Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates: Recent Episodes
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Dr John Rusin is back with details about his new book, Pain Free Performance.
John joins me to share his expertise on:
-How to approach your training and stay pain free
-How to improve your odds of living pain free with other areas of your lifestyle
-Why he doesn’t believe in aiming for “perfect form”
-What he means by “zone of neutrality”
-What are his 6 characteristics of lifelong health
-Why men should train more like women
-The importance of developing a health buffer zone
-Nuance about not trying to do too much activity with too much intensity too soon
-Are people getting hurt because of the popularity of pickleball
-The importance of realizing that “middle age” is younger than you think
-How it feels to codify his life’s work in his new book
-And much more01:06 Understanding Pain-Free Performance
02:31 Individualized Training Approaches
03:17 Managing Pain and Movement Patterns
11:05 The Role of Lifestyle in Pain Management
18:56 Debunking Perfect Form Myths
24:06 Training Like Women: A Balanced Approach
30:03 Evolving Training Styles for Health and Longevity
30:43 The Importance of a Well-Rounded Training Plan
31:41 Personal Reflections on Training and Life Balance
33:10 The Reality of Aging and Training Smart
37:24 The Benefits and Risks of Sprinting and Explosive Movements
42:46 The Rise of Pickleball and Associated Injuries
48:41 Personal Anecdotes and Lessons from Coaching
50:19 The Journey of Writing a Book on Pain-Free Performance
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JP Tremblay is a Canadian entertainment icon famous for his role as Julien of the Trailer Park Boys in addition to being a founding creator and writer of the show.
JP joins me in a rare out of character interview to share his stories about:
-The challenges and tradeoffs between writing, filming, and touring and his dedication to his fitness and health.
-Navigating health scares.
-How he set boundaries and focused on his health first.
-Prioritizing education about health and nutrition.
-A real person’s experience and tactics.
-The changing presence of alcohol in his life over the years.
-Personal boundaries around workouts.
-How The Trailer Park Boys started.
-How life has changed with the success of the show and visibility in the public eye.
-The joy of having a positive influence on friends and family with their health.
-The creative process behind Trailer Park Boys.
-And much more.
I hope you enjoy this unique episode and interview
01:47 Balancing Fame and Fitness
03:40 Challenges of Filming and Touring
06:36 The Origin Story of Trailer Park Boys
17:09 Health Scare and Lifestyle Changes
22:08 Dealing with Diverticulitis and Food Sensitivities
25:58 The Role of Alcohol in the Show and Real Life
27:33 Reflecting on a Wild Past
27:46 Embracing a Healthier Lifestyle
28:06 The Social Dynamics of Drinking
31:43 Daily Workout Routine
33:17 The Benefits of Walking
37:12 Family Health Advocacy
42:28 Creative Process and Character Insights
48:21 Remembering John Dunsworth
49:34 Podcast and Future Plans
51:19 Concluding Thoughts
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Dr Susan Kleiner is a PhD of Nutrition and Human Performance and a Registered Dietician who’s worked with the highest level athletes in sports.
Susan guests in this masterclass on performance nutrition to share her expertise on:
-Fuelling for athletic performance
-Do female athletes face more pressure than men to appear lean
-Tactics for short term leanness while not losing training effectiveness
-Long term tactics to manage performance and aesthetic goals
-The criticism female athletes like Serena Williams have traditionally faced, plus some nuanced thoughts on Serena’s current use of GLP-1 agonist medications
-Fasted cardio
-Leanness and injury risk
-Creating client autonomy for adherence
-Signs you’re potentially under-fuelling
-Common micronutrient deficiencies in active people
-And much more
01:06 Pressure on Female Athletes
04:21 Media Influence on Athlete Image
08:27 Nutrition and Performance in Female Athletes
12:57 Sponsorship and Media Demands
15:53 GLP-1 Agonists and Athlete Health
22:04 Fueling Strategies for Athletes
32:42 Seasonal Nutrition Management
38:45 Injury Risks and Body Composition
40:02 The Ice Cream Boy: A Case Study
45:42 Identifying Under-Fueling in Athletes
52:52 The Female Athlete Triad
01:04:23 Micronutrient Deficiencies in Athletes
01:09:01 The Role of Dietitians in Sports Nutrition
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Sharelle Grant is a nurse turned online coach and founder of the Women’s Health Movement. Sharelle joins me to share her philosophy on success in fitness, health, and life including:
-Setting and maintaining boundaries
-Why weekends are your cheat code to get ahead
-Not taking personally or reacting to everything you see online
-Not being emotionally reactive and the power of pause
-The risks of osteoporosis and serious osteoporosis fracture injuries and how to reduce risk
-Nuanced thoughts on the use and misuse of GLP-1 agonist medications
-Thoughts on the Biggest Loser documentary and why shame, fear, and extreme approaches to fat loss don’t work
-And much more
01:05 The Importance of Setting Boundaries
05:14 Navigating Social Pressures and Boundaries
12:54 Using Weekends to Get Ahead
17:47 The Power of Structure and Routine
19:15 Handling Online Opinions and Arguments
25:13 Understanding Human Behavior and Reactions
25:29 Creating Space Between Input and Output
26:35 Mindful Eating and Emotional Triggers
27:53 The Power of Data in Decision Making
31:13 Charlie's Mental Model of Inversion
32:37 Prioritizing Goals and Making Strategic Decisions
34:17 Women's Health and Fitness Misconceptions
37:05 The Role of GLP-1 Agonists in Weight Management
47:44 The Importance of Support and Accountability
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Jaclyn Phillips is the Head Coach of Team Strong Girls and a vocal mental health advocate.
Jaclyn joins me to share her wisdom and thoughts on:
-How someone can on the surface seem like they live a charmed life but deal with unseen mental health challenges
-Feeling pressure to portray a happy and successful exterior
-How people feel isolated and alone in their struggles as everyone else appears to be happy and have their life together
-How fitness “saved” Jaclyn
-The limits of what fitness can do for mental health
-The potential negative impact of fitness messaging and media
-How she makes fitness work during times of extensive travel
-The belief that you need to do Pilates or other forms of fitness to “look like” the fitness professional, marketer, influencer
-Fitness professionals who are using GLP-1 agonist medications but not open about it while promoting their programs and using their body/appearance to sell
-And much more
00:56 Mental Health and Fitness
03:17 Jacqueline's Mental Health Journey
10:21 Balancing Mental Health and Coaching
13:00 Vulnerability and Authenticity in Fitness
28:08 Fitness as a Lifeline
31:04 Travel Fitness Tips
32:18 Adapting Fitness Routines on the Go
33:32 Vacation Workout Strategies
35:43 Pilates and Fitness Misconceptions
38:19 Yoga and Pilates: Benefits and Limitations
42:26 Strength Training and Progress Measurement
45:03 GLP-1 Medications and Fitness
51:58 Cultural Differences in Health Advertising
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Abby Langer is one of the best resources for combatting the lunacy we see online and backs it up as a dietician with years of experience.
Abby joins me to share her thoughts on:
-the negative reaction to Serena Williams using and endorsing GLP-1 agonist medication
-the negative media and comments about the appearance of famous women like Nelly Furtado, Jessica Simpson, and Jennifer Love-Hewett
-How moms can avoid perpetuating harmful handed down cultural and media beliefs about dieting and personal value to their children
-Soulless grifters who do things like make videos buying up a table full of girl guide cookies while lecturing the kids about how bad the cookies are
-Influencers who film themselves walking through Costco while demonizing random foods
-The Biggest Loser Documentary
-Home cortisol testers
-Advice for the confused, overwhelmed, and desperate person who just wants to feel better
-And much more as Abby goes scorched earth on influencers who peddle pseudoscience00:47 Discussing Serena Williams and GLP-1 Agonists
04:16 The Pressure on Women in Society
07:43 Hollywood's Double Standards on Aging
09:32 The Influence of Mothers on Body Image
11:16 The Role of Beauty in Women's Lives
14:17 Combating Negative Self-Talk
16:52 GLP-1 Agonists: A Balanced Perspective
20:10 The Rise of Nutrition Misinformation
23:47 Critiquing Popular Nutrition Influencers
27:42 The Problem with Fear-Mongering in Nutrition
32:51 The Decline of Critical Thinking
34:17 The Biggest Loser Documentary Controversy
37:31 Fragmented Media Consumption
40:41 Navigating Misinformation in Health and Nutrition
46:33 The Basics of Healthy Living
49:21 The Cortisol Testing Scam
52:19 The Rise of GLP-1 Agonists
55:08 Protein Powders and Heavy Metals
57:26 The Grift of Fearmongering in Nutrition
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Holly Baxter is a prominent evidence based coach and research communicator with a Masters in Dietetics, all while being a competitive IFBB Pro.
Holly joins me to deep dive into research and practical application of:
-Do we need to train to failure to optimize muscle growth
-Volume and muscle growth
-How many weekly sets do you need to grow muscle and to optimize for muscle growth
-Is one set per week enough for robust muscle growth
-Does training frequency matter
-Do squats, deadlifts, and other heavy compound lifts “thicken your core muscles”
-Self selection bias in body type and sport
-Do older women need more protein
-Plus how Holly manages to balance her coaching and competitive careers
-And much more
00:58 Training to Failure: Do We Need It?
01:52 Research Insights on Training to Failure
04:49 Experienced vs. Beginner Lifters: Knowing Failure
10:20 Effective Reps and Training Volume
12:16 Research on Training Volume and Muscle Growth
18:23 High Volume Training: Pros and Cons
23:11 Practical Advice for General Population
32:01 Exploring Training Frequency and Volume
35:17 Benefits of Full Body Training
38:42 The Debate on Compound Lifts and Core Thickness
49:22 Balancing Life and Competitive Training
01:00:17 Protein Needs for Older Women
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Dan Go is a fitness coach for entrepreneurs who’s build a massive media presence with actionable advice while ignoring the combativeness of the fitness industry.
Dan guests to share his wisdom on:
-What you need to focus on to feel better in your 40’s and beyond than you did in your 20’s
-Beliefs to let go of to be healthier
-A nuanced approach to reducing alcohol intake
-Getting away from victim mentality
-The mindset of not seeing change in your 40’s as already too late
-What to focus on for long term longevity
-Why financial stress negatively impacts your health
-The importance of curating the environment, the people, and the media you surround yourself with
-And much more
00:16 Guest Introduction: Dan's Journey
02:59 Fitness in Your Forties: Key Strategies
04:58 Beliefs and Behaviors for Success
11:22 The Impact of Alcohol on Health
24:40 Blame and Responsibility in Fitness
27:20 Misrepresentation in Health Studies
28:30 The Vicious Cycle of Misinformation
29:46 Promoting Longevity and Healthy Living
35:09 Financial Health and Stress Management
40:19 The Importance of Your Social Environment
46:17 Curating Your Environment for Success
49:41 Final Thoughts and Resources
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Aidan Muir is a dietitian(Australian spelling) who’s masterful at presenting evidence based nutrition through his media.
Aidan joins me to talk about:
-The basics of creatine, who should consider taking it,
-Is the evidence for creatine’s physical and cognitive benefits as strong as some believe
-Does PCOS require a special approach to nutrition
-Is it really harder to lose fat with PCOS
-Do GLP-1 agonist medications work as well for PCOS
-Are there situations where meal timing has benefits?
-How to track raw vs cooked weight for your meals
-Nutrition and hydration strategies for hybrid and endurance athletes
-Is there strong evidence that high fibre intake affects longevity
-What Aidan means by saying: “Not every nutrition decision needs to be something sustainable you can do for the rest of your life”
-And much more
00:56 Creatine 101: Benefits and Misconceptions
03:07 Debunking Creatine Myths
07:02 Creatine and Cognitive Function
10:53 Nutrition for PCOS
19:14 Anti-Inflammatory Diets
22:58 The Importance of Meal Timing
24:50 High Training Volumes and Calorie Modulation
26:09 Nutrition Strategies for Endurance Athletes
27:18 Tracking Nutrition: Raw vs Cooked
30:12 Carbohydrate Intake for Hybrid Athletes
38:28 GLP-1 Agonists and PCOS
39:49 Fiber Intake and Longevity
43:09 Sustainability in Nutrition Decisions
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Adrian Vanvleck is The High Wizard of a magical realm where nerd culture and fitness merge. Adrian’s power is creating access for anyone to experience fitness without elitism or gatekeeping.
Adrian guests to share his thoughts on:
-Are more nerds participating in fitness
-What created a portal for nerd culture enthusiasts to be more visible in the mainstream
-How can we create room for both our nerdy pursuits and health and fitness
-What elitism and gatekeeping looks like in fitness
-Why you can’t just say you have boundaries, you have to enforce them
-Why we can’t expect to experience life on easy mode all the time
-How to find a system for getting the right calorie intake for your goals without forcing a triggering approach
-His experience in a GLP-1 agonist medication scientific trial where he was locked in a metabolic ward for 30 days
-And much more
00:56 The Rise of Nerd Culture in Fitness
06:03 The Impact of Pop Culture on Fitness
12:02 Breaking Down Fitness Barriers for Nerds
19:02 Setting Boundaries and Overcoming Self-Sabotage
26:45 The Stoplight System: Managing Expectations in Fitness
31:58 Setting Realistic Fitness Goals
32:15 The Importance of Commitment
32:26 Managing Expectations in Fitness
33:44 Permission and Control in Fitness
35:29 Gatekeeping and Elitism in Fitness
44:37 The Role of Genetics and Environment in Obesity
53:41 Calories and Weight Management
59:49 Building a Supportive Fitness Community
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Hattie Boydle is a world champion competitor plus coach and educator. Hattie joins the podcast to share her wisdom on:
-Challenging our narratives and stories about why believe and do what we do
-Why women can build muscle as effectively as men
-How challenging it is to stay “lean” year round
-Her competitive history and approach that created her physique
-Her discipline and devotion to her training and nutrition
-The tradeoffs we make to maintain a physique and the tradeoffs we make when we don’t
-Diet culture
-The importance of asking questions
-Why women would more quickly develop their dream physiques by focusing on building vs dieting.
-And much more
01:00 - “I often call myself the grandma of the fitness industry.”
02:00 - Why she thought she’d stop competing at 30 but kept going
04:00 - Competing as a personal venture: “It’s selfish — I do it for me.”
06:00 - On AI in fitness: “AI will never take my job — it will never be human.”
07:00 - Misinformation: “Charisma isn’t science, and a six-pack doesn’t equal expertise.”
10:00 - Myth-busting: Women can build muscle as effectively as men
16:00 - From gymnast to competitor: 20 years of consistent training
18:00 - “Discipline is self-care. Even when unmotivated, I still do it.”
21:00 - Learning flexible dieting with @biolayne to repair food relationship
25:00 - Loving the prep process more than show day
31:00 - On aging: “We earn wisdom and muscle maturity — age isn’t a limitation.”
41:00 - Why fitness models influence: most of the world is out of shape
45:00 - “Every goal has a cost. Fear pushes us, desire pulls us.”
49:00 - Respect the build: “Everybody respects the diet, but not enough respect the build.”
55:00 - Diet culture’s claws: peeling them off one by one I’ve been putting a lot of time and effort into making these new episodes valuable for you. You can help me get these great guests and their knowledge in front of more people by:
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Josh Taylor is coach who’s media combines evidence based information with his love of gaming.
Josh opens up about his personal experience and shares:
-His experience with gym anxiety and how he worked through it
-How the fitness helps with mental health struggles
-The challenges dealing with a large and engaged social media presence
-The evidence based benefits of gaming
-How set boundaries and enjoy personal joys without guilt
-Why he distanced himself from the “science based label”
-The problem with influencers who speak in absolutes
-How to best apply research to real world experience
-Why “boring makes for good results but not for good content”
-And much more
00:51 Struggling with Gym Anxiety
01:43 Dealing with Personal Challenges
04:54 Impact of Home Stress on Gym Attendance
06:02 Finding Refuge in the Gym
09:46 Overcoming Gym Anxiety
11:18 Fitness and Mental Health
14:54 Navigating Social Media Pressures
20:12 Balancing Work and Downtime
22:05 Guilty Pleasures and Relaxation
29:01 Critique of Modern TV Shows and Movies
30:21 The Witcher: A Deep Dive
33:58 Gaming: Benefits and Misconceptions
40:48 The Science-Based Lifting Debate
54:35 The DiCaprio Method and Rep Ranges
56:43 Final Thoughts and Resources
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Kenny Santucci is the founder of Strong New York, NYC’s biggest health, fitness, and wellness expo and the owner of The Strength Club in Manhattan.
Kenny joins the podcast to share his thoughts on:
-Are we failing as an industry and a society with health and fitness?
-His mission with his Strong New York Event
-Hyrox and its popularity
-People seeking more community, especially in consuming fitness
-Increased demand for in-person coaching and gyms
-Helping the people who are falling through the cracks
-And much more
01:04 Are We Failing at Fitness?
03:36 The Cost of Fitness and Prioritizing Health
06:16 Fitness as a Status Symbol
10:21 The Problem with Fitness Grifters
15:36 The Rise of Strong New York
19:14 The Evolution of Fitness Trends
21:27 The Social Aspect of Fitness
23:52 Encouraging Community at Fitness Events
24:41 Strength Competitions and Testing Arenas
25:42 Diverse Fitness Activities and Classes
26:18 Encouraging Fitness for Everyone
27:42 The Power of Community and Inspiration
31:35 Organizing a Successful Fitness Event
33:44 Educational Opportunities for Fitness Professionals
36:18 Event Highlights and Special Features
41:46 Promoting the Event and Final Thoughts
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Michael Boyle is the founder of Mike Boyle’s Strength and Conditioning, author, and a pioneer and icon of strength and conditioning.
Mike generously guests to share his wisdom and experience about:
-Should kids specialize early in a single sport
-Who really benefits when kids specialize early
-Is there a relationship between early specialization and injury
-What does it take to become a division 1 college athlete
-How important is youth strength and conditioning to long term sport performance
-His thoughts on seeing former interns doing social media trend video
-His thoughts on the state of the fitness industry
-His thoughts on high level athletes and injuries
-Guarding your peace online
-And much more
01:33 The Problem with Early Specialization in Youth Sports
07:05 Sponsorship Message: Macros First
08:13 The Tiger Woods Narrative and Misinterpretations
11:36 The Importance of Multi-Sport Athletes
12:50 Sponsorship Message: RP Strength
21:55 Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes
24:34 The Responsibility of Fitness Influencers
35:56 Starting Soft: Building Team Trust
36:50 Fitness Enthusiasts in Sports
37:08 Longevity in Professional Sports
40:06 The Financial Realities of Pro Athletes
49:03 Social Media and Blocking Negativity
50:48 Embracing Technology in Training
58:36 The Evolution of Functional Training
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Katie Dabrowski is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Strength Coach who merges her education in behavioural psychology and neuroscience with strength training to help people get out of pain, recover from injury, and get strong,
Katie guests to share her wisdom on:
-How to overcome fear of pain and previous injury when returning to lifting, life, and sport
-How she likes to reframe an injury into an opportunity
-How to develop psychological resilience
-Can people just think their way out of pain
-Does exercise selection matter for rehab
-Why training and rehab should look the same to an outsider viewer
-Why she prefers to think in terms of milestones instead of timelines for rehab
-Do pain and injury always come with a clear diagnosis and how to approach rehab if it doesn’t
-How to work with people who expect passive treatments to fix their pain and heal injuries
-Why strengthening is the pathway out of pain
-And much more
01:05 The Importance of Sleep
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02:46 Sleep Boundaries and Adaptation
04:34 Returning to Sport After Injury
08:29 Sponsor Message: Macros First
09:46 Psychological Resilience in Injury Recovery
18:14 Exercise Selection in Rehab
24:49 Physio Insights and Knee Injury Discussion
26:06 Psychological Aspects of Injury and Recovery
28:29 Rehab Expectations and Training Integration
34:49 The Role of Strength Training in Rehab
39:48 Managing Pain and Injury Through Training
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Jordan Shallow is a renaissance man of training philosophy and the co-founder of Pre-Script and the leading industry mind and educator on biomechanics and training anatomy. Jordan also travels the world to still train people hands on, from pro athletes to everyday people.
Jordan joins to share his wisdom and philosophy on:
-Is fatigue a boogeyman to be avoided
-How do you manage fatigue in training?
-The current nature of fitness social media divisiveness
-Why he doesn’t get involved in callout video based “stitch” battles
-And much more
00:48 Newfoundland Connections
02:45 Social Media and Fitness Industry Controversies
03:02 Sponsor Message: Renaissance Periodization
04:24 Debate on Science-Based vs. Evidence-Based Training
14:07 Philosophical Insights on Social Media
17:09 Fatigue and Training Capacity
23:17 Reorienting Perception of Exercise Fatigue
24:36 Teaching Deadlift and Overcoming Normative Values
25:31 Changing Perception of Soreness and Pain
27:37 Creating Psychological Safety in Training
32:55 Load Management and Exercise Selection
38:26 Scaling Intensity and Avoiding Injury
44:46 Complexity in Training and Continuous Learning
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Dr. Stu Phillips is a professor at McMaster University and one of the most prominent and respected researchers in resistance training and nutrition especially relating to muscle and aging.
Stu joins me to share:
-What is and what causes sarcopenia
-Can we prevent sarcopenia
-How much protein do we really need - to live healthy and for optimal muscle building
-Do our protein needs change as we get older
-Our current understanding of the importance of food timing
-Is there any evidence to support the use of peptides
-The issues with sourcing peptides
-Popular and misleading claims around women’s training and menopause
-Do energy drinks halt muscle repair
-And much more
00:55 Understanding Sarcopenia
02:24 Preventing Muscle Loss with Age
04:32 Building Muscle at Any Age
07:38 Protein Requirements and Aging
11:24 Debunking Protein Myths
17:57 Plant-Based vs. Animal-Based Proteins
23:36 Protein Timing and Recovery
26:58 Introduction to Peptides
27:42 Oral vs. Injectable Peptides
29:41 Skepticism and Anecdotal Evidence
34:45 Menopause and Women's Training
42:12 Energy Drinks and Muscle Repair
44:03 Social Media and Misinformation
49:48 The Importance of Evidence-Based Information
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Dave Tate is an icon of the strength, powerlifting, and coaching world. The founder of EliteFTS and prolific writer and author, Dave is an institution in the industry.
Dave guests to talk about:
-What he’s training for now
-The ways he sets personal training and performance goals, how they evolve with age
-The tradeoffs he made early in his career to pursue elite performance
-Would he do things differently if he could do it over again
-What still gets him fired up about coaching
-Community being missing from the modern gym scene
-Is there an appetite for long form writing in the industry?
-And much more
00:48 Dave Tate's Current Training Regimen
03:44 The Purpose Behind the Training
07:28 Balancing Health and Heavy Lifting
17:00 Injuries and Training Modifications
23:33 Philosophy on Training Through Injuries
26:46 Overcoming Injuries and Mental Resilience
27:32 What Fires Up a Veteran Coach
32:08 The Importance of Context in Coaching
34:46 Community in Modern Gyms
38:50 The Future of Online and In-Person Training
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Charlie Weingroff is a legendary Physical Therapist and Strength Coach who joins me to share his thoughts on:
-Issues with high volume physical therapy business models
-Helping people who have been told by a doctor not to lift weights due to pain and injury
-How to talk to people about their pain
-How pain is tied to emotion
-How pain works in the nervous system
-What ““We know that MRI’s don’t lie but they don’t always tell the whole story” means
-What is the interference effect and does it matter to your training?
-The prevalence of high level athletes who compete with some degree of manageable injury
-And much more
01:21 Discussion on Physical Therapy Practices
01:45 Critique of Commercial Physical Therapy
04:54 Importance of Effort in Physical Therapy
10:05 Strength and Conditioning in Physical Therapy
12:19 Approach to Back Pain and MRI
22:04 Empathy and Communication in Therapy
27:56 Understanding Pain Perception
29:27 The Role of Knowledge in Pain
30:32 Cultural and Environmental Influences on Pain
32:02 The Impact of Diagnosis and Communication
33:12 Pain Management Strategies
44:36 The Interference Effect in Training
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Michael James Shaw is a unique guest on the show. Michael isn’t a fitness professional but an actor and writer with credits including Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, The Walking Dead, Fight Night, and now season 2 of Twisted Metal. Michael is an avid fitness enthusiast and used yoga, Brazilian Jiujitsu, strength training, and more to shape his body and mind for his various roles.
