Episode 36!

Excited today to be joined by Dr. Lee Bell from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. Dr. Bell has worked with many names listeners will recognize on the podcast from Doctors, PAK, James Fisher, James Steele, Milo Wolf and others.

Originally my thought for this episode was to discuss overtraining and deloading with Dr. Bell... which we did. But along the way we branched into a variety of other interesting topics, such as creating working scientific definitions within exercise, and personal auto-regulation for lifting. I think you'll find this episode is for you if you're serious about lifting and serious about understanding scientific exercise literature and the concepts within.

Dr. Bell is very upfront that exercise science is a branch of research that is lacking in many ways, but also has so much to share and give to the community. This was one of my favorite discussions I've had in a while, even though it didn't take the path I originally foresaw. I know you will enjoy it as well!

If you'd like to get in touch with Lee feel free to give him a follow on Instagram (HERE).

If you've ever thought about adding to your own home gym, there's a brand I'm a huge fan of that I couldn't recommend more highly.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a California based company that's making waves in the home gym space with some of the best products on the market.

They recently launched one of the most exciting designs on kick starter, the "⁠⁠QuadSend⁠⁠", which Dave and I discuss a little bit in this episode as well. It's currently on pre-order on Kickstarter and has already raised of $500,000!!!! This leg piece is unlike any other on the market. If you're looking for something built like a tank that will last FOREVER, this is the leg machine you've been waiting for!

Their thoughtful designs inspired by great machines of the past are constantly being innovated and improved. Their customer service is top notch and they have some of the most competitive prices in the space with their direct to consumer shipping (which is free if you spend more than $1500). Whether you own a small studio or want to create the ultimate home gym, you should give ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a try!

If you haven't already please like, subscribe and share. If you're interested in working with me directly for training or health coaching, please reach out at logan@reformed-fitness.com.

You can also book a free discovery call with myself or another member of my team ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Episode 35... The Million Dollar Trainer!

Pete Cerqua joins me today on the podcast to discuss his history in HIT and how he became one of the leading voices in helping gym owners grow their business.

After a long successful career growing his gym to a seven figure business, Pete stepped away from it all. Now he helps other business owners find the bottle necks in their own business to help them grow exponentially. Pete is extremely gracious with his time and knows all their is to know about running a successful High Intensity Training Gym. If you own a studio or have ever thought about starting one, you don't want to miss this episode. And if you'd like to talk to Pete, reach out to him on Facebook or Instagram and I'm sure he'd love to talk about how he could help your business scale!

If you've ever thought about adding to your own home gym, there's a brand I'm a huge fan of that I couldn't recommend more highly.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a California based company that's making waves in the home gym space with some of the best products on the market.

They recently launched one of the most exciting designs on kick starter, the "⁠QuadSend⁠", which Dave and I discuss a little bit in this episode as well. It's currently on pre-order on Kickstarter and has already raised of $500,000!!!! This leg piece is unlike any other on the market. If you're looking for something built like a tank that will last FOREVER, this is the leg machine you've been waiting for!

Their thoughtful designs inspired by great machines of the past are constantly being innovated and improved. Their customer service is top notch and they have some of the most competitive prices in the space with their direct to consumer shipping (which is free if you spend more than $1500). Whether you own a small studio or want to create the ultimate home gym, you should give ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a try!

If you haven't already please like, subscribe and share. If you're interested in working with me directly for training or health coaching, please reach out at logan@reformed-fitness.com.

You can also book a free discovery call with myself or another member of my team ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Episode 34!

Thrilled to have my friend and fitness colleague David "Cookie" Cook on the show this week.

Dave owns "Cookie Cuts" Fitness in Nashville, TN. He's one of the most soft after personal trainers in the area. Aside from having a thriving coaching business, Dave is one of the most authentic people I've ever met. He's extremely open with his story of recovery and fitness struggles and how he's continued to battle these while managing to hold onto a growing business through it all.

In this episode we talk about how Dave got involved in fitness in the first place. What made him decide to start "Cookie Cuts" and how he's built his business over the better part of the last decade. Through COVID shutdowns, his equipment and gym burning to the ground, and his own struggles with recovery, Dave's story is one of resilience and grit.

He, like many business owners, learns while doing. He shares how he's continued to refine his process over the years, and finally broke down and hired a fitness business coach himself. With a newfound determination and a bustling action plan Dave is ready to take "Cookie Cuts" to the next level. I think every listener will find this story incredibly relatable and motivating. If you're interested in learning more, visit his website (HERE) or give him a follow on IG (HERE) for some of the best no nonsense fitness advice in the business!

If you've ever thought about adding to your own home gym, there's a brand I'm a huge fan of that I couldn't recommend more highly.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a California based company that's making waves in the home gym space with some of the best products on the market.

