Cool, Calm, & Chaotic

Check Out Episode 229  of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic and Another Free Flowing Chat With The Finks and The Return of The 5 x 5s.  A Quick Life Catchup and Chat About Happy Things We Dive Into 5 Random Topics For 5 Minutes Each Off The Top. After Talking About Volleyball and Greek Food We Discuss Standout Quotes, Missing Character Traits In Society, Pushing Our Comfort Zones, The Perfect Trips, Horror Movies, Falafel, and More! Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ Catching Up On Recent Life With The Finks ✔️ Rediscovering A Love of Volleyball and Lunges ✔️ Another Dive Into Greek Food Being Amazing ✔️ The Return of 5 x 5s ✔️ Quotes That Come To Our Mind and Their Importance ✔️ Being Self Reflective Solves A Lot of Problems ✔️ Planning For The Next Big Trip ✔️ Getting Dropped Out of Helicopters Into The Mountains ✔️ Character Traits In Society That Are Lacking or Missing ✔️ Becoming More Empathetic In A Non-Empathetical World ✔️ Random News Articles and Amazing Animals ✔️ The Cat

Check Out Episode 228  of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Which Is A Quick Episode As I'm Getting Over Covid Where I Do A Quick Life Recap and Get Into Answering 20 Questions In 20 Minutes.  My Throat's Not In The Best Shape Still But We're Able To Get Into Everything From Being Married To My Beautiful Wife For 2 Years, Recent Records I'm Digging, Low Calorie Breakfasts, Walking The Right Amount, Self Sabotage, Underrated Books, Exercises To Fit Any Program, Cookies, Cake, and More! Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ Life In The Last Week ✔️ Dealing With Extreme Coughing Bouts ✔️ Two Years of Marriage Being Amazing ✔️ Records I've Been Listening To Recently ✔️ Low Calorie Breakfast Ideas ✔️ Should We Walk 10k+ Steps or Not? ✔️ The Best Topic In History ✔️ How Does Pasta Fit Into A Weight Loss Diet ✔️ Movies That Have Been Pretty Good Recently ✔️ Podcasts That I Listen To ✔️ When To Go Up In Lifting Weights ✔️ Underrated Books and Reasons Why ✔️ Stopping The Self Sabotage Cycle  ✔

Check Out Episode 227 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Which Is A Quick Little Convo With My Little Cousin Justin and His Decision To Join The Military, His Weight Loss Journey, and A Changing Life… and It's Pretty Awesome.  This Was Recorded A Few Months Ago But The Audio Was A Little Jacked Up Going Back and Forth… I Amended It As Best As A Non-Techy Person Could Do.  We Discuss His Transformation, Making Tough Choices, Doing What's Right, Food Choices, Rapid Fires, and More! Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ Things That Have Made Justin Happy Recently ✔️ Seeing Family After Long Delays ✔️ Making The Touch Choice To Join The Military ✔️ Accepting That Your 'Why' Will Always Change ✔️ Being Incomparable Levels of Proud of Justin ✔️ Having Choices But Being Flexible ✔️ Making The Most Out of These Unstable Times ✔️ Picking Up New Skills As You Go and Keeping Options Open ✔️ Living By Core Values ✔️ Taking The Stand To Make Changes Now or Never ✔️ Changing Your Body Starts With

Check Out Episode 226 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic and Part 1 of A 2 Part Chat About Calories In Calories Out vs. Habits & Skills vs. Portion Control vs… Do We Even Need To Have Anything Pitted Against Each Other?… I Would Argue No, and In Fact They Can All Build On Each Other To Create A More Controlled You! In This Part 1 I Give My Thoughts On How You Can Use Counting Calories Specifically To Build A More In Controlled Grasp of Eating Habits.  Everything From How Many Calories, Macros, Setting It Up In Your Life, and More! Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ A Life Recap From The Past Week ✔️ Scotch Eggs With Russ and Will Do List Preview ✔️ What's Next For College Football ✔️ The Goonies, Big Lebowski, and Bold Statements ✔️ CICO vs Habits… Why The Dichotomy? ✔️ Using All The Tools To Build A Better You ✔️ How To Determine Calories For Your Goals ✔️ Breaking Down Macros That You Feel Best With ✔️ Being Diligent With Tracking... Numbers and Feelings ✔️ Taking Flexible

