4 Star Strength

In this episode I sat down with the guys from Onyx Straps during Universities, Juniors, and U25 and chatted late night about their business and how they got started. A really fun episode where we got to relax and just chat but really go into what makes our business we start on our own the best. Hope you enjoy!

In this episode I sit on the mix with Kevin Doherty of HassleFree Barbell club and talk about how he setup essentially what is the greatest highschool weightlifting program on the planet I also then get some wisdom tidbits from him on coaching and developing athletes...A MUST LISTEN!

Contact Allison at LevelUp Nutrition here: https://www.leveluprd.com Allison is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics located in southeast Michigan. She has also obtained her Certificate of Training in Weight Management. Allison attended the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology for her undergraduate degree in Movement Science. Lead by her lifelong passion for health, wellness and nutrition, after graduation she attended the University of Michigan School of Public Health, where she completed her Masters of Public Health in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. ​ Shortly after finishing her Dietetic Internship and becoming a Registered Dietitian, she was hired as the Sports Dietitian at Eastern Michigan University. At EMU she provides nutrition support and counseling to all varsity student-athletes, coordinates the sports medicine eating disorder management team and runs the student-athlete fueling program. In addition to her current work with Eastern Michigan Athletics, she has also served as a consultant dietitian for the Detroit Lions, assisted many local high school and youth sports teams, presented at conferences across the country, and worked with numerous athletes of all ages. ​ Beyond her work with sports nutrition and athletes, Allison also has experience providing counseling to middle school and high school students and their families at the Michigan Medicine Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools school-based health center. In this role, Allison worked to encourage positive nutrition behaviors for both the youth and their families, as well as promoting positive body image and mindful weight management.

This episode is SOOOO good! I sit down with Dr. Jason Novetsky of Champion Mindset Group (Birmingham, MI) ad we talk the "Athlete mindset" and #BEASTMIND mentality. We discuss different points of performance and how athletes can dial in to get the most out of their training or push through adversities. Probably one of my favorite interviews to date and a ton was learned by me so I hope you get a lot out of it as well.

Super excited for this episode, I sit and chat with Uber riding co-hort and Super Heavyweight Fernando Reis about training as a athlete in Brasil, growing up where the sport isnt super prevalent, and how he has successfully trained as a "super".

Today I chat with Greg Everett the owner and long time weightlifting aficianado of Catalyst Athletics. We sit and discuss Owning a gym, the pros and cons of big gyms vs small gyms, deciding to build equipment yourself or just get, and then chit chat on using different mediums in todays world to spread coaching knowledge and education.

On this episode I bring back the podcast after a long awaited haitus to restructure and open up with a good friend, mentor, and colleague Danny Camargo of Oly Concepts. We talk "modern coaching" methods and also throw out some great tips to those looking to grow in this sport long term!

Been busy but we are back and with some awesome content for you all! I chat briefly on the new weight classes, talk on how to get your jerks finally where you want them, and then try to help by giving you a list of the 5 things i would do as a beginner to do better at this sport! Hope you enjoy!

An amazing episode! While Alyssa was at the gym doing some stuff for Uesaka we decided impromptu to do a podcast talking about everything from how she got started in the sport, why she decided to make the cut to 48kg, what her programming looks like, and everything in between! Thanks Alyssa for sitting down and chatting and look forward to another podcast in the future! Hope you all enjoy!

Join Coach Matt on this episode where he has been harrassed by enough people to talk on the subject haha! We talk the rumor mill of the upcoming weightclasses that the IWF will be putting out soon and chat pro's and con's to the "rumor mill" classes / if they are the real one. **as stated in podcast these are the "Suspsected" classes** suspected classes (from Rostami & Chumack&others) IWF meets 63/70/75/80/85/90/95/100/110/110+ 50/54/58/62/67/72/77/85/90/90+ -------------------- Olympics 63/70/80/90/100/110/+110 54/62/67/72/77/90/+90

Episode 27 - COACHING MASTERS Been eager to share this content with all of the weightlifting world because I thinkt here is a veil on the weightlifting worlds eyes as to how to approach masters like they are some fragile ming vase we dont want to break. Join me as I chat about how we train these guys and gals at 4 Star and how we approach their programming.

Episode 26 - WHY YOU NEED TO DO CORE MOVEMENTS! Yeah I said it, stop shamming out and get your core work done! For some of the fastest recovering muscles in your body you should be hammering them everyday. Join me as I chat about my favorite core exercises and actually break down what the core is and explain why these muscle groups make your lifting or break it!

Episode 25 is probably one of my best samples of flowing... I address figuring your shitty misses out instead of freaking out well as how to actually perform hang positions right because ya know... your hang positions POSITION matters! Join me here at 4 Star radio to get great free content for all things weightlifting and take a second to sub and rate us if you enjoyed it.

