Troy Beauregard: Athletes Upgraded

When it comes to being able to look at your business or problem, ignorance can be bliss. But once you find another way to look at things, maybe at a more granular level, then the problem of seeing things in a new way can have a dramatic impact on you.

Relating seasons to work and how some days are easy with others being brutal

In this episode I talk about my own struggles with closet eating and how I feel it may impact so many more than people might think. I use my own experience to hopefully guide you through some of the same processes that have helped me hopefully help you break free of closet eating.

We live in a world now where distractions are everywhere we carry them in our pocket and they’re everywhere we look. I’m gonna show you how to fight through some of that so you can be even more productive this year and every year after.

With all the distractions that have happened in 2020 I talk about how to get focussed and learn what your superpower is so you can finally use it to your advantage in 2021

Not many people have been able to make complex nutrition topics feel so accessible through memes like Mr Cogfit. He combines his degree in philosophy with a high level of nutrition knowledge for a very real approach to complex topics. We have some good laughs and and have some fun with the industry.

Bridget Fauteaux is a Registered Nutritional Therapist who’s focus is on those in the fitness industry. We talk about how the fitness industry profits off of your insecurities, how to begin to cope with eating disorders and she give some great takeaways for non-scale victories when it comes to weight loss. Great eye opener to just how we approach dieting and the long term effects it can have on us. Have a listen!

YOU GET CREATINE AND YOU GET CREATINE AND EVERYONE GETS CREATINE!!!!! Dr. Scott Forbes is a nutrition researcher with a focus on creatine. We talk about how safe Creatine is from infants to the elderly and how it may benefit everything from performance, muscle gain, fat loss, strength and even mental health!

Awesome laidback conversation with the man that literally wrote the book high protein diets and the supplements we know today! Dr Antonio asked me the most profound question I’ve ever been asked!

🚀 Unlock Explosive Athletic Performance: Mastering Rate of Force Development (RFD) 🚀Want to sprint faster, jump higher, and dominate your competition? It all comes down to Rate of Force Development (RFD)—the key to unlocking elite explosiveness, acceleration, and power. In this episode of Athlete’s Upgraded, Troy Beauregard, CISSN, breaks down exactly how to train for rapid force application, why strength alone isn’t enough, and how to structure your workouts for maximum speed and explosiveness.🎯 Here’s what you’ll learn:✅ What RFD is and why it’s critical for performance✅ How sprinters, jumpers, and power athletes optimize force application✅ The science behind explosive jump training, dynamic effort lifting, and overspeed training✅ Why overcoming isometrics are a game-changer for RFD development✅ How to combine these methods for maximum athletic gains🔥 Whether you’re a basketball player, sprinter, fighter, or any explosive athlete, this is the episode that will take your performance to the next level.🔊 Listen now, apply the knowledge, and start dominating!📢 Share this with a teammate or coach who needs to hear it!#SportsScience #AthletePerformance #Explosiveness #SpeedTraining #StrengthTraining #RFD #SportsTraining #AthletesUpgraded

Episode Title:The Conjugate Method: A Practical Approach to Strength Training for AthletesEpisode Description:In this episode of Athletes Upgraded, Troy Beauregard, CISSN, takes a deep dive into the Conjugate Method—one of the most effective strength training systems for advanced athletes.You’ll learn:✅ How to apply sports science data to real-world training✅ Why simplicity beats complexity in strength programming✅ The biggest mistakes coaches make when designing programs✅ How to structure heavy and dynamic effort days for optimal gains✅ How to balance strength, power, and velocity-based trainingWhether you’re an athlete, coach, or sports science nerd, this episode cuts through the fluff and delivers practical, results-driven strategies to get stronger, faster, and more explosive.Hit play, take notes, and start training smarter. 🚀

So many athletes chase “elite” training methods before mastering the fundamentals—and it’s killing their progress. In this episode of Athletes Upgraded, Troy Beauregard, CISSN breaks down why movement competency is king, how to use warm-ups for skill development, and why strength training won’t slow you down (but skipping it will).You’ll learn:✅ How to build strength without sacrificing speed✅ Why most warm-ups are a waste of time—and how to fix them✅ How to balance strength, power, and sprint work for maximum performance✅ A simple training structure that works for any athleteForget the gimmicks—this is real, science-backed training that gets results. Hit play and level up. 🚀

In this episode, I go over everything that has gone on for the past year as there’s been many changes and many advancements in exactly what we’ve done. I touch on expanding the use of technology in our facility by using few to max testing, muscle oxygen, saturation sensors, spirometry, and a combination of hardware and software at a level never before seen in our area.

I get into what we’ve been up to with businesses and all the things we’ve done over the past few months. From opening our gym, partnering for an amazing new venture and some exciting new things!

Someone figured out how to use exploding dinosaur juice to get us to go from point a to point b and over 200mph. You can figure out how to lose weight!

My rant on trainers with no knowledge of athlete development.

Stop making yourself sick with non-action. Sometime doing nothing has bigger consequences that chasing your goal. Execute on what you want.

You should have a huge goal for something to shoot for it can be anything like losing 50-100 lbs or adding 100 lbs on your bench press. But does your work ethic, diet, rest and priority list match your ambitions?

One of the least talked about subjects when it comes to getting huge is frequency. Our bodies love to do things more often and here’s a simple trick for you to build up to training more often and getting more out of your training week. Dr Mike Israetel has doing amazing research on Maximum Recoverable Volume and how important it is. You can find his research and other really great articles here: https://renaissanceperiodization.com/mike-israetel/