In the 19th Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest NCSF Certified Personal Trainer, StrongFirst SFG II, USA Weightlifting Level 1 Sports Performance Coach and owner of Semper Stronger, Rebecca Rouse will talk about learning discipline through gymnastics, aesthetics VS performance, expanding your comfort zone, keeping your skills sharp and the incredible power that comes when saying YES.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!

In this chapter you will discover:

(2:00) Introducing our special guest NCSF Certified Personal Trainer, StrongFirst SFG II, USA Weightlifting Level 1 Sports Performance Coach and owner of Semper Stronger, Rebecca Rouse @rebecca.rouse

(2:50) Rebecca origin story

(3:00) Learning discipline through gymnastics since a young age

(4:00) Personal Training certification in college

(6:20) “If you have a gymnastics background you can pretty much do any sport” - Rebecca Rouse

(7:40) How did Rebecca start training with kettlebells?

(8:20) Meeting Strongfirst @strongfirst

(10:00) About Iron Maiden and Beast Tamer

(11:10) Shout out to Fabio Zonin @x_fab_69, crazy story

(12:20) Rebecca’s mindset change on what truly “healthy” means

(15:20) Aesthetics VS Performance

(15:40) The community support in weight lifting

(16:10) From personal training to management

(16:40) Management position at 24

(17:15) “What’s the next challenge I can tackle”

(18:40) Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs/dp/1250067057 

(19:20) Legacy by James Kerr https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Sports-James-Kerr/dp/153181218X 

(19:40) Both managing and training

(20:30) Keeping your skills sharp

(27:00) From management to owning a business

(28:20) The comfort of only following a program

(31:20) Semper Stronger http://semperstronger.com/links/ 

(32:40) Shout out to Greg Everett @catalystathletics

(33:00) The beauty of training with kettlebells at home

(34:00) Transition from training in person to online

(36:00) “The biggest thing of being a leader, is knowing when to step back when and to let the person to make their own mistakes” - Jocko Willink 

(36.20) “Sometimes all you have to do as a coach is to give a thumbs up and move from there” - Brett Jones @brettjonessfg

(44:00) The power of saying YES

(48:00) “Before you start doubting yourself, just say yes” - Rebecca Rouse

(50:10) Being a beginner, shout out to Abel James @fatburningman

(50:40) Being ok with being a beginner 

(52:00) What is Rebecca working on currently?

(55:30) “Just show up and enjoy the process” - Derek Toshner @tnt_adventure_fit

(55:40) Focus over discipline https://www.buzzsprout.com/1860981/9542207-16-michael-kurkowski-focus-over-discipline 

(59:40) Where to follow Rebecca Rouse @rebecca.rouse https://www.instagram.com/rebecca.rouse/