Q) Thanks for the response to the Instagram — I feel like you cut through all the crap out there! [I ask people to email me whenever they DM me with a question. DMs aren't my thing. Hard to go into depth when necessary, and I think people miss out because of that.] I’ve recently read that it’s not necessarily a good idea to go straight from a bulk into a cut and maintain for a bit, as this might help you hold onto muscle gain. Is there any truth in this? I’ve always been disappointed with the...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
I’ll keep this short and sweet. We’re looking for a highly experienced coach who wants to focus purely on coaching and join us at Ripped Body. No self-promotion, no chasing clients. If that excites you, this is your chance. We are blessed to have more people apply than we can work with, but this is leaving many people unserved. To be true to the greater mission of the website and the impact we wish to make, I need to bring another talented coach into the RippedBody family. I am looking for an...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Tomorrow, my girlfriend and I are getting a BodPod measurement. Care to guess the results? :) A coaching client sent me this, and it set me off. 😂 Please cancel the appointment. Once your habits are locked in—training, diet, food environment, schedule—the mental game becomes the most important part of physique change. People get bored, second-guess themselves, and do something stupid. The single most destructive thing you can do at this point is to measure your body-fat percentage. It can...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
I had an email from a reader who said he kept losing control on the weekends. I want to share my response here, but I'll add some commentary that wasn't included in my reply. This is a new style I want to try. Let me know what you think. Q) Hi Andy! I'm losing control every time the weekend comes around. On weekdays, I eat clean and work out, but when the weekend comes, I completely mess up. I tend to eat sweets and savoury foods, but my favorite is plain bread with butter topped with honey...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Here’s something we see quite frequently with new clients: They dial things in during the week — meals are on point, training is consistent, and weight is trending down. Then the weekend hits. A few untracked meals. Drinks with friends. They snack in front of the TV because "it’s the weekend." Monday rolls around, and they’re frustrated because the scale is up. They're then forced to make a choice: lie to us about their calorie reporting (which makes them feel shit, and makes our jobs more...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
You’re now five weeks into the new year and have had time to build consistency. Now is a good time to assess your progress and see if an adjustment is needed. Data must drive your decisions. Not your feelings. Here's the checklist I want you to run through. Don't miss the notes below. 1) You’ll notice that a calorie reduction is the last thing to consider. This keeps us eating as much as possible for as long as possible, which makes the diet more sustainable and minimizes our risk of muscle...
3 months ago • 1 min read
I'm willing to bet you're 4 weeks into your New Year diet. You've experienced the whoosh of initial weight loss in the first week and the steady (and considerably smaller) losses in the weeks after, and you aren't alone if hunger is now starting to bite. Some degree of hunger during dieting is natural. Some people suffer more than others. However, we don't want hunger to present a serious threat to your ongoing adherence. If that is the case, something needs to change. When coaching, there...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Since 2011, we’ve had the honor of helping over 2,000 busy working guys transform their bodies in ways they never imagined possible. Many of them had given up. Reaching out to us was their last-ditch attempt. It’s been an honor to serve these guys. I’d like to share some results because people have said that seeing others they resonated with helped inspire them and make them believe it was possible. "I’d worked with several ‘big name’ internet coaches, but they required increasing amounts of...
4 months ago • 1 min read
I don’t think you can. I'm going to borrow my friend James Clear’s compounding graph from Atomic Habits. Check out that bottom arrow: (Here’s a podcast I did with James.) I call this the slide to oblivion. It's paved with small decisions that add up: the lack of mobility to do the things you once loved, the pain of regret, and worse. I previously said that relying on motivation puts you in the same place six months or a year from now. But actually, that's incorrect. The longer you wait, the...
4 months ago • 1 min read
