Strength Chat

What a way to celebrate Strength Chats 300th episode!  To celebrate this landmark achievement, I was joined by the Co-Founders of Domin8 Athlete, having proven track records of lasting and impressive results with their clients and athletes through many years of coaching experience between them. In this week's episode, it was a great pleasure to chat with Jack Lovett and Tom Hamilton.   I agree...

In this week's Strength Chat, I was joined by the Founder and CEO of Proteus Motion, Sam Miller.  For most coaches and trainers assessing their athletes and clients is the first part in working together and then finding out how they are progressing. With the introduction of Proteus Motion, this speeds up this process and with a lot more accuracy.   In this chat, as well as a lot more topics an...

It was an absolute pleasure to be joined in this week's episode by a coach with over 20 years' experience working in the fitness industry, having competed in everything from running to strongman, Dan Reeve.  Having been there done it, and to a very good standard I may add in a number of different sports, Dan speaks from experience when it comes to helping his clients and athletes achieve r...

For this week's episode it was great to be joined by researcher and a lover of all thing's science, muscles and cooking, Max Coleman.  Combining his experience of researching and his science knowledge when it comes to training, as well as training himself and his clients, it was great to speak all things muscle building with Max  In this chat, as well as a lot more topics and tangents, we...

In this week's Strength Chat, I was joined by the Founder and Owner of Battalion Barbell, as well as coaching athletes internationally since 2016, Alex Pearson-Jones.  It was great to talk all things strength training and powerlifting with Alex who you can see has a real passion for coaching. As a sport powerlifting is growing year on year, as well as the calibre of lifting improving. That’s w...

It was an absolute pleasure to be joined in this week's Strength Chat with gym owner, strongwoman and Giants Love commentator, Nicola Buchan.   For a lot of people, the gym and fitness can be an intimidating and scary thing. With the awesome content and information that Nichola puts out there, it’s all with a positive and empowering message which is great to see.   In this chat, as well as a l...

In this week's episode I was joined by strength and conditioning coach and Founder of Garage Strength, Dane Miller.   Dane puts some awesome content and information out there and it was great to pick his brains on all things strength and power as they play an important role in most, if not all sports. How Dane breaks down what can be a complex and confusing topic gives a great insight in how b...

It was an absolute pleasure to be joined in this week's Strength Chat with the Sheffield 2024 powerlifting champion, taking records in the bench, deadlift and total, Agata Sitko.   With the success that Agata has had in her powerlifting career so far, it was great to get an insight into what the makes the mind and life of a champion tick.   In this chat, as well as a lot more topics and tangen...

In this week's Strength Chat, it was an absolute pleasure to be joined by 3x European Powerlifting champion and the first woman in IPF history to squat over 300kg, Sonita Muluh.  Seeing Sonita compete live at Sheffield was absolutely awesome and it was great to speak with her and get an insight what it takes to be a truly world class lifter.   In this chat, as well as a lot more topics and tan...

In this week's Strength Chat, I was joined by strength coach and author, working with EliteFTS and Thibarmy, Tom Sheppard.  It was great to chat with Tom who has so much knowledge, and passion, for strength training. His understanding of programming, planning, and playing the long game to help his clients and athletes build long term strength is clear to see. You only have to look at the resul...

This week's episode was an awesome chat with the owner of Four Pillars Studio, with countless qualifications and years of coaching experience to his name, Ben Wright.   With some much information out there, it can be confusing to know what works, what’s the best method to use, and how to actually get results. Ben filters all that out and provides his clients with a high standard of coaching su...

As a sport powerlifting is growing in popularity and participation year on year so it was great to chat with the dream team behind Barbell Coalition, who are pushing the standards higher and higher, Ibrahim Dridi, Stephan Karidis and Mahin Zafar.  Seeing the passion and love for the sport of powerlifting from these guys it’s clear they are driven to spread that feeling with the athletes and coache...