They recently launched one of the most exciting designs on kick starter, the "QuadSend", which Dave and I discuss a little bit in this episode as well. It's currently on pre-order on Kickstarter and has already raised of $500,000!!!! This leg piece is unlike any other on the market. If you're looking for something built like a tank that will last FOREVER, this is the leg machine you've been waiting for!

Their thoughtful designs inspired by great machines of the past are constantly being innovated and improved. Their customer service is top notch and they have some of the most competitive prices in the space with their direct to consumer shipping (which is free if you spend more than $1500). Whether you own a small studio or want to create the ultimate home gym, you should give ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a try!

If you haven't already please like, subscribe and share. If you're interested in working with me directly for training or health coaching, please reach out at logan@reformed-fitness.com.

You can also book a free discovery call with myself or another member of my team ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Episode 33.

Today I'm joined by the founder, owner and CEO of Max Strength Fitness, Jeff Tomaszewski. Jeff has long been a proponent of safe and efficient high intensity training, and I'm lucky to have known him for the better part of a decade.

His extremely successful high intensity training studios, Max Strength Fitness, are some of the fastest growing in the strength training boutique studio space. Since launching the franchising company a few years back, they are already in the dozens of signed locations and have plans for dozens more in the coming years.

Jeff's unique expertise is that he's found a way to blend evidence based philosophy in an extremely customer service focused atmosphere. While many studios lack concise systems that are needed for growth, Max Strength is in my opinion the epitome of what a successful studio should look like. Blending a financially viable product, at a reasonable investment point, and using proven strategies that will actually allow entrepreneurs to grow.

The problem with most boutique studio brands, particularly in HIT, is they have all the knowledge, but they lack the systems necessary for consistent scaling and growth. I've seen this first hand in my previous business. Where I felt left out to dry in a new market with a advertising that didn't work, and a leadership team that lacked clear and concise business fundamentals.

If you're looking for a fantastic investment opportunity to grow your own business, or if you've been looking for a place to train locally that's safe, effective and extremely efficient, look no further than Max Strength. If they're not in your area yet, they surely will be soon.

If you've ever thought about adding to your own home gym, there's a brand I'm a huge fan of that I couldn't recommend more highly.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a California based company that's making waves in the home gym space with some of the best products on the market.

Their thoughtful designs inspired by great machines of the past are constantly being innovated and improved. Their customer service is top notch and they have some of the most competitive prices in the space with their direct to consumer shipping (which is free if you spend more than $1500). Whether you own a small studio or want to create the ultimate home gym, you should give ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a try!

If you haven't already please like, subscribe and share. If you're interested in working with me directly for training or health coaching, please reach out at logan@reformed-fitness.com.

You can also book a free discovery call with myself or another member of my team ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Episode 32!

I'm ecstatic to be joined today by Derek Van Every. Derek is another brilliant student from Stu Phillips lab at McMaster University. He's already completed his Master's and is currently working his way through his PhD under the tutelage of Dr. Phillips.

For those of you that follow online body building, most will be familiar with Jeff Nippard. Jeff has a huge following and has spent close to a decade building an audience in the online evidence based bodybuilding space. He recently conducted a super interesting study (with the help of Derek, Stu and another former guest and current student Alysha D'Souza). They worked together to track a year long experiment where Jeff tried to maximize his physique using every traditional bodybuilding modality, bulk, cut and some science based lifting and programming on top.

The results... were super interesting to say the least. In this episode I break down the experiment with Derek and get his thoughts on what went right, what went wrong, and what if anything he'd potentially change if he had to do it all over again. If you're familiar with Jeff and his content, you definitely don't want to miss this one. You can find the Youtube video HERE, where it currently has close to 6 million views!

If you've ever thought about adding to your own home gym, there's a brand I'm a huge fan of that I couldn't recommend more highly.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a California based company that's making waves in the home gym space with some of the best products on the market.

Their thoughtful designs inspired by great machines of the past are constantly being innovated and improved. Their customer service is top notch and they have some of the most competitive prices in the space with their direct to consumer shipping (which is free if you spend more than $1500). Whether you own a small studio or want to create the ultimate home gym, you should give ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a try!

If you haven't already please like, subscribe and share. If you're interested in working with me directly for training or health coaching, please reach out at logan@reformed-fitness.com.

You can also book a free discovery call with myself or another member of my team ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Episode 31!

Today I'm thrilled to be joined by one of the brightest minds in the evidence based exercise space. Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple is a brilliant researcher focusing on an often understudied area in the sports science literature... women.

Her research deals with a variety of subjects specific to female research participants and she's made it her job to reevaluate long held dogma in the research literature and replace it with actionable recommendations, specifically tailored for female lifters. This week we discuss some of her research specifically on the myth of birth control and its potential interference with hypertrophy.

