IT'S. ALL. DAY.

In today's episode I share two key insights I've had with training:

1. The man who shows up the most will win in the long run.
2. With injuries you have to find the 0.001% gains everyday!

So in today's episode I share what I've learned from coaching my in person clients for the last 9 months. The results they've been having, what was causing some of them to drop off, how I built in more accountability and competitiveness which you can do too in order to avoid boredom and burnout!

After I breakdown all the strategies used for consistency I started sharing some insights I've had while working with my injured clients and how the perspective of rehabilitation has to be much different than just muscle building or else you'll never make it the whole way without tons of frustration.

Today's episode was a shorter one but next week we will have Benji Stark-Elster the creator of Freak Athlete Equipment and we're talking about all the new gear he's been building so be on the lookout!!

Chris!

In today's episode I explain the big realization I've had since my knee injury in February.

One of my clients asked me "how has things been going since your knee injury?" and my answer may surprise most of you but it was "actually things have been going better!"

How can that be?!? My whole goal this year was to make it on a team as field player and get ready for the big move to England in the attempt to make it on a 2nd/3rd division pro team. And on February 2nd at a tryout my ACL/LCL were completely torn as well as partial tears to my PLC complex and hamstring..

So how can things be better??

In short,

Because of my injury I've been forced to put LESS on my plate; soccer training and game day activities have been put on hold.

This has allowed me to focus on LESS things but put MORE EFFORT into those things.

Before my injury it felt like I was trying to keep 6 plates spinning in my life:
-Soccer
-Training for Soccer
-Training for Aesthetics
-My Business
-My Relationships
-The Podcast

And the reality was I couldn't sustain it and every once in awhile 1 or 2 of these plates would fall, crash and break all over the floor.

Now with my injury I've been forced to put 2 of these plates down-Soccer and Training for Soccer.

As a result I've found I'm much better at keeping 4 plates spinning and can keep them up because my FOCUS isn't spread thin.

This realization has been something I wanted to share with all of you.

The reason you may not be succeeding in the goals you've set out for yourself is because you're spread too thin!

You're trying to do it all and the result is you're doing all of it at a low capacity and low success rate.

I believe if you take your focus and put in on 3-4 BIG Things you will be much more successful and in this time you may be able to create systems that allow these plates to spin in the future with less and less effort and that will afford you the time and focus to pick up the plates to put down for a little bit and get back to them with the energy and focus needed to be successful at them without burnout and frustration.

I hope this episode helps someone out there realize they have WAY too much on their plate like I did and that they don't need a major injury to intervene and have them slow down.

Take the lesson I learned the hard way and apply it to your life so you don't have to go through what I am going through now!

In today's episode I share with you in about 8 mins why cold exposure can be beneficial for your physical and mental health. I literally dunk in the beginning of this episode in a barrel full of 48 degree water and you hear me breathe my way back to calm before I start explaining the benefits of something like dunking in an ice barrel.

This has been a great tool to use with my in person clients giving them a controlled stressful situation that they have the ability to overcome but every time they do it, its uncomfortable!

Getting better at handing uncomfortable situations like sitting in an ice barrel helps us overcome more uncomfortable situations in our lives.

Today I had the pleasure of having one of my newest mentors Ben Clarfield come on the show today!

Ben and I met for the first time down in Clearwater FL for The ATG Expo about a month ago. Ben is one of three head coaches in The ATG Coaching System to have his Level 3 Certification. He helps Ben Patrick continue to develop The ATG Principles and is in charge of coaches the coaches underneath them which is where I come into play.

Ben Clarfield is one of my mentors who has been teaching my The ATG Principles; the principles I have been putting into place to rehab my knee after my major knee injury I sustained at the beginning of the year.

Ben Clarfield isn't your ordinary coach, he got his degree in philosophy and was on track to become a professor in a different world if it wasn't for his own knee injuries that happened at the time. Ben also tore ligaments in his knee, for him it was during basketball. And once he went down the rabbit hole of research in order to fix his knee, his educational interest changed slightly from philosophy to human movement, training, rehab, Chales Poliquin, exc. and his whole career path changed.

Now after being in the fitness industry as a coach for more than a decade Ben C. has partnered up with Ben P. to and today we sit down and talk about his journey as a coach over the last 10 years.

We go from topic to topic sporadically in this episode I'm not gonna lie haha but there's gems in here for people to learn from Ben!

