The Ted O'Neill Program

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A glimpse into the approach and training philosophies of strength, conditioning, and powerlifting coach Ted O'Neill, featuring conversations with other athletes and trainers, cohosted by Jon Leon Guerrero.

Ted O'Neill


    • Dec 4, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    12-04-2025 Training as a Mirror to Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 6:34


    Coach Ted talks about the comfort that comes with being stronger than the challenges you encounter. (Originally aired 10-10-2024)

    12-03-2025 Method to the Madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 10:49


    Coach Ted talks about the outcomes that are determined before designing a training program. (Originally aired 10-09-2024)

    12-02-2025 What Causes a Fall

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 7:32


    Coach Ted talks about the the events that cause us to lose focus. (Originally aired 10-08-2024)

    12-01-2025 Training Variety

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 11:29


    Coach Ted talks about the benefit of subtle differences in exercises to address different skills or strengths. (Originally aired 07-31-2023)

    11-28-2025 Deciding to Come From a Place of Strength

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 15:14


    Coach Ted talks about standing up for yourself and deciding who you want to be. (Originally aired 10-04-2024)

    11-27-2025 Strength or Weakness?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 8:14


    Coach Ted talks about connecting with your own thoughts and taking inventory of the place from which those ideas are based. (Originally aired 10-03-2024)  

    11-26-2025 There's Always a Solution

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 9:11


    Coach Ted talks about always being able to work toward a desired outcome. (Originally aired 10-02-2024)

    11-25-2025 An Integrated Plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 9:36


    Coach Ted talks about the outcomes of exercise therapy. (Originally aired 10-01-2024)

    11-24-2025 Hips Don't Lie

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 8:34


    Coach Ted talks about how the hips reveal so many other issues, and some of the solutions to those issues. (Originally aired 09-30-2024)

    11-22-2025 To Understand What's Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 7:05


    Coach Ted talks about what happens when you've achieved a milestone. (Originally aired 09-20-2024)

    11-20-2025 Recovery Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025 12:00


    Coach Ted talks about activities that boost recovery on non-training days. (Originally aired 09-19-2024)

    11-19-2025 Training Through the Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 10:11


    Coach Ted talks about our ability to change our association with adversity. (Originally aired 09-18-2024)  

    11-18-2025 Subjective Conditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 6:17


    Coach Ted talks about what happens when you overcome the conditions and circumstances that are subjective. (Originally aired 09-17-2024)

    11-17-2025 Forcing Normalcy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 10:17


    Coach Ted talks about exerting influence on the healing process. (Originally aired 09-16-2024)

    11-14-2025 Maybe There Is a Shortcut

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 9:21


    Coach Ted talks about getting to and staying in the sweet spot. (Originally aired 07-14-2023)

    11-13-2025 Defining Your Own Existence

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 7:26


    Coach Ted talks about the practice of strength, of reinforcing a plan and taking deliberate action, and of what you become. (Originally aired 09-12-2024)

    11-12-2025 Bucking the Trend

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 8:54


    Coach Ted talks about how human beings tend to view those who cut their own paths. (Originally aired 09-11-2024)

    11-11-2025 Owning Your Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 11:33


    Coach Ted talks about evolving and improving an identity that expresses and serves you. (Originally aired 09-10-2024)

    11-10-2025 Hidden in Plain Sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 8:14


    Coach Ted talks about some of the metabolic disruptors that are tucked into the common things we consume and consider normal. (Originally aired 09-09-2024)

    11-07-2025 Individual Responsibility

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 13:48


    Coach Ted talks about the downside of relying on the group dynamic and why it remains important to focus on your individual objectives. (Originally aired 09-06-2024)

    11-06-2025 Training Responsibilities

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 7:41


    Coach Ted talks about the importance of holding focus and one's responsibilities to the training group. (Originally aired 09-05-2024)

    11-05-2025 To Experience Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 9:09


    Coach Ted talks about the freeing oneself from physical restrictions. (Originally aired 09-04-2024)

    11-04-2025 A Solid Foundation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 9:21


    Coach Ted talks about the importance of building solid foundational training habits and exercise technique. (Originally aired 09-03-2024)

    11-03-2025 Why We Discipline the Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2025 8:26


    Coach Ted gives us a quote that inspires (or perhaps validates) the necessities in our quest for improvement. (Originally aired 02-05-2024)

    10-31-2025 Identifying Progress Points

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 14:41


    Coach Ted talks about understanding the things you are training that are making you stronger. (Originally aired 08-30-2024)

    10-30-2025 Pain Relief

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 8:14


    Coach Ted talks about some of the exogenous substances we reach for in an attempt to create comfort instead of addressing a cure. (Originally aired 08-29-2024)

    10-29-2025 Metabolic Disruptors

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 9:13


    Coach Ted talks about the strong draw of choices and habitual behaviors that can be counter to our objectives. (Originally aired 08-28-2024)

    10-28-2025 Always Moving Forward

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 7:07


    Coach Ted talks about how to keep your training moving forward in the face of an injury or setback. (Originally aired 08-27-2024)

    10-27-2025 An Evolving System

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 9:12


    Coach Ted talks about the continuing evolution of the training systems at Lifted Academy. (Originally aired 08-26-2024)

    10-24-2025 In Order to Succeed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 12:17


    Coach Ted talks about the required circumstances for your successful transformation. (Originally aired 08-23-2024)

    10-23-2025 Living in the Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 13:03


    Coach Ted talks about strategies for embracing the moment and understanding that we're always training. (Originally aired 08-22-2024)

    10-22-2025 Earning Your Strength

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 5:14


    Coach Ted talks about how repetitions of the choices we make earn us our strength. (Originally aired 08-21-2024)

    10-21-2025 Where You've Been Enslaved

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 9:52


    Coach Ted talks about how some people have given in to lifestyles that keep them stuck. (Originally aired 08-20-2024)

    10-20-2025 Hypnotized

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 11:12


    Coach Ted talks about how to break free of the constructs that keep us mired in our limitations. (Originally aired 08-19-2024)

    10-17-2025 Speed Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 8:02


    Coach Ted talks about how to arrive at your working weight and the importance of being engaged in your process. (Originally aired 08-16-2024)

    10-16-2025 Accessory Exercises

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 11:43


    Coach Ted talks about the upper body strength-focused day, and how and why to work accessory exercises. (Originally aired 08-15-2024)

    10-15-2025 Recovery Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 6:39


    Coach Ted talks about how we can take advantage of our days between scheduled training. (Originally aired 08-14-2024)

    10-14-2025 Heavy Lower Body Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 8:03


    Coach Ted talks about some of the options for a common Tuesday training. (Originally aired 08-13-2024)

    10-13-2025 Your Body and Amino Acids

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 12:25


    Coach Ted talks about a recent study on the digestive effectiveness offered by amino acids and how to check a claim on a specific product. (Originally aired 08-05-2024)

    10-10-2025 Reframe Your Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 14:38


    Coach Ted talks about what we think we know to be true and why we are so attached to it. (Originally aired 05-24-2024)

    10-09-2025 The Lie that is Built into the Struggle

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 14:17


    Coach Ted talks about we deceive ourselves with our terminal uniqueness. (Originally aired 05-23-2024)

    10-08-2025 A Distraction-Free Environment

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 8:18


    Coach Ted talks about how to sharpen the focus to reach and surpass the most aggressive goals. (Originally aired 07-31-2024)

    10-07-2025 Cravings and Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 5:35


    Coach Ted reminds us of how to define addiction and how to spot its beginnings. (Originally aired 07-30-2024)

    10-06-2025 Refocusing Your Priority

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 5:44


    Coach Ted talks about how we get derailed from our priorities and how to see past the fog to get refocused. (Originally aired 07-29-2024)

    10-03-2025 Programming Your Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 11:34


    Coach Ted talks about his methods for sustaining progress in training, and when and how to employ them. (Originally aired 08-25-2023)

    10-02-2025 Breaking Through to the New

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 5:09


    Coach Ted talks about the tools you have to train to get past the obstacles. (Originally aired 08-24-2023)

    09-30-2025 Defining Vitality

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 6:43


    Coach Ted talks about the importance of taking control and strengthening the body as it impacts the rest of the expressions of your life. (Originally aired 08-23-2023)

    09-30-2025 Transitions and Adding Weight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 5:31


    Coach Ted talks about transitioning between components of your training and the gradual approach to your working weight or your max effort. (Originally aired 03-05-2024)

    09-29-2025 Warming Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 7:49


    Coach Ted talks about what it takes to warm up for training. (Originally aired 03-04-2024)

    09-26-2025 Using Your Training Log

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 11:43


    Coach Ted gives us the essentials for tracking your training and how to use your log to guide your progress. (Originally aired 03-01-2024)

    09-25-2025 Academy Standards, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 12:09


    Coach Ted talks more about the standards for continuing to progress in your training. (Originally aired 02-29-2024)

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