Michael shares:
-How he prepares physically for movie and tv roles
-Why he considers his body as “part of the costume”
-His dramatic physical transformation fro his youth
-Do actors stay in shirtless scene shape year round
-How he got started in his career and who was his greatest influence
-How he sets boundaries around working out and eating healthy while spending long days on set and handling the physical demands of some roles
-Why cooking and tracking nutrition are critical
-How he creates space for clarity and creativity
-And much more
00:16 Meet Michael James Shaw: Actor and Fitness Enthusiast
01:33 Michael's Fitness Journey for Twisted Metal
04:52 Balancing Fitness and Acting
10:57 Michael's Early Life and Influences
19:03 The Role of Yoga and Jiu-Jitsu in Michael's Life
23:30 Adapting Fitness Routines
24:42 Importance of Listening to Your Body
25:40 Creating Personalized Workout Plans
27:01 Maintaining Physicality for Acting Roles
27:54 Combining Fitness with Acting
29:22 The Role of Dance and Movement in Fitness
32:05 Balancing Travel and Fitness
38:07 Navigating Celebrity Culture
39:43 The Emotional Impact of Acting
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Dr Matthew Nagra is a Naturopathic Doctor and Plant Based Nutrition Educator.
Matthew guests to share his experience on:
-Dealing with fraudulent AI based marketing, including his own experience having his voice and image stolen and used to promote dubious products.
-Are extreme tribal diets as common in the general population as they seem from social media.
-Dealing with the false claims about vegan diets from the most extreme vegan influencers.
-Are energy drinks actually harmful.
-Are plant based sources of protein really inferior to animal sources.
-Are plant sources of protein actually “incomplete” proteins.
-What’s the relationship between saturated fat and poor health outcomes.
-Popular misconceptions about plant based nutrition.
-Convenient ways to get more protein if you practice a plant based diet.
-Debunking claims about anti-nutrients in plants.
-And much more.
00:42 AI Misinformation Incident
03:31 Legal and Platform Responses
06:33 AI and Music Industry
07:43 Consumer Responsibility and Verification
12:14 Extreme Diets and Social Media
14:26 Veganism and Ideology
22:50 Energy Drinks: Myths and Facts
26:33 Cardiac Risks of Energy Drinks
27:28 Caffeine Sensitivity and Consumption
29:49 Energy Drinks and Cognitive Function
33:02 Plant-Based vs. Animal Protein
46:28 Debunking the Toxic Plants Narrative
52:36 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Emma Storey Gordon is a behaviour change and fat loss expert with incredible messaging that gently calls us on our own sh!t.
Emma shares her insight on:
-Identifying when and why your energy is low and the simple lifestyle behaviours you can change to improve your daily energy and sense of well being.
-Lower standard creep.
-The stories we tell ourselves about planning.
-Focus on making your bad days better.
-Mitigating self sabotage.
-The problem with thinking we should never feel hungry.
-Dealing with the reality that we can’t eat whatever we want, whenever we want, and stay lean.
-Is there a relationship between behaviours that create financial freedom and behaviours that create a healthy life.
-Is there any benefit to collagen protein.
-And much more
00:43 Emma's Personal Health Journey
02:17 Energy Management and Fat Loss
04:54 Unproductive Work and ADHD
08:49 Planning and Overcoming Resistance
13:24 Modern World and Weight Gain
18:23 Intuitive Eating and Hunger
25:15 The Psychology Behind Spending and Status
26:54 Nutritional Choices and Tribalism
30:09 Financial Freedom and Lifestyle Choices
32:49 The Importance of Consistency in Fitness
36:41 The Hype Around Collagen Supplements
42:20 Marketing Tactics and Supplement Industry
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Eve Guzman combines her education with her personal experience to have lost 150 pounds, kept it off, became a successful nutrition coach, then built an empire mentoring other women to build their businesses.
Eve shares her wisdom on:
-Why people don’t want to change
-The stories and narratives people hold onto to remain stuck in place
-How to change those narratives
-How your stories and staying in the same place protect you
-Why tracking nutrition isn’t as hard as people think
-What happens when people start tracking
-Fears around regaining the weight
-Dealing with friction from others when you change your life and lose weight
-Gaining confidence in your ability to maintain weight loss
-Dealing with “food noise”
-Do you miss the old lifestyle, way of eating, way you felt
-How staying “heavier” was a way of hiding from the world and from expectations
-How to manage hunger
-The difference between major change in your body and change in identity
-And so much more
00:16 Eve Guzman's Weight Loss Journey
02:17 The Importance of Tracking Macros
05:59 Challenges and Mindset Shifts
07:31 Family Influence and Cultural Norms
10:22 Professional and Personal Growth
21:04 Maintaining Weight Loss and Overcoming Fear
23:54 Balancing Healthy and Fun Foods
25:15 Missing Old Eating Habits
26:49 Hiding from the World
29:22 Dealing with Food Noise
33:17 Overcoming Hunger and Cravings
40:43 Tracking Nutrition Basics
43:37 Challenges in Tracking Nutrition
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Danny Matranga is a certified strength and conditioning coach who’s made an impact with no nonsense evidence based messaging around nutrition and fitness.
Danny joins me to share his thoughts on:
-Why people do not have the skills to eyeball their calorie tracking
-The sugar diet
-His favourite tracking strategies
-Why extreme diets are “performance art”
-The problems with dietary tribalism
-Why short sedentary women struggle with staying lean
-And much more
Dr Mike T. Nelson is a PhD, Author, and prolific educator in nutrition and training.
Mike guests to share his expertise on:
-What is metabolic flexibility and why it’s important for your health and performance
-How to get your body to more efficiently utilize carbs and fats as fuel
-When your body best uses fat and carbs as fuel
-What’s going on with insulin resistance
-How to improve insulin sensitivity
-The importance of sleep on insulin sensitivity
-Why we see diminishing returns on calorie burn when we try to dramatically increase physical activity
-What’s the “Sugar Diet” and why is it gaining attention
-And much more
00:46 Understanding Metabolic Flexibility
01:46 The Role of Carbohydrates and Fats
03:06 Challenges with Carbohydrate Utilization
05:07 Impact of Ketogenic Diets
09:23 Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Flexibility
19:37 Improving Insulin Sensitivity
22:02 Cold Water Immersion and Metabolic Effects
25:13 Caloric Output in Active Populations
27:32 Understanding Caloric Burn and Step Count
28:35 The Limits of Caloric Burn
31:29 The Role of NEAT in Caloric Expenditure
38:17 The Impact of Neurodivergence on Caloric Burn
40:45 Exploring the Sugar Diet
48:38 Practical Takeaways for Metabolic Flexibility
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Dr Eric Helms is one of the most respected and influential educators in muscle building training and nutrition.
Eric guests with detailed and nuanced answers about:
-How much muscle can the average person expect to build in a year or across a lifetime
-Are there differences between men’s and women’s ability to build muscle
-Why some distrust has grown toward science and science backed muscle building communicators
-Why we see a battle ground between old school bodybuilding and evidence based tribes
-Thoughts on differences between natural and enhanced bodybuilding
-Unhelpful ideas that come out of the bodybuilding world
-Traditional bulking nutrition
-Are there health risks associated with high protein diets
-And much more
01:37 Muscle Building Expectations
05:28 Men vs. Women in Muscle Building
09:13 Genetic Potential and Training Response
26:36 The Role of Social Media in Fitness
41:54 The Evolution of Macro Tracking in Bodybuilding
43:08 Integrating Research with Practice in Sports Science
45:04 Challenges in Communicating Scientific Findings
47:45 Differences Between Enhanced and Natural Bodybuilders
51:13 The Impact of Training Protocols and Drugs on Recovery
01:03:19 Bulking and Cutting Cycles: Are They Necessary?
01:14:40 Debunking Myths About High Protein DietsI’ve been putting a lot of time and effort into making these new episodes valuable for you. You can help me get these great guests and their knowledge in front of more people by:
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Zack Zillner is the Director of Sports Performance at The University of Miami for men's basketball and co-host of the Coach Em Up Podcast
Zack joins to talk about:
-The problem with movement cults
-Why we sometimes see people overvalue trends popularized by high level athletes, like cupping and kinesiotape
-Managing off season vs in season training for athletes
-What matters for recovery for the athlete and the every day person
-What qualities does an everyday athlete need to train and maintain to stay active in sports
-Qualities Zack hopes to install in the young athletes he workouts with, outside of the sports skills
-And much more01:29 Movement Cults: A Critical Discussion
03:30 Injury Risks and Misconceptions
07:37 Functional Movement Patterns and Dogma
09:28 Athleticism vs. Training Methodologies
15:20 Balancing Training and Recovery
23:28 Effective Recovery Strategies
24:52 Realizing the Importance of Nutrition in Your Thirties
26:01 Balancing Party Life and Athletic Performance
26:30 Educating Young Athletes on Drinking Habits
29:14 The Impact of Alcohol on Recovery and Performance
29:57 Adapting Training as You Age
35:06 The Role of Speed and Power in Aging Athletes
36:51 Incorporating Athletic Training for General Population
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Amanda Thebe is one of the most trusted voices in menopause advocacy and education.
Amanda guests to take a blowtorch to the exploding volume of menopause misinformation online.
Amanda shares:
-How her strength training maybe have prevented broken bones after being hit by a car
-Why we are seeing this explosion in menopause and women’s hormonal health misinformation
-Debunking myths around cortisol and weighted vests as these relate to menopause
-Red flag claims to be wary of with menopause influencers
-Her most trusted resources (some popular figures are NOT on her list)
-The problem with supplements marketed to women for menopause
-The importance of exercise for improvement in menopause symptoms
-The value of zone 2 cardio and who you shouldn’t listen to people who create fear around it
-What men can do to support women in menopause
-Facts and myths about menopause hormone therapy
-And much more
01:04 Amanda's Recent Accident and Strength Training Benefits
03:37 Sponsored Segment: Macros First App
05:42 The Importance of Resistance Training for Women
10:23 Mental Health and Fitness: Amanda's Personal Journey
14:24 The Menopause Information Explosion
19:12 Identifying Good and Bad Players in Menopause Advocacy
33:38 Introduction to Rucking and Media Influence
34:33 Misrepresentation in Studies and Integrity Issues
35:58 Menopause Supplements: A Billion Dollar Business
37:07 The Menopause Gold Rush and Supplement Skepticism
42:26 Empowerment Through Strength Training
46:59 Supporting Women Through Menopause
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Brad Dieter is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Owner of Macros Inc.
Brad shares his expertise on:
-What years of client data suggests about the people who lose the excess weight and keep it off are doing to be successful
-What happens when people are misled by the allure of fad diets and overpromised diet marketing
-How do rewire the narrative that other life success must come at the cost of our own health
-The importance of being resilient on a bad day
-Why you should lean into the gym when life gets hard
-What happens when you remove peoples support structures like coaching
-Is resistance training essential for long term fat loss maintenance
-And much more
Jeb Stuart Johnston specializes in working with people who struggle with emotional eating. Jeb joins me to share:
-Understanding emotional eating and why its a significant driver of our obesity crisis
-Important skills for managing emotional eating
-Why he approaches emotional eating with non-judgemental curiosity
-If GLP-1 Agonist drugs help with emotional eating
-Why some people struggle with emotional eating more than others
-Why overeating may be a coping mechanism that’s turned on you
-The nervous systems role in eating
-His frustration with narcissistic influencer self-aggrandizement
-Plus a bonus discussion about some fitness industry thoughts between old friends
-And much more03:10 Emotional Eating and Societal Obesity
06:13 The Role of Emotions in Decision Making
08:31 Practical Skills for Emotional Regulation
16:38 Childhood Influences on Emotional Eating
30:25 GLP-1 Agonists and Emotional Eating
34:21 Athlete's Weight Management Journey
34:56 Compact Resources on Specific Topics
35:05 Personal and Professional Insights
36:45 Transformation and Mentorship
37:58 Nervous System and Emotional Eating
43:37 Impact of Social Media and Outrage Culture
48:55 Building Meaningful ConnectionsI’ve been putting a lot of time and effort into making these new episodes valuable for you. You can help me get these great guests and their knowledge in front of more people by:
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Tim Riley is a strength and conditioning coach and host of the Coach Em Up Podcast.
Tim joins to share his thoughts and wisdom about:
-How important fitness was in leaving behind a past involving drugs and alcohol
-How to build muscle without losing athleticism
-The traits, attitudes, and behaviours that correlate with athletes going on to be successful in sport and life
-The strength and conditioning principles Tim believes would help everyday lifters
-Where elite sport and general population training should be the same
-And much more.
Lavanya Krishnan is a personal trainer with a Masters Degree in public health, who travels the world extensively.
Lavanya shares:
-Why she doesn’t compromise on her fitness when she travels
-How to plan ahead to include strength training
-What do to when you don’t have gym access while travelling
-When to give yourself grace on your fitness and nutrition routine
-Her experience visiting one of the most iconic sites famous for appearing in the movie Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
-Thoughts on different countries and cultures and their attitude and access toward fitness
-Thoughts on the balance between taking personal responsibility for your health outcomes and the need for regulatory change to help people
-And much more
Lavanya is also a client and member of my 13 week online women’s strength program and we highlight some of it’s benefits. Registration is now open for the June 30th start cohort.
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Ava Cowan is a legendary Pro Figure Champion and Coach who’s appeared on the cover of over 20 fitness magazines.Ava joins me to share:-When do fitness competition diets become dangerous-What are the red flag behaviours to watch for-How to create guardrails to diet safely-Ava’s positive and negative experiences from a long and successful competitive career-Are there people who are drawn to competition for the wrong reasons-Helpful lessons for fat loss from competition dieting-What’s happening when someone hits a fat loss plateau and how to navigate -Are people being honest when tracking their calories-And much more.01:12 Dangers of Fitness Competition Diets02:20 Health Risks and Eating Disorders06:56 Coaching Everyday People08:24 Importance of Off-Season and Reverse Dieting17:24 Personal Experiences and Lessons from Competitions21:07 Old Beliefs and Modern Approaches in Fitness26:39 The Dark Side of Fitness Competitions29:36 Lessons from Competition Prep for Everyday Fat Loss31:57 Navigating Muscle Gain Challenges36:24 Understanding Fat Loss Plateaus38:41 The Reality of Calorie Tracking Errors44:29 The Entitlement to Eat and Stay LeanI’ve been putting a lot of time and effort into making these new episodes valuable for you. You can help me get these great guests and their knowledge in front of more people by:-Subscribing and checking out more episodes-Sharing on your social media (please tag me - I promise I’ll respond)-Sharing with the friend you think of who needs this episodeFollow Andrew Coates:Instagram:@andrewcoatesfitnessJoin My Email List:www.andrewcoatesfitness.comGet the RP App at www.rpstrength.com/coates - use the code COATESRPUse Code ANDREWCOATESFITNESS to save 10% off at https://justbitememeals.com/Use MacrosFirst for tracking nutrition https://www.macrosfirst.com/Go to www.knkg.com/Andrew59676 for 15% off your KNKG bag.Join my Forever Strength 13 week women’s online strength program www.foreverstrength.ca and use the code: liftfree to save 10%Get 13 weeks of progressive full body strength workouts. Choose between 2 to 4 workouts each week, workout at your schedule. And have me to coach and support when you need it. You also get access to my Facebook community, full of other supportive members. Join today to secure your spot, they’re limited to 125 total. Starts Monday June 30th
Legendary powerlifter and IFBB Pro bodybuilder Stan Efferding is also one of the most thoughtful practitioners of evidence based nutrition and training. Stan joins for a pure masterclass in:
-Why we have an obesity and metabolic health crisis
-How much of the benefit of healthy lifestyle is directly attributable to fat loss
-Why the classic “eat less/move more” advice is truthful but not helpful
-What is Stan’s Vertical Diet and how has it helped his clients become healthier
-Why diets fail?
-The role of food environments
-Sorting the facts from the fiction about Blue Zones
-The power of walking after meals
-Notes on better sleep
-LDL cholesterol risks
-And a ton more wisdom that will help you
01:30 The Obesity and Metabolic Health Crisis
04:47 The Role of Ultra-Processed Foods
05:18 The Impact of Appetite Hormones
22:34 The Vertical Diet: A Comprehensive Approach
30:23 Understanding FODMAPs and Dietary Sensitivities
35:17 Debunking Diet Myths and Misconceptions
46:45 Questioning Longevity Studies
47:41 Healthy User Bias in Meat Consumption
48:28 Processed Meat and Cancer Risk
50:39 Alcohol and Health Myths
51:47 Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle
53:11 Vertical Diet: Bulking vs. Cutting
58:33 Appetite Regulation and Food Swaps
01:08:20 Meal Prep and Dietary Adherence
01:17:08 Exercise and Sustainable Fitness
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Dr Lauren Colenso-Semple is garnering a lot of attention for her excellent myth busting media. Lauren joins to share:
-Why “balancing hormones” is nonsense
-If there’s any evidence to support general training prescriptions around women’s cycles
-Do weighted vests help with bone mineral density
-Can we “build” bone health as we age
-Why we are seeing a lot of questionable or outright bad information on popular wellness podcasts
-Why there’s been an explosion in bad information about menopause
-Do women lose muscle when training fasted
-Clearing up misconceptions about cortisol
-And much, much, more
00:53 Debunking Hormone Balancing Myths
02:08 Impact of Lifestyle on Hormones
07:28 Menstrual Cycle and Training Myths
22:05 Fasted Training and Muscle Loss
27:50 Complexity in Fitness Narratives
28:39 Navigating Menopause: The Perfect Storm
31:06 Menopause Misinformation: A Growing Concern
32:35 Debunking the Weighted Vest Myth
41:15 Effective Strategies for Bone Health
44:49 The Importance of Consistency in Physical Activity
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Dr Spencer Nadolsky is an industry leading obesity physician who joins me to cut through the noise and confusion about:
-Why obesity is so prevalent
-Food Noise
-GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic
-GLP-1 medication effects on addiction
-Debunking misinformation about LDL cholesterol risks
-Can we influence the distribution of body fat?
-What is Lipidema (hint - the fibrous lower body fat like tissue some women struggle with)
-Why some people have different metabolic rates
-Debunking common misconceptions about doctors, including incentives around prescribing medication
-And much more
00:40 The Genetics vs. Environment Debate on Obesity
02:26 Appetite Dysregulation and GLP-1 Medications
05:47 Food Marketing and Ultra-Processed Foods
08:53 The Controversy Around GLP-1 Agonists
09:45 Weight Bias and Obesity Stigma
12:11 The Future of GLP-1 Medications
16:48 Metabolic Health and Obesity
22:37 Genetics and Fat Distribution
25:16 Health Risks Associated with Obesity
27:55 Understanding LDL Cholesterol and Its Risks
29:00 Thresholds for LDL Cholesterol Levels
30:24 Personal Experience with Lipid-Lowering Drugs
31:47 Introduction to Lipedema
32:25 Challenges in Treating Lipedema
36:12 Misconceptions and Stigma Around Lipedema
39:50 Debunking Myths About Doctors and Pharmaceuticals
45:46 Metabolic Rates and Obesity
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Pat Basil is a CSCS with a Masters Degree in Exercise Science and an Undergraduate Degree in Psychology, a great combo for knowing how to merge the training prescription with the relationship and mindset to get people to act and change.
Pat joins me to share his thoughts on:
-How to create the sweet spot of training stimulus to create adaptation
-Why you can make great progress with more consistency and less total work
-Why focusing on keeping the streak alive helps
-Why he doesn’t care if you get bored and why changing up your training every 4 weeks is a bad idea
-What is rate of force development, why it matters, and how we can train it
-Why training power and explosiveness is important for everyone
-Plyometrics, jumping, the difference between them, and what really matters
-And much more
01:15 Training Intensity and Stimulus
03:58 Misconceptions in Fitness Media
06:26 Consistency and Effective Training
13:21 Psychological Barriers in Training
22:24 Rate of Force Development
26:24 Handling Everyday Physical Tasks
27:07 Training for Functional Strength
30:27 Understanding Plyometrics
34:28 Programming Plyometric Exercises
40:10 Tools and Techniques for Explosive Training
44:30 Staying Active and Enjoying Exercise
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Chris Powell is a lot more than just the host of the ABC Series Extreme Weight Loss (Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition). Chris is a highly educated, evidence based, and deeply empathic coach who works with people struggling with significant weight loss.
Chris shares:
-The biggest mistakes people make when trying to lose weight
-Helping people change their beliefs about what they can accomplish
-Could a show like his even be made in today’s landscape?
-What conditions and behaviours were necessary for people to keep the weight off that they lost
-The risks vs the rewards of significant fat loss
-Some of the negative aspects of social media attention and if he would go back and keep the genie in the bottle of the fame from his show
-How the show and his work has positively changed lives, told stories, and inspired people to change
-The importance of keeping promises to yourself
-Some dangers of social media attention, the people who don’t understand boundaries, and problems with sharing kids on your social media
-And much more
00:26 Mainstream Media and Fitness Industry
04:20 Biggest Mistakes in Weight Loss
10:27 Psychological Barriers to Weight Loss
12:38 The Role of Identity in Transformation
18:15 Extreme Weight Loss Shows: Could They Exist Today?
23:46 Maintaining Weight Loss: Key Factors
32:02 Risks of Rapid Weight Loss
34:01 The Importance of Muscle Maintenance
34:24 Guest Introductions and Upcoming Episodes
35:21 Concerns with Rapid Weight Loss
37:21 Psychological Aspects of Weight Loss
39:12 The Role of Accountability in Weight Loss
43:27 Navigating Public Attention and Social Media
53:52 Parental Influence on Children's Body Image
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Dr Sean Pastuch is an industry leader in helping people not accept a life limited by pain, but getting people back to doing what they love.
In this episode Sean shares:
-His insights into why we don’t need to accept pain as part of life
-Thoughts on how to change our story about pain
-How to get back to doing things we love in life
-How our relationships affect our experience of pain
-Insights on recognizing and changing our rigid identity around what we can or can’t do
-4 steps to becoming a high performer in life
-Why not trusting yourself to follow through can be damaging
-And much more
01:22 Discussing Pain Management
02:21 The Impact of Pain on Life
04:24 Challenging Pain Narratives
06:21 Active Life's Approach to Pain
07:27 Personal Stories and Examples
15:56 Understanding Pain and Its Signals
26:00 The Role of Environment and Relationships
29:17 Identity and Flexibility
31:13 The Comfort of Identity and Fear of Failure
32:11 Sports Analogies: Performance Under Pressure
34:29 The Pressure Drill: Building Mental Toughness
38:27 The Four Steps to Becoming a High Performer
41:11 The Importance of Keeping Promises to Yourself
53:16 Setting Boundaries and Saying No
53:45 Opportunities with Active Life
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Matt Wenning is a rare combination of high level education (Masters Degree in Biomechanics) and high level competition success (3x World Champion powerlifter and multiple record holder). Matt joins me to share his thoughts on:
-Biomechanics, specifically practical and tactical nuance, and underrated ideas he feels aren’t utilized often enough
-Why he feels variety is important but how to apply variety
-Why experienced lifters may benefit from thoughtful variety in their programming and why newer lifters benefit more from more time focusing on consistent skills
-How to train for power and explosiveness
-How to get strong
-How to develop grit and mental toughness
-And much more
02:35 The Importance of Gym Environment
06:22 Biomechanics and Training Variety
13:12 Strength Training and Injury Prevention
23:15 Plyometrics and Practical Applications
28:44 Concerns About Long-Term Athletic Performance
29:02 The Reality of Genetic Gifts in Fitness
29:32 The Importance of Patience in Strength Training
30:09 Practical Tips for Everyday Strength
30:33 Stress Management for Firefighters
31:12 The Role of Recovery in Strength Training
32:29 Understanding Muscle and Strength Development
38:25 The Importance of Exercise Variation
41:40 Mental Toughness and Physical Limits
47:21 Developing Grit and Consistency
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Dr. Caleb Burgess is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach who joins me to discuss:
-How being an overall healthier person means you typically have less pain and recover from injury better
-How repetitive movements and sustained postures may lead to injury risk
-Why slouched positions aren’t inherently risky for injury, but lack of variety of movement may be
-If exercise technique has any relationship with pain
-If it’s ok to play up the placebo effect of some treatments if someone feels better
-And much more
00:57 The Overestimation of Specific Treatments
01:32 Holistic Health and Pain Management
03:24 The Role of Lifestyle in Recovery
03:50 Belief and Placebo in Therapy
09:09 Challenges in Patient Beliefs and Expectations
12:57 The Power of Placebo and Ethical Considerations
19:39 The Importance of Movement and Posture
27:08 Understanding the Construction Worker's Physical Demands
28:31 The Importance of Load Management
29:58 The Cup Analogy for Capacity Building
31:24 Personal Anecdotes on Physical Training
33:06 Does Exercise Technique Matter?
43:11 Factors Influencing Pain Beyond Physical Activity
47:54 Conclusion and Resources
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Brad Schoenfeld, PhD is among the worlds leading researchers in the field of muscle hypertrophy, a tenured professor, and author. Brad is measured and nuanced in his breakdown of popular muscle building beliefs and myths.
