What If Looking Fit Is Hurting You? Sustainable Men’s Fitness with Kevin Gomes

What happens when you look healthier than ever but feel worse than ever? Former competitive bodybuilder and men’s health coach Kevin Gomes knows that contradiction firsthand. After years of extreme training, restrictive dieting, and performance-enhancing drugs, he realized that looking strong and actually being healthy are two very different things. Kevin joins Lisa Lacy for a thought-provoking conversation about men’s physical and emotional health, identity, perfectionism, and the patterns that keep us stuck. From our relationship with food to the pressure to prove ourselves, we explore why sustainable fitness requires more than discipline, and how real health begins when we stop chasing appearances and start paying attention to how we’re actually living. In This Episode: 03:00 | When looking your best leaves you feeling your worst: Kevin’s bodybuilding wake-up call. 07:00 | Looking under the hood: bloodwork, hormones, energy, and the health markers we overlook. 12:00 | How identity, shame, perfectionism, and our relationship with food keep unhealthy patterns alive. 16:00 | Breaking autopilot: recognizing emotional triggers, stress eating, and building intentional habits. 31:00 | Dropping the mask of physical perfection, walking away from steroids, and redefining strength, health, and fatherhood.