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John Wolf is an unconventional athlete who uses kettlebell, steel club, suspension training and other fun and unconventional training methods. He can deadlift more than 500 pounds. He is the Chief Fitness Officer of Onnit a supplement company and fitness academy that offers recipes, training, certifications, a podcast, and more. He is the founder of John Wolf Fitness.We talk about John’s deadlift, and how martial arts were an essential part of his early training and part of his life. He also talks about working out with Pavel, kettlebell swings, using clubs, and unconventional workout techniques, and how the groundwork and the unconventional methods worked well together. He also talks about creating a defined tool kit for fitness training.Today’s topics include: John and his personal deadlift. He was built to deadlift, and he lifts over 500. Martial arts is a comprehensive practice and influence and part of John’s life. John talks about swinging kettlebells and unconventional training methods. How Onnit sells clubs, kettlebells, maces and other unconventional tools. John went from a fitness enthusiast to a fitness professional. You don’t want to overtrain, but you want to over reach because the line moves. John shares some of the bad decisions he made through partying and drugs. He learned how to kick his drug addiction and really got into fitness. How everyone lives through life through their own lens. His friends and his wife also gave him a new perspective. This is also one of the powerful things about coaching and groups. Having people in your world to create positive outcomes. John loves the evolution of Strength Matters. How people need inspiration and support to transform their life and fitness goals. Longevity and being of service is part of John’s long term plan Power and internal resistance. How Onnit has become a lifestyle brand and offers educational content. The founder of My Mad Methods, Mark started with the content of Onnit and recommended John for creating the educational offerings. John worked remotely, and he is now in Austin. He loves the integrated philosophy and using different tools to offer the educational offerings. Foundations course and progressively moving towards more dangerous practices. Durability is a restorative movement course. Having unique presenters to challenge perspectives. Work the skill and grease the groove for muscle gain. Low tension techniques. Be conservative before you get aggressive. Eat inline to optimize hormones for fat loss. Low risk low intensity cardio is a great way to start the day. Define your goals with a level of clarity. Be flexible with your goals and timelines. Have a support group of people that you can share your vision with. John’s favorite tool is his body and exploring the ground.Links and resources: John Wolf Onnit Academy Pavel Tsatsouline The One Thing Onnit Gym Austin, TX My Mad Methods Onnit Academy Instagram Total Human Optimization PodcastQuotes:“With the system we teach, we value mobility, multiplayer movement skills, and enjoyable pain free ease of movement.” John Wolf“The deadlift is my li

