Sets and Reps

Sets and Reps

By Greg GdanianHealth & FitnessFitness
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Sets and Reps episodes

  • 15. SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS (with David Valle Lara, Barber)
    What’s your favorite way to support small businesses? For me, I love it when a small business owner comes on my podcast to explain the glow up from humble beginnings in another part of the world to traveling around my side and watching his business grow. Barber David Valle Lara, of the Shop Professional Barbering, puts in his reps every day by cutting hair and making people smile. He talks about the importance of building client relationships, the pros and cons of being a barber, what takes up extra time and energy owning a business, how important your accomplishments are and much more! Time codes included below!
    (00.22) Circuit Training: Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals!
    (05:48) The Shop, Professional Barbering
    (07:37) Fixing Phones, Cutting Hair
    (12:16) Making the Move, Becoming a Business Owner
    (14:40) Importance of Client Relationships
    (17:17) The Pros and Cons of Being a Barber
    (20:33) What Takes up Extra Time and Energy with Ownership
    (24:30) Stick With It
    (26:37) Don’t Talk About What You’re Doing
    (30:19) Barber’s Top 2 Tips for Men’s Style/Beard Trimming
    35 min
  • 14. BY ANY MEANS (with Jevi and Jedih, Blacklabel music)
    They went from freestyling in the whip to starting their own music label and experiencing rapid growth and numbers with their first song. Now they have an EP, 2 albums and a myriad of singles that BUMP. I spoke to the founders of Blacklabel music, local rappers Jevi and Jedih. They are passionate about the what and why of music. They have a mind that desires giving only the content they care deeply about and bringing power to their fans. We talk about how it all started for them, including what their label name means. We talk about time management and mental health for artists, having your mind at the center of your reality, how they choose the titles for their songs and many more. Time codes included below.
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    3:42 Circuit Training: My Personal Training Programs
    13:03 What Does Blacklabel Mean?
    15:06 From Rapping for Fun to Making a Name
    16:06 J Cole’s “No Role Modelz”: Respecting a Legend
    18:36 The First Song that Blew Up
    23:10 Fall in Love with the Repetition, Not the Reception
    27:19 Artist Inspirations
    29:55 The Struggles of Time Management for Artists
    33:43 Success is a Series of Little Victories
    35:38 Having Your Mind at the Center of Your Reality
    40:43 Choosing the Names of Songs
    49:51 Signing to a Record Label vs. Being an Independent Artist
    54 min
  • 13. DO THE JOB AND HAVE FUN (with Jack Lynch, D3 baseball athlete)
    Jack Lynch is a D3 baseball athlete from Ithaca, New York. He’s played baseball his whole life and enjoyed it just as long; while a pro career may be in his future, he has decided to be the best player he can be and be assured that he is having a good time during. We talk about how he has made the game of baseball a mental one, how you can surround yourself with a strong support system to help you believe in yourself, he takes me through his workout program as a college level athlete, shares a story about how he acted precise in a tight situation, and much more! Time codes included below!
    (5:11) Circuit Training: A personal trainer’s guide to meditation
    (13:56) Sport made mental, not physical
    (19:50) It takes 1 or 2 people to believe in you
    (24:40) Joining Advanced Therapy and Performance (CT)
    (25:38) Team lifts vs. working out solo
    (28:19) College level baseball workout program
    (29:33) Variations and technique for performance
    (33:09) Stay on the path even if others don’t
    (38:52) A moment where you performed well under pressure
    (40:21) Have fun, do the job
    (41:08) You might be the only thing in your way
    48 min
  • 12. UNDERSTAND MENTAL SKILLS & EMPATHY (with Matt Rieger, Mental Performance Coach)
    Sets & Reps is BACK with another thought-provoking and value-packed episode. This time I'm sitting down with mental performance coach Matt Rieger. Matt graduated from Springfield college with an athletic counselor degree; he currently works at Advanced Therapy and Performance helping athletes use mental skills to overcome obstacles and make improvements in their daily lives. Time codes for your listening leisure below!! 
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    4:18 Circuit Training "Core training vs. Abs training" 
    15:05 Breaking down a "mental skills" session with athletes 
    18:30 Goals/outcomes of mental performance training 
    18:56 Building Self-awareness 
    21:25 Handling "the unknown" 
    23:04 Routines and Habits 
    25:53 "Building tools/Overcoming obstacles" vs. "Fixing a Problem" 
    28:01 Mental Performance: High-school vs College 
    29:39 Chasing the results or enjoying the process 
    33:15 Development = Time + Patience 
    35:24 What does it mean to "walk in someone else's shoes"? 
    43:00 The coach's role in discussing sensitive/uncomfortable information 
    47:24 The mental affect of playing multiple sports at once 
    51:26 The 7 mental skills 
    54:50 Advice for stepping up your empathetic response
    1 hr 1 min
  • 11. MOVE AS NATURE INTENDED (with Stephen Beahn, GOATA coach)
    GOATA (Greatest of All Time Athlete action) coach Stephen Beahn has been an athlete his whole life, and like many others, he suffered from nagging aches and pains performing. After lifting and working out traditionally his whole life, he sought out GOATA to help him in ways no one else ever could. This fast growing methodology looks at the movement patterns of some of the greatest athletes that play for their whole careers with no injuries, as well as indigenous tribe members, babies, and some animals. It re-envisions and debunks fitness industry norms by helping athletes and the common man, woman, and young person re-code their body to move the way nature intended. Time codes for topics discussed below:
    2:17 “Circuit Training”: Tight Hips and Solutions for mobility!
    10:27 an Athlete’s search for answers
    15:03 GOATA (Actions of the Greatest of All Time Athletes)
    18:32 GOATA patterns
    19:50 Assessing with Slow-Mo footage
    23:25 the most common posture problems
    28:40 GOATA and injury rehab
    33:32 Front Chain vs. Back Chain
    37:57 Sprinting: straight lines vs. energy waves
    41:07 Properly absorbing pressure in the Hip and foot
    55:22 Cuing change of direction and forward motion
    57:45 Objections/opposing opinions
    1:04:11 Move well and KEEP moving well for life
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    1 hr 12 min
  • 10. PURSUING PLEASURE AND AVOIDING SUFFERING (with Greg Stoyles, former philosophy professor)
    Greg Stoyles has been on several walks of life. He formerly taught philosophy at several colleges in Western New York and sat on several ethics committees, as well as having been ordained as a minister when he completed seminary. He has also been to Ireland twice to study abroad, and visited Japan in his youth. In episode 12 of Sets & Reps, I pick his brain on philosophical theories, ethics as a standard for goodness, what suffering means, how to avoid suffering by seeking pleasure, and many other substantial topics. Time codes included below.
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    1:37 - Circuit training: Stronger Shoulders!
    6:49 - Philosophy vs. Psychology
    9:25 - Theories of Philosophy
    13:52 - What is the best life for me to live and why?
    16:45 - Hedonism: seeking pleasure to avoid suffering
    18:43 - Immediate/physical pleasures vs. mental pleasures
    23:54 - Advice to those trying to avoid instant gratification
    26:47 - Living a life of excess
    30:18 - When suffering is unavoidable
    38:59 - Early progressive policies 1800s england
    41:51 - Explaining the guilt behind switching to a vegetarian/vegan diet
    57 min
  • 9. FIELD OF RAYS (with Dan Rousseau, former CSCS Tampa Bay Rays)

