The Coaches Corner University Podcast

Today I sat down with Dr. Marc Morris, Founder of the Nutrition Coaching Academy (NCA). The Nutrition Coaching Academy is a 90-day education and mentorship program designed to help aspiring and existing coaches master the science, systems, and business of nutrition coaching.

Marc holds a PhD in Human Nutrition and has been coaching online since 2011. After beginning his career in academia teaching nutrition and metabolism, Marc transitioned into online coaching and entrepreneurship. 

Over the past 15+ years, he has coached thousands of clients, completed more than 10,000 coaching check-ins, and mentored hundreds of fitness and nutrition professionals. Marc is also the author of From Passion to Profit and Way of the Weigh-In. 


We discussed

02:40 - Rebranding To Grow Bigger
09:04 - Your First Client Isn’t A Stranger
14:16 - The Slower Path To Conversion
22:30 - Ethics Versus Done-For-You
25:25 - Solve Problems People Pay For
29:18 - Content Buckets Beat Overthinking
36:57 - Coaching From The Messy Middle
51:33 - Consistency By Design
55:52 - Using AI To Plan Content
1:01:21 - Triathlon And New Challenges

Find Marc
Website - https://www.nutritioncoachingacademy.com 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/marcwmorris/ 
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCti3uK7q-ylGZLPL0Tfk4SQ 
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Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're interested in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

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Welcome back, Kandace Hudspeth, to the podcast for a second time. She is CMO at OPEX + CoachRx, with 20+ years in marketing, brand and growth strategy, and product development. She helps fitness coaches, personal trainers, and fitness brands build businesses with confidence, clarity and consistency. 

Her first episode: #187 - Kandace Hudspeth -  Marketing for Fitness Coaches | Coaches Corner U

We discussed

00:01:44 - Mature, Not Saturated
00:05:16 - Start With Identity
00:09:37 - What Robs Your Conviction
00:15:01 - Scrappy Beats Polished
00:17:40 - Make the First Move
00:26:14 - The Four Ps
00:37:32 - Want-To Over How-To
00:43:33 - The Six by Six
00:55:48 - Nothing Sells Like Sold Out
01:00:07 - Show Up as Yourself

Find Kandace
YouTube - https://youtube.com/@kandacehudspeth?si=g_Ohwq0BIIoTaU7Q
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kandacehudspeth/     https://www.instagram.com/marketingforfitnesscoaches/
__________
Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're interested in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

RAISING THE BAR FOR ONLINE COACHING!

This week I sat down with my good friend Joey Szatmary, owner of the business/brand "Szatstrength", Lions Den Strength and Performance and co-host with me on the Building Forward Podcast.

We discussed
00:01:29 - Worst Cheat Meals Ever
00:05:29 - Early Nutrition Coaching Regrets
00:11:37 - Coaching the Busy Entrepreneur
00:18:53 - Systems Beat All or Nothing
00:21:26 - Emotions and Food
00:22:49 - The Meal Prep Habit
00:26:51 - Respecting the Little Things
00:36:43 - When a Client Stalls
00:40:46 - Rethinking Scheduled Deloads
00:48:03 - Rebuilding From Zero Clients
Find Joey
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/szatstrength/?hl=en
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SzatStrength
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Buildingforwardpodcast
Website - https://szatstrength.net/
__________
Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're interested in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

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Today I sat down with Dr. Bryan Stepanenko, a board-certified family physician, Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner, former Army physician, firefighter/paramedic, cancer survivor, and educator with the Institute for Functional Medicine. His career has focused on advancing functional medicine within the military, optimizing human performance, and supporting resilience in high-performing populations. 

We discussed
01:00 - Leukemia at Three
02:58 - Firefighter to Physician
09:45 - Unbreakable, Not Just Healed
16:12 - Control the Controllables
21:16 - Blast Overpressure Physiology
26:29 - The Brain Gut Axis
34:16 - Mentors Versus Sponsors
38:23 - Feedback That Grows You
45:16 - Parallel Thinking
57:57 - Be Genuine


Find Bryan
LinkedIn - allo-performance-pllc 
Instagram - @alloperformance
Website - https://www.alloperformance.com/
__________
Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're interested in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

RAISING THE BAR FOR ONLINE COACHING!

