The Bodybuilding Dietitians

The Bodybuilding Dietitians
  • 4.5 (77)
  • Nutrition
  • Updated Biweekly

Welcome to The Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast! Join your hosts Jack Radford-Smith, Lauren Stevens, and Damien Cox who are qualified dietitians, exercise scientists, and competitive bodybuilders. Each week we share evidence-based strategies to help you optimise your nutrition, training, performance, and body composition, while giving you a real look into the bodybuilding lifestyle on and off the stage. Expect practical tips on fat loss, muscle building, contest prep, gut health, and longevity, alongside honest discussions about our own journeys and interviews with leading experts in the health and fitness industry. Whether you’re a physique athlete, gym enthusiast, or simply someone wanting to improve your health, fitness, and nutrition knowledge, this podcast will educate, inspire, and guide you toward your goals. Learn more about our coaching and services at https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com We hope you enjoy!

  1. 21h ago

    The Most Overrated and Underrated Foods, Supplements and Exercises

    Which popular fitness trends deserve your time and money, and which are mostly surviving on hype? In this episode, we rate some of the most discussed foods, supplements and training methods as overrated, underrated or fairly rated. We cover creatine dosage and the growing interest in its potential brain benefits, whether greens powders can replace anything meaningful in your diet and why many pre-workouts may be little more than expensive caffeine. We also discuss whole eggs, sardines, potatoes, lentils and legumes before moving into Bulgarian split squats, antagonistic supersets and forced reps. Rather than giving every topic a simple verdict, we explain when each one may be useful, when it becomes overhyped and what may provide a better return. As always, we wrap up with what we learned this week. ⸻   Links & Resources   Coaching Services – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/enquirenow  Website – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/   Instagram The Bodybuilding Dietitians – https://www.instagram.com/thebodybuildingdietitians/?hl=en Team TBD – https://www.instagram.com/_teamtbd_/?hl=en Jack Radford-Smith – https://www.instagram.com/jack.radfordsmith/?hl=en  Damien Cox – https://www.instagram.com/dietitian_damiencox/?hl=en Lauren Stevens – https://www.instagram.com/thephysiquedietitian_/?hl=en   ⸻

    The Most Overrated and Underrated Foods, Supplements and Exercises

  2. Sep 13

    Macro Tracking Guide: Accuracy, Common Errors and When to Stop

    In this episode of The Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast, we explain why macro tracking is often far less precise than people assume and how to make it more useful without becoming obsessive. We cover inaccurate database entries, barcode errors, raw versus cooked weights, restaurant meal estimates, untracked bites and cooking oils, and why your calories and macros may not add up even when you appear to hit your targets perfectly. We also discuss when tracking can support fat loss, muscle gain and contest preparation, when it may begin affecting your relationship with food, and how to gradually move towards a more flexible approach. As always, we wrap up with what we learned this week. ⸻   Links & Resources   Calorie Calculator - https://tbd-calorie-calculator.subscribepage.io/   Coaching Services – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/enquirenow  Website – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/   Instagram The Bodybuilding Dietitians – https://www.instagram.com/thebodybuildingdietitians/?hl=en Team TBD – https://www.instagram.com/_teamtbd_/?hl=en Jack Radford-Smith – https://www.instagram.com/jack.radfordsmith/?hl=en  Damien Cox – https://www.instagram.com/dietitian_damiencox/?hl=en Lauren Stevens – https://www.instagram.com/thephysiquedietitian_/?hl=en   ⸻

    Macro Tracking Guide: Accuracy, Common Errors and When to Stop

  3. Sep 6

    Contest Prep Mistakes: Where Bodybuilders Go Wrong and How to Fix It

    If your contest prep timeline only works when everything goes perfectly, prep can become much harder than it needs to be. In this episode of The Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast, we break down how to plan a smarter bodybuilding contest prep, from setting a realistic rate of fat loss to building in breathing room before fatigue, hunger and recovery become difficult to manage. We explain how to reverse-engineer your prep from your expected stage weight rather than defaulting to an arbitrary 16 or 20 week timeline, why your starting position matters more than the calendar, and how leaving room for illness, plateaus and poor recovery can prevent the largest deficit from being forced into the hardest stage of prep. We also cover maintaining food diversity as calories drop, identifying nutritional deficiencies before prep begins, starting posing practice early, and why training progress is often better judged through execution and muscle stimulus rather than load alone. Contest prep is never easy, but better preparation can prevent avoidable difficulties from stacking on top of the demands already required to get stage ready. As always, we wrap up with what we learned this week. ⸻   Links & Resources   Fibre Guide - the-fibre-guide.subscribepage.io Calorie Calculator - https://tbd-calorie-calculator.subscribepage.io/   Coaching Services – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/enquirenow  Website – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/   Instagram The Bodybuilding Dietitians – https://www.instagram.com/thebodybuildingdietitians/?hl=en Team TBD – https://www.instagram.com/_teamtbd_/?hl=en Jack Radford-Smith – https://www.instagram.com/jack.radfordsmith/?hl=en  Damien Cox – https://www.instagram.com/dietitian_damiencox/?hl=en Lauren Stevens – https://www.instagram.com/thephysiquedietitian_/?hl=en   ⸻