Brad joins me to share a researched backed breakdown of:
-Why we can build muscle with rep ranges outside the classic 8-12 reps.
-The benefits of training at different rep ranges.
-Are higher reps more fatiguing than low reps.
-Is fatigue really a serious issue in training.
-What the research really says about volume.
-The difference between effective and optimal for training volume.
-Are metallic stress and muscle damage relevant to muscle growth.
-How muscle memory works.
-Does lifting tempo matter.
-The frustrating things about muscle hypertrophy Brad sees popular and circulating in the industry.
-Plus much more.
01:05 Debunking Muscle Building Myths
01:40 Research Insights on Rep Ranges
03:29 Practical Implications of Training Loads
14:44 Volume and Muscle Hypertrophy
23:31 Mechanical Tension and Muscle Growth
25:25 Introduction to Muscle Hypertrophy Research
25:52 Mechanical Tension: The Primary Factor
26:16 Metabolic Stress and Muscle Damage
29:37 The Role of Satellite Cells
31:09 The Pump and Mechanical Tension
33:15 Misconceptions in Muscle Hypertrophy
34:24 Training Variables and Individual Differences
36:40 Eccentric Training and Muscle Damage
40:24 Gender Differences in Training Response
43:06 Genetic Ceiling and Muscle Memory
46:17 Aging and Muscle Maintenance
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Joel Jamieson is a world leader on performance conditioning, heart rate variability, and energy systems.
Joel joins the podcast to educate you on:
-The optimal balance of strength and cardio.
-Is VO2 max trainable and how important is it for longevity.
-Can you do too much strength training to where it negative affects longevity.
-Where do we see diminishing returns on strength training.
-How does cardio reduce risk of major lifestyle disease like cardiovascular disease.
-Why Joel has shifted his focus from coaching elite MMA athletes to longevity science.
-Does how you do cardio and strength in relation to each other matter.
-How cardio enhances strength training.
-An introduction to heart rate variability and how it may help with your health and longevity(we have a deeper dive planned for a future episode).
-Strategies to promote parasympathetic nervous system activation.
-Why cardio needs to be more frequent than strength training.
-And much more.
01:00 The Impact of Overtraining on Longevity
03:41 Research Insights on Training Frequency and Longevity
05:59 Cardio and Strength Training for Optimal Health
08:01 The Role of Social Interaction and Lifestyle in Longevity
14:23 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
17:04 The Importance of Muscle Mass in Disease Survival
19:11 Personal Reflections and Shift to Longevity Focus
22:09 Holistic Lifestyle Interventions for Longevity
24:21 Introduction to Heart Rate Variability
25:15 Understanding the Parasympathetic Nervous System
25:46 Sympathetic Nervous System in Action
26:43 Impact of Stress on the Body
28:51 HRV and Measuring Stress
32:25 Balancing Exercise and Recovery
38:33 Adaptive Stimulus in Cardio and Strength Training
42:55 Upcoming Events and Resources
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Aram Grigorian is a dear friend and one of the most generous and selfless professionals in the industry.
Aram joins me to share his thoughts on:
-Why he thinks people would benefit from tracking their nutrition (there’s a lot of nuance here).
-Why people are often resistant to tracking.
-Self limiting beliefs.
-How fashion magazines, social media, and even your mom’s language and actions messed up your body image and relationship with food.
-Why creating time to cook is a major obstacle for many people.
-How to be empowering and empathic.
-Having tough conversations with aging parents about their lifestyle behaviours.
-And much more.
01:00 The Importance of Nutrition Tracking
04:48 Challenges and Misconceptions About Tracking
14:56 Practical Tips for Food Tracking
22:38 Changing Narratives and Overcoming Beliefs
27:48 Challenging Beliefs and Routines
28:56 The Disempowerment in the Industry
30:28 Empathetic Empowerment
31:34 Critique of Performative Empathy
32:07 Personal Stories and Parental Influence
34:39 The Impact of Diet Culture
36:10 Navigating Misinformation and Personal Responsibility
39:03 Coaching Women and Body Image
40:25 The Role of Strength Training
44:08 The Complexity of Individual Health
45:31 Empathy and Realistic Goals in Fitness
51:02 Concluding Thoughts and Future Plans
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Jason Brown is one of the industry’s leading authorities on programming for strength, cardiovascular health, and making it all fit optimally into a busy life.
Jason breaks down a masterclass in making strength and cardio work within your busy life so you don’t need to live in a gym 6 days a week and shares thoughts on:
-How much strength training and cardio you need.
-Why you probably don’t need more than 3 days in the gym.
-How zone 2 cardio helps with muscle growth.
-How people usually aren’t doing the right things for their health.
-Tactics to manage fatigue.
-Tactics for getting more steps.
-Why making a intentional effort matters in a convenient world.
-How to shift out of fight or flight mode.
-And much more.
01:04 Diving into Strength Training Frequency
05:02 Designing Programs for Busy Individuals
06:59 The Importance of Recovery and Stress Management
10:28 Incorporating Aerobic Training
16:28 Tracking Progress and Daily Activity
25:18 Effective Two-Day Workout Plans
29:52 Home Gym Strategies and Exercise Pairings
30:32 Challenges of Training in Commercial Gyms
30:52 Full Body Training Strategies
32:21 Online Training and Program Adaptations
34:36 The Importance of Zone Two Cardio
38:21 Social Media and Fitness Misinformation
43:20 Balancing Cardio and Strength Training
50:21 Final Thoughts and Resources
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Andy Morgan is an experienced coach and the co-author of the Muscle and Strength Pyramids Books. Andy showed up researched and prepared to give you a lot of value. Andy joins the podcast to share his wisdom on:-How to spot fitness and nutrition charlatans.-Where do such charlatans originate from.-What’s going on when someone isn’t losing weight but claims they’re in a calorie deficit.-Why do people underestimate their calorie intake.-Why you shouldn’t add back the calories you burn during exercise.-How people can maintain muscle mass when cutting for fat loss.-How much protein can you absorb in one sitting.-Why he doesn’t endorse body fat testing methods or devices. -And much more.
00:47 Spotting Charlatans in Fitness and Nutrition
00:55 The Journey of Rip Body and Coaching
03:38 The Importance of Evidence-Based Fitness
05:57 Common Traits of Fitness Charlatans
17:31 The Naive Enthusiast, Opportunist, and Clout Chaser
24:06 Understanding Calorie Deficits and Weight Loss
29:51 Unrealistic Timelines and Weight Loss Expectations
30:27 Calorie Calculators and Movement
32:44 The Inaccuracy of Calorie Burn Calculations
35:05 Maintaining Muscle Mass During Fat Loss
46:27 Protein Intake and Distribution
52:57 The Problem with Body Fat Percentage Devices
59:01 Conclusion and Resources
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Sean Hyson is a legendary fitness industry media insider having worked as editor in chief at Onnit and training director for Men’s Fitness and Muscle and Fitness magazines.Sean has had a birds eye view of the changing fitness media landscape and has seen all the popular trends and fad diets come and go only to return in a repackaged version. Sean also shares:-Thoughts on low carb and carnivore dieting.-Why some industry authorities struggle to change their beliefs with evidence.-Why some authorities are punished for shifting with changing evidence.-Why people gravitate to more extreme media messaging. -Why you only need a few workouts a week to make great progress. -Why Sean never gets tired of retelling basic proven concepts to the people who need it.-And bonus writing and content creation wisdom for the aspiring coach.-Plus much more
00:50 Evolution of Fitness Media
02:10 Navigating Fitness Influencers
06:43 Practical Training Advice
10:12 Fitness Trends and Misconceptions
15:49 Training Philosophy and Personal Evolution
26:33 Effective Rep Ranges and Training Techniques
29:07 The Evolution of Leg Training
29:32 The Benefits of Modern Exercise Machines
29:55 Training Strategies for Long-Term Progress
30:30 Understanding Rep Ranges and Failure
31:06 The Importance of Stability in Exercises
31:30 The Mental and Physical Benefits of Leaving Reps in the Tank
32:38 The Challenges of Writing About Fitness and Nutrition
33:40 Creating Engaging and Concise Content
41:08 The Rise of Extreme Diets
43:05 The Carnivore Diet: Benefits and Risks
50:14 The Importance of SEO in Fitness Writing
51:08 Networking and Creating Opportunities in the Fitness Industry
52:28 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Dr Pak Androulakis-Korakakis guests to talk about several popular muscle hypertrophy concepts and help sort the social media hype from the body of evidence, while dropping a lot of real world application and nuance into the discussion. This is a master class in navigating what matters for getting jacked.
Dr Pak shares:
-Why “strict” technique may not matter as much for muscle building.
-Nuance on the “high vs low volume” camps and narratives online.
-The nuance and problem with citing popular bodybuilders as anecdotes to support a training approach.
-Fatigue’s role in hypertrophy training.
-Does training frequency matter?
-Nuance on the free weights vs machines debate for hypertrophy.
-Are lengthened partials just hyper?
-And much more
01:04 Debunking Fitness Myths: Strict Technique vs. Cheat Reps
08:16 Training Volume and Muscle Growth
12:31 Low Volume Training: Myths and Realities
22:48 Genetics and Realistic Expectations in Fitness
26:28 Fatigue Management in Training
30:56 Effective Rep Ranges for Hypertrophy
31:07 The Debate on Heavy Lifting and Form
33:56 Training Frequency and Muscle Building
39:24 Free Weights vs. Machines
44:49 Stability in Machine Use for Muscle Growth
52:30 The Hype Around Lengthened Partials
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Andy McCloy is the owner of the successful gym - BCI Performance and Fitness in Huntsville Alabama, having trained athletes that have made the NFL and NBA. But Andy shares the story of humble and difficult origins and the choices along the way to change his life and that of his family.
Andy shares:
-The road from being a self proclaimed misfit to successful gym owner and having the time to devote to his family,
-What he means by having “No plan B”.
-Why “pain equals wisdom”.
-How insecurity led to overachieving.
-Why he’s biased toward action.
-What traits lead to successful athletes and success in life, and which traits are trainable.
-Why attitude, effort, and social life matter.
-And much more
01:22 Andy's Early Life and Challenges
06:15 Turning Point: Meeting the right people and Starting in Fitness
10:51 Moving to Alabama and Starting a Business
14:37 Building a Successful Gym and Personal Struggles
20:25 Mentorship and Community Impact
25:39 Balancing Family and Career
25:59 The Importance of Action Over Planning
27:16 Challenges in Business and Training
28:54 Qualities of Successful Athletes
29:17 The Role of Genetics and Parenting
32:04 Managing Social Life and Training
35:39 The Impact of Social Media on Business
38:20 Building a Business Before Social Media
42:18 Final Thoughts and Resources
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Tony Gentilcore is a skilled and experienced coach, and with that skill and experience comes a lot of wisdom about:
-How to get people started and how to meet them where they’re at.
-How to start with a general program and adjust to your injury history, goals, and preferences.
-Why giving people choice in their program helps keep them engaged and consistent.
-How to choose starting rep ranges and progress your lifts.
-What Tony means by “developing a trainable menu”
-Ways to help people stay flexible and adaptable in their training.
-Why Tony feels 3 workouts a week works for most people and what rep range Tony prefers to start most people in.
-Great people to follow and resources to learn from to start and progress on your fitness journey.
-And much more.
01:07 The Evolution of Fitness Writing
06:24 Adapting Training for Beginners
09:52 Effective Programming Strategies
24:33 Motivating Clients and Customizing Workouts
36:59 Recovering from Injury: Personal Stories and Insights
38:05 The Trainable Menu: Adapting Workouts for Injuries
39:37 Consistency is Key: Overcoming Obstacles
41:49 Effort and Motivation: Coaching Strategies
45:53 Balancing Life and Fitness: Realistic Approaches
47:05 The Magic of Three: Sustainable Workout Plans
58:18 Resources and Recommendations for Fitness Enthusiasts
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01:08 Evolution of Fitness Information
02:42 Social Media's Impact on Fitness
05:58 AI in Fitness Content Creation
08:57 Positives of Social Media in Fitness
12:21 Negatives of Social Media in Fitness
22:14 Trends and Frustrations in Fitness Content
30:17 Fitness Routine Fundamentals
31:15 Effective Workout Strategies
33:27 Nutrition Basics
34:28 Indulgences and Treats
35:26 Sleep and Recovery
40:22 Mental and Physical Recovery Techniques
46:45 The Importance of Creativity and Fiction
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Dr Susie Spirlock aka Dr Susie Squats guests to share detail and nuance about:
-Why stretching doesn’t often alleviate “tight” muscles.
-Why dynamic mobility drills and load work better for creating lasting improvements to mobility.
-How to manage hyper mobility.
-Why the old injury management protocol of Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation is outdated and what to do instead.
-What is tendonopathy, what’s changed about our understanding, and how to manage and treat it.
-Why surgery often isn’t the best intervention for injury.
-And much more.
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01:09 Debunking Stretching Myths
03:00 Dynamic vs. Static Stretching
06:39 Effective Warm-Up Strategies
10:14 Understanding Hypermobility and EDS
15:48 Strength Training for Hypermobility
23:16 Tendinopathy Explained
29:17 Form, Load, and Injury Prevention
31:54 Debunking RICE for Soft Tissue Injuries
35:29 The New Approach: PEACE and LOVE
39:51 Pain Management Without NSAIDs
42:49 Rethinking Surgery for Injuries
48:54 The Role of Athletes in Surgery Perception
56:08 Resources and Final Thoughts
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Tom Sheppard is a strength coach and fitness writer who, beneath the rugged exterior is a thoughtful and generous soul who joins to open up about his complex mental health journey and how fitness has saved him.
Tom shares:
-How strength training can be a major positive for your mental health
-Where fitness can creep over into addiction and serious problems
-How to create guardrails against becoming too addicted
-How the gym helps great self efficacy and defeat victim mindset
-And much more.
03:38 The Role of the Gym in Mental Health
12:49 The Importance of Self-Efficacy and Accountability
20:05 Balancing Fitness and Life: Avoiding Fitness Addiction
27:38 Exploring Fitness and Dieting as Socially Acceptable Eating Disorders
28:00 Personal Struggles with Eating Disorders and Fitness Tracking
28:16 The Anxiety of Missing a Day of Logging
28:39 Realizing Unhealthy Habits and Finding Ways Out
29:25 Balancing Fitness and Life: The Importance of Controlled Variance
30:47 The Role of Fulfillment Outside the Gym
33:08 Identifying Red Flags in Fitness Addiction
35:15 The Obsession with Recovery Modalities
38:14 Aligning Motivations with Actions in Fitness
39:27 The Importance of Introspection in Fitness Goals
42:19 Balancing Gym Goals with Life's Other Pillars
47:15 Personal Journey and Career Reflections
49:52 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Nick Shaw is a close friend and the CEO and co-founder of Renaissance Periodization. RP are also my first ever podcast sponsor.
I’ve known Nick, his co-founder Dr Mike Israetel, and many other members of the RP team for many years, spent time with them at countless events including the Olympia weekend, and had them as guests on my podcast numerous times. I’ve attended several RP seminars, beta tested and later completed the RP Nutrition Certification, and read several of their books. So I love RP’s work and media. So I’m proud and honoured to highlight RP and the RP Hypertrophy app as a sponsor.
In this episode Nick shares his thoughts on:
-Planning for success in your fitness and nutrition habits.
-Creating room to be flexible instead of rigid in your habits.
-The best options for creating a home gym especially if you don’t have a lot of space.
-Some wisdom on keeping your fitness and nutrition in check when travelling.
-Details on RP’s new protein shot - Genius Shot.
-And much more.
02:05 The Importance of Prioritizing Fitness
08:53 Creating a Structured Fitness Plan
13:45 Buying Back Your Time
23:56 Setting Up a Home Gym
29:23 Evaluating Gym Equipment
30:58 Traveling and Maintaining Fitness
32:39 Nutrition Tips for Travelers
33:45 Introducing Genius Shot
39:55 Balancing Fitness and Flexibility
45:40 Avoiding Over-Optimization
45:56 The Importance of Consistency
48:42 Adapting to Different Training Environments
52:33 Leveraging Technology for Fitness
53:50 Final Thoughts and Resources
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00:16 Guest Introduction: James Cappola
01:10 The Problem with Shaming in Fitness
01:57 The Fear of Ozempic in the Fitness Industry
03:20 Addressing Vulnerability and Limiting Beliefs
05:23 Breaking the Cycle of Failure
10:55 Personal Journey and Overcoming Challenges
13:30 The Role of Empathy in Coaching
16:20 Social Media and Misconceptions in Fitness
21:26 The Dangers of Fitness Fads
21:57 The Outrage Culture and Social Media Clout
22:32 Dealing with Online Criticism and Call-Outs
23:22 The Seed Oil Controversy and Misinformation
26:11 The Raw Milk Debate and Nutritional Myths
29:43 Misguided Fitness Advice and Gym Etiquette
30:56 The Importance of Strength Training and Enjoyment
36:03 Navigating Social Media and Building a Positive Community
39:42 Concluding Thoughts and Social Media Handles
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Ben Mudge is a friend and a treasure.
Ben shares his story of growing up with cystic fibrosis, his fears around the potential progression of the disease, and how devoting his life to his fitness and health has helped improve his quality of life.
Ben shares:
-How cystic fibrosis works
-The catalysts for his changed outlook and effort
-Why he feels “Imperfect actions beats perfect words every time”
-Why he focuses on love of the process
-Why peace and space are important
-Details about his love of Warhammer and other things “nerd culture”
-How to prioritize time for fitness and leisure passions
-And much more.
00:16 Meet Ben: Fitness Without Limits
01:32 Living with Cystic Fibrosis
06:32 The Turning Point: Hospitalization and Recovery
15:09 Prioritizing Health and Lifestyle Changes
28:30 Mental Health and Fitness
31:36 Shooting the Book in a Day
31:47 The Importance of a Friendly Image
32:17 Deliberate Social Media Choices
35:56 Balancing Fitness and Gaming
42:29 The Joy of Warhammer
44:24 Embracing Your True Self
51:25 The Challenge of Modern Convenience
54:31 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Former Olympia champion Nathalia Melo tells her story of leaving Brazil with little money to her name, working and living in tough conditions, while working toward her dreams. Nathalia is pure ferocity with minimal filter and a lot of wisdom to challenge the narratives that are keeping you stuck in place.
Nathalia is today’s guest and shares her thoughts on:
-Overcoming self limiting beliefs and victim mindset
-Why the best time to start is when your life is already busy
-Why people struggle to change their stories and narratives
-How she points to examples of people being successful when they claim they’re “lazy”
-Why the fitness and lifestyle skills you learn in your 20’s may not be the skills you need in your 40’s and onward
-How women suffer when they don’t prioritize their own health and confidence
-And much more
00:15 Guest Introduction: Natalia Melo
00:36 Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs
01:47 Nathalia's Journey: From Brazil to Olympia
04:29 Mindset Shift: Embracing Challenges
05:56 Victim Mindset vs. Taking Responsibility
17:50 The Impact of Physical Health on Life
22:10 Challenging Self-Perceptions
25:38 Challenging Self-Perceptions of Laziness
26:31 Adapting Fitness Plans to Life Stages
27:02 The Myth of Waiting for the Perfect Time
35:58 The Reality of Social Media Filters
39:28 Navigating Aging and Cosmetic Procedures
45:21 Conclusion and Resources
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Alex Sterner is a certified strength and conditioning coach who specializes in Brazilian Jiujitsu. Follow Alex on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/alex.sterner?igsh=MWQ0bHB3emFkZjFkcA==
Alex shares:
-Why your spine was meant to move not stay rigid.
-Why you not only can, but should train and load by bending, flexing, and rotating at your spine.
-Examples of how our spine moves under load and against force in sports and everyday life.
-How to approach training for a strong and mobile spine.
-How to overcome fears around loading and moving your spine.
-Why he doesn’t like the phrase “wear and tear” in the context of our joints.
-Why explosiveness and power are important in your training.
-Why skipping is a useful training tool.
-Why “impact” can be good for your spine, bones, and joints.
-Plus much more.
00:15 Meet Alex Sterner: Strength and Conditioning Expert
01:03 The Importance of Spinal Movement
04:07 Real-Life Examples of Spinal Flexion
07:38 Overcoming Fear and Misconceptions
10:55 Training Methods for Spinal Mobility
24:27 Reframing Wear and Tear
27:44 Optimism in Aging and Adaptation
29:23 Power and Explosiveness in Training
32:25 The Importance of Impact and Eccentric Force
34:46 Risk vs Reward in Training
41:00 Functional Strength and Transfer to Sport
48:06 Four Key Qualities for Athletic Improvement
51:44 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Robert Linkul is the industry leading authority on training older adults.
In this episode Robert shares:
-What sarcopenia is and why everyone should be proactive about it
-How we can reduce the risk of falling
-How we can reduce the risk of a serious fracture injury if we do fall
-How to improve muscle, motor skills, and bone density as we age through training
-Why power and explosive training matters for older adults(and everyone) and how to approach it in a safe and effective way
-The importance of having the strength and skill to get down to and up from the floor
-And much more
00:59 Understanding Sarcopenia
02:42 The Importance of Muscle Mass
04:51 Challenges in Aging Populations
16:30 Cognitive and Social Aspects of Aging
21:10 Training Older Adults
25:08 Building Relationships with Clients
27:49 Introduction to Power Training
28:39 Foundations of Strength for Older Adults
29:18 Tempo Manipulation for Power
30:11 Importance of Type II Muscle Fibres
30:57 Exercise Benefits and Longevity
31:44 Dynamic Movements and Injury Prevention
34:12 Release Lifts and Medicine Ball Exercises
37:08 Sled Training for Strength and Stability
42:35 Cross-Education and Injury Rehabilitation
44:30 Training for Ground Movements
49:38 Personal Anecdotes and Final Thoughts
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Josh Hillis is the zen master of eating skills and returns to the podcast to share thoughts and wisdom on:
-Why it’s risky to blindly trust our hunger signals
-Why pausing for 10 minutes before acting on hunger is the most powerful tool you have
-Learning to distinguish between physical and psychological hunger
-Understanding emotional eating
-Why Josh teaches “values based eating”
-Getting a handle on stress eating
-How food can mask discomfort
-And much more
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00:57 Challenges of Relying on Hunger Signals
03:16 Differentiating Hunger from Emotional Eating
06:01 Using Breaks and Distractions to Manage Hunger
09:53 Values-Based Eating and Emotional Control
17:13 Creating an Aspirational Identity
24:22 Understanding the Lizard Brain
24:38 The Impact of Stress on Decision Making
25:08 Strategies for Slowing Down and Reflecting
26:29 The Connection Between Emotions and Eating
29:51 Cultural and Personal Influences on Eating Habits
39:46 The Role of Values in Nutrition
43:35 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Dr Sam Spinelli joins me for a discussion about rehab, pain, injuries, and how training puts you in a better position to mitigate injury risk and recover faster from injury.
Sam shares:
-Strategies to manage injury risk.
-Strategies to better recover from injury.
-Why he doesn’t think most people need MRI’s or other imaging for many injuries.
-What is load management and why it's the most important thing to focus on with injury risk and recovery.
-Why posture isn’t a major causal issue for pain.
-Nuanced thought on back pain.
And much more.
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00:51 Diving into Injury Rehabilitation
01:04 The Reality of Bulletproofing and Injury Reduction
02:51 Load Management in Sports
04:08 The Importance of Progressive Training
07:43 Understanding Injury Rates in Different Sports
13:08 Mitigating Injury Risks
22:08 The Role of Imaging in Injury Diagnosis
28:02 Rehabilitation Insights and Passive Modalities
28:21 Personal Injury Rehab Journey
28:33 Hamstring Injury Assessment and Strategy
29:32 Exercise Selection and Progression
32:23 Nordic Hamstring Curls Debate
38:02 Back Pain Myths and Posture
40:02 Load Management and Deadlifting
44:00 Training Adaptations and Injury Management
49:33 Upcoming Projects and Resources
52:10 Conclusion and Listener Engagement
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Taylor Ryan is a Sports Dietitian(The Australian spelling - don’t @ me) and expert in helping high level and everyday athletes fuel for performance.
Taylor shares her wisdom on:
-How to navigate the challenge and tradeoffs of performance and aesthetic goals.
-How prioritizing “leanness” can hurt athletic performance.
-The problems with popular fad diets as foundations for athletic performance.
-Strategy for optimal fuelling for athletics.
-Plus a lot more nuance to nutrition to feel better I your everyday life.
