Benchmark Canterbury

 Today’s episode takes a deep dive into how to get strong! Looking at all facets of strength training including programming, mechanisms of strength, different modalities, food and sports. And most importantly asking the big questions - what is strength to you as an individual and why be strong ? 0:00 intro 1:00 why be strong ?  5:55 Why be strong ?  21:30 Mechanisms of strength   25:23 How to get...

Dr. Rusin is an internationally recognised strength coach, speaker, and writer, whose work has been popularised throughout the sports performance and fitness industries in some of the most prestigious media outlets in our industry such as Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, Testosterone Nation, Bodybuilding.com  to name a few. His innovative pain-free performance training systems have been taught to thou...

The minefield that is fat loss can be overwhelming to say the least. Avoid the BS, pitfalls and common traps of the diet industry. Join us in this week’s episode for a discussion that will increase your chances of success when it comes to losing fat. 0:00 Intro 1:00 What is fat 5.25 Factors of fat loss FSR and FBR   8.54 Goals of Fat loss  18.50 Building a fat loss plan  22:30 The deficit phase  2...

Your coach can be the defining support that allows you to reach your health and performance goals. Today we discuss what makes a really quality coach, in a flooded industry. Useful for those out there looking for a great coach as well as advice for young coaches looking learn the Benchmark principles and standards needed thrive in the fitness industry. 0:00 Intro 3:40 Physical / appearance  10:00...

sleep researchers suggest you ask yourself five simple questions: 1 .Are you satisfied with your sleep? 2. Do you stay awake all day without dozing? 3. Are you asleep between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. 4. Do you spend more than thirty minutes awake at night? 5 .Do you get between six and eight hours of sleep?    If it’s a yes any of these then its a must listen to this podcast. Or if you’re looking to opt...

“All of our life is but a mass of small habits, practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.”- William Jam. In the is Episode we explore the power of habits and their effects on the conscious and unconscious mind. How do they shape us and impact the person we seek to be? Where do we start and how to we build a system that will help us achieve what...

Women’s health ft Holly Sinclair  This is a must listen episode with Holly Sinclair from The Women’s Series.  Join us and be ready to get pissed-off with the societal constraints placed on women’s health and how you may be impacted in ways you weren’t even aware of. Holly provides advice and strategies for moving forward with your health and fitness, focusing on the topics of intuition, fertility,...

The pursuit to increase muscle mass can lead to some profound changes to our physiology and performances in and out of the gym. In this podcast we explore the major mechanisms that drive muscle mass increases as well as common issues found with nutrition and training that can hold back our progress.     Episode # 7 Muscles Gains    0:00 intro   2:52 Mechanisms of building muscle   12:00 interferen...

Our breath and how we walk are the foundations of how we move as humans.  In this podcast we explore how it’s not just our biomechanics that are influenced with our breath and locomotion but how it affects us on a multi system level.  Can we optimise our breath and locomotion to move better, feel better and perform better? Join us with today’s podcast and find out. 0:00 intro 0:12 Our lens  8:50 B...

The Fitness industry can be a well-oiled marketing machine designed to target misinformed individuals with grand delusions of quick and easy fixes to complicated problems. Join the gents from Benchmark Canterbury and explore some of the team’s biggest pet peeves with the fitness industry, red flags and solutions to some major problems. Outline: 0:00 intro 0:40 Pet peeve 1 “this one exercise “ 12:1...

In today's podcast we welcome sports and exercise physiotherapist Simon Hall. Simon has been a physiotherapist for the Sydney Kings in the NBL for three years and prior to that has worked in semi-professional AFL and soccer. In his daily private practice he helps people from all walks of life recover from various injuries. Simon talks to us about the process of an injury from when it first ha...

Date: 29/8/22  Tetra Health and Performance podcast  10 guidelines for programming success episode #3 We discuss all things programming and look to empower you with 10 guidelines that will lead you to making your own effective programs. These guidelines are based on the tried and tested methods and principles used at Benchmark Canterbury.    The Benchmark team share their knowledge, experience and...

In this episode, we’re exploring various factors of health. What impacts health from a holistic lens to a more nuanced level?  How do we measure our health from a subjective vs. objective level? What does the World Health Organisation recommend to improve your health?  How can you be proactive and prioritise the most impactful facets of meaningful health? Chapters 0.00 Intro 1.10 Would you swap li...

In this episode you’ll get to meet the team as we explore and try to understand the true why behind your training goals. How do different training modalities and training environments  affect your success? We will also explore the importance of psychology and in particular how positive language affects us in the gym.