The Luke Smith Nutrition Podcast
Talking all things nutrition, fitness and mindset to help you optimize your life and create the best version of you.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 153
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
73: Alex Engelman (@ae_nutritionandfitness) - How to choose an in-person / online personal trainer, understanding + building on fundamentals when lifting, benefits of tracking food, muscle soreness, celebrating the small victories....
Always a good time chatting/catching up with my friend and fellow fitness coach - Alex Engelman. Alex is based out of Austin, TX and does both in-person + online personal training alongside nutrition…
72: "How do I get my (insert loved one) to start being healthier?" Let's talk about it.
Just some thoughts on the question "How do I get my (friend/spouse/dad/etc.) to start being healthier?"
It's a great Q and it deserves its own podcast.
Follow me on IG for more nutrition + fitness rela…
71: Jordan Lips (@jordanlipsfitness) - Fundamentals of building muscle, hypertrophy training vs. group fitness classes, training for life + longevity
Always a great time with my friend and personal fitness coach - Jordan Lips. Jordan's one of the best in the business when it comes to hypertrophy training. This is probably one of my favorite episod…
70: How to transition away from food tracking + adopting a flexible dieting approach
Building off of my last episode (what we can learn from tracking food), let's talk about how you can start to transition away from food tracking when you're ready.
Remember, tracking food is a tool...…
69: What you can learn from tracking your food intake for a period of time
I tend to be an advocate for food tracking. When done in the right headspace.. it can be informative and help you build awareness around your nutrition + help you make meaningful changes.
On this epis…
68: Erik Underwood (@erikunderwood_) - THE EGO EPISODE. Identifying + acknowledging it and what to do about it. New Year's resolutions and so much more...
This was my first live podcast recording with my friend and colleague - Erik Underwood. Always a blast getting him on the podcast. Topics discussed on this episode:
-Ego: what it is, why it's importan…
67: Q&A: Cravings-where do they come from? Where does fat go when you 'burn it off'? When to take your vitamins, guide for cutting, healthy fast food options, caffeine...
Another Q&A episode today.. as always thank you to everyone who asked q's on instagram this week!
Topics discussed:
-Do I subscribe to the idea that our cravings tell us what we need?
-Where does fat go…
66: Life updates, working through injuries: nutrition, training + mindset adjustments on your road to recovery.
Join me on this episode as I give some updates on my life, working through an injury and a bulking/training update. Back in November, I hurt my knee and have been rehabbing since. I wanted to use my …
65: Lindsay Dolashewich (@lindsaydolash) - Playing on Survivor (Season 42), experiences on the show that we can extrapolate to everyday life: weight loss and metabolism, macronutrients + their functions, being adaptable, the power of suggestion...
It was a pleasure having Lindsay on this episode to talk all things Survivor + how it applies to all areas of life outside the show. Lindsay is a fellow Dietitian and nutrition coach who helps people…
64: Kim Schlag (@kimschlagfitness) - Emotional eating: how to identify + overcome it, menopause, metabolism and aging, navigating diet culture and managing expectations with your health + fitness pursuits...
Great convo with my fellow health/fitness coach - Kim Schlag - talking all things emotional eating, menopause and everything in between. Topics discussed on this episode:
-Emotional eating. What is it…
63: Dezi Abeyta (@deziabeyta) - Becoming a high performing human, practicing gratitude and appreciating the moment, chasing 'real' dopamine, defining your own pillars for success, habit change and creating rituals...
It was a pleasure having my colleague and fellow coach - Dezi Abeyta - on the show for this episode. Dezi is husband and father, Latino entrepreneur, podcaster and fellow mentor/coach in the health s…
62: Sarah Carne (@lift.tacos.run.nachos) - Why women (especially 'older' women) should be lifting weights, body recomp + newbie gains, building confidence in the gym, transitioning from cardio/low calorie diets to eating more & lifting hard
Great conversation with my friend and colleague - Sarah Carne. Sarah is a fellow trainer (both in-person and online) based out of Reno, NV. Topics discussed on this episode:
-Transitioning from cardio…
61: Brianna Connel (@briannaraefitness) - Letting your fitness goals evolve over time, cutting/bulking and nutrition periodization, unlearning old habits + mindsets that aren't serving you, WEAR THE DAMN SHORTS...
Really enjoyed this convo with my friend and fellow coach - Brianna Connel. Topics discussed on this episode:
-Deep dive into Bri's recent surplus + cut and how that pertains to the listener.
-Unlearni…
60: Q&A: Dealing with low energy, intuitive eating, 'avoiding' added sugars, how can you be eating more and losing weight?? Scared to lose progress after surgery...
Going through and answering some of the questions from my IG Q&A this past week:
1. Suggestions to help deal with low energy during the day?
2. Can you lose fat without tracking macros?
3. Mindset shift…
59: Lessons I've learned since losing my dad 5 years ago
Life can be tough.. and I know that every single person who listens to this has gone through some sort of trauma in their lifetime.
Unfortunately, no one gets through life unscathed.
And for all my peo…
58: The only 'detox' I'd recommend you do...
I'm not talking about a liver detox.. kidney detox.. juice cleanse, parasite cleanse or detox supplement stack..
Run from anyone trying to sell you those things.
Listen to this episode out and let's ta…
57: Memories > Macros. Saying yes to memories without stressing and mindset shifts around traveling.
I'm leaving for a 2+ week trip to Greece here in the next couple days.. so I wanted to talk about some mindset shifts/changes in my approach when it comes to traveling.
In this episode, I use myself a…
56: Dietitians are paid off by the food insudtry?!? My thoughts on the recent Washington Post article...
Just wanted to talk about the recent article that published today in The Washington Post about the dietitians that were caught accepting money from the food industry.
If you haven't read the article y…
55: Q&A: Processed foods, 'best' type of cardio, is it possible to increase your maintenance cals?, creatine + energy, losing motivation to exercise....
Answering some more q's from my IG Q&A this past week:
1. Are all processed foods 'bad'? + why we need to change the way we think about processed food.
2. Is it possible to increase your maintenance ca…
54: Be more like a garden weed
Just wanted to share a little story and relate it back to your own health + fitness pursuits.
Don't be an orchid. Be more like a garden weed.
Hope you enjoy this episode!
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