00:39 Balancing Fueling and Staying Lean
02:44 Pseudoscience in Nutrition
05:49 Risks of Suboptimal Fueling
08:09 Disordered Eating in Sports
12:35 Gender Differences in Performance Pressure
14:56 Strategies for Body Composition Changes
23:51 Fueling for Elite vs. Recreational Athletes
28:41 The Irony of Ultra-Processed Foods
29:05 Post-Career Nutrition Challenges for Athletes
31:32 The Keto, Low-Carb, and Intermittent Fasting Debate
34:21 Intra-Workout Nutrition: What You Need to Know
36:45 The Science of Carbohydrate Absorption
39:47 Nutritional Timing and Protein Strategies
43:29 Alcohol and Athletic Performance
46:25 Supplementation Guidelines for Athletes
48:56 Nutrition During Injury Recovery
52:50 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Mark Fisher is a dear friend and one of the kindest humans anyone could have the great fortune of knowing.
Mark joins me to discuss:
-What is “unconditional positive regard” and how choosing this outlook reduces your stress and leaves you happier
-How Mark sees life as a series of seasons you evolve through
-A lot of positive, basic, actionable mindsets and tactics to set yourself up for success in your fitness journey.
-Plus much more.
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00:47 Unconditional Positive Regard
04:37 Mindset and Emotional Reactions
09:27 Stress and Self-Care
14:57 Health Optimization and Social Balance
23:26 Shoutout to Joel Jamison's Morpheus
23:35 The Impact of Stress and Sleep on Fitness
23:59 Personal Experience with Gen Four Oura Ring
25:09 Balancing Data and Intuition in Fitness
26:33 The Importance of Unconditional Positive Regard
30:38 Self-Criticism and Social Media
33:08 Fundamental Attribution Error
42:03 Entrepreneurship as Personal Development
42:34 Upcoming Events and Final Thoughts
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Adam Meakins is a physical therapist on a mission to upgrade the rehab industry by separating overhyped and sometimes outright dangerous practices from the things that work to help people return to their lives and favourite activities.
In this episode, Adam:
- Picks apart a lot of the “silly bullshit” physical therapists practice.
- Explains why there isn’t as much of a relationships between form and injury risk as we’ve traditionally believed.
- Explains the limitations, myths, and appropriate use of various passive treatments like cupping, dry needling, and shockwave.
- Addresses the problems with chiropractic adjustments.
- Talks about “bullshit diagnosis” like anterior pelvic tilt and trigger points.
- Explains what’s likely going on with back pain and how to manage it.
- What actually works to help people feel better.
- And much more
00:43 Debunking Passive Physio Methods
01:42 The Problem with Over-Treatment
03:19 Active vs. Passive Interventions
05:02 Patient Expectations and Challenges
07:32 Understanding Regression to the Mean
10:02 The Myth of Chiropractic Adjustments
11:24 The Reality of Cupping and Scraping
22:22 Acupuncture and Dry Needling Explained
26:20 Debunking Muscular Imbalances
29:39 Debunking the Myth of Leg Length Differences
31:51 The Body's Adaptability to Changes
33:22 Personal Experiences with Pain and Movement
34:31 Exploring Movement Variations
36:53 Form and Injury Risk in Training
41:34 Injury Rates in Different Sports
48:46 The Importance of Recovery and Mindset
51:02 Final Thoughts and Resources
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Brianna Battles is the industry leading authority on postpartum athleticism.
Brianna guests to share:
-Why “athleticism doesn’t end when motherhood begins”
-Why going through pregnancy doesn’t automatically qualify fitness influencers to become coaches or educators on postpartum training
-Breaking rigid identities around training and allowing for an evolution of how training works across different seasons of life
-The importance of maintaining bone mineral density
-Thoughts on fuelling for performance
-Thoughts on navigating the confusing messaging aimed at women
-Plus so much more
00:36 Athleticism and Motherhood
02:47 Outdated Research and Pelvic Health
04:25 Miscarriage and Exercise Myths
06:53 Training Strategies for Pregnant Athletes
09:25 Mental and Emotional Challenges
12:48 Coaching Female Athletes
21:55 Navigating Fitness Industry Confusion
32:16 Embracing Athleticism at Any Age
32:58 Overcoming Fear of High Impact Activities
33:23 Pelvic Health and High Impact Training
35:52 The Importance of Bone Health
39:06 Rucking and Bone Density
44:44 Encouraging Fitness in Older Adults
51:33 Navigating Female Athlete Health
55:04 Body Image and Performance Pressure
57:53 Seasonal Training and Body Fluctuations
01:01:39 Resources and Final Thoughts
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Lucas Hardie aka RangeofStrength has fascinating media and training resources. Lucas shares his knowledge and experience with an unconventional approach to resistance training that merges strength and flexibility.
In this episode Lucas talks about:
-Why we should expand our training and our body to exercises and positions outside the traditional array of common gym exercises.
-The relationship between strength and flexibility, how they’re not in direct opposition.
-Misconceptions about flexibility.
-Differentiating flexibility from hyper-mobility.
-Why some variability in form from rep to rep is actually a good thing.
-And much more
00:58 Unconventional Strength and Flexibility Training
02:43 Defining Unconventional Movements
03:19 Progressive Overload in Mobility Training
06:04 Jordan Syatt's Flexibility Journey
09:13 Flexibility Training for Everyone
17:14 Misconceptions About Flexibility
22:46 Stretching and Injury Risk
25:24 Hypermobility and Strength Training
28:39 Practical Unconventional Exercises
39:48 Rehabilitation and Strength Training
44:30 Workshops and Resources
45:52 Conclusion and Upcoming Episodes
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01:18 Joe's Training Evolution for Longevity
04:41 Key Training Principles for Longevity
07:33 Modified Workout Structure
15:23 Training with Triple H: A Case Study
28:03 Balancing Fitness Goals with Family Life
29:42 The Dark Side of Staying Lean Year-Round
30:54 Frustrations with the Fitness Industry
37:16 The Importance of Tracking Nutrition
46:54 Realistic Expectations and Media Influence
49:22 Resources and Final Thoughts
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Dean Shares:
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Upcoming book 'Rock Solid Resilience.' available here: https://a.co/d/fKef8Wm
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This episode covered topics such as injury management
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Importance of consistency in training despite injuries
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Practical strategies for reducing injury risk
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Psychological aspects of training
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Effectiveness of foam rolling
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Insight into how different stress loads affect training outcomes
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:16 Dean Somerset's Background and Influence
01:32 Training Through Injuries
03:14 Cross Education and Injury Recovery
05:33 Mental Health and Training
07:48 Rehabilitation and Strength Training
10:40 Understanding Pain and Nocebo Effect
16:45 Foam Rolling and Practical Strategies
20:14 Managing Allostatic Load
24:40 Effective Deadlift Techniques
25:45 Addressing Deadlift Myths
27:52 Alternative Exercises to Deadlifts
30:00 Overcoming Training Excuses
33:00 Introducing 'Rock Solid Resilience'
35:30 Balancing Intensity and Recovery
37:24 Adapting Training Programs
42:15 Dean Somerset's Resources and Future Plans
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Susan Niebergall represents something rare in the fitness industry - a fitness authority over the age of 60. Susan dives into the importance of resistance training to build strength and muscle as we get older.
Susan shares:
-How her own dedication to muscle and strength let to a better outcome and faster recovery from her hip replacement surgery.
-The importance of strength and muscle to reduce risk of fall injuries, and reduce risk of a catastrophic outcome in case of a fall.
-Why you need to lift “heavy” and what “heavy” means in context.
-What you need to change/focus on in your training and nutrition as you get older.
-And much more.
00:45 Susan's Journey in the Fitness Industry
01:54 Hip Replacement and Rehabilitation
03:36 Pre-Surgery Preparation
09:02 Post-Surgery Recovery
15:51 The Importance of Strength and Mobility
18:41 Reducing Fall Risks and Enhancing Balance
21:20 The Necessity of Heavyweights
22:21 Balancing High Impact and Bone Health
23:11 Strength Training for Older Adults
24:40 The Shift Towards Lifting in Later Life
27:19 Encouraging Fitness Across Generations
31:51 Nutritional Adjustments with Age
39:29 Prioritizing Protein Intake
45:21 Resources and Final Thoughts
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Mike Doehla, the founder of wildly successful nutrition coaching company Stronger U, joins to talk about:
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-What’s wrong with branded/named diets
-Disrupting On/Off mode thinking and getting people back on track faster
-Why community support matters and how to combat sabotage
-How to successfully manage planning and meal preparation
-And a whole lot more everyday nutrition philosophy and tactics
00:37 The Problem with Branded Diets
04:06 Challenges in the Fitness Industry
08:17 The Importance of Tracking and Accountability
14:57 The Role of Coaches and Real-Time Support
22:45 Influence of Social Circles on Fitness Goals
26:10 Navigating Support in Relationships
28:05 Recognizing and Combating Sabotage
30:06 Challenges of Modern Food Environment
34:42 Mindfulness and Intuitive Eating
36:54 Practical Tips for Meal Planning
46:29 Final Thoughts and Social Media Shoutouts
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Legendary PhD of Sport Physiology and co-founder of Renaissance Periodization Dr Mike Israetel joins the podcast to talk about how A.I. promises to enhance our everyday fitness and health lifestyle and health outcome.
Dr Mike talks about:
-How coaching will be affected by A.I.
-How likely we’ll see an I Robot scenario (Will Smith movie).
-What will humans do with their extra time if robots take care of daily household tasks?
-Why we’ve seen a rise in Mike Mentzer style low volume training ideology on social media
-Why there appears to be a rift between traditionally PhD educated authorities and social media hypertrophy coaches on training volume?
-and much more
00:16 Welcoming Dr. Mike Israetel
00:35 The Role of AI in Health and Fitness
01:36 AI in Coaching and Medicine
04:53 Human Element in Coaching
07:25 Future of AI and Robotics in Daily Life
16:02 Ethical Considerations and AI
20:15 Impact of AI on Fitness and Lifestyle
25:56 The Status Game: A Never-Ending Cycle
30:50 The Illusion of Superiority
31:46 Debating Hypertrophy: Volume vs. Intensity
32:26 Fitness Influencers: Credibility and Influence
36:31 The Appeal of Low Volume Training
40:08 The Importance of Vibes in Training
45:28 Wrapping Up: Final Thoughts and Resources
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In an effort to bring on great guests to go beyond the narrow realm of fitness and nutrition, Dr Joe Zundell (PhD in Cancer Biology) joins me to talk about:
-How strength training reduces cancer risk
-How maintaining muscle and bone helps survive cancer treatment
-Why the cancer cure suppression conspiracy theory is silly logic
-What lifestyle behaviours contribute the greatest risk of developing cancer
-The relationship between cancer and obesity
-Why there’s no one dietary ideology that helps to defeat cancer
-and much more
00:15 Meet Dr. Joe Zundell
01:12 Strength Training and Cancer Risk
03:19 Understanding Cachexia
07:42 Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life
09:28 Cancer Complexity and Misconceptions
19:51 Environmental and Lifestyle Factors
26:00 Diet, Obesity, and Cancer Risk
32:03 The Impact of Western Diet on Liver Cancer
33:39 Dietary Advice for Cancer Patients
35:57 Understanding Autophagy and Its Role in Cancer
39:30 The Balance of Immune Response in Cancer Treatment
41:17 Debunking Myths About Cancer and Diet
48:51 The Role of Natural Remedies in Cancer Treatment
51:14 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Mobility expert Tom Morrison joins to share wisdom from years of managing his own injuries and coaching others.
Tom talks about:
-How Tom avoided movement restrictions or pain despite probably having broken his neck
-What the everyday person with a busy life can do with limited time to improve mobility?
-How strength is the foundation of mobility
-The difference between active and passive range of motion
-Why being “degenerative” isn’t necessarily something you should be worried about
-Why medical scans of your joints doesn’t tell the whole story
-Why having physical injuries doesn’t guarantee you’ll experience pain
-Effective warmups for lifting
-Why spending time working down on the floor is important
-and much more
01:21 The Relationship Between Mobility and Injury Risk02:52 Improving Mobility: Techniques and Tips05:24 Strength and Mobility: Finding the Balance12:21 Using Weights to Enhance Mobility17:39 Personal Experiences with Injuries and Recovery20:42 Understanding Abduction and Adduction21:48 The Reality of Degeneration and Scans25:14 Understanding Tissue Degeneration26:53 Adapting Training with Age28:07 Importance of Muscle Strength and Motor Control32:54 Making Fitness Accessible for Busy Lives34:57 Effective Warm-Up Strategies39:25 Overcoming Mental Barriers in Mobility42:35 Daily Movement and Lifestyle Tips45:24 The Importance of Floor Movements48:17 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Jordan Syatt joins me to discuss:
-How his fitness routine has changed since becoming a parent
-How he prioritizes and finds time for fitness
-How his fitness goals have evolved over time
-Why Jordan has been working on doing Jean Claude Van Damme splits
-Jordan’s mobility routine
-What are “Movement Snacks”
-Choosing workout timing
-If Jordan misses the grind of his career before his family life
And much more
00:15 A Warm Welcome to Jordan Syatt00:38 Balancing Fitness and Fatherhood00:52 Flexible Fitness Routine02:34 Maintaining Fitness Goals03:46 Late Night Workouts and Family Life05:25 Fitness Philosophy and Social Media22:35 The Importance of Walking and Small Movements33:41 Consistency is Key: Finding Your Optimal Workout Time34:47 Fasted Training: Pros and Cons35:28 Training on a Full Stomach: Lessons Learned38:22 Family Fitness: Setting an Example40:05 The Science of Mobility and Flexibility51:46 Balancing Family Life and Career55:00 The Impact of Social Media Fame01:01:18 Final Thoughts and Reflections
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00:52 Debunking the Carbs and Diabetes Myth
02:49 Understanding Insulin Resistance
06:01 The Role of Resistance Training
09:26 Obesity and Health Risks
14:25 High Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Other Sugars
22:27 The Truth About Fruit and Fructose
26:46 Fruit Juice vs. Whole Fruit: Blood Sugar Impact
27:33 Personal Preferences: Fruit Juice vs. Soda
28:27 Glucose Monitors: Are They Worth It?
30:45 Understanding Inflammation: Acute vs. Chronic
34:26 Omega 3 vs. Omega 6: What You Need to Know
43:51 Dietary Fat: Importance and Recommendations
49:52 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Dr Christle Guevarra returns with the every day person’s guide to Ozempic and GLP-1 agonist medications
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Christle explains:
-Why resistance training matters when using Ozempic
-Does Ozempic really cause bone and muscle loss, over and above what we would see from dieting and calorie restriction?
-What’s going on with “Food Noise”?
-Are any of the criticisms of Ozempic and similar medications valid?
-Is there any merit to products claiming to be “nature’s Ozempic”?
-Plus much more
We also mention the upcoming RPU - Renaissance Periodization University. That will be going live to everyone around May so stay tuned for more.
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00:15 Meet Dr. Crystal Guevara
00:53 Diving into Ozempic and GLP-1 Agonists
02:55 Addressing Concerns and Side Effects
05:57 Navigating Weight Loss and Maintenance
34:02 The Role of AI in Health and Nutrition
40:03 Exploring Ozempic's Broader Implications
48:51 Final Thoughts and Resources
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction
00:15 Catching Up with Don Saladino
01:12 Celebrity Training Insights
01:43 Balancing Family and Career
02:35 Training Philosophy and Approach
03:33 Challenges of Training Actors
07:37 Misconceptions About Celebrity Life
15:05 Grit and Determination
28:15 The Importance of Accountability in Parenting
29:38 Balancing Fitness and Family Life
31:38 The Discipline of Consistent Training
33:18 Reflections on Brian Johnson's Lifestyle
36:25 Helping Clients Overcome Self-Defeating Beliefs
39:30 The Minimalistic Approach to Fitness Coaching
47:42 Upcoming Projects and Collaborations
49:54 Final Thoughts and Farewell
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Jonathan Goodman joins to talk about his brand new book The Obvious Choice, out now.
We talk about:
-Why Jonathan chose to write this book?
-Why this book is a pivot into a more mainstream audience?
-The 4 stages of content creation
-How stories and narratives affect your decisions
And more
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00:00 Introduction to the Podcast
00:16 Welcoming Jonathan Goodman
00:41 The Obvious Choice: Book Insights
01:51 The Role of Social Media in Business
03:35 Human Behavior and Decision Making
12:10 The Four Stages of Content Creation
21:58 Embarrassingly Bad Decisions
22:33 The Emotional Nature of Decision Making
22:47 New Year's Resolutions and Fixed Identity
24:55 Leapfrog Skills in the Fitness Industry
25:42 The Importance of Complementary Skills
28:53 Building Social Media Presence
32:56 Becoming an Industry Leader
38:30 The Journey to Thought Leadership
41:26 The Obvious Choice: Book Promotion
42:53 Final Thoughts and Podcast Growth
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00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:15 Guest Introduction: Dr. Brandon Parker
01:09 Movement Optimism and Strength Training Safety
02:33 Rounding Your Back: The Nuances
06:34 The Importance of Resistance Training
09:36 Exercise Form and Injury Risk
16:44 Load Management and Recovery
23:29 Stability in Training: Machines vs. Free Weights
26:19 Training Modifications and Warm-Up Techniques
27:07 Exploring Exercise Variations
28:01 Addressing Lower Back Pain
30:06 Fear of Pain and Injury in Fitness Content
32:09 The Power of Belief in Healing
36:57 The Importance of Health for Longevity
46:08 Motivation and Personal Needs
51:49 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Dr. Allan Bacon is in the house to give a masterclass in supplements, including:
-The supplements that have a lot of evidence to support
-Why everyone should take creatine especially older women.
-Can you combine caffeine and creatine?
-Details on beta-alanine, pump supplements, vitamin D, fish oils, magnesium and more.
-Is there any benefit to using BCAA’s/EAA’s?
-What are anti-nutrients and why do shady fitness influencers fear monger about them?
-And much more.
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00:00 Welcome and Introduction
00:16 Guest Introduction: Dr. Alan Bacon
01:28 Diving into Supplements
02:10 The Benefits of Creatine
07:04 Creatine for All Ages
08:03 Creatine and Bone Health
09:27 Creatine and Training Performance
16:28 Supplement Recommendations and Personal Experiences
19:48 Other Effective Supplements
25:43 Prioritizing Your Supplement Spend
27:37 Canned Tuna vs. Salmon: A Practical Approach
28:09 The Importance of Omega 3 and Supplementation
28:39 Vitamin D and Magnesium: Essential Supplements
29:13 Magnesium Supplementation: Dos and Don'ts
30:30 Multivitamins vs. Individual Supplements
35:29 The Debate on Supplemental Aminos
42:58 Baking Soda as a Pre-Workout Supplement?
44:42 Anti-Nutrients: Myths and Facts
51:55 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Luka Hocevar returns with his usual big energy to share wisdom on:
-The importance of training and maintaining speed, power, and explosiveness as we get older.
-Building resilience against fall injuries.
-How to structure training programs for athletic qualities .
-How strength training reduces risk and slows the progression of neurodegenerative disease like Parkinson’s.
-The importance of developing movement and muscle reserves as we age.
-And much more.
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Thank you for listening. 00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:16 Catching Up with Luka Hocevar
02:33 The Athlete for Life Philosophy
06:05 Training for Longevity and Quality of Life
12:06 Programming and Training Strategies
21:33 Advanced Warmup Techniques
22:06 The Importance of Intent in Training
22:21 Using Technology for Performance Tracking
23:43 Contrast Training Explained
24:33 Post Activation Potentiation (PAP)
24:58 Time Efficiency in Training
26:15 Maintaining Skills Under Fatigue
27:00 Personal Challenges and Lifestyle Impact
28:41 Strength Training and Parkinson's
31:20 Building Physical and Mental Reserves
37:41 Focus on What You Can Control
39:21 Empowering Clients Through Training
41:09 Resources and Final Thoughts
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Brad Jensen, The Sober Bodybuilder joins me to share his story of a history of addiction and homelessness and how fitness was a linchpin in his recovery and sustained sobriety.
Learn:
-Can fitness addiction be taken too far?
-Why the people you surround yourself with matter A LOT.
-Why more people are drinking less or giving up alcohol completely.
-Why identity is an important part of change and success.
-First steps to get help or try to help someone in your world who’s battling addiction.
And More
This episode is among the earliest in a significant shift in discussion topics and theme for this podcast going forward. I still believe there’s a goldmine here for coaches, but this is now intended to be a valuable resource to the end users, the enthusiasts, and even the beginners who need our help navigating the often confusing and conflicting world of fitness and nutrition. If you find this valuable, please share it with a friend who needs it. Thank you.00:00 Introduction and Podcast Mission
00:15 Welcoming Brad Jensen
02:09 Brad's Journey with Addiction and Fitness
04:28 The Role of Fitness in Recovery
08:05 Balancing Fitness and Life
13:27 Social Dynamics and Healthy Living
18:37 Changing Attitudes Towards Alcohol
23:11 Choosing Not to Drink
24:10 Recognizing Problematic Drinking
25:05 Addiction and Food
26:24 Life Changes and Priorities
28:43 The Role of Environment
33:45 Identity and Sobriety
40:32 Helping Others with Addiction
42:04 Spirituality and Sobriety
46:20 Final Thoughts and Resources
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Dr Joseph Munoz joins to distinguish between how some nutrition misinformation is harmful while others are just incorrect.
We talk about:
-Debunking the carb - insulin hypothesis
-Does protein timing matter that much?
-Creating change through identity shift
-Is there any merit within the “Make America Healthy Again”? (without getting political)
-What really moves the needle for your nutrition?
And much more
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This episode is among the earliest in a significant shift in discussion topics and theme for this podcast going forward. I still believe there’s a goldmine here for coaches, but this is now intended to be a valuable resource to the end users, the enthusiasts, and even the beginners who need our help navigating the often confusing and conflicting world of fitness and nutrition. If you find this valuable, please share it with a friend who needs it. Thank you.
00:00 Welcome to the Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast
00:15 Introducing Dr. Joseph Munoz
01:18 Debunking Fitness Myths: Carb Insulin Hypothesis vs. Carnivore Diet
02:52 The Rise and Fall of Carb Backloading
07:30 The Truth About Nutrient Timing and Protein Intake
19:53 The Importance of Lifestyle Changes for Long-Term Health
24:53 Understanding Environmental Influence on Behavior
26:24 The Power of Identity and Accountability
28:48 Navigating Political and Health Debates
30:06 Debunking Food Myths and Misconceptions
35:28 The Role of Regulation and Personal Responsibility
43:41 Final Thoughts and Gentle Myth Busting
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Rachel Henley has cracked the code on creating evidence based and practical training content and scaling a massive audience.
We talk about:
-Dealing with unwelcome comments from loved ones, shame triggers, and having tough conversations around this
-The “silly shit” Rachel used to do before finding evidence based fitness and nutrition
-Dealing with comments and beliefs about “ideal bodies”
-Our mission to focus on getting more everyday people into the gym and access to fitness instead of arguing over technical training minutiae
-How to tell who’s a real coach and who’s an entertainer masquerading as a coach.
And much more
Please follow Rachel on IG: https://www.instagram.com/henleyfitness?igsh=Njl6djZ6dzJ4dzM2
This episode is among the earliest in a significant shift in discussion topics and theme for this podcast going forward. I still believe there’s a goldmine here for coaches, but this is now intended to be a valuable resource to the end users, the enthusiasts, and even the beginners who need our help navigating the often confusing and conflicting world of fitness and nutrition. If you find this valuable, please share it with a friend who needs it. Thank you.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
01:33 Rachel Henley's Viral Moment
02:50 Navigating Family Criticism
04:05 Empathy and Setting Boundaries
07:14 Shame Triggers and Family Dynamics
09:52 Silly Fitness Mistakes
12:16 The Shortcut to Shred Experience
17:12 Body Image and Public Perception
20:21 Authenticity in Social Media
22:35 Authenticity in Social Media
23:22 Building Trust with the Audience
24:24 Encouraging Gym Confidence
25:53 Critique of Social Media Trends
26:47 Navigating Fitness Misinformation
29:11 Shameless Plug and Advice
34:10 The Problem with Viral Content
46:21 Final Thoughts and Farewell
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Ali Gilbert, The Queen of Men’s Health joins to share wisdom about men’s declining testosterone levels.
Learn:
-Why men’s testosterone is declining
-It this as serious as media headlines make it appear?
-What “environmental toxins” are creating problems
-How to reduce your exposure to plastics
-Is hormone replacement therapy steroids?
-What are the tradeoff’s for a woman to walk around with a 6-pack?
And More
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This episode is among the earliest in a significant shift in discussion topics and theme for this podcast going forward. I still believe there’s a goldmine here for coaches, but this is now intended to be a valuable resource to the end users, the enthusiasts, and even the beginners who need our help navigating the often confusing and conflicting world of fitness and nutrition. If you find this valuable, please share it with a friend who needs it. Thank you.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
01:23 The Decline of Testosterone Levels
04:45 Consequences of Low Testosterone
09:48 Environmental Toxins and Hormone Disruption
16:26 Alcohol's Impact on Health
22:35 Fertility Crisis and Hormone Disruption in Women
23:45 Impact of Phthalates on Male Reproductive Health
25:56 The Decline in Testosterone Levels Among Young Men
27:10 Effects of Plastics on Women's Health
28:18 Hormone Replacement Therapy for Men
36:23 Navigating Fitness and Diet as a Woman
43:54 Debunking Protein Myths
45:40 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Jack Hallows joins to share his charismatic style of evidence based training communication.