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['Robert Piparo (Pip) is the director of 555 Fitness an organization designed to keep firefighters and emergency responders healthy. What started as a Facebook community has turned into a nationally recognized Not For Profit Organization. They are doing their part reducing the line of duty deaths attributed to cardiac related events. There motto is train hard do work.
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\nWe talk about how they are helping firefighters all over the US improve their health and endurance. They are also doing their part in getting much needed fitness equipment into the right hands. Pip became an unintentional social media celebrity, and he shares how that came about. We also address the fitness standards that the fire department should have. Along with what it is like to be a firefighter and some amazing testimonials of the work being done at 555 Fitness.
\nToday’s topics include:
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\n* Pip is a Lieutenant in the Fire department. To be a firefighter, you need to be extremely fit.
\n* He started as an EMS where he was lifting and moving patients up and down the stairs.
\n* Pip fell in love with fitness and then started CrossFit which combined everything he liked to do in one package.
\n* Pip had been working out at the firehouse and some guys joined him. This was the early start.
\n* He has always been researching fitness. He found a 555 Fitness Facebook page which was established by a firefighter.
\n* Pip and the Captain who started the page became friends and Pip decided to help him, and it was their plan to raise money to get fitness equipment for firehouses.
\n* They have given over $30,000 worth of equipment and have become a force for change.
\n* Now firefighters, police, and emergency responders are now taking their health more seriously.
\n* Pip started putting a body weight workout on Instagram everyday.
\n* Firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, a flight nurse, and people from all over the country help and are part of the 555 family.
\n* The tests and requirements to become a firefighter. There are volunteers and career emergency services. People in American are volunteering less because they don’t have time.
\n* Career firefighters have some form of a written test and physical test. The CPAT timed obstacle test.
\n* When getting hired firefighters are at their top physical shape.
\n* Some states have physical training, but standards vary. Some on duty firefighters aren’t allowed to work out during duty time.
\n* People in emergency services help people, but they sometimes forget about themselves. This is coupled into the epidemic of people not working out.
\n* When you offer something for free everybody wants it. They have an application for their grant because they want the people getting the equipment to use it.
\n* They came up with a small package of equipment, and they want to know how it will be used.
\n* We call ourselves brother and sister because we are a family that lives together, works together, and shares meals together. Working out brings the family closer.
\n* How health and fitness is the best drug ever. We are not only changing emergency service workers lives, we are changing their families lives.
\n* How health and fitness also creates better firefighters.
\n* Pip believes that their success story on social media has come from consistency.
\n* The amazing community that 555 Fitness has created.
\n* The importance of being competitive for motivation and to just get a little more out of fitness.
\n* Be humble. Realize what you have, and you have to work to get it. Always work hard and push to be better.
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\nLinks and resources:
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\n* 555 Fitness
\n* @555fitness on Twitter
\n* \n\t\tStrength Matters\n\t\t\n\t\t1\n\t\t27\n\t\tyes\n\t\t1:01:02\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\tEp 26: Why I’ve Given Up On Food Diaries With Josh Hillis\n\t\thttps://strengthmatters.com/ea-26-why-ive-given-up-on-food-diaries-with-josh-hillis/\n\t\tMon, 05 Feb 2018 06:00:52 +0000\n\t\thttps://strengthmatters.com/?p=26304\n\t\thttps://strengthmatters.com/ea-26-why-ive-given-up-on-food-diaries-with-josh-hillis/#respond\n\t\thttps://strengthmatters.com/ea-26-why-ive-given-up-on-food-diaries-with-josh-hillis/feed/\n\t\t0\n\t\tOne By One Nutrition a coaching platform that offers tons of free DIY courses and coaching options when it is time to take things to the next level.
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\nJosh also writes tons of nutrition, fitness, and kettlebell articles for his personal blog Lose Stubborn Fat. On this site, you can find over 1100 posts, a coaching program, and information about Fat Loss Happens on Monday a book about reasonable workouts and habit based nutrition that Josh wrote with Dan John. Josh has been a personal trainer since 2004 and teaches workshops for trainers all over the United States.
\nToday’s topics include:
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\n* How walking to the beach is much tougher than one would think.
\n* Josh was involved with kettlebells and got hooked and became a trainer.
\n* He transitioned to focus on food and food habits which is now called skills based coaching.
\n* Coaching comes down to planning and skills.
\n* The importance of taking action with your values. Using goals when they are motivating and not using them when they have the opposite effect.
\n* External reward is the least form of motivation. The most persistent form of motivation is clarified values.
\n* Picking your values from a list. Asking people who or what matters to them to pull out values.
\n* People often find they have values for parenting or careers, but they are doing the opposite when it comes to food.
\n* Applying the things in your life that you want for your family or career when it comes to nutrition.
\n* How Josh was the king of food diaries, but he has mostly given up that philosophy.
\n* He cared more about the habits of what his clients ate not actually what they ate.
\n* Food judging can be a food journaling trap.
\n* Eat 3 to 4 meals with no snacks is skill 1.
\n* Skill 2 is eating just enough and paying attention to when you have had enough food.
\n* Get good at this and you never have to manage weight loss for the rest of your life.
\n* Introducing clients to habits and skill based nutrition.
\n* Emotional eating and diet and really strongly correlated.
\n* First thing Josh does is go through their diet history and see what did and didn’t work. Then they find where it broke.
\n* The cycle of emotional eating, dieting harder, and binge eating.
\n* A skill based approach is flexible and apply to a lot of circumstances.
\n* Portion control, mostly whole foods, and being hungry before you eat.
\n* All of the skills triangulate to create a self check if you are having the right amount of food.
\n* They have the core skills, but they start with just one.
\n* The core 5 skills were well for emotional eaters. Track behavior not eating.
\n* Diffusion and fixing thoughts and emotions.
\n* Having a client take an active role so that they generate motivation for themselves.
\n* It’s important to understand why you are doing things.
\n* How there is a tension between self-acceptance and change that is required. Accept your thoughts and emotions and change your behaviours.
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\nLinks and resources:
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\n* Strength Matters Summit
\n* Lose Stubborn Fat
\n* One By One Nutrition
\n* Josh Hillis on Facebook
\n* Josh Hillis on YouTube
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Josh Hillis is a writer, author, coach, and entrepreneur who is here today to talk about nutritional habits, emotional eating, and strategies for dealing with when life smacks you in the face. He is the Chief People Officer at One By One Nutrition a coaching platform that offers tons of free DIY courses and coaching options when it is time to take things to the next level.

