Fitness in Black & White

This episode focuses on an important aspect of any self employed individual: knowing and staying true to your worth. Do not devalue yourself or your business.

This episode is focused around the nuances of training for sport vs general gym strength training and why they may not always line up. 

Pretty exciting news in this episode. Joe talks about his experiences learning from Chad Smith by watching his YouTube channel, to using the Juggernaut AI program, to eventually becoming a sponsored by Juggernaut Training Systems. 

After training her butt off, Lu won the overall at the Arnold's Amateur Figure Division to become this year's first IFBB figure pro. She talks about the journey and struggles within: from diet, to training, to having to carry around a massive water bottle wherever she went.

What does it mean to be athletic? Is it something only reserved for the elite athletes? Are there specific metrics that have to be achieved before you can claim athletic? Lu and Joe take a deeper look at what athletic means and it is much more nuanced than one may think.

We speak about a very important but often overlooked component of a champion athlete: their mental health. What better guest to have, than 7 time IPF world champion: Kim Walford. 

This episode tackles the problems of having a strong bias and not an open mind. Bias has its place and makes sense if someone has seen a lot of success with whatever it is they bias towards. However, it can lead to problems when that bias cannot be let go of to allow for other schools of thought or modalities.

This episode addresses the fact that too many people want to hit their big goals, immediately. Instead, we talk about focusing on the small goals and small wins that will lead them to the overall goal and keep the motivation fresh and at the forefront.

Ever think that a trainer is just a meathead who only knows how to pick things up and put them down? You may need to think again. Like any profession, there are those that may give a negative perception to the craft. However, it may surprise many to know that there are trainers aplenty possessing advanced degrees, as well as, knowledge extending far past just the gym. Lu, Joe, and our guest and also trainer, Sho discuss these points and showcase that not all of us only know the inside of a gym.

This episode discusses why the argument of leverages has merit when scouting for potential athletes but is also a moot argument when when used as a scapegoat for winning or losing between athletes.