Side Quest Podcast

In this episode I interview Nick Sorrell of Nick Sorrell Training.  Nick is from the beautiful rolling hills of Kentucky and studied at Louisville University where he worked as a strength coach with the Cardinals football team.

In this episode we discuss:

• how a D-1 athelete trains
• how college football players won the genetic lottery and are freaks
• his goals as a coach and in the gym
• finding his sweet spot as a coach
• how he lost 100 pounds from high school to college
• his biggest challenge post college
• obsess with your goal not the scale
• thoughts on online coaching vs in person
• his love of Final Fantasy 7
• the learning curve of online coaching
• who he looks up to for inspiration
• how he is finishing 2014

Links

Nicks Website

Fitocracy

In this episode I interview Adam Fisher of The Philosopher Warrior. Adam was named one of the top 5 Fitness Coaches Taking the World by Storm by Fitocracy earlier in 2014. Adam is more than a trainer and barbell guru.  He is a philosophy lover, video gamer, geek, and deadlift maniac. 

In this episode we discuss:

• his aspirations to become a novelist
• his weakness of having "too many irons in the fire"
• Ayn Rand
• #Accelerate
• Extentialism and Stoics
• Obstacle is the Way
• Book of Tao Te Ching
• How Eastern Philosophy influences his lifting mindset
• Mindfulness
• Tetris and how you apply it to life/fitness
• How I Met Your Mother
• Elder Scrolls
• Whether we should stretch or not stretch
• Pain and new science behind it
• Lamar Gant
• How he conquered his own fear(s)
• Most inspiring thing anyone said to him
• His current goals
• Games that moved him emotionally
• The Uplift Method

Links:

Adam's Website

The Uplift Method

Pain Science

Fitocracy

Jonathan Strange Mr. Norrell

ART

Super Training

In this episode I chat with Joseph Brigleague of Brigleague Fitness.  Joe, is currently in grad school for exercise science but we chat about how he has found time to stay sane with all the work and juggle clients, nutrition, sleep, and life.  We discuss his training philosophy and how he works to teach habits and how to build them to achieve your goals.  Also chat a little about his hate for running and his weakness of hitting the snooze button.

Links:

Brigleague Fitness

How to Make Fitness Fun

In this interview I talk with Brian Compton of Fact and Fitness.  Brian is a young trainer who is an online Fitocracy Team Fitness coach as well through his own site.  Brian is a graduate of the program offered from Metabolic Effect in Winston-Salem, NC. 

The “eat less, exercise more” idea for fat loss isn’t just flawed, it’s broken.  Rapid weight loss efforts lead to 95% of dieters regaining the weight back within a year of dieting, and 66% weighing more than when they started the diet.  I prefer to take a more sustainable approach to fat loss with my online clients.  I don’t believe in providing meal plans for my clients, either.  Done-for-you diets never work.  Instead, I educate my clients and provide them with the tools they need to setup a long-term meal plan (lifestyle) they can follow effortlessly, long after our time concludes together.

In this episode we discuss:

• Metabolic Effect
• Brian's first positive experience with a client
• Who inspired Brian 
• His goals
• Where he got his Fantasy Football name
• His ideal Super Hero
• Where the name of his company came from
• A little discussion of our favorite things in NC

Links:

Metabolic Effect

Fitocracy Team Fitness

Fact and Fitness

Tim Ferriss

Engineering the Alpha

In this episode I read another blog post as an audio essay. This episode goes over the time I followed the Paleo diet and how I turned into a zealot for it.  

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Links:

Blog

Jordan Syatt

Nia Shanks Book

In this episode I interview Bryan Krahn.  Bryan was the associate editor for T-Nation for four years and has also written for Bodybuilding.com, Daily Burn, Muscle and Fitness, Men's Health and many more.  Bryan hails from Canada but has spent a good portion of time in NYC training clients, writing, and chiseling a great body well into his early 40s. Bryan is a no non-sense guy and has the drive seen in many of the old bodybuilding types.  Get in, hit it hard, and get out.

In this episode we discuss:

• Bryan's greatest challenges in his life
• The greatest hockey movie ever made
• The rebirth of hockey in his hometown of Winnipeg
• The Alpha Male and what has caused men today to find that so appealing
• Old school body building tricks or tips that we should strive to bring back
• The people who inspire Bryan
• Best advice he has received that has impacted his career
• Tips turning a negative into a positive
• His advice to new trainers
• Personality types of clients and how to learn to work with everyone
• The two people who have inspired his work and his life the most

Links

T-Nation

Bryan's Website

Young Blood

Alpha Males

In this episode we discuss:

• Fit Geek Nation
• How she got started in writing for video games then why she moved back to fitness
• Her favorite video games
• Why she started a group to help fellow geeks
• Peanut butter vs coffee
• Her inspiriations
• Her YouTube channel
• Her goals in writing and her goals in fitness
• Video game manuals and why do they not exist anymore

Links

Fit Geek Nation

Stephanie's Bodybuilding.com Articles

FitNGeeky

Stephanie can be found on Instagram and Twitter at SuperLEE7.  

In this episode I interview Matt Dustin of The Athletic Physique.  Matt is earned his Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, took an internship with the Under Armour Sports Performance Center and has been a personal trainer since 2011.  He has worked with clientele of all shapes and sizes, including several Division 1 NCAA athletes, figure and physique competitors, and even a lingerie model.  In this episode we discuss:

Links

Matt's Website

Layne Norton

Fitocracy

Tim Ferriss

Under Armor Performance Center

In this episode I interview Jessi Kneeland of Remodel Fitness.

Jessi was voted one of the top 30 individuals under 30 in the fitness industry by Fitocracy in 2014.  In this episode we discuss:

• Jessi's philosophy as a trainer and how she developed that 
• Growing up in a rural area
• Struggles we both experienced while living in NYC pursuing acting careers
• The meaning of her tattoo on her forearm
• Is there something men just do not get about women and weight loss
• What challenges her
• What inspires her
• How she got her start and moved from theater to fitness
• Her greatest failure and success in her young career
• Her take on the issues of body image and how the media seems to perpetuate that or drive it
• A little discussion on seasons or sometimes the lack thereof of an actual autumn in NYC

We also talk a little about a great commencment speech from 2005 that has inspired her called This is Water.  Check this out as it gives some great advice on find peace and calm and joy in our constant overly stressed life.

Links:

This is Water

Fitocracy

Remodel Fitness

Side Quest Podcast

In this episode I do a short audio essay of a blog post from the website on why I train and the purpose behind it.