The Supra Human Show

Stronger Than Ever: How She Rebuilt Her Body After Surgery

In this episode of The Supra Human Show, client and nurse practitioner, Laura Mitchell shares how she went from living with daily pain and being told she should never lift more than 50 pounds to becoming stronger than she thought possible. Learn how Laura used strength training, nutrition, and coaching to lose body fat, build muscle, overcome her fear of the scale, and completely transform the way she approaches her long-term health. Episode Highlights: Rebuilding After Surgery: How years of pain after childbirth eventually led Laura to major abdominal surgery and a recommendation that she never lift more than 50 pounds. Getting Stronger Than She Thought Possible: How progressive strength training and coaching helped Laura rebuild trust in her body and eventually deadlift more than her body weight. Fat Loss & Building Muscle: Laura’s journey from 137 lbs to 117 lbs, followed by maintenance and a muscle-building phase that completely changed her body composition. Breaking Free From the Scale: Why returning close to her original weight with more muscle helped Laura rethink what progress actually looks like. Nutrition & Fueling Her Body: How Laura realized she had been unintentionally under-fueling and learned to eat more intentionally to support her goals. Family & Long-Term Health: How Laura and her husband’s transformations have changed their family’s relationship with fitness, food, and healthy habits. Mindset & Advice for Success: Why getting out of your own way, trusting the process, and accepting expert guidance can change what you believe you’re capable of.

Rewinding The Clock: How This Entrepreneur and Former Marine Transformed His Health At 50

In this episode of The Supra Human Show, former Marine turned successful business executive Eric Barton discusses how he took control of his health at age 50. Learn how he lost over 55 lbs, gained muscle, optimized his cardiovascular blood work, and revolutionized his family's approach to fitness. Episode Highlights: The Turning Point at 50: Turning 50 served as a wake-up call to transition from a sedentary executive lifestyle to heavily investing in long-term health and longevity. Health & Physical Transformation: How Eric went from 221 lbs to 164 lbs, reduced his body fat to 13.4%, and gained 4.5 lbs of lean muscle tissue. Data-Driven Results: Dramatic improvements in cardiovascular blood markers, including dropping LDL-C from 168 to 39 and ApoB from 134 to 43. Family & Shared Journey: How enrolling in the program with his wife transformed their family's health dynamic and set an example for their young children. Mindset & Advice for Success: The importance of macro tracking, total honesty with your coach, and making immediate lifestyle decisions as the best version of yourself.

Stop Starting Over: How To Create Lasting Change

On this episode of The Supra Human Show, we welcome Elite coach Nikki Donovan for a conversation about the psychology behind women’s fitness, consistency, and lasting transformation. Nikki explains why even intelligent, driven women can struggle to follow through on goals they deeply care about and why another meal plan or training program is not always the missing piece. Together, the hosts and Nikki explore the emotional and behavioral patterns that keep women trapped in cycles of perfectionism, restriction, self-sabotage, and starting over. They also discuss how personalized coaching, honest communication, and small, repeatable wins can help women rebuild confidence and create results that extend far beyond the scale. Highlights from this episode: Why Women Feel Stuck: Understanding why knowledge and motivation alone are often not enough to change deeply established behaviors. The All-or-Nothing Trap: How the pursuit of perfect execution can make consistency harder and cause women to abandon their progress. Looking Beyond the Fitness Plan: Why a coach must understand the person, lifestyle, fears, and beliefs behind the goal. Accountability With Empathy: Finding the balance between supporting someone through a difficult season and enabling patterns that keep her stuck. The Importance of Trust: Why clients need to feel understood before they can receive honest feedback and meaningful challenges. Making Fitness Fit Real Life: Building training and nutrition strategies that can survive demanding careers, families, relationships, travel, and stress. Rebuilding Self-Belief: How small commitments and achievable wins help women begin trusting themselves again. Creating Change That Lasts: Moving beyond temporary compliance and developing an identity that supports long-term health and performance.

