The S&C Podcast: Recent Episodes
Matthew Skaar and Stefan Cali
Two former footballers and ATG certified coaches sharing knowledge and ideas on all things training, business, self-improvement, and fitness.
Connect with Stef on instagram @CoachCaliiiConnect with Matthew on instagram @skaarperformance
Connect with Stef on Instagram at CoachCaliii
Connect with Matthew on Instagram at SkaarPerformance
Connect with Stef on Instagram @CoachCaliii
Connect with Matthew on Instagram @SkaarPerformance
Connect with Stef on Instagram @CoachCaliii Connect with Matthew on Instagram @SkaarPerformance
Connect with Stef on Instagram @CoachCaliii Connect with Matthew on Instagram @SkaarPerformance
Connect with Stef on instagram @CoachCaliii
Connect with Matthew on instagram @SkaarPerformance
This week we talk about Stefan's new baby (!!!), when the cutoff for building bigger tendons is, how to train young athletes, and much more.
Find Stef on Instagram @CoachCaliii
Find Matthew on Instagram @skaarperformance
This week we talk about what we really value both in terms of a gym and lifestyle wise, why getting stronger doesn't always result in more athleticism, creating your own program vs following someone else's, and more.
Find Stef @Coachcaliii on instagram
Find Matthew @skaarperformance on socials
Even if you have strategies and techniques that have consistently gotten results for others - if you haven't gotten yourself to the same level there will probably be something missing.
This is one of the topics we talk about in this episode along with what it takes to be a professional, the benefits of playing pain free, and more.
Connect with Stef @CoachCaliii
Connect with Matthew @skaarperformance
This week we talk about a bunch of football related topics including when to change clubs, how to understand feedback from your coach, the mental transfer from working in the gym and much more!
Connect with Stef on instagram @CoachCaliii
Connect with Matthew @Skaarperformance
This week we talk about how footballers can lift to best provide support for the sport. And spoiler alert, its not as heavy as possible whenever possible
Reach out to Stef and sign up for his program @coachcaliii on instagram
Find Matthew on all platforms @Skaarperformance
This week we talk about a lot of things from the difference between having a home gym as a trainer vs having a location, running the 4x4x48, making things hard just to be hard and plenty of other topics.
Connect with Stefan @coachcaliii on instagram
Connect with Matthew @skaarperformance on YouTube, instagram, TikTok, and twitter
Lots of topics in this week's podcast. Mainly Stef trying to bring up exercises and topics just to make Matthew get angry... and succeeding. Including people going backwards against the resistance curve, banded hip flexor drills, and Stef's experience getting seasick.
Find Stef on instagram @CoachCaliii
Find Matthew on Youtube @skaarperformance as well as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook at SkaarPerformance
This week we talk with Keith Alpert, a long-time friend and student of Charles Poliquin, ATG Coach, founder of the Athletist Brand, and mentor to Matthew. Keith has over 40 years of experience training all kinds of people from NBA players to high school athletes to top executives. Located in Needham, Massachusetts, Keith specialized in putting functional size on high school athletes which translates to speed, athleticism, and durability on the court of field.
The best ways to get in touch with Keith are all on www.athletist.com or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/athletist/
Find Stef @CoachCaliii on Instagram
Find Matthew @Skaarperformance on Socials
This week we catch up after Matthew's trip to Boston to visit Keith Alpert, what Matthew and Stef have going on from a business stance, how to use the information put out by Russell Brunson and more!
Keith Alpert - https://instagram.com/athletist?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Range Training Man - https://instagram.com/range_training_man?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Find Stef on Instagram - https://instagram.com/coachcaliii?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Find Matthew on Instagram - https://instagram.com/skaarperformance?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
It's warm over Christmas in Australia??
Connect with Stefan on instagram @coachcaliiii
Connect with Matthew on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter @skaarperformance4036
This week we talk about a variety of topics, what we have in store for business in the future, the World Cup final, and different strategies for social media.
Find Stef on instagram @CoachCaliii
Find Matthew on social media @skaarperformance
Andrés has lived all over the world including Arizona, Florida, France, Germany, and Croatia after going to school and working in the U.S. Andrés is a self taught video editor and level 2 ATG coach. We talk about the benefits of living around the world as a digital nomad, Andrés' experience going from vegan to coming back to eating meat and many other topics.