    Contest Prep Mistakes: Where Bodybuilders Go Wrong and How to Fix It

  4. Aug 30

    Bulking for Muscle Growth | How Fast, How Long and When to Stop

    Is bulking dead, or have we simply misunderstood what a productive building phase should look like? In this episode of The Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast, we break down how to structure a bulk around your experience, starting body composition, training performance and personal preferences. We cover appropriate rates of gain for beginner, intermediate and advanced lifters, how long a building phase should last, and why the scale does not need to rise every week for progress to occur. We also discuss who may be better suited to recomping, why eating more does not automatically produce more muscle, and the common reasons people fail to grow despite believing they are in a surplus. From clean versus dirty bulking to cardio, food quality and the psychological side of gaining weight, this episode provides a practical framework for making your next building phase more productive. You can also access our new calorie and macro calculator through the link below. As always, we wrap up with what we learned this week. ⸻   Links & Resources   Fibre Guide - the-fibre-guide.subscribepage.io Calorie Calculator - https://tbd-calorie-calculator.subscribepage.io/   Coaching Services – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/enquirenow  Website – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/   Instagram The Bodybuilding Dietitians – https://www.instagram.com/thebodybuildingdietitians/?hl=en Team TBD – https://www.instagram.com/_teamtbd_/?hl=en Jack Radford-Smith – https://www.instagram.com/jack.radfordsmith/?hl=en  Damien Cox – https://www.instagram.com/dietitian_damiencox/?hl=en Lauren Stevens – https://www.instagram.com/thephysiquedietitian_/?hl=en Talia O'Brien - https://www.instagram.com/dietitiantali/   ⸻

    Bulking for Muscle Growth | How Fast, How Long and When to Stop

  5. Aug 23

    GLP-1s Explained: What Ozempic and Wegovy Mean for Fat Loss and Muscle

    In this episode of The Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast, you'll learn how GLP-1 medications work and what to consider before, during and after using them. We explain how medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro affect appetite, food intake, blood glucose and digestion. You'll also learn who may benefit from them, why eligibility should extend beyond a BMI cutoff, and why they are neither cheating nor a magic solution. If you're currently using a GLP-1, we cover how to structure your meals, hit enough protein, preserve muscle and reduce your risk of nutrient deficiencies. We also discuss resistance training, hydration, fibre intake and how to manage common gastrointestinal symptoms when eating enough becomes difficult. Finally, you'll learn what can happen when you reduce or stop the medication, why weight regain is common without a proper maintenance plan, and which nutrition and behavioural foundations to establish beforehand. We also answer whether GLP-1s directly cause muscle loss and whether using one should be considered cheating.   ⸻   Links & Resources   Coaching Services – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/enquirenow  Website – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/   Instagram The Bodybuilding Dietitians – https://www.instagram.com/thebodybuildingdietitians/?hl=en Team TBD – https://www.instagram.com/_teamtbd_/?hl=en Jack Radford-Smith – https://www.instagram.com/jack.radfordsmith/?hl=en  Damien Cox – https://www.instagram.com/dietitian_damiencox/?hl=en Lauren Stevens – https://www.instagram.com/thephysiquedietitian_/?hl=en   ⸻

    GLP-1s Explained: What Ozempic and Wegovy Mean for Fat Loss and Muscle

  6. Aug 16

    The Highest-Return Habits for Nutrition, Training and Body Composition

    In this episode of The Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast, we share the small habits and practical changes that can produce a disproportionate return across your nutrition, training, sleep and body composition. We discuss how to combine structure with flexibility in your diet, choose exercises that stimulate the target muscle without creating unnecessary fatigue, and use a training log to make progression more objective. We also cover how meal timing and caffeine can affect sleep, why your hardest food decisions should be made before you are hungry or exhausted, and how creating satisfying default meals can reduce your reliance on willpower. Finally, we explain why consistently meeting a few nutritional minimums, including protein, fibre and proper meals, will usually achieve more than obsessing over minor details. As always, we wrap up with what we learned this week.