Don't call it a comeback! No, seriously don't haha I have a lot of work to do before im "comeback status" but I DO shed some light on why I switched my goals from being "weightlifter/coach" to "Owner/Head Coach" and how it had impacted my training and why I've decided to don the singlet again. Then we go into depth on a super cool programming hack I use to make programming for athletes a TON easier and more effective!

Variety is the spice of life! Used properly this stuff is powerful so take a listen and learn how you can spice up training to attack those specific problems.

Episode 22! We are back on track with the podcasts! This weeks topic is Athletic age, the age you are at your respective sport and how you can continue to develop that age! Tune it and leave comments on the IG of @4StarStrength for what topics you want to hear about...also SUB AND RATE PLEASE :-)

Episode 21! Back on track for every tuesday and looking forward to doing more! This episode we talk snatch devleopment and a how to turn that god damn bar over so you actually land more snatches! WHO DOESNT LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT?!?!

We are back! With this episode Amanda Adamcheck (Matt's wife) takes over and does an interview on the hosts life. We cover topics from all over and get in depth on some good ones. Back to consistency expect more from us and please, SUB!

In this episode I sit with Molly Marco a local here in the Detroit metro area that I know through a network of mutual friends. Molly is a Grade 3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma (Brain cancer) patient that I wanted to have on and chat because she has started her own running group for cancer patients and also continues to be very vocal on social media about the ins and outs of living with cancer and pushing past adversity and doing whatever she wants. She is (as self quoted) "Very good at having cancer". Contact molly through email at Mollymarco@gmail.com or follow her on IG @lifeiskitsch! Enjoy!

In this exciting episode we chat a concept athletes all understand "following through", Discuss a programming concept called Ladders or "waving" , and then finish the talk off with some notes about the IWF's weight class adjustment and how its going to affect athletes in the USAW.

Was tasked with a school assignment where I took an assessment telling me what my 5 defining traits were. I had to film so i figured why not make it interesting and do a IG livestream, Live feed, Recording, and Podcast out of the event! Not usually in my normal wheelhouse of videos but feel free to enjoy

This episode I break down why mentors are extremely important, Hang positions and how i'm going to freak out if I see someone doing it wrong again, and what i'm going to define the "New age American System" Hope you like and Thanks again to all that support the podcast!!!

Todays episode we talk goal setting! Do you know 83% of the American population literally walks around without any sort of life goal in their head!!! That's absurd, don't be a damn statistic. Set yourself up for success with different size and shape goals so you can see your own improvement. Join in on this podcast as we talk about a goal setting model I have been working on and hopefully will be releasing soon. Hope you enjoy!

A lot of people have been asking what barbell to get or difference between them, I don't know if it's because everyone wants a sick christmas gift to themselves now or they are finally committed tot he sport but hopefully this guide gives a hand to how you make your selection!

I got the chance to sit down with a metro Detroit local that has influenced so many out there, Randy Oginski. Take a listen and hear what advice Randy doles out, why he is such a cool dude, and how he thinks you all can do more to keep imporoving well into your own 60's! Big thanks to Randy for sitting down and doing this!

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away... Not really but the cold of Maine in the winter being surrounded by REAL weightlifers was one hell of an eye opener for me. I sit back and chat about my educations real jump start in the sport as I go over the tale of the "Pain in Maine"

In this episode I rant a little bit about for all that watching you do of the "pro's" how much you're actually missing! Attention to detail not just big lifts gets these boys and girls to the next level...

This week we chat about the learning curve as a beginner. It is hard to self assess sometimes where you are in terms of progress but if you follow some simple notes from this podcast you should be able to find the straight and narrow and keep working your ass off!

Just please, get a hold of yourself! I am by no means a pariah when it comes to nutrition but I will give myself some credit when it comes to eating during the holidays. Hopefully this motivates your to get some self control or just guilt you into staying on top of your shit during the holiday season.

In the third version of this episode (because I'm new to this podcasting game) I give my opinions on the discpline of yoga and how it can benefit weightlifters.

Who doesnt like hearing about failures ? This episode I go over my big 3 fails in business as well as my top 3 wins so far!

Sometimes we get wrapped up in the KG's on the bar and not the actual progress we have made. This episode is all about seeing loads of other progressions in ourselves as lifters elsewhere besides what we slide onto the bar.

For the good of your club, business, team, and sanity everyone use your social! In this episode I talk about why many clubs are missing the mark on growing their gym and team because they dont know how to use social media!

In this episode I discuss some small things I have learned coaching very young youth athletes in the sport. Dante our 6 year old athlete continues to teach me more and more!

This episode I chat directly to the ambitious club coaches and athletes that want to run their first meet! Stop being worried about shit going wrong and embrace it so more meets get held!

This episode lets talk about warming up for your workout not like an asshole! Too many people do these things wrong and im going to call people out forever in warming up like they're hot shit when really they are just a big terd!

This episode , our pilot episode, Coach Matt talks about the stages of Motor Learning and how by identifying them you can become a better lifter understanding your own skills as they grow.