RX'D Radio

Mac and Thayer discuss frontal plane loading, exercise indexing and how to develop exercise in a long-term training program. This episode is filled with exercise examples and approaches to progressing or regressing movement based on client results.     Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com .   For ot...

Matt Penney joins the podcast today with Jordan Jiunta to discuss their evolution into and from CrossFit. This episode goes on some tangents, dives into approaching training through clear failure criteria and how to arrange training to practice movement through a skilled approach before applying speed.     Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Jo...

Who doesn't love a good caffeine conversation. This episode Mac and Thayer discuss all things caffeine from their favorite sources, ingredients, timing, and caffeine as a training tool.     Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com .   For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources,...

Jordan Jiunta and Killian Hamilton discuss plyometric approaches to training and how it's more than just jumping. This episode touches on eccentrically absorbing force, rate of force development, sheer forces, specificity, variance and how to build capacity to express movement. The conversation will bridge the gap from concept to application with the detailed examples given in this can't miss epis...

Mac and Thayer reflect on the year so far and what plans they have moving forward. They discuss how developing a plan allows for adjustments along the way and how that mindset can make you a better coach.   Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com .   For other strength training, health, and injury prev...

The Jordan's swap squat stories, some resulting in horrific sights. Which prompts the discussion on how to start introducing people to squats. The episode highlights the importance of building blocks of competency prior to squatting, skill development in programming and utilizing variance of movement as a key performance indicator in exercise adaptation.     Don't miss the release of our newest ed...

This episode is dedicated to Mac's back training dilemma and the mental side of training. Mac and Thayer discuss the challenges that can come from needing to pull back and trimming the fat in programming to rebuild the base. Mac details his programming structure, considerations moving forward and how he'll select exercises and utilize total weekly sets as a training metric.     Don't miss the rele...

Jiunta and Shallow share their Drake knowledge and etymology of Toronto slang to start off this episode. The conversation turns to what are inter-set exercise intensifiers and when to apply them. Lastly this episode discusses how to utilize visual touch point as a training tool and remove visual input to develop proprioception in training. Don't miss the release of our newest educational community...

Phil Smith affectionately known as Mr. Phil aka The Bagel Man joins Mac and Thayer to drop nutrition knowledge and discuss sports performance. Phil teaches the upcoming Pre-Script Performance Nutrition course. In this episode he provides a ton of insight into the depth of context and considerations the course provides for coaches.   Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The...

RX'D Radio welcomes the one, the only Jorge de Hoyos to the podcast. Jiunta and Jorge discuss the theory of exercise and how it is not application but can create informed decisions to predict outcomes and influence application. That conversation leads to a discussion on working with individuals in-person opposed to online and solving problems before they happen. Lastly the episode touches on devel...

Eric Bugera graces the Sunday edition with his presence to discuss the upcoming Fundamentals of Hypertrophy course through Pre-Script. This episode provides insight into the 8-week online course and dives into how to appropriately utilize hypertrophy training.   Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com...

Shallow and Jiunta discuss how lifestyle factors influence hormone levels and the effect on energy balance. The conversation expands to aligning and developing habits to assist goals, self-awareness, and habit dependency potentially creating fragility. Finally, the episode finishes with talking about optimization, performing in chaos and creating more entry portals to improvement starting by calli...

This is the 1 year anniversary of the Sunday addition to RX'D Radio. Mac and Thayer reminisce on the evolution of discussions that lead to its creation. Come for the laughs, stay for the conversation, and enjoy this one! Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com .   For other strength training, health, a...

Shallow and Jiunta gather on this episode that provokes thoughts and considerations into content creation and the curious place that is social media. They discuss proper implementation of exercise, athleticism, contextualizing critical thought and a willingness to be bad at it in the early stages, but continue to develop.   Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Scrip...

Mac and Thayer have a conversation that might spark some questions, awareness and discussions for coaches and clients dynamic during competition. The guys examine coaches and  clients competing at the same events, the impact on performance it might have and the mindset going into competition.     Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Join the com...

Jordan Jiunta and Eric Bugera discuss all things in relation to hypertrophy training on this episode. The conversation covers the utility of developing a base in isolation to integrate compound movements, creating neuromuscular awareness and goal organization in training to build muscle mass.   Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Join the commu...

Mac and Thayer reunite in this Sunday edition to talk about capitalizing on the progressive momentum created in a planned program. The guys discuss travel, training and finding a starting point for a GPP phase. Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com .   For other strength training, health, and injury...

This episode discusses what purposeful overreaching is, how to utilize it effectively and some considerations when implementing. Mac shares tips and insight on how to get the most out of a planned overreach and the programming impact it can have. Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com .   For other st...

The Sunday crew discusses the menace to society Mac's youth "allegedly" was before setting their crosshairs on the overhead squat. This episode is part old man yells at clouds ranting and part education discussion on effective assessments and utilizing data to index exercise for programming.   James Macintosh @coachjamesmac  James Thayer @thayer2513 Don't miss the release of our newest educational...

Shallow and Jiunta discuss the process to road mapping assessed information for strategies to elicit a stimulus of adaptation for continual progress. This episode provides core principles in application that Pre-Script Level 1 was founded upon. This is a can't miss episode for new listeners and longtime listeners that comes full circle in discussions on the fitness industry.   Don't miss the relea...

Mac and Thayer traverse several topic threads in this episode that will leave you asking plenty of questions. They discuss the "goodness" that comes with Mac's training, development in a GPP Phase and considerations to ask better questions as a coach, client or athlete.   James Macintosh @coachjamesmac  James Thayer @thayer2513 Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-S...

Today's episode is a deep dive discussion between James Macintosh and James Thayer on the complex consideration for exercise selection and creating a cohesive program. A central topic to this conversation is the secondary and tertiary benefits of selected exercises that drive adaptations in variability to develop macro benefits.     James Macintosh @coachjamesmac  James Thayer @thayer2513 Don't mi...

On this episode of the Sunday show Mac takes the main stage to provide a detailed approach into how to coach body composition changes in clients. This episode goes into consideration on how to map out weight loss strategies, deficit durations, transition weeks and the limitations or options that come with time constraints to reaching desired dates. This podcast provides a ton of advice, knowledge...

Shallow, Mac and Thayer assemble on the podcast to discuss programming considerations in exercise selection, load management, interference effect and muscular co-contractions. The group leans into some of the nuance and nonsense seen in the fitness industry when it comes to exercise implementation and decision making.       NEW SPONSOR ALERT It's been a long time coming but we've officially partne...

Mac and Thayer go full old man yelling at clouds in this episode as they have a conversation around redundancy of positions and movements in exercise programs. The guys talk about alternative approaches and thought processes to reduce the redundancy in programming to avoid a "more is not better mindset".   James Macintosh @coachjamesmac  James Thayer @thayer2513   NEW SPONSOR ALERT It's been a lon...