Rawdon & Tommy are VERY excited to introduce the latest 'darkhorse' to the UTB audience... Dalton Franke. As you will discover over the next 3 episodes Dalton is a rare mind in the fitness industry with that special blend of data driven and scientific rigour, emotional intelligence, lateral thinking and 'in the trenches' real world results. In this initial instalment we look at methods for successful behaviour change to facilitate long term body recomposition. Along the way we discuss the differing qualities of endurance athletes and strength athletes, the power of visualisation, key behaviours for long fat loss, values driven goal setting, common pitfalls of weight regain, sleep tips and the biology and evolution of behaviour change.

The Evil Genius is back again with his uniquely insidious brand of murky method & madness! This episode we go through his new ebook 'Sticky Note Sports Nutrition'. If you pay attention you will walk away with a simple to follow model for diet design - all the calculations for calories and macros, food sources and choices for proteins, fats, starches and vegetation, key vitamins & minerals to supplement and when to take them and all delivered through the lens of biology..... and anger at the world...

UTB is once again graced by the ever astute Menno Henselmans, and with his new book close to completion the 'dangling carrots' were too juicy for Rawdon & Tommy to resist! This episode is jam packed with a range of great topics - the psychology of the coach / client relationship, the pygmalion effect & subliminal communication, extrinsic vs intrinsic motivation & how to cultivate motivation, performance goals vs growth mindset goals, the role of genetics in adherence to exercise & diet and much more. As always Menno backs everything up with the latest research and litters the conversation with fascinating tidbits!

The human gatling gun of gut repair Dave O'Brien is back for part 2 of his epithelium based extravaganza! In this episode we look at the different stages of his gut repair process and along the way discuss such topics as the nutritional value of organ meats, SIBO & SIFO and the impact these disorders have on energy and body composition, heavy metals in our food and environment, the impact of excessive stress on the GI lining, pros and cons of fasting, heart brain coherence and much more!

Gird your brush borders and tight junctions for this special gut repair series with Dave O'Brien - 20 year industry stalwart, co-founder of 5th Element Wellness Melbourne, functional diagnostic practitioner and all round nice guy who shaves with a butter knife! In part 1 of this 2 part series Dave speaks highly of the early inspiration he drew from the late Charles Poliquin, the fundamental pillars of 5EW, his unique correlations between blood markers and digestive health disorders, the dangers of extreme nutritional approaches before getting into Stage 1 of his 5 Stage gut repair process. Enjoy!

With the Millennium Noggin grounded indefinitely the boys have dusted off the white lab coats and returned to the cool damp of the science lab! In this special episode they blow out the cobwebs and play some excerpts from upcoming guests Dave O'Brien, Dalton Franke and Broderick Chavez. You'll hear Dave O'Brien discussing the development of his own correlations between blood markers and gut health, Dalton Franke rattles off a list of fundamentals for quality sleep and B Chavez closes the book on protein for athletes.

Traversing new territory on this episode with Biomedical Scientist Simone Sleep joining the boys to discuss oral health and the impact it has on the human organism! Simone has a very powerful personal journey with her own health and shares her passion and knowledge across many areas during this interview - low carb, moderate protein nutrition for optimal oral health, the impact of sugar and high glucose saliva levels on your teeth, oral hygiene fundamentals, mercury fillings, new best practice and a very fun conversation!

Luke 'Groundskeeper Willie' Tulloch returns to educate us all! This episode Luke takes us through the MATADOR study and explains some of the key concepts that come from it - defining adaptive thermogenesis, the link between body mass and BMR, reversing metabolic adaptation, the body's mechanisms to conserve energy under caloric restriction, the impact of re-feeds and calorie cycling, metabolic flexibility and much more... There'll be a few laughs along the way as always!

This episode we are graced with the delightful Sanne Leenman, industry leader, presenter and online coach who specialises in nutrition and mindset coaching with a skill set for tackling eating disorders. Sanne gives us an overview of the more common eating disorders before we focus in on Binge Eating Disorder (B.E.D). If you've ever struggled with an eating disorder or even had the experience of feasting uncontrollably, and dealing with the associated guilt that followed you will get great benefit out of this episode. Sanne details some of the practical aspects to initially address when dealing with B.E.D before delving into the deeper psychological approaches and her use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in helping her clients restore order to their relationship with food and eating. A truly valuable episode that will help many.

From the bowels of lockdown and fashionably late Rawdon and Tom emerge to deliver Corona Cast 1. Together they discuss methods for progressive overload, different approaches to volume, training to failure for hypertrophy, sets per body part and a bit of self indulgent drivel!