Sep 9, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
John and Blain talk about a day in the life of a trainer, the importance of diet, machine quality and if it makes a difference, and the GLP issues that most people don't know. Tune in and learn what…
Blain DuesingHostJohn D’AmbrosioHost
I texted you yesterday and just thought it might be slightly advantageous to let them know like a day in the life of us as far as like eating, resting, training, like the fact that it doesn't need to be extreme because anyone I come across, you know, oh, it must be nice.
It's true compared to what other people think you're supposed to do or what we do.
What's a day where people are going to say, oh, Blaine, I saw you at the barbecue.
probably between 6 and 6.30 every single day, even on weekends because my body's just conditioned to not sleep in anymore.
If I can't sleep in, it might be 7 a.m. And then I typically read for about half an hour, play guitar for about half an hour, and go through my client's charts, look at my day, and just start with my first client.
That's usually around 7.45 or 8.00. And typically I will, would have had dinner the night before, um, due to your book.
Well, I was kind of fasting before your book, but I kind of started pushing it.
So I will have, I have clients that give me bananas, like football size avocados that they grow on there.
So I'll have, um, half an avocado, an apple, a ton of baby carrots, probably two protein shakes and cashews.
I texted you yesterday and just thought it might be slightly advantageous to let them know like a day in the life of us as far as like eating, resting, training, like the fact that it doesn't need to be extreme because anyone I come across, you know, oh, it must be nice.
It's true compared to what other people think you're supposed to do or what we do.
What's a day where people are going to say, oh, Blaine, I saw you at the barbecue.
probably between 6 and 6.30 every single day, even on weekends because my body's just conditioned to not sleep in anymore.
If I can't sleep in, it might be 7 a.m. And then I typically read for about half an hour, play guitar for about half an hour, and go through my client's charts, look at my day, and just start with my first client.
That's usually around 7.45 or 8.00. And typically I will, would have had dinner the night before, um, due to your book.
Well, I was kind of fasting before your book, but I kind of started pushing it.
So I will have, I have clients that give me bananas, like football size avocados that they grow on there.
So I'll have, um, half an avocado, an apple, a ton of baby carrots, probably two protein shakes and cashews.
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