Mark has worked in church and para church ministries for several years. Additional Mark has been a strength and conditioning coach for over 15 years, working with youth, college, professional and Olympic athletes. The theme Bible verse for the show is 1 Timothy 4:8. "For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come."
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F Cubed: fitness, finance, and faith. All the tools you need for physical health and financial well-being. From nutrition (macros, calories, treat days, clean eating and dirty bulks) to training (strength, hypertrophy, volume, intensity, and block design). From budgeting (saving, spending, credit, and debt) to investing (passively, actively, long-term, and short term) From a chubby kid turned bodybuilder with almost two decades of education and experience in the world of finance, Jim Schultz ...
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God’s grip on us is greater than our grip on Him. Just like our grip in the gym, our spiritual grip can sometimes feel weak or uncertain. But the beauty of it all is that while we work on strengthening our grip, both physically and spiritually, God’s grip on us never falters. His hold is complete and unwavering, ensuring that even when we feel like…
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REBOOT! The “Faith and Fitness” podcast is back and better than ever! After a little hiatus, Mark is rebooting the podcast with fresh energy, new insights, and even more passion for helping you crush your fitness goals while deepening your faith. Whether you’re into powerlifting, functional fitness, marathon running, or prayerful meditation, we’ve …
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Everybody Believes In Miracles | Frank Turek Debates
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In one of the more popular Frank Turek debates, a woman contends the great miracles of the bible are unbelievable. But it turns out, everybody believes in miracles - even atheists who claim they don't!Timestamps0:00 Intro0:37 The Bible is unbelievable!2:21 My thoughts on the Frank Turek debate clip3:00 Miracle claims in the Bible4:00 Everybody beli…
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When it comes to short selling losses, as with naked call options or any short selling strategy, are you really exposed to an infinite max loss? Theoretically, yes, but practically..? This video was brought to you by F Cubed and Dr. Jim Schultz - the host of From Theory to Practice (with the tastytrade trading platform).…
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With week 3 of the Road to the Pros underway, we work through the 6 phases of leanness I forecast I'll need to work through to get back on stage.
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Natural Bodybuilding Prep | Road To The Pros: Wk #1
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2024 is up and running, and so is our natural bodybuilding prep. Having been off the stage for a few years now, I've developed a strong hankering to fire up a competition prep diet for some good ol' fashioned competition prep bodybuilding.My aim is to record a vlog style series that follows all the way from the beginning up until I finally take the…
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So far in 2023, market volatility as measured by the VIX has seemed disconnected from the whippiness we've all seen on our screens. So why is that? When we look at the VIX equation itself, along with the counterparty hedging that takes place on the other side of a 0 DTE trade, this disconnect becomes a whole lot clearer. Watch the video version of …
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Bodybuilding Goals | Natty Bodybuilding Competition Prep | Road To The Pros: Week 1
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Natty Bodybuilding Competitoin Prep 2023 is underway, and here in Week 1, I wanted to go over an overview of my bodybuilding goals for this season. This will be the first time I’ve prepped since 2019, and the first time I’ll get back on stage since 2017. Having almost turned pro in 2017, my number one goal this year is to finally finish the job, an…
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Here are three obvious reasons we need God.Three things we all experience that clearly show our need for something, or better yet, someone higher.---------------Subscribe to the YouTube ChannelConnect on Twitter
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Ep #176: Is Your Trading Repeatable & Sustainable?
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Two big questions you need to ask yourself early on in your trader journey: Is what I'm doing repeatable over time: month after month and quarter after quarter? Is what I'm doing sustainable over time? Are my strategies sound, and are my expectations realistic? ---------- Check us out on YouTube too!…
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Are you training hard enough? How can you objectively know? Here's one way to figure it out.
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Ep #174: One Simple Way To Reduce Directional Risk
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There are many times that we want to reduce directional risk in our portfolios or in our positions. Here's one of the simplest ways to do that with either new positions or existing positions.
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Ep #173: Are Short Puts The BEST Options Strategy?
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Is the Short Put the BEST Options Strategy? How does it stack up against the Short Strangle? -------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a review!
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Buffalo don’t run away from the storm. They run through the storm.
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So with ES up almost 200, NQ up 700, and the Dow up over 1,000 from the light CPI print this am, now what do we do? Here are three things you might want to consider doing as a permabull to take some risk off the table moving forward.
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So how to make money selling options? This is the question that everyone wants to know, or at least everyone who wants to know how do options work in trading. As very much a selling options for beginners video, or even a primer to selling options explained, this video is a good start to answering that question. This video was brought to you by F Cu…
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Ep #169: Extrinsic Value Is The Name Of The Game
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Extrinsic Value - what a fascinating metric. Multi-layered and multi-dimensional, Extrinsic Value does so much to help option sellers. In this episode, we share a few thoughts around its ability to measure the aggregate time decay in your portfolio, as well as the additional buffer it provides to your position.…
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Ep #168: A Different Way To Think About Sharing The Gospel
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Do you ever feel like you're ill-equipped to share the Gospel? Do you ever feel unprepared to shine Christ's light onto the world around you? Don't be. God doesn't call the equipped - He equips the called.