Checkout Episode 225 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic and The First Pod of 2022! In This Episode We Cover A Christmas & New Years Recap and Then Get Into Questions And Topics Ranging From Plans For The Year, Best Christmas Movies, Getting Big & Strong, Highlights of Last Year, Supplements, How To Make Better Resolutions, Portion Control, Compression Gear, Burger Time, and Much More! Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ A Christmas Break & New Years Recap ✔️ Little Snackies Are Better Than Fine Dining ✔️ What Happened To College Bowl Season ✔️ Old School Nintendo & Football = The Perfect NYE ✔️ Traveling This Upcoming Year Is An Absolute Must ✔️ The Best Christmas Movies of All Time… Undisputed ✔️ Tactics To Get Big & Strong This Year ✔️ A Highlight of 2021, One Among Many ✔️ What's The Deal With Supplement Stacks ✔️ Why I Take The Supplements/Vitamins That I Do ✔️ Yes It's Worth Setting New Year's Resolutions ✔️ Portion Control vs. Counting Calories ✔️ My Opin

Checkout Episode 224 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Where I Dig Into Some of The Major Reasons Why We Struggle To Lose and Maintain Our Weight Loss Before We Get Duped Into Falling For All The New Year's Resolution Hoopla That's About To Get Thrown Our Way.  It Was Originally Gonna Be A Q&A Session But I Never Even Got To Questions.  After A Quick Christmas Recap About Record Players, Bar Trivia, and Nostalgia We Dig Into Some of The Major Reasons We Actually Struggle With Weight Such As Moderation Issues, The Scale, Blissfully Eating Too Much, and Much More! Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ A Christmas Recap ✔️ Why The Nostalgia of Records Is Unmatched ✔️ The Domination of Bar Trivia and Why It's Awesome ✔️ A Dive Into Some of The Major Issues That Cause Weight Struggles ✔️ We Eat Too Much… For Many Reasons, But We Eat Too Much ✔️ Not Understanding What Portion Sizes Are or How To Deal With Them ✔️ The Bastardization of The Term 'Moderation' ✔️ Coming To Grips With Wha

Checkout Episode 223 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic and A Christmas Favorites Special With Crew of Superhuman Teachers! We're Joined For A Quick Overview Some of The Best Choices In Different Christmas Topics Including The Best Christmas Movies, Cookies, Music, Gifts, and A Bunch of Other Jolly Awesomeness.  Some of Us Like Christmas Far More Than Others We Learn But Not Even The Scroogiest of Scrooges Could Stop The Christas Spirit of Awesomeness In This Episode… Stick Around For The Fun and See How Many of Your Favorites Match Up, You Are Going To Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ An Intro of The Teaching Roundtable of Goodness ✔️ Favorite Movies and Why Home Alone Wins Always ✔️ Favorite Music and What Qualifies As Christmas Theme ✔️ The Best Christmas Treats ✔️ Not Knowing Where Food Comes From But Knowing It's Delicious ✔️ Refusing To Get Into The Christmas Spirit ✔️ Prepping For Halloween Now ✔️ Snowboarding, Sledding, and Enjoying Nothing About The Outdoors ✔️ The Best Gifts Include Memories ✔️ Throwing Away T

Checkout Episode 222 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Where Our Friend From The Other Side of The World Comes Out of Lockdown To Drop Her Awesomeness On Us! Ruby Cherie Returns To The Podcast And Per Usual She Brings Her Insight Into How To Live A Healthier, Happier, and All Around Awesomer Life Without Giving Up All The Joys In Life While Still Holding Yourself Accountable To Improving Your Life.  Ruby Works With People of All Walks of Life and Has Experienced All The Ups and Downs of The Fitness Industry Which Help Her Cut Through The B.S. This Episode Ranges From Scaling Your Workouts To Your Life, Getting Over The Obsessions, Why Australian Candy Is Better, Caring About People, and Even A Peek Into Whatever Fairy Bread Is, and Much More! … Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!a Topics Include… ✔️ No More Chasing Fitness and Avoiding The Joys In Life ✔️ The Value In Taking Days Off of The Gym ✔️ You're Entitled To Your Lunch Break... Take It ✔️ It's Not Earning Your Food, It's Fueling For Vitalit

