Vigor Life Podcast

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EP101: Netflix Nutrition Documentaries, Anti-Inflammation Diets, Coaching Nutrition and Biz Success Insights Q&A Mar 12, 2020

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Is your life Groundhog Day? Well it might be the secret to your nutrition success. In this episode I answer your questions about nutrition. I also share my coaching method and tips for how to answer clients questions surrounding things like Netflix nutrition documentaries, anti-inflammation diets, what's best and how to succeed in a big box coaching environment. Tune in as I dive deep into these subjects and give useful coaching and communication principles. I also deliver some deep food for thought to help you address yourself and biases you may not even know that you have. Let's go. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The 3 things ALL successful athletes, entrepreneurs, and straight up winners, focus on, and what you MUST focus on to achieve your goals. Why your days are probably not inspiring on the daily and look more like Groundhog Day; and why that's a GREAT thing. What to do when a client comes to you with advice from a Netflix documentary or a friend and wants to change their diet against your advice. What to say and the questions to ask to turn any crucial conversation on nutrition with your clients around. The weakness that you have to drop if you’re going to become the greatest coach you can be. Anti-inflammatory diets and what you really need to focus on first. I break down the 3 levels of importance including some supplements that help. The biggest mistake you’re making as a coach and how to fix it. Methods to get clients to add and subtract calories throughout their day without overwhelm. How to differentiate yourself as a coach and grow your business in a big box gym or as an independent contractor. I'm also dive into details surrounding a special promotion that I'm running to celebrate passing my own 100th episode milestone. In honor I'm giving away some awesome books, supplements, and other goodies. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Book: Change Maker Academy - Turn Your Passion for Health and Fitness into a Powerful Purpose and a Wildly Successful Career: https://www.amazon.com/Change-Maker-Passion-Powerful-Successful/dp/1948836556/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=change+maker&qid=1583959173&sr=8-2 Book: Coach To Coach - An Empowering Story About How To Be A Great Leader: https://www.amazon.com/Coach-Empowering-Story-About-Leader/dp/1119662192/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=coach+to+coach&qid=1583960157&sr=8-1 Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback that you’d like to share? Leave me a review on iTunes.

EP100: A Man’s Guide to Living More Powerfully and Purposefully w/ Mike Desanti & Steve Krebs Feb 20, 2020

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I have been friends with Mike and Steve for years. Mike being one of my closest, and Steve a close friend and business partner for over a decade. We’ve all been through a lot in our lives – messing things up, and learning the hard way. Thankfully we continued to take the lessons, ask for help, and dedicate ourselves to improving and growing. So much so that we've made coaching others to a better place—whether in fitness, business, or life—part of our careers. The conversation I wanted to have with these men was one of how to navigate the current world for men, and live a powerful, purposeful and fulfilled life in every way. It just so happens that Mike’s book “New Man Emerging” came out not long ago and it’s dives heavily into that exact topic – which opened up the conversation to not only our thoughts and experiences surrounding the subject, but also the book and how it guide’s men to improving every area of their life. In this episode—which also happens to be our 100th—we share our stories and insights to help you overcome the struggles you may be facing in your life. Let's go. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 1. What made Mike get up in the middle of the night and start writing a book about men living a powerful, purposeful and fulfilled life 2. What it means to be a powerful man in today’s world 3. The key to shifting just about everything in your life, and how to take the first step to make that shift. 4. Why pain shared is pain divided and happiness shared is happiness multiplied, and why we must share to connect. 5. Why being powerful is NOT being forceful. We discuss the difference. 6. Why communication is a catalyst to being powerful and influencing yourself, your partner, family, teams and community. 7. Why all the things in life don’t mean s@*t without relationships, and how important it is to recognize this. 8. Why deliberate practice and building a skillset in THESE areas is crucial to your success. 9. Why having the right tribe is essential (not a “good to have”) when it comes to a purposeful and fulfilled life. 10. How to re-shape the narrative of being successful in your career and believing it will carry over to other areas of life (don’t be defined just by what you produce) 11. The reason working harder may not be the solution. 12. No one is successful on their own and the reason why the “self-made man” mindset is killing your relationships, career, and your health. 13. How the industrial revolution changed the way families operate and why we must find a way back to better connections and conversations. 14. How to know if you're holding yourself back because of the fear of judgements from others and how to change it. 15. Why you should “Collect role models” to get a pathway to becoming the man you want to be. 16. If your narrative is that relationships don’t work, and people leave, then your behaviors will match that. And much, much more. This is a full on episode. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Mike Desanti: https://newmanemerging.com/ Mike Desanti Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike_desanti/ Book: A New Man Emerging - An Awakening Man’s Guide To Living A Life of Purpose, Passion, Freedom & Fulfillment (Mike Desanti): https://amzn.to/2T53DGG Book: Conversations with God (Neale Donald Walsch): https://amzn.to/2HBIZbx Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/

