{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/6a6ba2be0bf0e6212f01ebe3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ketogenic Bodybuilding, OCD, and the Bro Diet That Almost Ended His Career | Robert Sikes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/1785438899167-82ada403-1018-4555-958e-2d0b37557a82.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Step 4 — Acast Description (Episode 63)</strong></p><p>📣 Robert Sikes built his pro bodybuilding card on a diet no one thought belonged in the sport. Before keto, disordered eating and OCD nearly took him out completely.</p><p><br></p><p>📋 Robert is a WNBF/OCB natural pro bodybuilder, the creator of Keto Brick, and the author of Ketogenic Bodybuilding. In this conversation, he talks about the bro-dieting years that wrecked his health, the self-experimentation that led him to earn his pro card on keto with zero coaches or roadmap to follow, and how he's built a business and a life around solving problems he lived through himself — food, training, even the clothes on his back. We also get into fatherhood, homesteading, and how he's learned to work with his OCD instead of against it.</p><p><br></p><p>🔑 What You'll Learn</p><ul><li>How disordered eating and \"bro dieting\" nearly ended his bodybuilding career before keto changed everything</li><li>Why he pioneered ketogenic bodybuilding with no coaches or precedent to follow</li><li>How OCD shaped his training and macro tracking, and how he learned to redirect it</li><li>What led him to create Keto Brick and build a business around solving his own problem</li><li>How natural living, homesteading, and parenting shape his approach to health today</li></ul><p><br></p><p>💡 \"There is no such thing as maintenance. You are either getting better or you are getting worse.\" — Robert Sikes</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 Connect with Robert Sikes</p><p><a href=\"https://ketosavage.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://ketosavage.com</a></p><p><a href=\"https://x.com/ketosavage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://x.com/ketosavage</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ketosavage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/ketosavage</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@Ketosavage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@Ketosavage</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ketobrick.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ketobrick.com</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ketobodybuilding.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ketobodybuilding.com</a></p><p><a href=\"https://pod.link/1169900822\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://pod.link/1169900822</a></p><p><br></p><p>⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>⏳ Chapters</p><p>0:47 Welcome and intro</p><p>3:37 From scrawny teen to first competition and disordered eating</p><p>5:54 Finding keto by accident and launching Keto Savage</p><p>7:27 Building Keto Brick and the new apparel line</p><p>11:25 Getting \"red-pilled\" — cutting out toxins at home</p><p>14:13 The birth story that changed things</p><p>21:22 Coaching, natural bodybuilding rules, and supplements</p><p>23:18 OCD: origins, triggers, and reframing it as a tool</p><p>35:30 Muscle, aging, his dad's cancer, and entrepreneurship</p><p>44:30 Building an AI coaching tool, homesteading, and closing thoughts</p>","author_name":"Robyn R Dobbins"}