Confessions of a Bodybuilder: Why Extreme Fitness Fails Most People

Join us on The Supra Human Show as we welcome coach Lewis James for his debut episode. Drawing from his background in the military, the police force, and competitive bodybuilding, Lewis shares valuable insights on how extreme training principles can be modified to serve realistic fitness goals. Whether your focus is dropping body fat, building muscle, or finding a healthier lifestyle balance, this conversation highlights the hidden traps of extreme fitness and how to overcome them. Highlights from this episode: From the Frontlines to Fitness: How a background in the army and night shifts on the police force shaped Lewis's work ethic and adaptability as a coach. The Shift from Bias to Balance: Why the best coaches step back from their personal bodybuilding or CrossFit biases to truly serve what the client wants. The Sufferer's Mindset: Breaking down the physiological shifts, hormone signals, and food focus that happen during intense dieting versus high-calorie muscle-building phases. Managing Modern Lifestyles: A discussion on meal frequency flexibility, shifting away from the traditional "breakfast is the most important meal" narrative, and managing late-night hunger. Navigating Travel and Social Expectations: Learning to approach vacations and weekends with a maintenance mindset instead of cycling between extreme restriction and burning out. The Power of the Coaching Circle: How a collaborative team environment without egos accelerates growth, knowledge acquisition, and client success.

How to Prevent Weight Re-Gain After A Fat Loss Phase

Why do the vast majority of diets fail within 12 months? In this episode, we dive deep into the psychology of weight regain. We discuss why maintaining your dream physique requires shifting far beyond immediate physical habits. It requires a complete rewiring of how you think, act, and view yourself. Highlights from this episode: The Dieting Pitfall: Why thinking of fat loss as a "fixed period" or a short-term 12-week challenge inevitably leads to old habits returning. The True Timeline for Success: Why permanent physiological and psychological changes take up to 3 years of consistency, rather than a few months. Aggressive vs. Slow Fat Loss: A breakdown of the pros and cons of aggressive deficits versus slow and steady approaches that better prepare you for long-term maintenance. The 6-Month Danger Zone: Why the first 6 months post-diet pose the highest risk for weight regain and how to navigate it safely. Unprogramming Childhood Biases: How our upbringing and lived experiences shape our adult relationships with food, comfort eating, and daily habits. The Power of Perception: Learning to question negative mindsets, take radical ownership of your behavior, and rewrite your default identity.

Why You Look Worst At The Start Of A Diet (And How To Fix It)

Why does the scale go down while your body looks softer? Why does the post-diet transition from fat loss to muscle building cause so much psychological panic? In this episode, we dig into the hidden psychological traps of fat loss and explain why standard bodybuilding methods often fail everyday lifestyle fitness goals. We explore the vital lessons learned from elite-level dieting. From managing true hunger to navigating the inevitable "skinny fat" plateau, we dive into how you can apply these principles to your own fitness journey without letting it consume your life. Key Takeaways: The Bodybuilding Differentiator: Recognizing the massive psychological split between lifestyle clients and stage competitors. Overcoming the "Skinny Fat" Phase: Understanding glycogen depletion so you don't quit right before your body "whooshes" and tightens up. The Scale Panic: Re-programming your brain to accept weight gain as a positive data point when shifting into a muscle-building phase. High-Volume Eating Hacks: Practical food modifications to stay full on poverty calories without spending hours cooking complex meals. The plateau isn't the end of your progress. It's the proving ground where true transformations are forged. Stop guessing, start executing, and go get what's yours.