EP100: A Man’s Guide to Living More Powerfully, Purposefully, and Fulfilled w/ Mike Desanti & Steve Krebs Feb 19, 2020

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I have been friends with Mike and Steve for years. Mike being one of my closest, and Steve a close friend and business partner for over a decade. We’ve all been through a lot in our lives – messing things up big time, and learning the hard way. Thankfully we continued to take the lessons, ask for help, and dedicate ourselves to improving and growing. So much so that we've made coaching others to a better place—whether in fitness, business, or life—part of our careers. The conversation I wanted to have with these men was one of how to navigate the current world for men, and live a powerful, purposeful and fulfilled life in every way. It just so happens that Mike’s book “New Man Emerging” came out not long ago and it’s dives heavily into that exact topic – which opened up the conversation to not only our thoughts and experiences surrounding the subject, but also the book and how it guide’s men to improving every area of their life. In this episode—which also happens to be our 100th—we share our stories, insights, mess ups, and the wisdom we have learned as a result of them to help you overcome the struggles you may be facing in your life. Let's go. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: What made Mike get up in the middle of the night and start writing a book about men living a powerful, purposeful and fulfilled life. What it means to be a powerful man in today’s world. The key to shifting just about everything in your life, and how to take the first step to make that shift. Why pain shared is pain divided and happiness shared is happiness multiplied, and why we must share to connect. Why being powerful is NOT being forceful. We discuss the difference. Why communication is a catalyst to being powerful and influencing yourself, your partner, family, teams and community. Why all the things in life don’t mean s@*t without relationships, and how important it is to recognize this. Why deliberate practice and building a skillset in THESE areas is crucial to your success. Why having the right tribe is essential (not a “good to have”) when it comes to a purposeful and fulfilled life. How to re-shape the narrative of being successful in your career and believing it will carry over to other areas of life (don’t be defined just by what you produce) The reason working harder may not be the solution. No one is successful on their own and the reason why the “self-made man” mindset is killing your relationships, career, and your health. How the industrial revolution changed the way families operate and why we must find a way back to better connections and conversations. How to know if you're holding yourself back because of the fear of judgements from others and how to change it. Why you should “Collect role models” to get a pathway to becoming the man you want to be. If your narrative is that relationships don’t work, and people leave, then your behaviors will match that. And much, much more. This is a full on episode. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Mike Desanti: https://newmanemerging.com/ Mike Desanti Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike_desanti/ Book: A New Man Emerging - An Awakening Man’s Guide To Living A Life of Purpose, Passion, Freedom & Fulfillment (Mike Desanti): https://amzn.to/2T53DGG Book: Conversations with God (Neale Donald Walsch): https://amzn.to/2HBIZbx Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback that you’d like to share? Leave me a review on iTunes.

EP099: A Language and Communication to Help Your Coaching and Client Transformations (and Yourself) Feb 12, 2020

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After over a decade of working with clients from all walks—as well as

EP099: A Language and Communication to Help Your Coaching and Client Transformations (and Yourself) Feb 12, 2020

