Enterprise Fitness Podcast

The Truth About Supplements - Mark Ottobre

Navigating the maze of supplements can feel like decoding an ancient script. From the allure of fat-loss pills to the promise of protein shakes and the intrigue of bio-hacking, it's a world filled with potential pitfalls.
 
But here's the thing – supplements aren't just for the gym-obsessed or those who live in their yoga pants. They're for anyone looking to bridge nutritional gaps, enhance recovery, or boost performance in a world that doesn't slow down.
 
Think of it this way: you don't necessarily need supplements, much like you don't need the latest iPhone. But, just as a smartphone can streamline your day, supplements can fast-track your health and fitness goals, making the journey a tad easier.
 
That's why, in this week's episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast, we're diving deep into the world of supplements. It's time to get the lowdown on what works, what doesn't, and how to make informed choices that align with your health objectives.
 
In this episode, here’s what you'll discover:
 
The Real Deal on Supplements: Why consider them in the first place?
Lab Work and Supplements: How testing can guide your choices.
Choosing Your Arsenal: Navigating the vast array of products.
Overcoming Obstacles: What might be holding you back?
The Turbo-Charge Effect: How supplements can accelerate your results.
Lifestyle Considerations: From cooking with the right pan to sleep patterns.
Minimising Toxins: Strategies for a cleaner, healthier body.
Recovery Tools: Tech and tips for optimal rejuvenation.
 
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. We're covering all this and more, so tune in to arm yourself with knowledge and take control of your supplement strategy.
 
Catch the episode here:
 
iTunes
Spotify
YouTube
 
Supplement smart,
 
Mark Ottobre

How to Move Beyond Fat Loss - Create Lasting Change to Perform

How to Move Beyond Fat Loss - Create Lasting Change to Perform
 
I've been in the fat loss and muscle business for twenty years.
 
Over those twenty years, not much has changed. The average person still thinks fat loss training is walking on a treadmill.
 
And the average trainer still thinks it involves pushing a prowler and using battle ropes.
 
Both approaches leave people frustrated, wondering why they are hungrier than ever.
 
But it's no wonder.
 
A drastic increase in energy output triggers an increase in hunger. That's why we set nutrition for success in our first session at Enterprise Fitness.
 
So, how do you "train" for fat loss?
 
Well, first, it's important to understand that fat loss "training" is not an adaptation.
 
It's a byproduct.
 
There are only three things you can train for in the gym: muscle, strength, or endurance.
 
And in this week's episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast, I'm breaking down the real deal on training for fat loss, transformations, and conditioning.
 
This week, we separate fact from fiction.
 
Listen to it here.
 
Available anywhere you listen to podcasts.
- iTunes
- YouTube
- Spotify
 
Train hard,
 
Mark Ottobre
Enterprise Fitness

Transforming Your Physique on a Guaranteed Timeline - Tyrone

In this week's episode of the Enterprise Fitness Podcast, Master Coach Tyrone takes centre stage to reveal how you can transform your physique within a guaranteed timeline.
Recorded from our Elite Results Bootcamp, Tyrone dives deep into the critical details that our coaches at Enterprise use to craft jaw-dropping transformations within set timelines.
He outlines the essential steps for mapping out your transformation journey:
1. Define your goal.
2. Assess your starting point.
3. Reverse engineer your transformation timeline.
Whether your aim is fat loss, weight loss, muscle gain, or competition prep, establishing a realistic timeline can significantly simplify your journey. It helps minimise, or sometimes even eliminate, the doubts about what should be happening next.
Tyrone delves into tailored strategies, comparing the approach for someone starting at 70kg with a goal to lose 10kg versus another at 120kg aiming to shed 40kg.
He highlights three critical phases in a transformation journey:
- Fat Loss
- Improvement
- Maintenance
Achieving long-term success involves mastering the ability to transition between these phases.
By understanding your current position and desired outcome, we can reverse engineer the process. This approach is crucial for setting realistic timeframes and identifying potential challenges.
From a scientific standpoint, burning 1 kilo of fat equates to approximately 7,700 calories. Tyrone breaks down these figures to show how diet and exercise play into your transformation goals.
Dive deeper into these insights on this week's episode of the Enterprise Fitness Podcast.
Click here to enhance your knowledge.
Now available on all major platforms: iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube.
Train hard,
Mark Ottobre
Founder and Author
Enterprise Fitness
MarkOttobre.com
 

