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The Six Pack of Knowledge: Thought Leaders in Hypertrophy
Some of the best coaches with expertise in hypertrophy, bodybuilding, and physique can be found in these podcasts. New ones added regularly. A great reference source for enthusiasts and trainers.

The Six Pack of Knowledge: Thought Leaders in Hypertrophy

Are You a Lifter With Fuzzy Goals?
Motivational goals have a goldilocks quality, whereby the targets that we aim for cannot be too easy, too hard, or take too long to achieve. The coach needs to get it just right.

Are You a Lifter With Fuzzy Goals?

5 Kettlebell Exercises That Don't Swing
You don't have to swing to get that kettlebell thang going. Weigh the merits of these exercises for yourself.

5 Kettlebell Exercises That Don't Swing

Training for Size, Training for Mass
Another great masters of muscle growth and development podcast with a renowned expert in the field of training.

Training for Size, Training for Mass

Amor Fati: How Loving Your Fate Helps You Grow
The point of Amor Fati is not only to accept whatever happens to you but to accept it with enthusiasm rather than wishing for anything else to have happened.

Amor Fati: How Loving Your Fate Helps You Grow

Power Up Your Training Inside and Outside the Gym
A small power investment pays huge dividends for you in and out of the gym.

Power Up Your Training Inside and Outside the Gym

Why Is There Still Cheating In Sport?
With all of the technology these days you have to wonder how people get away with it.

Why Is There Still Cheating In Sport?

How to Grow Like a New Lifter After Lockdown
If you’ve been out of the gym for a while and relying on bodyweight workouts or minimal equipment during lockdown then you don’t want to miss this!

How to Grow Like a New Lifter After Lockdown

The Best Exercise to Lose Weight
Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

The Best Exercise to Lose Weight

The Right Way to Lose Fat: How to Exercise
Work harder. But really, just work harder...oh, and eat better.

The Right Way to Lose Fat: How to Exercise

Use Your Brain to Get Flexible Fast
There's no point in creating all this extra range of motion if you're not stabilizing the joints and developing the strength to support them.

Use Your Brain to Get Flexible Fast

A Miracle of Persistence and Courage
An inspiring story about training for the special needs population.

A Miracle of Persistence and Courage

15 Lessons Learned for Lifters From the Great Lockdown
Remind yourself that the lockdown is an opportunity to take time to rest, heal some nagging injuries, and pause and reflect on your training goals.

15 Lessons Learned for Lifters From the Great Lockdown

Is Your Gym Healthy?
Post-lockdown, and just because it makes sense as a paying customer, do an inventory of the confined spaces where you exchange moisture droplets with strangers.

Is Your Gym Healthy?

How to Intensify Your At-Home Bodyweight Workout
While it's contrary to a lot of popular fitness culture, the gym isn't the only place where you can lose weight, build muscle, and improve your performance.

How to Intensify Your At-Home Bodyweight Workout

High-Frequency Fat Loss - What I Learned in Lockdown
The more you can train without exceeding your capacity to recover the better your results.

High-Frequency Fat Loss - What I Learned in Lockdown

The Symbiosis of Gyms and Online Training Post-Pandemic
Not everyone is rushing to get back to the gym.

The Symbiosis of Gyms and Online Training Post-Pandemic

Memento Mori: A Simple Practice for a Complex Time
Memento Mori is a tool to overcome challenges in life and find the inspiration to push through any obstacle before you.

Memento Mori: A Simple Practice for a Complex Time

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CrossFit Is Not Going Anywhere
CrossFit is too big to change overnight, and there are too many people for which there is no alternative.

CrossFit Is Not Going Anywhere

Grand Opening: Getting Back to Making Gains
Once you know you’re not starting from scratch and haven’t lost too much ground you can resist the urge to go in all guns blazing.

Grand Opening: Getting Back to Making Gains

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7 Exercises to Maximize Hand, Wrist, and Forearm Strength

Top 10 Foods to Gain Muscle Mass

How to Self-Diagnose Your Shoulder Pain

10 Essential Items to Outfit Your Home Gym

10 No Equipment Needed Exercises for Strong Legs

Unleash Your True Strength: What We Can Learn From the Ancients

The Ultimate 90-Day Bodyweight Training Plan

300 Swings a Day for Faster Fat Loss

The 8-Minute Mile Standard

Like to Lift? Consume More Protein
Consume more protein, especially if you’re trying to increase lean mass and strength gains.

