Peeing During Deadlifts? You Need to Listen to Emilia Martin - Episode 145
Release Date: 09/22/2025
The Young and the Lifters: Why Prioritizing Nutrition and Recovery in Your Early Years is Important - Episode 176
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In this episode of the Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast, Coaches Joni and Bela talk about what they wish they had done differently when they first started training and how those early choices around food and recovery can shape everything that follows. They reflect on their own experiences with dieting, chasing smaller bodies, and following low carb trends that ultimately hurt performance. Bela shares how years of strict meal plans and overtraining kept her stuck in a cycle of burnout, and how shifting her focus to eating enough, including more carbs and fats, and paying attention to...
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How to Train with Pain: Dr. Nathan Dailey - Episode 175
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In this episode of the Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast, Coach Pia sits down with Dr. Nathan Dailey, a physical therapist who works with powerlifters through the RTS network, to talk about what it really takes to return to lifting after an injury. Nathan shares his path from endurance sports into powerlifting and how he found his way to the RTS “Emerging Strategies” approach. From there, the conversation dives into what lifters deal with most often, including low back pain and neck issues that show up as shoulder pain, and how to tell the difference between normal training soreness...
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Nutrition for Mid- and Plus-Sized Strength Athletes - Episode 174
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In this episode of the Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast, Coach Pia gets real about what it actually looks like to feel stronger, more confident, and more at home in your body, especially in your 40s. After a recent reel of hers went viral, Pia found herself at the center of some harsh (and very telling) online reactions. Instead of brushing it off, she uses it as a jumping-off point to unpack the quiet and not-so-quiet judgments that still exist around bodies, strength, and who “belongs” in fitness. She shares her own story of starting out as an overweight, pre-diabetic...
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Fiercely Fueled: Mentality for Powerlifting - Episode 173
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APPLY FOR COACHING In this episode of The Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast, Coach Pia hosts Clarice Tighe in a recorded “office hour” style episode discussing major frustrations in strength sports, especially the lack of regulation in powerlifting and fitness coaching and the risks of unqualified coaches giving programming, nutrition, or psychological advice. Clarice argues that words and behaviors create lasting ripple effects and advocates better coach education in psychological skills. The conversation covers reflection practices after meets and training sessions to...
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The Rise of AI Fitness Accounts - Episode 172
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In this episode of The Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast, Coach Joni and Coach Bela discuss the rapid rise of AI-generated social media accounts in the fitness space. They discuss how AI content is becoming difficult to detect and frequently targets midlife women with menopause/perimenopause weight-loss and muscle-gain claims, and how it can worsen comparison and body-image pressures. Listen in as they share practical cues for identifying AI accounts and the importance of doing due diligence, seeking real human connection and community, and remembering that sustainable fitness changes are...
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The Intentional Athlete with Ross Leppala - Episode 171
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Today on the Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast, we have a special crossover episode recorded with Ross Leppala on The Intentional Athlete. In this episode, Coach Pia is interviewed about how strength training and powerlifting transformed her life. Pia recounts starting as a journalist and aspiring war photographer, moving into banking for financial stability, and later becoming pre-diabetic after years of poor health habits. She describes leaving a high-level corporate role, opening Lift Coffee, buying Fiercely Fueled three years ago, and valuing the honesty of lifting over corporate politics....
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How Performance Nutrition Changed Everything with Winnie Abramson - Episode 170
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In this episode of the Fiercely Field Nutrition Podcast, Coach Pia welcomes Winnie Abramson, a photographer and long-time powerlifter, to discuss her decade-plus in the sport, starting after CrossFit and competing in over 35 meets across federations including USAPL, USPA, and Powerlifting America, plus serving as a USAPL referee and making Masters national teams and Masters Worlds in 2022. Winnie describes balancing high-level lifting with extensive travel, her photography, and strenuous backpacking, and the importance of planning, adaptability, and defining consistency beyond perfect...
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Powerlifting Coaching Red Flags Every Athlete Should Know - Episode 169
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Get ready for a special “side quest” episode of the Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast, inspired by real conversations from team coaching calls. Clients often bring up powerlifting coaching concerns that go beyond nutrition, so Coaches Pia and Joni dive into the most common red flags they see in coaching relationships, especially in today’s unregulated online coaching world. Listen in as they break down what quality coaching should look like and what to do if these elements are missing. This conversation is designed to empower you to understand the standards you deserve, ask better...
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Myth Busting the Latest Trends - Episode 168
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In this episode of the Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast, Coaches Joni and Bella discuss how social media trends shape fitness and nutrition choices. Listen in as they myth-bust several trends such as “fiber maxing,” “potassium maxing” for a more chiseled face, and overhydration risks. They also review beetroot concentrate, the viral post-workout Blizzard vs chicken-and-rice claim, not seasoning food, cooling/reheating rice or potatoes to alter glycemic response, pre-workout supplements, cardio and weight loss, and excessive protein intake. Links and...
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The Most Underated Hack in Powerlifting- Episode 167
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This episode of the Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast takes a closer look at the culture of strength sports and the nutrition advice athletes are actually getting behind the scenes. Coach Pia sits down with nutrition coach Shania Radke to talk about everything from coaching culture and social media trends to the realities of weight cuts. Together, they unpack how extreme advice spreads online, why “secret methods” are usually just good marketing, and how practices meant for elite competitors often trickle down to athletes who don’t need them and may be harmed by them. They also dive into...
info_outlineIn this episode of the Fiercely Fueled Nutrition Podcast, Coach Pia welcomes registered physiotherapist and world-level lifter Emilia Martin. They discuss the importance of strength training for clients of all ages and levels, and delve into the critical, but often overlooked, topic of pelvic health in lifters. Emilia shares her insights on the differences between common and normal pelvic floor dysfunction, and offers practical advice on how to manage and prevent issues such as incontinence and pelvic pain. She also talks about her journey in powerlifting, overcoming injuries, and emphasizes the role of a supportive community and mindset in achieving fitness goals.
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