Today I spoke with Dr. Matthew Hill, who faced the impossible before he understood what the word fully meant. Diagnosed with cancer as a child, he lost his leg and endured nine months of chemotherapy that nearly took his Life. What came after was its own battle — depression and alcoholism pulled him into a darkness he couldn't find the edges of. He was lost. Without purpose. Without direction. 

The return began on the road and the platform. Through endurance racing and powerlifting, Matt found what it means to build an Individual who can build the outcomes of which you dream. He has completed multiple Half Marathons, raised over $40,000 for children battling cancer, and squatted and deadlifted over 500 pounds on a prosthetic leg in powerlifting competition. Every rep, every mile, every dollar raised is a living proof of the message he now carries into the world. In 2023, Matthew founded Impossible Performance — not originally as a business, but as a direct transmission of everything his journey taught him. Because if he could build his body, his mind, his spirit, and his emotional foundation from the ruins of what cancer left behind, he knows with absolute certainty it can be done for anyone willing to do the work. "When Faced with The Impossible, Be Impossible, and you will Do The Impossible." 

We discussed
03:07 The long form honesty test
06:48 The diagnosis at eighteen
11:52 Control versus suppression
19:15 The father piece
22:27 Empathy without the trump card
29:34 Past inputs and outputs
37:31 Optimizing for the wrong individual
55:23 Two connections a day
01:10:21 Inside the 500 pound squat
01:21:09 Cancer is not an excuse

Find Matthew
Website - impossibleperformance.com
Instagram - @impossible.performance 
YouTube - @ImpossiblePerformance
__________
Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're interested in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

RAISING THE BAR FOR ONLINE COACHING!

Today I sat down with Dr. Chad Burnham, founder and owner of ProForm Physical Therapy in Salisbury, Massachusetts, where he has spent the past decade helping active adults, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts recover from injuries, improve performance, and continue doing what they love. 

As a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and competitive Classic Physique bodybuilder, Chad has built his career on bridging rehabilitation, strength training, and long-term health. After becoming frustrated with the limitations of the traditional insurance-based healthcare model, Chad founded ProForm Physical Therapy with a mission to provide one-on-one, individualized care that puts patients first. 

Today, ProForm has become known for helping people not only recover from injury but also build resilience, improve performance, and reduce their risk of future setbacks. As an active competitive bodybuilder, Chad practices what he preaches. His firsthand experience balancing high-level training, nutrition, injury management, and business ownership gives him a unique perspective on performance, recovery, and sustainable success. Whether he’s working with patients, mentoring clinicians, or speaking behind a microphone, Chad’s mission remains the same: to empower people with the knowledge and tools to move better, perform better, and live healthier, stronger lives. 

We discussed
00:40 Performance PT Hybrid Model
05:59 Leaving The Insurance Model
08:46 COVID Forced The Decision
15:56 Culture That Retains Staff
19:05 Mentors Outside Your Industry
25:59 Time Blocking Non-Negotiables
34:16 The Spouse Conversation
41:44 Personal Brand Feeds Business
50:48 Fear As Fuel
58:39 Focus On Your Journey

Find Chad
Website - www.proformptma.com 
Personal IG - https://www.instagram.com/chad_burnham 
Business IG - https://www.instagram.com/proformptma 
__________
Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

RAISING THE BAR FOR ONLINE COACHING!

Today I got to sit down with Tim Walsh,  founder of Vanilla Gorilla Athletics and an online nutrition and performance coach with decades of real-world experience in bodybuilding and strength sports. He’s known for turning complex topics—nutrition, bloodwork analysis, supplementation and gut health optimization—into practical strategies people can actually follow. His philosophy is simple: master the basics, understand the “whys,” and build a stronger, healthier life that lasts. 

We discussed
00:02:39 Fat Kid to Nationals
00:11:19 Storefronts to Online
00:14:34 The Always-Available Model
00:16:37 AI Exposes the Middle
00:18:42 Sixteen Clients, Broken Systems
00:22:27 Context Over Information
00:39:08 When Rules Stop Applying
00:45:35 Gut Health Ceiling
00:49:00 7,700 to 5,000 Calories
01:16:09 You're Already Enough

Find Tim
Website - www.vanillagorillacrew.ca 
Instagram - @realvanillagorilla 
__________
Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're interested in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

RAISING THE BAR FOR ONLINE COACHING!

