Podcast by Stick Mobility, the fitness training program that combines joint mobilization, strength training, and active stretching. The show focuses on improving mobility and is hosted by co-founders Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera, featuring special guests from the fitness community.
Episodes
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera!
In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about setting realistic expectations, survival tips for new trainers, training like an athlete, and other interesting topics in the health and wellness space and beyond.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:34 - The disconnect between fitness industry and general population
- 06:00 - Setting realistic expectations
- 11:02 - Overcoming struggles with typical gym workouts
- 14:58 - Survival tips for new trainers
- 23:07 - Perceptions about health and fitness
- 26:51 - Playing with your kids
- 30:11 - Training like an athlete (general population)
- 37:06 - Trainer tips: finding time to train on your own
- 41:46 - Training methodology evolutions (from 25 to 45)
- 49:17 - The pursuit of your ceiling
More from Stick Mobility:
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Check out this week's episode with Monica Boldt!
As a fitness and health professional that has been in the industry for over a decade, Monica is always aiming for progress by constantly learning and educating to provide clients the best for their individual needs. Sustainable fitness throughout the decades is her goal, personally, and with those, she train. Her background includes being a certified personal trainer, kettlebell specialist (Strong First Elite), Indian clubs coach, as well as a certified Stick Mobility coach.
Prevention is Monica's modus operandi. Therefore, helping others to become more in-tune to their bodies and discovering their own protocols that serve their health is highly encouraged. Through no-nonsense nutritional tools, she provides support and resources to bring awareness to eating patterns and food choices. Lastly, building resilient bodies through movement patterns that incorporate mobility, dynamic flexibility, coordination and strength is her passionate approach to a holistic fitness lifestyle.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:30 - 'Strong First Elite’ achievement
- 03:57 - Bent press — common mistakes and fixes using Stick Mobility
- 06:38 - Indian clubs
- 13:41 - Clubs for shoulder issues and wrist mobility
- 20:13 - Mace work and functional training
- 25:00 - The importance of play for a training mindset
- 29:02 - Training frequency and Stick Mobility work
- 30:59 - Hypermobility and static stretching
- 32:10 - Strengthening end ranges
- 36:33 - Upcoming Indian club workshop
More from Monica:
https://www.boldfittechnique.com/
https://www.somble.com/boldfittechnique
https://www.instagram.com/boldfittechnique/
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Check out this week's episode with Kaleen Canevari!
Kaleen Canevari is the Founder and CEO of Flexiapilates. She is a Pilates teacher and engineer who solves equipment headaches. Before she was a Pilates instructor, she was a mechanical engineer. After completing her teacher training, she merged her two passions.
Initially, she helped design equipment for Balanced Body where she bridged the gap between the technical manufacturing-speak and the equally-complicated Pilates world language and ideals. Then she noticed a bigger problem. While Pilates teachers had access to beautiful equipment, most of them were lost on how to take care of it and it wasn’t their fault! After all, this wasn’t something that was taught in the teacher training.
Fast forward to today where she helps Pilates teachers find the right equipment for their needs and keep their equipment safe, smooth, and quiet, so their teaching (and not that squeaky spring) can be the star of the show. So, Kaleen founded 'The Fit Reformer' to support Pilates studio owners and instructors like you when the inevitable time comes that you have a question about your Pilates equipment.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro / What is Pilates?
- 02:32 - The intimidation factor of the reformer
- 06:04 - Combining Stick Mobility & Pilates
- 07:19 - Integrating technology and metrics into Pilates
- 13:27 - The conscious competent cycle (self-regulation)
- 14:53 - Pilates training frequency
- 16:30 - Training using empirical data
- 20:34 - Pilates to address hypermobility
- 21:44 - The broad beneficial scope of Pilates
- 24:40 - The nuances of movement and strength
More from Kaleen:
https://www.instagram.com/kaleencanevari/
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Check out this week's episode with Catherine Cowey!
Catherine brings a wealth of education and years of athletic experience to her role as a personal trainer. As an athlete, she sustained several injuries, which led her to study the body and the mechanisms of injury and healing.
Catherine pulls from this past working experience but has a thirst for knowledge that is never quenched. She has continued to evolve her practice and use the most up-to-date research and methods to better help her clients with injuries, pain, and increasing general fitness.
