The Complete Personal Trainer

Getting jacked and shredded is a process not to be taken lightly. In this 5 part series, I discuss the mindset you need to take into it, the realities of nutrition to achieve it, the training required, the lifestyle sacrifices and the common challenges you may face. After watching and listening to this series, you will know whether this is right for you. In this episode, we talk how you need to approach NEAT, steps and your lifestyle for the best outcomes

Getting jacked and shredded is a process not to be taken lightly. In this 5 part series, I discuss the mindset you need to take into it, the realities of nutrition to achieve it, the training required, the lifestyle sacrifices and the common challenges you may face. After watching and listening to this series, you will know whether this is right for you. In this episode, we talk the realities of training and how hard it really is.

Getting jacked and shredded is a process not to be taken lightly. In this 5 part series, I discuss the mindset you need to take into it, the realities of nutrition to achieve it, the training required, the lifestyle sacrifices and the common challenges you may face. After watching and listening to this series, you will know whether this is right for you. In this episode, we talk the realities of nutrition and how hard it really is.

Getting jacked and shredded is a process not to be taken lightly. In this 5 part series, I discuss the mindset you need to take into it, the realities of nutrition to achieve it, the training required, the lifestyle sacrifices and the common challenges you may face. After watching and listening to this series, you will know whether this is right for you. In this episode, we talk the mindset required and how long it will take.

A big trend these days is to base training programs on sensation, or the feeling you get from particular exercises. While in some situations this has merit, it is not always the best proxy to base your training around. In this podcast, I discuss the pros and cons of chasing sensation.

Pain in training is something I get asked about a lot, in this podcast I will talk about the different types of pain people experience when training.

It is currently very in vogue in the fitness industry to criticise movement screens and other assessment protocols. In this episode, I discuss why I still use them and the benefits of using them.

In this episode, I comment on an instagram post I saw, that demonised many exercises. I used to come from this school of thought, so I address the claims from all angles.

Program design tips: How to pick the right exercises to give a corrective and a hypertrophic effect, how to identify itty what rep range works best for an exercise and how to use tempo to coax even more gains out of each lift you do!

We all think we need to work hard and to maximal capacity all the time to succeed. Fortunately, this isn't really true. In this episode, I discuss a framework to get all your tasks done while maintaining a pace that will ensure success and avoid burnout.

In Sydney, we are back in lockdown. A lot of trainers are reaching out to me to help them set up online and outdoor business. Unfortunately, it is often too little too late. In this episode, I discus some ways you can set your business up so this doesn't effect you and you are set up for each opportunity.

So often we think success needs to be hard. It is a cultural paradigm that is hard to shift. In this episode, I discuss how by making certain parts of our business easy and fun, we can get better outcomes.

One of the most challenging (and rewarding) things you can do when you are a trainer is get a coach. In this episode I discuss some of the common problems coaches have and how to be a better client!

I had a student ask me if the power lifts and olympic lifts can be used successfully in a hypertrophy orientated program. Here is my answer.

In this series, I discuss what is most important for personal trainers to do with their clients who are time poor who want to achieve fat loss. In this episode, I discuss some steps for practical implementation of the previous 5 episodes.

In this series, I discuss what is most important for personal trainers to do with their clients who are time poor who want to achieve fat loss. In this episode, I discuss the importance of optimising resistance training for fat loss and some interesting ideas for program design.

In this series, I discuss what is most important for personal trainers to do with their clients who are time poor who want to achieve fat loss. In this episode, I discuss the importance of optimising aerobic exercise for fat loss and some interesting ideas for program design.

In this series, I discuss what is most important for personal trainers to do with their clients who are time poor who want to achieve fat loss. In this episode, I discuss the importance of optimising NEAT for fat loss and energy output.

In this series, I discuss what is most important for personal trainers to do with their clients who are time poor who want to achieve fat loss. In this episode, I discuss the importance of energy input and output for fat loss.

So I went back to a commercial gym to train in. This is what I observed.

This episode is based around a great question a student asked me, should they build their social media presence? My answer may surprise you!

In this series, I discuss what is most important for personal trainers to do with their clients who are time poor who want to achieve fat loss. In future episodes I will break down the HOW of each level of the hierarchy.

We live in the Information Age and often suffer from paralysis by analysis. In this podcast I talk about how to over come this and actually get what you need done.