We talk about:
-Are science based lifters and old school bodybuilders really that far apart in training ideology?
-What are the big rocks of evidence based training?
-How to approach training to failure?
-Are machines as good as free weights for muscle growth?
Each topic tackles the practical nuance that will help you get more out of your training.
This episode is among the earliest in a significant shift in discussion topics and theme for this podcast going forward. I still believe there’s a goldmine here for coaches, but this is now intended to be a valuable resource to the end users, the enthusiasts, and even the beginners who need our help navigating the often confusing and conflicting world of fitness and nutrition. If you find this valuable, please share it with a friend who needs it. Thank you.
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00:00 Introduction to the Podcast
00:15 Meet Jack Hallows: Trainer and Online Coach
02:12 Australia vs. The West: Fitness Culture Comparison
05:18 Science-Based Lifters vs. Old School Bodybuilders
12:01 Effective Training: Volume, Intensity, and Failure
22:17 Understanding Training to Failure
27:50 Exploring the Pain and Pleasure of Fitness
28:45 The Benefits and Controversies of Dry Needling
30:07 Machines vs. Free Weights: Does It Matter?
31:04 The Importance of Skill in Strength Training
39:31 Load Management and Injury Prevention
42:43 Stretching, Mobility, and Rehabilitation
47:21 Final Thoughts and Farewell
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Dr. Alyssa Olenick joins to give a masterclass in:
-Zone 2 cardio including practical strategies
-Vo2 max and how to improve
-What is hybrid training?
-Navigating hyper-mobility
-Strategies to get more cardio in
And much more
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This episode is among the earliest in a significant shift in discussion topics and theme for this podcast going forward. I still believe there’s a goldmine here for coaches, but this is now intended to be a valuable resource to the end users, the enthusiasts, and even the beginners who need our help navigating the often confusing and conflicting world of fitness and nutrition. If you find this valuable, please share it with a friend who needs it. Thank you.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:17 Guest Introduction: Dr. Alyssa Olenick
01:29 Zone 2 Cardio Explained
03:02 Physiological Insights into Zone 2
07:19 Practical Tips for Zone 2 Training
12:47 VO2 Max and Longevity
13:13 Balancing High and Low Intensity Training
22:25 Making Cardio Enjoyable
28:52 The Importance of Movement Quality
29:39 Debunking Myths About Power and Explosive Training
30:11 Importance of Load Management in Cardio
31:00 Gradual Progression in Cardio Training
32:36 The Right Way to Incorporate High-Intensity Training
35:37 Understanding Hybrid Training
36:56 The Science Behind Hybrid Training
38:54 Challenges and Realities of Hybrid Training
44:00 Research on Women in Fitness
54:22 Strength Training for Hypermobility
58:44 Final Thoughts and Resources
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Jennifer Van Barneveld returns with stories of her humble beginnings before building a successful business and running one of the few remaining in print fitness publications.
Jennifer highlights how she went all in with no plan B, her mindset that led to growth and success, and how she found important people to build with.
Jennifer will also be appearing as a speaker at my event, The Evolve Strength - Business and Coaching Conference, Sept 13-14, message me for more details.
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Dr. Christle Guevarra returns to share some insight into her presentation at our Evolve Strength Business and Coaching Conference, Sept 13-14 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Christle shares:
-Deeper insights into GLP-1 Agonist drugs like Ozempic and tackles some of the common misconceptions and online arguments against using the drug, including suggestions that it's somehow "cheating"
-Why resistance training is important with Ozempic
-Plus some insights into what Christle is doing in her career
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Luka Hocevar returns in this special edition episode
Luka returns this October 10-12 with the Vigor Ground Fitness and Business Summit(where I will be presenting) and Luka is also a speaker at my event, The Evolve Strength - Business and Coaching Conference, Sept 13-14.
We want you to seriously consider attending at least one because we believe it will change your life and career.
Luka shares how his early and consistent investment in travelling to fitness events changed his career and fostered life long relationships.
Luka also shares a lot of wisdom in how you can become "3 Mile Famous" and gain reps with local seminars to both develop public speaking skills and grow your local and international brand.
While this episode is definitely meant to get you to come hang with us at these events, there's a rich array of take aways for every go-getting/go-giving coach who wants to thrive in our industry
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Kasey Jo Orvidas guests to share wisdom from her background in psychology (a PhD) and how to apply it to coaches and clients in fitness.
Kasey shares:
-Why coaches need to spend more time on the things they aren't good at
-How to "find your people" and why it's important in career and life
-How to "hack willpower"
and a whole lot more.
You're already great at the X's and O's of training, it's time for a deeper dive into skills that will make you a better coach and one of the best resources in our industry in Kasey.
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Brad Dieter returns with nuanced thoughts on a variety of current and forward facing industry topics including:
-How AI will affect our industry
-Coaching clients on Ozempic and related GLP-1 drugs
-The importance of your network in your career
-What Brad means by the "industry bull whip"
-And what Brad has in store for his appearance as a speaker at my Sept 13-14 event, The Evolve Strength - Business and Coaching Conference. I hope you'll join us here in Edmonton, or watch live virtually.
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Steve Keane joins me to discuss his meteoric social media growth and everything that's come with it in his career:
We talk about:
-If Steve would wish this kind of massive social media growth on his worst enemy
-How Steve approaches his growth to monetize and scale his business and livelihood to ensure he doesn't miss the opportunity
-Steve's thoughts on what really goes into app development
-How he deals with the volume of attention and how the experience hasn't fundamentally changed who he is.
-Much more, enjoy
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Victoria Pal joins me to discuss:
-Her work with celebrity clients
-Attracting and working with high net worth clients
-Being a concierge to her clients
-Educating clients on lifestyle
-Focusing more on longevity for clients
-Longevity in a fitness career
-Mastering the basics while keeping an open mind to progressive lifestyle practice
-plus lots more
Victoria initially hit my radar when shared by her client Adam Jones of my favourite band Tool. While we touch on her work with some big name LA celebrities, we showcase how her career is so much more than her celebrity work.
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Sharelle Grant guests to talk about:
-Does creating "better" than already good programs really make a difference or differentiate you with general population clients?
-Why she focuses on good principles of training
-How she leaned into and had success with video based social media
-How she developed an app and should you develop your own
-Thoughts on building a subscription, one to many coaching offering.
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Christian Thibaudeau returns to talk about his upcoming speaking appearances:
-We will both be speaking at canfitpro's Global Conference in Toronto Aug 9-10, and my conference in Edmonton Sept 13-14 The Evolve Strength-Business and Coaching Conference.
And Christian shares his thoughts on:
-Why he went back to doing more in person coaching and it's value in staying current as an educator
-Traditional gatekeepers of industry authority and current social media potential
-How he got started in writing for T-Nation
-And a big discussion on training tactics, and what ultimately matters and works
-What he means by people "sciencing their way out of hard work"?
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Not only is this an essential episode for coaches, if there ever was an episode that speaks to enthusiasts, this is it.
Dr Susie Spirlock is my guest to share a ton about:
-how evidence based physical therapy has advanced
-the problems with outdated methods
-the appropriate use of passive treatments
-the importance of loading exercise
-the role of your nervous system in outcomes
-important notes on pain and movement
-our nuanced thoughts on assessments
and
-how Susie embraced social media and travelling to events to grow her brand and opportunities to educate
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Vince Del Monte is an OG coach turned business mentor and joins the podcast today to share:
-What he thinks matters before you worry about trying to scale your business
-Why you need to start with a great product
-A deeply personal and vulnerable story about where he got off track personally and professionally and how he righted the ship.
You don't often see industry leaders peel back the vulnerably reality of their struggles so I hope you enjoy this authentic exploration of how not everything is as easy as we think. We are not alone in our personal challenges and business struggles.
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Dean Somerset returns as one of my most featured guests including episode #1 over 6 years ago.
Dean shares:
-Why training full time in person still fills his cup
-Why he's creating career success resources for the gaps in traditional fitness career education
-His mindset on long term payoffs vs obvious immediate benefits of effort and action
-How he filters and chooses opportunities
-Why he wanted to write his upcoming book
Enjoy this episode with one of the most foundational role models who paved a path I've been heavily influenced by.
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Rachel Henley has one of the most popular and fastest growing IG accounts in the fitness industry. Learn how:
-She used a lead magnet to grow a 90,000 subscriber email list.
-How social media and her list helped explode her business.
-How knowing her metrics helps.
-How she uses her authentic humour to attract her ideal audience.
-Social media has changed her life but how little has changed about her.
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Jaime Filer joins me in a discussion about focusing on how the other person can come out of an interaction better and why she so naturally approaches interactions this way. Jaime takes a selfless interest in others while knowing how to ask for opportunities that also provide value to the person she's asking.
Please check out more of Jaime: https://www.instagram.com/jaim91?igsh=MWVxYWpxdHM2N2R6eg==
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Nick Shaw, co-founder and CEO of Renaissance Periodization guests to talk about:
-How RP succeeded when it let Dr. Mike Israetel be his authentic self
-How to navigate conflict with people online
-The role luck plays in success
-Dealing with rough patches
-Getting comfortable with self promotion
-and more
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Mark Young has been long overdue for an appearance. Mark made a surprise appearance at my 2023 conference after a major health scare and painstaking road to recovery. Follow the tale Mark shares with Mark's trademark humour.
Mark also shares his experience and wisdom from a lengthy career that predates the rise of social media. He shares how affiliate networks and blogs worked, and lessons that endure.
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Dr Natasha Barnes joins to talk about:
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her work coaching climbing athletes
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important concepts in strength training that coaches should focus on,
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How she runs her online programs and lessons for coaches in developing their own
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Navigating fear of injuries with clients
-Boundaries vs responsiveness
-and much more
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Should you specialize in nutrition or training, or do both. Andres Vargas provides context and why he offers both for his clients. We also wade into the confusing realm of social media training, and talk about the fundamental that matter and the sensational stuff that doesn't. Plus much more.
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Take a lesson from Tasha Whelan's kind, generous, and abundant mindset. Tasha is the consummate cheerleader for friends and peers all while working tirelessly to be successful leader, coach, and educator. Notice how Tasha tries to flip the questions and attention back on me during this fun discussion. We discuss where this comes from, the importance of communication skills, and other notes on continuing education.
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Sean Madden joins on a special episode, lifetime #300. Going forward I will officially count all 300, including the original 150 with my good friend Dean Guedo as cohost. Sean talks about:
- the growing popularity of MMA within fitness and in general
-important training considerations for MMA
-coaching a celebrity(someone I personally am a big fan of) listen in to find out who
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Paul Revelia joins to talk about the impact of having like minded peers, role models, and kindred spirits close to him throughout his career. We talk about how Paul went from a 1 man show into hiring a team and what it's allowed him to do with his career.
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Today I’m joined by Shaina Garcia, an IFBB Pro competitor and coach based in Perth Australia
Today you’re going to get:
-The value of an IFBB pro card and if it’s enough to set you up as a coach
-Why dedication and care for your clients works
-Importance of relatability as a coach
-Dealing with the pressure to maintain a certain look while balancing physical and mental health
-How to encourage a winning mindset with clients
-and more
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Today I’m joined by my friend and fellow T-Nation writer Tom Morrison. Tom is a strength and mobility coach from Belfast Northern Ireland who’s seen his YouTube channel grow to half a million. You’ll hear:
- Whether YouTube subscribers or instagram followers are more valuable
- How to leverage Youtube following
- How media growth has changed Tom’s career and life
- A breakdown of some important mobility concepts including the difference between active and passive mobility
- How to intelligently program variety
- The value of getting published on a notable publication vs building your own library of resources.
- And more
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My friend and prolific public speaker Nicke Lambe returns to talk all things public speaking. We've seen a rise in interest among coaches to speak at events, share their experience and knowledge, and educate within the industry. Nick has worked on ways to teach thee skills to more coaches and presents a lot of insight you can act on right now and further resources to follow up with.
We also tease why you should join us at his event Raise the Bar in Dallas in late February.
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Back from a short and unplanned hiatus, today Steve Kamb founder of the successful brand Nerd Fitness and author of Level Up Your Life joins to talk about how his brand niche found him. Steve shares a lot of ways his coaching philosophies evolved with a humble and engaging attitude. Steve shares how he's deeply focused on fostering intrinsic vs extrinsic goals. He also shares his nuanced throughs on augmented reality(think Pokemon Go) and gamification in fitness.
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Eric Wong Kai Pun, the Director of Personal Training at Goodlife - one of the biggest gym companies in the entire world, joins to chat about whether trainers should still work within a commercial gym setting. We talk about the pros and cons, the valuable skills you can learn, and the difference in starting a career now in fitness vs 10-20 years ago before social media played a role. We discuss the tradeoffs between support and stability and the work needed to work on your own and build a brand. We also talk about some red flags to watch for within any work space that should have you consider moving where you work.
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Dr Sam Spinelli returns as part of a series featuring the presenters at my Oct 13-14 event in Edmonton, The Evolve Strength - Business and Coaching Conference.
Sam shares what attendees can expect and his approach to both rehab and performance as different places on a spectrum of training stimulus, load, and intensity.
We also talk in depth about the value of Sam's brand and media, and what he looks for in credible resources in the strength and rehab space.
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Logan Dubé returns in a candid discussion about challenging tour belief structures as a fitness professional. Logan shares the value of spending time in a traditional commercial gym model, but the importance of being able to break out of rigid thinking from this system. Logan also explains the early career focus on boundaries and how these can inadvertently become career roadblocks. We challenge the rush to get off the gym floor and the value of a strong in person coaching business during tough economic times. Logan will also be one of the speakers at my Oct 13-14 event in Edmonton, Alberta, The Evolve Strength - Business and Coaching Conference and we discuss why you should join us. Message me for more info.
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My friend Paulie Campbell shares wisdom and experience from his lengthy career on how his business has shifted with different seasons of his career. Paulie shares why he sees connection with others in the industry as valuable to his own career development.
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Funk Roberts brings his big energy from years of success on YouTube to this episode so share his experience building a strong audience and a massively successful business. Funk shares mistakes along the way but getting right with his brand by doubling down on the brotherhood and community of his clientele .
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Fitness entrepreneur Dan Go shares a masterclass in his philosophy and tactics on building his brand, his following across several social media platforms, and direction people to his newsletter. Dan shares his focus on large scale impact to help more people and the limiting beliefs that hold most people back, including himself in the past. We also give a class in how and why to increase your rates. This episode is a goldmine of ideas for coaches.
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Dr. Joey Munoz joins today to talk about navigating the polarizing and volatile battleground of online nutrition. Joey shares how he manages online bullies while not paying attention to what others are doing, and being focused on serving people with good information.
Joey also shares a number of seemingly evidence based ideas and misconceptions popular within our industry.
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Kyle Dobbs, founder of Compound Performance, joins to share why he works within both coaching of clients and education for coaches. Kyle dives into a lot of valuable and actionable tactics and minutes about your fitness career. There are a lot of great takeaways you'll use right away to pave a path to future success.
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Strong Magazine and Team Strong Girls owner Jennifer Van Barneveld is today's guest and Jennifer shares her mission in supporting women to "take up space", to "find their strong", and levelling up physically while celebrating the accomplishment. Jennifer shares how she build Team Strong Girls, and the process finding great coaches to build around. Jennifer also shares wisdom for coaches who want to write and get published and featured in publications like Strong.
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Aram Grigorian appears and shares his philosophies around serving others, being responsive and supportive, and of being transparent. Aram shares how his career has grown by being humble and helping others. We talk about how he put together his successful event The Real Coaches Summit and what he has planned for the next one March 11th and 12th in Vegas.
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My good friend Lee Boyce returns to talk about how to stay in fitness as a long term career on the gym floor coaching clients. We often see trainers leave for "real jobs", gravitate online, or think there are greater financial rewards in "business coaching", but Lee shares why he feels being an in person coach is a legitimate and viable long term career path. Lee also shares his thoughts on the risk of AI replacing the human coaches in person.
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Generation Iron co-founder Edwin Mejia Jr. appears to talk about the legacy of media built by GI. Edwin shares his thoughts on how important it is for coaches to embrace video based media, and why genuine storytelling matters. We discuss the importance of attention as a scare resource now and in the future. Edwin also shares how he feels Generation Iron can help coaches in their careers with his brand's resources.
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Welcome to the newest episode with Eric Bach. Enjoy this discussion including what Eric means by meeting people where they're at. We explore the value of Eric's legacy as a long time T-Nation writer and how Eric is pivoting his media to shifting trends in media consumption. Eric explains the philosophy and tactics behind scaling your ability to produce and repurpose content. We dive into why it's still valuable to develop writing skill. We also explore why Eric's media and marketing is comfortable speaking about the desire to look good naked, and we push back at some of the industry that polices such messaging.
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Fitness Director of Men's Health, Ebenezer(Eb) Samuel appears to share how he navigated media creation and the invincible fitness professional identity while recovering from an injury. We dive into why "No one cares about your story" when you're looking to write for fitness publications and get featured on fitness media, and how to instead earn opportunities through "being of service". Eb shares the value of writing skill even with the present popularity of social media. We also dive into the nuanced intersection of the evidence based science of coaching merged with the art of coaching the individual.
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Michael Ranfone guests to share wisdom from 2 decades of coaching, gym ownership, and developing an online coaching business. Michael talks about getting the right clients to self select to your brand and business, by getting clear on building solutions for the person you want to serve. Michael shares his identity evolution from athlete to coach and from gym owner to something even more.
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Jason Phillips, founder of NCI and Coaching Con, makes his first appearance to shatter your limiting beliefs about the possible scale of your impact and the business you could create. Jason explains his goal to help 1 billion people and we challenge the attitudes and beliefs many fitness professionals hold. Jason shares why he believes specializing is the best path for impact. We deep dive into the value of being wired to give instead of take in your career interactions.
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IFBB Pro and prolific educator Ben Pakulski makes his long overdue first appearance and shares how he approaches life and work with an endless desire to learn, grow, and push the limits of what he could do physically and in learning to help others. We share why Ben's abundance mindset led to breaking through some early limiting beliefs. Ben explains how he sees every person as an opportunity for a positive interaction that benefits everyone. Ben also explains how he's learned to create boundaries to focus on learning and educating. We also explore some of the valuable info and the bioscience myths coming out of a career in competition, and how to approach learning something fro everyone.
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Cressey Sports Performance cofounder Pete Dupuis returns to deep dive into how strong business and service fundamentals allowed CSP to survive and thrive during the last few challenging years. Pete shares his formula for building trust with his clients. Pete explains how you put yourself in a position to benefit from luck. Pete also shares how his passion for a "side hustle" in mentoring gym owners grew into his current role with Business For Unicorns. This includes how Pete recognized the parts of the work he liked and the parts he didn't, shifting his focus to doing more of what he liked.
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David Thomas Tao, co-founder of BarBend and now Head of Brand after it's recent acquisition joins the podcast to share the history of how and why BarBend started and where it's headed as a strength sport news outlet and strength training resource. David digs into the lessons from his approach to building BarBend, why timing and network effects matter, and why a commitment to getting it right early on was essential to building credibility. David also shares how they intend to support coaches going forward plus some lessons on how to approach getting published.
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Adriell Mayes is crushing in business, social media, in kettlebell education. Adriell joins to share how he built his media and foundation of his business. Adriell shares how he's approached coaching with a dedication to creating a fun and memorable client experience, and built his career through equal parts passion and curiosity. And like recent guest and peer Marcus Martinez, Adriell shares how he approaches kettlebells as a tool and extension of his body to focus on movement.
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This episode could have easily been titled "Mindset Mastery" but it fails to grasp the intelligence and depth behind this conversation with Kait Callahan. Kait is one of the most intelligent, knowledgeable, and articulate guests ever on the podcast, as she explores and challenges our fundamental beliefs systems and the emotional underpinnings of our decision making. Kait explains her philosophy of investing in skill development as the best return on investment. This episode should make you think, challenge how you allocate your time in your career, and challenge you to ask better questions to create greater client impact.
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Kettlebell master and expect educator Marcus Martinez makes his long overdue appearance to chat about the key inflection points that led to his brand growth. Marcus shares how he navigates making kettlebells accessible to more people yet exploring the fun and creative side of their potential. We talk about how Marcus regular spends social time with a community of like minded and successful fitness professionals, and how this materialized. Marcus shares why he feels it's important to establish strong values early in your career so you can learn when to say yes or no to opportunities. He also shares how he's never worried about what other coaches are doing, he's focused on creating to help people.
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I'm honoured to have Adam Bornstein as a first time guest. Long overdue, Adam is one of the industry's most influential figures, coaches, writers, and teachers of sustainable nuanced lifestyle and nutrition habits.
Adam answer why coaches will get a ton of value from reading his new book "You Can't Screw This Up", a book written to help the overwhelmed, frustrated, and confused end user. We talk about coaching, asking better questions, and communicating with our clients in a way that supports change.
Adam also answers why he's deliberately operated more behind the scenes rather than lean into aggressive forward facing brand development.
Enjoy this episode and check out Adam's new book out soon.
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Beth Feraco shares her experience hiring help and building a business off the back of social media success. Beth approaches her work from a place of "who can I help today", but has also embraced a willingness to "ask for help" herself. Beth shares tactics to get started and navigate social media growth, and how to leverage social media into systems like an email list. Beth also highlights some of the more challenging sides to social media "success".
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IFBB Pro and gym owner Santana Anderson joins me to share how a strong community supported his gym through closures and led to a stronger business that supports and invests in its coaches. Santana shares how getting an IFBB pro card shouldn't be an all encompassing mission and how it doesn't alone guarantee career success. Also pay attention to how Santana flips conversation to make it about the other person, a demonstration of a rare but trainable skill that showcases why he's thrived serving others.
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Eve Guzman and I both spoke at The Real Coached Summit in Las Vegas in March. Eve was the speaker who brought the most attendees because she mobilized the women in her community and mentorship to show up. Everyone had an amazing time. Eve shares how she battled obesity from a young age, lost the weight, pivoted from a science career in a lab, took a leap of faith, and started coaching others through evidence based nutrition. She was so successful other women kept asking her to mentor them. Eve shares her career progression and how she's build such a strong community. Eve talks about leveraging the support from key people around her while learning to turn off the naysayers. We discuss the power of embracing hard truths instead of peddling comforting lies in the effort to help more people feel healthier and empowered.
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Mike Doehla returns to answer the theoretical question: what would you do if you didn't need the money? Mike lives this discussion having sold the company he founded, Stronger U, and we talk about what are the options and future directions for Mike to continue to do what he loves, helping people. We talk about pricing your services, the right to earn a good livelihood, how hard work and luck interplay for career success, and ask do we have an obligation to help every way possible. We also talk about the potential value in hosting a podcast and how to approach it.
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Nick Shaw, CEO and co-founder of Renaissance Periodization(RP) returns to share how 2 personal trainers became the architects of one of the most successful and respected coaching and educational businesses in the fitness industry. We share nuanced thoughts on training online early in your career, the challenge and sometimes discomfort of building a personal brand, and to underlie it all with a "be of service" mindset.
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Dr. Trevor Kashey joins me to discuss how he's able to focus on highest value and impact efforts by spending less time being forward facing with social media. Trevor and I devolve into a "intellectual journey" about the nature of the evidence based fitness industry and what ultimately helps the end user. Learn what Trevor means when he says "I care about getting to the crux of "your" problem." Stick around for the second half as Trevor gets into actionable take aways for how to help people with their lifestyle and nutrition, specifically his focus on helping people with skill acquisition and guiding people to "stop doing as much dumb stuff and start doing more smart stuff." Hope you enjoy Trevor's intellect and humour.
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Dr. Christle Guevarra of Renaissance Periodization guests to deep dive into injury and recovery management for our clients. Christle emphasizes the importance of communication, keeping clients positive, and ultimately keeping them in the game. We talk about training strategies and if there's a practical limit to trying to progress while also trying to recover from injury. Christle shares why she pivoted into the fitness industry and the potential to scale her impact.
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Luka Hocevar returns to talk all about developing a personal brand and how it comes from "being of service" to others. Luka talks about how experience creates a lot of ideas for content. Luka also shares how his strong personal brand and experience allowed him to build his small group training program. Listen to this episode to get a discount code on this program.