Josh also writes tons of nutrition, fitness, and kettlebell articles for his personal blog Lose Stubborn Fat. On this site, you can find over 1100 posts, a coaching program, and information about Fat Loss Happens on Monday a book about reasonable workouts and habit based nutrition that Josh wrote with Dan John. Josh has been a personal trainer since 2004 and teaches workshops for trainers all over the United States.

Today’s topics include:

* How walking to the beach is much tougher than one would think.

* Josh was involved with kettlebells and got hooked and became a trainer.

* He transitioned to focus on food and food habits which is now called skills based coaching.

* Coaching comes down to planning and skills.

* The importance of taking action with your values. Using goals when they are motivating and not using them when they have the opposite effect.

* External reward is the least form of motivation. The most persistent form of motivation is clarified values.

* Picking your values from a list. Asking people who or what matters to them to pull out values.

* People often find they have values for parenting or careers, but they are doing the opposite when it comes to food.

* Applying the things in your life that you want for your family or career when it comes to nutrition.

* How Josh was the king of food diaries, but he has mostly given up that philosophy.

* He cared more about the habits of what his clients ate not actually what they ate.

* Food judging can be a food journaling trap.

* Eat 3 to 4 meals with no snacks is skill 1.

* Skill 2 is eating just enough and paying attention to when you have had enough food.

* Get good at this and you never have to manage weight loss for the rest of your life.

* Introducing clients to habits and skill based nutrition.

* Emotional eating and diet and really strongly correlated.

* First thing Josh does is go through their diet history and see what did and didn’t work. Then they find where it broke.

* The cycle of emotional eating, dieting harder, and binge eating.

* A skill based approach is flexible and apply to a lot of circumstances.

* Portion control, mostly whole foods, and being hungry before you eat.

* All of the skills triangulate to create a self check if you are having the right amount of food.

* They have the core skills, but they start with just one.

* The core 5 skills were well for emotional eaters. Track behavior not eating.

* Diffusion and fixing thoughts and emotions.

* Having a client take an active role so that they generate motivation for themselves.

* It’s important to understand why you are doing things.

* How there is a tension between self-acceptance and change that is required. Accept your thoughts and emotions and change your behaviours.

Links and resources:

* Strength Matters Summit

* Lose Stubborn Fat

* One By One Nutrition

* Josh Hillis on Facebook

* Josh Hillis on YouTube

It’s an honor to have Dr. John Berardi on today’s show. Dr. Berardi is the co-founder of Precision Nutrition the world’s largest online nutrition and coaching company. Precision Nutrition coach clients through their online coaching platform. They accept new clients into their program twice a year, and they have coached over 100,000 clients at this point. They work with each client for an entire year on nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, and recovery to develop practices to gain a better physique and health.

Precision Nutrition also certifies and trains coaches, fitness professionals, and health professionals. They also build software for the people that they certify. This enables health and fitness professionals to use systems to coach clients. They also teach professional athletes how to eat and enable them with the infrastructure to get the proper nutrition. Dr. John Berardi is an entrepreneur, coach, speaker, writer, and athlete. It’s an honor to have him on the show as he shares enlightening and surprising insights.

Today’s topics include:

* How awesome Kate Solovieva is and how she invites John for workouts and it is a bit intimidating.

* John shares how he doesn’t have a bucket list. He is a reformed future planner. When he was 19 a mentor introduced him to self-development, but John decided it was important for him to live in the moment.

* How John wants to focus on excellence.

* The amount of time people spend agonizing over decisions reduces their quality of life.

* Making yourself right with the decisions you make. Instead of getting data overwhelm.

* The great work of chef and content marketer Jennifer Nickle on Precision Nutrition.

