Starting Strength Coach and Registered Dietitian Robert Santana shares his knowledge of all things diet, training, barbells, and more.
Weights and Plates Podcast
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121 episodes
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Starting Strength Coach and Registered Dietitian Robert Santana shares his knowledge of all things diet, training, barbells, and more.
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Recent Episodes
September 22, 2026
Ep. 120 - You Can’t Out-Train a Lousy Lifestyle
Robert explores how sleep, nutrition, and stress management outside the gym significantly impact strength, recovery, and overall progress, offering insights to optimize your lifestyle for better results.
September 15, 2026
Ep. 119 - Show the F* Up: The Real Secret to Getting Stronger
Host Robert explores the mental and physical strategies for advanced strength training, emphasizing consistent effort over program novelty to achieve long-term progress.
September 8, 2026
Ep. 118 - Stop Majoring in the Minors: Master the Basics, Get the Results
Host Robert breaks down fitness minimalism, revealing how mastering basic principles like progressive strength training and recovery drives results, not complex hacks.
121 total episodes available with 55 transcripts
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Ep. 120 - You Can’t Out-Train a Lousy Lifestyle
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[…] And then there'll be other stuff too. But I've certainly noticed the pattern with me. It's been measured in the lab. Ghrelin, your hunger hormone, those levels go up. And, uh, there's several others that get altered that I can't recall off the top of my head, but yeah, it affects the way you eat too. You know, if you're trying to cut weight, losing sleep or operating on four to six hours of sleep chronically is a recipe for disaster for weight loss because the drive to eat goes up and the drive to eat the wrong things goes up. Um, like I said, I'd like to get somebody on here who can dive into that a little deeper than me, but that's just general baseline knowledge of the topic. […]
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