#37 - Scott Howell on Good For The Soul hosted by Victor Diaz: Strength Training For BJJ

Apr 11, 2022

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This episode is a collaboration with the Good For The Soul podcast hosted by Victor Diaz. We connected through a good friend, and got the chance to meet in person on his show for the first time. I’ll be honest, this was a first for me…I haven't been interviewed on another podcast since I started Iron Sights but it was a great experience.

Victor Diaz owned a construction business in Washington before hitting the road to travel Jiu-Jitsu across the States living the van life. You can follow his journey on YouTube and listen in on some great content centered around Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The focus of our conversation today was:

Timestamps:

00:00 How We Met

00:55 Choosing Your Own Path & Journey

02:57 How Scott Met Kyle Manzano

05:59 Adding S&C To Jiu-Jitsu/MMA

07:11 How Jiu-Jitsu Athletes Can Get Into Strength Training

14:32 The Ideal Jiu-Jitsu Strength Training Program

16:05 Scott’s Journey Into Fitness

24:05 Fitness Outside of CrossFit

30:04 The White Belt Fitness Program

37:24 How Ex-Athletes Get It Back

39:36 The Formula For Recover

44:28 Coaching Clients To Get Results

54:40 Becoming A Black Belt In Fitness

1:02:06 Coaching At A High Level & Training BJJ with The Best

1:17:27 Dealing with Client Injuries & Setting Realistic Expectations

1:39:16 Scott Howell’s Mentors

1:45:12 The Origin of Red Dot Fitness

1:46:04 The Mission For Iron Sights

2:04:12 Mental Health Rituals

More Iron Sights Interviews:

Triple Feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMTc7AE0KaQ&t=384s
Kayley Gunner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfGqHxCv7Vc&t=522s
Mike Salemi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-Nj6M0EBI&t=335s
Adam Schafer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiyrdWdO1y8&t=8s
Sal Di Stefano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBdKdSjQ0BM&t=4425s
Jason Khalipa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTiq-sID-EM
Byron Rodgers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrtEyuVNNpw
Donnie Oliver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKY1_TLKHlI
Chris Cheng: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr0zSGSTzKM&t=2s
Traver Boehm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_NLdIg3zBc&t=1394s

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