The Zack Henderson Podcast

Today we have a very special guest and someone Andy and I admire as a coach, educator, and author: Dan John. Dan has been coaching athletes and adults for decades, and has amassed a following for his simple but super effective style of training. In the decade or so that I’ve been coaching clients and athletes I have referred to his work on many occasions as a way to “center” my coaching, keep thin...

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This week Andy and I are honoring the man, the myth, the legend, Louie Simmons, a juggernaut in the field of powerlifting, and a man that was taken from us too soon. We talk about Louie and the mark he made on the lifting community, the kind of man and coach that he was, and the art of coaching and what it means to us. Grab a beer and enjoy!

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This week we have a very special guest with us, Megan Crozier, on all things nutrition.  Megan is a Functional Nutrition Therapy Practitioner, and after having her own difficulties with nutrition and fueling her own workouts, she focused her efforts and energy on studying nutrition, hormones, and metabolism.  Through her experience and education she now helps countless others break free...

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Andy and I are back at Czann’s Brewing and today we’re chatting business ethics.  The fitness industry is rife with bad players, poor business practices, and dubious claims. Today we talk about boundaries, values, and ways in which we conduct our respective businesses to ensure we’re doing right by the people who support us. Grab a beer and enjoy!

After a 2-day Wim Hof breathing and cold exposure workshop, I dish the deets about what it is, what it's not, and what getting comfortable with discomfort actually means.

Today we host a special guest, fellow strength coach and fitness enthusiast, Sam Pfister.  Sam got his start in fitness while hustling and grinding in the gauntlet of all gauntlets – in politics. While working and interning in the DC area, Sam started doing Crossfit in his apartment and over time sharpened his coaching and programming skills. When the pandemic hit, he could’ve landed anywhere...

Today we dive into the rabbit hole of what it means to be a “good” coach – what that looks like; our behaviors; our language; and how we carry ourselves in the gym.  Because, to be honest, coaching sets, reps, volume, intensity, and exercise selection is both an art and science, and one that takes many years to develop. But beyond that, being a coach that people respect, admire, or just want...

Today we’re talking about food. In the realm of fitness we often start our journey in one of two ways – we start watching what we eat and make sure to pack our days full of veggies and protein, and eventually add in some fitness here and there; or, we start slinging weights like maniacs with little regard for healthy eating until later in life. Such is the case for Andy and I: our journey to fitne...

Andy and I are hanging out at Czann’s Brewing with a very special guest, Samantha Brunner. Sam is a Nashville-based strength coach, yoga instructor and pro kayaking badass. She joins the podcast today to tell us about her fitness journey, how she got into coaching and the types of clients she works with, and some of her favorite outdoorsy things to do. She imparts some crucial wisdom to those emba...

A new year brings new ambitions, goals, and a brighter outlook – a clean slate to make changes in our lifestyle and health. Sometimes even the most motivated and ambitious of us can stumble a little along the way.  Andy and I talk about new resolutions, how to attack them, and how to navigate them when the going gets tough. So let’s count those dominoes, stack them up, and start knocking them...

As usual we’re checking in and drinking some fabulous beers at Czann’s Brewing in the Nations, reflecting on an incredible year.  What first started as a pet project evolved into 50 episodes, six guests, over 200 beers, and countless laughs.  Andy and I would like to thank you for sticking around with us and cannot express our gratitude enough. Today we talk about the past year, what we...

Andy and I chat about difficult clients and our experience coaching them.  Our job as coaches is to guide our clients to their goals quickly, safely, and effectively. Sometimes, whether a mismatch in personality or a communication breakdown, this doesn’t go so smoothly. So today we talk about those issues, how we work through them, or how we might move forward next time.

Andy's client Leah shares her thoughts on strength training, what she’s learned, and how training has impacted her life inside and outside the gym. 

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This time of year can be challenging to stay on track with workouts and nutrition, but Andy and I got your back – today we discuss how, when, and what we like to do when we’re on the road to stay fit.  Next, after 9 months of clawing our way back to pre-injury fitness levels, we talk about what we learned in the process.

Wrapping our series on favorite exercises per body part with the trunk: chest, back, and core musculature.  We’re choosing our favorites and you might be surprised at some of the choices we make!

Today we address a few hard lessons we’ve learned over the years both as coaches, but also as trainees. After so many workout sessions, coaching sessions, sets, reps, and more plates, you’d think we have a steady bead on things. But even we are still learning and growing in a number of ways despite showing up to the gym for more than a decade each. We hash out these hard lessons and some takeaways...

Andy and I are warming up with some pumpkin ales at Czann’s brewing, this week broadcasting both on IG live and to a private studio of sorts! That’s right, Czann’s has graciously allowed us to continue recording the podcast despite being closed on Monday’s, giving us the space in private for all the fitness talking.  Today we’re talking about some extreme training: whether barefoot running, d...

Andy and I are checking back in from Czann’s Brewing after a long and productive weekend. I hosted, and Andy attended, Liftapalooza 2021 and we had an absolute blast!  We as coaches know a thing or two about training, but it never hurts to learn from other professionals in our field and dust off some knowledge we maybe had forgotten, or learn some completely new things about training and reco...

Andy and I are doing some 16 oz curls today and talking about the ONLY muscles worth working out: the arms. (JK. But srsly). While there are dozens of different forearm, bicep, tricep, and shoulder exercises, today we’re picking our favorite exercise for each muscle to train while we’re in the gym.