Get in touch with Andrés on instagram @andrestrains and on YouTube @andres Rodriguez-Story
Find Stef on instagram @CoachCaliii
Find Matthew on instagram, YouTube and TikTok @Skaarperformance
Is football on the decline from 5-10 years ago? Or are we just biased?
Find Stefan on Instagram @CoachCaliii
Find Matthew on Social Media @SkaarPerformance
This week we talk about a variety of topics within football from how to work a bodyweight program, incorporating skill session, over vs undertraining, and a look at the World Cup coming up.
Follow Stefan on Instagram @CoachCaliii
Follow Matthew on Instagram or Youtube @SkaarPerformance
This week Matthew recaps his experiences at the ATG camp in Clearwater FL, and we get into what soccer players are missing and how we want to help shift the narrative to strength being a good thing for footballers, not something to avoid.
This week we sit down with Range Hussein. Range is an ATG coach out of Reach Personal Training in Toronto, CA. Reach is one of, if not the top place to train in Canada an is owned and operated by Ben Clarfield, the ATG coach. A former footballer himself we talk about some of the misconceptions people have about ATG and what footballers are missing in their training.
Get in touch with Range @thefulllrange on Instagram
Reach Stef @CoachCaliii on Instagram
Reach Matthew @SkaarPerformance on YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter
A bit of a different podcast this week, we talk about a wide variety of topics including different styles of learning, what each of us currently have going on outside of the podcast, who would win in a fight between a lion, bear, and tiger and much more.
Find Stef on Instagram @coachcaliii
Find Matthew on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube @SkaarPerformance
This week we talk with the football body coach, Matthew Deehan. Matthew is an ATG coach and an active member within UNCOM. He works with professional and high level amateur football players in Scotland and across the world online. We talk about the importance of strength training for footballers, how to incorporate strength training into a normal football training session, and plenty of other football related topics.
Find Matthew (Deehan) on instagram @thefootballbodycoach
Find Stef on instagram @Coachcaliii
Find Matthew (Skaar) @skaarperformance on instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
This week we answer some of the questions you submitted on social media, including - How to stop and fix hamstring strains, strengthening the shoulder and fix rounding forwards, how to train at home, and much more!
Reach Stef @Coachcaliii on instagram or @CoachCali on Youtube
Reach Matthew @SkaarPerformance on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube
This week we had the opportunity to chat with Luke Harvison, who created The Farm Gym in the Sunshine Coast, Australia with his wife, Acacia.
We spoke about what life’s like on the farm for Luke & his family, how they came to create The Farm Gym & what the Becoming Uncommon 2.0 event was like.
This was also the first episode where we had a live guest.
Find Luke on instagram @the_uncommon_farmer or @thefarmgymsch
Find Stefan @coachcaliii on Instagram or @coachcali on Youtube
Find Matthew @skaarperformance on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube
This week we speak with USA olympic bobsled candidate, physical therapist, and ATG coach Q Willey. Q gives us an insight on what separates the elite in bobsled from the good as well as sharing some of his training that got him to that level. We also talk about how to create connections with clients as a physical therapist, trainer, or any profession, how people should approach learning from research, and many other topics.
Best place to get in touch with Q is on instagram @the_atg_physio
Find Stefan on Instagram @coachcaliii and YouTube @coachcali
Find Matthew on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube @Skaar performance
This week we talk with Neven Antic, Neven owns D8 Training in Adelaide, Australia and trains both athletes and general population. He is also an ATG level 2 coach and very knowledgable about many aspects of training outside of ATG. We talk about what he does with his athletes vs general population, how he came about being an ATG coach, and many other topics within strength training and business.
Find Neven on Instagram: https://instagram.com/d8training?igshid=MmIxOGMzMTU=
Find Stefan on Instagram and Youtube @CoachCaliii
Find Matthew on Instagram, TikTok and Youtube @Skaarperformance
This week we answer some of the questions submitted from instagram, we talk about everything from achilles, scap winging, how we dealt with injuries and much more. Get discounts on our favorite products: Freak athlete essentials: Use "Cali20" or "Skaar20" for 20% off The Iron Shin: Use "UncommonCali" The Tib Bar Guy: "Skaar10" for 10% off Follow Stef on Instagram and TikTok @CoachCaliii and YouTube @CoachCali Follow Matthew on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube @SkaarPerformance
This week we talk with a fellow former-footballer Zak Woodward. Zak is a trainer out of the Orlando area in Florida. He specializes in working with soccer players and fixing knees. Zak is an level 2 ATG endorsed coach and a long-time member of ATG. Zak works with soccer players of all ages, levels, and from all around the world. We talk about how to develop athletes, how Zak uses ATG, and plenty else.