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Do you love your training? I mean like LOVE your training. Does it get you excited to get to the gym or slurp down a protein shake? If not, you're doing yourself a disservice, and you're making the process harder than it needs to be - needlessly so.
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Ep #166: Option Moneyness: Understanding OTM, ITM an ATM Options
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One of the key building blocks to all of options is Option Moneyness. Whether you’re looking at purely in-the-money and out-of-the-money options, or you’re focusing exclusively on out-of-the-money calls and out-of-the-money puts, if you don’t have a clear understanding of the differences between ITM, ATM, and OTM options, it will be difficult to ge…
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Ep #165: The 2 Big Advantages To Selling Options
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New to shorting an option? There are 2 key advantages to short premium that long premium (or long options) don't have: time and volatility. So when it comes to selling options vs buying options, and just short options trading in general, it's important to see how these two metrics are on your side as an option seller. This video was brought to you …
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Ep #164: Should You Be Long Or Short The Stock Market?
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Should you play the stock market up or down? Should you bank on a bullish or bearish market? Important questions that you have to answer when trying to decide if you're going to be long or short stocks. In this video, we lay out the bullish stock market case, and the bearish stock market case - focusing specifically on positive drift over time vs h…
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If you want the best buying options strategy out there, simple - don't do it. Without question, stock derivatives can give your portfolio unique exposure to different risk return relationships, but the negative theta that comes along with long options strategies makes them very difficult to make profitable in the long-term. This video was brought t…
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Stick with the same training split for a long time. It's the only way to easily identify progressive overload. Watch the video version of the show here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And if you're looking for your FREE 12-WK CARDIO PLAN, you've found it. Or scoop up the Fat Loss Formul…
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Ep #161: How Do You Know You're Recovering From Training?
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Recovery is one of the buzzwords in the fitness world right now, but unlike the Alkaline Diet, it actually is important. So let's talk about recovery training and give you some strategies to recover from workouts faster, with some recovery tips for athletes. The Daily Shred is brought to by F Cubed and your host Jim Schultz (who also hosts From The…
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What is your goal for this upcoming year? Overall fitness? Shredded to the max?? Strong as an ox??? Whatever it might be - let's help get you there. Watch the video version here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And if you're looking for your FREE 12-WK CARDIO PLAN, you've found it. Or sc…
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Ep #159: Can I Trust The Gospels? Is The Bible Reliable???
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Before you can ever fully decide to give your life to Christ, you have to ask, "Can I trust the Gospels?" The stories that were written about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus - do they carry weight? Let's discuss... Watch the video version here! LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Podcast Episode #152: Can You Trust Jesus? Bible Project Guys…
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Ep #158: How To Balance Training Volume & Training Intensity
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The two pieces to the training puzzle: training volume and training intensity. But how do you balance the two together??? Watch the video version of this podcast here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And if you're looking for your FREE 12-WK CARDIO PLAN, you've found it. Or scoop up the …
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Ep #157: The Truth Will Set You Free - The Power Of Telling The Truth
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In the sage words of MLK, or better yet, JC, the truth will indeed set you free. There is an incredible power in telling the truth, and no better example exists than that of the final days before Jesus went to the cross, when he had a confrontation with Pontius Pilate, as written in the Gospel of John NIV 8:32. We also throw a nod to the late, Ravi…
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Ep #156: High Volume Training With More Sets? - No, Do This Instead
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It’s pretty hard to argue that high volume training is an effective way to grow. Whether it be a high volume chest workout, high volume back workout, high volume arms workout (#pumpchasers), or a high volume shoulder workout, the evidence is clear - more volume typically means more progress. But, we want to be careful that we don’t always add sets …
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Ep #155: Biblical Grace And Mercy: The Combo That Separates Christianity
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In no other faith, belief, or worldview, do grace and mercy exist simultaneously like they do in Christianity. Through the Gospel, we are freely given what we don’t deserve (grace), and we are shielded from what we do deserve (mercy). And here is what this means for your life... ----------------------------------------------------------------------…
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Ep #154: The One Thing That Eating For Sustainable Fat Loss Must Have
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Are you serious about sustainable fat loss? Are you done losing a bunch of weight, only to gain it all back (plus a lil’ sumpin, sumpin)?? Then here is one thing you absolutely NEED to have in your nutrition. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And if you're looking for your FREE 12-WK CARDI…
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Ep #153: Why Working Harder Will Never Satisfy You
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Ever worked really hard at something, only to be dissatisfied at the end? Then you find yourself wondering… Maybe your dreams aren’t big enough, your goals aren’t high enough, and your work isn’t good enough? So what do you want to do? Immerse yourself even more fully in your work. Work more...work harder. But that will never satisfy you. ---------…
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The Bible can change your life, if you let it. And the Gospel itself can completely transform your heart, if you give it a chance. But at the end of the day, before either of those things are even a consideration, you'll need to answer this question: Can I trust Jesus? Today, let's explore that question. --------------------------------------------…
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You want to be sliced to the gills and shredded to the bone? You want to be so lean that your muscles are ready to pop through your skin at any given moment? Ok - go get it. Just be aware, there's a cost. And that cost gets larger and larger, the leaner and leaner you go. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------…
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Ep #150: The Overwhelming Bias Not To Believe The Gospel
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When you look at the Gospel from the outside, it’s not that easy to believe. As a Christian, I have lots of sympathy and compassion for the Non-Christians out there that have a difficult time accepting the core message of the Bible. In fact, in some ways, I think there’s actually a bias not to believe the Gospel… -----------------------------------…
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Ep #149: How Should You Adjust Training Volume For Long-Term Hypertrophy?
