013 Jeff Gonzales
About this video
Mike Ritland interviews Jeff Gonzalez, former Navy SEAL, contractor, and founder of Trident Concepts training. They discuss their shared morning workout routine, exercise philosophy, nutrition strategies, and supplement use. The conversation emphasizes efficiency, functional fitness for aging athletes, and injury prevention, before touching on life in Texas and firearms preferences.
Key takeaways
- Ritland and Gonzalez both prioritize calculated, functional workouts focused on Olympic lifts and full-body movements, viewing time in the gym as finite and emphasizing injury prevention over performance metrics alone
- Gonzalez practices time-restricted eating (10am-8pm window) paired with a carnivore-leaning paleo diet, tracking macros at 35% protein, 35% fat, 30% carbs, and reports sustained energy and mental clarity as benefits
- Ritland takes minimal pre/post-workout supplements (water and Pedialyte only), while Gonzalez uses Progenex products; both stress consistency in nutrition and training over chasing specific formulas
Episode details: published August 31, 2018 · 62.9K views · 2:57:09 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.
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