How to Navigate a Bulk Without Getting Fat: How we take our clients through a calorie surplus phase.

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘bulk’?
 
For most, ‘bulk’ or ‘bulking’ means eating all the calories (doughnuts included) and ‘bulking up’ means losing any visible waistline you once had.
 
So, in today’s podcast, we turn it over to Enterprise Master Trainer Jaka, who presents:
 
How to Navigate a Bulk Without Getting Fat:
How we take our clients through a calorie surplus phase.
 
You might be reading this thinking, “I don’t want to ‘bulk’; that’s for meatheads.”
 
As Jaka puts it, muscle mass and strength can happen at maintenance calories and even a slight calorie deficit.
 
However, it happens faster in a surplus!
 
Most just navigate a surplus poorly, hence missing out on the ability to turbocharge muscle and strength.
 
Jaka pulls from real client examples of how he used a surplus to increase Enterprise clients’ calories, improve body composition, and set them up for an elite dieting phase.
 
So, if you want to trim the fat and get all the benefits of being in a calorie surplus, listen to this week's episode.
 
Mark Ottobre
Enterprise Fitness

EVERYTHING You Want to Know About How to Build Muscle - Mark Ottobre

The Internet is filled with pseudo-experts.They mask their shortcomings as coaches with Instagram filters, steroids, and thirst traps, all the while pretending to be experts. But who have they really trained?What have they really done? As it's hard enough for me to find and hire good personal trainers to join my team, it’s even more challenging for the general gym-goer, who lacks my 20 years of experience in distinguishing the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’.That’s why this year at Enterprise, we are doubling down on providing accessible high-level training and nutrition information to all. You see, over my twenty years (and counting) PT career, and having Enterprise Fitness operating for 11 of those years, we’ve trained thousands of people to head-turning transformations, drug-free. We’ve also coached hundreds of winners in bodybuilding, bikini and fitness comps. So, what I am about to share isn’t based on what some random influencer on the Internet said or what I think the textbook said. It’s from actual experience. Taken from my Elite Results Bootcamp, which had trainers and clients alike from across the globe,  I give you today's Podcast episode: EVERYTHING You Want to Know About How to Build MuscleIn my no-nonsense style, I cover:
Muscle-building principles 
Hypertrophy techniques 
Stability, load, volume, tension, intensity 
Origins of Bodybuilding Folklore
Muscle building nutrition 
Overview, sarcoplasmic vs myofibrillar hypertrophy 
Best rep ranges 
Program design for building muscle
I also give you my unique take on optimal reps by body part. You won’t find this breakdown anywhere else because it’s from my own personal observations. Discover the secrets to building muscle - watch it on YouTube or tune in on iTunes or Spotify.And remember to subscribe! Mark OttobreOwner, Founder, Author, Enterprise FitnessEnterprise Fitness AcademyThe Enterprise DietMarkOttobre.comP.S. Want to learn from me in person? Check out the March Internship program here. 

