Summary On episode 756 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan sits down with Eric Bach, entrepreneur, coach, and author with over 16 years of experience helping thousands of former athletes and executives get lean, strong, and look great naked, without sacrificing all their time to the gym. Think your metabolism is “broken” after 40? Think again!… Continue reading Your Metabolism Isn’t Broken After 40 – with Eric Bach
Weight Loss
Weight loss after 40 is not harder because your metabolism is broken. It is harder because the fast approaches that worked at 25 now cost you muscle, and muscle is the thing you can least afford to lose. The goal is fat loss, not weight loss, and the difference matters more every year.
I lost 66 pounds of fat without counting a calorie or a macro, and I have coached hundreds of people through the same process. These episodes cover what actually works over the long run: protein, strength training, managing hunger, handling the plateaus, and building a way of eating you do not have to quit. I also cover GLP-1 medications honestly, including who they help and what they do not fix.
Related: Nutrition, Strength & Resistance, GLP-1, Habits & Behavior Change.
Lose Fat, Keep Your Strength with Tyler Harnett
Summary On episode 755 of the 40+ Fitness podcast, we’re joined by Tyler Harnett, a former super heavyweight powerlifter, strongman, and rugby forward turned strength coach who specializes in helping people over 40 lose fat without sacrificing the strength they’ve worked hard to build. Tyler shares his personal journey from “Mr. Big Guy” to dropping… Continue reading Lose Fat, Keep Your Strength with Tyler Harnett
The 5 keys to weight loss
Summary In episode 747 of the 40+ Fitness Podcast, Coach Allan breaks down the 5 core keys that determine whether your weight loss journey succeeds or stalls. He starts with mindset (finding a deep, emotional why and knowing yourself well enough to set goals you can actually keep), then moves to awareness (tuning into real… Continue reading The 5 keys to weight loss
Weight loss maintenance done right with Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson
Summary Coach Allan welcomes back Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Bright Line Eating, to talk about her book Maintain and why keeping weight off can be even harder than losing it. Drawing on her own story of addiction recovery, food addiction, and maintaining a healthy body size for… Continue reading Weight loss maintenance done right with Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson
The no BS guide to losing weight with Ben Carpenter
Summary In episode 682 of the 40+ Fitness Podcast, coach Allan speaks with Ben Carpenter, a fitness coach and personal trainer who describes himself as a self-confessed research nerd and has spent his adult life in the fitness industry studying the science behind fat loss. Carpenter is the author of the book Fat Loss Habits:… Continue reading The no BS guide to losing weight with Ben Carpenter
9 Weight Loss Myths for People Over 40
Summary On episode 669 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan takes on nine weight loss myths that people over 40 tend to believe, and explains why each one is holding them back. He covers everything from the idea that you can be healthy while obese, to the belief that discipline (not kindness and consistency) is the… Continue reading 9 Weight Loss Myths for People Over 40
The scariest thing about Halloween
Summary On episode 666 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan lays out what he calls eating season, the stretch from Halloween through the Super Bowl that has quietly grown from a two month indulgence into a five month one. He shares five strategies for getting through it without gaining weight, then plays a clip from client… Continue reading The scariest thing about Halloween
Outsmart obesity with Dr. Stewart Lonky
Summary On episode 659 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan sits down with Dr. Stewart Lonky, a double board certified physician and expert in medical toxicology, and author of Outsmarting Obesity: A Doctor Reveals Why We Gain Weight, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do About It. Dr. Lonky argues obesity is not a failure… Continue reading Outsmart obesity with Dr. Stewart Lonky
The five keys to sustainable weight loss over 40
Summary On episode 597 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan lays out the five keys to sustainable weight loss after 40, arguing that losing weight and keeping it off requires changing your brain, not just your plate. His angle: the brain is wired to resist change because unfamiliar behavior once meant danger to our hunter-gatherer ancestors.… Continue reading The five keys to sustainable weight loss over 40
Why you can’t lose weight over 40 with Gabrielle O’Hare
Summary On episode 575 of 40+ Fitness, Coach Allan sits down with Gabrielle O’Hare, a personal trainer who retrained after being laid off just before the COVID lockdowns and now coaches women over 40 through weight loss, to discuss her book Why Women Over 40 Can’t Lose Weight. Gabrielle argues the real barrier isn’t willpower,… Continue reading Why you can’t lose weight over 40 with Gabrielle O’Hare