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Mac has been a coach for a long time and worked his way up the ranks as a strength and conditioning coach at UofG starting from an intern and ultimately becoming a key player in that schools S&C department as the assistant coach and head strength coach for mens and women's volleyball and basketball at the university around the time of covid Mac left to pursue a private practice in strength and conditioning in Guelph coaching athletes at all levels as well as people looking to improve there health and fitness.
This week I get back into it with a solo podcast about a topic I have been talking with clients about a lot lately and I have been evolving my own practices with and this pertains mostly to personal training and what always is sold in it is weigth loss. Now I get it not everyone speaks gym rat however, the messages that are out there are so extreme its no wonder clients heads feel like they're gonna explode and their anxious. When the scale is used as a major metric and nothing else it doesn't create a proper or lasting change it also sets very unrealistic at times expectations towards goals and when focusing just on the scale it creates a lot of stress and focus on weight and image the one bad thing a bout the scale is it goes up and down a lot and is a good trend metric but not to see if change is happening you need to link it with a few different metrics to capture exactly what is happening.
This episode is very in depth I sit down with Cruz a trainer for 5 years plus and a elite level natural bodybuilder who has competed at the national level. We talk about how training as a natty is different but you many people that are natural are capable of much more then they will put themselves through. We end up diving down the motivation habit hole a bit in terms of what makes people tick when trying to get in shape.
Cruz has pivoted successfully his in person pt to online pt and has a lot of very good insight into how to get started on it and make the choice to just start, in his words the market isn't that saturated there is a couple billion ppl in the world and with online you can reach clients from allover so you have a endless potential of people you can help!
Cruz and many other fitness pros are singling a shift in the industry and the outlook and I personally believe it is much needed. Focusing on health and sustainable practices to achieve reasonable results as efficiently and affectively as they possibly can.
If your looking to get started on your fitness journey or pivot your business give this a listen!
Josh has been the head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Guelph for 7 years and has spent a few years at the D1 level in the NCCA with two different basketball programs and has worked with Canada basketball and many other teams over his career. I sit down with Josh to break down some very common misconceptions about the industry and get the views of a veteran coach.
Josh has a lot of great insights into many things in including autmony of clients and atlhetes and how the coaching process is a process and not a set of rules exactly laid out as such. As well as some great takes on specificity in a strength and conditioning program and what roll strength should play in it.
Josh also has some very good advice for those industry when it comes to longevity and your own and managing life when your a strength coach or fitness professional. Be sure to have a listen to this podcast a lot of valuable information in here
took some time this week to do a solo podcast, to give listeners some more background on myself and how I got into the industry I have been around gyms for a long time and been training clients in some shape or from for 10 years now. 5 of those are full-time coaching without school or other things getting in the way. I feel that I'm in a place as a coach that I'm moving up the chain and have a solid level of knowledge there is still room to grow and refine always, but I'm at a place now in the food chain that I can speak on things with experience and be able to hopefully guide future coaches forward and elevate the standard of the industry greatly in the private side of things. Ie the non traditional strength coach work place.
I have been fortunate to spend a lot of time around some really great coaches and have been able to lean from each of them but also spin off to my own approach I'm not a mimi or copy of any one coach but a mix of all of them. This is where I think new coaches flatter they try to emulate other coaches to much lean from them and dive in but make it your own training isn't black and white it is a art and a science.
Clive is a Chiropractor in Burlington, and has been in fitness a very very long time. know for his memes and sense of humour as well as his ability to treat patients with a holistic approach that gets them out of pain and back there sport or daily routine fast. Clive has a passion for barbell sports and that is one of the reasons why a big part of his practice is trying to help powerlifters, bodybuilders and crossfires fix injuries that have been hindering them for a while. Clive lays out some of the fundamentals that you as a barbell sport athlete should be looking to not only perform better in the gym but also prevent injury and ensure you feel better outside the gym as well. If your lifter that's looking to improve there movement capabilities or have a history of injuries check this out .
Samir has been in the industry for many years starting out at Goodlife and then progressing over the years to his own business working for himself as a freelance trainer. Samir focuses greatly on training the general population and focuses on fitness and fat loss, using a combination of habit and lifestyle modifications and macro tracking/calorie counting approaches. In this podcast we talk about how things for fatness really arent super complex however there are many different ways to accomplish this goal. Some being not very optimal for the client. Anyone struggling with starting the weight loss journey or trainers looking to improve there approach to fatloss I highly recommend listening to this podcast.
Kobi has a very extensive background in many different fields and has a degree in kinesiology and health promotion from Sheridan and has started many small businesses as well as experience working in the health field as well as being competitive powerlifter and spending some time being a strength and conditioning coach. I sat down with Kobi to get a sense of what sort of things fitness pros could do to help manage they're bottom line through the pandemic and juggle the ups and downs that the industry puts on those who choose fitness as a career path. The advice given is very clear and simple. As nothing is ever really as complex as it seems.
