In this episode Connor, Josh, Trevor, and Dave sit down with Eric Weiss who is a successful businessman, former professional cheerleader, and personal trainer.

In this episode the Blue Collar Fitness crew list 10 tips to get lean and stay lean, explaining how counting and tracking calories is important, how to exercise right, reduce stress, and much more.

[04:37] #1 Track Your Food

[07:13]#2 Resistance Training/Start Lifting Weights

[08:33]#3 Caloric Deficit or Caloric Surplus

[11:14]#4 Forgiveness

[12:43]#5 Decrease Stress

[13:55]#6 Eat None/Less Processed Junk

[15:39]#7 Lifestyle/Habit/Environment Change

[16:37]#8 Macronutrient and Calorie Counting

[22:15]#9 Find a Diet You Can MAINTAIN

[23:13]#10 Track Activity Level AND Water

[50:15] NEW APP COMING SOON

ASK YOUR QUESTIONS/CONTACT US:

https://bluecollarfitnesspodcast.com

In this episode Rob Bazada talks to Josh, Connor, Trevor, and Dave about his upbringing in doing militaristic training at a very young age and how those experiences pushed him to be a successful trainer and problem solver, looking at things from both sides, unorthodox perspective and how he started doing seminars in Italy.

How Rob got into fitness and training. (1:00)

ROTC training in 7th grade? (2:30)

Rugby and Mixed Martial Arts. (8:37)

Lessons learned from Military training. (11:15)

Awareness. (22:18)

How he got into Functional Range Conditioning. (24:00)

Stretch as much as you Contract.(30:18)

Physical Education in school. (33:00)

Rob’s philosophy for training seminars. (47:00)

Balancing family, relationships, and your career. (58:00)

”Get to know us”. - In the episode we talk about our WHY!

In this episode Josh, Connor, Trevor and Dave interview each other for the WHY in starting this podcast.

Connor Burton. (1:25)

Bodybuilding Dreams. (7:12)

Dave Shepp. (12:35)

Rough upbringing. (19:12)

Trevor Powers. (35:00)

Trevor's WHY. (37:41)

Josh Sargeant. (56:12)

Vision for washed up meatheads. (56:47)

In this Episode Josh, Connor, Trevor, and Dave interview Kyle Bangen, Sports Performance Supervisor for SAM Elite at Samaritan Athletic Medicine in Corvallis, Oregon, about how SAM Elite started, how Kyle found his road to his current position in Strength & Conditioning, lessons from Kyle on being successful in Graduate School, starting out with Hockey, ice skating, volunteering & More.

Our guest Kyle Bangen. (00:49)

Connor asks about SAM Elite philosophy & culture. (4:20)

Career road map. (8:00)

Dressing room workouts in British Columbia? (10:37)

Resources for minimalist training? (13:38)

Conscious Coaching by Brett Bartholomew. (15:01)

Functional Movement Systems. (18:37)

Precision Nutrition at Michigan Tech. (27:54)

Josh is going to this University for his Masters Degree. (29:36)

Kyle’s advice for Josh on Graduate School. (30:31)

Hockey & teaching ice skating at Miami University. (34:40)

How to stay within your scope of practice. (39:29)

Josh asks about the best rehabilitation resources. (41:36)

Kyle spoke at an NSCA Conference. (47:33)

Contact Kyle at [email protected] (50:02)

Connor’s Internship with Kyle. (53:56)

Resources & Links

www.thesam.com

Kyle and SAM Elite’s Exercise Demo Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGgy4X8ubKDJd-qoFuhodg/about

Kyle’s email: [email protected]

Kyle’s Website: https://bangenathleticdevelopment.wordpress.com

https://www.strengthcoach.com

https://www.functionalmovement.com

Conscious Coaching: https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B06XJ5V55X&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_uL1gFbCW0CS0K

https://bangenathleticdevelopment.wordpress.com

People Mentioned:

https://brettbartholomew.net

https://www.bodybyboyle.com

http://danjohn.net

https://ericcressey.com

In this episode Hosts Josh, Connor, Trevor, and Dave interview Coach Michael Johnson who runs sports performance at Oregon State University about his experiences training athletes, the path to becoming a D1 strength & conditioning coach, lessons for finding mentors in your career, unconventional training, gymnastic recovery, Strength & Conditioning resources and coaches to learn from, and cool apps for measuring your performance.