Like to Lift? Consume More Protein

The Bleeding Hearts of CrossFit Affiliates
For many years, the CrossFit community has overlooked the worst excesses of the organization. Why is it any different now?

The Bleeding Hearts of CrossFit Affiliates

Keys to Monitor An Athlete's Workload
It is important to have a firm understanding of not only how to implement a training plan, but also how to track and change it over time.

Keys to Monitor An Athlete's Workload

An Open Letter to CrossFit
I am hoping this letter helps, if even just in reading that others have felt this same kick in the teeth as they are this week.

An Open Letter to CrossFit

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The Practice of Natural Movement
Learn about the most functional of functional fitness philosophies.

The Practice of Natural Movement

Everyone's Bike: The NordicTrack S22i
This stationary studio bike by NordicTrack checks all the boxes.

Everyone's Bike: The NordicTrack S22i

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Sandbags to Help You Get It Together

Pull It Tight, Lift It Right

Energy Bars to Upgrade Your Lifestyle

The Guide to Overcoming Poor Posture

How Do You Take Your Vitamins?

Roll Yourself to Better Mobility

Groceries: The Final Frontier in Fitness

Massage Your Way to Better Mobility and Recovery

Social Media Fitness App: Not Your New Bvddy

Get Wild: Clean Foods to Fuel Your Body and Mind

Protein To Go: Au Bon Bone Broth
It's expensive but there's no doubting the quality of the final product.

Protein To Go: Au Bon Bone Broth

A Comprehensive Guide to Gym Flooring
You need a good floor. It's the foundation of your home and commercial gym. The same flooring seems to do well in both places and it doesn't have to be expensive.

A Comprehensive Guide to Gym Flooring

Keep Track of Your Nutrition On the Go
Sometimes you don’t have anywhere to keep your meals cool when you are out for the day, but with these bags your problems are solved.

Keep Track of Your Nutrition On the Go

Can Colostrum Make A Difference In Your Life?
Could colostrum be beneficial to your health?

Can Colostrum Make A Difference In Your Life?

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Recipes

The Keto Diet: Basted Egg with Lemon Ricotta

A Free Keto Diet Recipe Book: Lox Stuffed Avocados and More

Eating Well As We Age: Parmesan Crusted Walleye

20 Ways to Prepare Poultry: Chicken Potstickers

Jackfruit: Protein for Athletic Summers

Summer Barbecue: How About Clean Eating and a Vegetables Only Dish

Subscription Eating - Not Your Mother's Take Out

Prebiotic Food: Broccoli and White Bean Soup

No Powder Protein Bars

Food Intolerances: Should I Get Tested?
The companies that continue to promote the IgG blood tests either do not fully understand the function of the IgG antibody or worse, they do and are continuing to sell their product anyway.

Food Intolerances: Should I Get Tested?

The Athlete's Friend, Eggs: Best Buying Practices
Fun fact in case you missed it—the only difference between brown and white eggs are that brown eggs come from chickens with brown feathers and white eggs come from chickens with white feathers.

The Athlete's Friend, Eggs: Best Buying Practices

Turkey Piri Piri Burgers
As your summer heats up, spice up your burger game with these turkey piri piri burgers.

Turkey Piri Piri Burgers

Greek Pimiento Burgers
Take a summer food vacation to Greece by combining all of the signature flavors in a tasty, grilled burger!

Greek Pimiento Burgers

Caprese Chickpea Burgers
Lighten up your summer eating with this chickpea based vegetarian burger.

Caprese Chickpea Burgers

Ginger Scallion Pork Burgers
Change up your barbequed burger routine with a little something unexpected.

Ginger Scallion Pork Burgers

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Gym Owners: How Do You Measure Your Success?
Unfortunately, many gym owners don't even count the money they don't pay themselves and lose sight of what truly matters in a successful gym business.

Gym Owners: How Do You Measure Your Success?

The 6-Week Challenge: Playing a Losers Game
6-week challenge versus professional coach for life: Which business are you in? You can’t be in both.

The 6-Week Challenge: Playing a Losers Game

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Leave No Client Behind

A Practical Experiment in Muscle Fiber Activation

Training the Overspecialized Athlete

Rational Periodization in Strength Training

The Approach of the Coach: Evidence Versus Intuition

Productive Programming: How to Develop a Sound Training Philosophy

Crunching Numbers: How to Grow a Fitness Business

Are You Programming Recovery for Your Athletes?

