Welcome to The Strength Log, a podcast about strength training, nutrition, science, health and fitness.
Your hosts, Daniel Richter and Philip Wildenstam, are two Swedish gym rats and science nerds with decades of experience in helping people reach their fitness goals.
In The Strength Log, we translate science into understandable insights for you who are looking to gain a better understanding of how to reach your fitness goals.
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Recent Episodes of The Strength Log Podcast
[Podcast] Is Your Physique Balanced Enough? Listener Questions!
Wow, you guys and gals really sent in a bunch of great listener questions today. Thank you for making this podcast both informative and fun! How about talking about the concept of progressive overload for older lifters? Or about the often-claimed importance of having a balanced physique to avoid injuries? See the timestamps below for … Read more
[Podcast] The Most Overhyped Fitness Supplements
Last episode covered the three best fitness supplements to spend your money on, and three that might be worth it under special circumstances. We flip the coin today, talking about the most overhyped supplements for strength and fitness. Either because they have been shown to not live up to the claims of the supplement companies … Read more
[Podcast] The Best Supplements for Your Fitness Goals
Which supplements are worth your money, and which are not? In this episode, we’ll examine what the science actually says about fitness and strength-related supplements, to give you our list of the best ones. When all is said and done, not many supplements remain that are worthy of your money—the opposite of what supplement companies … Read more
[Podcast] How to Lose Fat – Crash Diets
In the final episode of our trilogy on fat loss, we discuss crash dieting. Crash diets—also known as very-low-calorie diets and semistarvation diets—are very popular, and we’re here to tell you exactly how stupid it is to go on one and expect sustainable results. Especially if you care about your muscle mass, which we do … Read more
[Podcast] How to Lose Fat – Your Best Questions
In part 1, we covered the basics of fat loss. Today, we continue this miniseries on training and eating to lose fat by answering your best questions on the topic. Is starvation mode real? How do you deal with the lack of energy on a caloric deficit? Is it a myth that strength training burns … Read more
[Podcast] How to Lose Fat – The Basics
Losing fat is the most common fitness goal for both men and women. It’s most commonly expressed as wanting to lose weight, but it’s fat we want to lose – not our hard-earned, important, beautiful, and sexy muscle mass! In this episode, we teach you the basics about eating and training to lose fat. Should … Read more
[Podcast] Let’s Build Great Thighs!
For optimal quad growth, it’s probably not enough to just train squats, leg presses, or similar exercises. This has been bro science for decades, and today we will discuss a new study that confirms this. The study had the participants train the leg press with one of their legs, and leg extensions with the other … Read more
[Podcast] How Many Weekly Sets for Strength and Muscle Mass?
Training volume is a never-ending topic of debate. How many reps should you do when you want to become bigger and stronger? How many working sets? We focused on reps in episode 5, so today it’s time to focus on our favorite way to measure training volume: set volume! I.e., the number of working sets … Read more
[Podcast] 10 Tips to Increase Your Bench Press
There’s been much ado about bench press in this podcast. In episode 6, we talked about the mistakes you should avoid if you want to become a great bench presser. But that episode focused on the negatives, and today we feel much more positive. What are the best practices of training the bench press, that … Read more
[Podcast] We Answer Eleven Great Questions on Strength & Health
You asked, we answered. And what an amazing bunch of questions you sent in! Thank you for both listening and contributing to the podcast. The timestamps for all questions are listed below. We’ll discuss yoga, sleeping positions, high-rep training for squats and deadlifts, rest days, and more! Timestamps: With the player above, you can listen … Read more