Vigor Life Podcast

It was great to have Alyssa on the podcast after having her come out to Seattle and do a workshop with myself and Joel on all things cardio. She’s a wealth of knowledge, a training geek like myself, and also an athlete that has achieved some serious goals both in strength training and endurance running.  Dr Alyssa Olenick holds a Ph. D. in Exercise Physiology is a certified sports nutritionist and...

This is another episode of our monthly program design episode where Jason Brown and I get together and answer questions and dive deep into program design, context and nuances of what work for different populations and our experience with coaching and designing programs with thousands of people in person and online. We share our best stuff to help you improve your own workouts, get better results,...

It’s always a pleasure to catch up with my friend and incredible speaker and entrepreneur Mark Fisher. We dove into what the foundations are of building a successful gym in this day and environment. Mark and his “non-sexual life partner” Michael Keeler founded Business for Unicorns in 2016. They've since worked with many of the leading fitness studios across the US, the UK, and Australia. Past...

I met Tony as far back as 2007 when Cressey Sports Performance opened and I flew to Boston to train with Eric and him. We were all meatheads obsessed with training and performance so we hit it off. We’ve hosted Tony for workshops both in my Seattle and in my Slovenia gym, and although I consider him a friend I also respect him as a coach and have learned much from him as he’s not only been there,...

I love learning and having conversations with coaches that are obsessed with both training and communication as much as I am. Lucy Hendricks is both, and she now educates on both topics, which is what made this episode both insightful and practical for every coach (and human being).  Lucy Hendricks, co-owner of a gym in Lexington, Kentucky, has created a sanctuary for people sidelined from exercis...

I created a carousel post with my 10 rules of building an athletic body after the age of 35 and it got a lot of interest and comments and while I feel it was a good post, as always, its hard to include a lot of context and insight with 8-9 slides and little text. I wanted to elaborate on the rules by going a little deeper with a podcast episode and give some more insight to my thoughts so you can...

It’s been a while and yet it’s always a pleasure doing an episode with my brother Martin Rooney. You can guarantee that Martin will spit fire about coaching, culture, and the lessons he’s learned along the way of being a leader in this industry for almost 30-years.  Martin Rooney is an internationally-recognized entrepreneur, fitness expert, sought-after presenter and best-selling author. Martin i...

Whenever Jason Brown and I get together we could go on for hours about training, programming, coaching, and this time it was no different. We dive into the differences in training when 30, 40, and 50 and we break down principles as well as more specific strategies and give examples for clients training only 2 a week as well as 3 or 4x a week. We go over coaching mistakes, how much cardio you need,...

I dive into more of the last couple weeks questions and topics that you inquired about, diving into some deeper than others but giving you applicable advice from the real world, whether its training, nutrition, coaching or building a fitness business. Check out this weeks topics below.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => The difference between training to get tired vs training to get better. =&...

I’ve followed Jake Tuura for a while as he shares great information on everything tendons, and was able to finally connect in person as we both spoke at Mike Boyle’s Spring Seminar, then had to bring him out on the podcast as his presentation at Mike’s was excellent. We talked about, well, everything tendons! This is a must listen for every person that wants to keep healthy and strong tendons for...

I’ve been fortunate to learn from and develop friendships with the best of the best. My relationship with Eric Cressey goes back close to 17 years where I went to a seminar of his in Birmingham, UK. Since then he’s been someone I have constantly learned from and continue to as we have grown in the industry, built our businesses and expanded in what we do. He’s not just an extraordinary coach but a...

Back with a Q & A with a number of questions that have built up over the weeks and it’s become one of my favorite things to do. If you want to drop more questions you can either DM them to my Instagram or e-mail them to  luka@hocevarperformance.com  As usual I’m breaking up the episode into training, nutrition, coaching and program design in the first part, and business, mindset, marketing, co...

