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Working in the fitness industry since 2001, Luan Nguyen runs Wheelhouse Academy, a Strength & Conditioning gym in Birmingham, AL. Wheelhouse Academy was born out of the notion of building a supportive community that empowers people to learn the benefits of exercising the right way, teaching its members to balance the intensity of their workouts for maximum performance when it is needed most. Gyms should be inclusive and provide positive energy all cultivated through the social support of the community and staff. With this aim, we have attracted a group of incredibly supportive members who lift each other up and empower one another to work harder and smarter. Wheelhouse Radio is a dive into the lives of these individuals. To learn their stories, learn about their "wheelhouse" and what they do to stay on top. Of course we will have topics on fitness, strength building, olympic weightlifting, nutrition, recovery as well as community event specific to the academy.
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Strap in for an incredible episode with my friend Kelsey. She's practiced Nutrition since 2011 after her degree in dietetics and Masters in Functional Medicine and Clinical Nutrition. (There's a much longer list of her accomplishments including blood chemistry analysis courses, functional diagnostic nutritionist and advanced thyroid practitioner.)Kelsey is the founder of Pro-Fit, a company who's aim is to help people through functional medicine. She helps clients ranging from busy moms, young...
Eric shares about touring the world with a band to eventually settling his roots deep in the heart of Avondale by creating a non-profit in Firehouse Community Arts Center.Firehouse CAC is dedicated to the enrichment of Birmingham's musical community, offering music education programs with scholarship opportunities for the underserved students. Finally, we get to learn about his latest project, Runnin' on Insulin, a 10k fundraiser dedicated to Camp Seale Harris on Sat Sept 23rd. Catc...
Listeners, meet the incredible Ellie Hiller. A Birmingham native, former college athlete, current high end competitive CrossFitter and owner of Vulcan Nutrition (VN), a nutrition company that works with cleient's needs on a one-on-one level. Based out of Birmingham, Ellie and her team at VN curates and helps manage an approach to food and eating that is personalized for each individual. They work with the full spectrum of clientele ranging from those who are brand new to health and...
Coach Faye and I dive into the history or our anniversary party, The Whammys. From why and how it got started to why and how it is changing for this year as we celebrate our 6 year anniversary and the people that make up this place. Thanks for listening! Thank you for the training!@luan.n.nguyen@loveletterlily@wheelhouse.academyContact Wheelhouse Academy Instagram: @wheelhouse.academy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wheelhouse.academybham Website: https://www.wheelhouse.academy Em...
After dropping out of college, Micah moved to North Carolina to chase a dream: to open and operate a fitness facility. Looking back at his decade in the industry, we reflect on the lessons learned and how that lead to the creation of the 205 Throwdown (a four person team fitness competition geared to provide the best experience for ALL levels of competition to include Rx, Scaled and Masters athletes).Luan and Micah also announce their partnership together for 205 Throwdown, as they strive to ...
It's been a while since we caught up with the Movewell Team so in this episode, I got to host three of the four PTs that service our community at Wheelhouse on a weekly basis: Aaron, Dakota and Kaley.Of course we dug into all things Physical Therapy and how it pertains to movement and pain in the fitness world as well as answered some of the questions sent in from our listeners and IG followers. Tune in and enjoy!@movewellmobile@asherrill1316@d_hoop331@kaleyb1010@luan.n.nguyenConta...
This episode was Coach Faye's idea and brainchild as she got us together to chat about Resolutions because its THAT time of year. Luan, Lori Ann and Faye dive in to their personal experiences with resolutions/goals setting from what they see from a coach's point of view to their own personal approach to all of it. Follow us for more episodes and follow the three coaches on our IG at:@luan.n.nguyen@exploringlori@loveletterlilyContact Wheelhouse Academy Instagram: @wheelhouse.academy...
Several athletes from Team Wheelhouse qualified for AO Finals (because they crushed it at State Championships). On this episode, Coach Luan sits down to recap the American Open Finals shenanigans with Dakota Hooper and Jeven Sloan. Listen in to get a 'behind the scenes' happenings of this awesome weightlifting meet and experience. "It was my greatest weightlifting experience...EVER", says Jeven Sloan. Check it out!@wheelhouse.academy@d_hoop31@worldsokayestweightlifter@lu...
Luke can be seen at the 4:30pm Conditioning getting his work in just about every day of the week. You've worked out beside him but did you know that he started two business on his own? His latest creation is Humphrey's Dog Resort, a first class dog boarding, daycare, and grooming with personalized activities to help your pet live their best lives. Listen in as he shares how he was effected by Covid and how he made the most of it, creating his next adventure. @humphreysdogresortConta...
