Eat Train Prosper
Eat Train Prosper, by coaches Aaron Straker and Bryan Boorstein provides tangible advice about lifting, nutrition, and incorporating these into your lifestyle to achieve prosperity. Topics include sustainable training principles for increasing strength, building muscle, effective nutrition to get and stay lean, men's health, improving recovery, and practical lifestyle habits. Become the champion of your own health, both inside and out.
Episodes
179 episodes
December 2024 Instagram Q&A | ETP#177
The final Eat Train Prosper of 2024. Our December Instagram Q&A. Packed with 27 questions to help propel you into a motivated January putting your best foot forward. A BIG THANK YOU to our listeners who’ve supported our ETP project for 4 YE...
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Identifying Your Goal and Achieving it | ETP#176
In this episode, we talk about the importance of identifying your underlying fitness or body composition goals, especially as the new year approaches. We explore common falsehoods promoted in the fitness industry, the challenges of navigating b...
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November 2024 Instagram Q&A | ETP#175
Once again it’s time for our Monthly Instagram Q&A for November 2024.This month we are talking Heart Rate Recovery, a bit more on abbreviated training, calf training, we talk a little bit of shit on deli meats, home gym Zone 2 training and ...
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The Truth About Effort | ETP#174
In this episode, we share some personal updates — Aaron’s recent trip home, dealing with family loss, and balancing that with staying consistent at the gym. We then dive into how gym equipment may impact overall training quality and how/why fit...
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Passion to Profession: Becoming a Coach | ETP#173
In episode 173 we detail how they first started in the coaching industry, how we got past the starting out phase to gain momentum, we share our "Do or Die moments, reflect upon what success means and how those goal posts get moved, and finally ...
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October 2024 Q&A | ETP#172
It’s time for the Monthly Instagram Q&A. October 2024 edition. Notable questions our opinion on the volume and frequency recommendations, whether additional cardiovascular work can be beneficial to hypertrophy, and how to provide nutrition ...
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365 Days to Your Best Physique | ETP#171
In episode 171, we propose the idea of spending an entire year dedicated to building your best physique possible (thus far.) We talk about intelligently structuring your training and nutrition phases, from building muscle to calorie deficits, a...
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Recovery Strategies + Motivation | ETP#170
In episode 170, we chat about the connection between recovery and motivation in training. We provide updates on how our training is going, talk about different ways to measure recovery, and share some tips on using recovery tools. We highlight ...
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September 2024 Instagram Q&A | ETP#169
It is once again time for our Monthly Instagram Q&A episode. September 2024 edition. This month we cover 18 questions. Notable highlights are a protein bar that might actually be worth giving your macros, and combating overwhelm from all th...
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The New Hype: Hybrid Training | ETP#168
In this episode, we dive into hybrid training, which is all the rave right now. We point out that hybrid training doesn’t have to mean running, and that your goals should guide your approach. Bryan shares how cutting back on both cardio and lif...
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Personalizing Your Training Volume | ETP#167
In episode 167, we discuss how to personalize training volume, covering key considerations like progression, training age, effort, and schedule demands. We emphasize the need to find the right balance between volume and effort, and the importan...
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Current Topics in the Evidence-Based Scene | ETP#166
In ETP166, we dive into common discussions in evidence-based training. We cover training volume across different training ages, maintenance volume, training to failure, and rep performance. We also discuss how exercise selection impacts volume ...
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Abs & Calves Training | ETP#165
In part eight of this series, we wrap up our Training series with a focus on abs and calves. We discuss different movement patterns for abs, like flexion and rotation, we emphasize using full range of motion - just like any other movement patte...
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August 2024 Instagram Q&A | ETP#164
In our August 2024 Q&A episode we answer 26 different questions ranging of course from training, to nutrition, and even some personal questions. As always, a big thank you to those who help us provide this content!00:00 Introduc...
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What It Takes to Get Very Lean | ETP#163
In this episode, we dive deep into the discussion of what it takes to get very lean. We'll cover essential considerations like your starting point, personal value system, and indirect factors impacting your progress. We'll also talk about some ...
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Kyle Baxter | ETP#162
This week on the podcast we have Kyle Baxter. “Bax” is a physio by trade but with some unconventional approaches to his work which is why we wanted to bring him on. I can almost guarantee you will hear some refreshing perspectives on common lif...
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Training Around Injuries | ETP#161
This week on Episode 162 we discuss what types of injuries and limitations we’ve personally dealt with over the years and how we’ve worked through them or around them.TIMESTAMPS0:00 - Life/episode updates19:52 - Disclaimer: WE A...
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June Instagram Q&A | ETP#160
We are back with our Monthly Instagram Q&A episode for June 2024. Today we cover 13 questions almost exclusively on resistance training. A bit about cardio, and one nutrition question about successfully evaluating plateaus in clients pursui...
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Biceps Training | ETP#159
In part seven of our Training Series, we are covering the Biceps. Bryan covers some of the anatomy associated with bicep training. Then we provide our top exercise picks and our reasons for effective training of the short and long heads of the ...
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Triceps Training | ETP#158
Part six of our series of episodes named the “Design Series.” So far we have covered the Upper Back, Lats, Shoulders, Quads, Chest, and Hamstrings. Today we are talking Triceps! Bryan guides us through best approaching program design for effect...
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Hamstring Training | ETP#157
Part five of our series of episodes named the “Design Series.” So far we have covered the Upper Back and Lats, Shoulders, Quads, and Chest. In today’s episode we are covering the Hamstrings. Bryan comprehensively walks us through how to best ap...
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May 24 Instagram Q&A | ETP#156
Episode 156 is our monthly Instagram Q&A episode for May 2024. As always, this is one of our favorite episodes we get to do. And we encourage listeners to submit contextual questions so that we can help you get the most out of your personal...
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Our Current Goals and Training | ETP#155
Join us as we delve into some of our current goals; in regards to training and other tangential goals. Aaron discusses his much anticipated Men’s Physique prep, while Bryan discusses his updated training approach for bike season, and a new proj...
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