Todd Bumgardner joins me for this episode to discuss why he started Strength Faction, his online Coaching Education Community, how it has evolved and what the past 2.5 years have taught him. Todd breaks down 2 key concepts to help your Personal and Professional Development and Goal Setting in the form of The Table of Stable Growth and the Levels to Achievement. We also discuss the main areas Coaches are missing, forgetting and getting wrong when it comes to clients and themselves.

In this episode Lauren Tickner discusses how to build your online Personal Brand, where to start and what you need to do to stand out. She breaks down how to find your niche and what to do once you've identified it. Lauren also provides information on how you can create content that directly speaks to your followers helping you grow as an authority in your field. If you're looking to build your own brand or are looking to take your brand to a new height this episode is not to be missed.

This Episode I am joined by Gareth Riddy, Coach, AMN Practitioner, Neurology Geek and Author of 'How to undo the Sh!t the Modern World does to us'.

Gareth discusses:

What AMN is and how it can greatly impact people's lives.

Why we decided to write his book.

The power of Grounding/Earthing and how artificial light is disrupting our sleep pattern.

Why we must apply more attention and awareness to areas of our lives like Love and Relationships. How having the power to be connected and disconnected to areas of our lives can have a huge impact and why owning your shit is a key trait to adopt.

How movement, rekindling your inner child and releasing your fears can be impactful.

The power of smell and how to utilise it to enhance mood/focus states and how it can help you "flick the switch" when it's go time.

How and why we need to control what information we're digesting daily.

Why living your life with purpose and helping others can be key to a happiness.

If you want to know more about Gareth or you too want to Undo the Sh!t the modern has done to you check out his book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-undo-modern-world-does/dp/1973453150/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524152465&sr=8-1&keywords=gareth+riddy

Or join his Facebook Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/undotheshit/

In this Episode I'm joined by Mobility and Movement Coach Ollie Frost.

We discuss:

Why Mobility, Movement and Gymnastics are key pillars for Ollie when it comes to training and health and why these principles are so important.

Why Dr. Andreo Spina’s Functional Range Conditioning system has had such a profound impact on Ollie and his Coaching.

Ollie breaks down: Flexibility + Neurological Control + Strength = Mobility, and why this combination approach is needed.

What are the Key areas of restriction Ollie typically sees with clients and what are the key areas of movement/mobility everybody should think about unlocking to achieve better fitness and health?

Mobility, Movement and Gymnastics can be tough sells to those who have been training for a while or who already have a preconceived idea of what training for them should look like. Ollie discusses how he creates Buy-In with these 3 areas clients and how he builds them into a training session/week.

In the Episode we discuss:

Tally's big focus to educate people and the Fitness Industry on a Healthier approach to Training and how some Trainers are using their clients for marketing purposes rather than training them to achieve their goals.

What are the biggest health issues people are sacrificing in pursuit of the so called "ideal" body.

How Tally approaches finding her clients real "Why" for training and how she Educates them on a better way to train that is mindful towards Health.

How Tally Educates, Empowers and boosts her clients confidence.

Plus a host of other information as well.

Tally's passion for promoting Healthy at any Size really shines through during our conversation and she provides a host of information on how Fitness Culture and the Industry needs to be changed.

In this Episode Performance Nutritionist Alex Ritson joins us.

Alex and I discuss:

What key factors he addresses when a Body Composition Client initially comes onboard and what habits he instills with them.

The Pro's and Con's of Tracking VS Intuitive eating and is utilising periods of both key for long-term success.

Why periods of time focused on being at Caloric maintenance or a Surplus are key for long-term Nutritional success.

How and Why he uses Diet Breaks with Clients and when is the optimal time to use them.

Alex dropped so much knowledge during the episode. You're going to love it.

Dr. Hazel Wallace aka The Food Medic joins us to discuss what areas of health aren't being spoken about enough, what areas of health are being sacrificed in pursuit of the training goals and how she manages being a Doctor, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker and Health & Fitness influencer.

Yogi, PT and Author Shona Vertue joins us on the Podcast this episode. We discuss her Vertue Method, how she bridges the gap between Yoga and Lifting, why it's important to have balance between the body and the mind and of course, as it's Shona, we had to talk about Glute Training.

Strength and Conditioning Coach Sam Pepys joins us for this episode. In the Podcast Sam discusses why mobility and movement is a key pillar in his training approach. How he creates buy-in with his clients when it comes to mobility work and what are the biggest mobility mistakes he sees people making.

Nicola Hobbs joins us again on the Podcast. This episode we discuss the concepts from her new book 'Thrive through Yoga'. Nicola explains her T.H.R.I.V.E approach to overcoming anxiety and improve self-love and the importance of honest self-reflection.