After speaking together at Raise The Bar in Dallas, I had to get finally get Nick on the podcast and talk about the principles that have helped almost a million people transform through Renaissance Periodization products and services, while also doing $100 million in revenue. Nick is the Founder and CEO of Renaissance Periodization, a diet and fitness company founded on evidence-based practices to...

My friend and owner of HIDEF Physical Therapy Zach sat down with me to grill me about training clients and the principles and foundations of getting results over the short and long-term, what really matters and where people get it wrong. I felt time flew by but we ended up doing a bit under two hours of deep dive into what creates successful programs and coaching and things that aren’t talked abou...

I’ve been of Nir’s work starting with his first book “Hooked” that really dove into how to lock in behaviors and how companies get people to repeat behaviors. The second was “Indistractable” which has been very powerful since like most people, I get distracted! It was great to dive into the science, strategies, and tactics to help you improve your attention, not get distracted, and get work done t...

Since I save many of the questions I get on a weekly basis I always have a lot of firepower when it comes Q & A episodes, this one not being an exception. I was a bit crunched for time but packed the episode with as much value as possible while diving into certain topics deeper and giving full blown protocols.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: News about the Vigor Ground Fitness and Business Summ...

It was great to have Eve Guzman on the show. After speaking at the same events, we got to chat about how to sustainably lose weight for good, nutrition coaching, and building an educational business that helps coaches help clients.  Eve Guzman, MLS (ASCP), is a nutritionist, personal trainer, business coach and CEO of MacroU, which aims to help women ditch fad diets, lose weight effectively, and b...

I wanted to share the principles and strategies I often talk about with clients to help them create sustainable change with their body and health. This speaks both to you as an individual looking for change or to coaches helping clients achieve meaningful change. There’s so much confusing information out there that it makes it harder to begin or to stick to something that will actually help you im...

It’s been a while so I went back through a pile of questions I’ve had from the past and organized them into training and nutrition questions, as well as coaching and business questions.  I break down the show and answer the training and nutrition questions in the first part of the show (up to 58 minutes) and the coaching and business questions the second part of the show.  I didn’t get through the...

This was a interview that Ali Gilbert did with me on the Virtual Silverback Summit that I want to share with everyone as I dove into the Athlete For Life model of training, as well as diving into the mindset of growth, overcoming obstacles, and winning in life. I share how I approach my own training, both physical and mental, as well as that of my clients.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The experi...

I met Dr. Christle at an event we were both speaking at in Edmonton, Canada and after listening to her presentation, I knew I needed to get her on the podcast and talk about weight loss drugs, the why, what, how, and the misconceptions, challenges, and stigma around them as well as when they make sense, when they don’t, and the upsides and downsides. I wanted to learn more as I have clients on the...

I met Joey as a coach in the fitness industry that was great at what he did and helped clients transform for close to a decade. From there her went online and built a six figure online coaching business and started to really understand copywriting, marketing, and especially offers and email marketing. He fell in love with it and has become a go-to high level copywriter and email marketing expert t...

In 2020 because of what was going on in the world we had to turn our live Vigor Ground Fitness and Business Summit into a virtual event. While I love live events and was disappointed that we couldn’t put it on, we were able to bring close to 30 presenters on virtually with an incredible amount of value for the audience. My conversation with Jordan was excellent and worth sharing with so many valua...

I was really looking to this conversation with Mike Doehla, both from a standpoint of getting insight of what type of nutrition approach has worked of the 10k’s of clients Stronger U has helped but then also how Mike built up a powerhouse online nutrition coaching company to an 8-figure business without much marketing spend, and the behind the scenes look of the growth and obstacles along the way....

Always a pleasure with tons of insights talking with my friend Derek Hansen when it comes to training speed, athleticism and preventing injuries. This time around we talked about keeping yourself athletic and fast, while avoiding ACL and achilles tears after the age of 35. Derek M. Hansen has been a world-renowned sport performance consultant and advisor to some of the top organizations, teams, an...