The Strength Connection

In the 83rd episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Strong First Senior Instructor and founder of BrickHouse, Mike Sousa, will talk about the origin of BrickHouse, the evolution of Mike’s training style, intuitive training, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter you will discover:  (0:50) Introducing our special guest, Strong Fir...

In the 82nd episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest Former Elite Instructor at StrongFirst, Research Methods and Statistics Professor, Craig Maker, will talk about the psychological immune system, fission-fusion, overtraining, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter you will discover:  (0:50) Introducing our special guest, Elite In...

In the 81st episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest Creator of Coach Sportland, Speed Coach and Mentor, Sam Portland, will talk about Sam’s rugby background, his submissive nature in sports, losing the unconscious motivation, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter, you will discover:  (0:55) Introducing our special guest Creator o...

In the 80th episode of The Strength Connection podcast, Mike and our special guest, Certified Mental Performance Consultant, Dr. Tiffany Jones, will talk about mindset training, using false scenarios, creating superhumans, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter, you will discover:  (0:55) Introducing our special guest, Certified Mental Performance Consultant, D...

In the 79th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Weightlifting Coach and the Founder of New York Weightlifting Academy, Danny Casey, will talk about Danny’s origin story, his weightlifting background, his way of training, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter, you will discover:  (0:55) Introducing our special guest, Weightli...

In the 78th episode of The Strength Connection podcast, Mike and our special guest Lead Instructor at FMS, Founder of ONE-Human Performance and Principles of Program Design, Eric D'Agati, will talk about Eric’s origin story, Eric’s style of training, the goal of creating Principles of Program Design, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter, you will discove...

In the 77th Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, StrongFirst Elite instructor Mark Limbaga, will talk about training modalities, strength and conditioning, the clean and the jerk, and a genuine love for strength. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! In this chapter you will discover: (0:55) Introducing our special guest StrongFirst Elite instructor Ma...

In the 76th Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest the Owner Of The Sleep Performance Coach, Angus Buckle wil talk about Martial arts, Gambling and Alcohol, Health deterioration and more! Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! In this chapter you will discover:   (0:57) Introducing our special guest Angus Buckle Linked in: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mrbpt...

In the 75th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike, and our special guest, Fitness Coach and the Co-Founder of TNT Fitness Results, Derek Toshner, will talk about StrongFirst, coaching younger people, coaching high school athletes, coaching professionals, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter you will discover:  (0:55) Introducing our special guest,...

In the 74th Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Strength Coach and StrongFirst Certified Senior SFG, Analisa Naldi, will talk about Analisa’s origin story, her thirst for knowledge, standards of communication, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! In this chapter, you will discover: (0:55) Introducing our special guest, a Strength Coach and...

In the 73rd episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Owner of Skill of Strength, host of The Minimum Effective Dose, Mike Perry, will talk about Mike’s origin story, the origin of Skill of Strenght, and his journey with diagnosing and beating cancer. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter, you will discover:  (0:50) Introducing our special...

 In the 72nd episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Author, Editor, and a Faculty Member at Setanta College, Antonio Squillante, will talk about velocity-based training, Dr. Carmelo Bosko’s work, prescriptive based training, new studies about static forms of strength, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivati...

In the 71st Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest Army Neuroscientist, Sleep Specialist, Division I Collegiate Athlete, and a 2x CrossFit Games Athlete, Dr. Allison Brager, will talk about the “YOUNGSTOWN BOYS” documentary, the power of discipline, bioenergetics, energy expenditure and Energy conservation, and Dr. Allison’s Sleep Strategy Join us in this insightful...

In the 70th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, StrongFirst Certified Master Instructor, founder, and chief instructor at KB5 Gym, Pavel Macek, will talk about his training and achievement of sinister, combining kettlebell swings and getups, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter, you will discover:  (0:45) Introducing our sp...

In the 69th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, the Co-owner of Original Strength and The Founder of The Women's Movement Collaborative, Dani Almeyda will talk about The 3 Pillars of Original Strength, the importance of mobility, preventing injuries by rolling and if is Tim Anderson a weird guy? Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! In this chapt...

In the 68th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, World-Renowned Fitness Entrepreneur and Best Selling Author, Kelli Calabrese will talk about Kelli’s origins story, her personal drive, the pains and struggles that she went through in becoming who she is today, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! In this chapter you will discover:  (0:55) In...

In the 67th episode of The Strength Podcast Mike and our special guest Coach and Mind Advisor at Contrast By Design, and Host of The School of Atypical Insights, Tyler Wall will talk about the importance of Shadow Work and understanding our dark side in order to grow into our full potential and strength. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter you will discover:  (00:50)...

In the 66th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, the Creator of Coach Sportland Sam Portland, will talk about Sam’s speed training breakdown, how they are conducted, how Sam mentors and trains other coaches, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter you will discover:  (1:05) Introducing our special guest the Creator of Coach Spo...

In this super special episode Mike will be sharing his experiences and his best golden nuggets from the StrongFirst Lifter Certification in Chicago, if you want to feel motivated and full of hope, you don’t want to miss this episode :) (0:20) Michael introduces this solo podcast (0:30) Thank you so much fans! :) (1:00) StrongFirst Lifter Certification in Chicago (1:30) 12 years in the making (1:50...

In the 64th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest Speaker, Best Selling Author, Master RKC, Religious studies instructor for Columbia College of Missouri, Dan John, will talk about minimalism in training and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter you will discover: (1:00) Introducing our special guest, Speaker, Best Selling Author,...

In the 63rd episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest the world-renowned weightlifting coach and creator of The Happy Body Program, Jerzy Gregorek will talk about his origin story, the Happy Body program, the mental side of strength, five different voices that we communicate with, the master vs. the fatalist mentality and more. Join us in this insightful and captivatin...

In the 62nd episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Creator of The Battling Rope System and Author of Renew Your Youth God's Way, John Brookfield will talk about what is Strength Velocity, breathing techniques, grip strength, and much more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter, you will discover: (0:00) Introducing the Creator of Th...

In the 61st episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, StrongFirst Director of Education and Functional Movement Systems Advisory Board member Brett Jones will talk about using movie quotes in writing, article vs. ebook writing, Brett’s favorite books, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter, you will discover: (0:50) Introducing our...

In the 60th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Owner And Operator Of Results Performance Training In Virginia, Detric Smith will talk about Detric’s work with personal training and conditioning, working with other coaches for developing their businesses, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!  In this chapter you will discover: (1:00) Introd...

In the 59th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest 6 Times CrossFit Games Athlete, creator of PowerAbs and PHIIT, Kari Pearce will talk about Kari’s origin story of going into gymnastics, getting into the University of Michigan, becoming Big 10 champion, competing in CrossFit and finishing 3rd in her last event, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating t...