Checkout Episode 221 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic As I Give A Few Answers In A Classic Q&A Episode.  After A Quick Life Catchup On All Things Winter, Football, Hallmark Movies, & Life… Then I Answer A Few Questions About Fasting For Fat Loss, Michigan Football, Bad Food Relationships, Desert Island Albums, ChelZar Memories, Best All Time Concerts, Getting Mojo Back, Egg Nog, and Much More! … Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!a Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening In Life Recently ✔️ The Greatness of College Football & Approaching Christmas ✔️ My Future Hallmark Movie Career ✔️ Does Hearing Good Results of Fasting Mean You Should Fast Too" ✔️ We Could Probably All Aim To Eat Less & Less Often ✔️ Creating Bad Relationships With Food That Don't Need To Exist ✔️ Setting Up Reasonable Boundaries That Fit You ✔️ Top 5 Desert Island Albums From 5 Different Genres ✔️ Favorite Memories With Chelsea Zarate ✔️ Is Michigan Football The Real Deal or Not ✔️ 1997 Was 24 Years Ago… Let's

Checkout Episode 220 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic With Health & Nutrition Supercoach Jon Vlahogiannakos of Strong Jon Fitness.  Jon Is An Online Coach That Specializes In Helping Real Adults With Real Adult Lives & Responsibilities Gain and Keep Control of Their Health, Weight, and Lifestyle That Fits Them.  In A World of Crazy Diets, Crazy Workouts, and Restrictive Nonsense Jon Teaches How To Actually Build Your Own Disciplined Life While Still Being Able To Actually Enjoy Life & See Results At The Same Time.  How To Fit Donuts & Pizza Into A Life of Wellness, Adjusting Your Habits To Your Lifestyle, What 'Relationships With Food Actually Mean', Tracking Calories, How To Make Grilled Cheese, Canadian Athletes, and Much Much More! … Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ Having Trouble Pronouncing Vlahogiannakos and Why Greek Food Is So Good ✔️ Misconceptions About Flexible Dieting and How To Make It work ✔️ Why & How To Start Tracking Calories ✔️ What Havi

Checkout Episode 219 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic and The Final Part of Our 3 Part Series "300 Little Things!"… This Has Been 300 Little Bits of Advice, Lessons Learned, Tips, Sage Words of Wisdom, Fun Things, Serious Things, and All Bits of Stuff That You May Be Able To Put Into Your Life… or At The Very Least Consider.  After A Brief Life Catchup We Dig Right Into To Final 100 Which Includes Topics Such As Cornbread, Not Being A Jerk, NYC Visits, Treating Waitstaff Nicely, Expanding Vocabulary, Socks, Christmas Decorations, and Much Much More! … Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ A Quick Life Catchup and Preview of An Upcoming Florida Trip ✔️ If You Have To Ask You're Not Drinking Enough Water ✔️ Illmatic & The Blueprint's Legendary Status ✔️ Drinking Coffee Black or Not Black ✔️ Building The Habit of Not Sitting Too Long ✔️ The "I Have No Time To Workout" Cant Miss 5 Minutes ✔️ Spending Time In Used Book Stores Just Perusing ✔️ Not Needing Oils To Cook With All The

Checkout Episode 218 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic and A Little Chat About The Fact That A Comeback Is Always Within Grasp… No Matter How Far Off You Feel! The Key Is Taking The Right Steps To Get Back For The Right Now and The Forever.  I Do A Recap of The Big 3 Things To Master… Water, Veggies, & The Sidewalk and How To Scale Up From There! Plus Some Life Recap About Board Games, College Football, and Much More!… Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ A Quick Life Catchup From The Past Week ✔️ A New Board Game and Why They Are All Great ✔️ A Potential Worldwide Zoom Game Night With All of You ✔️ College Football For The Win ✔️ Why There Is Always Hope In A Comeback, Regardless of How You Feel ✔️ Balancing Your Life Around A Healthy Relationship With Fun & Health ✔️ Holding Yourself To A High Standard Without Going Crazy or Getting Lazy ✔️ Mastering Water and How To Increase It ✔️ Mastering Walking/Movement and How To Increase It ✔️ Mastering Veggies and How To Eat Mor