Josh introduces our guest Michael Johnson! (00:25)

How to become a D1 Strength & Conditioning Coach? (3:12)

Graduate Assistants live in the weight room...literally. (6:52)

How Mike has adapted to the new policies at OSU. (13:09)

Movement Quality vs. Chasing numbers. (19:30)

Strength or Conditioning first? (26:00)

Mentors. (31:30)

In-Season vs. Off-Season Philosophy. (33:00)

Gymnastics Recovery. (39:26)

Mike’s favorite book The Essential Wooden. (47:00)

What separates Good coaches from Bad coaches? (47:17)

Unconventional Training Experiences. (50:39)

How Mike responded to Covid-19? (52:23)

Apps for measuring rest and training efficiency. (54:35)

Episode Recap! (1:01:06)

07: Racism in Bodybuilding, Review of Generation Iron Interview with Professional Bodybuilder Robbie Robinson

In this episode hosts Josh, Connor, Trevor, and Dave tell stories about how racism exists even in the already diverse pursuit of bodybuilding as told by bodybuilding legend Robbie Robinson, stereotypes, how its okay to disagree w/friends and family, and why seeing humanity and intentions in people is most important.

Dave Shepp’s new website for Lifecoaching unifierlightworker.com (1:32)

Josh’s Century bikeride. (2:46)

Hip surgery? (4:27)

The Asian Squat. (6:25)

Generation Iron. (11:02)

Robbie Robinson (Arnold’s training partner). (12:05)

Joe Weider Story. (14:19)

Assumptions & putting people in boxes. (23:29)

It’s okay to disagree with your friends. (31:09)

Diversity and Community. (36:00)

Humanity. (40:22)

06: Matt Shiver Doctorate in Physical Therapy and Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Law Enforcement Physical Training, How to Find The Perfect Physical Therapist For You, 3 Best Books for Focus and Personal Freedom

In this episode Hosts Josh, Connor, Trevor, and Dave chat with Doctor of Physical Therapy Matt Shiver on how he has impacted so many people through his journey creating effective.fitness for over 660 law enforcement workers, properly assessing movement for his clients, The Online PT Side Hustle Podcast, and his experiences learning from other coaches while he attended Duke University.

Welcome Dr. Matt Shriver. (00:20)

How Matt got into Physical Therapy. (2:07)

Bar Slamming! (5:59)

MASH Elite Performance. (8:57)

Law Enforcement get trained w/ Effective.fitness. (11:15)

How to find a good Physical Therapist. (16:38)

Passive vs. Active Modalities. (21:23)

Functional Movement Screening and Gray Cook. (29:46)

Creating fitness programs and websites. (37:06)

Basic training philosophy w/Dan John. (43:43)

Cash-Based or Insurance Physical Therapy? (49:44)

Military programs at Baylor. (58:40)

The Online PT Side Hustle Podcast. (1:00:00)

3 Recommended Books! (1:03:42)

Deep Work by Cal Newport. (1:03:56)

The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris. (1:04:47)

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. (1:05:58)

05: Blue Light Blocking Glasses, Why Get a Personal Trainer, SportsCenter Gym Fails

Episode Notes

In this episode Hosts Josh, Connor, Trevor, & Dave reveal their nighttime routines involving blue light blocking glasses to improve sleep, how doing a routine with no plan and form correction is a disastrous route and how to fix it, the benefits of getting a personal trainer.

Blue Blocker glasses. (2:47)

A handy trick on your iPhone to help improve your quality of sleep. (20:05)

Why get a personal trainer. (23:08)

Don’t train insane stories. (26:21)

Whats going on in high school weight rooms. (33:55)