This was one of our favorite podcasts so far so make sure to watch it through!
Get in contact with Zak on YouTube and Instagram @ZakWoodwardATP
Follow Stefan on Instagram at CoachCaliii and YouTube @CoachCali
Follow Matthew on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube @SkaarPerformance
This week on the podcast we speak with Lyndon Holtzeimer, a brilliant mind who is currently in the process of creating "UNCOM Island" in Vanuatu, lives off the grid in the Sunshine Coast of Australia, and helps other reach their visions for freedom. We speak about the importance of in-person gatherings of like-minded people, Stef and Lyndon's experience together earlier this year, and Lyndon's life up until now.
Get in touch with Lyndon on Instagram https://instagram.com/thelifestylefastlane?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Find Stef on YouTube @CoachCali, and on instagram and TikTok @CoachCaliii
Find Matthew on Youtube, Instagram, and TikTok @SkaarPerformance
This week we speak with Zac Horsey, a former ortho student in Australia who has changed paths and is now following the UNCOM success path head on. We speak about what UNCOM and groups within it have brought to each of us individually, the UNCOM LAUNCH program we are all a part of, and many more ideas on creating financial, athletic, and mental success. Reach Zac on Instagram: https://instagram.com/zachorsey?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Find Stefan on Youtube @Coach Cali on Instagram and TikTok @CoachCaliii Find Matthew on Youtube @SkaarPerformance on Instagram and TikTok @SkaarPerformance
This week we talk with Brian Ziegler, a physical therapist in California who is also an ATG coach and a former athlete himself. We talk about how he applies ATG philosophies in a clinical setting, his beliefs and experience with studies and. we even name a new exercise after Brian.
Reach Brian on Instagram: https://instagram.com/the_atg_clinician?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Read Brian's articles here: https://medium.com/@TheATGClinician
Find Stefan on Youtube @Coach Cali
on Instagram and TikTok @CoachCaliii
Find Matthew on Youtube @SkaarPerformance
on Instagram and TikTok @SkaarPerformance
This week we talk with Torben Keller, former international boxer, ATG coach, crossfit gym owner, backwards marathon runner, and handstand sled puller.
Torben talks about some of the mistakes that boxers and others make in training, his experiences with doing wild feats of strengths, and his overall journey as a gym owner.
Reach torben @torbenkeller on instagram and TikTok
Find Matthew @skaarperformance on instagram, TikTok, and Youtube
Find Stefan @coachcaliii on instagram and TikTok and @coachcali on YouTube
This week on the S&C Podcast we talk with Benji Stark-Elster, the creator of freak athlete essentials which creates equipment such as the nordic mini, iron tib bar, and the multi-sled in an effort to bring ATG-style equipment to people at an affordable price. Benji is a footballer himself playing in England and Spain after growing up in the U.S.
We talk about Beni's injury history with with ACL tears and more, his journey with rehabbing, business ventures before FAE, and what's happening both now and in the future with the brand.
Get your equipment at www.freakathleteesseentials.com
Connect with Benji on instagram and TikTok @freakathleteessentials, or benjistarkelster
Follow Stefan @coachcaliii on instagram and TikTok
Follow Matthew @skaarperformance on instagram and tiktkok
On this weeks episode we were joined by Luke Carter, a videographer, business-owner, and content creator. Both Matthew and Stef have gone through Luke's video gym course on improving your content creation with great results. We talk about Luke's background in creating both high profile videos of different sorts as well as getting more into social media content in the last few years among other topics.
Connect with Luke at @thevideogym, @zuzu.creations, @_carterr1 and at thevideogym.com
On this weeks episode we have fellow ATG coach and Dr. of Occupational Therapy Keagen Hadley. Keagen takes us through his journey of playing college and professional football through multiple knee injuries and gives us a taste of his book Torn.
Reach Keagen at: TheACLTherapist.com Get his book Torn: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09ZRPMSK6/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8
In this episode we discuss how we apply ATG training knowledge to the world of football training and our views on how to improve technical ability for teams and players.