Welcome to The Heavy Metal Strength Coach Podcast. I wanted to have a discussion with an online coach who started coaching online before training people in person. With Patrick Umphrey being a powerlifting coach, athlete, and fellow coach, I thought we would have a lot to chat about.
I wasn't wrong. This episode was awesome to be part of.
Our topics of discussion were:
Cats
Is his love of online gaming connected to the fact he thrives on numbers and the online coaching process?
Eat, Train, Progress Facebook Group
Is it ok to start as an online coach before you do in-person coaching?
Start by offering your services for free
Personal Preference & enjoyment for more advanced athletes- what role should that play in programming?
Do you have a preference for training gen pop or powerlifters?
Patrick's consultation process.
Does every powerlifter start with the same type of program or is it individualised?
Our approaches for building technique into our programming.
Facilitating enjoyment within a client's program- how does Patrick achieve this?
The importance of having a consult BEFORE you agree to take on a client.
Should an exercise be in a program because someone hates it?
Important questions to garner useful feedback from online clients.
The universal hatred for rear foot elevated split squats
Single-leg hip thrusts
How a client thinks they look while performing an exercise is a huge factor in exercise selection.
Do you need to be a successful powerlifter to be a successful powerlifting coach?
How often should an athlete film their lifts?
How often does Patrick film his lifts?
Changes in training phases
Making training more specific as competition approaches
What happens when an online client goes to a competition?
is it easier to compete or coach at a powerlifting competition?
Mental exhaustion after coaching at a meet.
Being the stress shield.
A coach getting visibly stressed and agitated at a meet doesn't help the lifter.
Clients with high and low variability.
The importance of the post-competition debrief.
Lessons from bowling.
"all lifters are idiots on competition day"
Don White (bowling Coach)
Leading by example as a coach
Brian Minor & Eric Helms talk about hypertrophy
Eat Train Progress Facebook Group
Should you show your prices online?
Thanks for listening to The Heavy Metal Strength Coach Podcast.
