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Welcome back Pushin' Performance Fam! Throughout multiple points in our careers we both have experienced a similar feeling... that even though we've worked our asses off to get to where we are, we work hard to improve at our craft, and even help our clients and athletes get to and beyond their goals... they'd probably be better off working with someone else. Or maybe even that at some point we will be found out as subpar coaches and let go. This feeling is imposter syndrome and it's unbelieva...

Welcome back Pushin' Performance Fam! Sadly we're not as open minded as we would like to think... In our effort to fight against our personal biases and path dependent solutions we don't always win. But in this episode we talk through one of the best ways to get out of your comfort zone and learn more. We get into:- The benefits of getting out of your comfort zone for coaches- Key moments throughout our career where we were forced out of our personal comfort zones - How we currently challenge...

Welcome back Pushin' Performance Fam! Every fourth week should be a deload, right? Or should we never plan a deload and just let life let us know when we have to deload? Even when research shows a solid benefit to taking intentional periods of lower training volume and intensity to allow for adaptation it can be pretty unclear how to actually apply this in the real world. That's exactly what we work through on today's episode... to deload or not to deload. We get into:- If Joe Buck real...

Welcome back Pushin' Performance Fam! It's commonly taught in most universities & certification courses that the first step of writing a program for a new individual or group is planning out a macrocycle. It's most likely 3 months to a year and it probably falls into some sort of nice and neat sequential order. But what happens when things don't go according to plan? Schedules get thrown off, someone gets sick and misses significant time, or it turns out you were wrong about the most impo...

Welcome back Pushin' Performance Fam! This week we're answering a question from one of our listeners... what is the difference between strength programs for fat loss & muscle gain?We get into:- How we view strength training for fat loss & muscle gain- Our tendency to overcomplicate things - When it makes sense to 'split hairs' and dive into complexity- and much more! GET A COPY OF OUR BOOK LIST HERE!Subscribe to the Pushin' Performance Fam email list and receive a PDF copy of our infl...

Welcome back Pushin' Performance Fam! This week we're simplifying one of the most important principles of our field... progressive overload. We get into:- Phil's PSA to librarians - How we define progressive overload and specificity - How this differs for calendar & non-calendar clients - How to overload a range of different variables- and much more! GET A COPY OF OUR BOOK LIST HERE!Subscribe to the Pushin' Performance Fam email list and receive a PDF copy of our influential book list! ht...