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Dr. Dwayne Jackson guests to share wisdom from his extensive education and experience teaching medical professionals and more recently within the fitness industry. Dwayne shares why he approaches research and practice from a non-biased perspective. Dwayne shares info to help coaches with questions around chronic stress and its relationship with obesity. Dwayne shares why he chose to leave academia and start a second career teaching nutrition within the fitness industry.
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Author Brad Stulberg joins the podcast to share wisdom from his book The Practice of Groundedness. Brad explains what he calls “heroic individualism” and where it can go wrong for fitness professionals in their careers. He explains the arrival fallacy and strategies for learning to enjoy what you’ve accomplished while balancing the goal of achievement. We also have a rare nuanced discussion about navigating some of the more polarizing elements of media and social media, and how you can stay focused on what really matters.
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Kelsey and Dennis Heenan make their long overdue first appearance to talk about how they built their massively successful online business and brand HIITBURN. Despite their success they’re quick to explain how much they tried along the way that didn’t work out. They share how important it is to build your email marketing, how they developed their social media, and how life has changed from their early careers. Kelsey and Dennis also share how close industry friends have played a key role in their own success. Find out why they say giving yourself "permission to try new things" is important.
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Steve Krebs joins the podcast to talk about the importance of establishing your values and making decisions in alignment with those values. Steve explains what he means by “make the main thing the main thing, always.” We talk about the importance of the people closet to us in our ability to thrive in our careers.
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Jill Coleman returns to share wisdom, experience, and evolving attitudes as her career has grown and roles have shifted. Jill shares how she build her business to where she needed to embrace scaling her team and offerings. Jill highlights her willingness to invest in mentors, especially when it was financially challenging, and how it launched her forward professionally and financially. Jill shares her nuanced thoughts on what it means to scale your business. We also share why you should consider joining us at the fitness conference Raise The Bar February 24th-26th in Dallas where we are both speaking.
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Ali Gilbert makes her first ever appearance to talk about her work coaching men and their health. Ali shares a lot of information about why men's testosterone levels are declining and what coaches need to know to help their clients. Ali shares how her niche found her plus her thoughts on if and how you should develop a career nice. Ali also shares why she's leaned into building her own brand and why she's passionate about speaking and creating her own event.
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Holly Baxter returns to talk about her career and life progression. Holly shares how her media has changed as her mindset and relationship with herself evolved. You see this evolution from someone who felt pressure to portray an almost superhuman physical aesthetic paired with entrepreneurial career success. Holly is now more open about the challenges and cost of such an effort and shows the difficult tradeoffs required to build her career. Holly also shares why she now utilizes a team of allied health care professionals with her clients, and her vision and effort to grow the ability to help more people through scaling her business delivery. Holly shares her interest in neuro-plasticity, AI, and psychology to create more effective systems to help people.
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Sprint coach and educator Derek Hansen joins to share a lot of knowledge about sprinting, sprinting mechanics, and create a bridge to coaches like myself who don't have much knowledge or exposure to sprinting. Derek shares the value in not only working with Olympic medalists and major pro sports teams, but also in working as an educator within the fitness industry. Derek shares the value and fulfillment from his fitness industry relationships.
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Dr. Michael Mash guests to talk about his work with Barbell Rehab, offering educational resources to fitness professionals. We discuss educating coaches about how to deal with their clients experience with pain. Michael shares how to navigate language around pain, and offers nuance to the extreme trend to demonize barbells as tools in our world, all to get more people moving and strong.
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My friend Ben Mudge is back to talk about how and why he's build his new business Be More HQ with his friend Josh Taylor. We talk about how Ben's Cystic Fibrosis affects his long game career decisions. We talk about his brand ambassadorship with Ghost and how to ethically navigate brand partnerships. Plus a lot of discussion about our shared belief in supporting others and Ben's long game career philosophy. We also talk about our shared love of "geek culture" and leaning into it as a fitness professional. Please don't miss this episode.
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Dr. Nick Nwabueze joins to share his approach to getting his patients healthier and more active. Nick shares his philosophy of proactive health care in prescribing exercise before rushing to medications. Nick believes in practicing what he preaches as a devoted CrossFit practitioner but explains why he doesn't always point his patients to his preferred workout methodology. We also dive into navigating the extremes of tribal narratives around obesity and how to find effective messaging to help people.
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Joel Jamieson returns and shares his humble beginnings. Joel shares how he was broke but put everything he had into education and developing relationships with mentors. We discuss all of the keys to a successful career before worrying about social media likes and followers, but we also discuss how we've each approached social media engagement, and the tactics and deliberate effort in building it. Joel shares details about a new nutrition and supplement project he's about to launch called Precision Metabolix. Hope you enjoy.
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Don Saladino joins to reboot The Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast after a brief hiatus. Originally intended as retiring this podcast to focus time and energy elsewhere, I realized just how valuable this platform is and I couldn't leave it and everyone behind. Don shares stories of his career, his former gym Drive 495, and the not so glamorous challenges he's overcome to get to where his career is today. This includes the self limiting beliefs he's discarded along the way. We talk about Don's new course, 5 Steps to Monetize an Online Fitness Business, and how the action steps will help you, literally step by step, create your own online fitness business, including build a website and email marketing systems, saving a lot of money compared to my investments along the way. We share why we believe abundance mindset is essential to a thriving and enduring career. Please share this episode with a friend in the industry who you believe would benefit from learning more from Don and his experience.
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All good things must come to an end. Or at least go on hiatus. Thank you for being a regular listener to The Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast for 100 episodes, and thank you for being here for the previous 150 with my co-host Dean Guedo as The Fitness Devil. After 5 years and 250 episodes it's time to take a break and focus on other projects. Dean returns as my final guest to talk about the legacy of our podcast and what its done for his career. Plus why you might benefit fro starting your own podcast. Thanks for being here. Follow me on Instagram at @andrewcoatesfitness.
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Cody McBroom joins the podcast to talk about how he built his successful coaching business with a few key practices. 1) Relentless focus on serving the client/potential client. 2) Building a library of resources to serve his audience and gain relevance with a broader community. 3) A deep understanding of SEO.
We share key inspirations and influences along our similar career paths and timelines.
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Sam Miller of Sam Miller Science joins to talk about his career progression, his work mentoring and educating people on the science of metabolism. Sam dives into the gap in our knowledge and the nuanced middle ground between polarized extremes on metabolism, with the goal of helping people who feel lost or unequipped to have these conversations with clients. We talk about how Sam stays grounded and humble. Plus some details about his upcoming book Metabolism Made Simple.
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Eric Bugera joins me to talk about his work with the Pre-Script team and why they've been successful. We explore the rise in combativeness and tribalism within various fitness industry communities and in our online space, and how to navigate. We also share our philosophies on how to approach social media on our terms to help people.
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Derek Mendoza returns to share early details of his February 2023 conference Raise The Bar. Along with cofounder Nick Lambe, Derek executed on one of the best fitness conferences and lineups I've personally attended, in their 2022 inaugural event. Derek shares how they plan to improve upon last time. Derek also shares some of his efforts in building a new coarse for driven entrepreneurs. We dive into developing an identity around career success and the importance of building community with his events.
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Enrico Incarnati is a media strategist and videographer, formerly working with Jordan Syatt. Enrico provides tons of advice on developing you media, social media, and video skills, plus he shares his experience working with Jordan Syatt as he grew his own career. Enrico also shares the important choices and skills he feels matter most for creators and fitness professionals now and in the future.
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Dr. Gabrielle Fundaro makes her long overdue appearance on the podcast to deep dive into the challenge of navigating a sea of overblown, sensational, combative, and polarizing fitness industry media, while maintaining your values, integrity, and sharing the nuanced truth. Gabrielle shares some practical insight into the evidence based nuance of the gut health discussion and some practical takeaways for coaches to share with clients. We provide some insight into the growing combativeness within the fitness industry and how to navigate relatively unscathed.
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Lee Boyce shares his best advice for new and young fitness professionals on the path to growing your career and media. Lee shares his process for deciding what to allocate his time to and advice for setting boundaries. We deep dive into the value of developing organic and authentic relationships across the industry, and warn against being transactional in your approach to relationships.
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Dr. Caleb Burgess brings his expertise as a doctor of physical therapy and as a strength and conditioning coach to explain some of the tribal and polarizing behavior displayed in the fitness industry and where it intersects with physical therapy. We tease out the nuance of what can often appear to be extreme and polarized positions and ideas, and explain why these battles happen and what you the fitness professional can do to avoid being caught in the middle. Caleb talks about his positive and educational approach to helping the end user instead of trying to impress other fitness professionals.
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Matthew Ibrahim returns to talk about his recent speaking appearance at the national NSCA convention and the career path to get there. We discuss how educating other coaches through writing, speaking, and other forms is not about the money but paying it forward to other coaches, and growing authority in the industry. Matthew also shares why he never wants to fully stop coaching clients in person.
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Marc Megna is one of the ownership team of the popular Miami based gym chain, Anatomy. He's a skilled storyteller and shares lessons from his experience as a pro football player, trainer, gym owner, and other highlights and low lights of his life. Marc is student of leadership and great example of humility. Marc shares what to know before venturing into opening a gym and the best parts of the experience.
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Steve Hall of Revive Stronger makes his first appearance and shares the humble origins of his career leading up to his rise as a popular evidence based coach. Steve elaborates on his experience building his online business, on how to choose a great business partner, how he built systems, and how he didn't have all the answers he just learned and figured it out as he went.
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Writer, speaker, and online nutrition and behavior change coach Jeb Stuart Johnston returns to talk about how coaches can improve their communication and messaging to for greater career success and to make a greater difference in the lives of the people we work with. We dive into a big discussion about the discussions coaches fall into that don't help themselves or their clients. We talk in depth about the value of writing for career growth, and the value of attending events where like minded coaches gather and interact.
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Brianna Battles makes her first and long overdue appearance to talk about her experience as a coach and educator for pregnancy and postpartum. Brianna shares practical considerations for coaches navigating this huge demographic, as women form the majority of fitness consumers, and many of those women will at some point in their lifetime go through pregnancy, and will then always be postpartum. Brianna explains her thoughts on "athletic maturity" and being adaptable to "stay in the game, even if the game changes".
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Dr. Jade Teta returns to talk about the importance of communication and connection to making a difference in our client outcomes. We expand into why these skills are so essential to long term career success and growth, and how Jade fostered his own skills. Jade shares why it's important to be purpose focused. He explains how compassion and empathy are the roots of good communication. He also explains why it's important to be aware of your own bias and dogma, and to be anti dogmatic.
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Meghan Callaway returns to talk about her business, media, and career growth. Meghan shares how her career has thrived when she put in place boundaries around her work and client interactions. We talk about how to approach your social media and how the right clients self select to you based on your media. Meghan shares how she channels all her work through the principles of educating, empowering, and exciting people. We also dive into the nuance around working with people who are careful about their use of language around movement, pain, and disfunction.
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Dr. Mike T. Nelson returns to share how gaining knowledge and applying it early in your career is a key foundation to later success. We tease the nuance our of the common question, "does a trainer need to be fit". Mike talks about how he now chooses where to apply his time and energy, focusing primarily on doing what he loves. Mike also shares why you shouldn't fear communicating with your following (in his case email list) daily.
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Azaria Glaim is my latest guest. Azaria has been a lifestyle coach for women for the last 9 years. Winning her IFBB pro card at 20, we talk about how the competitive industry has helped her career and some words of caution for women considering entering this world, especially if they don't have a good relationship with food to begin with. Azaria talks about her approach to coaching, her focus on mindset, and how to approach the self limiting beliefs clients hold. We also talk about a controversial topic, performance enhancing drugs in the industry and its potential relationship with the early death of many competitors seen on social media. We missed an important note and content in the episode, that often there's other underlying issues, so to make a direct causal implication wouldn't be fair. Hope you enjoy this episode full of Azaria's positive energy.
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Belfast, Northern Ireland based fitness entrepreneur Phil Graham guests to talk about the difference between young business coaches spamming in your DMs, vs what it takes to develop a career of credibility as a business coach. Phil attacks the "I just want to help people" justification for not welcoming the effort to earn a greater livelihood in your fitness career. We dive into the nuance of the value of having social media followers measured against the pitfall of having so many that take a lot of time but don't lead to business growth. Phil shows the path to impacting more lives and making more money.
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Dr. Mike Israetel returns to share how RP's social media and content creation have evolved with their brand growth and changes in social media platform reach. Mike eloquently explains why different prominent academics are more liberal or conservative in their interpretations of new research, and how you can navigate this. We also deconstruct the tribalism and hostility sometimes found within certain fitness industry communities, and how Mike prefers to navigate his interactions.
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Brandon Senn is the VP of Athlete Experience and Head Coach at Kabuki Strength. Brandon provides a peek behind the curtain of his role with Kabuki and what it took to organize the 2nd annual Kabuki Education week this past January. Brandon shares how his value system have shaped his career, and his ambitions about continuing to educate and support other coaches. Listen and you'll also learn Brandon's answer to the question: "If you could have 1 million engaged social media followers tomorrow, would you want it?"
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Nick Lambe guests to share his passion and experience behind creating and hosting fitness events, like his upcoming Recovery and Sleep Summit and Raise The Bar in Orlando this past February. Nick is also a public speaker appearing at The Inland Empire Fitness Conference this August. Nick believes we can make the industry better by scaling our reach through mentoring other fitness professionals, and creating access to great education. Nick shares why he believes its more important to focus on people than just the topics or concepts in education.
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Eric Roberts guests to talk about both his meteoric rise on social media, and the foundation and career behind and before it all. Eric shares a peek behind the curtain of what kind of time and effort his media takes, what social media growth has done for his career, and shows a rare passion and energy for helping people. We talk about what to expect if you aggressively pursue social media growth and how to go about it.
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Molly Galbraith makes her long overdue first appearance to share some sobering facts about the experience of many women in the fitness industry, and how we can create a better experience. Molly shares the importance of getting clear on your values and being relentlessly focused. She also shares wisdom and experience from her career with new and emerging fitness professionals.
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Luke Carlson guests to share his extensive wisdom as the founder of the Minnesota based Discover Strength. We talk about why fitness professionals should spend more time learning business and marketing, the importance of embracing a brand, and why playing the long game matters with your career. Luke shares his thoughts on the value of developing a niche. We also talk about his event, The Resistance Exercise Conference, where he keynotes, and I'll be speaking on the weekend of May 13th-14th. Luke shares why you should consider joining us there.
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Former Miss Olympia Bikini and evidence based coach Nathalia Melo-Wilson guests in one of the more candid, funny, thoughtful, and entertaining episodes I've hosted. Nathalia shares her humble start saving her allowance to go to the gym in Brazil, to moving to the US at 20 with $350, living in less than ideal spaces, and becoming Miss Olympia. Nathalia shares her love of learning, why she's never coached competitors, how she manages to stand out against "influencers" with her evidence based brand. Nathalia shares some lessons training and communicating with women who aren't happy with their self image, and who are moms or working through pregnancy. We also dive into our philosophies about finding the right clients.
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Strength and conditioning coach, author, and mentor Jason Brown guests to talk about Louie Simmons's influence on Jason's career. Jason explains the conjugate method, popularized by Louie, and how to apply core principles of strength and conditioning to general population training. We talk extensively on career development and the balance of learning technical skills plus the soft interpersonal skills to be a successful coach. Jason highlights the value to writing articles to build credibility and grow your career.
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Brett Bartholomew makes is long overdue appearance to talk about his work making the industry better at coaching. Brett shares how he helps our industry avoid burnout by creating a value system to operate within. We discuss the importance of earning a good living as a coach and go into depth with our discussion of communication.
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Mobility educator Tom Morrison guests to talk about all things mobility training. He shares his experience with a major low back injury from poor training and movement through his education in moving better to not only help him lift and perform but coach and educate others. We talk about the importance of the language we use around injury and pain, body awareness and why Tom feels this is essential, and the importance of training specific abilities as we age.
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Hope you enjoy this discussion with Patrick Umphrey, a respected online and powerlifting coach. Patrick shares the power and value of his 20,000 plus member Facebook group Eat, Train, Progress, in how he's been able to help more people and have a fulfilling career. His group highlights a non-traditional type of social media following. Patrick also shares his thoughts on dealing with imposter syndrome. We also have some fun with the presence of predatory business coaches in our industry, and some nuanced thoughts on selling, dealing with objections, and whether you should niche your brand.
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Iconic powerlifter turned entrepreneur and engineer, Chris Duffin makes a rare podcast appearance to share stories. Chris explains how he chooses from the abundance of opportunities thrown his way. He shares the story of how Bearfoot shoes came to be along with his decision making matrix around alignment with his values and vision.
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Justin Farnsworth, Doctor of Physical Therapy is one of the most entertaining and forthright guests across this podcast's history. Justin shares why he chose to work within the fitness industry to make more of an impact than by staying in a clinical setting. We discuss the not always good relationship between physical therapy and the fitness industry, and how to get the most from it. Justin highlights his enthusiasm for working with other fitness professionals, and we discuss some important training concepts for working with older adults.
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Legendary strength coach and educator Dan John joins the podcast to share wisdom from his 40+ years as a coach. Dan talks about getting a wide variety of coaching experience early, of "Being so good they can't ignore you" a famous Steve Martin quote, in regards to cutting through social media novelty, and how he values problem solvers and thinkers, not problem finders and memorizers. Dan also shares some nuanced thoughts about his legacy and the importance of giving credit to people for their work.
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Online coach, podcaster, and writer Sam Forget joins to talk about why we need to pour everything into the client in front of us. Both to ensure great client outcomes but also to ensure great career success. Sam shares how you can use long form content to enhance your career. We talk about travelling and meeting people in the industry, supporting people on the same journey you're on, and how to interact with established industry leaders. Sam shares a lot of powerful wisdom that will make you better.
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Jeff Tomko, contributing editor at Muscle and Fitness magazine joins the podcast to talk about being a successful writer in the fitness industry. Jeff shares the delicate balance between being professional and earning opportunities with putting yourself out there and asking. Jeff shares what he looks for in a writer he wants to work with. Jeff also shares how he stays passionate about his personal fitness efforts including his enjoyment of Jiu Jitsu. We also discuss how the industry has changed with the rise of social media and the shift away from print to more online content.
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Chad shares his 19 years of gym ownership and 29 years of personal training experience in a practical lesson on having a successful fitness career. We double down on authenticity, the relationship with the client, the client experience as a whole, and what you need to do to stay in the business you love. We talk about Chad's love of T-shirts and why its ok to wear them as a trainer, depending on your environment. Chad shares the importance of managing your finances early in your career and why owning his gym has been essential to his success.
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Kenny Santucci guests to talk about the passion and perseverance of starting his 3rd gym in Manhattan. Kenny talks about why he prioritizes hosting continuing education and why he wants his gym to feel like the show Cheers, "where everyone knows your name". He describes why he started with his community the built the gym around it. We talk about considerations for having a lasting career in fitness instead of eventually going on to a "real job". Kenny also shares his passion behind starting a 3rd t-Shirt/apparel brand.
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Derek Mendoza and Nick Lambe are the hosts of the Raise The Bar conference, so be held Feb 4th - 6th in Orlando Florida. They've assembled an all-star speaking lineup and talk about their passion for and commitment to continuing education and supporting other fitness professionals with educational resources. Derek and Nick talk about why this went mattered, how they worked on it, plus advice for others seeking to grow in the educational space. They also talk about what to look for in a partner to work with on any project or business venture. Barring interference I'll be attending, so hope to see you there.
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David Otey joins the podcast to share his vision to support and educate other fitness professionals to stay within this career path. David shares his recent success in the backdrop of years of coaching, writing, educating, which has most recently led to publishing a book. We talk extensively about how to grow your own career and approach with the attitude of giving as much as possible instead of asking people what they can do for you. This is a can't miss episode if you want to grow your career.
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If you listen to just one episode please choose this one with Angela Gargano. Her positive energy, mindset, and philosophies toward brand and career will help you going into the new year. Angela talks about taking a lot of "messy" action, how she's build different tiers and price points for her services, all about her free media and content creation, and ultimately about helping people.
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Nick Tumminello returns to discuss his frustration with the tribalism, dogma, and attitude within certain corners within the fitness industry, corners more concerned with being right than helping the person who seeks guidance. We talk about our issues with language that creates fear around exercise. We discuss why we dislike leaving people feeling like they're dysfunctional or broken. Nick also shares his philosophy behind assessment and his new Movement Performance Assessment, plus some ideas for coaches who want to step into developing education for others in the industry. Nick highlights why he primarily cares about the experience of the client in front of him.
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Jonathan Goodman returns to talk about his recent major business and media pivot. Jonathan shares why you hold a competitive advantage against the big companies simply by being human in your interactions. We discuss why "productive procrastination" is hurting your progress and why you need to build "career capital". Jonathan shares his new energized approach to social media and he's trying to share his lessons. Listen in for more
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Don Saladino joins the podcast today to share a lot of kind words about other people and friends in the fitness industry. Yet Don himself has had what feels like a fairytale career. Maybe there's a connection here. Don also shares how he navigates saying yes to opportunities and requests of his limited time. Don shares how valuable his roots in the evidence based fitness industry have been when leveraged across his mainstream reach. Don tells you about the things that don't matter as much along the way, and key pieces to building a great foundation for career success.
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Shane McLean guests to talk about fitness writing. Shane is a coach and fitness writer for Muscle and Fitness, Barbend, and more. Shane shares some of the wisdom of his experience writing and mentoring other writers. We talk about how writing can benefit your career and what it's done for ours. He talks about how to focus on writing for one person first, and finding something you love to write about.
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Dean Somerset returns to share his insights of blending the road to success before social media, with maximizing the benefits social media offers today. Dean highlights the importance of authenticity and not jumping on trends. Dean shares his insights into personal and professional financial wisdom for fitness professionals. Dean also shares details of his upcoming Scientific Application of Mobility Training seminar in Toronto on November 21st.
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Dr. Lisa Lewis returns to talk about her work teaching psychology skills to fitness professionals. Lisa talks about what she has in store with her courses and upcoming in-person presentations, as the world opens back up to in-person education. Lisa shares some helpful books and a process to help decide if books and resources are credible. Lisa shares some of her perspective and value as an aligned professional but as an "outsider" to traditional fitness coaching. We discuss just how much of your education should be directed to better understanding of psychology and coaching, and we dive into the importance of self care for people in our industry.
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Luke Tulloch makes his first appearance to share his enjoyment and process behind his social media content. Luke explains what he means by a subtractive mindset. We discuss why clients and coaches often use too much exercise variety and Luke shares his approach to making his online coaching a meaningful relationship with his clients.
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Luka Hocevar returns to share how attending live fitness events have enriched his career. We've met countless friends and forced valuable industry connections. Luka is forging ahead with his late September 2021 Vigor Ground Fitness and Business Summit in Renton, WA and gives a run down of what attendees can expect. I fly down next week to be there. Luka provides some insight into the value of social media growth.
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Danny Lennon guests and shares the value and experience of his 8 years hosting Sigma Nutrition Radio. Danny explains why he's moved deeper into educating within the fitness and nutrition industry, and how he's sustained his passion for his podcast and his overall work. We talk about making good decisions along the way, keeping us on the path as coaches, and how this mirrors the experience of our clients.
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Andy Morgan makes a brilliant appearance talking about why we shouldn't take nutrition advice from Tim Ferriss and Joe Rogan. We talk about his new book The Diet Adjustments Manual, and how Andy developed the ability to take complex technical information and make it accessible. We talk about how to compete against the charlatans of our universe, and an in depth discussion of how to approach filtering the right type of clients for you and your business.
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IFBB Pro and author of Science of Strength Training Austin Current makes his first appearance to talk about how his history of competing and his education molded his career as a coach and educator. We discuss moving away from imagery and brand around our physiques and how to navigate content shift with an established audience. Austin explains how his book came to be and shares his philosophy of creating consistently without any expectation of reward. We talk about how Austin balances his personal brand with that of his business.
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Quinn Henoch, DPT, makes his first appearance to talk about the value of formal and informal education in physical therapy and strength and conditioning. Quinn explains why coaches should show their work early and often, and why you'll never be 100% sure you're right on any strength or therapy prescription. Quinn shares a lot of philosophy about helping people deal with pain and improve performance.
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Krista Scott-Dixon returns in what can only be described as a discussion where existentialism meets practical wisdom about coaching in the current state of our client's lives. Krista explains why growth sucks while you're going though it, how to discuss understanding tradeoffs with clients, and a wild array of other nuanced coaching topics. We also talk about Krista's book Why Me Want Eat.
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Chris Hitchko joins me for a discussion about how to be more successful in your fitness career. From going above and beyond basic certifications, to creating brand and media that resonates with consumers, we have to do more to stand out in an industry that on the surface feels saturated, but isn't truly close to saturated with skilled, caring, integrity based professionals.
