Strength Matters

Welcome to Everyday Athlete the podcast for the everyday athlete who wants to train smarter and live to be 100 years old. I am your host, Josh Kennedy. Today, I am talking to Franz Snideman, co-owner of Revolution Fitness in La Jolla, California. Franz is a Senior Strong First Instructor, Primal Move National Instructor, a former collegiate sprinter, a trainer, coach, speaker, and author. Franz is known as the sprinting ninja, and he has dreams of being a superhero.Franz has been in the fitness industry for 21 years, and he has been a personal trainer since 1996. When he was young, he stumbled onto track and field by accident. He ended up getting a college scholarship for track and field, and he is currently known as a sprinting geek. He and his brother developed Primal Speed which is a synthesis of all of his fitness knowledge put into a system that teaches power training and sprinting. This system is unique because it is geared towards health first and performance second.Today’s topics include: How a little bit of long-term power training makes a huge difference in fitness. Starting with sprinting mechanics. Take the gait cycle up to a march. Then go to skipping and running in place. Mechanical efficiency is important in any movement. The higher the foot goes up the more stretch and that is where the power comes from in sprinting. Start slow and gradually increase. Move arms explosively from the shoulder independent from your legs. How Franz could get a 78-year old sprinting in 3 to 6 months. The excitement of sharing a passion for sprinting. Flexing your shoulder and powerful arm movements give you some bounce off of the floor. Developing speed and power before developing endurance. Start short and then work up. Benefits of sprinting opposed to jogging. Sprinting can maximize results with a minimal time input. The hormonal response of using your body explosively. The adrenal and pituitary glands kick in and release hormones that tell the body to adapt. Sprinting helps the body adapt by losing fat to be faster. Don’t chase the body you want. Chase the behavior that allows the body to get those adaptations. Focus on the function of doing explosive things. Burning through glycogen improves insulin sensitivity. Intentional Athleticism - Taking an honest assessment of your 8 motor qualities. Anti-rotation movements teach your brain to check your core when you move your arm and legs. The rate of force development - how long it takes you to do a movement like a deadlift. Jumping from a boulder to a boulder is a fast rate of force development. Anti-extension most sprinters live in extension. This can cause problems like hamstring strains. Teach the body to keep a neutral pelvis and not overdo extension. Thoracic spine mobility - Where the body is designed to rotate from. Encourage thoracic mobility. Work on a little bit every day. Have strong hip flexion, glutes, and hamstrings.Links and resources: Revolution Fitness Primal Speed Instagram @franzsnideman Twitter @franzsnidemanQuotes:“As we get older we actually need more power. Why not train for power your entire life?”

Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us!

If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now!

Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts

FREE Downloads
To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download your FREE copy of The Strength Matters System of Athletic Development. Get it at - www.strengthmatters.com/system

Welcome to Everyday Athlete the podcast for the everyday athlete who wants to train smarter and live to be 100 years old. I am your host, Josh Kennedy. Today, I am talking to Andrew Read. We talk about Ironman, his 1000 kilometer charity ride, his book Run Strong, his time on SealFit, and all about running, running technique, and how to get started running.  Today’s guest is in the 1% of trainers with over 15 years in the fitness industry. You would be hard pressed to know if he is happy or sad. He hates everyone. He has spent a lifetime in competitive martial arts and some time in special forces. He is a certified functional movement specialist, national director of Primal Move, an author, speaker, and so much more. His specialty is elite performance, and he has trained three world champions. Enjoy my interview with Andrew Read.Today’s topics include: Andrew is 45 years old. When he turned 40 he decided not to be scared of anything like a 1000 kilometer bike ride. He cycled heavily before his Ironman and he was swimming, but he had to work on his running. This spurred the idea for Run Strong and endurance running training. How many races have a running component. SealFit is run by an ex-Navy Seal. It is CrossFit based, but there is a lot of endurance like running and rowing. How long and grueling the different SealFit workouts are. Doing 450 pushups is possible when you have lost count. With SealFit brutal workouts you realize you can do anything. Running from a beginners perspective. Everyone should be able to run. To begin running we need to get the body weight in a normal range. Then introduce running with a walk run program. Jog a minute then walk 4 minutes. Do this 6 times for 30 minutes. Each week increase the running minutes and decrease the walking minutes. It takes 12 weeks to get through the program and the result is running for an hour pain-free. People need to work up to fitness workout levels. Slower initial building at first increases ability. We need strength and aerobic conditioning to develop a high-level workout capacity. How carbohydrates get us stuck in a carbohydrate loop. Walking for an hour is another way to get aerobic fitness. Energy and fuel and eating sugar or carbs as opposed to eating fat or ketogenic. How rest and proper recuperation matters in training and competing. The dangers of water bottles during Ironman competitions. The importance of recovery to making progress and how it becomes more important as we age.Action Step or Takeaway Go through the list of Components of Athleticism, score yourself using a 1-10 score, 10 being the best, then take the ones that you scored the least in and focus on training those areas for the next 3 months.Links and resources: RPT Read Performance Training Run Strong SealFit Walk Run 2.0 Strength Matters on FacebookQuotes:“A lot of people want to do races that involve running, a coach needs to understand how to train runners.” Andrew Read“Two or three days a week of running created amazing results for people training for races that include running.” Andrew Read“Every time we think that we have pushe

Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us!

If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now!

Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts

FREE Downloads
To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download your FREE copy of The Strength Matters System of Athletic Development. Get it at - www.strengthmatters.com/system

Today, I am talking to Joel Proskewitz the Founder of PerformanceRx in London. Joel is a fantastic coach who has been in the business for about 24 years. He has been hiding in the background slowly building his reputation. This is the first podcast he has ever done, but I doubt it will be his last.Joel has been a trainer and strength coach for the last 24 years. He was one of the strength and conditioning coaches for the South African Olympic Heavyweight Rowing Team who happened to take the Bronze medal in Athens in 2004. He has also been a strength coach for the South African National Karate Team. He works directly with Professor Stuart McGill as part of his teaching team as well as taking care of all of his UK back pain referrals. He is the owner of PerformanceRx Personal Training & Injury Rehabilitation. He is super knowledgeable, and it was great having him on the podcast.Today’s topics include: Joel’s training background and how he moved to London and eventually started his gym PerformanceRx PerformanceRx is a fully integrated facility to help with performance to rehabilitation. There are also doctors that can run tests in a one stop shop. A little background about Joel’s clients and his staff’s training techniques. FMS (Functional Movement Systems) is what they use to assess strength and movement of their clients Joel’s specialty is working with problems and injuries of the lower back. The main goal is long-term health and quality of movement. How principles of biomechanics can allow long-term health to be extracted from the programs taught at PerformanceRx. Understanding the difference between moving your spine and moving your hips. People struggle with hip disassociation because no one has broken it down and explained it to them. How Joel got started teaching Professor McGill’s work. How the assessment process for back pain is a very intricate and precise process. No two spines are the same. Treat every person completely different and unique. How Joel tells his trainers to let the clients speak because what they say will shed a lot of light on what is going on with their bodies and fitness level. Every session is an assessment. Clients are all treated like athletes. The importance of sleep hygiene like having a cool dark room and good conditions for sleep. How people need Vitamin D. This and sleep will allow athletes to be in a better state. A DNA test and blood work can help a client understand the best way of eating for their genetics. Martial artists should be cautious about how heavy they lift in the gym.Action Step or Takeaway Tailor your strength and conditioning for the sport you are training for.Links and resources: PerformanceRx @PerformPRx on Twitter PerformanceRx YouTube Channel Back Fit Pro Stuart McGill PerformanceRx of FacebookQuotes:“There is so much research from Stuart McGill that he keeps coming up with outstanding new information.” Joel Proskewitz“I take my work very seriously because I work with people with massive pain and spine injuries.” Joel Proskewitz“There is a very intricate assessment process for helping people alleviate back pai

Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us!

If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now!

Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts

FREE Downloads
To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download your FREE copy of The Strength Matters System of Athletic Development. Get it at - www.strengthmatters.com/system

Welcome to Everyday Athlete the podcast for the everyday athlete who wants to train smarter and live to be 100 years old. I am your host, Josh Kennedy. Today, I am talking to Phil Beene, from Nudge Coach. This is a fantastic new app that can be used by trainers, clients, and everyday athletes.Phil Beene has a degree in Economics from Wofford College. He is the Co-founder and President of Nudge, an online coaching platform. The company has been featured in Techcrunch, Digital Trends, and several other industry magazines. Phil and fellow soccer player Mac Gambill became interested in fitness wearables and corporate wellness. They started working on a way for different devices to talk to each other and eventually Nudge Coach was created.Today’s topics include: The founding of Nudge originated with Phil and Mac Gambill playing soccer together and getting involved in the start-up ecosystem. It was their goal to empower people to take care of their own health through fitness. The Nudge App is client facing and can be synced with your fitness devices and it all goes into Nudge to track all of our fitness habits. Coaches can use Nudge to connect with clients through the app. Nudge is contextualized to a specific person and their applicable data. How it takes 21 days to create a habit and 90 days to create a lifestyle. Clients can use Nudge to keep track of what they are achieving and have intrinsic motivation. Thinking about small habits, opens doors that lead to other areas. There is also a community to help build relationships and provide motivation. An accountability based relationship helps users to achieve their goals. Combining the power of technology with human relationships. How Nudge Coach can help fitness professionals run their businesses remotely Having all of your data in one place and forming habits.Action Step or Takeaway Provide an entirely new layer of value to bring relationships to a new level.Links and resources: Strength Matters App Nudge Coach Phil Beene LinkedIn @philbeene on Twitter @NudgeCOACH on Facebook @NudgeCoach on TwitterQuotes:“Be mindful of your healthful habits overall. Are you getting to the gym and eating and sleeping well?” Phil Beene“Through the app, I can see everything you are doing in the 23 hours you are not in the gym which is huge for a fitness professional.” Phil Beene“When scaling up and working with multiple clients, the potential of Nudge Coach really shines.” Phil Beene

Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us!

If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now!

Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts

FREE Downloads
To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download your FREE copy of The Strength Matters System of Athletic Development. Get it at - www.strengthmatters.com/system

Welcome to the Everyday Athlete Podcast, I’m your host Josh Kennedy.Today, I’m talking with my friend Dr. Perry Nickelston. This is part 2 of my epic interview with Perry. If you missed part 1 of the interview please go back and listen to episode 2 of the podcast.Perry has been working with Strength Matters for the last several years, and he is a huge proponent of functional movement. He is the author of Stop Chasing the Pain and runs the website of the same name. He is a chiropractic physician who focuses on movement and performance enhancement. Listen in as Perry shares his wealth of knowledge with us.Today’s topics include: The RAIL System Release Activate Integrate Locomotion This is a system that discovers why the body does what it does. Restriction, lack of movement, or pain are real or perceived threats to the body. If it is about protection, make the body feel safe and that protective restriction goes away. Release areas where tightness is felt. Activate different parts of the body that have not been doing enough to keep the body stable. Integrate everything together by getting down on the ground and integrating patterns so everything moves as one. Locomotion means movement, anything that you do while you are on two feet. Gait pattern. Mobility is the ability to move. Stability is the resistance of movement. The two cross over into control and motor control. Flexibility is a lot of mobility, but not necessarily the ability to control it. Our brains are always trying to do things to make us feel safe and stable. This could result in locking up a hip. Find the answer in your past and where you don’t like to move to. Sympathetic and parasympathetic breath. Parts of our nervous system. Sympathetic is fight or flight. We don’t breath relaxed when under stress. Parasympathetic is nice and deep breathing down through our diaphragms. Breathing takes a conscious intent. Focus on breathing through your nose expanding your belly to give stabilization until it becomes a habit. Get down on the ground and learn how to breath deeply. Problems turning your head could be caused by the front of your neck. Release muscles and do strengthening. Then look further down the back like the thoracic spine. If you hurt on one side of your body, check the opposite side of your body. Nerve restriction is chronic inflammation. Lymphatic system is used to get rid of inflammation. Dry brushing. Amino neural frequency is a new way to help people with therapy based on energy and human physiology and electrical signals to enable the body to reset and heal.Action Step or Takeaway Learn more about Dr. Perry Nickelston and his programs at his website StopChasingPain.comLinks and resources: Stop Chasing Pain Perry on YouTube Stop Chasing Pain on Amazon Perry on Facebook Perry on InstagramQuotes:“When we start to empower and change ourselves, not everyone is going to be supportive of the change.”  Dr. Perry Nickelston“We are always looking for some kind of magic answer when the answer is just right there staring us in the face.” Dr. Perry Nickelston“We need to be able to control movement all the

Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us!