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After over a decade of working with clients from all walks—as well as consoling fit pro’s—has taught me that the “You can do it!” rah rah approach doesn’t work, most of the time. This fact was also affirmed in my years of studying coaching, change psychology, behavior change, environmental sciences, pedagogy and communication. So what does work? It's simple. Having a better approach to coaching. Telling clients what to do and then saying, "they're not committed" when they don't do it doesn't solve your problem, it creates one. In this episode I share the insights that do solve it. I dive into everything from the language and communication style I use with my clients to get them the greatest results, to the five things you MUST do if you’re going to be the best coach, communicator and leader. If you're a coach in any capacity this is a must listen. Let's go. IN THIS EPISODE: 1. Your client’s aren’t making “bad choices” – I explain what's really happening and how to fix it 2. The reason all your knowledge in fitness and nutrition won’t help if you don’t understand and eliminate this ONE thing from your clients perception 3. How to help your clients eliminate the roadblock that are holding them back 4. The exact language to use to keep your clients from putting up walls that prevent you from coaching them 5. What you have to do first before becoming the most effective coach in any area. This one will surprise you 6. Why expectations and agreements are a MUST in any gym program 7. Sentence stemming and how using it can help you unlock your clients “next step” for them 8. An exercise that will allow you to help your clients overcome their fears 9. The coaching super power most lack and how I stumbled upon a little known way to develop it 10. The judgment check and why you’re most likely judging your clients out of results 11. The power of making each session memorable and how to make it happen LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.VigorGroundFitness.com Book: You Are Not Your Brain - The 4 Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life (Jeffrey Schwartz): https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Not-Your-Brain/dp/1583334831/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508833146&sr=8-1&keywords=you+are+not+your+brain Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VigorGroundFitness/ Book: Conversations with God: https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-God-Neale-Donald-Walsch/dp/0340693258/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1508833393&sr=1-3&keywords=conversations+with+god Vigor Life Podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2

EP098: Lessons in Coaching and Athlete Development from 25 Years in Strength and Conditioning Feb 03, 2020

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Vigor partnered with National Rugby Champions, the Seattle Seawolves a little over a year a go. A partnership that led me to meeting Chris Tombs, the team's Strength and Conditioning Coach. Chris has worked with elite players in rugby for almost two decades and has a reputation for developing players at the highest level – enabling them to withstand the test of time, and have long fruitful careers. Over the past year I have had the pleasure of getting to know Chris on a deeper level, and decided that it was time to get him on the podcast. During our discussion Chris shares the lessons he's learned in his 25 years as a Strength and Conditioning. He shares his insights around building trust with clients, the different phases of development, program design, how to become a great coach, and so much more. In this episode you’ll get wisdom from one of the world's great Strength and Conditioning coaches. Wisdom that, if applied to your coaching, will save you from making a lot of mistakes in your own career. Not to mention help you withstand the test of time, and differentiate yourself as an elite coach. Let's go. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 1. How Chris got started with one of the best rugby teams in the world. 2. Why years working as a personal trainer helped Chris become one of the world's great Strength and Conditioning coaches. 3. How Chris got into training world-class athletes. He shares the foundation that led him there. 4. Why percentage based training is dead and what makes much more sense. 5. The 4 quadrants of athlete/client development and how it applies to pretty much everyone. 6. A big reason why the sets, reps, time under temp, rest periods, etc. in your nicely organized program design spreadsheet may be a waste of time. 7. “Physical preparedness is not the event.” We discuss the meaning behind this statement, and why you need to understand it when training your clients. 8. The definition of VBT (Velocity Based Training) and how can it be used with any client to get better results and create a better overall training experience. 9. The importance of mindset, recovery, nutrition, how they can nudge results forward, and why we must focus on them. 10. What Chris means by “stimulus for the day” and how to apply it to anyone’s program to make it simple. 11. why if you add something to your program you have to take something away and why not doing this is a big mistake. 12. The biggest insights for up and coming coaches. And much more. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Chris Tombs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christombs71/ Seattle Seawolves Rugby: http://www.seattleseawolves.com/ Seattle Seawolves Rugby Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seawolvesrugby/ Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.vigorgroundfitness.com/ Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/

EP098: Lessons in Coaching, Program Design and Athlete Development from 25 Years in Strength and Conditioning w/ Chris Tombs Feb 03, 2020

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Chris has worked with elite players in rugby for almost two decades and has a reputation for developing players at the highest level – enabling them to withstand the test of time, and have long fruitful

EP097: The Sleep Coach’s Strategies to Supercharge Your Results and Transform Your Body and Life w/ Nick Lambe Jan 07, 2020

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Years ago I crashed and burned. The cause of my burnout was a decade of working like crazy and not sleeping enough… to the tune of 3-4 hours a night. This led me to go to the doctor and get tests done. The results

EP097: The Sleep Coach’s Strategies to Supercharge Your Results and Transform Your Body and Life Jan 07, 2020

