This week's podcast episode features Aaron Guyett. Aaron is a world-class trainer, coach, and educator with a wide array of skills that he brings to both mental and physical fitness. As a Living Fit Master Coach and Equinox Educator, he teaches battle ropes and metabolic pathway programming for power, strength, and endurance to athletes and coaches of all levels. He delivers uncompromising results to teams, units, organizations, and communities throughout the nation and world.
Aaron is a husband, father, Living Fit Education Director, Marine Corps Training Chief, and founder of three companies (Battle Ropes Education, Leaders of Leaders, and Innovative Results-sold 2017). The combination of these different aspects of his life distinguishes him as a leader across multiple fields of life.
His experience as a trainer and coach is unparalleled: Living Fit’s Education Director, Former Onnit Academy Master Coah, Team USA Kettlebell (Aaron holds four national records and is sixth in world competition), Founder of Battle Ropes Education, Founder of Leaders of Leaders, Founder of Innovative Results (sold 2017), Masters in leadership studies, CSCS, FRC mobility Specialist, to name a few of his accolades.
In this podcast we discuss:
03:04 - Common misconceptions about Battle Ropes05:32 - How important is form with Battle Ropes?08:42 - Is training with ropes safe?11:23 - Heart rate training with ropes12:32 - Training breakdown - set/rest schemes for Battle Rope13:46 - Breath regulation14:42 - Rest-to-work ratio’s17:17 - Battle Rope programming for the average client22:18 - The intimidation factor of the ropes23:46 - What’s the best rope size for the beginner?25:57 - The ropes as a versatile tool for all demographics28:55 - Battle Ropes certification course30:14 - Inertia wave Vs. the Battle Rope33:34 - Anchor point adjustments37:47 - Battle Rope intra-set body positional changes40:17 - Rope training carry over into kettlebell sport?42:28 - Rope training frequency46:00 - Innovative results gym - bringing recess back to adults50:46 - Plans and future endeavorshttps://www.instagram.com/aaronguyett/
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