Stay ConnectedA fitness podcast I started from my childhood bedroom in 2016.
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Marcus Filly is back in this episode. He is the creator of the Functional Bodybuilding training method, and CEO and Founder of Revival Strength. He is a 6x athlete at The Games (2016 12th fittest) and has decades of experience coaching and designing both individual and group training programs for clients worldwide. Marcus has an extensive training background and has also competed in baseball, golf, and Division 1 collegiate soccer.
We talk about building connections between coaches and clients, understanding pacing, the success behind coaching, and many more.
Show Notes:
How to Connect with Marcus Filly:
Website: https://functional-bodybuilding.com/
Functional Bodybuilding Instagram: https://bit.ly/37mYkNL
Marcus Filly’s Instagram: https://bit.ly/3w8zvh4
Functional Bodybuilding Facebook: https://bit.ly/3KRZmiD
Marcus Filly’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/marcusfilly
Revival Strength Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revivalstrength/?hl=en
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Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
Rain Bennett is an independent international documentary filmmaker who creates projects focused on cultural or social issues, food, music, art, and health. He created the movie Raise Up: The World Is Our Gym to document the history of the art form and the new age of calisthenics. I’m beyond excited to chat with him today because I strongly believe in building bridges between disciplines to have a cross exchange of information and ideas. I appreciate the creativity, style, and expression of movement that calisthenics contributes to the fitness community.
Rain does a ton of consulting with businesses around storytelling to help them connect with their audiences and customers. He does a phenomenal job of translating his skillset in filmmaking and storytelling into actionable items for fitness professionals to use in this new age of technology.
Show Notes:
👋🏽 Connect with Rain Bennett:
Website: raiseupthemovie.com
Website: https://www.rainbennett.com/
Instagram: @rainbennett
Instagram: @raiseupthemovie
Facebook: B. Rain Bennett
LinkedIn: Rain Bennett
Twitter: Rain Bennett
Youtube: Rain Bennett
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Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
In this episode, I talk to Casey Jenks. He is the Co-Founder of True Coach which was recently acquired by TSG for an undisclosed eight-figure amount after only being founded in 2015.
True Coach is a technology platform built for coaches and gym owners that delivers individualized training programs to clients no matter where they are. Casey is also a former CrossFit gym owner, and outdoor enthusiast, and married to Lindsey Jenks who is the CEO & Founder of Macrostax.
We discuss finding potential clients, digging into remote coaching, how to use your time effectively, and more.
Show Notes:
How to Connect with Casey Jenks:
Website: https://truecoach.co/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/yeabuddy
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/38aK3Ej
Connect with me:
Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0pt
Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
In this episode, I talk to Sarah Loogman. She is a breath & movement specialist, an athlete/trainer, and a fitness/adventure writer, she is also the founder of Point One Vision, Full Armor, Exercise JOY LLC, and The Oahu Pentathlon.
We talk about different movements, working on the obliques, breathing experiments and so much more.
Show Notes:
How to Connect with Sarah Loogman:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahloogman/?hl=en
Website: https://14giftsandcounting.com/
Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/sarahloogman
Connect with me:
Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0pt
Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
Jim Crowell, CEO of OPEX Fitness, joins us today to talk business strategy. His background in Finance and Economics led him to play in the hedge fund world for years before successfully managing multiple fitness facilities in Pittsburgh. Today we discuss things like human behavior, storytelling, and implementing systems and strategies to make the individual design model work.
There’s a lot of great dialogue in this episode that makes me confident in saying you’d be SILLY to not listen to this one if you’re a fitness professional.
People don’t always want leaner, faster, and stronger. They want to be happier. How can you give that feeling to more people in your gym? We discuss the three pieces to the community, thoughts on how artificial intelligence will affect the fitness industry, social media strategy for coaches and gym owners, along so much more.
Show Notes:
👋🏽 Connect with Jim:
Instagram: @crowelljim
Facebook: Facebook
Website: jim@opexfit.com
Connect with me:
Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0pt
Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
In this episode, I talk to Bryce Smith. He is an entrepreneur, fitness athlete, and host of the Invictus Mindset Podcast. He holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology and a number of CrossFit Certifications. He is also a certified EMT and Firefighter with the LAFD. He began his coaching career as a student assistant strength and conditioning coach at California State University, Northridge, where he worked with a variety of teams.
