Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast

Paul Carter, or you may know him as his iconic IG handle LiftRunBang  is one of the top leading experts in all things hypertrophy training. He has built a massive audience through his prominent social media presence, his podcast and writing. Paul brings hard evidence backed science and real world results to back his philosophies of maximizing muscle gain. CHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrit...

Mitchell Hooper is currently the most dominant athlete in all of Strongman. He has been on an unprecedented trajectory of winning top competitions for 4 years straight. He is also a savvy businessman, has a highly prominent social media presence and YouTube channel and has leveraged his success with brands and sponsors. We dive into this business side of the sport and talk about how athletes can b...

Brandon Lily is a powerlifting legend who has completely reinvented himself after a career of devastating injuries, dark times and a destructive lifestyle. He has gone on to develop into a man of deep wisdom and philosophy. We talk training, but we spend even more times exploring the depths of the mind and soul. CHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Y...

Zach Even-Esh is a widely renowned private sector strength and conditioning coach who popularized a movement of "garage and warehouse gyms" with a blue collar, hard nosed culture towards training. He is a prominent gym owner, writer in the fitness industry and has coached countless athletes pf all demographics. In this episode of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast, Coach Even-Esh...

Vince Wilkinson is a Strongman competitor in the Army who has gone on to become a prominent content creator with a massive following. He has a brand of content that is hilarious, relatable, and brings a ton of positive attention to the sport. Vince has a crazy interesting job description and in this episode we dive into what life looks like for a content creator in the Army with a 130k+ following....

Andy Triana is one of the most unique humans I have ever met. A legitimate savant of intelligence and outside-the-box deep thinking, Andy is an accomplished former athlete and coach who serves as a consultant to some of the worlds top athletes, most successful CEO's, billionaires and more. He consults on protocols to optimize productivity, rehab, sleep, sports performance, psychology, and high per...

Blaine McConnell is a former Team USA Olympic bobsledder and one of the freakiest athletes you will ever meet. Incredibly fast, strong, explosive and jacked. In this episode of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast, we dive deep into his training programming and philosophies for all of these qualities. CHECK OUT MY EBOOK, Dialing in Your Nutrition: A Comprehensive Manual for Setting Up Your Ow...

Brian Alsruhe is a gym owner, coach, strength athlete and has a massive YouTube channel. He became widely popular in the fitness industry with his informative, educational and entertaining content and has positively impacted the lives of countless people. Brian has also had to overcome unthinkable medical adversity that he still battles to this day. In this episode, we talk about Brian's backgroun...

Joey Szatmary is a gym owner, high level strongman competitor, and a key member of what is considered to be the golden age of fitness YouTube. Joey has a huge channel and is a very popular, charismatic figure in the industry and a hell of a strength athlete as well. In this episode, we talk about gym ownership, building a YouTube channel, balancing training for Strongman with all these various end...

Cornelius Parkin is a highly respected and experienced bodybuilding coach who was one of the first to break into the online coaching scene in the early 2000's. Cornelius is a very accomplished powerlifter and competitive bodybuilder himself, but has gone on to establish himself as one of the great thinkers and minds in the world of training, nutrition and PED protocols. In this episode, Cornel...

Alan Thrall is the owner of Untamed Strength, a now legendary strongman gym in Sacramento, California. He is also one of the most prominent YouTubers in the fitness genre, with several hundred subscribers and an immensely popular channel and brand. He is a phenomenal coach and personality in the industry. In this episode, we dive into his origins, gym ownership, and his rise to fame on YouTube CHE...

Matt Wenning is a former All Time World Record holding powerlifter and one of the most accomplished strength athletes of our time. He has also been a staple in the world of strength training as one of the top coaches and intellectuals. With multiple degrees in biomechanics and sports science and thousands of athletes under his coaching tree, Matt drops some incredible knowledge on training and how...

