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#22 - MAKE TODAY COUNT w/ Cooper Brunner & Kirsten McCallum

Jun 6, 2020

Today’s guests are Cooper Brunner & Kirsten McCallum, co-hosts of the Cooper Brunner Podcast. Cooper is a former college baseball player and fitness coach. Kirsten is a former college volleyball player and overcame two back surgeries to become a women’s physique competitor. We’re talking training, diet, and ways to MAKE TODAY COUNT with episode 22!

Episode Timestamps

  • Wise-Eats.com/Episode22 for the show notes and YouTube video (0:00)
  • Speech from Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 announcing the assassination of MLK, Jr. (0:00)
  • Intro! Talking health and fitness amidst economic and political turmoil (1:00)
  • Introducing Cooper Brunner & Kirsten McCallum (2:00)
  • Off to a great start when I mispronounce Kirsten’s name 😊 (2:45)
  • Talking COVID-19 life in Oregon and Michigan (3:30)
  • Working out at home during COVID-19 (5:20)
  • Check out the Cooper Brunner Podcast at com (7:00)
  • How Cooper and Kirsten started podcasting and became co-hosts (7:15)
  • Overcoming getting fat after being a division one athlete (9:45)
  • How Cooper differentiates himself from other coaches and relates to clients (10:30)
  • Kirsten’s fitness journey – Volleyball, weight lifting and physique competing (11:40)
  • When did you first become passionate about health and fitness? (13:00)
  • Lowest and highest moments of their athletic careers? (15:50)
  • How Kirsten overcame multiple back surgeries and being bedridden for 9 months (16:10)
  • How Cooper’s baseball career came to an end (18:00)
  • How Cooper uses his baseball experience to inspire others (19:00)
  • Kirsten’s weight lifting routine since having back surgery (20:40)
  • What attracted Kirsten to weight lifting (22:00)
  • Advice for women who are reluctant to get into weight lifting? (23:00)
  • Advice for someone who is interested in bodybuilding / physique competition? (24:40)
  • Biggest difference between training for physique and training for general health? (25:30)
  • Your training regimens on a typical day? (26:50)
  • Cooper’s philosophy of “High Intensity Body Building” HIBB (27:25)
  • Inspiration from Ryan Fischer and German volume training (27:25)
  • Why Kirsten prefers to lift weights in the evenings (28:30)
  • The body parts Kirsten likes to focus on in the gym (Spoiler alert: No chest day!) (28:50)
  • Lots of volume and heavy lifting! (29:40)
  • What are your current health and fitness goals (30:50)
  • Encouraging others to be active at com (31:05)
  • Transitioning from competition to normal, healthy life for Kirsten (31:50)
  • What does a typical diet day look like for you? (33:00)
  • Intermittent fasting, warrior diet, Dr. Rhonda Patrick, Macros, My Fitness Pal (33:00)
  • Kirsten LOVES food: Her diet routine (35:45)
  • How she uses carbs to fuel her workouts (36:50)
  • Quick Bites! Rapid Fire Questions (38:00)
  • What was the biggest single factor holding you back from starting your healthy lifestyle? (38:15)
  • What is your favorite exercise routine or program? (38:45)
  • Favorite specific lift? (39:15)
  • One healthy food you can’t live without? (39:30)
  • What is your favorite muscle-building recipe? (39:40)
  • Favorite un-wise food choice? (39:50)
  • One thing you’ve been successful in because of your dedication to fitness? (40:00)
  • What is one item in your kitchen you can’t live without? (40:25)
  • What book are you reading now? (40:50)
  • Think and Grow Rice by Napoleon Hill and The Law of Attraction by Mike Losier (40:50)
  • What podcasts do you listen to? (42:00)
  • The Mindset Mentor, MFCEO, Gary Vee, Joe Rogan, Ed Mylett Max Out (42:00)
  • What is your favorite thing to listen to when working out? (43:20)
  • Neffex, 2Pac, Biggie Smalls, Green Day, AC/DC (43:20)
  • One song you refuse to take off your workout mix? (44:20)
  • Win by Tee Grizzley, Rumors by Neffex (44:20)
  • Something that you’re passionate about right now? (45:00)
  • Replace SR Endurance Products (45:00)
  • Kirsten getting refocused on training and her professional life (45:45)
  • Will we see a professional baseball game in 2020? (46:15)
  • One last piece of advice for listeners looking to improve their health/fitness? (46:30)
  • Be knowledgeable about nutrition. Training is easy, dieting is hard (46:30)
  • Find a plan, stick to the plan, surround yourself with positivity (47:00)
  • @cbrunner37 @kirsten_m1320  com MAKE TODAY COUNT (47:40)
  • Wise-Eats.com/Episode22 for show notes, pictures, transcript, and more! (49 :00)

 

 

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