The Hardest Client I'll Ever Have to Train

This is one of the hardest clients we’ve ever taken on at Enterprise Fitness…
Meet Lochlan.
When Lochlan first joined us at the age of 25, weighing 124 kilos, his fitness journey was far from ordinary. He faced an array of physical challenges, including:
A club foot
A triple ankle fusion
A twisted shin bone
A full knee reconstruction A
DD Fibromyalgia
Sleep apnea
Restless leg syndrome
Despite these hurdles, Lochlan preserved.
Today, Lochlan stands at 100 kilos, stronger, fitter and healthier than he has ever been.
A Story of Triumph on The Enterprise Fitness Podcast
In this week’s episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast, join Enterprise Senior Coach Ari as he takes you through Lochlan's transformative journey. Discover the strategies, the challenges, and the triumphs in a step-by-step recount of how Lochlan achieved these outstanding results.
This episode isn’t just about the ‘facts’. It should inspire you with your own training!
Tune in here YouTube - iTunes - Spotify
Train hard,
Mark Ottobre
Owner, Founder, Author
Enterprise Fitness
The Enterprise Diet

How to Strength Train for Sports and Performance

In this episode, Enterprise Fitness General Manager and Master Coach James Kelly teaches you How to Strength Train for Sports and Performance. 
Welcome to a game-changing episode of the Enterprise Fitness Podcast! In this insightful session, General Manager and Master Coach James Kelly shares his wealth of knowledge on "How to Strength Train for Sports and Performance." This episode is a special feature taken from our Elite Results Bootcamp held in December 2023, a pivotal event that educated clients and trainers across the globe.
Join us as James delves into the intricacies of strength training tailored for athletic performance. Whether you're an aspiring athlete, a seasoned sports enthusiast, or a fitness trainer aiming to elevate your clients' potential, this episode offers valuable insights and practical tips.
James covers a range of crucial topics, including the principles of sports-specific strength training, designing effective workout programs, and the importance of balancing strength, agility, and endurance. He also addresses common myths and misconceptions about strength training in sports.
Listeners will benefit from James's extensive experience and his unique approach to fitness that combines scientific knowledge with practical application. Expect to come away with a deeper understanding of how to optimize your training regimen for peak sports performance.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of the best in the industry. Tune in, get inspired, and transform your approach to sports and performance training!

Strength Training: Everything You Need To Know About Building a Strength Program

To kick off the year right, in the coming weeks, we are releasing an in-depth podcast series on what it takes to achieve elite results in the gym to help you with your 2024 goals.
We kick it off with Training for Super Strength, what you must know to stay injury-free, bust out of plateaus and lift like a superhero.
Strength is one of the top biomarkers of longevity. Equally, a stronger athlete is always a better, less injured athlete.
Strength makes anything easier.
You might be confused about what exercises to choose and how many sets, reps, and loads to use.
I've got you covered.
I recently presented Training for Super Strength to a jam-packed room of trainers from all over the world.
It was so good I wanted to do an encore (of sorts).
I just uploaded the whole presentation to our podcast and my YouTube.
In my no-frills, no-BS style, I cover:
How to increase your lifting capacity almost immediately by increasing stability (and the three hubs to focus on)
How to acquire the skill of strength and the big mistake most people make.
Why joint health is almost the be and end all to staying injury-free and getting strong (joints move muscles, muscles move weights)
The difference between optimal lifting mechanics and personal preferences and how to navigate them.
You can get strong without getting big. Here, I explain why your central nervous system and neural output MUST be factored into a strength plan, how to train it, and cues to assess recovery. 
Demystifying loading parameters, percentages and concepts to use to help you add load to the bar.
How many sets should you really?
And so much more.
If you are going to listen to one podcast on getting strong this year, make sure it’s this one!
Available everywhere you listen to podcasts and YouTube.
Train hard!
Mark Ottobre
Enterprise Fitness
Owner, Founder, Author
For mentoring with me or my team, visit https://enterprisefitnessacademy.com/

S6:E32 - How we set goals for 2024 (EF Year in Review!)

I’m not going to sugarcoat it.
 
2023 has been a very challenging year.
 
We've had a lot of downs, from our Facebook accounts being hacked to seemingly endless delays in moving to our new studio.
 
But we’ve also had a lot of wins!
 
