Thanks for checking out The Trainer’s Scoop Episode 24 of The Trainer’s Scoop: Optimizing Your Passions with Craig Conley

I met Craig in the gym at OSU, and had several classes with him. The classic saying goes, “surround yourself with high achieving, likeminded people”, and Craig is exactly that!

Every conversation that I have with Craig is high level, and I’m excited to bring that to all of you in this episode of the podcast. From training, grad school, nutrition, health, and self development, we hit all kinds of topics with this episode. 

0:00 Introductions and Background: 5:30AM at the RPAC 

11:00: Switching Grad Schools and listening to your true calling

15:00: Time management: Balancing internships with the Steelers and U Pitt’s Swim team with a Grad School course load 

21:00: How Craig is fixing his sleep schedule 

25:00: Prioritizing yourself over life’s demands

31:00: The importance of hard work 

33:00: Craig’s learning from Grad School: Carbs and Nutrient Timing! 

42:30: Craig’s Caffeine Presentation Preview 

49:00: Craig’s Workout Style

55:00: Craig’s Strategy for gaining weight

60:00: Biggest mistakes in nutrition and training while coming up; No rest days and Disordered Eating 

1:10: Craig’s Career Goal

1:17: Go to Learning Sources 

You can follow Craig on Instagram @craigconley26! Or, if you have any nutrition/training questions and want to reach out to him with any questions hit him up at [email protected]

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Thanks for checking out The Trainer’s Scoop Episode 23: Fulfilling Your Calling with Ashley Nicole

Ashley has an inspiring story and a lot of great advice to offer!

Ashley turned adversity into opportunity as she started her fitness business RA Warrior Fitness during the gym shutdown of COVID-19.

The thing I respect most about Ashley is that she has responded so positively to an adversity that she faces, rheumatoid arthritis. This auto immune disorder can make exercise challenging and downright painful at times, but instead of giving up, Ashley found ways to overcome RA AND use her experiences to help others with similar conditions. And that is inspirational to me! 

Here are our discussion points:

0:00: Background and creating a fitness platform from adversity 

7:00: Faith and Resiliency in fitness and business and overcoming doubt

10:30 Finding purpose and believing in yourself to help others 

12:45: Surmounting the obstacles that rheumatoid arthritis imposes 

16:30: Transitioning to an online fitness platform during COVID  

22:00: Learning the skills to operate your own business 

27:00: Ashley’s top tips for social media growth: Educate, empower, and engage 

32:00: The importance of time management as you grow a business

39:00: Making moves to make your passion your career 

43:00: Speaking your goals into existence 

45:00: How RA has affected Ashely’s fitness 

55:00: Ashley’s future goals

Please go check out Ashley’s Social Media and website!

 Instagram @RAwarriorfitness

 Facebook Page: RA Warrior Fitness, LLC

Website: https://www.rawarriorfitness.com/

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Thank you for checking out episode 22 of The Trainer’s Scoop Podcast! 

I was joined by Donatella Fino in this episode, and she brought a fresh and insightful perspective of a Health Wellness Professional that has been in the game for 20 years with specialty in Massage Therapy and Barre Instruction 

This conversation was not only a lot of fun, but also very educational, as Donatella’s professional background is based in a slightly different sphere of the fitness community than where I commonly find myself.

I’d really appreciate if you followed Donatella @donatellafino on Instagram! And if you’re interested in Barre classes, check her website at donatellafino.com

Here’s our discussion points!

0:00 Introductions and bad barre puns

6:30 How Donatella’s original vision for her career path changed 

16:30: Donatella’s departure from a more traditional Health Field path to achieve her career goals 

21:00: The change in accepting Health/Wellness professionals as a legitimate carer path 

27:00: Overcoming challenges that women face as Health/Wellness Professionals 

34:00: Differences between a weekend warrior and serious athlete from a massage therapist perspective

43:30: The relationship between massage therapy and Barre 

50:00: A massage therapist’s perspective on massage guns 

54:00: How Donatella’s business has adapted to the COVID climate

59:30: Differences in the “Fitness Climate” across the country after COVID 

104:30: Behind the scenes work that goes into running an online Fitness Business

1:10: Making the best out of the current situation we are all in! 

1:13: Donatella’s advice to up-and-coming Fitness Professionals

Thank you for the support, and if you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review! 

Thank you for checking out episode 21 of The Trainer’s Scoop Podcast! In this episode, I am joined by Davin Greenwell. Davin is a very strong and knowledgable individual that has been in the fitness industry and higher academia for a long time.

