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Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates

The Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast dives deep into the science and practice of living a strong, healthy, and intentional life. Hosted by Andrew Coates, the show brings together inspiring guests to share insights, stories, and practical advice that empower listeners to build confidence, make informed choices, and stay resilient in their fitness and wellness journeys. Every episode encourages thoughtful exploration of what it means to lift free, diet hard, and live fully.

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01:11:49

#376 Tim Riley - How to Create Success In Sports and...

Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates ·

2025/06/26

Tim Riley is a strength and conditioning coach and host of the Coach Em Up Podcast. Tim joins to share his thoughts and wisdom about:-How important fitness was in leaving behind a past involving drugs and alcohol-How to build muscle without losing athleticism -The traits, attitudes, and behaviours that correlate with athletes going on to be successful in sport and life-The strength and conditioning principles Tim believes would help everyday lifters-Where elite sport and general population training

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00:51:06

#375 Lavanya Krishnan - How To Maintain Your Fitness...

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2025/06/24

Lavanya Krishnan is a personal trainer with a Masters Degree in public health, who travels the world extensively. Lavanya shares:-Why she doesn’t compromise on her fitness when she travels-How to plan ahead to include strength training-What do to when you don’t have gym access while travelling-When to give yourself grace on your fitness and nutrition routine-Her experience visiting one of the most iconic sites famous for appearing in the movie Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade-Thoughts on different

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00:52:29

#374 Ava Cowan - Lessons and Risk of Fitness...

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2025/06/19

Ava Cowan is a legendary Pro Figure Champion and Coach who’s appeared on the cover of over 20 fitness magazines. Ava joins me to share:-When do fitness competition diets become dangerous-What are the red flag behaviours to watch for-How to create guardrails to diet safely-Ava’s positive and negative experiences from a long and successful competitive career-Are there people who are drawn to competition for the wrong reasons-Helpful lessons for fat loss from competition dieting-What’s happening when

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01:25:20

#373 Stan Efferding - Practical Nutrition Masterclass

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2025/06/17

Legendary powerlifter and IFBB Pro bodybuilder Stan Efferding is also one of the most thoughtful practitioners of evidence based nutrition and training. Stan joins for a pure masterclass in:-Why we have an obesity and metabolic health crisis -How much of the benefit of healthy lifestyle is directly attributable to fat loss-Why the classic “eat less/move more” advice is truthful but not helpful -What is Stan’s Vertical Diet and how has it helped his clients become healthier-Why diets fail?-The role

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00:52:00

#372 Dr Lauren Colenso-Semple - Debunking Hormone...

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2025/06/12

Dr Lauren Colenso-Semple is garnering a lot of attention for her excellent myth busting media. Lauren joins to share:-Why “balancing hormones” is nonsense-If there’s any evidence to support general training prescriptions around women’s cycles-Do weighted vests help with bone mineral density -Can we “build” bone health as we age-Why we are seeing a lot of questionable or outright bad information on popular wellness podcasts-Why there’s been an explosion in bad information about menopause-Do women

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00:48:27

#371 Dr. Spencer Nadolsky - Food Noise, GLP-1 Drugs,...

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2025/06/10

Dr Spencer Nadolsky is an industry leading obesity physician who joins me to cut through the noise and confusion about:-Why obesity is so prevalent-Food Noise-GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic-GLP-1 medication effects on addiction -Debunking misinformation about LDL cholesterol risks-Can we influence the distribution of body fat?-What is Lipidema (hint - the fibrous lower body fat like tissue some women struggle with)-Why some people have different metabolic rates-Debunking common

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00:51:12

#370 Pat Basil - How To Train To Improve Consistency,...

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2025/06/05

Pat Basil is a CSCS with a Masters Degree in Exercise Science and an Undergraduate Degree in Psychology, a great combo for knowing how to merge the training prescription with the relationship and mindset to get people to act and change. Pat joins me to share his thoughts on:-How to create the sweet spot of training stimulus to create adaptation-Why you can make great progress with more consistency and less total work-Why focusing on keeping the streak alive helps-Why he doesn’t care if you get bored

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01:03:17

#369 Chris Powell - Navigating Significant Weight Loss

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2025/06/03

Chris Powell is a lot more than just the host of the ABC Series Extreme Weight Loss (Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition). Chris is a highly educated, evidence based, and deeply empathic coach who works with people struggling with significant weight loss. Chris shares:-The biggest mistakes people make when trying to lose weight-Helping people change their beliefs about what they can accomplish-Could a show like his even be made in today’s landscape?-What conditions and behaviours were necessary

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00:57:11

#368 Dr. Sean Pastuch - How to Change Your Narrative...

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2025/05/29

Dr Sean Pastuch is an industry leader in helping people not accept a life limited by pain, but getting people back to doing what they love. In this episode Sean shares:-His insights into why we don’t need to accept pain as part of life-Thoughts on how to change our story about pain-How to get back to doing things we love in life-How our relationships affect our experience of pain-Insights on recognizing and changing our rigid identity around what we can or can’t do-4 steps to becoming a high

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00:53:50

#367 Matt Wenning - Biomechanics, Strength, and...