The Productive Procrastination Trap

In the latest episode of The Supra Human Show, we tackle "productive procrastination”, the sneaky habit of staying busy with secondary tasks to avoid the primary action that actually drives your goals. Whether it’s tweaking your workout program every week, obsessing over sleep data while ignoring your diet, or buying endless supplements before mastering the basics, we call out the most common behaviors that keep people stuck. Learn how to close the gap between pretending to work and actually getting results. What We Discuss in This Episode: Nutrition vs. Training: Why you can't train your way out of a bad diet, and why nutrition is the true lever for body composition. Program Hopping: Chasing the "secret" new routine instead of sticking to a block long enough to adapt. The Supplement Ritual: When supplements become a distraction from real effort, and how to spot dependency. The "All-or-Nothing" Mindset: Shifting from a perfectionist attitude to being consistent and adaptable in the gym. The Illusion of Wearable Data: How data tracking without behavioral adjustment creates meaningless numbers. Research Paralysis: Overcoming the trap of endless researching, over-analyzing, and changing strategies on Google. Foot on the Gas, Foot on the Brake: How hidden friction in your environment stops your progress, and why adding "more to do" isn't the answer. Boring is Beautiful: Why long-term transformations are built on mundane, daily consistency rather than highly-motivated "Rocky montages".

How Lean Is Too Lean? The Dark Side of Low Body Fat

In the latest episode of The Supra Human Show, we pull back the curtain on extreme fat loss and ask the ultimate question: How lean is too lean? While social media pushes the narrative that leaner is always better, the physical reality tells a very different story. Push your body fat too low, and you cross into a zone of diminishing returns where your health, performance, and mood take a massive hit. Join us as we outline the real physiological symptoms of sub-10% body fat for men and sub-15% for women. We explore the psychological obsession with food, the hormonal shutdowns, and how to define a sustainable "sweet spot" that allows you to look great without sacrificing your quality of life. Episode Highlights: Diminishing Returns of Fat Loss: Recognizing the threshold where losing weight stops helping your health and starts hurting it. Gender Thresholds: The distinct differences in how men and women tolerate low body fat percentages. The "Tired but Wired" State: Navigating extreme food focus, relentless hunger, low cognitive function, and diet-induced insomnia. Biological Shutdowns: Why your sex drive plummets to zero and female athletes lose their menstrual cycles as the body scrambles to save energy. Joints, Cold, and Bare Feet: The unexpected side effects of losing structural padding fat, causing painful joints and freezing body temperatures. The Influencer Illusion: The truth about extreme fitness photography and why athletes do not look like their peak photos year-round. Breaking the Vacation Crash Diet Loop: How to stop the vicious winter-to-summer extreme weight oscillation and close the body comp gap. Finding Your Price Tag: An honest look at coaching, habit building, tracking metrics, and determining what you are truly willing to give up for your ideal physique.

The Truth About the Enhanced Games: Should Athletes Be Allowed to Dope?

Are performance-enhancing drugs truly the ultimate cheat code, or does human genetics ultimately reign supreme? In this episode of The Supra Human Show, we analyze the execution and outcomes of the highly anticipated Enhanced Games. From the staggering $1 million world-record incentives to the specific human-data compounds used by retired and banned athletes, we question everything we think we know about clean versus enhanced sports. We also weigh in on strict anti-doping regulations, look back at legendary figures like Lance Armstrong, and discuss the psychological "screw loose" required to compete at the absolute pinnacle of human capability. In this episode we cover: The Reality of the Enhanced Games: We discuss the sound concept behind the event, why it received heavy social media flak, and the primary reasons why world records weren't shattered quite like the public anticipated. The Ubiquity of Doping in Elite Sports: A deep dive into why we believe the vast majority of top-tier Olympic athletes are already doping under the radar to remain competitive. The True Power of Genetics: Why human genetics ultimately reign supreme over performance-enhancing drugs, training protocols, and nutrition when pushing the absolute ceiling of physiology. The High Stakes of Winning: Examining the massive financial and legacy differences between finishing in first place versus second place, and why athletes are driven to level the playing field. Heavy Anabolic Protocols: A look at the legal, human-tested compound protocols prescribed to these athletes, including massive 750mg weekly testosterone dosages and potent oral steroids like Anadrol. The Mindset of a Winner: A psychological breakdown of elite performers like Lance Armstrong, exploring why the absolute best athletes often lack the internal "brakes" and governing boundaries of a normal person.