* Coaches and clients both need the most help in the psychology of behavior.

* How Precision Nutrition is an ongoing research project that keeps collecting data.

* Finding ways to fit nutrition into people’s lives. Precision Nutrition spends time trying to figure this out.

* Having a client-centered approach as opposed to a coach-centered approach. Client-centered approach signals empathy. It also helps to find out the clients level.

* How asking questions helps coaches discover what level the client is actually on.

* The importance of enjoying eating healthy food and being a coach, not a taskmaster.

* Find the tools that the client uses to succeed in business and life and apply them to nutrition.

* The importance of finding and fixing deficiencies and then starting slow with a progression model.

* Diet should be the end of a logical progression of skill development.

* Having an aspirational goal model that is broken down into the skills required to achieve that goal.

* Eating well is a skill that requires daily practice. Layering skill on top of skill in good progression and you will get there.

* Following a reliable method of practice to develop the skills that you want.

* Step 1 paying better attention to eating.

* Eating slowly for two weeks. Being slow makes your eating more intentional.

* Eating until 80% full.

* How eating intentionally can help us eat foods that taste good without degrading our health.

* How different diets work for different people and what principles transcend all diets.

* All people on effective diets pay better attention, eat fewer processed foods, and eat foods with higher nutritional value which better controls caloric intake. They also exercise.

* How different diets can still create great health profiles. Control calories, exercise regularly, and eat unprocessed foods. Then you can pick the diet you want.

* Transcending details and looking at the big picture of health.

* Taller and thinner people do better with high...

Julia Chi Taylor is a runner, world traveler, coach, author, and blogger who runs and trains all over the world. She is a huge proponent of barefoot running and travels and blogs with her husband as she traverses our globe with her bare feet. She has an incredible story including how she overcame an eating disorder and how she leads a totally barefoot lifestyle.Julia has been running all her life from running barefoot in the grass to competing at top levels and running marathons. She is a mentor, coach, and guide for others as she travels the world. She recently shed all of her possessions and lives a nomadic lifestyle. She shares how and why she has done all of this plus the fun and benefits of having a barefoot lifestyle.Today’s topics include: Julia is in a tiny village in Granada Spain right now. Julia starting walking and running when she was 9 months old. When she was six she knew that she was a runner who wanted to win races. As a teen she won some races and joined an all male except for her running club. How Julia ran for England and loved winning, but also had to temper her desire to win, so she wouldn’t train and push too hard. Julia shares how she tripped in a race and the mistake of not eating made her very weak in a race. She also shares a story about racing with her sister. The importance of keeping going and not getting disappointed when things don’t go your way. Julia feels she is a natural marathoner and her body was built for it. At 58, she is still competing today after a long life of running, racing and running marathons. At one point she got chronic fatigue and a doctor recommended running less. This taught her a lot about coaching and looking after herself. Something changed inside her and she learned not to push herself too hard. She always loved running on the track and 3000 meters and 1500 meter races. The Swansea Bay 10k was also an awesome race. She loves racing people because it is fun. The importance of not spending time with people you don’t want to spend time with. How things have changed in the running world. People compete at a high level. The importance of core strength, balance, and strong feet when running. Losing weight can make people faster, but this can lead to an unhealthy journey and emotional issues. Julia shares her strategies and healing to accept herself to tackle her eating issues. She has also helped others with their eating issues. Know yourself deeply and really accept and live yourself. Julia shares how she was having back issues, and her injury was about letting something go. She tried barefoot running on the beach. Her pain went away and barefoot running didn’t hurt. She then tried running in socks and then gave all of her shoes to a friend. She now doesn't own shoes. Having no shoes makes being a nomad easier. If it is cold she wears socks. Her whole body has changed from barefoot running. It’s like she runs the same way as when she was young. She is in the process of training to run barefoot across Spain. To transition to barefoot running it has to be done slowly. Consistency and slow running is more important

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Myles Hopper and Giles Humphries are the co-founders of Mindful Chef a health-focused food box company based in the UK. They launched in 2015 and have since shipped over 500,000 healthy recipes from small farms in Devon where they grew up. The recipes are 100% gluten and dairy free. Mindful farming is important to them and their suppliers maintain the highest of ethical standards. Mindful Chef is one of the most popular food delivery services in the UK.

