The Chris Knott Podcast

I discuss the recent series of hip assessments I have uploaded to my social media accounts recently. This is a broad outlook on the positive and negative aspects of the tests and whether they're valid and applicable for you.
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I talk about what to do with the information gained from the screenings plus answer questions such as what to do if the client experiences pain, common warm ups, the implications if the client has sciatic pain plus ways to improve internal rotation.

Aaron and I discuss the most common misconceptions when it comes to treatment and how/why personal trainers and treatment therapists should be working more synergistically together.
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Aaron debunks a few myths about traditional passive therapy and explains why "fixing" somebody is such a holistic process.

Chris tells me of his story and how he built his business from scratch and overcame personal and financial obstacles. We discuss how to develop as a PT and why re-investing back in to your business is essential.
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We go on to discuss marketing strategies and how to utilise social media advertisements to increase lead generation and improve uptake in your services.

A discussion of how and why you should be looking to assess your clients prior to training them and the difference between passive and active range assessments

I put together a mixture of thoughts from 5 very brave individuals who have been impacted by suicide in some way, shape or form.
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We discuss how the triggers of suicidal thoughts, how it impacts your daily life, the fear of judgement behind the feelings plus the advice they'd give to people going through the same thing.

I had a great time chatting with Katie St Clair about her experience doing the Bill Hartman Intensive, how she integrates PRI in to her coaching practice, her go to assessments for screening clients, plus the biggest considerations to make when programming for female.

I wanted to provide an insight behind why I wrote the 5 x 5 rule, what it's about and how it will help you with the way you manage your personal training business.
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I also go in to what I think all trainers need to focus on and why regular analysis of your performance and income is essential.

Calum, Jay and I discuss the entire 16 month process of how Jay went from novice physique athlete to world champion.
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We discuss the nutritional strategies used in such a short time frame in order to gain muscle tissue, how the second prep differed from the first and the psychological aspects of dieting for so long.

Episode 117: Shoulder Rehabilitation

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This one was an absolute pleasure to record. After getting awesome feedback from the recent episode with Ben regarding shoulder mechanics, we pick up where we left off in that episode but this time getting Aaron involved.

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We discuss shoulder training and rehab from both a personal training and treatment perspective. We look at common injuries, causations and flaws in the traditional “rehab exercises”. We then delve in to the positives and negatives of “isolation” work and start to see why context and what’s relevant to the individual is so important.

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Personally, I find releasing episodes like this very rewarding. The reason being is that it provides coaches with not just educational content, but applicable information which helps them see the big picture when training people. I think some coaches are starting to become very harsh on themselves. As we talk about in the podcast, imposter syndrome is rife these days with people thinking they’re not “knowledgeable” because they’re not up to date wit the latest research. Here you’ll be able to see that common sense is always king and you ability to coach people, not necessarily the knowledge you have, plays a big part in successful training.

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Now available to download on iTunes & Spotify “The Chris Knott Podcast - Shoulder Rehab Methods"

I had a great chat with Nick Daniel about bridging the gap between personal training and traditional treatment strategies. We discuss the most important things you need to be focusing on for any client, plus our views on rehabilitation and corrective exercise.