One thing many people struggle to do is to keep the goal the goal. In this episode I talk about why it is so hard to stick to one goal and why so mo many people vacillate between unrelated goals.

One of my pet peeves is when people say, "I'm just a PT". Being a personal trainer can be an extremely rewarding, profitable and enjoyable career where you get to make a massive difference in peoples lives. In this episode, I talk about why this statement bothers me so much and how you can make a difference as a PT.

In this episode I talk about how rethinking and revisiting your best practices as a Personal trainer can help identify shortfalls in how you do things and lead to a wider variety of choices and options when working with clients.

We all have bad days where we don't feel 100%. In this episode, I discuss how I deal with day when I don't feel so great but I still want to do the best I can for my business and clients.

Quite often, we come across clients who won't make changes until everything in their life is organised. In this episode, I talk about how to deal with this issue.

Time is the one constant we all have. As personal trainers and business owners, we need to be careful of our time and how we manage it for the best results in our businesses and lives.This is an interesting way to think of time and to see how you can use it better.

In this episode, I talk about how to program Anaerobic lactic conditioning for repeated power or sustaining an effort for a longer time frame.

In my mentoring and coaching business, I answer between 50-100 questions a day easily. Unfortunately, a lot of time is wasted on questions that aren't so good. In this podcast, I give an easy to use structure to allow you to ask better questions so you get better answers.

In this episode, I talk about some of the biggest mistakes I see in program dosing when it comes to conditioning programs.

In this podcast, I discuss my thoughts on movement selection for athletes.

In this episode, I discuss my thoughts on Sports Specific training.

The SRA (Stimulus, Recovery, Adaptation) curves are an extremely useful concept for training program design individualisation. In this podcast, I discuss the 4 different SREA curves and how they apply to program design.

When we start as a Personal Trainer, we are told we have total control of our schedule, our rates and everything else. We then all fall prey to the optimism bias, thinking we won't have to work early mornings and late nights and give up things we enjoy. In this episode I discuss how this may not be reality for us at the beginning of our careers.

In this episode I tall about how to train the hamstrings for hypertrophy, strength and performance. A shout out to David Grey Rehab for helping me shape some of my views with hamstring training.

In this episode, I talk about how to train the Deltoids for hypertrophy, strength and performance.

In this podcast, I discuss one of the most ridiculous statements I have ever heard. Macronutrients are dumb by the great Dave Asprey. Besides just destroying his statement, I also discuss some useful communication strategies for clients.

We all have to train clients with lower back pain. In this podcast, I discuss how I work with clients with lower back pain.

In this episode, I talk about how to train the back for hypertrophy, strength and athleticism and touch quickly on rehab.

In this episode, I discuss how to train abs for a general physical preparation phase, for strength, hypertrophy and athletic performance.

In this episode, we talk about how to train the glutes!

Thanks to the inspiration from a client, in this episode, the Podcast turns into a Quadcast! We discuss the quads and how to train them for hypertrophy, strength and athletic in-season usage.

Recently I have been analysing a lot of programs from my students. In this episode I give some programming tips on what constraints to place upon yourself to write better programs.

In this episode I talk about if you are a personal trainer, no matter the context of your work, you should join a gym. It is one of the best ways you can give back to the industry and get better at the same time.

Deloading is essential for athletes in the lowering of training stress and driving adaptation. Do we need it in the personal training realm, when dealing with the general population? In this episode, I talk about deloading strategies that work in the real world.

This episode was born rom a few conversations with my mentoring students. As trainers, we need to push our clients to new levels they have not achieved before. This is something many people struggle with, so in this episode I talk about a way how to do it and why it is important.

RPE and RIR are very popular tools but are they right tool for every client? In this episode, I discuss how to use this tool effectively with your client base.

"If you write your own programs, you've got an idiot for a client"Although repeated often, is this true? In this episode I discuss how your programming should come from different sources based on where you are right now and how you can program for yourself successfully, under certain conditions.

When programming for clients, we need to remember that most clients are not coming to us to get as jacked as possible. A lot of programming research and information now is based around optimising volume and hypertrophy gains (which is awesome), but doesn't focus on what makes clients feel good in their own bodies. In this podcast, I talk about how training in the frontal and transverse planes can make our clients more engaged with our programs and get them better results.