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Josh Hillis makes his first appearance to talk about developing skills with our clients around stress/emotional/boredom eating. We talk frameworks for thinking about eating with your values and your identity. Josh talks about translating his body of work and reputation into a growing social media presence. I hope you enjoy Josh's passion and enthusiasm for helping people develop valuable skills around the nutrition and lifestyle.
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Brad Dieter returns(though first appearance on the new format) to chat about The Inland Empire Fitness Conference where we will both be presenting Aug 6th and 7th in Spokane WA. Brad wanders through a series of his thoughts on career success, the benefits of growing a social media brand vs being a pure coach within the umbrella of a successful and growing company like Macros Inc. Brad shares his vision for a better corner of the fitness industry and our role in developing front line preventative health care to meet future demand.
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Ben Mudge shares how his work on the season 1 set of Game Of Thrones turned into a career in fitness. Ben may look like Thor but shares how his battle with Cystic Fibrosis leaves him identifying more with Captain America. We discuss our recent T Nation article collaboration and philosophy of sharing and abundance mindset. We discuss how Ben's approach to media leaves him more influential and sharing better information to where he's beating the "influencers" at their own game.
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Jordan Syatt returns to share why he's pivoted with his social media. Jordan shares the challenge of dealing with negativity with such a large following. He discusses how he stays grounded in the face of all his success. Jordan explains why his podcasts are his favourite form of media and why he feels it's never to late to start one, or start a career in fitness. We talk Jordan's passion for MMA, in this fun, light hearted catchup.
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Dani Shugart returns to chat about how to become a writer and what it takes to write for T-Nation where she’s an editor. Dani poses a lot of questions about how our industry deals with the infusion of political correctness, cancel culture, and shaming. Check out this thought provoking and enlightening discussion.
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Enjoy Joel Jamieson in his first guest appearance. From the corner at UFC championship matches to your ears, Joel shares his expertise in conditioning and heart rate variability(HRV). We discuss Joel's 2009 classic book Ultimate MMA Conditioning and the plans for a new book. We talk in depth of energy system training for MMA fighters and how Joel's work can be applied by coaches for the general population. Joel rounds out the discussion with his thoughts on spectacles like Logan Paul fighting Floyd Mayweather.
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Welcome and enjoy coach, author, and podcaster Mike Millner in a discussion of how to develop credibility beyond just social media content, developing your writing, and if you should start a podcast. Mike dives into a nuanced discussion of how to navigate the challenges of our clients' food environments and lifestyle challenges.
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Listen in for early details on Martin's upcoming book release. You cannot help but feel energized when listening to Martin Rooney's energy and ideas. Martin shares how he went from travelling 150 days a year to turned inward during a challenging year to focus on his family, his organization, and himself. Martin used the time to write a new book "High Ten" his follow up to the highly successful "Coach to Coach". Martin shares how his ability to focus is essential to his success and career development. Martin believes that "you're going to be a professional at something, you decide what". Your choose how you apply your time and energy which leads you to your destination.
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James Krieger returns to share practical financial advice for fitness professionals. We wade heavily into the risks and problems with the rise of Crypo in our industry. James details his success with, and approach to trading and the traps to avoid. We talk about how get rich quick mentality ties into the same mentality about losing weight and getting in shape fast. Check out this episode and James's work to learn more about how to develop a long term sustainable approach to your finances. We also talk about how to approach pivoting away from a full time fitness career as your career progresses.
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Listen in as Hannah Gray returns for an informal catch up between 2 old friends who've travelled very divergent paths yet sharing some important common ground. Hannah shares her thoughts on the efforts along her career to become a published writer and industry presenter. We share some wisdom for coaches who aspire to these goals. We discuss important career capital to develop to establish a stand out brand in the industry.
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MBA and RD Sarah Ashman returns for an in depth discussion of career success through the lens of a growth vs fixed mindset combined with an abundance vs scarcity mindset. We also trash the idea of hiding our individual achievements and successes in a tough year for fear of offending others. Sarah also highlights how valuable it is within a fitness career to be skilled at taking complex concepts and translating them into simple messages for the everyday user.
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Dr. Tim DiFrancesco guests to talk about the pros and cons of spending 6 years as the head strength and conditioning coach of the LA Lakers NBA team. Tim fills you in on the unglamorous sacrifices you need to make to work in this world an contrasts life running his own facility in Salem, MA. Tim shares what he means by needing to be in the right place at the right time doing the right stuff. Tim caps this episode off with a break down of why its important as a coach to have a philosophy and a methodology for your work.
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Dr. Allan Bacon of Maui Athletics joins to dive into detail on how coaches can teach beginner and intermediate lifters to know how hard they can push themselves toward true failure. Allan dives into some research and strategies to help you use concepts like percentages, RIR, and RPE with clients. We also go in depth on how to utilize Facebook groups and social media in general to establish authority and serve more people with your knowledge.
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Christian Thibaudeau returns to discuss how to navigate(and in many cases avoid) extremism in the fitness industry. Christian goes far and wide in this animated discussion about how he's managed this past year, how his career direction has evolved, thoughts on doing a great job with online coaching, and dealing with introversion, social anxiety, and low self esteem.
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Sivan Fagan joins the podcast to share her experience and advice in shifting a mostly in-person fitness career to online. Sivan shares her thoughts on how long you need to train in person before you're ready to work online with clients. We discuss the value in long form writing and how to enhance your writing skills. Sivan explains why she believes it's a mistake to try to compete with the "big names" or influencers. Sivan also shares strategy to develop a business training clients in their homes.
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Logan Dubé is energized and fulfilled by teaching fitness education to other coaches. Logan often travels many weekends to present The PPSC and other certifications. Logan explains what it takes to pursue a career in fitness education. Logan also details how to help people change, through changing their energy to support the change strategy. Logan also dives into being a great team player and working within someone else's business instead of needing to build your own. They also detail the pursuit of work life blend instead of work life balance.
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Muscle gain coach Tom MacCormick joins to chat about the effort and tools it takes for people to go beyond getting fit and active for general population training. We dive into the commitment needed to put on serious muscle while getting lean. Though geared toward men, this applies equally to women who want to achieve these goals. Tom also shares his advice for longevity in the fitness industry.
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Mike Howard returns to talk about helping people with good messages while not running afoul of the "lunatic fringe" of extreme nutrition ideology in our world. Mike shares how he approaches behaviour change with his clients, focusing on process goals not outcomes, and choice architecture. We also tackle how to approach or avoid internet arguments. Where there's benefit and where you're using your time poorly.
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I've enjoyed Danny Matranga's media so much I had to bring him on as a guest to share with you. Danny and I dive into career development and how we don't always know the path we're on nor do seemingly polished fitness professionals always have a clear plan. We commit to a process of consistent work which leads to unknown future opportunity. Danny approaches everything with an abundance mindset and we talk about sharing and supporting other fitness professionals. Danny also explains the value of the new emerging social media app Clubhouse as I detail my reservations. We talk in depth about choosing social media to invest time and effort into.
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Jill Coleman guests to talk about how she navigated the uncertainty of the last year while supporting the coaches who mentor under her. We talk about the new social media app Clubhouse, being careful with industry status games, and career growth philosophy. We explore how to get more female coaches into spaces like strength and conditioning while understanding that women often self select into other parts of the industry like general fitness and nutrition. Plus how Jill would advise her younger self given a chance to go back in time.
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My friend Robert Linkul, owner of Training the Older Adult joins to chat about how he pivoted his business this year to navigate the shut down of his business facility. We dive heavily into the importance and opportunity for coaches to market within the older adult population going forward. We discuss important skills to develop to serve and reach this population. We go over the importance of 'top of mind' marketing and social media presence. We also discuss the importance of considering the state/province/county you set up or move business to going forward depending on their policies.
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Carolyn MacDonald takes a short break from her role as Director of Marketing of Renaissance Periodization to discuss content creation. Carolyn highlights how content creation efforts can help find a secure job and then pivot with the time demands and role of the job. We explore who a lot of coaches are struggling to gain traction with their media or even struggle to get started. We hit topics like sharability, the trouble with following trends, and avoiding trying to do it all. Plus what are some low value activities coaches tend to lose time on.
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Long overdue for an appearance, Dr. Pat Davidson guests to talk about the ideas behind his new book, A Coaches Guide To Optimizing Movement: Rethinking The Big Patterns. Pat has developed a reputation of challenging the way coaches thinking about the common ways of teaching and implementing strength training. Pat shares his thoughts of some of the existing training literature and the choice of words we use. Pat also discusses goals and resolutions, how make them effective through good planning. Shake up your approach with this refreshing take on our world.
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Kevin Mullins returns to discuss our different approaches to social media. We talk about goal setting and resolutions in this very first episode of 2021. We discuss our shared interest in writing and the value of long form content for coaches to develop brands. Plus Kevin shares his experience with the importance of truly getting to know yourself before you can really help others, and the importance of making and learning from mistakes along the way.
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Legendary coach Bryan Krahn returns to talk in depth about being a successful coach. Success in terms of helping people and positively impacting lives. We talk about what online coaching meant long before the current trend, what was needed for staying power in the industry, and navigating difficult topics like addition and eating disorders with clients. Bryan drives home the importance of listening as part of being a great coach. We also talk about shaking off the feeling of being off track in your career development and re-energizing your brand and business. If you want a dose of practical and positive energy, enjoy this episode.
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Nick Winkelman joins the podcast to chat about his new book, The Language of Coaching. Nick elaborates on why this book was important to write and its focus on the research supporting the superiority of external cues vs internal cues. Nick explains when internal language is effective and when a coach needs to step back and simply direction into external cues. We discuss why everyday lifters and even elite athletes don't automatically make great coaches, and how the appropriate use of language is as important for everyday clients as it is for high level athletes. Nick also builds in some ideas to help the coach who's reluctant to change from a system they've long used and learned to trust.
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Nick Shaw, cofounder of Renaissance Periodization finally makes his first appearance. Nick goes in depth about his new book: Fit For Success and why he wrote it. The book and our discussion is rooted in Internal Locus of Control, and the other principles he believes are essential to personal, career, and health and wellness success. We talk about some of the great people on his team and some of the well known clients he's worked with. Take lessons from Nick's humble and giving nature in this episode.
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Dr. John Rusin drops in to talk about how he built his Pain Free Performance Specialist Certification into a successful brand backed by a world class team of coaches, teaching across the world. John shares his thoughts on the future of fitness education, why we will always have in-person education, and in-person coaching. We talk about seeing 2020 as an opportunity which will forge a lot of unstoppable coaches and seeing our industry through a lens of opportunity and anti-fragility. John drills down to why we do this, to "be the best hour of your client's day". We also go in depth on thoughts on personal brand, authenticity, and the value of being part of a team.
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Marci Nevin drops in to chat about the pros and cons of specializing in coaching women and some of the limiting beliefs we deal with when struggling to continually share engaging content. . She highlights the problems with tying nutrition to your identity and the challenge of navigating clients with patterns of disordered eating. Marci also breaks down the unseen headaches and effort involved with managing and engaging with a large social media following. We talk about what coaches don't realize they're getting into when they hope to create a larger brand and reach. Marci shares how she navigates losing followers and dealing with negative interactions. If you're setting out to build social media following, this is a must listen.
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Pete Dupuis and I dive into Seth Godin's book The Practice and its underlying mantra of developing a consistent process without being married to specific outcomes. Pete shares insights from both his process of content creation, and from years of running one of the most successful fitness industry brands. We talk about his approach to social media and its pros and cons for your career and life. Pete will share with you why he takes a long view with everything he does, giving with no specific demand in return. "Content creation is an act of generosity".
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Luka Hocevar unloads his thoughts on coaching and career. We discuss the process it takes across a long career to create a compounding effect on long term results. It doesn't come quickly or easily, but if you plan and practice patience, the process will get you results. Luka notes the importance of regularly reflecting and course correcting so you don't end up off course in your work. Luka talks about his work ethic and the balance with making time for the important relationships in his life. He shares the importance of understanding the sacrifices involved in building something special. Through the discussion we share more good books you should read, than most adults ever touch in their entire lifetime. This is one of the best episodes in the library.
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My good friend and founder of Stronger U, Mike Doehla is back to talk about how he wants to see his customers and his coaches thrive in life, fitness, and business. Mike not only created and built a great company, he shares a ton of free advice for career and business success, despite not offering a paid service in that area. We talk about why we do this. Mike also shares the benefits of being a coach under a brand that takes care of the marketing and finding the clients, letting coaches do the part they're passionate about, the coaching. Mike also has a background in finance so he's been more passionate about getting coaches to learn financial literacy. Hope you enjoy this episode.
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Derek Wilcox, PhD of Sports Physiology and Performance and coach with Renaissance Periodization joins me to chat about where he put his energy and focus this year and how his competitive powerlifting and education unfolded and intertwined with his career as a coach. We talk about some of his pet peeves in the common messages in the fitness industry and how to reframe nervousness into positive excitement when competing or just stepping into a gym for the first time. Derek seeks to give people the tools to be formidable in life through performance and strength training. He also shares the value he sees in being part of a greater team at RP vs going it as a solo brand.
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Please welcome back Susan Niebergall to the podcast. Susan is inspirational and educational in the fitness and nutrition space. Susan reveals she has a book in the works, shares her love for my client Larry(often featured on my IG), along with her various thoughts and philosophies toward our world. She shares thoughts on content creation and putting yourself out there, the value of relationships in her success and the importance for any fitness career, and imposter syndrome a recurring and popular topic. Susan shows relatability and we discuss not appearing superhuman, how many fitness professionals feel pressure to. We explain why now might be the best time to stay in the fitness industry and how to time block to care for your priorities.
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Business and brand, dealing with staleness in your career, and how to grow beyond where you currently are. Chad Hargrove examines these topics in our discussion on this week's episode. Chad explains the validation you get from social media, the dopamine driven compulsion of having a large following, and changes to instagram. He also explains his adoption and potential within TikTok. This is the career horizon episode you don't want to miss.
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My friend Lee Boyce is back sharing how he made the best of 2020. He discusses some of his long term ambitions as an educator and why he thinks mobile coaching is a good play for trainers. We talk about why the fitness industry is better than you might think and how the stability of secure salaried jobs is more of an illusion than you believe. Lee shares why he values instagram and various thoughts about building a following.
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Dr Jordan Shallow drops in for episode #10. Jordan and I share our Newfoundland origins before diving into his ideas on career development and how he progressed into education. Learn about his powerlifting origins training under legendary powerlifter Dan Green, our perspective on imposter syndrome, and Jordan’s attitude toward fitness influencers who don’t share great information.
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Matty Fusaro joins me for Episode #9. We hammer on relatability as a fitness professional and brand. How to walk the line between having super human and down to earth qualities. We dive into the value of networking within the industry.
Matty shares his experience becoming successful on YouTube and advice for anyone wanting to explore that media. We discuss starting a podcast and I push Matty to start one, and how you should approach the pressure to be on all platforms. We dive into a lot of ideas about content creation.
Matty explains why you want other people to win, and the importance of sharing. “Just because someone else is doing well doesn’t mean that they’re taking anything away from you.”
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Join Dr. Sam Spinelli and I for a big discussion of personal development and how to look at 2020 as an opportunity. We dive into why it’s essential to learn and get comfortable with sales, the difference between people who use their money for experiences vs accumulating material possessions, and maximizing your clients’ experience with you. We also hammer on the value of your time and guarding it against people who rob you of it and your mental energy. We finish off with a big discussion on how we can expect a surge in demand for coaching in the coming months.
Find Sam on Instagram at @dr.samspinelli plus @citizenathletics1 and @e3rehab and www.thestrengththerapist.com
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Tony Gentilcore returns to share various career lessons from his 18 years of coaching, writing, speaking, and why he doesn't have his own podcast. We jam on how his focus and priorities have shifted across his career, why he's so focused on teaching the fundamentals instead of a creative and curated social media brand, and the importance of building rapport and personal relationships. We also delve into how his speaking engagements began and how this launched into the brand that is today Tony Gentilcore.
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My charismatic friend Gareth Sapstead joins me from across the pond to talk about creating connections and making friends in the industry. We detail the importance of finding out "what can you do or someone else?" instead of approaching people with what they can do for you. Gareth shares how to get started in writing, expanding your trainer toolbox, where his creative ideas come from, understanding body dysmorphia, and variety vs consistency in programming. We also discuss the pros and cons of showing a more ripped aesthetic physique on social media and the classic discussion around whether trainers need to be fit(nuance warning).
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Where does Jordan Syatt want to take his career and life going forward? Gain some insight as he shares how life changed starting a serious relationship. He shares his upcoming plans, plus we discuss: Should you be looking to leave the fitness industry now, what type of content should you be focused on, are industry leaders annoyed if you share and tag their work, resources to be a better writer, and more.
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Matthew Ibrahim is a breakout emerging star of the fitness industry and prolific content creator and educator. He joins me for an engaging discussion about training philosophy, active listening, communication skills, creating behaviour change, and how he approaches his career and media. Matthew explains how he approaches everything as a problem solver. This entire episode is a showcase of Matthew's skill in engaging and communicating.
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Jonathan Goodman returns to discuss the current and future direction of his work with The PTDC and Online Trainer Academy, why he doesn’t plan to write any more books(at least for a while), and the importance of taking care of yourself first before you’re able to support others around you. Jonathan breaks down the 4 important aspects of his professional and personal life and how you can’t make great progress in all 4 simultaneously.
We also explore why fit pros don’t want business advice and how to instead help by leading by example. Jonathan also details why he doesn’t love Instagram.
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Welcome to Episode #2 of the rebranded Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast with host Andrew Coates. Dr. Mike Israetel joins to share how Renaissance Periodization developed a successful brand and culture. We discuss RP and Mike’s individual approaches to social media engagement, should trainers touch politics on their media, and pitfalls of isolated research like the now famous, dubious, and possibly fraudulent squats vs hip thrusts study.
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Welcome to the 1st episode of the revamped podcast. After 150 episodes of The Fitness Devil Podcast, life and work are taking Dean onto other project focus, leaving Andrew Coates to host The Lift Free And Diet Hard Podcast solo. Sohee Lee jump starts the rebrand with a discussion about her recent life travelling with boyfriend Ben, a shift in her social media and experiencing new engagement, the value in consistency within your content creation, scaling to educate a larger audience, building a team of coaches in her business, and the importance of saying no to preserve your time and emotional energy.
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Clifton Harski joins us to talk group training, reality vs expectations, and his company FitWall. Managing(or mismanaging) work life balance while teaching multiple certifications on weekends on top of his main work, yet finding time to be a Dad. We also talk Clifton’s deftness with mockery of all things fitness without being a offensive ass about it. Plus some commentary on Clifton’s predictions for 2019.
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Chris Shugart, long time editor of Tnation.com joins us to talk about political correctness in our industry. We dive into declining testosterone in men and the use of trt. Chris explains the benefits of marrying a fit person and why in his view psychologically unstable people are drawn to extreme diets. Plus some writing and publishing chatter.
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Kelly Coffey returns to discuss food addiction. Kelly works closely with and speaks openly on addiction in all forms. We even ask if you can be too addicted to fitness. Kelly tells us more about limiting her time in the online space while focusing on the people she’s working to help. We also explore how thinner doesn’t necessarily equate with happiness.
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Yvette, D’entremont, better known as the Science Babe, joins us for a take down of gurus who promote pseudoscience. That means her favourite target Gwyneth Paltrow and her site Goop, plus several other notable baddies. We cover The Cornell Food Lab academic fraud, Netflix documentaries, the Horrible Bullshit Awards, and more.
We assess the science behind Die Hard as a Christmas movie and we finally tackle He Who Shall Not Be Named, the Snake Diet Guy. Enjoy
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James Fell joins us to talk about more than just his new book The Holy Shit Moment and why writing it was necessary. James goes off on the crazy bullshit quackery and pseudoscience we see everywhere, “every dumbfuck food documentary on Netflix”, and his disdain for bad Costco behaviour. We set James loose in this fun and fully loaded episode
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Dani Singer takes a break from his busy schedule to talk to us about choice minimalism to improve your life and that of clients. He details the creation of his business and how he came to work with The PTDC and what it’s done for his career. We hate in cardio a little and explain where we feel it matters. Dani also adds his thoughts on standing out in a crowded fitness industry space in 2019
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Sohee returns to tell us about adopting her new puppy Jellie and unleashes her thoughts on social media and the rush to be relevant for new fitness professionals. She details some of the catalysts of her industry success to date, attitudes and behaviours that lead to client success, and hard pills for people to swallow about fitness and nutrition. Sohee also details her upcoming project The Beginners Guide to Lifting Weights for Women
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Eric Helms explains his personal evolution and maturity as a coach from his early years to now. We delve into the role luck has played in Eric’s career and the importance of putting yourself in the position to benefit from luck, while not just waiting for lucky breaks. Eric explains what he meant in a social media post about how “you shouldn’t want to be hugely successful early in your career, and his thoughts on recent use of social media to gain fitness industry credibility. We get away from the technical knowledge you can find in Eric’s work to dive into his thoughts and philosophies about our ever changing industry.
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Bryan Krahn shares his musings about his friend and mentor Charles Poliquin, his life, death, and often controversial status in the industry. Bryan goes off script in a thoughtful exploration of his experience within the fitness industry, protecting your mental space, how coaching is really managing emotions, and a discussion of unresolved food issues.
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Mega Marty MacPhee blows us away in a charismatic and entertaining episode. We discuss the advantage of working in the competitive fitness industry with an evidence based approach, recovering from injury and mentally handling the time off, Marty’s approach to empower and educate his clients and how it’s the opposite of a lot of what we see, exploring the right and wrong reasons to compete, and being prepared for being talking at and about you when you undergo a physical transformation and not all of it is good.
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Nick Tumminello bring his critical thinking to the podcast to discuss Gatekeeper Syndrome and how our industry struggles to agree on what constitutes a good personal trainer. Nick shares some nuanced thoughts about social media, how we interact, and how to avoid giving trolls your attention. Nick shares some keys to longevity in the industry. We also learn why Nick prefers to watch the movie vs read the book. Hope you enjoy one of our most intellectual and thought provoking episodes to date
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Dani Shugart joins The Fitness Devil to talk about her quest to educate our industry about breast implant illness. We discuss how attaching fitness and nutrition labels to yourself can be detrimental to your results, the brain benefits of exercise, what the spotlight effect is and how it scares people away from working out, and some honest criticism of life on social media. Dani cuts loose and speaks her mind on this one.
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Bret Contreras unleashes candid thoughts on how he pushed through criticism to establish his industry changing ideas about Glute training. Bret shares the challenges involved in moving states and opening The Glute Lab, unexpected expenses and having to dive into his reserves of work ethic to succeed. Bret details his thoughts on the use of language on our industry that makes people feel broken and damaged. Join one of our best episodes to date.
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Today’s episode features returning guest and firebrand Nick Sorrell along with our two friends Derek Stanley and Jeb Johnston. All 3 are Stronger U coaches. We spend this episode discussing the importance of controlling your attitude in the face of events beyond your control. The importance of empowering people and breaking away from victim mentality. How forming small consistent habits add up to long term successes. Each of our guests share some difficult personal experiences and how that shaped their life outcomes.
Special Guests: Derek Stanley, Jeb Johnston, and Nick Sorrell.
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Jeff Snow brings his practical solution based approach to nutrition. We focus on how to set your environment for success, how cannabis directly and indirectly affects nutrition, managing snacking and it’s triggers, the myth of late evening eating and where it can cause weight gain, and a discussion about children and nutrition.
Special Guest: Jeff Snow.
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Dr. Mike T Nelson joins us to explain two concepts he works with extensively, metabolic flexibilty and heart rate variability. He explains how you can use them to improve your training. The discussion deepens into carbs vs fat as fuel. Mike is also a prolific content creator and we disucss how he manages this.
Special Guest: Mike T Nelson.
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Meghan Callaway returns to The Fitness Devil to discuss how just getting stronger tends to correct a lot pain, minor injuries, and issues. How physical therapists should have strong knowledge of strength training and not just offer passive treatments. Building income streams as a trainer beyond just coachinf clients. Plus a nuanced discussion of work life balance working in our industry or any industry where your work becomes your life.
Special Guest: Meghan Callaway.
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Charles Staley joins us to disucss the importance of developing and maintaining strength as we get older. How it took getting to his 50's before he got into the best shape of his life, and why it can be challenging for fitness professionals to prioritize ourselves. Charles gets hot about gym ettiquette so we discuss the importance. We cover what rep range is the most efficient sweet spot for building muscle.
Special Guest: Charles Staley.
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Doctors Mike Israetel and James Hoffmann from RP join us to talk about their experience working together, what overtraining is and isn't, important considerations for recovery from training, the occurrence of deception in our industry, and a very thoughtful discussion about the pitfalls of fitness professionals making their message more about politics and social issues than actual fitness and nutrition.
Special Guests: Dr. Mike Israetel and James Hoffman.
