The Youth Fitness Podcast™

Jeff and Keegan Martin host Coach Dan Quesenberry of Brand X® Nashville and Ravenwood High School Strength Coach to discuss running an effective High School Strength & Conditioning program. Coach Q, was named Physical Education teacher of the year for The State of Tennessee in 2018, has over 20 years teaching PE to youth within schools, and has Coached High School Football for over 15 years. W...

In their first podcast appearance as a family, Dr. Kelly Starrett, Juliet Starrett and their accomplished daughters, Georgia and Caroline. aka "The Quad of House Starrett" Join The Youth Fitness Podcast, Keegan Martin, Jeff and Mikki to add their perspectives and stories on growing up in, and raising a Movement Focused Family. Feeding, eating, sleeping and moving, modeling movement, the importance...

The Sport Parent is one of the most common client avatars for Youth Fitness Coaches. Jeff, Mikki & Keegan discuss basic strategies for communication with and education of invested sporty families on how youth coaches support their goals. Expectations, exposure, passion and current sporting realities are all on the table. Episode Highlights: 2:15 In many ways Sports Parents are the easiest to t...

Our amazing and accomplished friend Dr. Cort Payne drops in to talk with us about training youth, clinical setting experiences how we connected while he was coaching kids for the Healthy Hearts program at Children's Heart Center of Nevada, pathways for continuing fitness for lifelong health and developing trust and positive environments as the basis for youth to thrive physically. Pop's Gym We end...

The Martins' discuss and define the concept of the often mentioned phrase "Movement Solutions". Sadly, youth do not experience the same number of opportunities for exploration and experimentation within movement as they did a decade ago.  A variety of proven ideas are presented that can boost opportunities for movement exploration and learning within your youth program.  We end with a Guest Game w...

Jeff and Mikki and Special Guest Paul Ticen of Paul Ticen Law discuss two common mistakes trainers make that can increase exposure as well as a few actionable Best Practices. Show Highlights: 4:51 Helping Listeners avoid the two most common mistakes 5:24 The role of the trainer, manager or owner 10:15 Does Youth specific education matter? 12:26 #1 most common mistake - Not projecting forward the r...

Hop on with Jeff, Keegan, Mikki for easy to follow ideas on how to approach and present nutrition in a developmentally appropriate way, while avoiding the minefield of concerns surrounding food, family, culture, myths and eating disorders. Bonus advice from a future full interview episode featuring Special Guest Alfia Dunbar MS who currently works in a therapeutic setting to assist youth to recove...

Jeff, Keegan and Mikki discuss common issues with youth lifting protocols and optimized strategies and solutions for best development, engagement, strength and success.  The Martins programs created over 100 Youth State and National Records for dozens of kids and teens aged 8-17 over five year period Guest, Sorcha age 14, of FSM Youths a Brand X® Lab in Wicklow Ireland with her favorite game, "Ket...

 A world class example of providing excellent, motivating, empowering and movement rich environments in schools Justin Harris, Athletic Director and PE Teacher Extraordinaire for Forsyth School in St Louis, Missouri, parent, sport coach and Brand X® Staff member, talks with Jeff and Mikki about School programs,  strength & conditioning as sport support, a parents role guiding and mentoring, ta...

Keegan Martin discusses with his parents his own experience and perspective on coaching your own kids. Together Keegan, Jeff and Mikki provide advice, strategies and tactics to create positive outcomes. Lily from Brand X® St Louis describes another favorite kids game. Visit: https://thebrandxmethod.com/ Follow: https://www.instagram.com/thebrandxmethod/

"Strength & the Sumo Stance Shocker"Jeff and Mikki discuss Kids, Teens, strength weights, and the great transferability of training the right positions for health sport or fitness in under 18 minutes. Listen for the young guest and their favorite game-at the end.

In this very first episode of The Youth Fitness Podcast™, Jeff, Mikki and Keegan Martin discuss Movement Gaps, what they are and why they are so important to a coaches understanding of youth development, athleticism, and movement in general. We chat about how we can build great motor patterns that fill those “Gaps”, reverse the trend and put kids and teens on a positive path for healthy growth in...