6 Foods to Get Shredded: The Ultimate Diet to Get as Lean as Possible

What if you could only eat 6 foods to get into the best shape of your life? In this episode of The Supra Human Show, the hosts look back at old-school bodybuilding prep strategies, specifically Dave Palumbo's "six foods that work" video, and discuss why hyper-focused, repetitive dieting is often the fastest route to getting shredded. The guys swap their personal "six foods" lists, debating the merits of Greek yogurt, egg whites, potatoes, and even a few convenience wildcards. Along the way, they explain the physiological benefits of keeping your diet predictable: eliminating decision fatigue, managing gut stress, keeping your nervous system calm, and avoiding the "volume trap" that keeps you constantly hungry. What we cover in this episode: The "Six Foods" Concept: The legacy of Dave Palumbo's classic bodybuilding diet and why it still holds weight today. Our Personal 6-Food Lists: The guys share and debate their ultimate fat-loss staples, featuring everything from egg whites and Greek yogurt to potatoes and a few convenience wildcards. Eliminating Decision Fatigue: How reducing your food choices keeps your nervous system calm, prevents cheating, and simplifies your routine. The Volume Eating Trap: Why playing the high-volume food game year-round might actually be making your diet harder in the long run. Digestion & Routine: Why your body thrives on predictability and how a consistent diet improves energy, gut health, and sleep. Whether you are prepping for a show or just trying to lose those last few stubborn pounds, this episode is a masterclass in stripping away the noise to get maximum results.

The CEO Blueprint: Jamie's 60 lb Transformation Journey

In this episode, Supra Human client Jamie Shyer shares his profound journey from 235 pounds and a cocktail of medications to a lean, muscular, and medication-free lifestyle. Joined by his coach, Shane Teal, Jamie discusses the mental and physical resilience required to lead a 100-year-old family legacy through high-stakes private equity transactions while maintaining elite fitness. Key Discussion Points: Facing the Mirror: Jamie recounts the "mirror talk" at age 55 that led him to realize it was "now or never" for his health. Strategic Coaching: The evolution of a relationship-based coaching model that saw Jamie drop 60 pounds before transitioning into several successful lean-bulk phases. The Power of Support: How radical transparency with his spouse turned his transformation into a positive cycle for their entire family. Optimized Performance: How Jamie manages over 30 flights a year while staying committed to his nutrition and training protocols. Whether you are an executive looking to sharpen your edge or someone struggling with the "yo-yo diet" cycle, Jamie’s insights on simplicity and consistency offer a roadmap for lifelong change.

The Hidden Cost of Success: Why High Performers Lose Their Health

Success is a double-edged sword. While it brings abundance, it often demands your health as payment. In this episode, Supra Human founder John Madsen returns to the show to discuss the "arc of success" and how high-performers can reclaim their fitness without sacrificing their businesses or families. John shares his personal journey from the NFL to the boardroom, detailing how his own training morphed from explosive elite performance to a "minimum effective dose" strategy that fits an entrepreneur’s schedule. Key Discussion Points: Discipline Reframed: Why working 100 hours isn't true discipline for a successful person, but stepping away from the desk for an hour in the gym is. Automating Excellence: John’s "boring" but effective strategy for dialing in nutrition amidst a robust social life. The Identity Shift: Why the Supra Human brand is more than just coaching. It's an identity-based movement for those who refuse to be "ordinary". Human vs. AI: The irreplaceable value of soul and human connection in coaching that no algorithm can replicate. If you are a high-performer who has ever looked in the mirror and realized your business has grown while your health has declined, this episode is your blueprint for a comeback.

Bulk or Cut: The Ultimate Guide for Skinny Fat & Busy Professionals

Should you bulk or cut first? This episode breaks down the most efficient ways to transform your body composition, specifically for busy professionals and those struggling with a "skinny fat" physique. We discuss the physiological benefits of "priming" your body with a fat loss phase before building muscle, the importance of training intensity, and why most people’s perception of "heavy" or "skinny" is completely skewed by social media. Key Highlights: Strategic Phases: Why you should commit to a minimum of 6-12 weeks for a cut and at least 4 months for a muscle-building phase. The "Identity" Trap: Breaking free from the fear of being "too small" on the scale. The Cost of the Physique: A realistic look at the lifestyle behaviors required for the outcome you want, and being okay with where you draw the line. Machine vs. Free Weights: The most efficient way to pack on muscle in a short timeframe. Stop jumping back and forth between goals. Pick a path, commit to the behaviors, and finally get the results you're working for.

