In this episode Megan Timmins joins the podcast as our guest. She is a Crossfit coach at Crossfit Kilo in Cedar Falls, IA. Megan also coaches club volleyball for Six Pack Volleyball Club. We talked about the business side of fitness coaching, the mental side of coaching, expectations for someone considering a career in the fitness industry, factors for sticking to a diet, the importance of strength training, nutrition, and lifestyle for success in sports, and much more

In this episode we have Ryan Loutos as a guest. He is a right handed pitcher, played at Washington University and was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2021 and played for their minor league team the Palm Beach Cardinals. He talks about his initial experience in the minor leagues, developing an app for tracking baseball stats, working with Rapsodo, how he improved velocity throughout high school, and his plans moving forward in his baseball career. 

Kurt and Will welcome Tim Rawlings on the podcast. Tim is the owner of Raww Barbell, an Olympic Weightlifting gym in Austin, TX. Tim talks about learning from his coach, Oleg Kechko a 1996 Olympian for Belarus. His experience traveling to Belarus and learning from Leonid Taranenko. His time lifting with Muscle Driver. How changing his lifestyle increased his lifts. The importance of recovery and choosing the right coach.

In this episode Kurt goes into more details about how he got started at SAA as a client and how he transitioned into a coach. What his favorite aspects of working at SAA are. Resentment and how it led to Kurt and Will not speaking for months. Qualities to look for in a coach.

In this episode Kurt asks Will about his experience traveling to China to learn more about Olympic weightlifting. They talk about both times Will went to China, the differences and similarities of the youth and intermediate programs, what the weightlifters eat, how they recover, and Will's main takeaways from both trips.  

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In this inaugural podcast Will and Kurt talk about why they are doing the podcast, Kurt starting at SAA, the issue with crossfit programming, building habits, using your coach as a resource, and self awareness for being consistent with your goals.  

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