Evan Singleton, AKA The T-Rex is currently sitting on top of the sport of Strongman after winning the Strongest Man on Earth competition. He is a former WWE wrestler who brings an incredible level of showmanship to strongman, and is now one of the most dominant strongman competitors in the world. In this episode, we dive into his big win, his prep for the competition, working with a new coach, and...

Paul Oneid runs a highly successful online coaching business in the fitness industry. He is the founder of Master Athletic Performance where he has a team of coaches working with an array of clients for bodybuilding, health and fitness related goals. He is also the founder of Coaches Corner University through which he mentors other coaches and business owners. Paul is a brilliant mind when it come...

Chad Wesley Smith is a world renowned strength coach for powerlifters, throwers, Olympic lifters and team sport athletes. He is one of the best minds in the industry when it comes to training program design, and a former elite thrower and lifter himself. In this episode, we dive into the X's and O's of programmingStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast drop...

Josh Spurgeon is an up and coming rising star in the sport of strongman, making his debut on the big pro stage at the upcoming Strongest Man on Earth Competition. He is also one of my nutrition clients and an absolute monster of strength! Stay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performance Podcast dropping every Tuesday morning on YouTube and SpotifyJoin my training community team on...

Wes Derwinsky is an elite pro strongman from Canada who has made multiple Worlds Strongest Man appearances, and is now in prep for the Strongest Man on Earth competition. Enjoy this 3rd installation of the "Strongest Man on Earth Series" as I interview these top competitors leading into the big competition coming up in August! Stay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel Performa...

Bryce Johnson is a 6'6 400lb ELITE strongman competitor. He is coming off a HUGE win at the North American's Strongman Competition in Canada, taking the top of the podium in a stacked lineup. He will be competing in the upcoming Strongest Man on Earth competition. We dive into his background, North American's win and his prep for SMOEStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer and Chisel...

Trey Mitchell is an ELITE pro strongman. One of the absolute best in the world right now and one of the strongest humans on the planet. We dive into his upcoming appearance at the Strongest Man on Earth competition in mid August. We discuss his prep, mindset, background, rise in the sport, and more! Stay tuned for more strongman interviews over the next few episodes (which I will release multiple...

Alec Blenis is one of the freakiest athletes out there and a WEALTH of knowledge on training. He employs a hybrid method of training, focusing on both distance running at an elite level, and moving huge weights in the weight room...not to mention he is jacked. In this episode we talk about how to balance both forms of training, debunking myths of "cardio killing gains" and more. Stay tun...

First episode form the new studio! John Rivas joins on to talk about his career as one of the best 242 weight class powerlifters of all time and his transition to an elite level of pro bodybuilding. We recorded this episode a few weeks before his recent pro card win. We talk about his prep, getting snubbed at previous shows, his training, mindset and moreStay tuned for new episodes of the Hammer a...

Jessica Burke is a former D1 college strength and conditioning coach who now has entered the private sector of coaching. She runs a successful coaching business, has a popular online social media presence and is an outspoken voice on advocating for women in coaching, pushing back against diet culture and more. In this episode we dive into the life of a college strength coach, the status of women i...

Brian Peters is a former NFL linebacker who now serves as a coach and consultant for professional athletes, military personnel, CEOs and more. His work primarily encompasses breath work, mindset, cultivating culture, sleep optimization, and more. This was a really interesting episode that any athlete, coach, or human looking to improve the way they function in day to day life can benefit from. Thi...

Will Ratelle is a strength coach and Kinesiology instructor at the University of North Dakota. You probably know him from social media or YouTube where he puts on display his freakish strength and athletic abilities, as well as articulating his training philosophy. Will is an absolute freak and a wealth of training knowledge. We dive into training philosophies in this episode Stay tuned for new ep...

George Lockhart is a world renowned strength coach and nutritionist for fighters. He has worked with some of the best boxers and MMA fighters in the world like Connor McGreggor and Tyson Fury. In this episode, George and I dive into what goes on behind the scenes training and fueling these champion fighters, as well as some of the crazy water cut protocols they go through to make weight for fights...