We get into philosophy, our knee injuries, genetic potential in athletes and how training can maximize your potential, how intent determines whether your training is rehab/performance/aesthetics, hardware vs. software and so much more!!

I hope you enjoy!

If you want to follow Ben his Instagram is @theatgcoach

Today we sit down and talk with Brendan Backstrom aka The ATG Sprinter!

Brendan and I first met a couple weeks ago at the ATG Expo in Clearwater with Ben Patrick and all the other ATG coaches. Brendan and I connected at the event once I started telling him about knee injury that if you listen to the podcast know about.

As he heard about my injury and how I plan on using ATG to build my knee back he couldn't help but relate with all his previous injuries and the journey he's already been on.

We didn't get a chance at The ATG Expo to dive into that journey but we do now on today's episode.

It's funny that Brendan coined the IG The ATG Sprinter because as you will learn on today's episode, Brendan claims to have been the absolute slowest sprinter at his high school when he was starting. In fact, if it wasn't for his amazing teammates who cheered him on and encouraged him to be better he would've quit a long time ago.

As we learn though, effort alone didn't build the man you listen to today, it actually broke him at first.

Brendan shares how he had numerous injuries in high school and college from running and soccer because he hadn't spent any time on building his body up to get better at his sports and a result the body started breaking down.

First with severe patellar tendonitis that eventually had to be operated on, stress fractures on his shins, a sports hernia in college, as well as a herniated disc in his back all in the space of 5 years...This is enough injuries back to back to break anyones spirit from trying to build themselves back.

Brendan talks about this time on the podcast and how important it was for him to watch the language he used, the people he hung around with, and the beliefs he allowed in his head to ensure he stayed optimistic and hopeful he would find a way to get back to the sports he loved pain free.

And here comes ATG and Ben Patrick!

Brendan found ATG in 2018-2019 and since finding it has gone completely all in with the program, following the principle, and as a result has completely healed all of his previous injuries!

He's now stronger than ever, more flexible, more athletic, and more explosive!

Now after learning everything he has, he is making a comeback in track and using the ATG Principles to get him there.

Brendan's story is truly inspiring for anyone out there with multiple injuries who think they'll never make it back; because he did!

Brendan is an example of grit, determination and strategic training to become the best version of himself and is now helping others do the same!

You can find Brendan on Instagram @TheATGSprinter

I hope you all enjoy the show!

Today I sit down and give you guys a quick 10 min update on how things are going with my knee injury.

I share with you my experience from the ATG Event I went to this last weekend getting certified as a L1 ATG Endorsed Coach! I got to train with Ben Patrick himself and after getting certified and learning from Ben and the other head coaches I share with you guys my thought process going forward on how I plan on rehabbing my knee.

I talk about the timeline I have built out to allow myself to see potential progress and to also see if progress stalls when we pull the trigger on going under the knife and having them surgically repair my ACL!

Will update you all as progress continues and have more guest and solo podcast coming soon!

This weekend I head to Austin, Texas for a Fitness Coaching Mastermind where I'm sure I'll meet some more amazing coaches and people to have on the show!

Today we sit down with fellow coach Cody Guilateri, owner of Midpoint Fitness in Melbourne Florida. Cody and I got connected through a mentorship group and after hearing his story I knew we'd have some good stuff to talk about on the podcast!

Today Cody shares his story in how he grew up an obese child and in order to make change he took some drastic measures one summer and ended up losing about 90 pounds in 3 months! Cody even admits to this day that this approach was extreme and very unhealthy, as a result from this starvation diet he had the bone density of a 65 year old lady and had to undo some of the damage he had caused during his weight loss journey.

In the process of getting to a truly healthy state Cody stared to explore a multitude of fitness modalities to get him to the place he is today. Cody has done traditional bodybuilding, endurance training, MMA, Boxing and Ju-Jitsu, ATG training and so much more!

Cody believes that being able to change up your fitness routines and not get pigeon holed into one specific type of training is what has kept him focused and engaged through all his years of training and brings this philosophy into his gym with his own clients! Based on their goals he implements all different types of training focuses to keep his clients growing!

Growth as we talked about on the podcast is one of Cody's main drivers in life and even outside of the gym Cody talks about how he's put work into other areas such as mental health and psychology in order to become a better person and coach!

We even dive into the psychology of human needs and how we make our choices everyday to achieve them! I hope you guys enjoy the episode!

