196 episodes
OPEX Fitness Presents: Back Room Talk OPEX Fitness
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- Health & Fitness
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4.4 • 7 Ratings
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Back Room Talk.
It’s the candid conversations that happen when the music is off, the barbells are put away, and we sit down to reflect on another day of fitness.
OPEX Coaches Carl Hardwick and Georgia Smith host weekly episodes with the goal of always seeking to understand all that fitness can be.
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96. More Important than Program Design?!
What matters more than back squats and rep schemes? Carl and Georgia jam on an undervalued but incredibly important aspect of coaching.
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95. Does Efficiency Actually Matter?
We’ve changed our thinking on what it means to be an efficient coach over the last few years, and so we want to clear a few things up in this week’s episode!
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94. The Best Fitness Advice I Ever Received
What’s the best fitness advice you’ve ever received? Here's our take on what you guys shared with us!
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93. Strength Protocol Review: 5/3/1, 5x5, GVT & 20 Rep Squat
Carl and Georgia break down and review 4 common strength training protocols: 20 Rep Squat Program, German Volume Training (10x10), 5x5, and Wendler’s 5/3/1.
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92. Aerobic Training Q&A
Carl and Georgia roll through real answers to common questions on aerobic training.
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91. Should Coaches do Blood Testing?
Should fitness coaches do blood testing?
While knowing what’s going under the hood is undeniably important for health, this is an area that has long been untouched by coaches, both due to a lack of knowledge and scope of practice concerns.
In this week’s episode of Back Room Talk, hosts Carl Hardwick and Georgia Smith share their thoughts on whether or not blood work should be a part of the fitness coaching process.
00:00 - 00:30 Opening titles00:30 - 01:05 Should coaches do blood testing?01:05 - 49:15 Where blood work sits in the assessment process49:15 - 56:30 What’s possible with InsideTracker testing plans56:30 - 58:37 Closing thoughts
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Customer Reviews
Love the content. Audio needs improvement
Content is soooo good and I’ve been binging on a ton of episodes. The audio is always off for someone though which makes it frustrating to listen to. Example. Episode 27 with Georgia’s voice. Sounds like she’s on Mars compared to the other two 😂
6 Stars
Content, topics, discussion, format is high level. I look forward to each new episode. These discussions and information drive me to reflect, pause, critically think, and evolve. Thank you.
I’ll second the audio comments however. James is booming, blowing our speaker systems while the others are quite low. Some imbalances here.
Regardless, thanks for this show!
Great podcast, frustrating sound levels
Great content and topics covered, however One speaker is loud while the other is hard to hear so it can make listening to the podcast a little frustrating (straining to hear Carl and turning up the volume then blowing out an ear drum when it transitions). Maybe trying to keep same distances from the mics might help 🤷♂️.