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Sometimes we make moves in life that seem like an idea, but in the long run they often lead to unintended consequences. That applies to health and fitness as well. Today, I'm talking about three exercise myths that have been debunked as shortcu
There's good stretching and bad stretching. Most people unknowingly are doing more harm than good with their stretching routine. If you want to learn how to stretch in a way that will actually lengthen your muscle fibers without injuring your j
Today, I wanted to talk about the joy of doing something new. I'm currently finishing the first part of the fire academy and I'm enjoying the refreshing sense of perspective and new thinking that it has brought into other aspects of my life. Th
Today, I wanted to talk a little more about stoicism so I talked about the ultimate stoic exercise...running! I talk about how I train my clients to be runners even though a minority of them are actual runners. In this episode, you'll find the
Today I want to talk about a stoic belief that has carried me in my life. It's not an original thought, however it's something that I think can be very inspiring to those that are facing or will face challenges in their lives. It's important to
Today we have our last segment with Megan talking about our hormones and nervous system. Today, we talked sleep and how sleep deprived many of us actually are. Some may not realize it, but we're going to be talking about how to tell if you've b
We all reach a time in our lives when we feel like we're stuck. We feel that something or someone is preventing us from moving forward. Well, I'm here to tell you that it's likely your fault that your stuck. And if that's the case (it very like
Today, I'm going to talk of an allegory about getting what you want in life and how it sometimes can seemingly fall into your lap...with a little work of course. This is a special story that some may already be familiar with, but I'm going to g
When it comes to running, you can separate it into three different movements. There's jogging, running, and sprinting. Today we're going to talk about the benefits and mechanics of running. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spoti
A client asked me today how much running do they need to be a better runner and I answered, "technically none," to their dismay. Today we're going to address that question and likely continue it on our next episode as we talk about a more speci
In this episode, I tell an anecdote about how we sometimes do something that's inefficient and sometimes ineffective because that's "just the way we do it." If this is you, I encourage you to explore your options. The time you spend, will be mu
In this episode, I talk to Megan Dupree about what external factors regulate or dysregulate our hormones. She had some very interesting insights about caffeine and marijuana and how our body reacts to it. If you're looking to regulate your nerv
Today, we're talking posture and all it indicates for your body. Did you know that everyone has some degree of scoliosis? It's the level of curvature, if it gets to be to high of a degree, then you tend to have issues. Today, we're going to lea
Today we're going to talk about the difference between passive and active stretching. More people need to know what they are doing because stretching incorrectly is leading to an increase in back surgeries among younger adults. --- Support
Back in the 80's there was a diet called the "water diet." It was a diet where they would give you water and vitamins and you would lose weight. People would say it was because it kept you satiated so you didn't want to eat, but there is a litt
In this episode, I talked about the struggles of plateauing in your performance. Performance can be more than just the gym. However, how you do some thing is usually how you do everything. So we're going to talk about using some strategies that
Today, I wanted us to think about this phenomenon that we've been seeing in the fitness field lately related to mobility training. You see a lot of people mistaking mobility training for skill work, but more importantly, you have people (mostly
Did you know that there are two ways to build muscle? Today's episode is a short one about building muscle mass. Most people think that you can't build muscle mass with straps, especially since most of the training videos are of high intensity
Today, I'd like to tell a little story about my evolution as an athlete and as a trainer. In this episode, I talk about how I went from World Champion powerlifter to mobility aficionado in less than a decade. I changed my philosophy for many re
In today's episode, I took what we've been talking about over the past couple of episodes and broke it down further to talk about you as an individual. Everyone is different, so they should absolutely be paying attention to what makes them diff
Today, I wanted to expand on what I was talking about in the last episode on rotations. It seems that there was confusion as to what I meant by your body needing to rotate and control that rotation. I'm going to break it down as best I can so t
Today, I'm talking to all the runners out there that want to be faster. You need to be more mobile and you're not going to be able to do that through stretching. I'm going to talk about the body's natural way of moving especially as it pertains
In today's episode I went a little more esoteric and talked about freedom in your life through authenticity. However, I brought it back to fitness with a little talk about freedom of movement and how many people are thinking about mobility in a
I wanted to make a correction to a previous episode. I had misspoken about the amount of protein an average person should have. I accidentally converted the pounds to kilograms and back to pounds when I read my notes.To make up for it, this ep
Today we have a special episode with Megan Dupree. She's an expert in diagnosing and treating Nervous System disfunction. This is a clip from a conversation we had about the stress response and what coffee does to it. We'll be seeing more clips
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