Checkout Episode 217 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic and Another Q&A Session That Starts With A Quick Life Catchup Involving Holiday Thoughts, Horses, & Squid Games.  Then Getting To A Bunch of Different Questions Ranging From My Favorite Cities In The World, Current Reading List + Recommendations, Big Rock Advice To Get Back On Track, High School, Carbs, Peanut Butter, Mix CD's and Much More!… Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ A Quick Life Catchup ✔️ Making It Through Halloween and Turning The Focus To Thanksgiving ✔️ How To Make Thanksgiving As Low or High Calorie As You Want ✔️ Whether or Not Squid Game Is Worth The Hype ✔️ My Favorite City In The World… or At Least A Couple Good Ones ✔️ Dingle, Ireland Should Be A Must See In Your Life ✔️ What I'm Currently Reading and 3 Book Recommendations ✔️ Keeping A Rotation of Types of Info You're Taking In ✔️ Narrowing It Down To ONE Piece of 'Big Rock' Advice To Get Back On Track ✔️ Something I Miss About High School…and

Checkout Episode 216 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic With Special Guest Health and Wellness Coach, Women's Fitness Specialist, Comic Aficionado, and All Around Phenomenal Human Mr. Ren Jones.  This Is A Fantastic Chat With Coach Ren Jones Where We Get A Glimpse Into Who Ran Is, How He Got Started and Evolved Into The Trainer He Is, Overcoming Hardships, Addressing The Big Rocks With A 'Realistic Plan', Turning Me Into An R&B Singer, The Real Deal On Tacos, and Amber Alert Messages… Yup Yup, A Little Bit of All Things Good On This Episode! Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ What's Made Ren Happy Recently  ✔️ The Panthers Winning and Calming The Storm For A Little Bit ✔️ Showtime At The Apollo and Chasing Dreams ✔️ How Ren Got Started In The Health & Fitness Industry ✔️ Becoming A Women's Fitness Coaching Specialist ✔️ How Family Struggles & Tragedy Propelled Him Into Doing Better Things ✔️ Taking A Fact Based & Real Life Approach To Sustainable Life Change ✔️ A

Checkout Episode 215 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Which Is Another Q&A Session With Just Me Where After A Quick Life Catchup and Chat About 'Agenda-less Drives'  I Answer All Sorts of Questions Ranging From Dealing With Bursitis, Trimming Down The Upper Body, Coffee With Cream, Books vs. Music, Traveling and Your Weight, Delta Blues Artists, and Much More!… Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ An Obligatory Life Catchup ✔️ Why You Need To Go On More 'Agenda-less Drives' ✔️ More Defense of The Sandwich ✔️ How To Deal With Bursitis ✔️ Are There Benefits To Yoga or Is It Hoopla ✔️ Coffee With Cream or No Coffee For The Rest of Life ✔️ The Best Way To Slim Down The Upper Body ✔️ Taking Nutrition and Proper Training Head On ✔️ Choosing Between Giving Up Reading Books or Listening To Music ✔️ Keeping Your Weight In Check While Traveling ✔️ Being In Control of Choosing When and How To Be Lenient ✔️ Creating Non-Negotiable With Your Fitness and Eating ✔️ The Top 5 Delta Blues Ar

Checkout Episode 214 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Which Starts With Another Quick Life Catchup About The Weekend, Crescent Moons, and Look At Me Guy Then Dives Right Into Part 2 In A 3 Part Series Where I Break Down 300 Little Life Lessons That I Have Picked Up, Done, Grown From, Used, Heard About, Failed It, Succeeded At, and Overall Have Found To Just Add To A Better Life.  These Aren't Meant To Be Deep Dives Into The Soul and Ethics For Life, Nor Are They The End All Be All To Anything… They're Just Some Really Good Things That You Can Pick Out and Do In Your Daily Life That I Think Are Solid.  Like Most Situations In Life, We Take Things Too Seriously and We Overlook The Fact That A Happy & Healthy Life Isn't That Complex… Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ Taking Crescent Moons Can Change Your Life ✔️ A Primer On 'Look At Me Guy' ✔️ Checking Out Cool Places On The West Side of Michigan ✔️ Meeting New People and Building Relationships ✔️ Stocking Up On Greeting Car