An awesome chat with an absolute top bloke!  This week I was joined by strength and conditioning coach, current serving soldier, and buster of fitness fads and myths, Dean Hammond.   With a no sugar coating approach to putting content and information out there that actually helps you achieve your goals and filters through the nonsense that is just social media clickbait, you can see Dean genuinely...

For this week's episode it was an absolute pleasure to be joined by the Co-Founder of the PFCA, Jenz Robinson. After seeing the content and information that Jenz puts out there, as well as listening to him on other podcasts, it’s clear how passionate he is about raising the standard of the fitness industry. All you have to do is look at the results he is achieving with the people he works with...

In this week's Strength Chat I was joined by full time Firefighter and Strength Coach, who is the creator of The Strong Dad Club, Mark Novak. It was great to chat with Mark who puts some awesome content and information out there, as well as leading by example in what he does in terms of training and nutrition. In this episode we chatted about what optimal looks like and how that can change and...

It was absolutely awesome to be joined in this week's Strength by a Doctor of Physical Therapy, strength and conditioning coach, writer and researcher, Dr. Merrick Lincoln. I really enjoyed chatting with Merrick as it was clear we share similar thoughts and philosophies on training and coaching. In this episode we chatted about modifying an athletes training around pain, managing an athletes p...

For this week's episode I was joined by the Founder and Director of PerforMotion, Kelly Mann. To be able to chat with someone of Kellys experience and knowledge was awesome. You only have to look at the success of the lifters she coaches, as well as the growth of PerforMotion, to see that she knows what she’s talking about. In this episode we chatted about individualisation when it comes to co...

In this week's episode I was joined by a coach who has a roster of national and international champions in multiple sports, as well as being competitive in a number of sports himself, Amir Fazeli. It was awesome to chat with Amir who has competed in sports such as powerlifting, kickboxing, and wrestling and to get an insight into the lessons he has learned and how he has applied them to his own co...

It was an absolute pleasure to be joined in this week's episode by competitive powerlifter, two time National Powerlifting Champion, and coach, Kristen Dunsmore. It was awesome to chat with Kristen and get an insight into her thoughts around coaching, training, and how strength training can be more than just getting strong. In this episode we chatted about confidence in and out of the gym, progres...

In this week's episode I was joined by a coach with over 20 years experience, starting his journey at Westside Barbell under Louie Simmons, Greg Panora. To be able to speak to a lifter such as Greg, who has been there and done it at the very top level, was absolutely awesome. In this episode we chatted about his experiences and influences, how he got into coaching, and the lessons he learnt that h...

After a little hiatus it was awesome to have this guy as a guest on this week's Strength Chat. In this episode I was joined by a coach who has worked with celebrities and athletes, accruing thousands of hours on the gym floor, as well as a published author and writer, Gareth Sapstead. To be able to talk all things training and coaching with someone of Gareth's knowledge and experience was awesome....

In this week's Strength Chat it was awesome to speak with the Founder of The Hard to Kill programme, Marc Rhodes. It was great to chat with Marc as he has so much knowledge and experience and has a clear focus on the direction of his coaching. In this episode, we chatted about creating discipline and sticking to habits, overcoming challenges, as well as creating a coaching system that creates buy-...

A returning guest to Strength Chat, it was awesome to catch up with the Education Manager at JPS Health & Fitness, Martin Refalo. Martin puts some awesome content and information out there, completing research that answers a lot of the coaching questions of the health and fitness industry. In this episode we chatted about his current research on how training to failure can impact strength and musc...

It was an absolute pleasure to be joined in this week's Strength Chat with the Co-Founder and lead nutritionist at Reformance Training, as well as a returning guest to Strength, Kedric Kwan. Having followed Kedrics content and information he puts out there for some time now, it was awesome to catch up with him again. Following on from other conversations I have heard Kedric have on other podcasts,...

In this week's episode it was an absolute pleasure to be joined by a coach at Stronger by Science and having a PhD in the minimum dose for strength, Dr. Pak Androulakis-Korakakis. Dr. Pak put some great content and information out there so it was great to have the opportunity to chat with him on the podcast. In this episode we chat about science based coaching and how it can be approved, supplemen...