    *email me at [email protected] if you have brief questions about the gym, training, or nutrition that you want me to discuss in my new intro segment. You will receive a shoutout at the end of the intro!  

    In this all new Sets & Reps podcast, former Strength and Conditioning Coach Dan Rousseau from the Tampa Bay Rays professional baseball team joins me to talk about his experience working with athletes.   

    We talk about the roles and responsibilities of a strength and conditioning coach, taking the CSCS exam, what was the biggest thing that transferred from the training facility to the field, how a coach like this might spend most of his time during peak hours, where he would travel with the team, and so much more!  

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    1 hr
  • Nerd Splurge #2: Trivia Splurge

    Welcome back to the special edition of Sets & Reps called "Nerd Splurge", the podcast where my lifelong compadre Josh Hartling and I get together and dive into various superhero, comicbook, and pop culture topics, with something new and exciting each episode. On today's episode, we quiz each-other with random trivia questions, and have a conversation about who the first ever superhero was, the original color of the incredible Hulk, the best selling comicbook of all time, and more!

    36 min
  • 8. CONSCIOUS VS. COMPARISON (with Alyssa Coyne, CPT)

    Alyssa has been a personal trainer in the New England area for 3+ years now, she is also a corrective exercise specialist and has taught women's self defense classes in the past. She has dedicated herself to helping her clients achieve great things and stay focused within personalized training programs. She is also my coworker and a great friend and positive influence! We talk about how Covid-19 has impacted the fitness industry from two personal trainer's perspectives, how one can nurture a commitment to fitness and a healthy diet while balancing the rest of their life, the importance of the client/trainer relationship, weightlifting as an "outlet", using competition to drive you without obsessing over someone else's journey, and how youths can get out of their comfort zone in the gym. Thank you for listening! I hope you stay blessed and productive during this pandemic.  

    53 min
  • 7. WINNING STREAK (with Jake Iggy, host @ IGGY SPORTS TALK)

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    Do YOU have topics you want to hear me learn about and discuss on this podcast? SEND me an EMAIL at [email protected] and I'll throw your name up when I do the episode intro.  

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    My guest has been running his own reporting/commentator podcast for some time now, he reports on crazy breaking news in the world of professional sports. He has a vision and a desire to work for the MLB in the future. Aside from having clear passion in what he does, the man is very well spoken and I found the conversation to be very stimulating. We talk about manifesting positive outcomes with your words and attitude, the "everything happens for a reason" phrase, the dual concepts of social  media as a positive or negative influence, long term project growth, STEROIDS in professional baseball??.... and more!

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    P.s. if it seems like we interupt eachother, it's because of a slight lag in our connections lol... 

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    New videos every Friday! Times of release announced on IG! 

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    1 hr 35 min

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