You can follow Cody @codytoofit

Today we are talking with Dominic Fusco!

Host of the Pure Ambition Podcast!

Dom and I got connected over social media from one of my post and then we ended up taking on the phone for about 30-40 mins the next day! We were able to connect on a lot of goals and passions when it comes to our work as Nutrition Coaches.

Today we hear Dom's story about going from a College Athlete to behind a desk working a 9-5 job in the blink of an eye, I know a lot of athletes who go through the same thing.

In a matter of a couple months after school Dom lost about 10lbs of muscle due to the fact his life went from highly active to relatively sedentary sitting at a desk all day. Dom lost his drive, he disconnected from his inner athlete and it was showing.

Dom knew he needed a change so he started getting back in the gym and focusing on getting out of the house more by running. Dom found his passion again for working out and feeling like an athlete by being able to explore the vast options of exercise now that he wasn't doing required lifts for his team.

He realized one way he can express his passion for exercise was to start making his own workouts and experimenting with all type of fitness to see what suited him best. He then took it one step further and got certified to become a personal trainer and a nutrition coach.

Dom now works with former college athletes who have joined the corporate world and just like Dom lost their inner athlete!

It was a pleasure having Dom on the show and I hope you guys enjoy the episode.

You can follow Dom @dominicfusco
If you want to listen to his podcast (where I am featured) it's on apple podcast :
Pure Ambition Podcast

Joseph Sheehey is the CEO and Founder of Cured Nutrition but when I asked him "Who are you for the listeners?" his answer was much deeper than being just a CEO. Joe said that who he is, is an individual on a mission to find what it means to live a life of fulfillment and to make sure every decision he makes is in alignment with his values and showed up in a way where he wholeheartedly lives a life he truly wants and to help others do the same.

Answering the question "Who am I" has always been a big question in Joe's life and it started us down the conversation of "when did this question become a conscious thought for you Joe?".

Which got us talking about Joe's past leading up to where he is now, see Joe used to work for an engineering company Lockheed Martin as an Aerospace Engineer in their NASA Division. He was part of some really cool projects like launches to Jupiter and Mars and that was incredibly fulfilling for Joe's ego but this job and this life wasn't who Joe wanted to be. He was living a life he felt like he was "supposed to live" instead of living the life he "wanted to live".

After some time living out of alignment with his dreams and goals he found himself coming out of a blackout on the edge of a bridge about to end it all....Luckily for all of us he didn't go through it and rehabilitated himself with the help of his family.

We then dive into how Joseph was able to go from almost ending his life to digging himself out of that depression and starting his own business and the successes and failures he had to go through to get his business to where it is and how he's created a business and life that is value based.

We talk about our experiences with psilocybin and how it has helped us both focus on our inner voice that guides our values we hold closest versus trying to live your life based on what other people want you to do.

And finally we talk about the products that Cured Nutrition offer, Joe was also kind enough to make a promo code for anyone listening to the show to try out some of their amazing products!

Use code ALLDAY20 for 20% off any of their products!!

If you would like to learn more about Joseph, his company and what they are bringing to the world you can follow him @josephsheehey and Cured Nutrition @curednutrition (They are shadow banned for going against main stream health so you may find their 2nd accounts unless you type in the full name).

I had an amazing time talking with Joe today and look forward to continuing our new friendship, I hope you all enjoy the show as much as I did!

Gillis Pellegrin of The Educated Dieter joins us today to break down all things hormones that the majority of us skip over when it comes to our health and nutrition.

I was super excited to has Gillis on this week because we dive into my disease Addison's disease and I get an explanation around it I haven't had before. I learned how serious and rare of a disease this is and how it effects my energy on a daily basis. We talked about my childhood and where this first came up in my life as well as some functional herbs I could start taking today to help combat my low cortisol levels.

After we dove into my disease we really broadened the conversation to a more general talk around the growing concerns for people and their hormones right now. The majority of us are hyper stimulated with technology and stimulants that if left unchecked can turn into some serious hormone issues down the line.

We dove into the hierarchy of hormonal issues, being: Adrenals first, Thyroid second, and Sex Hormones last. We then talked about the differences in hormonal issues between men and women in our day and age. And finally shared a lot of different tests you can use to check your hormone status as well as some non-test needed protocols to start implementing today to better help your hormone profile.

I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did and if you would like to learn more from Gillis and the team he is involved with you can follow him @Gillis331 and his company @theeducateddieter

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