We talk about all kinds of interesting topics like how they got started, cooking, knife skills, and about some fantastic pre and post workout recipes. We also talk about the Mindful Chef Book and how important it is to use quality ingredients. Myles and Giles are also athletes who love sports. They decided to pool their talents and started Mindful Chef in 2015. They have been friends since they were young, and they share all kinds of insights into healthy eating and entrepreneurship.

Today’s topics include:

* Myles shares his background in sports and surfing and rugby. He also became a personal trainer and a nutrition coach.

* Giles worked in brand marketing before discussing Mindful Chef with Myles.

* How they pooled their ideas together with Rob the finance guy and launched in 2015.

* They had seen recipe boxes in the US, but not any healthy ones.

* How their interest in healthy eating and pressure of time demands helped them understand that the Mindful Chef was a great idea.

* With the boxes delivered, people just have to spend a half hour in their kitchen. Plus, they learn the skill of cooking.

* How the average person eats three takeaway meals a week.

* How health and wellness are important and food preparation needs to be prioritized.

* They are also going to do some collaboration and share cooking skills with the public.

* Mindfulness is about having a bit of balance. They eat Mindful Chef, but also go out because it is about balance.

* The credit debit system people have with their eating and indulgence habits.

* The mindful aspect of switching off just a bit. How the Internet period needs a mindfulness shift.

* People used to have time away from work to spend with friends and family.

* Put your phone down and open up one of our bags of goodness and enjoy being in the moment and cooking a meal.

* They are still refining our family and kid friendly boxes.

* How in some small way they are helping a new generation learn to cook again.

* How important is was to find the Mindful Chef name and some names that would not have worked well.

* The logistics and technology and ordering fresh food were all challenges that they have faced.

* How they gravitated towards sourcing from small farms. They will even go and see the farm and make sure that it is a good fit.

* How chef Louisa comes up with amazing recipes and as a result the guys cooking and knife skills have improved immensely.

* Some of the guys heros and people they look up to like Joe Wicks.

* The importance of educating people and getting fresh food back into the diet.

* How the book is more than a cookbook because it talks about many topics like sleep, gut health, stress, and animal care and treatment. They offer advice from a holistic point of view including energy and productivity.

* How delicious healthy meals can be when put together properly.

* How eating poorly disturbs your sleep.

* They just closed a 2 million pound funding round which will allow them to reach more people across the UK.

* They want to grow and diversify and give customers a wider offering than they have presently.

On today’s show, I speak with the founder of Strength Matters James Breese. We talk about the journey and changes we have gone through over the last six to eight months, and how the concept of the everyday athlete grew after a lifestyle change for James. We talk about training, the future of Strength Matters, and a lot more.Strength Matters started out as a kettlebell company called Kettlebell Fever, but it is now transitioning into a fitness company for everyday athletes. The concept of the everyday athlete came about because the way James would train changed on a day-to-day basis. He started paddle boarding and trail running. He also followed the Run Strong book by Andrew Read for running training. His workout is now a more diverse program and so is the philosophy of Strength Matters.Today’s topics include: James shares how kettlebells are a tool, but not ideal for building cardio. How James rediscovered his love of running. There is so much more to Strength Matters than meets the eye. James also used to play cricket at a high level, he also needs to train consistently. How people lose athleticism as they age. James started doing drills with an agility ladder. The idea is to be more athletic based on training to become more athletic. Everyone's an athlete, but not everyone is elite. That is the whole spirit behind the everyday athlete. The seven human movements that are the key to athleticism. We talked about testing and certification. How challenging rowing was for James when he first began. How James has discovered so much about himself and his own ability. Cardio is hard and it is time to stop making excuses. Bulgarian split squats are one of the most humbling exercises one can do. Rowing can help build volume and push James out of his comfort zone. He followed Phil’s rowing plan. All of the combined exercises started to completely change James’ body. Running Strength Matters can be stressful with the traveling and eating out. James was focusing on strength training. With the increased cardio he has lost weight and his body composition has changed. His running and rowing times have also improved. He is also enjoying life more and that is the key to being an everyday athlete. James wants to inspire people with this concept. He spends 10 to 15 minutes moving and doing mobility. He then does push-ups and pull-ups. Then heavy snatches and Bulgarian split squats. The ability and flexibility has improved. He feels more alive and more awake. There was a point when James was holding back on his workouts because he was embarrassed. The everyday athlete is a lifestyle concept. The spirit of the everyday athlete is humble, courageous, never quits, doesn’t make excuses, and loves life. People can be helped when they want to help themselves. It is about training weaknesses, so people can take on the world. Identifying your weaknesses with the 10 points of movement. It’s better to not be pinned down to only one tool. Tests are 2000 meter row time sub 7 for men and sub 8 for women for pro level or do the crawl test and see how long you can crawl. James wants to inspire peopl

