S1E12: Tony Gentilcore on the Importance of Training With Purpose for Motivation

In this episode, I interview Tony Gentilcore, one of the three original founders of the exceptionally successful, Cressey Sports Performance, and now founder-owner of the new CORE training center in Boston.The interview starts off talking about the subjectiveness of strength, moves to training with purpose and intrinsic motivation, progressing the chin-up for women, the hollow hold positions, progressing the deadlift for men and finishes up with the “trainable menu”.Tony is one of the great personalities of the fitness industry. It was a hell of a lot of fun doing this interview and I hope you enjoy it.Show notes:- Writing [2:00]- How do you describe it is what you do [3:25]- Training with purpose. What are we working toward? [8:20]- THEME: PROGRESSING THE CHIN-UP FOR WOMEN- Intro: Progressing the Chin up for Women [9:00} - Woman are can be impeded by the media on what they can achieve. The ‘chin-up’ resonates with a lot of woman as a goal to work toward. [10:20]- Progression pattern to get that first chin-up. [13:50]- Tony’s impressive YouTube on form and technique. [17:15]- Hollow hold position as a first step. [19:00] - THEME: PROGRESSING THE DEADLIFT FOR MEN- Intro: Progressing the deadlift for men [26:00]- Deadlift stance. Conventional deadlift is actually the most difficult. [27:30]- How to get started with a conventional deadlift. [35:00]- Using video to fix deadlift technique. - THEME: THE "TRAINABLE MENU"- Intro: The "Trainable Menu". [39:00] - Working with your anatomy, “trainable menu”. [41:00]- Resources. [45:00]- More about Tony. [51:00]- Best deadlift article from Tony. [51:40]- Grant one wish for the industry. Not being dogmatic. [53:00]For links to the resources talked about in the podcast, check out the show notes here: rippedbody.com/podcast-tony-gentilcore