From "Dad Bod" to Hall of Fame: A Three-Year Transformation Journey

Can you be an elite business leader, a present father, and maintain the physique of an athlete? In this episode, Supra Human client Colby Bodoin and Coach Jared Boyle join us to discuss Colby’s three-year transformation journey. Colby shares the raw emotional moment that forced him to stop "spinning his wheels" with fad diets and commit to a structured plan for the sake of his wife and daughters. We dive deep into the science of his body recomposition, dropping from 210 lbs to a lean 150 lbs before intentionally building back up to a muscular 190 lbs by gaining 30 lbs of lean mass in the process. Key Discussion Points: Longevity for Parents: Why your 70s and 80s are earned in your 30s and 40s. The Mental Game: Why Jared Bole focuses on mental mastery as much as physical training. Reciprocal Coaching: Building a friendship and trust that drives high-level execution. Identity Shift: How "Extreme Consistency" removes the friction from daily fitness habits. Financial ROI of Health: Why investing in your fitness makes you a more effective and profitable business leader.

The All-or-Nothing Trap: How to Succeed in Stressful Seasons

Do you feel like you have to lose your fitness goals the moment life gets stressful? In this episode, we break down the "All or Nothing Trap", the common knee-jerk response to remove fitness or nutrition from your plate whenever a new challenge arises, whether it's a heavy project at work, a new addition to the family, or an unexpected life event. We discuss why turning the "fitness light" completely off is a mistake and how to use "dimmer switches" to keep your momentum moving, even if it's only by centimeters. Learn how to shift your priorities across the three key pillars of life, business, relationships, and health, without letting any of them hit zero. In this episode, you’ll learn: The Continuum of Stress: How to identify where you are on the scale and adjust your execution accordingly. The Dimmer Switch Method: Why scaling back to 5% or 10% effort is infinitely better than stopping completely. Buying Back Time: Practical ways to reduce time investment in fitness while maintaining your hard-earned results. The Power of "Doing Something": Why specific, small actions, like weighing yourself or a 20-minute walk, keep the door open for long-term success. Contextual Progress: Why you should stop comparing your stressful season performance to your "ideal" routine. Stop losing and gaining the same 10 pounds every time life gets busy. It’s time to master the skill of executing under pressure.

Run Your Body Like a Business

In this episode of The Supra Human Show, Supra Human CEO and Co-Founder Nineveh Madsen, talks about why so many fitness programs fail busy women. As a busy CEO, a mother, wife, and client herself, Nineveh shares why high-performing women often struggle to prioritize themselves and why cookie-cutter programs rarely work for real life. This episode dives into stress, guilt, comparison, body image, AI, accountability, and the power of having a real coach in your corner. Because transformation does not come from more information. It comes from implementation, support, and learning how to choose yourself first.

Is Cortisol The Reason You're Fat?

Cortisol has become the go-to excuse for why fat loss stalls, but the science does not support that claim. If you have been told your body is "too stressed to lose weight," this episode confronts that belief head on and redirects your attention to the behavioral patterns that are actually driving your results.In this episode of the Supra Human Show one host shares bloodwork showing cortisol nearly double the clinical range while actively dropping body fat. The conversation breaks down why the same stressor causes weight gain in one person and weight loss in another, why your coping mechanisms matter more than your hormone levels, and how to audit your stress behaviors instead of hiding behind lab results. Built for busy professionals and business owners who are tired of fitness advice that lets them off the hook.