Davin was instrumental in my learning as  intern that I completed at the National Institute for Fitness and Sport. It is very interesting to observe how the fitness industry has evolved through the influence of technology and change in trends. 

Here are our talking points:

0:00: Introductions

5:30: Technology’s revolutionary effect on access to fitness information

10:00 How lifting has affected Davin’s life and expanded his social circles

13:30: Navigating a fitness career path after high school

16:00 Davin’s transition from commercial fitness to academia

22:00 Seeing through misleading marketing in the fitness industry

26:30: Reframing goals to set clients up for success

30:00 The importance of teaching self efficacy as a trainer

35:00: The expansion of bodybuilding and it’s effect on the sport

41:00: The effects of social media on the fitness industry 

46:00: The decline of legitimate credentials as a trainer in the social media age 

50:30: What should a personal trainer look like? 

57:30: Davin’s area of research and expertise

1:07: How Davin’s goals in the gym have changed with COVID and other time commitments 

1:10: The lessons I’ve learned from Davin 

Thank you for your continued support of the podcast, if you could leave a positive review of this podcast, I would really appreciate it, and feel free to share it around with your friends! Catch you in the next episode 

Thank you for checking out episode 20 of The Trainer’s Scoop! It feels awesome to have reached 20 episodes, and I owe it all to my guests and audience for the support 

I’m joined by Leif Nilsen for this episode. I met Leif several years ago through the 4am crew. Since those times we've both transformed out passions to our profession as Personal Trainers and content creators. Leif has been someone who I’ve gone to for advice as I’ve started as a trainer, and is an individual who I highly respect in terms of the quality of information he puts out. 

Follow Leif on IG, Tik Tok, and Twitter @leiftheviking17, and check out his Facebook Business page, LeifNilsenFitness

If you enjoy this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends so we can reach new listeners! 

Here are the time stamps for our discussion!

0:00 Introductions and lifting during high school lunch

5:00: The Columbus Fitness Space in the Mid 2010s

10:00 Waking up at 2:30am to workout 

15:00: Internal and External Motivation

16:30: Setting clients up for success, not just a great workout 

18:30: Balancing Value and Making a Living; Leif’s Goal as a trainer  

24:00: Creating financial independence as a trainer 

28:30: Social Media Strategies: Balancing Value with Trends 

34:45: How Leif helped me grow as a personal trainer  

40:00: The importance of internships and practical experience outside of the classroom 

43:00: Tips for starting as a new personal trainer

47:30: Adapting around COVID-19 as a trainer

54:30: Leif’s Goals

59:30: Balancing training, sleep, and social life

1:04: Leif’s go to PR jams

Thank you all for checking out episode 19 of the Trainer's Scoop Podcast.

In this episode I am joined by one of my best friends, Matt Inniger. Matt has a very impressive fitness resume, as he helped develop some of the supplements we all know and love from the supplement giant Optimum Nutrition. AND he has benched 405, and has 20 inch arms. Matt is truly a practitioner as well as a great knowledge source.

Matt has a unique training style that is very effective and time efficient, as well as practical supplement advice. Overall, he dropped some knowledge that everyone can benefit from hearing. 

Here are some of our discussion points!: 

0:00: Introductions

5:00 Matt’s time working at Optimum Nutrition

9:00 Matt’s time-based Hypertrophy training style 

20:00 The importance of cardio for health and bodybuilding …make a clip here 

32:00 Matt’s diet principles

40:00 full send bulking and skipping leg day 

45:00 Prioritizing your training and schedule for overall life balance 

48:00 Supplement Advice: Protein, Creatine, Pre-Workout

1:06: Matt’s future goals and next moves 

1:08: How Matt will approach losing lean mass for health purposes 

1:10: My Goals

A big thank you to Matt for taking time to come to the podcast, and thank you for listening! 

The Trainer’s Scoop Episode 18 is LIVE 

This episode was a TREAT to be a part of. On this episode, I was joined by Dr. Mariah Liggett. Mariah is seriously one of the coolest people I know. She was an original lifter at Westside Barbell in Louie Simmon’s garage, she has earned a PHD in Exercise Physiology, held a world record in the deadlift for 20 years, invented a strength sport that is held at the Arnold Sports Festival, and done much much more. 

Mariah has been a mentor for me over the past few years. I’ve learned so much from her, and I’m very excited to bring her knowledge to the podcast

Here are some of our discussion points! 

