OPEX Fitness Presents: Back Room Talk
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Back Room Talk.
It’s the candid conversations that happen when the music is off, the barbells are put away, and we sit down to reflect on another day of fitness.
OPEX Coaches Carl Hardwick and Georgia Smith host weekly episodes with the goal of always seeking to understand all that fitness can be.
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96. More Important than Program Design?!
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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95. Does Efficiency Actually Matter?
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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94. The Best Fitness Advice I Ever Received
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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93. Strength Protocol Review: 5/3/1, 5x5, GVT & 20 Rep Squat
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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92. Aerobic Training Q&A
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May 27, 2022 |
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91. Should Coaches do Blood Testing?
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May 18, 2022 |
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90. Coaching Adaptive Athletes with Michael Bann
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May 11, 2022 |
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89. What's the Best Exercise for..?
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May 04, 2022 |
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#88 - Make More Money as a Coach
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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#87 - Creating Smarter & Simpler Splits
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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#86 - Creative Ways to Structure Aerobic Training
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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#85 - The Best Nutrition Advice I Ever Received
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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#84 - Basic Human Guidelines: Things Every Human Should Be Capable Of
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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#83 - The Productive Coach
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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#82 - The Best Coaches Are...
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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#81 - Caffeine and Fitness
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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#80 - Skill Development and Progression
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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#79 - Program Breakdown: 6/12/25 + MAP 9 Progressions
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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#78 - Implementing Periodization: Accumulation vs. Intensification
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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#77 - Alcohol & Fitness: Body Comp, Performance and Health Effects of Drinking
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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#76 - Differences in Training Men and Women
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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#75 - Pros and Cons of Macro Counting
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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#74 - Improving the 10-minute Assault Bike for Max Calories
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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#73 - What to Stop and Start Doing in 2022
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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#72 - Straight Sets, Supersets, Tri Sets & Giant Sets: Structuring Resistance Training
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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#71 - On the Fly Case Study
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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#70 - Program Design Efficiency vs. Effectiveness
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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#69 - Is CrossFit Individualized? + Aerobic Progression for the Non-Performer
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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#68 - Health and the Holidays: Overcoming Common Client Struggles
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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#67 - Health & Fitness Tracking and Wearables
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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#66 - Why Coaching Education Fails & Introducing LearnRx
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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#65 - Common Strength Training Mistakes
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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#64 - 6 Lessons from the OPEX Coaches Summit
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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#63 - Rehab, Relationships & Underrated Health Behaviors with the Big Dawgs Coaches
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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#62 - Gym Culture, Professionalism & Balance with the Big Dawgs Coaches
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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#61 - Fit for Life with Brand X - Developers of CrossFit Kids
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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#60 - Pre and Post Workout Nutrition
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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#59 - K.I.S.S. - The Real Secret to Coaching Success
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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#58 - Four Principles for Building Strength
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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#57 - Numbers Every Coach Should Know
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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#56 - Fitness Coach's Lifecycle: Path to a Professional Coaching Career
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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#55 - Stronger, Bigger, and More Aerobic? The Science and Principles of Concurrent Training
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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#54 - Coaching Pregnant Women with Melissa Guitron
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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#53 - BJJ and the Samurai Coach with Michael Bann
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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#52 - The Hybrid Gym: Can Group Class and Individual Design Coexist? with Brandon Wilton
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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#51 - Bodyweight-Only Program Design
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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#50 - 6 Gym Culture Do's and Do Not's
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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#49 - The Muscle Endurance Tree
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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#48 - What is Your Fitness Identity?
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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#47 - Unilateral vs. Bilateral Training - Which is Best for Different Fitness Goals?
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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#46 - Body Image, Plastic Surgery, and the Fitness Industry
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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#45 - Habits to Lose Fat, Gain Muscle, and Feel Good
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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#44 - Routines of Successful Coaches
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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#43 - The Professional Fitness Coach
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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#42 - Competition and the Weekend Warrior
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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#41 - Patterns and Pacing
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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#40 - Avoiding Coach Burnout
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May 26, 2021 |
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#39 - FBR vs GBC vs GVT: Which Resistance Training Protocol is Best?
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May 19, 2021 |
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#38 - Periodization: What Model is Best?
