of a cup runs about 180 calories. Coach Brian answers the fat loss and training and lab questions men over 40 keep asking. You will know what to eat and how to train and where to start on your next blood panel.

You say I can't before you even try, and then you skip the workout. Pat Smith is a men's high performance coach who shows how your words steer your food and training and stress. He points out phrases like I'll try that give a man an easy way out. You leave with a simple word swap exercise you can use today.

Matt lost 40 pounds while traveling and eating at restaurants and drinking wine. He had already tried keto and fasting and Weight Watchers. Coach Brian and Matt break down the simple plan that fit his real life. You leave knowing what kept Matt consistent for 100 days.

Lane Kawaoka crossed one million dollars in net worth in 2015. He tells Coach Brian what changed once money stopped being the goal. Lane is the author of The Wealth Elevator. They talk about how health and wealth and legacy connect for busy men. They also cover how walking and food and sleep support better decisions with money.

You started a GLP-1 like Ozempic or Mounjaro to lose the gut and the scale moved. Then your arms looked smaller and your squat dropped. Coach Brian explains what these drugs cost you in muscle. He covers the 2 moves that stop the muscle loss.

The system behind confident public speaking lines up with the system behind lasting fat loss. Mike Acker has coached executives for over 20 years on why they freeze when it counts. His three parts are how you see yourself and a clear message and the skills you build. Coach Brian and Mike show how that same system explains why men over 40 have a hard time making their health stick.