We released The Enterprise Diet, revamped our Podcast, refreshed our websites, and managed to grow and promote many of our trainers.
 
But often, we get too busy focusing on what didn’t happen rather on the gift of what did.
 
In short, we have a lot to be grateful for from the year 2023.
 
So, we wanted to introduce you to our process of how we set goals for the new year. We don't do resolutions; instead, we engage in a Year in Review process, which fellow fans of Tim Ferriss might also be familiar with.
 
Grab a blank piece of paper and divide it in two.
 
On one side, make a column, 'do more,' and on the other, 'avoid.
 
Then go through your diary, calendar or Google planner from the start of the year and look at all the appointments that brought you dread… put them in the avoid column.
 
Then, all the things that brought your excitement, growth or you felt positive about, put them in the ‘do more’ column.
 
At the end, you’ll have a list. My guess is on both sides, you’ll have people, places and things, some of which bring you pain and lead you on a downward spiral, the other, bringing you joy, support and helping you go where you want.
 
It's a super simple yet powerful reflection exercise.
 
But I get it; these things sound good in theory, so Ari and I will go first…
 
Check out this week's episode of the Enterprise Fitness Podcast: 2023, Enterprise Fitness Year in Review!
 
 
We cover:
 
Tips for journaling and writing down your goals
The power of green light thinking
Death of Identity: Letting go of identities to allow yourself to set bigger goals
Warrior mindset vs king or queen mindset
Getting the ‘reps in’ to create change and the mindset tools to employ
Understanding trigger events like New Years and your 40th
New Year Resolution Vs. the year in the review process.
Concept: Impossibility thinking
How to make a bad habit hard to achieve
Aris goals for 2024
My goals for 2024
What’s on the card for Enterprise 2024
 
 
My guess is, you’ll probably relate to this podcast a lot and it will help you set goals for your 2024.
 
Merry Christmas!
 
 
Mark Ottobre
Enterprise Fitness

S6:E31 - Do Christmas Calories Count?

Christmas is right around the corner!
Hooray!
Over the years, we’ve seen a consistent pattern where folks have mini freak outs over how to stay on track during the Christmas season. Maybe your not someone who panics, but like most, you might struggle to resist freshly baked plum pudding or that need to get your second (third or fourth) serving of dessert and wonder, How can I enjoy my plum pudding and still stay in shape? 
Well, I don’t blame you and your not alone. 
It’s Christmas.
A time to be jolly. 
One of the big reasons why many struggle with the Christmas period is the insidious all or none mentality.
You eat all the calories over Christmas only to commit to eating none of them on January 1st. 
It doesn’t work. It’s not a lifestyle. 
The thing about all or done is, it seldomly gives you all, and usually gives you none. 
I use to be guilty of this myself. 
My offical review after years of trying to force to have it all; 
1 star… please don’t make a sequel.  
And that’s exactly why one of the best times to start a fitness and health program is over Christmas. 
Because if you can overcome your BS excuses over Christmas, nothing will ever phase you. 
You can learn to dance with life's choices rather than having to be perfect, that one dessert you had off plan doesn’t have to throw your whole plan and momentum for the whole week. 
It becomes a lifestyle. 
Maybe even enjoyable. 
And making it enjoyable is kinda of important seeing we want you to stick to it. 
There’s no point getting your dream body if it’s a nightmare to maintain. 
As I write this, I am no where near my peak fitness and strength. I’ve gotten in 5 workouts in 2 weeks as I write this to from Florida in the lovely USA. 
But I am not phased, even with Christmas around the corner. 
My manta is; I am a healthy person, who eats healthy foods that builds and nourishes my body. That’s my default, and a couple of weeks travelling and Christmas doesn’t change that.  
So in this this episode of The Enterprise Fitness Podcast, I sit down with Senior Coach Ari and discuss the Enterprise Guide to Surviving the Silly Season. 
Its a quick 20 minute episode, loaded with what you need to stay on track AND- enjoy Christmas.