From founding Legion, to his best-selling books, national appearances, and popular podcast, Mike Matthews has found unparalleled success in the supplement space.

But it’s his personal journey which makes his professional achievements so unique.

On this episode of the “NASM CPT Podcast,” host, and NASM Master Instructor, Rick Richey, sits down with Matthews for an in-depth discussion on how his early days as a trainer and coach evolved into how his science-based approaches and strategies to healthy eating, supplements, and exercise have helped thousands of people build their best body ever.

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This “NASM CPT Podcast” is all about nutrition.

Host, and NASM Master Instructor, Rick Richey, along with featured guest, Exercise Physiologist, Molecular Biologist, and Biostatistician, Dr. Brad Dieter, explore a myriad of topics in and around having a better understanding of eating a healthy and balanced diet.

They’ll discuss protein, nutrition fads and their longevity, healthy weight loss advice and tips, and much more valuable nutrition-focused content.

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For the remaining Wednesday's in December, the NASM Podcast Network will be dropping a special encore episode of the "NASM-CPT Podcast."

This monologue presentation focuses on the solutions table review for the corrective exercise specialist textbook (second edition), with special emphasis on the foot and ankle complex.

Host, and NASM Master Instructor, Rick Richey explores some of the common imbalances you’re going to see as a fitness professional, ways to correct these issues, Rick’s unique experiences on the topic, and much more. 

Personal trainers, with help from NASM, are often thriving to better understand why they do what they do.

On this “NASM CPT Podcast,” host, and NASM Master Instructor, Rick Richey, deep dives into strength endurance training - phase 2 of the OPT Model. He’ll discuss why it’s important to include these techniques when training clients, as well as specific examples, from his experiences, of how important these exercises can be to help others reach their personal training goals. 

Plus, a little Christmas analogy from Dr. Richey to put a perfect bow on this episode.

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The SAID Principal is key when it comes to better understanding the human body and how it functions.

On this episode of the “NASM CPT Podcast,” host, and NASM Master Instructor, Rick Richey, explains why this principle is used in our programming decisions, exercise selection decisions, metabolic work, and many other areas in our personal training planning and execution.

Plus, a few topic-specific stories and tips from Rick to help you further expand your knowledge.

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This podcast is all about the anatomy of the shoulder.

Host, and NASM Master Instructor, Rick Richey identifies what specific muscles move the shoulder joint. He’ll also cite recent research findings, explore the two joints, the acromioclavicular and glenohumeral, which make up the shoulder, as well as share a few personal experiences when working this upper joint of the arm.

Enjoy your personalized lesson from the “NASM CPT Podcast!”

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Programming is a big part of what we do here at NASM.

So why does Rick Richey have a problem with it?

On this episode of the “NASM-CPT Podcast,” Rick explains why programming is important for personal training, as well as why it serves as an anchor for NASM, specifically the OPT Model. He’ll also explore why people don’t program, the difficulties of implementing certain programs without experience in the concepts, as well as training improvising with clients when they lose track of their specific program.

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In Latin scapula simply means, "the shoulder."

On this episode of the “NASM-CPT Podcast,” host, and NASM Master Instructor, Rick Richey, explores scapular upward and downward rotation, as well as other movements of the scapula, and other topic-specific training strategies to help your clients reach their fitness goals.

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It’s time for your second anatomy of the hip lecture session.

Host, and NASM Master Instructor, Rick Richey, explores the external rotators of the hip, deep dives into researched findings from anatomist, Dr. Donald Newman, plus much more on what muscles we can lengthen, strengthen, and what muscles we need to focus on to refine movement, as well as better understand movement.

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The hips don’t lie, and neither does NASM Master Instructor, and host, Rich Richey.

This episode focuses exclusively on the muscles of the hip which do specific joint actions. He’ll detail the primary, and secondary movers, the five key muscles of the hip flexors, as well as deep dive into the extensors. All with the goal of helping enhance your personal training knowledge.

Welcome to Part 1 of your Thanksgiving week anatomy lesson, courtesy of Dr. Richey.

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