Rebel Performance Radio

On the show today I have Sinan Ozyemisci, a Nutrition Coach for Stronger U and experienced Nutritionist with a history of working in the health wellness and fitness industry. We dive deep into all things improving your relationship with food, understanding the difference between a deficit and a depletion and strategies to bumping up your client’s calories in a healthy and smart way. Listen in as Sinan walks us through his first steps in onboarding a nutrition client and how understanding his or her current relationship with food and approach to nutrition is key.

On the show today, I have a good buddy of mine, Spencer Hendel, joining me. Fortunate enough to play at the highest stages of fitness, Spencer is an 8x CrossFit Games competitor, finishing 5th in the individual races and 5th in the team races. Spencer and I discuss the variables and attributes that helped him develop his love for health and fitness. We dive into the programming approach of sticking to broad, general and inclusive programming in order to specialize in more than one area. We then move to the importance in understanding the difference between doing CrossFit as an everyday training methodology versus training CrossFit as a sport to compete and become a top 1% athlete.

On the show today, I have Patrick Estes, Co-Founder of Evolve Health & Performance, which is known for its human performance, fitness, rehab, nutrition, and health management services in the community of Austin, TX. Patrick shares with us the importance of building structure, function and capacity, as well as what it means to "let your breathing dictate your movement." We then dive into why coaches should focus on helping their athletes recover faster, rather than simply performing better.

On the show today, I have Evan Peikon, an integrative physiologist and sports scientist who founded the Emergent Performance Lab and is also a performance coach for Training Think Tank, a group of handpicked coaches who provide programming, education and support to athletes all over the world. We dive deep into the science behind high-performing CrossFit athletes, the muscle fiber types most prevalent in elite competitors, staving off fatigue, improving your breathing, and other strategies that lead to better performance on different movements.

On the show today, I have Tommy Hackenbruck, a multiple CrossFit Games Competitor and top-10 finisher. Listen in as Tommy gives his tips on maintaining your ability to sprint and improving your cardiovascular capacity in general. He then shares how he built up mental toughness over the years and why staying in shape has always been key in doing so.

On the show today, I have Lance Goyke, a personal trainer working remotely with private clients and as an EXOS personal trainer at Google. Listen in as Lance speaks on his approach to goal setting and intentionality, the harsh reality of facing trials and discomfort on the road to success, and thoughts on educating coaches working with different types of clients and how to identify their ideal client avatar.

On the show today, I have Casey Glass and a guest who has served in the Navy SEAL Teams for 15 years but asked to remain anonymous. We discuss everything ranging from physical preparation to the more recently acknowledged condition known as “Operator Syndrome”. Listen in as Casey and Rick share how an operator needs to train and prepare in order to perform at their highest level, while managing the effects of Operator Syndrome to the best of their ability.

On the show today, I have Michael Keeler to discuss building a thriving fitness business. We dive into how great culture closes the gap between one’s potential and acting on that potential, why great community and culture comes from thinking about your relationship with your clients as a dance, how to apply feedback to improve your marketing efforts as well as the culture itself, how businesses in the fitness industry can thrive online, and why becoming a better conversationalist leads to better sales.

On the podcast today I have fellow Rebel Performance coach, and king of lat spreads, Ryan L’Ecuyer. This episode is a case study where we unpack how Ryan took one of his clients (let’s call them “Brody”), who was coming off of a powerlifting meet with back, hip, and knee pain, and helped him become pain-free while still hitting PRs and getting jacked. If you want to put on muscle and get strong but struggle to do so without being in pain, then this episode is for you.

This episode is a case study. Today we break down how Keiran helped somebody else (let’s call them “Bob”) overcome some movement-based issues and back pain complications and, as a result, helped them hit a PR every single week for a month straight. What makes this even more interesting is that this all happened throughout 2020 when every gym was shut down. We dive into the tactics, strategies, and plans that were used to help create this amazing physical transformation during an incredibly uncertain and confining year.