Catherine also has an avid interest in working with hypermobile individuals. Her consummate research has given her insight into the best ways to deal with many of the multi-faceted symptoms that come with having joint hypermobility syndrome.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
USF B.A. Sports Med/Exercise Physiology
SFSU M.A. Kinesiology
LMT
ACE
FMS I & II
FR and FRC mobility specialist
PRI (Respiration, Myokinematics, Instability and Impingement) Ki-Hara
DCT Resistance stretching
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:56 - How common is hypermobility
- 02:52 - Long term effects of hypermobility
- 06:39 - Strength training with hypermobility
- 10:48 - Long duration isometrics
- 14:53 - Addressing mental barriers with hypermobile clients
- 19:20 - Are you hypermobile?
- 21:38 - Basic principles to remember with hypermobile clients
- 25:23 - Joint centration
- 29:21 - Hypermobility with relation to the cardiovascular system
- 35:40 - Back-loaded squats for hypermobile people?
- 39:37 - Nutrition and Sleep
More from Catherine at:
https://www.fitwizesf.com/
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Check out this week's episode with Trina Altman!
Trina is an interdisciplinary movement educator (SCOTT pilates / E-RYT 500). She is also the creator of Yoga Deconstructed and Pilates Deconstructed, which shows teachers how to take an interdisciplinary approach to foster an embodied understanding of yoga and Pilates in relation to modern movement science.
Trina has presented at Momentum Fest, the International Association of Yoga Therapy Conference, and Kripalu. She also created and taught a Pilates continuing-education course for physical therapists and was part of the faculty for the Brain Longevity conference at UCLA. Trina was the co-creator of Equinox’s signature program Best Stretch Ever, utilizing the mobility stick to improve functional range of motion, body awareness, and total body strength.
Trina was a finalist in the Next Pilates Anytime Instructor Competition in 2017. Her work has been published in Yoga Journal, Yoga International, and Pilates Style magazine. My classes have been featured on Yoga International and Yoga Anytime. She is also the author of Yoga Deconstructed®: Movement science principles for teaching, which shows yoga teachers how to integrate modern movement science into their classes and is published by Handspring Publishing.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 09:41 - Didactics in yoga and pilates
- 10:44 - Pain / Hypermobility
- 16:25 - Yoga Deconstructed (Book)
- 19:58 - Common yoga (asana) injuries
- 22:37 - The evolution of yoga
- 25:05 - Yoga hands-on adjustments
- 32:37 - Lever and limb lengths
- 39:49 - Is yoga all the training you need?
- 45:12 - A typical training week for Trina
- 47:33 - Trampoline training
More from Trina:
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with Gary Gall!
Scranton Raised. South Dakota perspective. Regular hustler.
In August of 2011, Gary packed his bags and moved to Aberdeen South Dakota. his dream was to become a college strength and conditioning coach. Gary worked with over 400 college athletes from September 2011 to July 2013 at Northern State University. There he helped establish a philosophy of being built from the ground up, movement over muscles, and pushing the body beyond what was thought to be possible.
In August of 2013, Gary brought the philosophy mentioned above to SUNY New Paltz. SUNY New Paltz is a Division III University in upstate New York. Through focus, hard work, and total commitment, Gary developed the first strength and conditioning program in University history. Over time this vision becаme more about the culture.
In February 2018 Gary brought his passion to California. His overarching vision is to continue the journey and to become an added hustler to the Heart and Hustle team.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:31 - Training athletes for performance and injury prevention
- 08:22 - Contact athletes and injury prevention. Chasing the unicorn?
- 09:55 - Maximizing movement efficiency
- 11:58 - The current state of P.E. and recess in grade school
- 16:05 - Chasing statistics. The reason for increased injuries in athletics?
- 19:44 - Back to the Basics | Maximizing foundational movements
- 24:21 - Segmenting your training programming
- 27:53 - Characteristics of a good coach/trainer
- 32:49 - One-on-one programming versus team programming
- 35:03 - Mental mobility
More from Gary Gall:
www.instagram.com/heartandhustlegym
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with Robert Crowley, BSc (Ex Physiology) DC (Doctor of Chiropractic).
Robert has 18 years of experience as a chiropractor. He is originally from the USA where he obtained a BSc in Exercise Physiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1998. In 2002 he qualified as a Chiropractor at the National University of Health Sciences. Robert practiced in the USA from 2003-2008 working in an interdisciplinary setting, along with Medical Doctors, Physical Therapists, and Chiropractors.
In 2008 he moved to the United Kingdom and registered with the General Chiropractic Council. He is currently in private practice at Gain Recovery Chiropractic & Sports Rehab in Norwich. He is a CrossFit Level 1 Coach and served as Clinical Lead of Athlete Services from 2014-2017 at CrossFit Games European/Meridian Regionals in Copenhagen and Madrid, leading an interdisciplinary team of Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, and Sports Therapists.
Robert is also a RockTape Instructor, delivering kinesiology taping, IASTM, myofascial cupping, and movement specialist courses to manual therapists. He also is a Stick Mobility Instructor certifying manual therapists and personal trainers in the use of the mobility stick. Robert is a member of the British Chiropractic Association and European Chiropractic Union.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 05:40 - Stickmobility as a primary rehab tool
- 07:55 - Stickmobility as a cross-training tool
- 12:13 - Adaptability & improvisational skills in training and recovery
- 18:30 - Strength training & chiropractics
- 24:35 - Fascial competence within the wellness industry
- 30:46 - Lockdown training
- 38:36 - What should you look for in a chiropractor?
- 45:05 - Book recommendations
More from Dr. Robert Crowley
https://www.gainrecovery.co.uk/about-us.php
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with "The Stretch Boss," Tina Rivera!
Tina Rivera known as the Stretch Boss has been highly regarded by her
celebrity clients for her recovery bodywork and tissue
manipulation. She began her journey of healing when she discovered powerlifting and personal training over 18 years ago. When Tina received her
license for physical therapy, she knew she found her purpose in life.
Over the years Tina received recognition for her distinctive
techniques by her staff and personal clients as well, earning her the
name the StretchBoss by her colleagues. Her transition from working for a
company to entrepreneurship has been liberating. She has worked
with the likes of Hip Hop artists, Pro-bodybuilders, fitness
influencers, and UFC Fighters.
A few of Tina's Certifications Include:
Body Tempering (BT-C), FRC Mobility Specialist (FRCms), Manual Lymph Drainage Therapist (L.M.T), Fascial Stretch Therapist (FST), FMT Bladed Advanced (FMT), and Mobility/WOD Movement & Mobility Specialist (m/wods).
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 00:47 - Benefits of stretching
- 02:19 - Active & Passive stretching
- 03:33 - The Stretch Boss origins story
- 08:53 - Stretching - not a stand-alone fix all
- 10:44 - Cupping Techniques
- 14:10 - The emotional component of stretching
- 21:59 - Knowing who’s on your table (Physical therapy)
- 24:16 - Exploring deficiencies in mobility
- 28:52 - How often should you work on mobilizing?
- 31:03 - Partner assisted stretching vs. solo stretching
- 34:45 - Hydration with regards to tissue quality and movement
- 43:46 - Patience - A modern-day superpower
- 48:33 - Adding Stick Mobility to your mobility toolbox
- 51:26 - Becoming an advocate for your health
- 52:13 - Branding and Entrepreneurship
- 58:42 - Recovery methods
More from Tina:
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera!
In this week's podcast, the coaches talk about working with clients with previous injuries, accounting for limb length when considering ranges of motion, social media influencers, and other interesting topics in the health and wellness space and beyond.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 01:51 - Limb lengths and appendages regarding proper form
- 04:47 - Working with clients with previous injuries
- 09:22 - Strength and Mobility “influencers”
- 11:08 - Ranges of motion | Contortion, mobility, and body types
- 19:09 - Closing thoughts
More from Stick Mobility:
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with Stick Mobility Founders Dennis Dunphy and Neal Valera!
In this week's podcast, the coaches re-cap on previous guests, touch upon the prevalence of injuries seen in professional sports, training mindsets, and many other interesting topics in the health and wellness space and beyond.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:12 - The prevalence of Injuries in professional sports
- 10:00 - Re-cap of previous guests
- 11:00 - Body mass and its effect on mobility
- 16:08 - Sports and young children
- 19:17 - NFL tackles
- 21:35 - Mind-games in the sports arena
- 25:10 - Athletic recovery
- 30:12 - Training with chronic injuries
- 38:00 - Long term mindsets
- 43:39 - Focusing on the breath / Nasal Breathing
- 47:36 - Rock Climbing & Mobility
- 57:56 - Non-exercise forms of training (dancing)
More from Stick Mobility:
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with Michael Ryan!
Michaels background is in Strength and Conditioning, Nutrition Coaching, Motivation, and Performance Psychology. Michael is currently the Director of Curriculum Development at Forme. He has been a Certified Health and Wellness Coach (CHWC) thru Wellcoaches since 2008 and Precision Nutrition L2 since 2016 and is currently a doctoral learner studying Performance Psychology at Grand Canyon University.
Micheal prides himself on coaching various populations with empathy and compassion, through the pillars of movement, nutrition, and regeneration, with a goal to stratify risk, reduce the onset and prevalence of chronic disease, and mindfully uphold the standards and principles identified by the governing bodies in the field of kinesiology, motivation and performance psychology with integrity and care.
Forever a student and coach, he is committed to the lifelong process of continuing education, practical experience, and self-reflection.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 02:37 - Performance Psychology
- 08:59 - The psychological well-being scale
- 09:45 - The psychological component of Coaching
- 12:53 - Move well, move often
- 14:17 - Mobility vs. Stability
- 15:59 - Training & Nutrition - post hip replacement
- 23:13 - Performance Psychology - Thinking fast, Thinking slow
- 28:42 - What does performance psychology encompass?
- 31:11 - The Eudaimonic well-being model
- 34:22 - Emotional Intelligence and active listening
- 38:08 - Client friendships - Finding the appropriate balance
- 44:51 - Forme Life
More from Mike:
https://www.instagram.com/mryanwellcoach/
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with Jesse Grund!
Jesse A Grund is the owner of Unconventional Strength in Orlando, FL. He has over 10 years of experience in the industry. He is also the Performance Director of Orlando Body Therapy, as well as an educator for TRX Training.
Jesse's passion is simple: coach men and women to their optimum potential and to places they never expected they could take their body. He proudly coaches everyone from stay at home Moms to World Champion Athletes with the same mantra of “Move well. Move strong. Move often. Thrive!”
Jesses professional accolades include: Certified Strength Coach (NCSF CSC)
NCSF CPT,NASM PES, NASM CES, NASM FNS
Gray Institute Functional Movement Scientist, TRX Instructor Candidate
Onnit Academy Battle Rope Conditioning Specialist, Stick Mobility Coach
FRCms, Kinstretch Certified Instructor, FMS, FCS, Fascial Stretch Practitioner.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:22 - What is mobility?
- 01:54 - How does mobility differ from stability?
- 03:58 - Integrating mobility and S&C for high school athletics
- 08:39 - Traditional S&C for sports performance
- 11:15 - Velocity based training
- 13:13 - Training with footwear vs. barefoot
- 22:11 - Injury mitigation for athletes
- 29:33 - Become a functional mover
- 32:15 - Expanding your movement acumen
- 38:04 - Adding mobility/stability work to your programming
- 42:52 - Strength, mobility, and movement without limits
- 45:03 - A-ha moments with the Stick Mobility System
- 51:29 - The 3 priorities
- 55:03 - Dogma within the coaching sphere
More from Jesse:
www.instagram.com/unconventional_strength
https://www.unconstrength.com/
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with Chris DiVecchio!
Chris brings an innovative approach to health and fitness with a unique blend of self-development transformation training. With over 20 years of experience, DiVecchio has trained everyone from athletes to models to people just trying to find time to fit in a workout. The majority of his clientele consists of high-level executives who have spent their lives building their wealth and success at the expense of their health and wellness and are now truly dedicated to balancing both.
DiVecchio has made media headlines such as Good Morning America, The New York Post, Men’s Health, and Men’s Fitness for helping his client win the largest weight loss prop bet to date of $1.2 million dollars. He has also been featured on KTLA Morning News to talk about his book The 5x2 Method Revealing the Power of Your Senses.
Chris is also the creator of the "Mobility Wall" which has been heralded as "the future of foam rolling," due to its upright position making it easy for you to target the most effective areas of your body without the hassle of getting on the ground.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:59 - The Mobility Wall
- 08:21 - Versions of Mobility Wall
- 09:21 - Mobility Wall in professional athletics
- 11:23 - Soft tissue release / foam rolling
- 16:49 - Movement prep for better performance
- 21:32 - Post-chore active stretching
- 27:45 - Bodybuilding and mobility
- 35:11 - Ice hockey and mobility
- 38:51 - Asymmetry in sports
- 42:43 - Stick Mobility sport applications
- 44:39 - NCAA Hockey
- 47:13 - Upcoming projects
More from Chris:
https://www.instagram.com/mobility_wall/
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
This week's podcast episode is with Eitan Gelber!
Eitan is an Israeli native, who has spent 15 years at Stanford University where he became the director of the Athletic Training Department. He has spoken nationally and internationally on a variety of sports medicine topics. Eitan is currently the Director of Assessment at a start-up in Menlo Park called Aperion Life. They offer concierge health services where they assess, educate and plan for long-term healthy living for a variety of executive clientele. Eitan has spent the last 20 years working with high-level athletes of all kinds ranging from USA Judo, USA Wrestling to the Israeli National Judo Team. He has several certifications including MA, ATC, CSCS, CMT, and DNSP.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 04:11 - SJSU judo
- 07:53 - Stanford athletic training
- 15:20 - US olympic medical team
- 23:54 - USA olympic wrestling
- 29:41 - Dagestanian training and development
- 43:31 - Flow training
- 45:20 - Wellness and longevity
- 49:02 - Sleep science
- 50:48 - An outsiders perspective from the inside
More from Eitan:
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
This week's podcast episode features John Sinclair!
John has 20+ years of coaching all levels of sport and holds comprehensive knowledge and experience in the aspects and management of all training dynamics (technical-tactical, physical, mental, recovery/regeneration). He has developed a very specific programming algorithm to organize and enhance biological systems for the purpose of creating resiliency. He believes that variability is the key to health and with careful and specific individualized programming we can significantly increase performance and drastically decrease the potential for overuse and injury.
A few of John's accolades include 15 certificates in coaching, science, nutrition, post-rehabilitation therapy, and sports performance, he is a master coach and educator for 7 different companies in the fitness industry, and he coaches athletes in professional, semi-professional and Olympic and Paralympic games including, NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, NLL, MLS, WTA, AHL, WHL.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:01 - Attacking vs. absorbing ground force
- 06:14 - Advancing motor programming with environmental variance
- 09:10 - Genetics in relation to the quality of connective tissues and subsequent training
- 11:12 - A trainer's approach to athlete variance: Stiff vs subluxed
- 14:48 - Looking for answers in a silo
- 17:23 - The art of coaching: Creating on demand
- 18:49 - Brain-based movement prescriptions
- 24:40 - Modern vs classic hockey goalies
- 28:43 - Enhancing athletic styles
- 33:49 - Assisting motor patterns in youth athletes
- 38:04 - Training high school athletics and professionals
- 40:39 - Training with too much specificity at a younger age
- 44:13 - Programming for the single-sport athlete
- 44:38 - Paralympics: Goalball
More from John:
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with Maz!
Maz has 12+ years of experience working in the health, wellness, and fitness industry. He is a qualified Physiotherapist with a personal training background and is registered with the CSP, HCPC and REPs. He takes a holistic and individualized approach to strength and movement through his experience and understanding of the human structure and form.
He is the proud owner of the Step Up Physiotherapy Gym which is currently comprised of two divisions, physiotherapy and strength. Maz has also successfully completed the Functional Range Seminars qualifications and is a fully qualified Functional Range Conditioning mobility specialist (FRCms), Functional Range Assessment specialist (FRA), Functional Range Release practitioner (FR), Kinstretch instructor, and Stick Mobility Coach.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:56 - NHS care vs private practice treatment
- 03:07 - Not your average Physio
- 06:36 - Focusing on foundational mobility
- 08:03 - Safety culture in the mobility space?
- 13:37 - Pain: Always a bad thing?
- 15:06 - Spontaneity in training
- 19:31 - Choosing a physical therapist
- 27:44 - Educating the patient
- 33:31 - Merging physio therapy and personal training
More from Maz:
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Tune in to this week's podcast episode with Paul Edmondson!