Lauren has been featured on dozens of podcasts and her research has be shown in the NYT, NPR, Bloomberg and many more. I'm honored to have her on today and for my female listeners this episode is a must watch. Lauren is continuing to hold a light to women in exercise science and we're thrilled to see what else she accomplishes in her career. If you want to learn more about Lauren or her research, check out her website HERE.

If you've ever thought about adding to your own home gym, there's a brand I'm a huge fan of that I couldn't recommend more highly.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a California based company that's making waves in the home gym space with some of the best products on the market.

Their thoughtful designs inspired by great machines of the past are constantly being innovated and improved. Their customer service is top notch and they have some of the most competitive prices in the space with their direct to consumer shipping (which is free if you spend more than $1500). Whether you own a small studio or want to create the ultimate home gym, you should give ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a try!

If you haven't already please like, subscribe and share. If you're interested in working with me directly for training or health coaching, please reach out at logan@reformed-fitness.com.

You can also book a free discovery call with myself or another member of my team ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Episode 30!

This week I'm thrilled to be joined by one of the longest tenured basketball strength and conditioning coaches in the country. Who during this podcast when we recorded it had been with Florida State University for over 20 years.

Mike Bradley is one of the longest tenured strength coaches in all of college athletics. However at the time of this recording he was entering what might turn out to be his last season with Florida State. As we discuss in this episode, the world of college athletics is constantly shifting. Typically coaches move around quite often and when head coaching changes happen, those coaches usually bring in their own support staff.

Coach Bradley however has had consistency unlike most in the college sports world. He's been with the same University for close to two decades, simply because until last season, the head coach has been the same. But with Coach Hamilton stepping down, it's likely there will finally be a changing of the guards in Tallahassee. While this is unfortunate for the athletes there, in this episode we talk all about Coach Bradley's philosophy. How he trains his athletes and why he thinks training high level athletes is not THAT MUCH different than training the general population.

If you've ever wondered what the difference should be between athletic performance training and training for health and longevity, you don't want to miss this episode. Coach Bradley is a fountain of wisdom and insight and you care about high level athletic performance at all, this will be a great episode for you.

If you've ever thought about adding to your own home gym, there's a brand I'm a huge fan of that I couldn't recommend more highly.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a California based company that's making waves in the home gym space with some of the best products on the market.

Their thoughtful designs inspired by great machines of the past are constantly being innovated and improved. Their customer service is top notch and they have some of the most competitive prices in the space with their direct to consumer shipping (which is free if you spend more than $1500). Whether you own a small studio or want to create the ultimate home gym, you should give ⁠⁠⁠⁠Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠ a try!

If you haven't already please like, subscribe and share. If you're interested in working with me directly for training or health coaching, please reach out at logan@reformed-fitness.com.

You can also book a free discovery call with myself or another member of my team ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Episode 29... "The Gospel of Fitness"

Today I have the pleasure of being joined by Steve McKinney. Steve owns "Fitness and More" training studio in Granite City, Illinois.

Steve has specialized in delivering private 1-on-1 High Intensity, Low Impact workouts for over three decades. He's delivered 10's of thousands of 1-on-1 sessions and his studio is packed with a waitlist.

I was connected with Steve through a mutual friend who told me about his studio, and his recently published book "The Gospel of Fitness" which is currently a best seller on Amazon. We talk about how Steve got into High Intensity Training, how his studio operates and finally about his book and it's principles which will help you with it's simple, non-nonsense plan of action to:

• Build Strength and Endurance: Learn the most effective ways to maintain and improve your physical fitness.
• Master Nutrition: Discover how to fuel your body for optimal health and vitality.
• Stay Mentally Sharp: Explore strategies to keep your mind focused and resilient.
• Find Balance: Embrace a holistic approach to health that fits into your busy life.

If you're interested in the book click here to download the first part for FREE! Or if you'd like to just purchase the book you can find the link to the Amazon HERE.

If you've ever thought about adding to your own home gym, there's a brand I'm a huge fan of that I couldn't recommend more highly.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a California based company that's making waves in the home gym space with some of the best products on the market.

Their thoughtful designs inspired by great machines of the past are constantly being innovated and improved. Their customer service is top notch and they have some of the most competitive prices in the space with their direct to consumer shipping (which is free if you spend more than $1500). Whether you own a small studio or want to create the ultimate home gym, you should give ⁠⁠⁠⁠Temple of Gainz⁠⁠⁠⁠ a try!

If you haven't already please like, subscribe and share. If you're interested in working with me directly for training or health coaching, please reach out at logan@reformed-fitness.com.

You can also book a free discovery call with myself or another member of my team ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.