Today we detail how our facilities have navigated COVID-19 and our suggestions for how you can safely and properly get back into training after a lay off!

This week we sit down with two of our S3 Student Athletes—Trace and Dylan—to discuss everything from training in the time of restrictions due to COVID to navigating the recruitment process of collegiate athletics!

You want to hear three dudes talk about coaching, recovery, horses, and one of them go on and on about feet? This week is for you.

On this weeks episode we're joined by Brian Dunn of the Life Well Dunn podcast and waste no time getting right to it! With the world still reeling and dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this has brought up a number of questions for the strength and health community. Primarily, where do we go from here? What does all of this mean for the health space going forward? And how do we as coaches learn to pivot and adjust to this new landscape?

This week we're joined by S&C Coach Daniel Brown! Daniel is an Army veteran who left his corporate job to go all in on Coaching and his commitment to the profession shows. We cover a lot of topics this week from implementing the Conjugate Method for training, how he worked his way into coaching full-time, and why it's important to burn the boats behind you when you finally take the leap! Listen now!

This week we're joined by Strength & Conditioning coach and long time martial arts practitioner, John Durrett. We talk all things interning as a coach, what the early years of making it as a coach often look like, and what it looks like to train fighters from the amateur to professional level! 

On this weeks episode we welcome Darren Hansen, owner, founder, and operator of Hansen Athletics. Darren is a long time athlete who turned his attention towards coaching to help others learn how to move well, develop themselves physically and mentally, and improve both their quality of life and on-field performance! This week we cover how to develop buy-in from athletes and clients, coaching development and education, and what separates top tier coaches from the rest of the industry! Darren believes in the power of human development and as you'll hear, when you have a client in your weight room, you as a coach have the opportunity to not only help them improve the number of pounds on the bar or time off their sprint, but also connect with them as what they are: a human. Coaches are in a unique position to have a daily impact on those that trust them with their training, which begs the question: what kind of impact are you having and can you do more? Listen NOW! 

This week we welcome Dean Leber of Rebel Coaching! Dean has worked with everyone from CrossFit athletes at the highest level, all the way to people just looking to be healthy and move well. We work our way through one very important question this week: what is the difference between GPP (General Physical Preparedness) and actually training to Compete? What are the major misconceptions surrounding what training to be competitive in sport actually takes? What does it take? Hint: the answer isn't "just do more volume." This is a big one, especially within the functional fitness community. Coaches have a responsibility that goes beyond simply programming. We have to educate, inform, and help people decipher what direction/result they're truly after. How do we dig into an athletes "why"? How do we help them navigate and decide how far they want to go competitively? When someone in a class setting is applying performance pressure on themselves--when all they're after is GPP--how do we walk the tight rope of helping them develop skills they wish to have, while also informing them why those skills won't provide them the most bang for their buck? As it turns out, all of this comes down to a pretty common theme, but one coaches unfortunately miss a lot: Intent.  Listen NOW!

On this episode we go down the pain rabbit hole and discuss all things pain related! How do people interpret it? How do we know if there's already a problem or is there about to be one? We of course discuss rehab and recovery from injuries and how to properly lead clients through the recovery process... Nick has a very clear cut and concise approach to training and getting people out of pain. So, stop reading and start listening, NOW!

This week I sat down with TrueForm Running head trainer Zack Nagle and we talk all things running! Listen as we dive into the distinctions between speed and distance training, what the general population needs to understand about how to properly get into running, and why there's more to it then just lacing up your shoes and taking off. As always we also get into the Coaches Journey, how to garner buy-in from trainees, and much much more! Listen NOW!