The Grumpy Metalheads Podcast/ The Heavy Metal Strength Coach Podcast

Join the Heavy Metal Strength Coach & Shrubs666 for another week of banging metal releases and some grumpy chatter as we discuss the following music and talking points:

Aara- Triade II

Bolzer

Schammasch

Afsky

Violet Cold

Anti-Inferno- Antidiluvian Dreamscapes

Sacred Son- The Foul Deth Of Engelond

Nechochwen- Kanawha Black

Misery Index- Complete Control

Dying Fetus

Dyscarnate

Depressed Mode

Vorga- Striving Towards Oblivion

Vimur- Transcendental Violence

Cattle Decapitation

Primitive Man- Insurmountable

Exodus

Annihilator

Essential Metal Listening

Overkill- Years Of Decay

Intro Music

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Join The Heavy Metal Strength Coach for one of the most mindblowing podcasts I've done.

Today, we welcome Kyle Dobbs of Compound Performance

Talking Points

Kyle's experiences working at all levels of the fitness industry.

The growth of compound performance.

Navigating change in the industry.

Starting from a place of anxiousness due to being an introvert.

From farm to fitness.

Not being prepared to train general population clients and pushing out of his comfort zone.

Transitioning towards coaching other coaches.

His experience with Peak Performance, being unexpectedly without a job and having to adapt quickly.

Kyle is a petty man, stubbornly striving for success.

"An unhealthy amount of pride."

Stress is stress and a stimulus is a stimulus

Becoming amygdala dominant rather than cortisol dominant

Building a platform where you can regularly fail in a low-risk way.

Familiarity is the opposite of threat.

Graded exposure and its application to many areas of life.

Training based on the level of stimulation.

Are you a more power-based or capacity-based athlete?

Joel Jamieson

Concurrent training.

Supertraining By Mel Siff

Basing the assessment on the client AND the goal.

Communicating feedback based on someone's level of extroversion.

Critical feedback vs criticism. The difference.

Level of extraversion, how experiential someone is, and how they approach conflict. -My mind is blown by this.

Positive vs negative feedback.

Kyle can't take a compliment.

Kyle struggles to give compliments.

Matt Domney

Hiring to fill the gaps.

Understanding someone enough to help them.

Time management.

Being a servant leader.

We are the weirdos article.

Anita Golden

Pat Davidson

Talking to as many people outside of the industry as possible.

Instagram: @compoundperformance

App: Get Compound

Website: www.compoundperformance.com

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The Heavy Metal Strength Coach & Shrubs666 discuss a delicious new batch of metal this week as they delve into the following music and talking points:

New Releases & Talking Points

Depressed Mode- A Decade Of Silence

Singer from Fleshgod Apocalypse Veronica Bordacchini

Tomarum- Ash In The Realm Of Stone Icons

Violet Cold

Emperor

Pestilence 

Archspire

The Artwork of Mariusz Lewandowski

Terror- Pain Into Power

Biohazard

NAILS

Corpsegrinder

LIK

At The Gates

Carcass

Essential Metal Listening

The Black Dahlia Murder

Trevor Strnad from Black Dahlia's death

Suicide prevention

The Black Dahlia Murder- Miasma

The Black Dahlia Murder- Nocturnal

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Join The Heavy Metal Strength Coach for another solo episode as we chat through my latest article 'It's Time To Talk About Cable.'

The Article: It's Time To Talk About Cable

Talking Points:

Cookie, my first client, appears on the podcast.

The progress of Jo Rhodes.

Language around "being broken"

Is it safer to have a coach?

Getting a 6-pack.

WHEN YOU SNAP A BICEP AND THE HOSPITAL MISDIAGNOSE IT.

Join THe Heavy Metal Strength Coach and Shrubs666 as we delve into another week of metal. We chat about some huge releases and some obscure ones. Check it out.

Talking Points

Rammstein- Zeit

Watain- Agony And Ecstasy Of Watain

Watain- Lawless Darkness

The Spirit- Of Clarity And Galactic Structures

Faust- Tinnitus Inquisition

Trading Hands- Clobberknocker

Down

Kirk Windstein of Crowbar

Essential Metal Listening: Crowbar- Crowbar

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Join The Heavy Metal Strength Coach & Shrubs666 as we delve into another joyous week of metal featuring:

Bleaching Heat- Row Of Ashes

Amenra

Downfall Of Gaia

Rolo Tomassi- Where Myth Becomes Memory

Wiegedood 

Non Est Deus-Impious

Non Est Deus- Christ Raping Polka

Artwork by Mariusz Lewandowski

Pure Wrath

Wolves In The Throne Room

Saor

I

Abbath

Immortal

Essential Metal Listen- 

Dissection: Reinkaos

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Join The Heavy Metal Strength Coach and Shrubs666 as we delve into our listening this week.

