Revive Stronger: How To Lose Body Weight & Maintain Performance

I got leaner than I have ever been in my life this past year and Steve Hall was kind enough to have me on Revive Stronger to talk through basically all of it.

We cover why I wanted to get lean in the first place, why I had zero interest in stepping on stage despite going through a process that would have gotten me there, refeeds and diet breaks, why knowing what type of diet actually works for you matters more than the diet itself, training volume and performance in a deficit, maintaining muscle mass while cutting, and what my bloodwork looked like throughout the process.

If you have ever stepped on stage, are about to, or coach people through that process — or honestly if you just want to lose body fat without completely tanking your performance — there is something useful here.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
02:20 What was the desire to get lean?
05:12 Why not go for the bodybuilding stage?
11:35 Reasons why to do bodybuilding
21:08 Coached by Eric Helms — self-coached vs. having a coach
27:14 Feeling okay during a deficit
31:47 Know what type of diet works for you
35:32 Refeeds
41:34 Training volume and performance during a cut
45:28 Maintaining muscle mass in a cut
56:32 How many weeks are left and what's the strategy afterward?
59:44 Taking bloodwork for health markers
01:03:36 What's coming next?