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Strength Coach Collective
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34 episodes
1 month ago
Dr. Lon Kilgore explains why "perfect technique" doesn't exist—and what actually matters for strength development. In this episode of the "Strength Coach Collective" podcast, host Kenny Markwardt sits down with Kilgore, author of "Anatomy Without a Scalpel" and co-author (with Mark Rippetoe) of "Starting Strength." Lon, a veteran strength coach with over 50 years of experience, shares lessons from his decades in in the gym, as well as his time as a professor and an athlete who’s still compe...
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Dr. Lon Kilgore explains why "perfect technique" doesn't exist—and what actually matters for strength development. In this episode of the "Strength Coach Collective" podcast, host Kenny Markwardt sits down with Kilgore, author of "Anatomy Without a Scalpel" and co-author (with Mark Rippetoe) of "Starting Strength." Lon, a veteran strength coach with over 50 years of experience, shares lessons from his decades in in the gym, as well as his time as a professor and an athlete who’s still compe...
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Strength Coach Collective
Coaching Different Body Types: Dr. Lon Kilgore on Anatomy and Technique
Dr. Lon Kilgore explains why "perfect technique" doesn't exist—and what actually matters for strength development. In this episode of the "Strength Coach Collective" podcast, host Kenny Markwardt sits down with Kilgore, author of "Anatomy Without a Scalpel" and veteran strength coach with over 50 years of experience. Lon shares lessons from his decades in coaching, as well as his experiences as a professor and an athlete who’s still competing into his 60s. He explains the importance of coa...
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1 month ago
59 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Why Chris Spealler Ditched Traditional Fitness Programming
Is performance in the gym the goal, or is it simply a tool to live better outside the gym? In today’s episode, eight-time CrossFit Games competitor and former Seminar Staff member Chris Spealler discusses his evolution from high-intensity daily training to sustainable "Adventure Preparedness Programming." Chris breaks down his 12-week programming blocks and explains why his gym Park City Fit focuses on serving adventure-loving athletes who want to better enjoy outdoor activities like skiing...
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1 month ago
1 hour 8 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Pamela Gagnon: Having Fun With Gymnastics—For Life
Today on the “Strength Coach Collective,” host Kenny Markwardt sits down with Pamela Gagnon, former Division 1 gymnast, longtime CrossFit coach and the co-creator of Performance Plus Programming. Pamela explains her “playground approach” to coaching—breaking complex skills into their fun components and strength elements—and shares practical mobility strategies that take just minutes a day. She gives new coaches tips for working with clients, such as using simple language (“make a turtle she...
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2 months ago
53 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
The Next Frontier: Blood Biomarkers for Precise Fitness Coaching
The one-size-fits-all approach to fitness coaching is no more. Enter blood biomarkers: the next frontier in truly individualizing client training programs. Today on the “Strength Coach Collective” podcast, Kenny Markwardt sits down with Ash Anwar from Molecular You to explore how comprehensive blood analysis is revolutionizing fitness coaching. While traditional medical tests look at a handful of diagnostic markers after problems develop, Molecular You analyzes 288 biomarkers to catch issue...
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2 months ago
58 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Dr. Zach Long: Why Athletes Get Injured (And How to Prevent It)
In this episode, Kenny Markwardt sits down with Dr. Zach Long—a board-certified sports physical therapist who believes injured athletes should use the gym, not leave it. Long, aka “The Barbell Physio,” explains when coaches should modify training versus refer out and how trainers can build relationships with the right medical professionals. He also offers practical tips for training athletes through pain and injury. The pair discuss what separates quality gyms from mediocre ones, from opti...
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2 months ago
49 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Mike Cerbus: Programming Olympic Lifting for General Population Clients
Think teaching Olympic lifts requires 20 different cues? Think again. Today on the “Strength Coach Collective” podcast, Chris Guerrero sits down with Mike Cerbus, a multi-time USA Weightlifting National Championship medalist and head weightlifting coach for Power Monkey Fitness. With nearly 30 years under the bar and more than 15 years serving the fitness community, Mike shares his approach to technical excellence and long-term athletic development. He breaks down his "feet, hands and eye...