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At some point in every lifter’s career, longevity begins to become more and more important. And not only longevity from a health standpoint, but longevity from a progress standpoint. So given that you want to continue training at a high level for many years to come, how should you adjust your training volume to achieve long-term hypertrophy? In thi…
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Ep #148: Do You Struggle With Weekend Blowouts?
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Not going to lie - weekend blowouts? I know them well - too well. I basically spent the first half of my BB career perfecting the weekend blowout, only to be followed up by super strict, extreme dieting on the backside, just to try and get back to even. Even to this day, I have to be super intentional, otherwise a ho-hum Saturday can easily turn in…
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One of the most famous passages in all of the New Testament (which could probably be said of all NT text, but I digress) is taken from Galatians 5:22-23, where Paul talks of the “fruit of the spirit”. Here, he lays out the characteristics that we as Christians should strive to embody as followers of Christ. But what’s even more interesting is his u…
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We've all heard of Lifestyle Creep - where as you make more money, you don't actually save, you just spend more. But can this same idea be applied to nutrition...in a positive way? It can - with Macro Creep. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And if you're looking for your FREE 12-WK CARDIO…
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Ep #145: Evidence For God Using The Inside-The-Room/Outside-The-Room Test
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Before ever digging into the specifics of a given faith, we all need to come to some conclusion about the existence of a God Himself. Does what we understand, or not understand, about the world around us point to a Supernatural Being having a hand in its creation? Why or why not? To help answer that, we borrow an idea from JB Warner’s Cold Case Chr…
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Ep #144: Why Are Christians So Un-Christlike?
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In a very famous quote, Ghandi once said, “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” And even GK Chesterton, an evangelical preacher, said, “The greatest case against Christiantiy is Christians themselves.” On the surface, these appear to be negative evaluations of Christians, their testimonies f…
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Ep #143: There's a Big Difference Between Maximum Speed and Average Speed
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Everybody wants to focus on maximum speed and maximum output. How hard can I go today? How far can I push right now? That’s the question that traps us all. Instead, however, what we need to focus on our average speed. Not how badly can I blast it now, but rather, how can I push my boundaries just a little bit to boost my overall, average output? Wi…
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Ep #142: How Do You Break Through a Weight Loss Plateau?
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A question that every fat loss enthusiast must have a response to if they hope to come anywhere near their ultimate goal of residence in Shredsville. The truth is, everybody hits a sticking point in their progress...probably more than one, probably every month or so, before they cross the finish line. Here’s the how and why behind how you burst thr…
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In this episode Mark talks about Covid19 and asks the question “what will be your new normal?” https://faithandfitnesspodcast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/new-normal.mp3By faithness
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Ep #141: Is Vitamin D The Best Supplement You're Not Taking?
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As we talk about in today’s episode, not only can Vitamin D help your achy joints and boost your mood, but a lot of us are deficient in Vitamin D to begin with. So today we dive into the research and offer some dosing recommendations to get the biggest benefit. As always, check with your doctor before trying any of this. A set of basic labs from yo…
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Episode 15: What Looks Like Death Can Be Your Greatest Victory
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In this episode Mark shares a chapter from the the book series The Singer Trilogy by Calvin Miller, and provides encouragement that “what looks like death can become your greatest victory”. https://faithandfitnesspodcast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/good-friday-2020.mp3By faithness
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Episode 14: Fat, Muscle and Covid19 Workout Routine
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In this episode Mark talks about: weight loss, fat, muscle and gives tips on how to exercise most efficiently. https://faithandfitnesspodcast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/covid-19-tips.mp3By faithness
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In this episode Mark interviews co-owner of Kornerstone Barbell, Kurt Kornelsen. For more information check out their website https://www.kornerstonebarbell.com/ https://faithandfitnesspodcast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/march-21_2020_kurt_episode-1-1.mp3By faithness
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In this episode Mark talks about: competitive powerlifting, going through a tough personal event, and stepping back to take perspective. https://faithandfitnesspodcast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kurt-qualifying-for-nationals.mp3By faithness
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