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2025/05/27

Matt Wenning is a rare combination of high level education (Masters Degree in Biomechanics) and high level competition success (3x World Champion powerlifter and multiple record holder). Matt joins me to share his thoughts on:-Biomechanics, specifically practical and tactical nuance, and underrated ideas he feels aren’t utilized often enough-Why he feels variety is important but how to apply variety-Why experienced lifters may benefit from thoughtful variety in their programming and why newer

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00:51:18

#366 Dr. Caleb Burgess - How Being Healthier Helps...

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2025/05/22

Dr. Caleb Burgess is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach who joins me to discuss:-How being an overall healthier person means you typically have less pain and recover from injury better-How repetitive movements and sustained postures may lead to injury risk-Why slouched positions aren’t inherently risky for injury, but lack of variety of movement may be -If exercise technique has any relationship with pain-If it’s ok to play up the placebo effect of some

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00:49:04

#365 Brad Schoenfeld PhD - How To Build Muscle:...

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2025/05/20

Brad Schoenfeld, PhD is among the worlds leading researchers in the field of muscle hypertrophy, a tenured professor, and author. Brad is measured and nuanced in his breakdown of popular muscle building beliefs and myths. Brad joins me to share a researched backed breakdown of:-Why we can build muscle with rep ranges outside the classic 8-12 reps. -The benefits of training at different rep ranges. -Are higher reps more fatiguing than low reps.-Is fatigue really a serious issue in training.-What the

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00:45:50

#364 Joel Jamieson - The Optimal Balance of Strength...

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2025/05/15

Joel Jamieson is a world leader on performance conditioning, heart rate variability, and energy systems.Joel joins the podcast to educate you on:-The optimal balance of strength and cardio.-Is VO2 max trainable and how important is it for longevity.-Can you do too much strength training to where it negative affects longevity.-Where do we see diminishing returns on strength training.-How does cardio reduce risk of major lifestyle disease like cardiovascular disease.-Why Joel has shifted his focus

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00:54:41

#363 Aram Grigorian - How Fashion Magazines and...

Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates ·

2025/05/13

Aram Grigorian is a dear friend and one of the most generous and selfless professionals in the industry. Aram joins me to share his thoughts on:-Why he thinks people would benefit from tracking their nutrition (there’s a lot of nuance here).-Why people are often resistant to tracking.-Self limiting beliefs.-How fashion magazines, social media, and even your mom’s language and actions messed up your body image and relationship with food.-Why creating time to cook is a major obstacle for many

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00:56:35

#362 Jason Brown - How To Program Strength Training...

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2025/05/08

Jason Brown is one of the industry’s leading authorities on programming for strength, cardiovascular health, and making it all fit optimally into a busy life. Jason breaks down a masterclass in making strength and cardio work within your busy life so you don’t need to live in a gym 6 days a week and shares thoughts on:-How much strength training and cardio you need. -Why you probably don’t need more than 3 days in the gym. -How zone 2 cardio helps with muscle growth.-How people usually aren’t doing

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01:01:16

#361 Andy Morgan - Spotting Fitness...

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2025/05/06

Andy Morgan is an experienced coach and the co-author of the Muscle and Strength Pyramids Books. Andy showed up researched and prepared to give you a lot of value. Andy joins the podcast to share his wisdom on:-How to spot fitness and nutrition charlatans.-Where do such charlatans originate from.-What’s going on when someone isn’t losing weight but claims they’re in a calorie deficit.-Why do people underestimate their calorie intake.-Why you shouldn’t add back the calories you burn during

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00:52:44

#360 Sean Hyson - How Fitness Media Has Changed and...

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2025/05/01

Sean Hyson is a legendary fitness industry media insider having worked as editor in chief at Onnit and training director for Men’s Fitness and Muscle and Fitness magazines.Sean has had a birds eye view of the changing fitness media landscape and has seen all the popular trends and fad diets come and go only to return in a repackaged version. Sean also shares:-Thoughts on low carb and carnivore dieting.-Why some industry authorities struggle to change their beliefs with evidence.-Why some authorities

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00:59:08

#359 Dr. Pak Androulakis-Korakakis - Muscle Building:...

Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates ·

2025/04/29

Dr Pak Androulakis-Korakakis guests to talk about several popular muscle hypertrophy concepts and help sort the social media hype from the body of evidence, while dropping a lot of real world application and nuance into the discussion. This is a master class in navigating what matters for getting jacked. Dr Pak shares:-Why “strict” technique may not matter as much for muscle building.-Nuance on the “high vs low volume” camps and narratives online.-The nuance and problem with citing popular

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00:49:02

#358 Andy McCloy - All In With No Plan B

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2025/04/24

Andy McCloy is the owner of the successful gym - BCI Performance and Fitness in Huntsville Alabama, having trained athletes that have made the NFL and NBA. But Andy shares the story of humble and difficult origins and the choices along the way to change his life and that of his family. Andy shares:-The road from being a self proclaimed misfit to successful gym owner and having the time to devote to his family,-What he means by having “No plan B”.-Why “pain equals wisdom”.-How insecurity led to

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01:09:42

#357 Tony Gentilcore - Getting Started In Fitness,...

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2025/04/22

Tony Gentilcore is a skilled and experienced coach, and with that skill and experience comes a lot of wisdom about:-How to get people started and how to meet them where they’re at.-How to start with a general program and adjust to your injury history, goals, and preferences.-Why giving people choice in their program helps keep them engaged and consistent. -How to choose starting rep ranges and progress your lifts.-What Tony means by “developing a trainable menu”-Ways to help people stay flexible and

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