The Plant Fueled Podcast
Welcome to The Plant Fueled Podcast! I'm Dr. Cass Warbeck—a family medicine resident, plant-based athlete, and vegan advocate. Join me for engaging conversations with physicians, athletes, researchers, and leaders in sport performance, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine. Together, we're unlocking the keys to optimizing your health and taking your performance to new heights.
The Plant Fueled Podcast
Training: Advance your training with calisthenics | Ryan Sadilek from Minus The Gym talks programming, pushing through plateaus, and plant-based nutrition
This conversation is with Ryan Sadilek. Ryan is the creator of Minus The Gym, a health and fitness brand centered around bodyweight fitness and plant-based nutrition. Ryan is a certified personal trainer (ACE-CPT) and nutrition specialist (ACE-FNS) whose teachings on YouTube alone have helped literally thousands of people improve their level of fitness and overall health and wellbeing. Ryan's goal is to help people understand that everyone has the power to turn their health around and get on a better track. Fitness is always accessible and nutrition doesn't have to be confusing. And the only limiting factor in improving ourselves is our own level of self-belief.
We cover:
- How Ryan found fitness and a plant-based diet
- The unique benefits of calisthenics training
- Recommended equipment
- Weekly programming for a beginner vs advanced exerciser
- Balancing aerobic and strength training
- Low vs high repetitions and muscle hypertrophy
- Whether you should train to failure
- The fundamental movements of calisthenics
- Which skills you can train daily
- How to progress past a strength plateau
- The power of “greasing the groove”
- Common mistakes people make
- Improve your abs (and top 3 exercises)
- Why showing up and being consistent is key
- Ryan’s post workout smoothie recipe
- Tips for transitioning to a plant-predominant diet
- Why he only ate bananas for an entire week
Connect with Ryan!
YouTube: Minus The Gym
Facebook: @minusthegym
Instagram: @minusthegym
Website: https://www.minusthegym.com
Download his app: https://trybe.do/MinusTheGym
Resources:
- Film: Forks over Knives
- Video: Beginner’s Calisthenics Workout at Home (full routine)
- Video: Transitioning to Plant-Based Eating (3 methods)
- Video: WHY I Only Ate Bananas for A Week
- Book: Overcoming Gravity by Steven Low
- Book: Enter the Kettlebell by Pavel Ts
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Connect with me: @casswarbeck
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Theme music: Tyler Gaudon & audio editing and processing: Wyatt Pavlik
*Please appreciate that any information discussed is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, always seek the opinion of a physician or qualified healthcare provider.*