Beyond The Gym Floor

This week's episode is our revived Coaches Corner Ep 1! Featuring Dr. Jordan Shallow, Will Crozier and Jamie Smith.    This week's topics: 1. Is stability trainable? VS. Motor control 4:49 2. How / how much should you warm up? 18:48 3. Accepting force - Training your "brakes" 44:58 4. Stability, skill & failure in bodybuilding 58:02 5. Coaching by prioritising with a goal 1:11:25 6. Failure - Skil...

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 q...

This week's special guest is coach Jamie Smith! https://instagram.com/j.smith.culture   This week's topics: 1. Defining flexibility, mobility & stability 7:58 2. Training stability vs. motor control 20:01 3. Motor control for gen pop vs. PL 39:44 4. Training instability vs. training a skill 49:18 5. Programming for motor control 1:03:29     As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel...

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!

This week's special guest is coach Dalton Franke! https://instagram.com/daltonfranke   This week's topics: 1. Why behavioural goals are more successful 11:16 2. Contemplation, action, & your values 30:40 4. The link between fitness & psychology 43:57 5. Influence of mentality outside of fitness 1:03:33   Resources: https://www.actmindfully.com.au/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC57692...

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 questi...

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...

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, i...

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, fee...

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 i...

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...

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 predic...