Today I sat down with Dr. Ashley Dwyer,  a licensed Pharmacist, Certified Health Coach, and founder of TeamBDN Coaching, where she helps women restore metabolism and hormones at the root. After experiencing her own dysfunction and years of band-aid solutions, she left traditional medicine to create a foundations-first method for sustainable fat loss and optimal health. She is on a mission to help women fix their foundations and take back their health. 

We discussed

01:26 Villain origin story
03:00 Leaving a stable paycheck
05:04 Two sides, one problem
09:45 The training barter system
14:37 Streamlining program length
21:22 PCOS becomes PMOS
24:44 The three axes
39:12 Training by PMOS driver
44:31 The low-calorie myth
54:15 The fear behind boundaries

Find Dr. Ashley Dwyer
Website - teambdncoaching.com 
Instagram - @dr.dwyer
TikTok - @dr.dwyer
__________
Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're interested in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

RAISING THE BAR FOR ONLINE COACHING!

Today I sat down with Diana (Harbourt) Nguyen,  a Performance Dietitian with 18 years of experience across D1 collegiate programs, professional athletes and tactical athletes. She is passionate about blending performance nutrition and functional nutrition to provide patients with a realistic plan to optimize their progress toward their goals. In a world that is full of nutrition noise, Diana’s approach cuts through the confusion to provide evidence-based, tailored guidance to everyone she works with. 

We discussed
07:19 Adding the human to the athlete
11:03 The assessment goes back to birth
18:16 The five supplement ceiling
25:06 Nobody craves a salad
26:39 Multidisciplinary versus interdisciplinary
39:15 Eating it is not absorbing it
41:39 Creating space for hard answers
45:29 TBI doubles caloric demand
50:46 Blood does not lie
58:54 Building without a business degree

Find Diana
Website - www.alloperfomance.com 
Instagram - @dianasportsrd 
LinkedIn - https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/dianasportsrd/ 
__________
Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're interested in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

RAISING THE BAR FOR ONLINE COACHING!

Returning to the podcast for the 3rd time is Dr. Mike T. Nelson, PhD, MSME, CSCS, CISSN, FISSN, a researcher, educator, and human performance specialist focused on metabolic flexibility, physiologic flexibility, and performance nutrition. For more than 25 years, he has studied how the human body adapts to stress, training, nutrition, recovery, and extreme environments. 

He holds a PhD in Exercise Physiology and an MS in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in biomechanics, and has published research in peer-reviewed journals in both physiology and engineering. Dr. Nelson is an Associate Professor at the Carrick Institute and the creator of the Flex Diet Certification, Physiologic Flexibility Certification, and Flexible Meathead Cardio. His work has been used with Canadian Special Operations Forces, U.S. operators preparing for selection, and practitioners working across the NFL, NHL, NBA, and other high-performance environments. He has also presented his research to DARPA 

We discussed:
03:06 - The Origins Of Creatine
10:14 - Muscle Saturation Limits
11:46 - The Loading Phase Myth
15:43 - Creatine And Cognition
21:48 - Creatinine And Blood Work
25:54 - Monohydrate Versus Everything Else
34:10 - Foundation Before Optimization
43:39 - Practical Dosing Guidelines
47:14 - Creatine And Bone Health
54:37 - Run Your Own Experiment

Find Mike 
Website - www.miketnelson.com 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drmiketnelson/ 
__________
Paul's singular goal is to raise the bar for coaching. He is committed to being the signal through the static of the fitness and health industry. 

If you're a coach looking to take their education to the next level, make sure to visit www.coachescorneru.com. 

If you're interested in coaching from Paul and his team, please visit www.masterathletic.com 

Find him on Instagram: @pauloneid, @coachescorneru, @masterathleticperformance
__________
-🌟 Make More Money and Improve your Services as an Online Fitness Coach:
www.coachescorneru.com
💪 Use Training and Nutrition for Peak Performance:
www. masterathletic.com

Who am I and why should you listen to me?
Paul is a Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Athlete with a single goal - to raise the bar for online coaching. He holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach with 15 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying capacities from youth to professional athletics.

RAISING THE BAR FOR ONLINE COACHING!