Episode 7- Division I Multi-Sport Athlete's Journey in Fitness with Janelle Chow
Janelle Chow talks about her journey as a Division I Volleyball/Basketball Player and how she found her way into coaching clients with a variety of fitness goals.
Janelle has been a star athlete from the time she was in middle school. She shares an interesting perspective because she is a high level athlete who is able to learn and adapt to performing physically at the highest level and she coaches individuals at all fitness levels. Through hard work and talent, Janelle played Volleyball overseas for a year. She found her way back to the states and fell into her career in Personal Training and Coaching Sports.
She has thrown herself in every fitness activity you can name. Crossfit, Spartan Races, Biking, Volleyball, Basketball, Squash, Table Tennis, etc...
Her clients love her for her endless energy, constant smile, and a unique ability to maintain an enormous network of friends and family. Seriously check her facebook, she knows everyone!
1 Mar 2020
Episode 6: Josh Martensen Shares His Journey of Becoming a Gym Owner
Josh Martensen is part Owner of Elevate Fit Life in downtown Bellevue, Washington and one of the most professional Personal Trainers I have ever worked with. In this episode, he shares his journey to becoming a Gym Owner. He has worked in gyms of all sizes. His unique experience of being exposed to all the different roles within a gym setting offers valuable insight for anyone interested in working in the fitness industry.
Josh also shares his day to day experience as a Gym Owner and how his role shifts depending on what goals the gym needs to prioritize at any given moment. He has a passion for building teams and helping them operator at full potential.
We also talk shop about training philosophies and how he has adapted to training larger groups of people. I didn't expect 90 minutes of content and we probably talked for over 2 hours. I look forward to checking in with Josh in the near future!
9 Feb 2020
Episode 5: Mac Brooks Unedited
This episode available at youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEyw7TgFwqw&t=921s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEyw7TgFwqw&t=921s)
2 Feb 2020
Episode 4: Dan Stephenson's Search for the Perfect Program
Dan searches for the perfect strength program. He shares his philosophy on program design and how variety is key to not only getting results, but critical for keeping the training fun and interesting.
Show notes:
Do no harm.
Keep your clients safe.
What is the weakest link? Seeing how people move and how they break down. Screening the basic movements and understand how to overcome weaknesses or compensations
Trial and Error-Find things he prefers and tinker with one or two variables.
Considering different body types and goals
Favoring a conjugate method
Variety (1/3/5, 2/4/6) 6 week blocks variations each week. Still specific on developing certain movement patterns. Examples: Alternating bench and push up every other week.
Potential problems with Progressive overload. Same exercises 6-12 weeks. Repetitive strain and overuse with straight loading.
General pop vs Powerlifting. Foundation movements patterns for both
GEN POP fighting similar compensatory patterns. (training posterior chair and regressing movement)
Avoiding HEAVY HEAVY and Strain with Gen pop RPE 8.
General strength to hypertrophy rep range. 5-6 reps. Sometimes going to 1-3 but not too often.
Powerlifting isn't the safest sport. Heavy loads, grinding reps. Trying to keep technical failure vs Mechanical failure in training.
26 Jan 2020
Episode 3: Dan Stephenson Shares Thirteen Years of Personal Training
Dan Stephenson shares thirteen years of experience as a Personal Trainer. Dan is huge influence in the Fitness Industry and is known by many titles. The Trainer's Trainer, Powerlifting Competitor, Excel Programming Phenom, 2019 Personal Trainer of the Year, Mentor, Friend, and most importantly, Dan is one of the nicest guys you'll meet in the gym. As impressive as his feats of strength are, he still manages to carry himself in a welcoming manner and his drive to continue learning/perfecting his craft is pushing everyone around him to step up their game and deliver World Class Coaching.
20 Jan 2020
Episode 2: Embracing Failure, Relating to Clients, and The Willingness to Continue Learning
Another 10 minute slice from my conversation with Nate Schibig and Nathan Keaney. We chat about how embracing failure is key to improving as a Personal Trainer. We go into detail about some of the mistakes we've made and how it ultimately helped us become better Personal Trainers.
13 Jan 2020
Episode 1: Why choose Personal Training as a Career?
I interview Nate Schibig (6+ years experience) and Nathan Keaney (3+ years experience) about why they continue to choose Personal Training as a career. Nathan also shares more about where he started in the industry.
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