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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


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    04-17-2026 To Understand What's Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026 7:05


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

    04-16-2026 Recovery Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 12:00


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

    04-15-2026 Training Through the Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2026 10:11


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

    04-14-2026 Subjective Conditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 6:17


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

    04-13-2026 Forcing Normalcy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2026 10:20


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

    04-10-2026 Moving with Purpose

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 7:24


    Coach Ted talks about the advantage of stating clear objectives. (Originally aired 09-13-2024)

    04-09-2026 Defining Your Own Existence

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2026 11:46


    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)

    04-08-2026 Bucking the Trend

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 8:52


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

    04-07-2026 Owning Your Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 11:31


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

    04-06-2026 Hidden in Plain Sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 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)

    04-03-2026 Once in a Lifetime

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2026 6:42


    Coach Ted talks about an athlete's perishable opportunities. (Originally aired 10-18-2024)

    04-02-2026 Get in the Habit of Winning

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2026 6:19


    Coach Ted talks about breaking a big goal down into smaller milestones, and looking even further beyond the goal. (Originally aired 10-15-2024)

    04-01-2026 Pulled Back In

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2026 9:08


    Coach Ted talks about a renewed sense of purpose for a group of athletes that came together out of nowhere. (Originally aired 10-17-2024)

    03-31-2026 Eras and Cycles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2026 6:26


    Coach Ted talks about finding an internal purpose in your training and how training groups are cyclical. (Originally aired 10-16-2024)

    03-30-2026 Done and Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2026 5:15


    Coach Ted talks about the syndrome of people hitting a big goal and immediately bailing out. (Originally aired 10-14-2024)

    03-27-2026 Follow the Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2026 4:59


    Coach Ted talks about achieving your stated objectives by recognizing the path and staying on it. (Originally aired 06-30-2023)

    03-26-2026 Conditions and Requirements

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2026 12:23


    Coach Ted talks about applying principles we have mastered to new objectives. (Originally aired 06-29-2023)

    03-25-2026 Projecting Your Thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2026 7:04


    Coach Ted talks about the fundamentals involved in willing your desired outcomes into existence. (Originally aired 06-28-2023)

    03-24-2026 Microbridges

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2026 10:08


    Coach Ted talks about keeping forward momentum by doing the next right thing. (Originally aired 06-27-2023)

    03-23-2026 How You Do One Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 12:02


    Coach Ted challenges the notion that our demonstration is predictable. (Originally aired 06-26-2023)

    03-20-2026 Why All of this is Important

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 4:07


    Coach Ted talks about why this talk of strength and its impact on your life is crucial. (Originally aired 06-23-2023)

    03-19-2026 The Checkout Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2026 11:21


    Coach Ted talks about how the masses are manipulated into consumption.(Originally aired 06-22-2023)

    03-18-2026 Strength Solves All

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2026 12:06


    Coach Ted talks about facing circumstances from a position of strength. (Originally aired 06-21-2023)

    03-17-2026 Work Capacity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 8:26


    Coach Ted talks about more effective selections increasing your output and maximizing results. (Originally aired 06-20-2023)

    03-16-2026 Stroke Volume

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 16:28


    Coach Ted talks about the crucial measurement of stroke volume as an indicator of heart health and overall fitness. (Originally aired 06-19-2023)

    03-13-2026 In Order to Change Who You Are

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2026 13:47


    Coach Ted talks about the old behaviors that signal our attachments. (Originally aired 06-16-2023)

    03-12-2026 Igniting Desire

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 14:27


    Coach Ted gives us a Diablo Barbell history lesson about coming back from an injury. (Originally aired 06-15-2023)

    03-11-2026 The Upside of Performance

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 8:03


    Coach Ted talks about keeping your demonstration positive. (Originally aired 06-14-2023)

    03-10-2026 Demonstration is the Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 9:12


    Coach Ted talks about letting your actions speak to influence others. (Originally aired 06-13-2023)

    03-09-2026 Operating in a Deficit

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2026 9:06


    Coach Ted talks about the costs we pay when we are distracted. (Originally aired 06-12-2023)

    03-06-2026 The Magic of the Mechanistic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2026 13:13


    Coach Ted talks about the artistry in mechanistic methods. (Originally aired 08-08-2024)

    03-05-2026 Recognizing Contraction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2026 6:42


    Coach Ted talks about using the Expansion~Contraction lever in your training. (Originally aired 08-08-2024)

    03-04-2026 Accessing Elevated Spaces

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2026 12:27


    Coach Ted talks about how expansion and contraction fit into the concept of Limitlessness. (Originally aired 08-07-2024)

    03-03-2026 Explorations on Sacrifice

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2026 9:25


    Coach Ted talks about what it takes to create an entirely new experience. (Originally aired 06-06-2023)

    03-02-2026 Your Body and Amino Acids

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 12:27


    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)

    02-27-2026 Reframe Your Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2026 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)

    02-26-2026 The Lie that is Built into the Struggle

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2026 14:25


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

    02-25-2026 A Distraction-free Environment

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2026 8:15


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

    02-24-2026 Cravings and Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 5:37


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

    02-23-2026 Refocusing Your Priority

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 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 on 07-29-2024)

    02-20-2026 Where is Your 90/10

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2026 14:37


    Coach Ted discusses the access points, how to recognize them in real time, and what your choices in that moment say about your conviction. (Originally aired on 02-24-2023)

    02-19-2026 Recognizing Your Opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 8:20


    Coach Ted talks about determining the spot where you can free yourself from your attachment and overcome the obstacle to your next milestone. (Originally aired on 02-23-2023)

    02-18-2026 Either Hither or Yon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 6:05


    Coach Ted talks about the ever-expanding availability of the Lifted Academy content to those in parts far afield and the behaviors of those whose proximity allows for a bit of complacency. (Originally aired on 02-22-2023)

    02-17-2026 The Advantage of Institutional Memory

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 8:21


    Coach Ted discusses the quality of atmosphere or environment that comes with traditions that stand the test of time. (Originally aired on 02-21-2023)

    02-16-2026 Expanding Reach

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 7:33


    Coach Ted discusses making the information we learn and cultivate at Lifted Academy available to others. (Originally aired on 02-20-2023)

    02-13-2026 Joy for the Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 4:02


    Coach Ted reminds us of what makes adventure and achievement easier than we think. (Originally aired on 02-17-2023)

    02-12-2026 Diffusing Your Energy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2026 7:51


    Coach Ted talks about the contrast between focused purpose and distraction from your training. (Originally aired on 02-16-2023)

    02-11-2026 An Acknowledgement of Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 6:16


    Coach Ted talks about the demonstration of mastery of the physical form that can accompany the measure of time spent on an endeavor. (Originally aired on Coach Ted's birthday 02-15-2023)

    02-10-2026 The Beginnings of Diablo Barbell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 5:59


    Coach Ted talks about the first iteration of Diablo Barbell. (Originally aired 08-02-2022)

    02-09-2026 How Coach Ted Started Coaching

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 5:04


    Coach Ted discusses his introduction to coaching powerlifters. (Originally aired 08-01-2022)

    02-06-2026 Starting to Regulate Your Nutrition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 5:01


    Coach Ted talks about how the uninitiated engage food and how we develop the skill of nutrition mastery in the first phase of Body Recomposition. (Originally aired 02-23-2024)

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