Jason is a long time trainer and current owner of a independent gym Tempo Performance and Fitness in the GTA. Jason has worked in fitness in may different capicitees as a trainer and as a gym owner. He was also a DJ and promoter that was very well known in the local ninth life. We talk about how all these experiences guiding him towards the ultimate dream he had of opening a gym. As well as how they are managing to keep a gym going during all the very difficult times the fitness industry in the GTA particularly has faced being in a forced to close state for almost 9 months since covid has been affecting our lives in march of 2019.
As Jason put it fitness is for everybody no matter what your goal is you can be a part of the fitness community once you find a vehicle that is comfortable to you. The hardest part for most people is just making the first steps and going to a great environment is a great way to achieve that level of success.
Dan North is a veteran trainer in the GTA working with a variety of clients in person for many years, and over the last little while has transitioned to a very well known online fitness trainer. We discuss how Dan got to that point in his career over a 10 year period. We come to some pretty solid conclusions on what it takes to progress in the fitness industry. It is not a fancy degree or a hot body it is a passion for what you do and helping others to better themselves, chasing a pay cheque will most definitely insure a short lived career or a very frustrating one.
If your looking to become an online trainer or just looking for some insight into how to be a better coach this is a definitely a must listen episode of the podcast.
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This week I sat down with Alastair MacNicol a veteran of the Canadian and international lifting scene, with almost 2 decades of training and competition experience as a lifter competing in over 40 competitions and counting in his career. Coaching lifters from every level from local lifters to a few world champions and national/world record holders. Alastair has competed in some of the most perstigues powerlifting meets in North America, and is a consistent sight at top level meets in Canada. Often times in the hunt for a big lift or total, or if he's lucky hit a pr on his favourite lift the squat.
So many amazing rants and insights form Alastair on this episode if you are a powerlifter you must give this a listen, no matter what level of lifter you are there is for sure something you can take form Alastair.
Nick has been a coach for quite some time in powerlifting and has coached many lifters form the beginners to international record breakers and everyone in between. He is one of the coaches on the elite team of coaches for strength atlhetes at kodiak barbell. They are a fairly newly formed coaching company that is bring some big things to the strength sport world in terms of coaching. especially in the online space. With a stacked team of elite coaches from across Canada.
We discuss many topics on powerlifting and the process to becoming not only a great lifter but how to become a outstanding coach. Something that isn't talked about too much In the powerlifting world and there is no real standard or marker of entry to being one. There many great points raised in this podcast too many highlight here so give it a listen it is definitely one to listen to.
This week we have a jam packed episode on nutrition talking about my own full circle journey with nutrition. How it has shaped my out-look and approach, to guiding and coaching clients through there journey. I'm joined by my client; and up and coming JR lifter Chealse on this episode as the co-host. We go over the differences in nutrition for different types of clients and how many different approaches. My phlioshpy on training and diet and ppl who say one is more important. " you can out train a bad diet, but you also can't out diet no training" really hammers home what I'm about as a nutrition coach and trainer. Hope you enjoy this format!
This week I sat down with Joe Laidlaw a top level trainer and co founder of stronger now coaching. We talk about his journey to becoming a trainer, and his thoughts on the age old debate in the industry does a trainer need a degree? We also go over how he pivoted with his business partner to in the face of a pandemic with his business partner extremely quickly, and what the future is for personal training. With the online space being a huge driver for the industry and a major shift a way form the old methods and models to personal training. If your a new trainer or looking for inspiration to adjust your business during the pandemic this a must listen to episode.
This week have another health professional from the clinical setting on the podcast. I sat down with Aaron Shad a Sheridan college alumni like myself and talked shop on the area of massage therapy. Aaron is a practicing RMT in Waterloo at care-space he has been in his practice for over a year. He shares some very good in-depth insight into the field of massage therapy the connections between the disciplines. He talks about the need for education in what a massage therapist can actually do and their scoop of practice. A very interesting episode so be sure to give it a listen and hit subscribe.
This week we have Dr.Rob on the podcast Dr.rob is the owner of project health and performance. He is one of the top chiropractors locally and someone who has treated me through powerlifting and was a part of my success and progression as a lifter and helping me to move pain free and more freely after powerlifting which is no easy task given how hard I push my body to achieve huge lifts. We talk about his philosophy towards his practice, and powerlifting and many other things definitely a great podcast with a ton of very solid information.
this week we have Lisa Wood on the podcast. Lisa is a veteran of the industry which many would say based on age doesn't make sense, Lisa has been in the industry since high school. And has always been involved in sports and athletics. Training with the boys in her wrestling team, she transitioned that too powerlifting and without knowing it at the time got to a top level very fast. She is now in her final year of RMT at mohawk and has big plans with her future business growth. She also gives a ton of great advice to females looking to get into the industry and into the gym. you don't want to miss this podcast!
This week I sit down with long term client and forge member Joey Cahgais. Joey has a very interesting back story being a pharmacist he left his career after a few years in it to pursue a career in fitness. Joey has competed in bodybuilding and is currently on journey to get a pro card in the next few seasons. Look for more episodes with joey in the future discussing more things fitness related.
My Frist full length episode! its on you guessed it powerlifting, I go over the approach I take in general to programing powerlifting and some of the concepts behind my approach. This is the first of many weekly episodes if you would like to be featured or have some ideas for a episode feel free to contact me!
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