Fit Disciple Podcast

Faith Centered Fitness with Coach JT Tapias

Welcome back to the Fit Disciple Podcast.

In this powerful episode, Adam sits down with J.T. Tapias — clinical pastoral counselor, nutrition sociologist, and founder of the Empty Your Bucket Nutrition Plan — for one of the most raw and practical conversations we've had yet. J.T.'s story is extraordinary.

Born in Medellín during the height of cartel violence, surrounded by drug money and chaos, homeless at 14 in New York City, signed to play professional soccer overseas, battling addiction and internal emptiness. At 30 years old, everything changed.

God radically transformed his life.

Salvation wasn't the end of the story, it was the beginning of discipline.

This isn't just about nutrition, It's about stewardship.

It's about activating your faith. It's about becoming the kind of man who partners with God instead of making excuses. If you're tired of compartmentalizing your faith and fitness, If you know God is calling you to greater discipline, If you're ready to stop consuming and start building:

Listen to the full episode now. Drop your biggest takeaway in the comments. Share this with someone who needs a spiritual and physical reset.

Faith Centered Fitness with Coach JT Tapias

Welcome back to the Fit Disciple Podcast.
In this powerful episode, Adam sits down with J.T. Tapias — clinical pastoral counselor, nutrition sociologist, and founder of the Empty Your Bucket Nutrition Plan — for one of the most raw and practical conversations we've had yet. J.T.'s story is extraordinary.

Born in Medellín during the height of cartel violence, surrounded by drug money and chaos, homeless at 14 in New York City, signed to play professional soccer overseas, battling addiction and internal emptiness. At 30 years old, everything changed.

God radically transformed his life.

Salvation wasn't the end of the story, it was the beginning of discipline.

This isn't just about nutrition, It's about stewardship.

It's about activating your faith. It's about becoming the kind of man who partners with God instead of making excuses. If you're tired of compartmentalizing your faith and fitness, If you know God is calling you to greater discipline, If you're ready to stop consuming and start building:

Listen to the full episode now. Drop your biggest takeaway in the comments. Share this with someone who needs a spiritual and physical reset.

The Importance of Sleep

It is very difficult to be defeated in your health and be victorious in Your faith at the same time!

Sleep is a biological necessity for the human body. In other words, it is a foundational physiological process not just a recovery tool of convenience.

Consistent, uninterrupted sleep (7 hours straight) is usually better for your brain and body than 8 hours broken into intervals.

In this episode you will learn about:

1. The significance of adequate sleep
2. The benefits of sleep
3. How sleep deprivation affects brain function, mental status and decision making
4. A study on how Insufficient sleep undermines dietary efforts to reduce adiposity / body fat
5. Factors that disrupts/ promote sleep e.g. how light brightness/ dimness affects REM Sleep and total sleep time
 
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HOW TO ACHIEVE ANY LIFE TRANSFORMATION
According to Dallas Willard; a Christian theologian / philosopher, "The disciple is one who intent on becoming Christ - like, systematically and progressively rearranges his affairs to that end under the guidance of the word and the spirit!"

To achieve a particular life change, you have to agree that what you have been doing will not get you where you want to get to so that you are able to change.

In this episode, you will learn about :

1. The systematic Approach
How to develop a habit to be fit and healthy from repetition through the use of triggers.
How triggers help with creating a systematic approach but if you don't have a system you do not have an approach!
How structured plan produces high end results in goal achievement and removes cognitive load.
2. Progressive Approach
Progressive overload is where you have to increase the demand otherwise adaptation stops and there is no growth.
The significance of continuous increasing challenge  for you to see exponential growth.
How structure without progression maintains the same level you are at and nothing changes where as progression without structure leads  to burn out.
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Is Diet or Exercise More important for your health?

Is ultra-processed food really the biggest health problem or is being sedentary far worse?

In this episode of the Fit Disciples Podcast, we break down one of the least addressed topic in health and fitness today: diet vs. fitness.

Using real research, we compare the impact of ultra-processed foods with the far more overlooked danger of low cardiorespiratory fitness.

We'll cover:
What the research actually says about ultra-processed foods and mortality
Why low fitness increases or causes mortality by hundreds of percent
How diet has become overemphasized while fitness is neglected
A biblical framework for stewardship of the body
Practical guidance for building real, measurable health in 2026
This episode is about majoring on what actually moves the needle physically, spiritually, and practically.

"Train yourself to be godly." — 1 Timothy 4:7

I offer customized training for beginners, experienced lifters, and anyone serious about improving their health.

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