Ep 39: Pain-Free Strength Training and Flexible Dieting (Matthew Spiewak)
Wits & Weights | Evidence-Based Fitness & Nutrition for Lifters Over 40 · Matthew Spiewak
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Show Notes
I am joined by a member of our Wits & Weights Facebook community, Matthew Spiewak, to chat about training and nutrition, including flexible dieting, compound lifts, pain and injury, and programming.
Matthew is an ACSM-certified Personal Trainer in the Chicagoland area with a degree in Kinesiology.
He loves helping people feel and look better and transform their health through his hands-on work in the gym as a trainer, so Matthew has both the educational and practical experience to help you succeed.
Matthew also hosts a 30-minute Instagram live every Tuesday at 5pm Central time in the U.S. and brings on new guests every week.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How and why Matthew got into fitness
- Flexible dieting and who benefits from it
- Whether anyone should NOT use flexible dieting
- Whether people should squat and deadlift, benefits, how to incorporate in training
- The best rep ranges for strength, hypertrophy, and physique
- Bench press form (and getting the entire body involved)
- How to avoid low back pain
- How to deal with an injury
- Why programming is so important to get better results
- How to start and stick with a training routine
- and lots more
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- Find Matthew on Instagram
- Matthew's website
- Watch the episode on video here
- Join the Wits & Weights Facebook community
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