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May 13, 2021 |
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#37 - Youth Fitness: Raising and Coaching Healthy Kids
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May 05, 2021 |
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#36 - Coaching Tactical Athletes and First Responders
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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#35 - Metabolic Conditioning Program Design + Anxiety and Strength
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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#34 - Coaching Through Ramadan with James FitzGerald
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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#33 - Sam Smith: The New CrossFit Competitive Season
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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#32 - Every Fitness Program Should Include These 7 Things
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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#31 - Strength and Conditioning for Team and Field Sport Athletes
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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#30 - Experimenting with Energy Systems Assessments, Part 2
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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#29 - Experimenting with Energy Systems Assessments, Part 1
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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#28 - Highest Order Nutrition and Reviewing Popular Diets
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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#27 - Tempo and Program Design for Strength, Hypertrophy, and Motor Control
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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#26 - Getting Lean, Performance & Stress Relief: Challenging Societal Norms in Fitness
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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#25 - Energy System Training and the Gray Area
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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#24 - Michael Bann: What I Wish I Knew When I Started Coaching
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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#23 - CoachRx, Social Media, and Building Confidence as a Coach
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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#22 - Functional Bodybuilding Programming: Let the Goal be the Goal
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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#21 - Tom Sroka: The Best Ways to Build Strength
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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#20 - Long-Term Program Design + New Year Habits
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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#19 - Bert Sorin: Creating a Fitness Legacy with Sorinex
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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#18 - Jacob Heppner: Taking CrossFit Virtual
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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#17 - Meghan Sweet: From OPT Athlete to OPEX CMO
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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#16 - Richard Ulm: The Importance of Trunk Stability in Fitness
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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#15 - Georgia & Carl: Going Remote, Money Talk + Coaching Through the Holidays
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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#14 - Mike Bledsoe: Life After Barbell Shrugged
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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#13 - Justin LoFranco of Morning Chalk Up: Breaking News on CrossFit
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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#12 - CJ Martin: How Invictus Fitness is Finding Silver Linings in 2020
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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#11 - Georgia & Carl: Program Design Connection
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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#10 - Quinn Henoch: Coaching through Chaos - Connecting with CrossFit, Weightlifting, and Gen Pop
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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#9 - Georgia & Carl: CrossFit Games 2020 Predictions + Why Carl Became a Fitness Coach
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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#8 - Sanjeev "Jeevers" Javia: Does CBD Actually Work?
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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#7 - Austin O'Neal and Megan Benzik: Life After Performancing Enhancing Drugs in CrossFit
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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#6 Casey Jenks: TrueCoach, Technology, and the Fitness Coach of the Future
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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#5 Henry Toraño: How to be a Professional Coach During COVID
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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#4 Todd Nief: From Heavy Metal to Heavy Weights
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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#3 Jesse O'Brien: Leaving his CrossFit Affiliate to Build a Sustainable Coaching Career
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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#2 - Melissa Guitron: Periods, Personalized Fitness and the Pandemic
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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#1 - Amanda Goodman: The Highs and Lows of Being a CrossFit Athlete
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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#100 - James Fitzerald
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May 14, 2020 |
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#099 - Chris Duffin
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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#098 - Brian Mackenzie
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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#097 - Jeoff Drobot
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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#096 - Shawn Myszka
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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#095 - Danny Lennon
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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#094 - Brendan Egan
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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#093 - Brett Bartholomew
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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#092 - Gabrielle Fundaro
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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#091 - Stan Efferding
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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#090 - Danny Mackey
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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#089 - James Fitzgerald
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Jan 11, 2020 |
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#088 - Jim Crowell 2019 Reflections
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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#087 - Patrick McKeown
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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#086 - Greg Potter
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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#085 - Enda King
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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#084 - Lee Taft
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#083 - Keith Norris and James Fitzgerald
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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#082 - Mike Robertson
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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#081 - Anthony Renna
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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#080 - Mike T Nelson
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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#079 - Dan Pardi
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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#078 - Jeoff Drobot
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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#077 - Brian St Pierre & Jim Crowell
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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#076 - Mike Tuchscherer
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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#075 - John Berardi
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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#074 - Sue Falsone
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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#073 - Mike Robertson
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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#072 - Fitness Program Design - Carl Hardwick
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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#071 - Jeoff Drobot
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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#070 - Ben Pakulski IFBB Pro Bodybuilder and MI40 Creator
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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#069 - Dan Jon: The Aging Athlete
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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#068 - Ciaran Fairman on Exercise Oncology
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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#067 - Keegan Martin & Kevin Don on Programming: Strength Course
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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#066 - Zach Even - Esh Founder of The Underground Strength Gym
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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#065 - Daniel Davey Head of Sports Performance Nutrition w/ Leinster Rugby, CEO of Foodflicker
