Iron Radio-Nutrition Radio Network

Coach Phil Stevens, Dr Mike T Nelson, Dr Lonnie Lowery, Coach Barber
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A rebooted Iron Radio and archives of Season Two of NutritionRadio.org are here! Stay up on breaking health news, exercise science, food trends, and innovations with professors, coaches, and guest co-hosts. Updated weekly. Legitimate content you trust, from educated, experienced podcasters as passionate as you are.

  1. 11h ago

    Warrior Mode

    Warrior Mode: Turning Intensity On—and Knowing When to Turn It Off Coach Phil Stevens and Dr. Lonnie Lowery discuss the learned skill of entering a focused, physical “warrior mode” for sport, training, and difficult goals without becoming reckless or a jerk. They explore youth football physicality, confidence and the on/off switch, Arnold-style training intensity, pain and effort in the gym, diet discipline, and why real control includes the ability to say yes as well as no. 00:00 Welcome and Hosts 01:30 Youth Football, Physicality, and Running Through Contact 05:00 Confidence, Violence, and the Warrior On/Off Switch 08:30 Turning Intensity On in Training and Competition 11:30 Pain, Effort, and the Guts to Keep Going 14:00 Diet Discipline and Not Letting Food Win 17:00 Control Means Knowing When to Turn It Off 19:30 Finding Warrior Mode in Strength Sports and Life 21:15 Wrap and Disclaimer Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com  Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie

  2. Sep 28

    Training Like Former You

    Training Like Former You: Re-aiming Athletic Intensity as You Age Coach Phil Stevens, Dr. Mike T. Nelson, and Dr. Lonnie Lowery discuss why former athletes must stop comparing their current performance to their 20s and 30s, while preserving meaningful standards and continuing to participate. They explore changing goals and recovery needs, minimum strength benchmarks, injury-aware substitutions, training age and accumulated mileage, soft-tissue limitations, and how to redirect an athlete's intensity toward sustainable work. The hosts also discuss realistic benchmarks for pressing, pulling, squatting, grip, and aerobic conditioning, plus the mindset of doing hard things and finding something worthwhile on the other side of suck. 00:00 Welcome and Hosts 02:10 Stop Training Like the Athlete You Used to Be 08:00 Aging, Drive, and New Performance Minimums 13:00 Adjusting Training Around Injuries and Recovery 18:30 Mike's Strength, Grip, and Aerobic Benchmarks 24:00 Training Age, Mileage, and Elite Older Athletes 29:00 The Mindset of Doing Something Hard 33:00 Re-Aiming Athletic Intensity and Choosing New Movements 36:15 Wrap and Disclaimer Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com  Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie

  3. Sep 21

    Time-Restricted Bulking

    Time-Restricted Bulking: Can a Narrow Eating Window Build Muscle Without Excess Fat? Coach Phil Stevens, Dr. Mike T. Nelson, and Dr. Lonnie Lowery examine a new 12-week randomized controlled trial of 16:8 time-restricted eating during a bulking phase. They discuss the study's modest sample, single-frequency BIA, prescribed versus actual calorie and protein intake, and similar fat-free-mass and strength gains despite the restricted group eating less than planned. The conversation challenges the idea that a 300–500 calorie surplus is universally sufficient, considers beginner gains versus results in experienced lifters, and explores practical factors such as adaptive metabolism, training age, sleep, stress, stimulants, DOMS, and the difficulty of accurately tracking food in free-living conditions. 00:00 Welcome and Hosts02:00 The Time-Restricted Eating Bulking Study07:00 Calorie, Protein, and Strength-Gain Results11:30 Phil on Training Age and Real-World Bulking16:00 Mike on Surplus Accuracy and External Validity21:00 How Much Energy Does Muscle Growth Require?26:00 Practical Bulking, Maintenance, and Cutting Strategies31:00 Recomposition, G-Flux, and Metabolic Adaptation36:00 Natural Athletes, Overfeeding, and Measurement Limits39:30 Wrap and Disclaimer Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com  Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie

  4. Sep 14

    Strength Coaching News

    Strength Coaching News: Why Every High School Needs a Qualified Strength Coach Coach Phil Stevens, Dr. Mike T. Nelson, and Dr. Lonnie Lowery discuss a high school strength program that celebrates a dangerously sloppy clean and use it as a springboard to examine coaching quality, injury prevention, long-term development, strength versus speed and power, transfer to the field, and affordable ways schools can bring qualified strength and conditioning expertise to every sport. 00:00 Welcome and Hosts01:45 Sloppy Cleans and High School Strength Programs05:10 Numbers, Injury Rates, and Coaching Quality08:00 The Case for a School-Wide Strength Coach11:20 Team Building and Safe Training Alternatives14:00 Standards, Norms, and Four-Year Athlete Development17:25 Freshmen, Long-Term Planning, and Biological Reality20:15 Strength Coach Responsibilities and Sport Transfer23:10 Strength, Speed, Power, and Rate of Force Development26:15 Youth Athletes, Resilience, and Athletic Development28:20 Funding and Contracting Qualified Coaching30:05 Wrap and Disclaimer Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com  Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie

  5. Sep 8

    Death of the Training Partner

    The Death of the Training Partner: Accountability, Feedback, and the Human Element of Strength Training Coach Phil Stevens, Dr. Mike T. Nelson, and Dr. Lonnie Lowery examine what happens when lifters lose the in-person training partner. They discuss accountability, technical feedback, healthy competition, support on bad training days, and the limits of remote programming. The conversation covers video review, velocity-based training, Tendo/GymAware and other wearables, tandem coaching, caffeine and perceived bar speed, interval feedback, social-media praise, AI coaching, and why earned human respect and tough love remain difficult to automate.00:00 Welcome and Hosts05:20 Youth Sports, Heat Acclimatization, and Resilience09:40 The Death of the Training Partner13:10 Accountability and Technical Feedback17:10 Healthy Competition and Support on Bad Days21:15 Video Review and Relearning Perception25:05 Velocity-Based Training and Wearables28:45 Tandem Coaching and the Eye in the Sky31:35 Caffeine, Bar Speed, and Objective Feedback34:05 AssaultBike, Rower, and Interval Accountability36:20 AI, Social Media, and the Limits of Outsourcing Coaching39:40 Earned Respect, Tough Love, and Human Connection41:55 Wrap and Disclaimer Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie

  6. Aug 31

    Barriers to Lifting

    Why People Struggle to Lift: Barriers, Energy, Access, and the Minimal Effective Dose Coach Phil Stevens, Dr. Mike T. Nelson, and Dr. Lonnie Lowery angle a new qualitative study of 38 adults experiencing food insecurity toward strength training, unpacking time scarcity, fatigue, occupational demands, safety, weather, health complications, finances, and the tension between motivation and low energy. They share practical strategies from coaching younger athletes, workers, busy professionals, and low-aerobic-capacity clients: train before work, use brief lifting and high-intensity conditioning, build access and social support, start with one or two manageable changes, and reduce excuses without overwhelming the person. The hosts also discuss how basic aerobic fitness can improve energy and brain fog, why community health workers may lack specific resistance-training guidance, and the importance of finding the minimal effective dose for sustainable progress. 00:00 Welcome and Hosts 01:05 Study on Barriers to Physical Activity and Food Insecurity 04:10 Time Scarcity, Fatigue, Work, and Environmental Barriers 08:25 Motivation Versus Energy and the Importance of Priorities 11:40 Diagnosing Low Energy: Iron, Sleep, Inflammation, and Aerobic Fitness 16:10 Building Exercise Into the Day and Improving Access 20:05 Something Is Better Than Nothing 23:00 Community Health Workers and Resistance-Training Knowledge 26:15 Meathead Cardio and the Minimal Effective Dose 29:45 Social Support, Coaching, and Reducing Excuses 32:35 Training Barriers, Accountability, and AI 34:20 Wrap and Disclaimer Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie

