10 Vital Habits for Building Muscle Mass and Losing Body Fat with Jason Leenaarts – Ep. 221
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10 Vital Habits To
Build Muscle Mass & Lose Body Fat
“If you’ve got a grateful mindset, I think you’ll be able to weather the peaks and valleys a lot better.” – Jason Leenaarts
I’m really excited for you to hear this episode because we’re doing something unique this time! This week, fellow personal trainer, Author of The Revolution Is You!, Owner of RevFit Therapy and host of the Revolutionary You! Podcast, Jason Leenaarts, joined me and we shared our own top 10 vital habits for building muscle mass and losing body fat. It was a super fun conversation to bounce off ideas about health, fitness, and nutrition plus share our experiences as personal trainers and podcast hosts.
Jason’s Top 10 Vital Habits
“A lot of people think that if they’re going to lose weight, then they have to start running but they don’t. All they have to do is just start moving more than compared to what they normally do and find out how to make that effort progress.” – Jason Leenaarts
From good habits (#10) to the most important (#1), here is Jason’s list:
10. Have the right supplements for the right goal.
9. Go for half the starches, twice the veggies.
8. Get the steps in each day
7. Plan predictable, controlled meals that require little to no brainpower.
6. Practice gratitude regularly.
5. Strength train 2-3 times a week.
4. Track your progress with data: workouts, weight, body measurements etc.
3. Get more consistent with your new habits.
2. Manage your sleep.
1. Eat for the goal.
Rob’s Top 10 Vital Habits
“If we focus on whole foods, hands down; we’re going to up the nutrients that we’re bringing in to the point where we probably don’t have to supplement in nor count calories and will start losing weight immediately. Eating a whole food diet is almost a 180-degree switch.” – Rob Dionne
Beginning with good habits (#1)) to the most important (#1), here is Rob’s list:
10. Water – Drink 80-100 oz of water a day.
9. Eat 2-3 servings of veggies a day.
8. Eat all whole foods.
7. Batch cook, meal prep, eat same food daily, weekly, monthly.
6. Minimize or completely eliminate sugar and processed foods from your diet.
5. Schedule everything that’s going on in your life.
4. Get into the habit of outsourcing tasks you’re not great at or ones that take up too much time.
3. Recovery – you have to get in the habit of resting.
2. Move for at least 20 minutes a day.
1. Lift heavy things consistently.
What You’ll Hear on This Episode
00:00 Open Sky Fitness Introduction
1:15 Opening comments with Rob and Devon
1:30 About today’s episode with Revolutionary You Podcast Host, Jason Leenaarts on the 10 Vital Habits for Building Muscle Mass and Losing Body Fat
2:50 Check out our upcoming Facebook Live event in the Open Sky Fitness Podcast Group on How to Kickstart Your Metabolism on Thursday, October 4
3:30 Check out last week’s show: OSF 220 – Cortisol: 10 Ways To Manage & Reduce Stress
5:40 Get in on the 50% off Sky Fit Challenge discount until October 7
7:50 Introduction to Jason Leenaarts
11:10 How Jason got into personal training for a career.
14:00 Why he began his podcast, Revolutionary You! and what it’s all about.
15:00 How Rob got into being a personal trainer once he moved to Los Angeles.
17:45 Why Rob, like Jason, also wasn’t interested in creating a podcast solely for personal trainers.
20:00 The immense amount of podcasts that are out there that you can listen to for free.
22:30 Our individual lists for our top 10 habits to lose weight and gain muscle.
23:00 Number 10
27:30 Number 9
32:20 Number 8
35:40 Number 7
41:40 Number 6
48:20 Number 5
51:30 Number 4
56:40 Number 3
1:00:40 Number 2
1:03:50 Number 1
1:19:00 Final comments with Rob and Devon
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1:22:00 Open Sky Fitness Closing
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