If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now!

Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts

FREE Downloads
To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download your FREE copy of The Strength Matters System of Athletic Development. Get it at - www.strengthmatters.com/system

Welcome to the Everyday Athlete podcast. In today’s episode, I speak with former Olympic rower Cameron Nichol, from Rowing WOD. We talk about the wonderful health and fitness benefits of rowing, how it might just be the missing link from people’s training regimens. How beginners and experienced athletes can benefit from rowing and integrate it into their training. Cameron believes that every human is an athlete and that every athlete should row.Cameron Nichol started rowing in medical school. He is now a medical doctor, a two-time world silver medalist, former Olympic rower, and the founder of RowingWOD. Which is dedicated to empowering and inspiring athletes to master rowing. Cameron is now a doctor practicing in London, and he has also coached many elite CrossFit athletes. Cameron’s enthusiasm for the sport of rowing is contagious. Enjoy.Today’s topics include: When Cameron is interested in things, he gets excited about them and likes to pursue them. That is how he became interested in medical school. Then he discovered rowing and felt the same way. He liked the water and trained really hard and then was invited to train for the Olympics. After the Olympics, he was working out in a gym and discovered CrossFit. The rest is history as he figured out that CrossFit and rowing have similarities. The toughness of training for the Olympics is the routine and the monotony of it. Train hard all day every day. It’s a huge commitment. Training and recovery are about all you can accomplish. Cameron is working towards focusing on Sports Medicine as a doctor. He loves working on a team and helping people’s lives. People are dying from things that can be prevented with lifestyle change. Rowing is something that humans have been doing for thousands of years. It develops strength and fitness and is a valuable movement for the human body. It needs to be shared with a huge community. It’s time for rowing to step up, and Cameron would like to lead the movement for the masses and make people’s lives better. Rowing, when done correctly, is safer than exercises you can’t control. Cameron loves running, fitness, and movement. Rowing is a valuable movement because people can fall in love with it. The triple extension nature of the movement crosses over into functional movement. This is a huge benefit. There is a huge benefit when the movement is done correctly. With RowingWOD Cameron is trying to translate the correct ways of rowing to massive amounts of people. He feels there is not enough rowing information readily available. You don’t have to go on the water to call yourself a rower. We have amazing bodies and we all have the capability to move and improve our bodies. It is Cameron’s mission with RowingWOD to give people rowing information. Follow his programs and give it a try and get started. Cameron’s 4 Coaching Principles Find your own rhythm Practice continuous movement Celebrate success Play the long gameAction Step or Takeaway Challenge the 500-meter row. Participate in Cameron’s program for completing the 500-meter row challenge.Links and resources: Rowing WOD Concept 2 Kennet

Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us!

If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now!

Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts

FREE Downloads
To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download your FREE copy of The Strength Matters System of Athletic Development. Get it at - www.strengthmatters.com/system

