During this first episode of Vital Metabolic: The Art and Science of Strength, hosts James Wheeler and John Parker get to know each other and explain the personal histories and what brought them to fitness and training, how they individualize trainings, the importance of picking the right trainer, and what they think fitness will look like going forward.
Episode Highlights:
- 1:35 - The lifestyle behind strength and training is the critical component that many people are missing.
- 2:06 - What got you (James) into strength and conditioning?
- 3:02 - James wanted to work with athletes because that related to his personal history.
- 5:13 - James and a friend started Locomotion Athletics in 2016, and they opened a brick and mortar location in 2018.
- 5:50 - What positions did you (James) play in football and basketball?
- 6:54 - Did you (James) play any sports outside of the organized sports?
- 7:55 - John tells about his history in organized sports
- 10:15 - John talks about how he got burnt out on sports by his senior year of high school.
- 11:11 - John went to school for history and Spanish literature while working towards his CSCS.
- 12:45 - The strength and conditioning industry is still fairly new and everyone in the industry is still learning.
- 15:44 - James explains how he differentiates training for people who are not very active and people who may participate in other sports within the same groups.
- 17:50 - John also explains how he approaches groups when training his clients.
- 20:50 - There is a spiritual element to strength training, especially in the discipline of it.
- 25:10 - With strength training, you will get out what you put into it, especially with your trainer.
- 26:57 - Make sure you hire someone with experience who can help you reach your goals.
- 28:11 - The STRONG acronym stands for Simplification, Training, Rest and Recovery, Optimization, Nutrition, Grounding
- 30:15 - John gives a personal example to describe "grounding."
- 32:48 - James talks about how our brains can only absorb so much information, and now that we always have so much information at our fingertips, getting outside is all the more important.
- 34:30 - What is going on with Locomotion Athletics and how do you see us getting out of lockdown?
- 39:06 - John explains why he prefers to work out at home.
- 41:50 - Make sure when you are going to a gym that you are always washing your hands after touching gym equipment.
- 42:19 - John converted all his clients to Zoom sessions when lockdown started.
- 45:07 - John and James answer rapid fire questions.
3 Key Points:
- The discipline of strength training can carry over to other aspects of your life.
- Hire a trainer who is a good fit for you and the goals you want to achieve.
- James and John explain what they think gyms will look like in the future.
Tweetable Quotes:
- "We want to get to the nuts and bolts of what real strength training is and what it means to you, how much intensity you have to put forward. How many times per week you have to do this, and what your real focus should be on a day to day basis." -John Parker
- "Our goal is to help you streamline a lot of this information and a lot of these practices so it's available to you." -James Wheeler
- "Once your body starts turning on you from training too hard, you have to readjust." -John Parker
- "I can't wait to expand on this platform more to help people...Life is limitless and it all starts with your physical wellbeing." -James Wheeler
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