    The Highest-Return Habits for Nutrition, Training and Body Composition

  7. Aug 9

    The Dieting Mistakes Making Fat Loss Harder (And How to Fix Them)

    In this episode of The Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast, we work through five common dieting mistakes that can make fat loss harder to sustain, even when your calories and macros appear to be in order. We start with all-or-nothing thinking, including why one unplanned meal can quickly become an entire weekend of overeating, and why returning to your normal routine is more valuable than trying to compensate or waiting until Monday to restart. From there, we discuss what happens when a diet ends without a clear plan. We cover how to estimate your new maintenance intake, why some weight gain is normal after a dieting phase, and how setting new training or performance goals can make the transition easier. We also explore why constantly moving between cutting and gaining can prevent you from learning how to maintain a stable body weight. We finish on the practical side, including how food selection, protein, fibre, meal structure and food volume can improve hunger management during a deficit. We also unpack daily scale fluctuations, how to distinguish a genuine plateau from normal noise, and when removing scale weight as a progress metric may be appropriate. We also introduce our new Fibre Efficiency Guide, which ranks approximately 80 foods by the amount of fibre they provide per 100 calories. We wrap up as always with what we learned this week. ⸻   Links & Resources   Fibre Guide - the-fibre-guide.subscribepage.io   Coaching Services – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/enquirenow  Website – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/   Instagram The Bodybuilding Dietitians – https://www.instagram.com/thebodybuildingdietitians/?hl=en Team TBD – https://www.instagram.com/_teamtbd_/?hl=en Jack Radford-Smith – https://www.instagram.com/jack.radfordsmith/?hl=en  Damien Cox – https://www.instagram.com/dietitian_damiencox/?hl=en Lauren Stevens – https://www.instagram.com/thephysiquedietitian_/?hl=en   ⸻

    The Dieting Mistakes Making Fat Loss Harder (And How to Fix Them)

  8. Aug 2

    The Recovery Hierarchy | What Works, What's Overrated and What to Fix First

    Training hard but still feeling sore, fatigued or stuck in the gym? The answer may not be another recovery supplement, massage gun or cold plunge. In this episode, we help you identify where your recovery may actually be breaking down. We explain how training volume, intensity and execution can create more fatigue than your current sleep, nutrition and lifestyle can support, along with the signs that it may be time to adjust your program or take a deload. We also unpack the foundations that deserve attention first, including sleep, adequate fuelling, protein intake, stress management and hydration. We put popular recovery tools into context, including why feeling less sore does not always mean you have recovered faster and how immediate cold-water immersion may work against hypertrophy adaptations. Before spending more money on recovery, this episode will help you work out which lever is most likely limiting your progress and what deserves your attention first. Enjoying the podcast? Make sure to subscribe, share the episode and leave us a five-star rating or review. It really helps us grow and reach more listeners. ⸻   Links & Resources   Coaching Services – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/enquirenow  Website – https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/   Instagram The Bodybuilding Dietitians – https://www.instagram.com/thebodybuildingdietitians/?hl=en Team TBD – https://www.instagram.com/_teamtbd_/?hl=en Jack Radford-Smith – https://www.instagram.com/jack.radfordsmith/?hl=en  Damien Cox – https://www.instagram.com/dietitian_damiencox/?hl=en Lauren Stevens – https://www.instagram.com/thephysiquedietitian_/?hl=en   ⸻

    The Recovery Hierarchy | What Works, What's Overrated and What to Fix First
See All (350)

4.5
out of 5
77 Ratings

About

Welcome to The Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast! Join your hosts Jack Radford-Smith, Lauren Stevens, and Damien Cox who are qualified dietitians, exercise scientists, and competitive bodybuilders. Each week we share evidence-based strategies to help you optimise your nutrition, training, performance, and body composition, while giving you a real look into the bodybuilding lifestyle on and off the stage. Expect practical tips on fat loss, muscle building, contest prep, gut health, and longevity, alongside honest discussions about our own journeys and interviews with leading experts in the health and fitness industry. Whether you’re a physique athlete, gym enthusiast, or simply someone wanting to improve your health, fitness, and nutrition knowledge, this podcast will educate, inspire, and guide you toward your goals. Learn more about our coaching and services at https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com We hope you enjoy!

Information

  • Creator
    The Bodybuilding Dietitians
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    350
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    The Bodybuilding Dietitians

You Might Also Like