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Years ago I crashed and burned. The cause of my burnout was a decade of working like crazy and not sleeping enough... to the tune of 3-4 hours a night. This led me to go to the doctor and get tests done. The results of those tests led me to overhaul my health and prioritize sleep. I’ve done a podcast on sleep before, but when I heard Nick Lambe's talk at an event we were both speaking at, I knew I needed to bring him on the show. Nick spends the most of his time coaching clients on how to fix their sleep patterns. Sleep—more specifically, getting enough sleep—is an important topic that, for many of you, may be the single most important thing you can do to help your health, wellness, performance, and happiness in 2020. In this episode Nick and I talk about the real world ways you can help improve sleep, the real dangers of not sleeping enough, as well as the practical tactics and strategies that Nick uses to get results for his clients. We also talk about how coaches can (and should) educate themselves on the importance of sleep. In particular, how to help improve the sleep patterns of their clients. This episode will give you strategies that will not only benefit your life, but also help you get better results, and become more valuable to your clients. Let's go. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 1. How Nick, a strength and conditioning coach, became a sleep coach. 2. How improving your sleep will improve every area of your life and make you a better and nicer person. 3. How to know if you're putting enough emphasis on sleep. 4. Why most chronic sleep issues are behavioural, but can start with a life event such as an injury, new career or stress. We discuss how to overcome the issue so that it doesn't become a pattern. 5. How thoughts can affect your sleep and create a vicious cycle of insomnia. 6. Why people are affected by sleep and the practical lessons you can apply to your life to change bad sleep patterns into good ones. We give some powerful real world examples which you will be able to apply to your life. 7. Why sleep MUST be coached to clients and not just given to them as a “sleep hygiene” list. 8. Why what you associate your bedroom with is critical for quality sleep. Learn the “2S” acronym that is the only thing you should be using it for. 9. Blue screens aren’t as bad as we think. Nick shares what you should really focus on. 10. The 3 big reasons you should get rid of your sleeping pills now! 11. Powerful and practical insights that can improve your sleep fast. And much more. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Nick Lambe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theonlinesleepcoach/ Sleep Coaching Workshop: www.sleepcoachcourse.com/event-details/1-day-sleep-coaching-workshop Sleep Coaching Course: https://www.sleepcoachcourse.com Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.vigorgroundfitness.com/ Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/

EP096: Program Design Insights to Build Muscle, Strength and Performance for Life w/ Dr. John Rusin Dec 26, 2019

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I've known Dr. John Rusin for over 6 years now – both as a friend and colleague. In that time I've had the pleasure of hosting John at four events, including the PPSC certification – which brought together 110 coaches from all over the world. In 2020 John's Pain Free Performance Training Certification course will be certifying close to 5,000 coaches all over the world because it straight up works. I love talking with John on the podcast because it's a chance for us to catch up and discuss how our thinking and experience around training has evolved. In particular, what we do with clients to get the absolute best results. In this episode I talk to John about sequencing, quality of reps, the structure of a great training session, rep ranges, pump work, and everything in between. Expect some great insights that will help you improve the training and coaching of your clients as well as your own training. Let's go. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 1. How to use John’s P4 model (Prepare, Prime, Perform, Pump) in your own training to maximize gains 2. The biggest mistake people make when taking a one dogmatic approach to their training 3. The definition of the “meathead de-load” and why you’re probably doing it (and why you shouldn’t!) 4. What a true max effort method lift is and how you can rotate exercises and reps for maximal results and pain-free performance 5. Why you should only “sprinkle in” true max effort reps and have them be absolutely pristine 6. Why the volume in a program should come from pain-free volume in the supplement and assistance work in training 7. Why the KEY to working on your reps is based on your daily performance NOT on structured percentages (we reveal some methods we use) 8. Why it’s not the smartest training 4 big lifts in the 1-5 rep range in the same session and what ranges to use 9. How to use energy system training to enhance your recovery and bring your lifts up (yes, cardio can bring your lifts up!) 10. Novelty and why it’s so important for buy in – as well as getting better results 11. How to make a BIG difference with “slight variations” in your daily training programs and how it addresses the dynamic stability 12. How to de-construct the program for someone that has been in pain and switch it up so they get stronger and build muscle pain-free 13. How to apply tools, methods, and exercises you like into your programming and STILL stick to the principles that will help you succeed with your training And much, much more. LINKS AND RESOURCES Dr. John Rusin: https://drjohnrusin.com/ Pain Free Performance Training: https://getppsc.com/ Dr. John Rusin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjohnrusin/ Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.vigorgroundfitness.com/ Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/

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