Philosophy of Strength

Interested in attending Hellfest? Here was my experience attending what's quickly becoming one of the biggest heavy festivals in the world.

The first instalment of a segment where I provide in depth answers to questions I've gotten from Instagram.

Join me as I rip on Loudwire's best albums of the 2000's, and provide my own suggestions.

In this episode I sit down with one of my most successful clients to discuss how he went from being underweight and a complete beginner to lifting, to gaining 10kg of mass and essentially doubling his strength across the board.

Here are three albums I think are good introductions to the most upbeat and fun loving music genre out there.

Rick Nally is a coach and an accomplished runner, with years of experience and sport science education. In this pod we delve into how he went from sucking at sports to finding his talent for running, his time as an athlete on a scholarship in the states, reflection on the S&C field and the service he now offers to his online coaching clients.

Prepare for some deepery

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Here's a rundown on the discography of one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time. Getcha pull.

Beginners and intermediates need to take distinctly differently approaches to improving on chins, although the basic principles remain the same! 

For a special 50th episode, myself and Ian delve into our album recommendations and the order you should listen to them for getting into the most unholy and badass of music genres. Fair warning: this one is long and involved us putting away quite a few beers. 

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Dave is a strength coach and physical therapist who takes a no BS approach to helping lifters get strong and out of pain. He's also a major nerd and strength philosophiser like me!

Fellow sh*t stirrer and training philosopher, Cian O'Brien, pops into the pod for a good old fashioned ramble 

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0:00 Who people used to think ran the page 1:45 How Mark got into training and coaching 6:40 Stuff Mark used to believe  8:20 How Mark found evidence based fitness 17:35 The difference between being ignorant and malicious  25:00 How the meme page grew 30:00 The power of memes 38:58 Bad physios and staying within your scope  44:00 How to improve the industry  56:45 The conjugate...

0:00 How Will got started in fitness  12:40 Reflections on the Paleo Diet  19:15 Lessons learned from CrossFit   29:18 Balancing your goals/priorities   34:00 Training smarter and prioritising recovery  40:00 Biggest mistakes people make   43:30 Marketing ethics in fitness  49:00 Emotions and changing beliefs  53:30 What coaches should consider before enteri...

0:00 Ian's introduction to training  14:05 How Ian got into academia  23:10 Issues with S&C as a career  36:23 How coaching education could improve  50:20 Coaching weightlifting  54:00 Ian's weightlifting background and current training  59:25 Ian's PhD and research interests   1:03:20 Biggest training lessons  1:24:10 Ian's coaching services

0:00 How Cian got into training and coaching    10:50 Youth S&C   16:00 'Dangerous' exercises, and the oly lifts   18:20 Trends and failings in S&C   24:50 Athletes are still beginners 28:00 General vs Specific Training   30:35 Cian's ACL Injury 35:30 Issues with standard injury rehab 53:35 Breaking 'rules' in S&C   1:01:50 Injury vs Pain 1:05:50 Trai...

0:00 What we’ve been up to 10:00 When does technique/form matter? 16:00 S&C for Sports 21:30 Why use variation? 26:30 Teaching exercise classes 31:00 Should you have strict rest periods? 40:00 Should you rely on music? 46:20 Mental routines and rituals before performing 57:00 Is RPE useful?  1:05:30 Fitness gadgets  1:13:50 Lockdown training lessons 1:19:20 Fitness gatekeeping as a m...