If You're Not Training Champions, You're Only Creating Elitism

The Invaluable Experience of Working for Free

Client’s First Day: Find the Pain
Without a deeper, personal connection, the business of coaching isn't going to work. Learn the process of building relationships in your coaching business.

Client’s First Day: Find the Pain

Coach Compensation: Beyond Dollars Per Hour
Coaches should be paid based on gross revenue, and on clients sticking around.

Coach Compensation: Beyond Dollars Per Hour

Develop an Online Presence: The Importance of Your Website
It’s okay if your website isn’t perfect, but if you build it, people will begin to find you.

Develop an Online Presence: The Importance of Your Website

Developing and Leading Successful Workshops
Teaching others keeps the spark alive behind why you got into the industry in the first place.

Developing and Leading Successful Workshops

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Nerding Out on Muscle Growth, Strength, and Rep Schemes
A Six Pack of Knowledge podcast that covers strength, hypertrophy, training science, and much, much more.

Nerding Out on Muscle Growth, Strength, and Rep Schemes

From Muscle Dysmorphia to Building a World-Class Set of Legs
A Six Pack of Knowledge podcast that covers strength, hypertrophy, training science, and much, much more.

From Muscle Dysmorphia to Building a World-Class Set of Legs

The Underpinning Reason That Stops You From Building Muscle
A Six Pack of Knowledge podcast that covers strength, hypertrophy, training science, and much, much more.

The Underpinning Reason That Stops You From Building Muscle

Getting Bigger, Getting Stronger, Getting Smarter
Powerlifters should train like bodybuilders.

Getting Bigger, Getting Stronger, Getting Smarter

Controlling the Chaos of Training in CrossFit
We kick off our first podcast of 2020 with James Fitzgerald. He has over 20 years of experience as a strength coach, is a CrossFit games champion and is the founder of OPEX.

Controlling the Chaos of Training in CrossFit

Keystone Habits of a Lean Physique
Our latest podcast tackles sustainable self-development, building habits that translate into training success, and the fitness journey of hypertropy influencer Abel Csabai.

Keystone Habits of a Lean Physique

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Jesse Irizarry

Jesse Irizarry

Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training

Douglas Perry

Douglas Perry

Technology, Cycling, Swimming

Tom MacCormick

Tom MacCormick

Strength and Conditioning, Personal Training, Sports Science

Tom Kelso

Tom Kelso

Strength and Conditioning

Alex Eriksson

Alex Eriksson

Supplements, Nutrition

Mischele Stevens

Mischele Stevens

Triathlon, Endurance Sports

Dresdin Archibald

Dresdin Archibald

Olympic Weightlifting, Strength and Conditioning

Jen Weir

Jen Weir

Women's Fitness, Strength and Conditioning, Personal Training

Jimmy Pritchard

Jimmy Pritchard

Strength & Conditioning, Exercise Science

Kevin Weiss

Kevin Weiss

Bodybuilding, Personal Training

Shane McLean

Shane McLean

Personal Training

Daniel Stein

Daniel Stein

Personal Training

Wendi Iribeck

Wendi Iribeck

Registered dietician, nutritionist, Fitness coach

Clinton Sills

Clinton Sills

Hypertrophy, Physique coach

Michael McCastle

Michael McCastle

Endurance Sports, Sports Psychology, Personal Training, Strength and Conditioning

Greg Walsh

Greg Walsh

Strength and Conditioning

Coach Ninja

Coach Ninja

Olympic Weightlifting, Strength Training, Strength and Conditioning, Powerlifting

Sharon Gam

Sharon Gam

Strength and Conditioning

DeShawn Fairbairn

DeShawn Fairbairn

Personal Training, Fencing, Karate

Gareth Kelly

Gareth Kelly

Strength and Conditioning, Gymnastics

CJ Gotcher

CJ Gotcher

Strength and Conditioning

Alex Hall

Alex Hall

Strength and Nutrition coach

Mindith Rahmat

Mindith Rahmat

Women's Fitness, Yoga, Natural Movement, Bodyweight Exercise, Kettlebells

Bob Takano

Bob Takano

Olympic Weightlifting

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