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2 months ago
52 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Dave Durante: How Power Monkey Blends Disciplines to Elevate Coaching
Today on the “Strength Coach Collective” podcast, host Chris Guerrero is joined by Dave Durante, a multiple-time USA Gymnastics national champion, alternate in the 2008 Summer Olympics and co-founder of Power Monkey Fitness. In this episode, Dave explains how Power Monkey brings together experts in gymnastics, weightlifting, endurance and mobility to help coaches sharpen their craft, regardless of their method or the level of their athletes. According to Dave, every advanced skill is base...
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2 months ago
53 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
"Help Best": Your Guide to Delivering Client-Centric Coaching
In this episode of “Strength Coach Collective,” Chris Cooper and Kenny Markwardt dive into "Help Best"—Chris' first book dedicated entirely to coaching, co-authored with Kenny and three other top Two-Brain mentors. While most coaching books focus on specific methods, this one focuses on results. Chris and Kenny explain why "method obsession" is holding coaches back and how the Prescriptive Model creates better outcomes for clients, whether you're coaching CrossFit, Pilates or anything else....
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3 months ago
31 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Michele Letendre: Programming for an Evolving Fitness Industry
Coaching has evolved—and programming must evolve with it. Today on the “Strength Coach Collective,” host Kenny Markwardt sits down with HWPO Affiliate head coach Michele Letendre to talk about what effective programming looks like in today’s gyms. They explore how program design has shifted over the years and what gym owners and coaches need to do to stay relevant in an increasingly educated, wellness-focused market. Michele shares how her experience as a competitive CrossFit athlete and ...
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3 months ago
56 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Bahubali Shete on NutriChef's AI-Powered Nutrition Coaching
What if your nutrition coaching program could practically run itself? Today on the “Strength Coach Collective” podcast, Bahubali Shete explains how his AI-driven nutrition software, NutriChef, helps coaches save time while providing clients with more individualized support and accountability. NutriChef pulls in intake forms, daily tracking and data from wearables to build personalized nutrition plans. And instead of removing the coach, it gives them more time to do what they’re best at: coa...
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3 months ago
56 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Mastering Aerobic Training: Joel Jamieson on HRV and VO2 Max
If you want to help clients live longer and perform better, you need to train the aerobic system. In this episode of “Strength Coach Collective,” Joel Jamieson—creator of Morpheus and author of “Ultimate MMA Conditioning”—joins host Kenny Markwardt to break down heart-rate variability (HRV), VO2 max and the science of aerobic training. Joel explains how aerobic fitness influences recovery, adaptation and longevity and why more coaches should be using HRV and VO2 max to guide their training ...
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3 months ago
58 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Michael Bann: Why Human Connection Drives Coaching Success
Content Warning: This episode contains a mention of suicide and discussions on mental health. Listener discretion is advised. Any coach can write a program, but a good program alone isn’t enough to keep clients around long enough to get results. In this episode of “Strength Coach Collective,” Michael Bann shares how he transitioned to scalable remote coaching by focusing on empathy, accountability and long-term client results. He explains that coaching—whether in-person or remote—can succ...
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4 months ago
1 hour 6 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
“Game Speed”: Jason Feairheller on Training That Actually Transfers
The fastest athletes aren’t always the best performers on the field—and today’s guest explains why. In this episode of the “Strength Coach Collective” podcast, multidirectional speed expert Jason Feairheller joins Kenny Markwardt to break down what athletes really need to succeed on game day. They discuss why sprint times don’t tell the whole story, how to coach change of direction and agility as separate skills, and how to build speed that actually transfers to sport. Jason shares the ori...
