[PODCAST INTERVIEW] OPEX Fitness: Cody "Boom Boom" McBroom

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Macro’s, Calories, “Clean Eating”, Food Tracking Software, Going Keto, Intermittent Fasting, Paleo… The fitness nutrition…

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Low Carb Diets… I’m not a fan. Just being honest. Why? Well, let me give…

Today my goal is simple and hopefully a quick one… That is to break down,…

I get a ton of nutrition questions on a daily basis, but the topic that…

“Can’t I just eat ‘intuitively’ and lose weight?” I have been asked this too many…

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Stop living with “what if’s…. If you ask any person who is over the age…

Human Optimization is a word that’s thrown around a lot today. Some say it’s being…

    I’ve had many people tell me that I never get mad, I’m always…

People want to lose weight as fast as possible, but at some point it becomes…

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Plateaus suck. Plain and simple, they suck. You’re losing weight, getting results, and out of…

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An Introduction To Nutrition for Muscle Growth When we’re thinking about gaining muscle, nutrition plays…

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“Weight regain is generally the rule, with long-term follow up studies indicating that one-third to…

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Low FODMAP Diet? What is that and could it help you get to the bottom…

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Stress is everywhere and within every person out there. Very few people are completely stress…

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Each month I will cover two research articles on nutrition, training, sleep, supplements, or anything…

  Today I’ll be doing something a bit different than usual, going to do a…

As I’m sitting here on this plane to Vegas for my mentor Luka Hocevar’s fit-business…

90% of your results boil down to this. I posted on instagram that 90% of…

While there aren’t many supplements we at BBP recommend to clients, protein powder is one…

Use Doubt As Fuel, Not Hydroxide. Do you know what hydroxide can do to your…

At some point in your training, the basics just get boring. Let’s face it. 5×5,…

Stubborn Body Fat – AKA Our Biggest Enemy. You know… Spare tire, love handles, hips,…

People Who Take Offense, Don’t Take Action Nothing is going to slow you down more…

This article is a dive into the science of volume for optimizing hypertrophy. I encourage…

Warming up for a strength training session is often a boring, yet unbelievably critical, task…

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Quit Chasing The Shiny Red Ball Do you bounce from diet to diet? Or try…

Achieving your fitness goals, whether it’s shedding unwanted fat or gaining lean muscle, goes beyond…

“So what is the best diet?” A question I’ve heard many times and if you…

Cluster Sets are a training method that has been around for a VERY long period…

Understand Your Pain, Double Your Progress If you don’t know what copywriting is, it’s the…

Proper, healthy sleep is critical in our body’s ability to recover from the daily challenges…

Sauna, ice baths, cryotherapy, steam room, massages… with so many ever increasing recovery methods it…

Table of Contents What Is A Lean Bulk? What Is Dirty Bulking? Who Should Lean…

What do you stand for? No really, don’t just read that… Ask yourself and seriously…

ALL IN or all out. Now, I rarely recommend an all or nothing mentality… But…

Todays post is all about the most important question we need to ask ourselves on…

The biggest question I get with this subject is obvious, “Do cheat meals/days actually work?!”….

There is no such thing as a “perfect diet”… Even though I did record a…

It’s tough for us to say, but we will all someday be dead. Finished. Non-existent….

Dairy, Dairy, Dairy…. I always hear so damn much talk and questions about it and…

Ok, first of all… “What the hell is periodization?” – Glad you asked: Periodization –…

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“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will…

What if I Told You That Science Says Low Carb Diets Suck…? ….for fat loss…

At some point in time, micronutrients became really uncool to consider as an important part…

For a while you could hear the words “broken metabolism” everywhere in the online space….

I developed a framework for our fitness and nutrition coaching that takes our clients through…

Sometimes waiting to reach our goal can feel like an eternity, especially when that goal…

  So many times we, yes I’m including myself, want to add all the little…

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Redirect Your Impatience. My daughter is about to turn 4 next month and she has…

Be You, Everyone Else Is Taken. I’m here to tell you that God put you…

Today on my instagram story, I shared this current progress picture of myself… (Top is now, bottom…

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Today, you will learn 5 ways you can burn more fat on a daily basis……

You’re reading this because you feel skinny, unathletic, weaker than you should be, or as…

The Only Person in Your Way, is YOU. There’s so many of us who want…

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This is my second time writing this article, to be honest. The first go around…

Don’t Live With “What If’s” If you ask any person who is over the age…

Each month I will cover two research articles on nutrition, training, sleep, supplements, or anything…

I know the title of this article is a little harsh, blunt and “in your…

Meal timing was a HUGE thing in the fitness, health and nutrition industry for a…

“WHY NOT YOU….?” There’s something about being a human that innately slows you down or…

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How Stress Impacts Body Composition: The Science and Solutions Stress is a universal experience, yet…

I think everyone, at least once within his or her training history, has been stuck….

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Reverse Dieting is a subject that gets talked about A LOT… and for good reason….

Introduction: What is Concurrent Training? Concurrent training consists of combining aerobic/anaerobic training (e.g., long distance…

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You deserve MORE. I’m going to keep this short and to the point. Whatever you’re…

The 80/10/10 Rule. This is a training principle that I teach many of my clients,…

Are you Selfish? Or Self-Interested…? Have you ever felt selfish for trying to start something…

“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and…

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Let’s talk about finishers. First – what exactly IS a finisher? You can’t beat the…

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Food Addiction: The Science Behind Our Cravings You’ve just polished off a satisfying dinner, but…

People often look at training program design and immediately consider periodization – because how can…

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Introduction Testosterone is a critical hormone that plays a key role in muscle growth, fat…

Kettlebell workouts are one of the most diverse training modalities out there. Depending on the…

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Paleo, paleo, paleo… Paleo is everywhere now! But really, what is paleo? Is it even…

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So here it is, one of the biggest struggles for anyone attempting to lose weight,…

Our bodies are remarkable at adapting to different stimuli that we can then manipulate to…

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Cardio is something that most of us avoid, some of us hate, and very few…

Self Limiting Behaviors. Hey… You or someone you know NEEDS to read this. So please,…

This is a question that I personally have had to ask many clients, even myself…

Carbs, carbs, carbs… love them or hate them they’re a topic to discuss because they’re…

Pre-workouts are a dime a dozen. If you use your favorite search engine you’ll soon…

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“Biofeedback…? What exactly is that and why should I care about it?” Biofeedback – a…

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Metabolic adaptation has many names. It is referred to as “starvation mode” or “metabolic damage”…

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“You practically live in the gym, Cody. And even when you’re not literally there, you’re…

Don’t avoid difficulty, accept it. I just started my diet a couple days ago, to…

When it comes to fat loss… you shouldn’t “Train for Fat Loss”… You should “Train…

The supplement industry is MASSIVE. In fact, it’s currently a 36.6 Billion Dollar Industry. Crazy,…

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*Note from Brandon: if you want to learn how to interpret research go read each…

But what if you gain the weight back…? This is a VERY common question we…

Is it harder for the body to store carbs as fat, than it is to…

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For as long as man has been around people have always said how important sleep…

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