Checkout Episode 213 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Where Albertan Superstar Chris Liddle Joins Us For A Chat About All Things Health, Mindset, Fitness, Mantras, and Being A Good Person… Something That Chris Is An Expert In.  It's Been Awhile Since Chris Has Been On But It's Like Not A Single Beat Was Skipped and We Just Pick Up Where We Left Off In Talking Life. Chris Brings His Unique Perspective On Taking On A Lot of Life's Issues. Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ What's Made Chris Happy Recently ✔️ The Amazing Qualities of Mrs. Liddle ✔️ Taking On New Jobs & Staying Busy ✔️ We Are More Than We Think or Give Ourselves Credit For ✔️ Building Skills In Every Area of Your Life Pays Off ✔️ Success Leaves Clues… Follow Them ✔️ Traveling Around The Vast Land of Canada ✔️ We Are Learning To Become Better Communicators ✔️ Speaking Words of Life Into The Ethos ✔️ Reflecting On The Past and Moving Forward With Positivity ✔️ Proving Yourself Right Instead of Proving Others Wro

Checkout Episode 212 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Where After A Quick Life Catchup I Give Part 1 In A 3 Part Series Where I Break Down 300 Little Life Lessons That I Have Picked Up, Done, Grown From, Used, Heard About, Failed It, Succeeded At, and Overall Have Found To Just Add To A Better Life.  These Aren't Meant To Be Deep Dives Into The Soul and Ethics For Life, Nor Are They The End All Be All To Anything… They're Just Some Really Good Things That You Can Pick Out and Do In Your Daily Life That I Think Are Solid.  Like Most Situations In Life, We Take Things Too Seriously and We Overlook The Fact That A Happy & Healthy Life Isn't That Complex… Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening Recently With Concerts ✔️ Pumpkin Flavored Lovers Need To Unite ✔️ The 300 Little Things That I've Picked Up In Life ✔️ Telling People Every Single Day You Love Them ✔️ Putting Sprinkles On Twist Cones ✔️ Not Cheaping Out On Loved Ones ✔️ Doing The Dishes Right Away ✔️

Checkout Episode 211 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Where I Answer Some More Questions and Talk About The Craziness of The Past Week Which Involved Rice Bags, Cell Phones, and The Microwave… All of Which Resulted In A Bruised Ego. The Questions Range From Getting Back On A Workout Track, Milk Differences, Meal Subscription Boxes, 5 Albums, & Much More! Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ A Story For The Record Books of My Weekend ✔️ Cell Phones, Rice Bags, and Microwaves ✔️ Owning The Fact That You've Been An Idiot Is The Best Option ✔️ Getting Back On Track After A Long Layoff ✔️ Lowering The Barrier of Entry and Taking On Challenges ✔️ Great Ways To Use Meal Subscription Boxes For A Healthier Life  ✔️ Cow's Milk vs. Almond Milk... Which Is Better? ✔️ When Should You Have Protein…Before or After A Workout? ✔️ The 5 Albums I Would Choose For The Next 5 Years ✔️Carbon Monoxide, Blaming Your Wife, Slide Guitars, & Much More!   Follow Zarate Fitness Related Content At Th

Checkout Episode 210 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Where The One and Only Chad Finkbeiner Returns To Not Only Chat About Life, But In True Fink Fashion Comes Bearing Ideas That Depending On How You Look At It Could Be Considered 'Good' or 'Bad', 'Smart' or 'Dumb'… But For Sure 'Fun'! We Lift Weights, Share Beverages, and Talk About Everything From Working Out, Losing Imagination, Being Old School, Mixing Drinks, Getting Rabies, & Much More! Stick Around For The Fun, You Are Going To Love It!  Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Up With Think Lately ✔️ A New Idea That Involves Weightlifting & Whiskey ✔️ Finding Ways To Make Working Toward A Goal Match Your Willingness ✔️ Not Being So Stringent That You Forget To Enjoy Life ✔️ Making Adjustments For Grown Men Lightweights ✔️ Reminiscing On Old Jobs and Living Young ✔️ Semi-Unstructured Workouts For Progress Without A Burden ✔️ Seeing Time Beyond The Dollars ✔️ Getting Good At Lots of Things Because It's Fun ✔️ Technology Gets Put Down A Lot, But It's Probably