Ep 102 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Definitions and origins of R.P.E. 3:59
2. Comparisons to 'reps in reserve' 9:04
3. Auto-regulation vs. Prescription 15:54
4. Is there flexible middle-ground? 27:20
5. How to program in 'safeguards' 38:15
Article referenced: https://medium.com/stcfit/rpe-fitspo-jargon-or-training-epiphany-a17b1e31f3c5
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 100 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. When should an athlete try sumo? 8:37
2. BB vs. PL - Does one get "thicker"? 15:11
3. The science behind fasted cardio 24:29
4. Why fasted cardio gets results 38:46
5. Fasted vs. fueled weight training 44:11
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 98 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Benefits of touch and go deadlifts 10:25
2. Why your iso training feels draining 29:28
3. Favourite MacGyver'd iso exercises 39:02
4. New iso food habits / hobbies 46:08
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
This week's special guest is strongwoman / coach Raissa Vogler!
https://instagram.com/valkarai_strength
This week's topics:
1. What is strongman / strongwoman? 6:35
2. Being a woman in a strength sport 24:55
3. Overcoming body image disorders 34:00
4. Strongman training / comp intricacies 55:02
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
This week's special guest is psychologist Dr. Melissa Marot!
www.themindroom.com.au
This week's topics:
1. Introduction: Who, what, and why 2:32
2. Common reactions to the pandemic 9:25
3. Perception of / shifting your identity 13:57
4. "Toxic positivity" during isolation 25:56
5. Building resilience in tough times 48:23
6. 3 helpful things you can do in iso 48:23
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 95 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Revisiting the % 1RM in reference to BW 11:07
2. Adjustments made for female cycles? 23:14
3. How to sell personal training 37:40
4. When & why Ben & Jason became PT's 1:01:10
5. The beginnings of STCfit - How & why 1:19:37
6. How our 'why' has evolved 1:33:02
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 94 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Is your mindset fixed or growth-based? 22:40
2. Can you / should you progress in iso? 39:50
3. Were you dependent on being in the gym? 51:58
4. Changes to training / nutrition in iso? 1:02:36
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 93 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Is the bro split a viable method? 8:11
2. Hustle mentality during lockdown 18:35
3. Recovery considerations: Rest days, steps 42:44
4. Approach to daily nutrition structure 58:33
5. Home gym equipment: Go cheap or not? 1:05:42
6: Curbing snacking while stuck at home 1:11:25
7. The value of exercise efficiency 1:23:04
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 92 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Unprepared for the pandemic 10:44
2. Adjusting to a new lifestyle/mindset 19:27
3. Having intentional daily structure 33:49
4. Different KPI's for different people 41:01
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 91.5 (Bonus) is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. What is 'Jobkeeper'? 4:30
2. What does this mean for PT's? 9:47
3. How can you apply, and what
do you need to have ready? 21:35
4. What if I don't need this package? 28:42
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 91 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Training variables to work with 13:23
2. Training for positioning / failure 23:46
3. Movement centric programming 38:36
4. Muscle centric programming 49:03
5. Str / Phys / Fat loss expectations 58:27
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 90.5 (Bonus) is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Govt stimulus for PT's & the caveats 4:09
2. Non-GST sole traders: New start / Super 10:46
3. GST paying businesses, PAYG tax packages,
what to talk to your accountant about 15:06
4. Can suspend what creditor payments? 22:09
5. Where to go for more resources 27:13
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 90 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. The current situation for PT's
and gym goers - What to do? 11:40
2. What should new PT's be doing? 29:55
3. What if my gym closes? 35:33
4. There will be an upswing 38:28
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 89 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Consistency = eventual reward 13:57
2. Proficiency: Effort isn't enough 33:30
3. Volume is nothing without effort 39:45
4. Exercise selection: Get specific 45:08
5. How effective is your volume? 58:15
6. Rest, tempo, session duration 1:08:33
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 88 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. How strong should you be? 11:10
2. Duration & outline of a prep 13:43
3. What to expect - Emotionally,
physically, mentally, lifestyle 18:55
4. How the day works 50:06
5. 5 tips from Jason & Ben 56:14
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 87 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Living life 10kg heavier 3:10
2. Coaching lessons from A.P.U. 19:06
3. Cuing vs. programming 31:13
4. Play the long game 40:41
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 86 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's special guest is coach Shannon Beer from Flex Success!
Instagram.com/Flex_Success
Instagram.com/ShannonBeer_
This week's topics:
1. Weight loss is not a behaviour 7:45
2. Common misconceptions 13:42
3. "Intuitive eating" for athletes? 17:11
4. Are you too reliant on tracking? 24:00
5. What practitioners can take away 42:11
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 85 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. What is technique? 11:41
2. What is skill? 16:15
3. Stimulus vs. fatigue 40:09
4. Types of fatigue 1:06:17
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!
Ep 84 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Your nutritional scope as a PT 12:23
2. Effects of stress (Sleep, alcohol) 31:20
3. Mentality of training & dieting 41:04
4. Balancing social health 52:08
5. Moral, values & ethics 1:10:12
6. Effects of your environment 1:19:49
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch.
Ep 83 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Definitions / parameters of strength 11:23
2. Defining intensity with hypertrophy 22:22
3. Assessing volume & frequency 29:30
4. Influence adaptation via programming 57:17
5. Being proactive about recovery 1:02:23
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch.
Ep 82 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. How to achieve your New Year's res 9:48
2. What is successful behaviour? 27:05
3. How to set targets you'll reach 53:11
4. Is the goal really "the goal"? 1:05:54
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch.
Ep 81 is out on all your favourite platforms!
It's the final episode for 2019! We're taking a little 2 week break from podcasting over Christmas and the New Year. Speak to you in 2020!
This week's topics:
1. Chem trails, EMF, global warming... 7:09
2. Is it yours or your coach's fault? 27:40
3. Top ten fitness trends of 2019 32:32
4. Things Ben got angry at on IG 51:07
5. 2020 fitness trend predictions 1:04:34
6. Exciting things for STCfit in 2020 1:17:47
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment.
Ep 80 is out on all your favourite platforms!
This week's topics:
1. Australian supplement regulation 7:44
2. Kai Greene's vegan e-book 17:40
3. One million outcomes by 2030 26:07
4. Why keto is the best diet 32:06
5. Lift-off recap / APU talk 47:38
6. Fitness is not all equal 55:31
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment.