At 27 years old, Greg Nuckols made waves as a strength and conditioning coach. Now, the founder of Stronger by Science is using his online platform to help lifters and coaches train smarter.
This week on the Brute Podcast, Greg joins Michael to discuss the difference between practicing and learning, how to think scientifically in training, and in life, as well as what to do when you start to lose motivation.
Topics:
06:40 – Tricking athletes into PRs
13:14 – Getting into strength training
25:50 – Research vs. results
36:40 – Soft skills & coaching
52:40 – Verbiage & imagery
61:20 – Getting into training for the wrong reason
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Books:
What Is This Thing Called Science – A.F. Chalmers
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When it comes to relieving pain, preventing injury, and improving physical performance, Kelly Starrett is your guy.
Kelly joins the Brute podcast for the second time to share his ideas on family values, and movement principles. In this episode Kelly share’s his ideology behind intentional parenting, raising a family, and being the absolute best for your tribe. The conversation later switches to the topic of pain. What does it mean to be injured vs experiencing pain, how to get the most out of your recovery as well as some emerging new health trends.
For more on personal development and movement efficiency be sure to give this episode a listen.
Topics:
01:00 - Ideas on movement
09:10 - Starting a family
29:00 - Creating habits with your kids
33:15 - When to start a family
40:30 - Movement & pain
49:35 - Improving your environment for better health
58:23 - Detrimental habits
1:09:00 - The Ready State
Links:
LapTop 30 (VariDesk)
Books:
Muscles and Meridians - Phillip Beach
Sport Gene - David Epstein
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Stretching is bullshit.
At least, according to renowned strength and conditioning coach Dean Somerset, it is. You might recognize his name from his many contributions to popular fitness platforms including Men’s Health and Bodybuilding.com, but today, he’s adding to the list with a guest appearance on this week’s Brute Podcast.
In this episode, Dean admits that from the start, becoming a strength and conditioning coach was rough. Listen as he dives into his early career, shares advice for building habits, the implications of artificial intelligence in the fitness industry and ultimately, why he thinks stretching is utter bullshit.
Topics:
09:46 – Starting in strength & conditioning
25:52 – Empathy as a skill
35:30 – Building clientele as a trainer
42:00 – Having broad interests
45:20 – Resilience & habits
54:30 – Stretching is not beneficial
58:30 – AI & the fitness industry
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