Strong Ambition Podcast

Episode 17 Nate Ruban - Ergonomics to work without Pain! Nate Ruban was a former colleague of mine from Focus Fitness. He was an excellent strength and conditioning coach, as well as being an Athletic Therapist. After years of working at focus he started to look how his knowledge and experience could give him other opportunities in the realm of kinesiology, as it can be very tough for trainers to...

Episode 16Lindsay Schluter - Changing Careers - F’n Live Right Now! Lindsay is a copywriting coach with maverick coaching academy and has recently started her own breathwork coaching for her Goddess Circle women’s group. Lindsay has been an amazing coach for myself throughout the time I’ve spent at Maverick Coaching Academy for fitness and therapy coaches. I still remember the first day I met her...

Robert Broten is a mental health and performance coach, and works with hockey players, to help control their emotions, and perform at their highest level. Robert has an interesting story to arrive in this career. He came from the same area as I did, near Starbuck, Manitoba. Also started as farm worker, but his initial career path took him into the city, eventually making good money as a sales repr...

This is special podcast as we do a Round Table Discussion, inviting multiple guests that have common interests and goals. This week I interview four other members of the Maverick Coaching academy, which are all business owners trying to make their own name brand to help make an impact in the fitness industry. This episode's guests and their mission: Jennifer works as a self-love coach, to help peo...

After leaving Boxing I struggled with body composition goals for quite some time, which led me into finally challenging a bodybuilding show. In this show I describe how I started in bodybuilding, how my last year went trying to aim for the last competition, the new dietary strategies I used with the carnivore diet, the struggles I had trying to coach myself, the lessons I’ve learned, some great le...

Gavin McHale was a coworker of Rhyland’s at his first gym of employment, Focus Fitness. Gavin started as a strength conditioning coach at Focus Fitness and has since gone on a incredible personal journey of growth and overcoming pre-conceived notions he originally had thought were the keys to success. Gavin has since started his own company called the Maverick coaching Academy to help fitness prof...

Mellissa Skibinski was a coworker of Rhyland’s at his first gym of employment, Focus Fitness. She graduated from The University of Manitoba with a degree in Athletic Therapy, and returned later to obtain her Masters in Physiotherapy in 2014. Mel’s impressive and ambitious mindset originates from both her environment growing up, as well as from within. Even from an early age her mother would have t...

Episode 10 - Jodi Toews – How to live determined and live a dream life in the MountainsCould you imagine changing career paths 3 times? Could you move your whole life along the way so you could live closer to the mountains? Well that's Jodi's story. Jodi Toews was a coworker of mine at my first gym of employment, Focus Fitness. She began in a small town of Killarney Manitoba, and chased a passion...

JT Smith was the one of the founders of United Boxing Club with Ryan Savage. They started with renting space from community clubs, until one day they found their own space. United grew with high quality athletes and as a Level 4 Boxing Coach, JT helped take athletes all the way to National Gold. This is a great episode to understand importance of what to know as a young up and coming athlete. JT g...

AJ Zeglen has been a strength coach for over a decade, and working with Focus Fitness as their manager. He’s had experience in sport as a football player as running back and played at a college level when he was younger. He fell in love with the gym and made it his passion. When he was growing up the main influences were stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, and so this lead AJ into the realm of body...

Curious about eating whole foods or what the idea of a paleo diet is all about? This is the episode for you. Kristen earned her doctorate in chiropractic from Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minnesota. She is the sixth chiropractor in her family to graduate from there. She grew up in Morris, Minnesota, ran NCAA division II track and field in college and moved to Winnipeg in...

This week’s episode is about answering questions submitted by the Instagram followers. This is referred to as Quality Q and A because I wanted to give quality answers, by supporting some of the opinions with research. Even with some of the papers, there is still an opinion to be had from the information. This episode is PACKED with great topics to be covered, as we dive into; how much protein to i...

Ryan Savage was my boxing coach when I was competitive a United Boxing Club, and he was the founder of the organization with JT Smith. He as an incredible resume of boxing, being on the national team for 7 years, and champion in his division for 3 of those years. He transitioned into being a coach because he got his call to the bar. Upon beginning United, he was able to foster a program and result...

Jason Brooks is a well respected Performance Psychologist. I had the pleasure of meeting him through United Boxing Club, as he's worked with several national level boxer, two which turned pro MMA fighter. Jason also works with all sorts of different trades, from olympic athletes to heart surgeons. Jason shares his story and up bringing, how he discovered his own passion for performance, and we div...

Keith Bilous is a very successful business man with his company ICUC, a social media conglomerate. He started with humble beginnings in small town of St. Andrews, Manitoba, and seeing a great work ethic from his parents. After going through college and a few different companies he was able to find a something that companies needed, and so he created his company ICUC. In this episode we discuss mor...

As in boxing and life, winning and losing are a part of it. Whatever you go through, as long as you put your best fighting form each time, you are in for something great. Brandt Butt is an Investment Advisor at the award-winning firm Endeavour Wealth Management. In 2020 Brandt was a finalist for the Future Leaders of Manitoba award, recognizing individuals who display strong leadership in their pr...

How do you get on a state of flow? How do you utilize flow as a positive impact in your daily life? Raymond Lavoie, PhD is an Assistant Professor at Merrimack College. He is a passionate consumer behaviour researcher with an expertise on the state of flow. His research advances the concept of flow, its role in marketing and it’s influence on consumers. He is grateful to be able to apply his knowle...