Welcome to the Everyday Athlete Podcast, I’m your host Josh Kennedy. Today, I’m talking with the wonderful Dr. Perry Nickelston. We talk all things movement, breathing, rehab, and why movement does not have to be complicated to change your life. We also talk about pain and a lot of important information as Perry shares a ton of “brain candy” with us. This podcast is so information packed that we had to split it into two parts. So, enjoy part 1 of my interview with Dr. Perry Nickelston.Dr. Perry Nickelston is a chiropractic physician who focuses on performance enhancement, corrective exercise, metabolic fitness, and nutrition. He trained at American College of Addictionology and Compulsive Disorders. He is an expert in myofascial orthopedic medical and trigger point therapy. He is also an expert in thinking outside the box and being the “blue ball”. He is the founder of Stop Chasing the Pain and a great friend and inspiration.Today’s Topics Include: Perry has been working with Strength Matters over the last several years. He loves working with the everyday athlete. After getting hurt and then put back together by a chiropractor, Perry decided to become one. He was fascinated by why the body gets hurt and how to prevent it. How elite athletes can compensate for efficiency to make them great. It’s better to do something more often, than doing it all at once. Using more of your body is more functional than something isolating like a bench press. How Arnold Schwarzenegger used functional movement like ballet to become a better poser and a better body builder. Examples of Functional Movement Whatever your body needs to complete the task. My functional will be different than your functional. How can we move effectively for us and avoid injuries and not get hurt. How we think changes our biology. If you think you feel happy, do you feel happy? Our minds have an influence on our physiology. Pain is a request for change. A change in habits, how you live, your environment, and the tasks that you do. Changing your environment can completely change how you feel. Inside sensory information always responds to outside information. Part of getting out of pain is doing things you don’t normally do and changing the plateau. Ground work like rolling, rocking, crawling can change things up and give you immediate feedback. Sit on the ground in a nice upright posture. When you get up, you will have power and connection to the rest of your body. Walking is an awe-inspiring form of movement.Action Step or Takeaway Spend more time on the floor and you just might eliminate pain. Movement isn’t complicated. Spend 10 minutes a day getting on and up from the ground.Links and resources: Stop Chasing the Pain Perry on YouTube Stop Chasing the Pain on Amazon Perry on Facebook Perry on InstagramQuotes:“Our body never does anything without a reason. Listen to your body like it is a person.” Dr. Perry Nickelston“In athletic competition, more is not better, better is better. You get better when you rest.” Dr. Perry Nickelston“You should do some type of physical movement and train every day.” Dr. Perry

Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us!

If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now!

Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts

FREE Downloads
To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download your FREE copy of The Strength Matters System of Athletic Development. Get it at - www.strengthmatters.com/system

Welcome to Everyday Athlete the podcast for the everyday athlete who wants to train smarter and live to be 100 years old. I am your host, Josh Kennedy. Today, I am talking to Philip McDougall, Director of Athletic Performance at Strength Matters. In our conversation, we explore who or what is the everyday athlete.Philip is a kettlebell Jedi, former Marine Commando, sports massage therapist, an Olympic Ski Racer, and a great friend. He lives in San Diego with Henry of Cambridge who is one of the coolest dogs in the world. According to Philip, everyone possesses a level of athleticism, but only a small percentage exercise an adequate amount. The small percentage of the population that regularly exercise are the everyday athletes. Stay tuned while we discuss the how and why of being a true everyday athlete.Today’s topics include: How approximately 60% of the adult population age between 18 and 64 lead sedentary lifestyles. The impact of being a sedentary “couch commando” is that you can lose your flexibility as your body morphs into a chair shape. How just the act of standing up can help improve the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle. Proper breathing technique that engages your core as you breathe from your diaphragm. Why the word athlete is not just for the elite. The definition of the word athlete is the ability to perform tasks at a high level. The everyday athlete performs an exercise with efficiency, good movement, and effectiveness. Why working on your weaknesses and upping your game will improve your overall athletic performance The 10 Components of Athleticism Flexibility Stability Balance and Coordination Strength Power Speed Agility Endurance Mental Toughness Cardiovascular Capacity The 7 Human Movement Patterns Hinge Squat Push Pull Anti-Rotate Rotate LocomotionAction Step or Takeaway Go through the list of Components of Athleticism, score yourself using a 1-10 score, 10 being the best, then take the ones that you scored the least in and focus on training those areas for the next 3 months.Links and resources: Phil McDougall Henry of Cambridge on Instagram Scott Olson Beyond the MuscleQuotes:“The greatest successes I’ve had in helping people who sit all day is to get them to stand up.” Philip McDougall“If you want to lose weight, stand up, learn to breathe properly and start walking.” Philip McDougall“Everyday athleticism is the ability to carry out your everyday life in an effective manner” Philip McDougall

Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us!

If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now!

Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts

FREE Downloads
To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download your FREE copy of The Strength Matters System of Athletic Development. Get it at - www.strengthmatters.com/system

Today our guest is Charlie Weingroff who is a Physical Therapist, Personal Trainer, and Strength Conditioning Coach. Charlie is a member of the Nike Executive Performance Council and the Physical Performance Lead and Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Canadian Men’s National Basketball Team. As a Physical Therapist, Charlie use a movement-based approach to […]

Today our guest is Molly Kieland the head coach and owner of the Fuel House Gym. Molly has been involved in athletics and fitness for a long time. She worked at a gym while she was becoming a certified trainer. She worked her way up to being a trainer and a full-time personal trainer. She […]