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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#064 - Kevin Carr Head Coach at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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#063 - Ryan Banta T&F Coach & Author The Sprinters Compendium
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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#062 - Dr. Marc Bubbs Performance Nutritionist with Canada Basketball & Author of PEAK
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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#061 - Dr. Jon Johnson PhD Expert in Chrononutrition from University of Surrey in the UK
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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#060 - James Fitzgerald on The Future of Fitness Coaching and Human Longevity
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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#059 - Dr. Amy Bender PhD & Sleep Researcher
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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#058 - Eric Cressey Founder & CEO of Cressey Sports Performance
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May 31, 2019 |
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#057 - Adam Feit from Precision Nutrition
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May 24, 2019 |
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#056 - Melissa from OPEX Kura
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May 17, 2019 |
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#055 - Iron and Mortar Summit
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May 10, 2019 |
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#054 - Lee Burton Co-Founder of FMS
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May 03, 2019 |
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#053 - Patrick McKeown Author of The Oxygen Advantage
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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#052 - Cody “Boom Boom” McBroom Founder of Boom Boom Performance
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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#051 - Quinn Henoch Founder of Clinical Athlete
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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#050 - The Brand X Method
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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#049 - Dr. Mike T. Nelson
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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#048 - James Fitzgerald Mixed Model Apprenticeship
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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#047 - Greg Everett Founder of Catalyst Athletes Olympic Weightlifting
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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#046 - The OPEX Gyms Personalized Fitness Model
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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#045 - Adee Cazayoux Co-Founder of Working Against Gravity
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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#044 - CJ Martin & Tino Marini on The Business of Coaching & Building Invictus Fitness
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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#043 - OPEX CEO Jim Crowell on Personalized Fitness and The State Of The Business
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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#042 - A System of Training From Two-Time Games Athlete Mike Cazayou
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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#041 - The Comeback Story of Brute Strength Co-Founder Mike Cazayoux
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Dec 28, 2018 |
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#040 - Quality v Quantity: Combating the Group Class Trend with Nick Fowler
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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#039 - Discerning and Alleviating Back Pain with Dr. Stuart McGill
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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#038 - Navigating the New Competitive Structure with Mike Lee
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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#037 - Michele Letendre on the Training System that Made Her a Six-time CrossFit Games Veteran
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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#036 - Brent Fikowski’s Nutritionist Talks Performance Nutrition for Competitive CrossFit
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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#035 - Realistic Goal Setting with James FitzGerald
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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#034 - James FitzGerald on the Death of Charles Poliquin
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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#033 - The Impacts of Neuro-Typing on Individual Design with Christian Thibaudeau
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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#032 - The State of Fitness Coaching with Marcus Filly
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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#031 - Conditioning and Recovery-Driven Fitness with Joel Jamieson
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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#030 - Physical Preparation for Speed/Power Sports with Kier Wenham-Flatt
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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#029 - Understanding the Bondarchuk Training System with Derek Evely
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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#028 - How to Make Your Coaching Business an Asset -- Not a Liability with Jim Crowell
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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#027 - Therapeutic and Supplementary Strategies for Recovery with Dr. James Hoffmann
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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#026 - Incorporating Strength Speed Work into Fitness Programs with James FitzGerald
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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#025 - The Principles of Recovery from Training with Dr. James Hoffmann
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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#024 - What’s Working Inside the World of Fitness Coaching with Robin Lyons
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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#023 - From Street Thug to Fitness Entrepreneur: The Story of Luka Hocevar
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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#022 - 'Radical Transparency' is the Key to Coaching Success with Jim Crowell
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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#021 - Genetics: The Key to Nurturing Higher Performing Athletes with Dr. Jeremy Koenig
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Jul 06, 2018 |
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#020 - Energy System Training with James FitzGerald
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Jul 03, 2018 |
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#019 - What the Perfect U.S. Athletic Development Program Looks Like in Vern Gambetta’s Eyes
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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#018 - Understanding Clients During the Intake Process with OPEX Nutrition Instructor Sean McGovern
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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#017 - Skill Acquisition and the Constraints on Adaption with Keith Davids
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Jun 22, 2018 |
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#016 - Assess Don't Guess: How to Identify Fitness Progressions with Michael Bann
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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#015 - How Much Training is Too Much? with Dr. Mike Israetel
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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#014 - The Basics of Lifestyle Coaching with Sharon Prete
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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#013 - Coaching Mastery: Diving Deeper Than Superficial Knowledge with Dan Pfaff
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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#012 - How Teen Athletes Grow to Their Maximum Physical Potential with James FitzGerald
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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#011 - Brett Bartholomew
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May 31, 2018 |
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#010 - Jim Crowell OPEX CEO
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May 29, 2018 |
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#009 - Shawn Myszka
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May 24, 2018 |
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#008 - OPEX Coach Sean McGovern
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May 22, 2018 |
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#007 - Danny Lennon
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May 17, 2018 |
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#006 - OPEX Director of Coaching Mike Lee
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May 15, 2018 |
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#005 - Chad Wesley Smith
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May 11, 2018 |
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#004 - OPEX Coach Michael Bann
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May 08, 2018 |
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#003 - Coach Mike Boyle
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May 04, 2018 |
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#002 - OPEX CEO Jim Crowell
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May 01, 2018 |
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#001 - OPEX Founder James Fitzgerald
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Apr 27, 2018 |