WHAT ARE YOU EATING RIGHT NOW?

It’s the end of August and I’m getting back to training after taking time completely off.

People sometimes ask me what I eat when I’m not training.

It depends on what I’m in the mood for.

When I’m barely active—sitting on my butt editing videos, organizing collections and writing books—I’m obviously not expending as much energy as when I’m training.

My body softens up a little. I might gain a little body fat.

I let it.

I’m not going to keep lowering my food just because I’m temporarily not training. I love to eat, and I’d rather accept the normal changes that come with different seasons of life.

This week I've been eating squash because FINALLY it’s squash season. Zucchini. Cottage cheese. I ran out of protein powder, so I made protein pudding with quark and cocoa powder instead.

I always find another way.

And that's really what I want you to think about.

What happens to YOUR diet when your normal routine disappears?

Do you suddenly not know what to eat?

Do you drift because training isn't there to organize your day?

I used to be like that. I'm not anymore.

Healthy eating is part of my life whether I'm training hard, resting, traveling, working or sitting on my butt all day.

And I LOVE TO EAT.

Food isn't something I try to stop thinking about. I enjoy it. I look forward to eating every day. The only time I don't want to eat is usually when I'm sick.

So now I'm curious:

What are YOU eating right now?

What's your current go-to meal? What foods are you loving?

MASTER THE POBO is my Fighterdiet practice where I teach you my way of practicing this lifestyle: Prevent Overeating By Overeating.

Because if you're anything like me, you'd rather eat, enjoy your food and learn how to manage it than constantly feel like another miserable diet is waiting around the corner.

My life is too long to be on a diet I don't love.

HELLO MONDAY.

Yesterday I was building the 4-12-1 | The 100 Reps Challenge.

Today I completed it.

There is a lot more that goes into writing a training program than putting exercises into a list. I start with the training. I choose the exercises, decide how they work together, assign the sets, reps and rest periods, and then look at the complete four weeks as one training period.

Then I build everything around it: the warm-up, Prep & Prime, mobility, exercise demonstrations and the progression from week to week.

I believe in repeating workouts long enough to actually learn something from them. Your first week gives you a baseline. Then you come back to the same workouts and have the opportunity to progress instead of constantly starting over with something new.

That is what 4-12-1 means:

4 weeks.
12 workouts.
1 goal.

And today I finished the workout book that goes with it.

This is also the first Seize the Training Day Challenge I’m building in this format. I’m creating the structure now that I can continue to use for future training challenges while the training itself continues to change.

The program is done. The book is done.

Now I get to look forward to leading it.

21 days until we start.

4-12-1 | THE 100 REPS CHALLENGE
September 14–October 14, 2026

The only training day that matters is the one you seize today!

NOW, what do YOU do if you have an injury, or some pains and aches that prevent you from going all out?

You do what I do: adjust and keep going for all the areas you can.

I am currently on my last days off, I think today is day 8, and I will return to my training in two days. 

You know what I acquired during the time off?  Tennis elbow and a bit of hamstring bursitis I'm waiting out before I challenge it.

So...You bet I am one of those who won't wait to train when I know those things will come and go!

I can't wait to train again because I know my body needs the training, and I've been utmost inactive sitting on my butt all day long writing and editing clips for most of my days away from lifting.

It's time to get BUFFER, not just softer. HAHA! 

IT IS EASY TO STAY LEAN | POBO VERSIONS FOR CRAVINGS & SATISFACTION

Coming up: The POBO practice. 

The greatest diet conundrum in the universe: do you agree?

4-12-1 | 100 REPS
23 DAYS TO GO

The cover is set in stone. Now I am writing the training program I am going to train—and you can join me.

This is not a program I created from a distance. It begins with what I am ready to work on now, the stimulus I want and the training I look forward to doing.

Four weeks. Twelve training days. One changing 100-rep focus in every session.

I will write it. I will train it. I will coach it inside the private Training Challenge channel.

The 4-12-1 | 100 REPS CHALLENGE begins September 14.

NEVER STOP BUILDING.

Fighterdiet is one system with different protocols and programs designed to simplify nutrition and support a healthy body composition.

Defeed 2 Refeed might begin with 28 days of Defeed followed by one Refeed day, but that is only one way to practice it. Other protocols change the intervals and ratios between Defeed and Refeed.

You do not have to follow one schedule forever. The principles provide structure while the different protocols give you options. That variation keeps the lifestyle interesting as your goals, needs and experience change.

The joy is in the eating. I always want to eat more, not less.

Love your diet or leave it.

YOUR FIGHTERDIET MEMBERSHIP IS EVOLVING

Your membership currently gives you access to nearly 1,000 videos, including:

• Complete workout playlists and training programs

• Exercise tutorials, mobility and recovery

• Fighterdiet nutrition and mindset lessons

• Meal plans and recipes

• Straight from the Source

• Follow-along workouts

• Current Training and Fighterdiet Practices

• Downloadable guides, journals and program resources

The training library and Fighterdiet lessons are not going away.

What is changing is how I organize the downloadable resources.

There are currently 16 member resources available to download. Download the ones you want by August 31. The copies you download are yours to keep.

After August 31, these downloads will be phased out as I introduce the new system of current Challenges and Practices.

You do not need more files simply to collect more files. Each featured Challenge or Practice gives you a clear focus and the resources needed to put it into action.

One current Training Challenge. One current Fighterdiet Practice. Less overthinking. More doing.

Use what is available. Download what you want to keep. Then come back ready for what we are practicing next.

COMING NEXT: MASTER THE POBO

Master the POBO is the upcoming Fighterdiet Practice.

POBO means Prevent Overeating By Overeating. It is the Fighterdiet practice of using satisfying, high-volume food to control hunger, support consistency and make staying lean easier.

The matching Practice Book will be available for a limited download period. Download it while it is available, put it into practice and keep your copy.

ALSO COMING

The Food, Mood & Body Journal will be available September 14–30.

Use the journal to observe your food, mood, hunger, cravings, habits, compliance, deviations and how your body responds.

The journal is also the perfect companion to the Fighterdiet Defeed 2 Refeed Challenge, which starts September 14.

Download it by September 30. The copy you download is yours to keep.

Download your current member resources by August 31:

https://seizethetrainingday.com/programs/welcome-to-seize-the-training-day