Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast

Jon Heck
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Mar 31, 2026 • 1h 12min

Ep.76: Dylan Cooper, Savage Olypic Weightlifting and Anabolics

Dylan Cooper is a high level American weightlifter. He was a dominant junior competitor who has since moved to the dark side and ended his competitive career to instead push the boundaries of human limits as an enhanced athlete. We dive into a behind the scenes look into the life of a competitive olympic weightlifter, training for the sport, differences between USA weightlifting and other countries, and Dylan's journey into uncharted territory as an enhanced lifter   CHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to the channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content
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Mar 24, 2026 • 1h 48min

Ep. 75: JP Price, 1000lb Raw Squatter

JP Price is a former ATWR holding powerlifter and one of the strongest raw squatters of our lifetime. He was also incredibly strong within the sport of strongman, as well as owning a badass gym in Kansas City. In this episode, we talk training, talk criticisms of the sport of powerlifting as a whole, gym ownership and building a gym community and more.CHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content
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Mar 19, 2026 • 21min

Plan Your Nutrition Into PHASES

In this video, I dive into an important nutrition strategy for fat loss and muscle gain...planning your nutrition into set phases on planned timelines...instead of just dieting indefinitelyCHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content
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Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 24min

Ep. 74: Dylan Shannon, How to Dominate Social Media and Get Jacked Doing It

Dylan Shannon exploded onto the scene only two years ago. He is jacked, strong, athletic and has a knack for making content out of it. In only his first year on social media, he managed to grow a 100k+ audience, tacking on another 200k in year 2. He has huge audiences on both IG and YouTube and backs it up with a great knowledge base and the full package to show for it, as a full time athlete on social media.In this episode, we talk about how this literally became a full time career for him, his keys to growth and success, how to make good content, and alot more.  @dylan_shannon CHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content
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Mar 10, 2026 • 1h 38min

Ep.73: Steph Mock, Female MLB Strength Coach

Steph Mock is a professional strength and conditioning coach in Major League Baseball and one of the most respected performance coaches working in professional sports today. With a background in elite athlete development, Mock specializes in building resilient, powerful athletes through intelligent strength programming, movement quality, and long-term performance planning.Steph is also highly talented when it comes to staff building, serving in numerous leadership/administrative roles in Division-1 college sports programs.In this episode, we dive into coaching, staff building, navigating the profession, and the implications of being a female in professional sports performanceCHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content
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Mar 5, 2026 • 27min

How to Set your Calories and Macros: Solo Episode

In this video, I dive into some practical guidelines for how to identify your baseline maintenance calorie intake, and then setup your calories and macros from there to target fat loss or muscle gain. This is a solo episode. Weekly guest episodes will continue to drop every Tuesday, but I will be releasing more of these solo episodes on some Thursdays, diving into nutrition and training infoCHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content
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Mar 3, 2026 • 1h 56min

Ep.72: Justin Harris, Bulking Diets

Justin Harris returns to the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast to talk about the differences between a post diet rebound, aggressive bulking and "main gaining". All different strategies for adding size. We talk about when to deploy these various strategies and who would benefit the most from each of them. Justin is one of the best bodybuilding coaches in the game and an OG in the world of nutrition for physique enhancementCHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content
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Feb 24, 2026 • 55min

Ep.71: Bryce Johnson, The Next Brian Shaw?

Bryce Johnson had an absolute breakout year on the pro strongman circuit last year. Many people believe he may be the next "Brian Shaw" in the sport. Bryce is an absolute behemoth at 6'6 415lbs and has proven to be a dominant competitor that is just scratching the surface of his potential. In this episode, we dive into his prep for the upcoming Arnold Classic and how his career has unfolded in the last two years.CHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content
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Feb 17, 2026 • 1h 32min

Ep.70: Maximus McCall, Nutrition for the Biggest and Strongest on Earth

Maximus McCall is an Australian nutrition coach for strongman competitors and powerlifters. Among his clients are some of the biggest, strongest athletes in the world. Maximus is also an accomplished athlete and competitor himself and walks the walk of what he coaches. A highly intelligent and well educated practitioner, merging real world experience and evidence based literature within his protocols. In this episode, we dive into what goes into feeding the biggest and strongest humans on the planet, as well as some unorthodox supplement protocolsCHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content
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Feb 10, 2026 • 1h 39min

Ep.69: Tim Riley, Overcoming Addiction and Chasing Greatness

Tim Riley is a private sector strength and conditioning coach who specializes in NFL combine prep. He is also a prominent figure in the sports performance and fitness industry in general. Tim is the host of the popular Coach 'Em Up Podcast as well as the creator of APEX, a new and popular fitness competition that rivals the likes of Hyrox. Tim is a character, a go getter and his story is amazing. We dive into his life of overcoming addiction, dropping out of school, hitting rock bottom and then pursuing greatness at the highest levels of this industry. A great episode that breaks the mold of my usual guest episodes.For more of Tim and I, check out my appearance on the Coach 'Em Up Podcast where Tim interviews MECHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Own Diet. This ebook covers fat loss, muscle gain, gut health, supplementation, building the metabolism, reverse diet strategies, maintenance phases, hydration, lifestyle tips, cheat meals, and more. https://hammerchiselperformance.com/ebooksCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to the channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition contentCheck out my WINTER BULK 9 week HYPERTROPHY programhttps://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/heck-program-1763323396?attrib=591609-ytStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on train heroic for weekly programming and daily interaction with me for $28/month. https://trainheroic.co/jointeamhammerandchiselFor my 1:1 coaching services, visit my website. You will also find my training programs, ebook, and other resources herehttps://hammerchiselperformance.com/For the best supplements on the market, use code HECK at checkout at Troponin Supplements https://troponinsupplements.comSubscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on IG for daily training and nutrition content

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