The Roots of Powerlifting: 0:00

Annecdote vs. Research: 3:00

Introductions: 5:15

The making of Power X: 8:45 

Benefits of having a training group: 16:15

Transitioning from traditional sports to powerlifting in the 80s: 18:00

The early days of Westside Barbell: 23:15

The Invention of the Reverse Hyper: 28:45

Powerlifting and the Olympics: 30:00

Creation of the belt squat: 35:30 

A critique of GPP: 42:30

Critique of Westside training principles: 42:30

Mariah’s area of research: 54:00 

Stories from the lab: 59:00

Closing Remarks: 1:10

Thank you so much for listening to this episode, and stay tuned for episode 19!

On today’s episode of The Trainer's Scoop, we have Robbie Greg! Robbie has a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology, a background in rehabilitation research, and has been a life long athlete. 

Our discussion ranged from setting goals to stay active after graduating, working with collegiate athletes, to his time in the German Health Care System, Robbie has a lot of experience in and out of academia.

Here’s the time stamps for our discussion

3:00: Background and introductions 

10:00: Robbie’s First powerlifting meet 

14:00: Working around injuries 

17:00: Using competition to advance your fitness goals 

19:00 Environment is crucial for success 

25:30: Robbie’s research at OSU surrounding performance and injury 

30:00: Dealing with injuries in athletic populations 

35:00: The fallacies of research

37:30: Cultural differences between the US/Germany in Sports Science 

43:00: Transitioning from an academic setting to a career 

46:00: Robbie’s work in the Lab with recovering veterans

50:00: Being a research subject 

1:02: Departing from academia to gain practical experience 

1:08: Adapting to the challenges that COVID brings as a Trainer

1:17: Deciding to go to Grad School vs. Gain experience in the field 

1:22: What’s next for Robbie and the importance of goal setting

Huge thanks to Robbie for taking time to be on the podcast, and thank you all for the continued support!

Thanks for checking out Episode 16 of The Trainer's Scoop! 

In this episode, I had a great discussion with Danny Wirt. Danny is working hard to achieve his goals, as he balances teaching an Intro Exercise Science Course at Temple, Coaching, and creating informative fitness content.

Danny has a well rounded approach to his work. He has a Master’s Degree from Appalachian State, experience working with a variety of clients, and is a competitive powerlifter. I particularly enjoyed hearing his perspectives on the variety of topics we discussed, including: 

0:00: Introductions

2:30: The RIR Model 

4:30: Online vs. In Person training 

6:00: The importance of communication as a trainer and coach

8:00: Danny’s background 

12:00: Structuring informative content 

16:00: Why Danny decided to further his education 

20:00: The transition from being a student to becoming an Exercise Science educator 

26:00: The fallacy of a one-track mindset 

32:00: Music and Sports Psychology 

40:30: Regaining lost strength from the Covid shutdown  

43:45: Danny explaining the physiology behind regaining strength…(You gotta check this out)

45:00 Insights into a beneficial student-instructor relationship

55:00: Closing remarks 

Big thanks for Danny for taking time to talk! You can follow him on Instagram @dannywirt @vp_diet, and be sure to check out his YouTube channel! 

Thank you for tuning-in to episode 15 of the Trainer's Scoop. 

On this episode I had my good friend David "Crowbar" Corrigan. David is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University Law School, and currently studying for the Bar Exam while crushing big weights at the gym(isn’t that fitting??)

David has a lot of cool things going for him, between his professional endeavors, competing at USPA Nationals, and the Gym Collective, we a lot to discuss

Time Stamps for our discussion: 

0:30: Introductions 

4:00: Why David chose strength sports as his preferred modality of fitness

11:00: How environment can shape performance 

15:00: Dogs and Strongman 

22:00: Career Transitions 

25:00: Balancing higher education with fitness goals 

28:30: The learning curve to powerlifting competitions 

35:00: Lifting and Accommodating Resistance Talk 

42:00: David’s Programming approach to USPA Nationals

48:00: Percentage vs. RPE/RIR Training

56:00: The Gym Collective (you NEED to hear this)

1:10: The best gyms David has been to (65 total across 3 continents)

1:15: Columbus as a gym hot-spot

1:20: How lifting can unite communities 

A big thank you to David for taking time to be on the podcast, go give him a follow on Instagram @dcorrigan68 and @wanderlifts

Thank you all so much for the continued support with the podcast