#73 - Mike Perry: Skill of Strength

In the 73rd episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Owner of Skill of Strength, host of The Minimum Effective Dose, Mike Perry, will talk about Mike’s origin story, the origin of Skill of Strenght, and his journey with diagnosing and beating cancer.
Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! 

In this chapter, you will discover: 

(0:50) Introducing our special guest, Owner of Skill of Strength, host of The Minimum Effective Dose, Mike Perry @coachmikeperry

(1:40) The Minimum Effective Dose

(1:45) Shout out to Brett Jones @brettjonessfg

(2:10) Mike’s origin story

(2:40) Mike’s original main goal

(4:00) The idea of being a coach

(5:15) Working with major NFL players

(5:55) Getting into FMS

(6:20) Getting the FMS certification 

(6:40) Training with kettlebells in 2006

(7:15) Doing RKC

(7:40) The first time meeting Brett Jones @brettjonessfg

(7:55) Shout out to Mike Robertson @robtrainsystems

(8:30) The biggest turning point in Mike’s career

(9:10) Getting tested by Brett Jones @brettjonessfg

(9:45) About Mike’s FMS journey

(10:05) Shout out to StrongFirst @strongfirst

(10:30) A business-minded wife and partner

(13:55) Shout out to Ryan Lee @ryanleefitnessetc

(16:25) Effects of kettlebell on the back

(17:00) Shout out to Pavel Tsatsouline @strongfirst

(17:10) Shout out to Dan John @coachdanjohn

(17:15) Shout out to Gray Cook @functionalmvmt

(17:50) “In fitness, there's no specific path” - Michael Kurkowski

(18:20) Shout out to Fabio Zonin @x_fab_69

(18:20) Shout out to Analisa Naldi @italiannna

(18:35) “It is important for a coach to maintain being a student” - Michael Kurkowski

(18:50) “If you're passionate, and you're curious, if you add those two things together about any topic and you're willing to just learn, you'll be successful.” - Mike Perry @coachmikeperry

(19:35) “Get your hands dirty. There is no substitute for experience” - Mike Perry @coachmikeperry

(20:00) “There are so many components of being a successful trainer. And it's not just about how much you can bench and how much you can deadlift.” - Mike Perry @coachmikeperry

(20:10) A piece of advice for younger coaches

(21:40) “When you are talking to your clients, be a chameleon.” Mike Perry @coachmikeperry

(22:20) The client management analogy

(22:50) Advantages of going down the rabbit hole

(23:25) “Learn to speak coach” - Mike Boyle @michael_boyle1959

(23:25) Shout out to Mike Boyle @michael_boyle1959

(25:45) Really good coach vs. okay coach

(26:25) Shout out to John Ingham

(27:20) Principles vs. modality 

(27:45)  “If you don't understand that the principles are far more important than the implementation, then you're going to have issues” - Mike Perry @coachmikeperry

(33:50) “If we're doing things that people enjoy doing, they're probably going to come back and see you a lot more” - Michael Kurkowski

(34:00) “If they believe in the process, and they enjoy it, the outcome is absolutely going to be more successful” - Mike Perry @coachmikeperry

(36:05) The jar Life analogy

(39:05) Effects of the environmental situation

(42:25) Getting a colonoscopy

(42:45) The result of colonoscopy

(44:35) Surgically removing tumor

(45:20) Doing the chemotherapy

(46:15) Beating stage 3 cancer

(46:30) Mike’s experience with chemotherapy

(47:50) Craving the sense of normalcy

(49:10) Working while getting chemotherapy

(52:50) Mike’s reason behind documenting his experience with cancer

(58:15) What did Mike learn from cancer?

(1:01:10) Going out of your comfort zone

(1:05:55) Mike’s future plan

(1:07:10) Where to find Mike Perry? @coachmikeperry