Bands & Talking Points

Hundred Year Old Man

It's Only Misery Promotions

Dvne

Weigedood-  There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road

Oathbreaker

Amenra

Venom Prison- Erebos

1914- Where Fear And Weapons Meet

Panzerfaust

Kanonenfieber

Zeal & Ardor- Zeal & Ardor

Absent In Body- Plague God

Absent In Body Youtube video

Cult Of Luna

Rolo Tomassi

Konvent- Call Down The Sun

Lifesick- Misanthropy

Essential Metal Listen:

Vader- De Profundis

Vader- When The Sun Drowns In The Dark

Vader- Fight Fire With Fire

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Join The Heavy Metal Strength Coach and Shrubs666 as we embark on another journey into the wonderful, over the top world of Bal-Sagoth

Today we cover the period around their second album, Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule.

Talking Points

How do say Thule?

Cacophonous Records in the 90's

Academy Studios

Producer Mags

"A monumental milestone in the annals of metal"

The cover art.

So much more spoken word.

TRACKLIST:

1. Black Shadows Soar Over A Mountain Of Shadows

2. To Dethrone The Witch Queen of Mytos K'unn (The Legend of the Battle of Blackhelm Vale) 6:46

3 As the Vortex Illumines the Crystalline Walls of Kor-Avul-Thaa 6:35

4 Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule 7:23

5 Journey to the Isle of Mists (Over the Moonless Depths of Night-Dark Seas) 1:12

6 The Splendour of a Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath the Blazon of the Hyperborean Empire

7 And Lo, When the Imperium Marches Against Gul-Kothoth, Then Dark Sorceries Shall Enshroud the Citadel of the Obsidian Crown (Episode: VIII) 6:29

8 Summoning the Guardians of the Astral Gate 6:09

9 In the Raven-Haunted Forests of Darkenhold, Where Shadows Reign and the Hues of Sunlight Never Dance

10 At the Altar of the Dreaming Gods (Epilogue) 2:30

Talus Ebonfyre

The warrior king Caylen-Tor

William Wallace

The caverns of eternal mist.

THE DARK LIEGE OF CHAOS.

The quest for originality.

Keyboards as the central element of their musical approach.

BAL-SAGOTH WEBSITE

BAL-SAGOTH SOCIAL MEDIA

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In a shorter than usual episode, Andrew Coates gives us 25 minutes of gold. I might lean into these shorter blast episodes as I enjoyed it once the shock of getting the timing wrong had worn off.

Thanks to Andrew for being on. It was a banger.

Talking points:

Nailing the client experience.

The importance of being liked by your clients.

The client we don't like working with.

The idea of forgotten progress.

The importance of noticing the familiar.

Good relationships+good experiences+good results= client retention

How to not be intimidating as a huge Personal Trainer.

The importance of body language.

Letting people come to you.

Your bio photo is important.

Invisible lat syndrome.

Switching off from education and consumption mode.

Andrew and his cat Ozzy.

The importance of showering for Andrew's content creation.

Turning on and switching off creativity.

Exposing yourself to a huge spectrum of ideas.

Forever Strength.

Books

How To Win Friends And Influence People

Algorithms To Live By

Cues By Vanessa Van Edwards

The Harry Potter series

The Witcher Series

Useful Links

Andrew Coates' T-nation articles

Generation Iron

Dungeons & Dragons

World Of Warcraft

Tool

Andrew's Harry Potter article

The Witcher 3 game

Andrew's Website

Instagram

Twitter

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Today, The Heavy Metal Strength Coach is joined by Carolyn Garritt. Carolyn is the author of 'Get Your Oomph Back: A Guide To Exercising After A Cancer Diagnosis. What a great episode this was. Thanks to Carolyn for being on.

Talking Points

Useful Links

Nordic Walking UK

Schmitz KH [Author]

Getting Your Oomph Back AMAZON, WATERSTONES

Getting Your Oomph Back Blog

Carolyn's social media accounts:

Instagram

Twitter

Thanks for listening.

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