#126: Kirk Jones on His Transformation from 231 to 191 Pounds and How It Inspired His Teenage Son

Losing 20 pounds five times and gaining it all back, that was the cycle for over a decade. Kirk Jones came into the program at 231 pounds, Two and a half years later he sits at 191, leaner and stronger than he has been since his twenties, training alongside his 14 year old son who now brings friends to the gym because of what he saw his dad do. This episode is a direct challenge to the belief that driven men just need to go harder. Kurt tried harder for 20 years and it broke him every time. The real shift was learning to slow down, layer changes gradually, and stop treating fitness like a problem to crush. If you are a business owner or executive who keeps restarting, this conversation will hit different. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (02:45) His Father in Law's Passing Changed Everything (06:20) First Impressions With His Coach (16:58) How Fitness Rebuilt His Marriage (22:32) Training With His 14 Year Old (27:19) The Business Relationships Nobody Expected (32:27) Why Your Coach Needs to Know Your Real Life (40:48) Advice for Someone Thinking About Joining Kirk lost 20 pounds five times and gained it back every time. Has that been your cycle too? Drop a comment below. To learn more about Supra Human programs: ⁠https://www.suprahuman.com⁠/podcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suprahumanofficial Interested in joining the team? We are always looking for high performers to join our mission to achieve elite level performance in fitness, nutrition and mindset. View our current career opportunities: https://www.suprahuman.com/careers Results may vary depending on your condition, starting weight, and commitment to the program.

#125: The Science Behind Fitness for Mental Wellbeing

Fitness content sometimes treats exercise like a mental health cure-all. Train harder, feel better, repeat. But the research tells a different story, and so does lived experience. If you are already training consistently and still struggling, this episode explains why more volume is not the answer and what the evidence actually supports for mental health challenges. On this episode of the Supra Human Show Ben Olliver, Dr. Taylor Waters, and Ryan Stevens discuss the relationship between exercise and mental health. They confront the belief that the gym can replace therapy, examines why fitness influencers often have the worst mental health behind the scenes, and draws a clear line on the dose of exercise that actually moves the needle. They also share personal experiences with anxiety and depression after a broken engagement, and the obsessive training habits that made things worse. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:32) How Lifting Built Discipline Early (06:00) Why Hard Training Beats Walking (13:09) Exercise Won't Solve Depression (18:09) The 45 Minute Dose Effect (28:16) When Influencers Fall Apart (38:54) Why Being Lean Removes One Problem They said the mental health benefits of exercise cap out at about 4 hours a week. Drop a comment if you think more training helped or hurt you. To learn more about Supra Human programs: ⁠https://www.suprahuman.com⁠/podcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suprahumanofficial Interested in joining the team? We are always looking for high performers to join our mission to achieve elite level performance in fitness, nutrition and mindset. View our current career opportunities: https://www.suprahuman.com/careers Results may vary depending on your condition, starting weight, and commitment to the program.

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#124: How Elite Coaching Helped Jeff Janker Through Life's Biggest High and Lowest Low

You reconnect with your daughter after 23 years of separation. The next day, you open a medical portal and find out you have cancer. That is not a hypothetical scenario for content. That is what happened to this week's guest in the middle of a coaching transformation that had already changed his body composition, his blood markers, and his daily habits. His coach had to scrap the entire plan overnight. No more pushing for muscle. No more training to failure. Every controllable stressor had to come down. This episode is not about fitness programming. It is about what real coaching looks like when life tries to take everything from you, and why the relationship you build with your coach matters more than any protocol ever will. If you are a high performer who thinks coaching is just macros and sets, this conversation will change how you see it. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (04:01) Jose's First Impressions (09:46) Going All In on Health (21:06) Pivoting Training After Cancer (27:56) Coaching as a Team Effort (30:33) Advice for Those on the Fence (37:59) Grip Strength Test Jeff said people on the fence just are not in enough pain yet. Comment below: do you agree or is that too harsh? To learn more about Supra Human programs: ⁠https://www.suprahuman.com⁠/podcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suprahumanofficial Interested in joining the team? We are always looking for high performers to join our mission to achieve elite level performance in fitness, nutrition and mindset. View our current career opportunities: https://www.suprahuman.com/careers Results may vary depending on your condition, starting weight, and commitment to the program.

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