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4 months ago
40 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Drive Coaching Results With Wall Street Weightlifter's 50-to-1 Method
Ready to help your clients get stronger without burning out? In this episode of “Strength Coach Collective,” Graciano Rubio—better known online as the Wall Street Weightlifter—shares a training philosophy built around intensity, intention and clarity. Known for his brutally simple barbell work and big lifts, Graciano explains how he uses estimated one-rep maxes to guide weekly progress, even when life outside the gym gets hectic. He talks about helping both CrossFit members and personal-tr...
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4 months ago
1 hour 5 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Principles of Program Design: The Checklists Every Coach Needs
Most coaches learn to assign sets and reps but never master the systems behind truly effective program design. Today on the “Strength Coach Collective” podcast, Mike Perry and Eric D’Agati, co-founders of Principles of Program Design, explain how fitness coaches can use scalable systems and proven checklists to deliver personalized results without chaos. Mike and Eric break down how to create high-value training without overcomplicating things and earn forever clients who never want to leav...
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4 months ago
59 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Marcus Filly on Functional Bodybuilding Without Burnout
Tired of burning out your clients—or even yourself? Marcus Filly, six-time CrossFit Games competitor and founder of Functional Bodybuilding, is here to offer solutions. In this episode, Marcus unpacks his transition from elite competition to coaching everyday athletes with sustainable strength-and-conditioning methods. He shares how Functional Bodybuilding emerged from the burnout he and many other athletes experienced with traditional high-intensity training. Marcus explains how hypertro...
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5 months ago
46 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Coaching Kids for Life With The Brand X Method
Movement is a language—and kids need the right foundation to speak it for life. In this episode of the “Strength Coach Collective” podcast, host Kenny Markwardt sits down with Jeff, Mikki and Keegan Martin of The Brand X Method to explore what it takes to coach young athletes successfully. The Brand X team members break down their pillars of Base, Build, Boost and Prepare, Practice, Play, and they explain how programming with these principles in mind helps kids develop physical literacy and...
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5 months ago
55 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Stan Efferding: What Actually Gets Clients Results (and What Doesn’t)
In this episode, Stan Efferding—renowned coach, world-record-holding powerlifter and creator of the Vertical Diet—breaks down the biggest mistakes coaches and athletes make when trying to build strength and improve performance. He also unpacks the foundations of the Vertical Diet, debunking common nutrition misconceptions and sharing practical advice for setting macro targets and improving digestion and energy. Stan has worked with some of the strongest athletes in the world, including Haf...
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5 months ago
1 hour 10 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Inside CNU Stretch: Helping Clients Move Better and Reduce Pain
Most coaches treat tightness, tension and pain as mechanical problems. But what if those issues are rooted in something deeper? In this episode of the “Strength Coach Collective” podcast, Chris Cooper sits down with Evans Armantrading, founder of CNU Stretch, who breaks down his framework for blending movement, nervous system input and client self-awareness to create long-lasting change. Evans explains how CNU Stretch has evolved into a fully scalable system that helps clients reduce pain, ...
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5 months ago
51 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Richard Aceves on Why Coaching Must Go Beyond the Physical
Not all movement problems are physical. Great coaches must be able to dig deeper. In this episode of the “Strength Coach Collective” podcast, host Kenny Markwardt talks with Richard Aceves, founder of Moved Academy, about the mental, emotional and spiritual components of training and their impact on physical performance and pain. Richard explains why clients’ physical limitations can be rooted in mental and emotional stress and how coaches can create lasting change by understanding moveme...
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5 months ago
56 minutes

Strength Coach Collective
Dr. Lon Kilgore explains why "perfect technique" doesn't exist—and what actually matters for strength development. In this episode of the "Strength Coach Collective" podcast, host Kenny Markwardt sits down with Kilgore, author of "Anatomy Without a Scalpel" and co-author (with Mark Rippetoe) of "Starting Strength." Lon, a veteran strength coach with over 50 years of experience, shares lessons from his decades in in the gym, as well as his time as a professor and an athlete who’s still compe...