Paul is a Fellow of Applied Functional Science having completed the GIFT 40-week program in 2012. He is also CAFS, NG360 GPS, and 3DMAPS certified. Paul studied under the brilliant guidance of Dr. Gary Gray and Dr. David Tibierio, also the likes of Robert Schleip, Thomas Myers, Michol Dalcourt, and Anthony Carey along his journey in movement education and research. He is a former speaker for Anatomy Trains, a current Core-Tex and Power Plate Master Trainer internationally, and most recently certified as a Gray Institute Speaker/Educator and Presenter. He has been involved mostly in PT education in the UK for the past 7 years, but now relishes his new role at the Gray Institute teaching the Principles and Applications of Applied Functional Science for Movement Professionals to further enhance their career.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:10 - New hypertrophy training course
- 05:12 - Benefits of muscular hypertrophy
- 07:49 - Hypertrophy in relation to body type
- 12:27 - Training course programming
- 16:08 - Hypertrophy training’s effects on the cardiovascular system
- 18:12 - Addressing the “More is Better” mentality
- 21:15 - Nutrition
- 27:30 - Best times to train for muscle building?
- 29:55 - A strength & functionality course for all demographics
- 30:56 - Rep ranges, timed training, and volume
More from Paul:
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
This week's podcast episode features "Kettlebell OG" Steve Cotter!
For more than 30 years, Steve has promoted body-mind fitness around the world through martial arts, qigong, mobility, flexibility, kettlebell training, and via IKFF educational courses. He has worked tirelessly to share the power of kettlebells and his efforts to teach his art form have globally impacted the growth and popularity of kettlebell training.
His physical features of power led him to be named by Men’s Health magazine as one of the Top 100 Fittest Men of All-Time, yet it is his clear communication and ability to break down the complex that has brought him global recognition as a fitness educator who leads hands-on training to thousands of fitness professionals in over 60 nations.
Steve also wrote the book on Kettlebell Training and created the Encyclopedia of Kettlebell Training DVD series which provided the foundational instruction for countless trainers who learned how to use kettlebells through his teachings. More than anything, Steve loves to teach and share his unique experience to promote health, happiness, and longevity through fitness.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 04:14 - The evolution of unconventional fitness
- 12:03 - Jiu Jitsu
- 13:08 - Creating a training balance as we age
- 16:40 - Training principles for the younger generation
- 19:40 - Being fit yet unhealthy
- 22:50 - Self-discipline: the father of all mental faculties
- 23:56 - The importance of the breath
- 23:53 - The greatest attribute of Kettlebell training
- 29:12 - Training philosophies: martial arts vs westernized sports programs
- 34:37 - Spinal engine drive and the skeletal core
- 39:09 - The future of exercise science
- 45:54 - Stick Mobility: “an innovation to study”
- 48:12 - What does flexibility really mean?
- 52:10 - Our body the supercomputer
- 58:38 - Upcoming projects
More from Steve:
https://www.instagram.com/stevecotter_ikff/
https://www.facebook.com/ikffofficial/
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Check out this week's podcast episode with wellness entrepreneur Mike Lyon!
Mike is a Co-Founder of Pedestal Footwear. He believes in old-school training methods that focus on performance and functionality. His vision was to form a company that provided something excellent, benefited the end-user, and didn’t sell something just for the sake of selling.
Pedestal Footwear is a company focused on the feet and their relation to the rest of the body. Their mission is to awaken athletes to their feet. They believe that feet are extremely important for optimal performance yet are the most neglected part of the training regiment.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 06:38 - Pedestal Footwear origins
- 08:18 - What is Pedestal Footwear
- 16:02 - Durability
- 19:48 - Marketing successes and missteps
- 24:39 - Training feet
- 26:26 - Pedestal demographics
- 30:54 - Mobility from a demographics perspective
- 36:59 - Virtual training vs facility training
- 39:53 - New projects and products
- 42:10 - Made in America
- 45:22 - Social media branding
More from Mike:
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
This week's podcast episode features strength coach Alex Kanellis!
Alex brings with him many years of experience on and off the field as a D1 collegiate athlete and trainer. He has positioned himself among the elites as the head strength coach with the Iowa State Wrestling Team and Strength and Conditioning coach at Weck Method. Alex is an MS, CSCS, and has pioneered and developed the innovative Landmine University.
In this podcast we discuss:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 03:34 - The Landmine - A tool of function and strength
- 05:29 - Landmine University - System Principles
- 09:05 - Spinal Engine Theory
- 12:53 - Making the spine more mobile - Pushback on that concept?
- 15:19 - Generating explosiveness with the landmine
- 18:43 - Measuring bar speed
- 21:54 - Landmine training - More accessible than olympic lifting
- 28:55 - Landmine programming for new users
- 32:38 - Stick Mobility & Landmine University
- 36:18 - Landmine University Certification
More from Alex: