Robert Linkul is the head personal trainer and the owner of Be STRONGER Fitness. Robert has his masters degree in personal training from the United State Sports Academy (University of Alabama) and a bachelors degree in kinesiology from California State University of Sacramento. Linkul is the Southwest Regional Coordinator with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and was named the NSCA's 2012 Personal Trainer of the year. Robert serves as the chairman for the NSCA's personal trainer special interest group and is the career development columnist for the NSCA's personal training quarterly publication.
Linkul is an NSCA Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT *D) and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS *D) with distinction. Robert has also earned a Master Sandbag Instructors Certification from Alpha Strong and is a CPT and CSCS exam preparation symposium instructor for the NSCA. Robert has been in the personal training industry since 1999 and has developed a semi-private group training style that few in the industry have mastered.
In this episode we discuss:
- Professional and business development for personal trainers
- Marketing & Social media for trainers
- Developing a coaching philosophy
He holds a PhD in Human Physiology (2000) and has completed a second PhD in the Applied Science of Professional Football (2011) , with special reference to physical demands, injury prevention, and skill acquisition.
Tim has worked with elite international athletes over several Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006) and Olympic Games (2000, 2004, and 2008) cycles. He continues to work as a sport science and coaching consultant for several high performance teams around the world.
Tim has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and has presented at over 200 national and international conferences. He is committed to performing world-leading research that can be applied in the ‘real world’ to benefit high performance coaches and athletes.
In this episode we discuss:
Wearable sensors
Load monitoring
Data management for sports
In this episode we are joined by Professor Stuart Philips of MacMaster University.
Prof. Stu's research pertains to the optimisation of exercise adaptions through nutritional and training manipulation, especially protein intake.
In this episode we discuss:
- External factors that effect hypertrophy , MPS, training load & hormones.
- The effect of high protein diet for weight loss
- The importance of high protein diets for general health
As always links to any papers we mention can be found on our Facebook page or by requesting to join our mailing list.
This week we are joined by elite level powerlifter and one of the brains behind strengtheory.com, Greg Nuckols.
Greg and I discuss muscle asymmetry, its causes and potential consequences. A in-depth look at bar path in the bench press and leg drive is discussed.
Also Greg goes into his views and opinions on occlusion or blood flow restriction training and how it may be used in strength sports.
As always the links to any resources mentioned can be found on our Facebook page.
This week we I am joined by Dr. Mike Israetel, contributing author of the scientific principles of strength training and several other texts. Mike holds a PhD. in exercise physiology and is a Professor of exercise physiology at Temple University.
In this episode we discuss:
- Maximal recoverable volume, what is it? and how do you use it?
- Identifying weak links and adapting training to them.
- Weight cutting for powerlifting
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Eric Helms is part of the 3D muscle journey team, who provide top - level, evidence based personal training and education.
Eric holds an undergraduate degree in exercise science, two masters degrees and is currently completing his PhD. in strength and conditioning.
In this episode we discuss:
- The limit of muscle growth for drug free athletes
- The limit of strength for drug free athletes
- Common mistakes made by fitness professionals
- What level of knowledge should one be at before considering coaching.
Arthur has a first class honours degree from the university of Limerick, where he is also undertaking his PhD in sports performance presently.
Arthur is an international power-lifter who recently placed 9th in the world at the IPF world championships in Austin , Texas.
In this episode we discuss:
The difference between training for powerlifting and bodybuilding.
Common errors made by new athletes
How to tell if a coach is knowledgable.
Danny Lennon is founder and CEO of sigma nutrition. Danny owns the famous sigma nutrition radio podcast series and works as a nutrition coach with several elite athletes.
In this episode we discuss:
Calorie deficits: how much and why?
Why a diet works as opposed to what diet works?
The importance of evidence based practice