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Travis Pollen joins us to talk about injury risks for everyday people and athletes while working out, why people ask for core training, what they really mean, and why it can be important. Travis details his experience as a Paralympic American record holding swimmer. We discuss how our industry can sometimes fixate on the bad mainstream information yet often miss communicating effectively to the mainstream audience we are trying to help.
Special Guest: Travis Pollen.
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Carolina Belmares has enjoyed a great deal of success as a result of blind determination and the fearlessness to jump at opportunities as they presented themselves to her in her career. She shares the story of her career so far. Carolina talks about how "there is no perfect time to start", prioritizing ones self when life isn't going perfectly, the importance of not taking mental health for granted in the pursuit of physical health, our need to "fill up" physical and emotional spaces and why its ok not to, and a thoughtful discussion on taking a very human and balanced view when discussing controversial or delicate social issues.
Special Guest: Carolina Belmares.
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Mike Doehla and Mike Alessi the minds behind the success of their company Stronger U join us and discuss how they found success with a business founded on "the anti-diet", their hatred for the word macros, and most of all their unique vision for how we should work with people and their nutrition. The Mike's sell long term and sustainable in a sea of fast and easy and they care about their clients when all too often our industry says it does but actions show otherwise.
Special Guests: Michael Alessi and Mike Doehla.
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Brad Dieter and James Krieger aka the nice guys, are back to talk about the main claims behind the current popular fad diets compared with the truth, a deep discussion about fear and misinformation about fructose and high fructose corn syrup. Why James said "not all reps are created equal", and why Brad once said "Bmr might be the most useless piece of data for most people who are striving for weight loss".
Special Guests: Brad Dieter and James Krieger.
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Lee Boyce shares his unflitered thoughts on his experience in the fitness industry, some of the systemic problems and key successes. We get Lee's thoughts on how the industry can contribute to unhealthy minds and diminished self worth. We expose the practice of trainers lying about their credentials and experience and why this is silly. We discuss how many trainers enter the industry with big dreams of coaching high level athletes and/or celebrities, how unrealistic this is, and how its not much different than everyday people to begin with. Lee also opens up about his experiment to lift every day for a year, the pros and cons.
Special Guest: Lee Boyce.
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Mike Howard discusses mindset with us in depth. We tackle self forgiveness and negative self talk, cognitive biases that take people off track, the dangers of rigid dietary approaches, and some mindset strategies for overall health.
Special Guest: Mike Howard.
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Muscle building expert Jason Maxwell joins us to talk about building muscle. Jason discusses his simple but effective approach to putting lean muscle on people. Jason shares how he grew up in a small town, followed education on the road to being a real rocket scientist, only to walk away from that path to work with people and help them get fit.
Jason has taken his straight forward approach to building muscle and combined it into a book, appopriately titled Muscle.
We also discuss super hero bodies, the pursuit of aesthetic ideals, and how Jason's high quality social media presentation is still a reflection of a pretty normal day in the life of.
Special Guest: Jason Maxwell (JMax) .
Links:
- Muscle by Jason Maxwell : Free Book
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Jon Goodman joins us and shares his recent professional focus. The challenge behind creating the Fitness Marketing Monthly and the upcoming class of The Online Trainer Academy. Jon's thoughts on how to approach the latest hottest marketing trends vs focusing on what works for you. Jon also shares how he hasn't ever formally hired a coach or mentor, somehow figuring it all out, yet understanding and explaining the true value of a coach and what to look for.
Special Guest: Jonathan Goodman.
Links:
- Settings - Fireside
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Dean Somerset returns for our milestone #50 episode to talk about what he's been up to since becoming a private independant trainer. We talk about the differences between starting in the industry now vs when he began and what this means to potential clients, Dean's thoughts on emerging fitness industry trends and consumer wants, and good and bad gym policies. Add to this the apparwnt rush.
Dean adds his perspective on handling the not so straight forward challenges with clients who are dealing with personal and emotional obstacles to their fitness goals. We also couldn't leave out some thoughts on Dean's love for all things pro wrestling.
Special Guest: Dean Somerset.
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Cressey Sports Performance is a legendary gym and atheltic training facility, most noted for working with Cy Young award winning MLB pitchers all the way to minor league and high school athletes. Pete Dupuis, co-founder and general manager of CSP has long enjoyed life away from the spotlight.
Pete joins us to talk about his personal brand and work outside CSP, a committment to authenticity and how its driven success with CSP, and the pros and cons of putting your own name on a gym or fitness business.
We explore why we appear to see more injuries among young athletes and a great discussion of balancing work with family time.
Special Guest: Peter Dupuis.
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Carter Good is back in his continued fight against the relentless liquid metal terminator that is obesity. Carter goes in depth about his succes growing a huge social media following and what its enabled him to do with his career and to help people. Carter's thoughts on the future of social media for our industry and how he stays creative with his message, his own obstacles and challenges to maintain his lifestyle and successfully keep the weight off, and more depth in the discussion about the psychological aspects of nutrition that go beyond just knowing to eat less and be more active.
Special Guest: Carter Good.
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Alex Viada joins us and tells us how things used to be before the fitness industry branded and repackaged old basic concepts and how he likes to reread old textbooks. He shares thoughts on his passion for being outdoors, the human psychological side to dealing with clients and their programs, and his thoughts on future trends that will be important.
We bust some big cardio myths and we disuss how fitness pros write for the approval of their peers vs writing for the end user. How that can be valuable and how it can miss the ultimate audience.
Special Guest: Alex Viada.
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Ryan Ketchum joins the podcast to discuss his mission to help fitness professionals build their businesses to be able to reach and help more people. Being a business or social media coach is hot right now. Ryan discusses why its become popular and the dangers of choosing a coach without a track record of success. Ryan shares his insight as to what makes a truly successful trainer or fitness business owner, his thoughts on the rise of online coaching, its benefits and limitations, and for our enthusiasts, Ryan shares insight from his own weight loss journey as to how to succeed with transforming yourself.
Special Guest: Ryan Ketchum.
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Alberto Alvarez brings his kind and genial nature to the podcast in our most detailed nutrition epsiode to date.
Alberto details his path from a young overweight man, searching for information, losing the weight, the pitfalls along the way, and transitioning into a coach who helps others. We explain just what macros are and other basic nutrition concepts, why some people are easily lured in by the unscientific promises in our industry, how Alberto helps people get started on a weight loss journey, thoughts on merging the science of nutrition with the emotional and psychological aspects, and some of the cultural nuances in the Spanish speaking world and how it affects his work differently.
Special Guest: Alberto Alvarez.
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Chad Landers could have been a movie star had he not chosen fitness a long time ago and had Robert Downey Jr not taken all his roles so Chad set out and somewhere along the way became more than just a good trainer. He won awards and become industry renowned as a world class trainer and person.
Chad shares his thoughts on why what we do in the fitness industry is so important, the right reasons to work in fitness, the importance of happiness for ourselves and our clients, thoughts on owning his own facility, and delivering value in our work.
Perhaps best of all, Chad sheds light on the sense of entitlement we now often see of personal trainers who frustrated having to work in commercial gyms, to gain experince and learn the business.
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Greg Nuckols joins our podcast to explain what he would like to look back and have changed and influenced over his career. We discuss the health implications of strength athletes who carry heavy body mass over their careers and beyond. Greg explains a why so many people kn our industry are so ineffectively communicating if their intent is to pursuade ohers to change their thinking. Greg dismembers the "train smarter, not harder" mantra. Plus Greg weighs in on the potential push to see greater regulation in the fitness industry.
Special Guest: Greg Nuckols.
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Louie Guarino brings his sense of style along with a ton of substance to the podcast.
We hit on style without substance in our industry, fashion sense something our industry often lacks, fat loss success and tips from his work, and a no BS approach to marketing and working with clients.
Special Guest: Louie Guarino.
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Bryan Krahn follows up his roundtable apprarance with a solo episode and doesnt have to fight with two othe guests for the chance to thoroughly entertain and enlighten you.
We address the fact that most everything in our industry boils down tk wanting to look better naked and Bryan isnt afraid to say it. We address the complex topic of alchol and lifting, ideas from the traditional bodybuilding world that work and ones that really just need to die.
"It all begins by chasing vanity". Come chase some vanity with us.
Special Guest: Bryan Krahn.
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Sarah Moorman joins us on her first ever podcast appearance. Sarah tells how she got started in powerlifting, figure competition, and coaching others. Sarah discusses organizing the Women’s only Womxn’s Strength Summit and some of the less than thoughtful responses from men in response to the exclusive event. That takes us deep into how pervasive sexual harassment is within the fitness industry and Andrew may or may not go completely off about the problems he’s witnessed over his nearly 8 year career. We tackle some of the pressures trainers feel to look a certain way and how we feel pressure to present a composed image and mask how depression can affect us as well.
Special Guest: Sarah Moorman.
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Josh Citron joins the podcast to share his experience and love with pro wrestling, vegan lifestyle(and how he isn’t militant), his passion for helping fitness professionals be better fitness professionals, and clients be better clients. Plus a better idea for BMI.
Special Guest: Josh Citron.
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I’m not sure who thought it was a good idea to invite Dr Spencer Nadolsky, Bryan Krahn, and Dr Mike Israetel onto the podcast all at the same time to talk about coach ownership over the client result and experience.
We far too often see coaches in social media blame clients for not adhering to programs when in fact it’s on the coach to use whatever resources and attempts at communicating to work with the client to achieve success. We discuss in depth this issue.
We also hit heavy on the topic of firing clients. Circumstances where it’s needed and how poor it appears when fitness professionals brag about doing it.
Somehow the topic of “mansplaining” got loose in this episode. You will need to listen in to see how that turned out.
And this charade then went deeper down the hole into the issue of having romantic relationships with clients.
Tune in to this fantastic fiasco for the whole story.
Special Guests: Bryan Krahn, Dr. Mike Israetel, and Dr. Spencer Nadolsky.
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Dean and Andrew basically needed to record an episode. We travelled last week to the Kansas City Fitness Summit and through the business of it all we weren’t able to arrange one more episode guest to have in advance. But no worries as we return with 3 guests next week in a roundtable with Dr. Mike Israetel, Dr Spencer Nadolsky, and Bryan Krahn who isn’t a Dr.
Meanwhile we this week went over some highlights of the previous 36 episodes. Various relevant Fitness topics, and Andrew may or may not have had a few scotch and shared some very unfiltered thoughts you might enjoy.
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Welcome to the future of the fitness industry according to Brad Dieter, Andrew Coates, and Dean Guedo. But mostly according to Brad.
We tackle artificial intelligence, Brad’s work in biomedical research, the validity or lack there of in current DNA testing and where it will develop, and a lot more.
Brad also explains his hypothesis about intolerances and how people are “drawn to them”. Brad also explains how you can’t “hate yourself lean”, and we hammer at the pointlessness of Internet arguements, over concepts like burpees.
Special Guest: Brad Dieter.
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Nick Sorrell joins us for a blunt and vibrant conversation that should challenge some of the ways you think about your own mindset toward fitness and nutrition. Nick will provoke thinking as he tackles the fact that people don’t know what the fuck they actually want, how most misunderstanding what self love really means, a nuanced discussion of how “I’m doing it for my kids” may not be a good answer, and a lot of discussion about getting to a deeper why for your clients. Join us for a mind expanding discussion of a lot of important fitness mindset ideas.
Special Guest: Nick Sorrell.
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Sarah Ashman was so engaging in a shared episode that we had to bring her back on her own. We expand on our discussion with her about gut health and gut microbiome. Sarah explains germ theory in this context. Yes you have to listen to learn more. We explore why “people would rather take a pill or drink a tea than exercise”. Sarah also elaborates on her recent Masters of Business Administrarion and how end clients benefit when skilled fitness professionals compliment their training and nutrition knowledge with business skills. Find out why Sarah likes octopi and has an octopus tattoo.
Special Guest: Sarah Ashman.
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Joey Percia joins the podcast to shed some light on a part of the fitness industry that’s often undervalued and misunderstood. Joey hS written a great book, Why Do You Hate Money? That teaches trainers and anyone important skills within marketing, and writing copy, content, and key messages to potential clients. We discuss why this actually benefits the end consumer. Joey shares the significance of the fable of the good and bad wolf that we choose to feed, and the benefits or consequence of those choices. We hammer change mindset, some coaching ideas from Joey’s past as a fitness professional, and why you need to avoid over promising and underdelivering as a fit pro.
Special Guest: Joey Percia.
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Meet Holly Baxter. Holly holds a Masters Degree of Dietetics and a Bachelor of Food Science and Nutrition. In addition to an array of coaching and speaking work she’s also an IFBB Figure Competitor and a fitness model. She has everything and we have her join us to talk about a lot of nutrition that you wil want to absorb.
Holly shares the experience coming from Australia to the US, and the challenge in setting herself apart as a credible and well educated mind in nutrition in a sea of Instagram fitness models.
We get into to practical info on fibre, alcohol and fat loss, ketongenic diets, and a lot of stress, anxiety, and eating disorders are playing hell on women’s health.
Holly also has a Macro Friendly E-Book you should check out and and an upcoming contents prep Ebook.
Tune in for all the details
Special Guest: Holly Baxter.
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James Krieger joins Fitness Devil to talk about his current work, the industry conflict over low carb dietary ideology, industry tribalism, and his upcoming appearance as a speaker at the Inland Empire Fitness Summit in Spokane. We weigh the pros and cons of engaging in battles with those who perpetuate training and nutrition misinformation. James discusses his role as a teacher within the industry. We also discuss taking large, seemingly daunting goals and breaking them into smaller attainable wins to pursue. Join us for what proves to be an intelligent and accessible discussion.
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Dr. Spencer Nadolsky joins the podcast to talk about his work on the front lines of battling the obesity epidemic. He highlights some of the dangers in believeing weight loss is the sole missing ingredient to happiness. We tackle some of the controversy over rhetoric from the extreme end of the Health at Any Size Movement. We also have a good laugh at the crazy comments Spencer gets on his social media in response to some of his practical posts to help people struggling with weight loss. We also discuss his work with distance medicine and Steady MD and his book The Fat Loss Prescription.
Special Guest: Dr. Spencer Nadolsky.
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Join Peter Baker with us in our discussions about modern nutrition and the religious devotion some factions engage in, pros and cons of the intense sense of community in some fitness corners, mental health and fitness professionals - why it can be hard to openly discuss, curated social media images and the dangers, and direct arm training. Add to that we talk about Peter’s new competition preparation book he’s coauthored with Dr Layne Norton.
Special Guest: Peter Baker.
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Jordan Syatt joins out podcast and we ask him about what attitudes and actions led to a lot of good fortune and success he’s had in the industry, and what he intends to do with his success to positively affect the world. We cover Jordan’s relentless positivity and how he handles the Karen’s of the world(tune in for the explanation) who casually spread misinformation. Maybe most interesting of all are Jordan’s bets for future trends that will affect the industry and fitness consumers.
Special Guest: Jordan Syatt.
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Fitness industry writer, podcasted, author, and online coach Leigh Peele goes toe to toe with us in one of our best episodes to date. Leigh explains why we as coaches need to be careful not to treat clients as mirrors of ourselves and why clients also must use caution in trying to emulate their trainers. She nails a critical conversation about some difference and nuances in training women, including some important messages in speaking toward female clients. We tackle the importance of accountability, credentials - where they matter and where they don’t, and a bunch more.
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Sarah and Jay Ashman are a power couple in the fitness industry. Known for Pump, Dump, and Hump collectively, Jay for ashmanstrength.com, and Sarah for thenutritionatrix.com and her cutting edge work with nutrition and gut health. We discuss their various current projects and get into an extensive discussion about Sarah’s nutrition expertise in particular underexplored areas like gut health and gut microbiome. Plus more.
Special Guests: Jay Ashman and Sarah Ashman.
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To describe this episode as simply an intersection of nerd culture and fitness would completely fail to do justice to the pure electricity of Robbie Farlow’s personality. Robbie is fun, intelligence, and irreverence all bundled up into a brilliant Fitness professional.
We talk about The Hero’s Journey archetypal story and it’s relevance, how nerd culture became mainstream and how the fitness industry has embraced this so serve that audience.
This episode has a unique flow and charm so hopefully you love it.
Special Guest: Robbie Farlow.
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Eric Bach joins us as we discuss his road to personal career success and advice to other aspiring fitness professionals, including being a better writer. Eric explains important fitness and nutrition concepts for everyone to improve their own life, particularly the big rocks to turn over and focus on. We also tackle how important it is for trainers to have their own coaches, the value of having a business coach, and Eric's own work as a business coach.
Special Guest: Eric Bach.
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TJ Sadler of YEG Fitness Magazine joins us to discuss the origins and inspiration behind founding the Magazine. We discuss the athletes and fitness professionals that grace the publication's pages, where the industry is trending, and what TJ hopes to accomplish through this platform to help people. We discuss the upcoming YEG Fitness Awards and their significance. Join us to explore the pulse of Edmonton's fitness community
Special Guest: TJ Sadler.
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Meghan Callaway is a goddess of pull-ups and training information. We spent an hour borrowing just a little of the library of knowledge in her brain. She discussed training tools to be able to perform or improve pull-ups. She may know more on he topic than anyone else alive. We also hit on some of the traditional problems with felmale fitness marketing, why the answer "it depends" is important to understand in fitness, workouts for empowerment, and a discussion about the dangers within our industry of taking extreme positions on social or political ideas.
Special Guest: Meghan Callaway.
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Braeden Wright chronicles his approach to fitness and nutrition as he pursued a successful modelling career, working for Calvin Klein among other notable brands. Now progressing into a career in music, Braeden's fotn as regimen remains at the core of his success. He offers his habits and tactics that have worked and shares some fun stories about his career.
Special Guest: Braeden Wright.
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Andy Morgan graces us with his British charm and wit, takes us through a series of long thoughtful pauses as he recounts learning karate in response to a bottle attack in Birmingham England as a youth that later took him all the way to Japan where he established himself as a leading authority in nutrition.
Andy has a lot of great advice for trainers learning their way through the industry and a ton of valuable nutrition takeaways for the fitness enthusiast, particularly some blunt thoughts on ideas like biohacking.
Join us for a big steaming pile of Andy.
Special Guest: Andy Morgan.
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Michelle Bagnell and Mark Mitchell visit our podcast to talk about their careers in fitness, time spent living in China and the different world of Chinese gym culture. They hit on the highs and lows of their individual fitness competition experience, the dangers of taking shortcuts to achieve the ideal physique, plus more.
Special Guests: Mark James Mitchell and Michelle Bagnell.
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Chad Hargrove a Toronto based personal trainer and online coach joins us to talk about going from just scraping by in a commercial gym to having a successful independent business.
We talk about how social media helped boost his career and how we can use online coaching to help more people and how clients benefit.
Chad shares his thoughts on how we deal with the dishonest messages often shared through social and mainstream media.
Special Guest: Chad Hargrove.
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Dean Somerset is among the most accomplished yet young professionals in the fitness industry. 13 years deep at a commercial gym it was time for a change. Dean discusses the move and his upcoming plans for this year.
We get into his personal evolution over that span and look at how the industry has evolved over time.
We also have details about Dean's info product with Dr Mike Israetel - The L2 Fitness Summit which is now available to download.
Enjoy our first returning guest interview.
Special Guest: Dean Somerset.
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Lindsay Somerset is indomitable. She shares her winning attitude and experience as she triumphed over an eating disorder that could have halted her cycling career. Add to that the battle with depression and anxiety. Fate wasn't done yet, throwing her over her handlebars in a brutal crash leading to a serious back injury. She recovered with her husband Dean's help(you may have also heard of Dean Somerset) Yet she stood on a national podium accepting a medal in spite of all of those obstacles. She shares the story with us. Oh and she loves all things dogs. Listen to find out more.
Special Guest: Lindsay Somerset.
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Sam Spinelli joins us from his new home in Southern California as we hit the deep freeze in Edmonton. In our last podcast of 2017 Sam talks about his pursuit of his doctorate in Physical Therapy, his passion for barbell sports and how their rise has benefited people. Sam gets into his passion for battling fitness misinformation and a deep discussion of the scope of practice of physical therapists and trainers, where the lines blur, and dangers of professionals going outside their scope.
Special Guest: Sam Spinelli.
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Mark Fisher graces us with his time to discuss the unique success of Mark Fisher Fitness his business in New York City that caters to an underserved community blending the artistic flair of the arts and theatre community with the evidence based fitness industry.
Mark approaches his world with unconditional positive regard. He brings a charisma to our world that helps penetrate deeper into the he mainstream consciousness usually dominated by the trendy sellouts.
We talk about the important of culture in our world and a series of other great discussions that we cannot quote do justice in a brief description. Hope you enjoy this as much as we did.
Special Guest: Mark Fisher.
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Kelly Coffey of www.strongcoffey.com joins us to dive into the challenges within the emotional side of our fitness journeys. She is a passionate trainer and writer who helps primarily women work through the difficulty of our tendency to self sabotage. We don't feel worth the effort and we defeat ourselves. Kelly works to beat back that mentality and help people treat themselves better.
Enjoy Kelly's provocative charm as we explore her work and discuss some great takeaways that we hope the listener can use to help themselves.
Special Guest: Kelly Coffey.
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Patrick Umphrey shares his career exploits as an online coach and the creator of the famed online fitness community Eat, Train, Progress. He talks the challenge in running a group of now 14,000 people, moderating the occasional trouble, and dropping a nasty banhammer on the worst offenders.
Patrick also talks about his second career as a close up magician.
Join as Patrick shares his perspective on a variety of relevant industry topics including his thoughts on what trainers should look like(here's your hint - he strongly believes it shouldn't matter).
Special Guest: Patrick Umphrey.
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Hannah Gray is an Edmonton based trainer and fitness writer on her website grayareastrength.com.
Hannah joins us and we dive deeply into the battle women face to succeed in an industry that is dominated by men. We talk kids and weight lifting, Hannah's own journey from an obese trainer to a strong lean weightlifting machine, and a variety of other takeaways for our listeners.
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Dr Mike Israetel joins our podcast to tell his life story, leaving Communist Russia as a child, getting a PhD in the US, bodybuilding and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and co-founding the wildly successful Renaissance Periodization.
We talk what works and what doesn't for building muscle mass and wander down a few fitness industry rabbit holes.
Join us for easily the funniest episode to date.
Special Guest: Dr. Mike Israetel.
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Sohee Lee is a skilled and sought after Fitness and Nutrition Professional who took a break from studying her Masters to talk with us about a wide array of important fitness and nutrition topics. Most notably making the often unsexy message of moderation and healthy habits into something people buy into and depart from the extreme behaviours that are often en vogue in Fitness.
Special Guest: Sohee Lee.
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Carter Good is a rising star in the fitness industry thanks in large part to his skill at creating eye catching nutrition infographics. He joins us to talk about how his career took off due to his use of this tool, his own personal weight loss journey, how that journeyed translated into an online coaching career, and a few other related topics. Join us as we talk in depth with Carter
Special Guest: Carter Good.
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Jordan Jeske is a skilled, passionate, and charismatic trainer in Edmonton. Jordan created the Golf Society as a vehicle to help people and create community, and merge his dual passions for fitness and golf. Jordan sits down with us to talk about all of this and tells the story of his earlier career in carpentry and the transition into full time training.
Special Guest: Jordan Jeske.
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Jay Ashman is a veteran of the fitness industry. Having worked as a coach and manager in a variety of roles over the years along with an athletic career, Jay brings a ton of experience to the table to help others. His Facebook group community, Pump, Dump, and Hump is a growing project that creates a safe place to have conversations that not only relate to fitness but also sexuality and gastrointestinal health.
Please enjoy Jay's story and follow him on social media and join Pump, Dump, and Hump
Special Guest: Jay Ashman.
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Our friend Michael Dietrich joins the podcast to talk about his Moutain Mike adventures with his dog BearBear, about a career in the fitness industry, practical nutrition, competitive fitness industry pitfalls, and more. Check it out.
Special Guest: Michael Dietrich.
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Alfred Jong of the Strength Guys is gold medal winning IPF powerlifter and gold medal winning coach. He joins us to be our very first recording guest in an episode that tackles a variety of fitness and nutrition topics.
Special Guest: Alfred Jong.
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Tony Nguyen and Jordan Pariseau of F.R.E.E. Fitness join us to talk about their unique Pay How You Feel business model and about making fitness more accessible to more people.
Tony and Jordan are Edmonton based trainers and entrepreneurs on a mission to bring a more flexible and affordable training model to more people who need support. In this episode we delve into the process of how they hatched this clever concept and hints at their future.
If for nothing else listen to experience Jordan's pure fire behind a mic, as his career doubles as both a trainer and a successful hip hop artist.
Special Guest: F.R.E.E Fitness.
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Special Guest: Dean Somerset.
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