NutraBio – THIRST

2025 Year in Review: Real Talk on Content Growth, Gym Ownership & What’s Next

Education, Podcast, Success, Update, VideoBy Brandon Smitley December 30, 2025 Leave a comment

Brandon Smitley of THIRST Gym recaps the 2025 year across YouTube, the THIRST More Podcast, Instagram, and online coaching, sharing real analytics, business challenges, and what is changing heading into 2026. From hitting YouTube monetization and growing to 6,000 subscribers to navigating a gym relocation due to eminent domain, this post covers the full story behind a year of growth and hard lessons for a working strength coach and small gym owner. If you are a strength athlete, powerlifter, wrestler, or coach looking for honest insights from someone in the trenches, this is the recap worth reading.

What Are The Best Supplements For Athletes?

Education, Nutrition, Sports Performance, Update, VideoBy Brandon Smitley October 30, 2023 Leave a comment

Discover the 7 best supplements for athletes that are scientifically proven to enhance athletic performance, improve recovery, and support overall health. From creatine monohydrate for explosive power to omega-3s for reducing inflammation, these evidence-based supplements provide cost-effective solutions for competitive athletes at every level. Learn proper dosing, timing, and implementation strategies to maximize your training results and gain that crucial competitive edge.

NEWS: THIRST Gym Raises $700 For Breast Cancer

News, Powerlifting, Uncategorized, UpdateBy Brandon Smitley October 6, 2019 Leave a comment

On October 5th, 2019, THIRST gym hosted their annual Bench For Boobs fundraiser. This fundraiser is a friendly, local bench press competition held in Terre Haute, Indiana where all the proceeds go to a local charity, PINK of Terre Haute. The competition had 14 competitors from various places across Indiana, and was sponsored by Elitefts,…

NutraBio Black Friday Sale

Education, Nutrition, Supplements, UpdateBy Brandon Smitley November 22, 2017 Leave a comment

I’m not one to post a ton of sales based adds or other posts on my blog, but NutraBio is having a HUGE Black Friday sale for about a whole week. You can stock up on tons of protein, multivitamins, pre-workouts, amino acids, joint care formulas and MORE! These are their lowest prices of the…

A Methodical Approach to Increasing Your Training Frequency

Education, Nutrition, Powerlifting, Recovery, UpdateBy Brandon Smitley January 18, 2017

As someone that works with a variety of clients and people, something that almost always gets brought up is how to add in extra work or training session to a training program. Most of the time, I will recommend that you just follow the program you’re using as written. It was designed in a way…

WATCH: Transitioning to Powerlifting

Coaching, Education, Powerlifting, Update, VideoBy Brandon Smitley June 16, 2016 Leave a comment

Continuing on with the Q&A series from my Facebook page, this week I discuss how to transition to powerlifting from a physique-based background. As crazy as this may seem, I think this is the most common way that people get into powerlifting. Majority of us when we start our fitness journey, get introduced either via…

RECIPE: Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies

Nutrition, UpdateBy Brandon Smitley May 20, 2016 Leave a comment

I’ll be the first to admit, that I’m not someone that comes up with great recipes. I enjoy the simplicity of cooking. Meats, vegetables, rice, potatoes, oatmeal. That’s my stuff. Baking? Not so much. I’d much rather just go out and buy whatever it is I’ve got the craving for. However, when you’re dieting down…

WATCH: A Day of Eating With Brandon Smitley – Non Training Day

Education, Nutrition, Supplements, Update, VideoBy Brandon Smitley April 28, 2016 Leave a comment

Seeing how and what certain strength athletes and fitness gurus eat is a pretty popular topic. Everyone has their own way to approach nutrition, and each person will likely have things dialed in based upon what works best for them. I’ve decided to film a few days of my eating for those that might be…

Making Carb Backloading Work for You

Carbs, Fat Loss, Nutrition, Recovery, Supplements, UpdateBy Brandon Smitley December 17, 2014 Leave a comment

It’s not too rare for me to get questions from clients and lifters about which style of nutritional approach to use. With the dozens of different dieting methods and theories out today, it can be a tough call on which method to take. IIFYM, CBL, CNS, Mountain Dog, IF, Paleo, etc. Ask any particular nutrition…

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