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Today, I am speaking with Neal Snyder the presenter of the What’s New Coach podcast. He is a trainer and manager with over 10 years experience in the business. In this episode, he tells us about his 100 press ups or push ups a day challenge. Along with the inspiration behind it and the results he has gained from doing the challenge. We also talk about how to survive in the business as a new personal trainer, and the lessons Neal has learned both as a client and a coach.Neal has helped manage hundreds of trainers at Equinox in New York City. He has worked with some of the top coaches in the Tier X program. He also helped develop the business and educational side of the personal trainer development program. In 2011, he was awarded the Equinox Education Award. He is currently working at Fitness Inc. where he is the senior program director. As podcasters, Neal and I have a lot in common and this is a great interview.Today’s topics include: After high school, Neal started fitness training with a semi-pro football player. They did an elite Russian chest workout and then a leg workout. After his introduction to working out he was hooked. He then went to college and received an engineering degree. In 2007, the gym he worked out at asked him to be a trainer. He moved to a better celebrity gym in New York, before moving on to Equinox in December of 2008, and he worked there for eight years. He received awesome personal training and management experience. He is now at the Fitness Inc. training studio, and he is learning a ton about business and coaching. The What’s New Coach podcast interviews awesome trainers, and Neal enjoys getting to talk with and know these people. Neal shares a little bit about his L.A.B. Fitness Consulting and a live event coming up on October 14th. Neal enjoyed how Equinox spent a lot of time up front teaching their trainers about business, marketing, and sales. Trainers need to have confidence, presence, and ask for the sale. Asking would you like to know how much it costs is a great way to talk about money. How training and selling training is about connecting with people and building relationships. Lack of knowledge was Neal’s number one problem when he first started. Neal’s biggest beginning mistake was starting with too much weight. The value of being a generalist as opposed to being a specialist. Neal now focuses on sustainability and endurance and floor work. Getting up and down from the ground from different positions. Neal is doing 100 push-ups or press-ups a day. He has gained ½ inch on his arms and lost ½ inch on his waist and improve shoulder mobility. He puts pushups between his rest intervals during workouts. Neals next challenge is going to focus on arm strength and light curls. When lifting, taking your time and adding repetitions instead of adding weight is so simple to Neal now. Never underestimate the power of walking. Getting up and down off the floor more helps with recovery and resilience. Eat less and don’t beat yourself up and label things good or bad. Eat slow and journal when you lift.Links and resources: What’s New Coach? Po

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Today, my guest is Joel Heath the founder and CEO of FluidStance the makers of eco-friendly balance boards to keep tech workers moving while standing in front of a desk or computer. For the last 20 years, Joel has led brand architecture, product development, and startup launches for companies that inspire and motivate in the outdoor industries. He is also the founder of the GoPro Mountain Games the largest outdoor event in the world,

In this episode, we talk about the design evolution, science, and research that went into create his products. We also talk about how the FluidStance decks can help people who use standing desks be more productive. We talk about Joel’s entrepreneurial success, and his life long goal of setting life in motion. We also talk about the GoPro Games, and Joels’ support for the charity First Descents which helps young adults with cancer enjoy adventure sports.

Today’s topics include:

* How Joel and Josh both stand while recording podcasts.

* Joel has spent his entire professional life trying to blur the line between work and play.

* In boardrooms, he looks at people’s watches, socks, eyeglasses, etc. to see how much sense of play his colleagues have.

* Joel was also the president of Teva and he was on a mission to help people live better stories and have the life they always wanted.

* Having staff meetings on chairlifts allows for problems to be solved quickly because of the time thinking about the issues on the slopes.

