Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast

Judd Lienhard is a former U.S. Army Ranger, collegiate football player, and strength and performance coach with over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry. A former All-Conference linebacker at Truman State University, Judd served three deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and was awarded two Bronze Stars. He is the founder of MASS Method, a training system emphasizing Movement, Athleticism, Strength, and Speed. Through his coaching, podcast, and Always Be An Athlete philosophy, Judd promotes building strength, maintaining athleticism, and improving long-term health and performance.In this episode we dive into some major misunderstandings around fat loss, misunderstanding around the "calories in, calories out" principle, and some actionable steps for how to effectively improve body composition.

Stop cutting right after you bulk and stop bulking right after you cut! In this week's nutrition rant I talk about why transitional maintenance diet phases are critical.

Garrett Walker, better known as Runvus Coaching, is a fitness coach and content creator known for his direct, no-BS approach to training, nutrition, discipline, and self-improvement. His content frequently challenges popular narratives in the fitness and wellness space and calling out bad actors in dishonesty in the industry.In this episode, we discuss the body-positivity movement and where acceptance can cross the line into normalizing unhealthy behaviors and the importance of personal responsibility and accountability.We also dive into what Garrett sees as a decline in traditional masculinity among men, the value of strength, discipline, resilience, and doing difficult things, and how modern culture may be shaping men's attitudes toward responsibility and self-improvement.

Many people want to ultimately get leaner and lose body fat...but they are not consuming enough food to support an effective calorie deficit. Here is the approach I take instead, and how to evaluate whether or not this is the route for you to take.

Brian Kula is a veteran speed and performance coach and the founder of Kula Sports Performance. With roughly three decades of experience developing athletes from the youth level through the professional ranks, Kula has coached National Champions, All-Americans, Gatorade Players of the Year, Olympians, and professional athletes. He is especially well known for his longtime work with NFL star Christian McCaffrey and has also worked with athletes including Saquon Barkley and A.J. Brown. Kula's background spans track & field, football, strength and conditioning, and speed development, and he was himself an All-American decathlete at the University of Northern Colorado.Brian gives us a Speed Training 101 look at how he structures an athlete's offseason. We cover acceleration, max-velocity sprinting, mechanics, force production, strength and power development in the weight room, recovery, and how all of these pieces fit together within a complete training week. Kula's approach emphasizes high-quality sprint exposures alongside strength and power work while managing fatigue so athletes can actually perform at high outputs.