Simultaneously while at Northridge, he also worked at Valley CrossFit before joining the Invictus Coaching Staff in 2014. He is a former division 1 college basketball player, professional basketball player overseas, and has been involved in the fitness industry since he was a youngster working out in his Dad’s garage.
We discuss Bryce’s journey at Invictus, finding the best coach, balancing the expectation of life, and a lot more.
Show Notes:
Connect with Bryce Smith:
Instagram: https://geni.us/P99PB8
Linktree: https://geni.us/K7UaON
Invictus Mindset Podcast w/ Bryce Smith:
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://geni.us/PVfFy
Watch on YouTube: https://geni.us/HsfLGtP
Connect with me:
Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0pt
Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
Dr. Irene Tobias joins us this week to drop more science! She is a PhD Biochemist and an MIT alumna who is a part of Dr. Andy Galpin’s team. In this episode, we dig into her specialty of research, which includes the study of a molecule called AMPK.
We also have some dialogue around female sex hormones and how it relates to performance and training. She shares a personal story about preserving fertility for those who are trying to pursue a career while balancing the idea of having kids. Her passion for science shines through in this conversation, which made this such an enjoyable conversation.
Show Notes:
Resources we may have talked about:
How to Connect with Irene Tobias:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrIreneTobias
CrossFit: https://games.crossfit.com/athlete/89213
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Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0pt
Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
Dr Andy Galpin joins us today to talk SCIENCE. He is a Professor of Kinesiology at the Center for Sports Performance at California State University, Fullerton. He has a PhD in Human Bioenergetics and is the founder and director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Laboratory.
Why do certain types of training programs work better than others? Why do certain people respond to certain types of training better than others?
Andy is a muscle scientist who studies muscle at the single-cell level all the way up to the performance to try to determine what happens in response to high intensity, high power, high velocity, high force exercise acutely and chronically.
He is best known for studying “human thriving”. What do we do to not just avoid being sick but how do we optimize? How do we thrive? He spends time examining those that do that so that we really understand what we’re shooting for in terms of optimal health and performance.
In this episode, we chat about things like why we think of science the wrong way, why hypertrophy training is so critical for long term development, the diabetes of dopamine, what happens when we eliminate all stress, and so much more.
I admire his skill for communicating such complex topics in laymen’s terms. His new book Unplugged is taking the best seller’s list by storm. Make sure you support the message by grabbing a copy and leaving a review on Amazon!
Show Notes:
👋🏽 Connect with Andy:
Website: http://www.andygalpin.com
Instagram: @drandygalpin
Connect with me:
Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0pt
Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
In this episode, I discuss how complex coaching is, the assessment phase, different approaches to coaching, and more.
Show Notes:
Connect with me:
Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0pt
Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
I am with Coach Travis Ewart in this episode, a gymnastics coach since 1996, Travis has coached competitive and recreational gymnastics at numerous clubs in both Northern and Southern California, producing winning teams, athletes of college scholarships, and has influenced thousands of happy kids, teens and young adults.
Prior to the 2015 CrossFit Games, Travis was approached by Invictus to give coaching to the Invictus Games team and athletes. He then fell in love with Invictus and the Sea of Green community and accepted the position of Gymnastics Specialist Coach in September of 2015. Travis now works with clients in-house from children to beginning-level adult athletes to CrossFit Games athletes. He runs gymnastics clinics, is online programming and support for Invictus Athlete and Invictus Masters online programs, and solely operates the Invictus Gymnastics Online Program.
Travis is also part of the Invictus Athlete Camp coaching staff, traveling with the industry’s top-level coaches and athletes globally to share his knowledge and appreciation of movement and gymnastics.
We discuss the preparations for athletes, how to improve muscle-ups, and more.
Show Notes:
How to Connect with Travis Ewart:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travis_ewart/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travis.ewart
Connect with me:
Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0pt
Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
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