  7. Aug 24

    Enhanced Games Profit Trends

    Enhanced Games' Financial Reality Check and the Mainstreaming of Injectable Peptides Coach Phil Stevens and Dr. Lonnie Lowery open by shouting out Phil's son Odin, a finalist for Sports Illustrated/CBS Youth Athlete of the Year, then dig into a piece of news Mike sent in before missing the show: the Enhanced Games reported a $61.9 million net loss for Q2 2026, a quarter that included its inaugural live event. The company generated $17.7 million in revenue against roughly $79.6 million in operating expenses, about $52 million of which went to games, athlete, and event operating costs. Phil and Lonnie argue the promotion tried to go too big too fast by building its own roughly 2,500-seat arena instead of leasing an existing venue, capping potential ticket revenue compared to a stadium-scale event. Still, the numbers show real traction: a reported 419% increase in social media engagement and 227% increase in video views during the event, plus claimed reach of a billion people, which the hosts frame as a brand-awareness investment rather than a failure, pointing to Jón Páll-style headline moments like Thor Bjornsson's 475-kilogram deadlift win over Mitchell Hooper (both missed 515 kg) and the newly announced, lower-cost Enhanced Breakers Series as the next step toward pay-per-view streaming.  The discussion then pivots to a much bigger cultural shift: injectable peptides and hormones going fully mainstream, no longer confined to bodybuilders and powerlifters. The hosts cite a reported surge in high-gauge needle sales, RFK Jr.'s public, positive stance on peptides, rising TRT use in women, and campus rumors of entire college teams using peptides despite NCAA bans. They debate the ethics of replacing hormones the body already produces versus adding novel pharmaceuticals, land on the idea of pursuing a minimal effective dose rather than "more is better," and reflect on how a historical lack of access to drugs was an accidental protective mechanism for amateur lifters that is quickly disappearing as telehealth and compounding pharmacies expand access. They wrap by agreeing that, drugs or no drugs, the same genetically and mentally gifted athletes would likely still rise to the top of their sports. 00:00 Welcome and Hosts 00:20 Show Open and Odin's Youth Athlete of the Year Shoutout 02:20 Enhanced Games Q2 2026 Financial Loss 11:44 Enhanced Breakers Series and Streaming Strategy 12:52 Peptide and Needle Use Trends 15:38 Network Announcements and Newsletter 17:17 Dietary Supplements in Sports Performance Book 18:28 When Everybody's Super, No One Is 26:53 Minimal Effective Dose Discussion 32:55 Generational Perspective on Doping Norms 34:54 Wrap and Disclaimer Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com  Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie

  8. Aug 18

    More Injectable Peptide News

    Injectable Peptides, Influencers, and Why You Still Got to Lift Lonnie Lowery and Dr. Mike T. Nelson (Phil Stevens out with internet issues) open with an article, "Influencers are promoting dangerous peptides on social media, and regulators are struggling to keep up," detailing how unapproved injectable peptides have moved from niche bodybuilding forums into mainstream social media marketing via before-and-after claims and discount codes. The hosts debate what actually makes these compounds dangerous - the specific amino acid sequence and receptor interactions versus contamination, storage, and immune reactions from the injectable route itself - and connect it back to the show's core message: "you got to lift, bro." They discuss how influencer-driven peptide use sells the promise of results with minimal effort, contrast it with the disciplined training culture of 1980s and '90s PED-era bodybuilders, and share an anecdote from an ISSN conference where two of the field's top protein researchers agreed exercise outweighs protein for muscle retention. Mike notes the near-complete absence of controlled human trials on peptides like BPC-157 and mitochondrial compounds such as BAM15, the confound of concurrent TRT use, and the difficulty of testing vague, subjective outcomes like energy or recovery. They close by discussing the FDA's recent move allowing compounding pharmacies to produce certain peptides and the need for a legitimate, IRB-approved research effort - modeled on how ISSN itself began - to generate real safety and efficacy data before regulators are forced into further reactive policy. 00:00 Welcome and Hosts 00:20 Host Introductions and Hypoxic Training Chat 03:25 You Got to Lift Theme Introduction 03:38 Peptide News Segment Setup 03:55 Article on Peptide Influencers 08:11 Amino Acids or Real Drugs Debate 14:27 Immune Reactions and Storage Risks 20:25 Bypassing Effort and the 80s-90s PED Era 27:03 VO2 Max and Measuring Progress 29:47 ISSN Anecdote: Exercise vs Protein 31:16 Microgravity and Human Need for Stimulus 34:21 Mitochondrial Peptides and TRT Confounds 36:42 Rick Collins and the Data Vacuum 40:13 Path to Legitimate IRB-Approved Studies 40:55 Wrap Up 42:29 Wrap and Disclaimer Donate to the show via PayPal HERE. You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you! Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie

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A rebooted Iron Radio and archives of Season Two of NutritionRadio.org are here! Stay up on breaking health news, exercise science, food trends, and innovations with professors, coaches, and guest co-hosts. Updated weekly. Legitimate content you trust, from educated, experienced podcasters as passionate as you are.

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  • Creator
    Coach Phil Stevens, Dr Mike T Nelson, Dr Lonnie Lowery, Coach Barber
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    288
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023-2024
  • Show Website
    Iron Radio-Nutrition Radio Network

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