* Joel lost his mojo sitting in meetings and flights all the time. He decided that something had to change and made the move to a standing desk.

* He still felt like the sedentary nature was just moved to his hips and legs.

* There is a different between resting and sitting. Chairs were to rest.

* Joel started looking for ways to create motion when working.

* Joel’s goal of wanting to be able to ski when he is 70, so he could ski for free.

* Surfing has been a great transitional sport for Joel.

* Joel’s parent company Company of Motion is about looking at the small moments in life and taking them back physically and emotionally

* The importance of balance and how our lifestyles are too sedentary.

* The motion that the FluidStance deck allows. When people slow down a little bit they have fewer errors.

* Besides functionality of movement the decks are designed to be beautiful.

* The parts are also locally supplied near the warehouse reducing the carbon footprint.

* The simplicity of the board does not diminish the science of the design.

* How they went through 26 prototypes to get the right height and level of movement.

* How sitting is awesome when you are athlete, but in the work world standing is the rest from all of the sitting.

* Joel feels that anything that will get you moving is the right answer.

* The 70-20-10 philosophy with 70% the same and 20% on the deck and 10% of real movement.

* The science behind the deck and how it is NEAT certified. 10% of your day should be non-exercise activity.

* Stimulating exercise after the first 15 minutes of a meal. Blood sugar spikes within the first 15 minutes after eating.

* The performance similarities between performance of athletes and corporate performance.

* The importance of the body and not separating the body and the mind in the corporate world. Movement gives people energy.

* Movement, breath, and hydration are the three tenants of Joel’s philosophy.

* Freestyle kayaking in a white water park in Vail, CO. Starting a kayaking camp for kids with cancer.

* How the young adult phase of cancer is an underserved demographic. Joel’s organization First Descents. They treat cancer patients like they are not broken.

Today, I am talking with Harold Gibbons a strength coach and program design manager at Mark Fisher Fitness. He has created personal exercise programs and group training classes for over 800 of New York’s most ridiculous humans. At an early age Harold discovered that he loved lifting weights and going to the gym was an escape. He went on to study and teach physical education, and is now a coach who wants to help his clients build the best life possible.On today’s show, we discuss how Harold started training at Mark Fisher Fitness, strength coaching, and how he designs programs that blend progressive exercise strategies with contemporary coaching concepts to create an empowering experience at all fitness levels. Harold finds coaching at Mark Fisher fitness so amazing that he would be willing to come to work for free. He shares all of this and more in today’s show.Today’s topics include: How Harold was voted as the funniest man in college. Harold shares his background and fitness beginnings. He played LaCrosse and was a drummer in the marching band. He discovered that he enjoyed lifting weights more than LaCrosse. The gym became Harold’s escape and he started studying exercise science. Harold met Mark Fisher at a fitness conference and thought he was a complete crazy man. Harold loves coaching at Mark Fisher Fitness and would do it for free if it were possible. How the Broadway world is it’s own demographic. The way that people at MFF become friends and play games and hang out together. Bear crawl tag and how everyone is it. Finding a community and making friends while doing something you enjoy can keep you motivated. Harold shares how much fun he has mountain biking by himself. Workout plans and finding an online community when getting started. Harold’s programs begin with science, but stop when they are no longer emotionally supportive. The app that they use to write individual programs for people. Semi-private training and making an app to track everything and describe exercises. Time can now be spent talking about the emotional aspect. The goal of promoting autonomy from the very beginning. How important it is to design a program that people will actually do and want to do it on their own. Getting into the action instead of getting bogged down in the variables. More important than goals is making fitness a habit. The MF15 and teaching specific strategies for coaching things and teaching humans. Being a trainer who regularly chats with other people is important for finding ideas. Taking well-educated trainers and teaching the soft skills. Biggest lesson learned is the importance of caring combined with having knowledge. The importance of being able to adapt training programs to the stressors of life.Links and resources: Mark Fisher Fitness Harold Gibbons Harold Gibbons on Facebook Harold Gibbons on Twitter @Harold_Gibbons Fitocracy StrongLifts 5x5 Workout Trainerize Motivate and MoveQuotes:“Exercise is so transformative for people’s bodies and their mental and physical health.” Harold Gibbons“Workouts should be done because they make you feel good.” Harold Gibbons“

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