We are hosting a Self Defense Workshop for Women this Saturday October 1st and I've brought in two of our very own Wheelhouse members (who will also help coach the workshop) to share about their journey in Jiu Jitsu and how it has impacted their level of confidence in self defense and in daily life. Listen in to this incredible episode to learn about how Chandler Duncan (our 5:30pm regular athlete) and Annie White (5:30am regular athlete) both got started and the advice they give for som...
This episode takes us back to earlier this year when the Whammys (our annual celebration/party) was just an idea. Should we try to resurrect an event that died during the pandemic? Could we pull it off? How do we pull it off?This is such a special and important event for our community but I knew that our team was spread thin on the logistics side of event planning at the moment. Naturally I leaned on great friends Nick Pihakis (Pihakis Restaurant Group) and Tina Liollio (Local Lin...
Meet "The Beer Guy", Eric Meyer. He's a husband, father, entrepreneur, and full time firefighter. You will often find Eric in the early morning strength classes, on the Jiu Jitsu mats or at happy hour at his business, Cahaba Brewery, where he leads the charge bringing Birmingham some of the best local brews around. Eric shares how a passion of home brewing with buddies became a full fledged business along with his other passions and hobbies along the way. Learn more about Eric @uabe...
We meet the creators of some of Birmingham's favorite eating spots and learn about their up and coming project as well. Victor King and Kristen Hall share how Bandit Bham and The Essential became a thing and how it almost wasn't. These two open up completely on the other side of business that you often don't hear about. Incredibly valuable and transparent. Follow Victor at @tomatoesandgrits and Kristen at @bakingbandits Visit their spots @banditbham , @essentialbham , and...
Luan and Rain outline the vision behind the 535 Challenge, the parameters, what we wanted it to be and what we did NOT want it to be. Use this challenge to propel you through the multiple levels of adherence in order to create healthy habits that could be life changing for you and be successful towards any goals. 535 Challenge begins Monday Feb 7th and ends Sunday March 13th.5 Weeks35 Days5 Rules to FollowContact Wheelhouse Academy Instagram: @wheelhouse.academy Facebook: https://...
Nick Pihakis is with us today and shares about growing up in the food/service industry, seeing Jim N' Nicks start from the ground up and now playing a huge role in the Pihakis Hospitality Group where they have built some of our favorite restaurant brands around Birmingham such as Little Donkey, Hero Doughnuts and Rodney Scott's BBQ to name a few. More importantly, Nick opens up about some pivotal times in his life and recognizing that he needed to find a way to re-incorporate health and ...
I brought in an SME (Subject Matter Expert) to chat about the importance of strength training for women. Alyssa Parten has accomplished her Masters in Exercise Science, and is currently studying for her pHD. She has worked as a personal trainer since 2012 and shares her shift from bodybuilding to competitive powerlifting, all while running her online strength coaching business (LadyBeef Inc) and being the best wife and mom that she can be for her family. Listen in to this incredible epis...
Luan and the crew (aka some of the coaches at Wheelhouse) get together to share experiences that they have had when it comes to goal setting this time of year. We dive into being "sticky" when it comes to adherence to a new gym community and not being another drop off statistic. Brandon EtheredgeEmma McFarlandDakota HooperLuan NguyenContact Wheelhouse Academy Instagram: @wheelhouse.academy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wheelhouse.academybham Website: https://www.wheelhouse.a...
I finally get to sit down with Dakota Hooper DPT (Physical Therapist), ATC (Athletic Trainer) and Wheelhouse Olympic lifter and Strength Coach, to not only learn more about his story but also recap our experience from the American Open Finals last weekend in Denver, CO. Hoops shares about life in small-town Florida, the physical therapy world, his olympic weightlifting journey and where he aims to be next year in 2022.Find him on IG @d_hoop31, coaching athletes @wheelhouse.academy or see...
Birmingham native, Ramsay HS alumni, Army 1st Lieutenant and 11:30am lunch class regular, Mrs Kenya Staples joins our show today to share her background and story on her pursuit into entrepreneurship. Learn how she turned her Chemistry degree into a passion. We are also happy to announce that her website and skin care line launches this weekend! www.DearSundaySkin.comContact Wheelhouse Academy Instagram: @wheelhouse.academy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wheelhouse.academybham We...
In the spirit of Halloween, I thought it would be fun to host an episode where we talk about our fears. But not only immediate fears. I challenges the coaches to come on air to talk about a time in their life when they have been most afraid. Coach Brandon, Steve and Rain were all about it. Tell us what you think about these stories. Can you relate? What are your phobias and fears and what is a life moment when you were most afraid? I would love to hear about it. Contact Wheelh...
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