Empowering the body-mind connection is an absolute must in Mike’s (@mike_bledsoe) world. A lifetime of athletics and training, along with being a coach and entrepreneur for the last decade, he has tapped into parts of himself that were once unknown.Simultaneously competing in the sport of weightlifting, coaching national caliber athletes, running a 7 figure business with 20+ employees, and hosting the #1 rated Fitness & Nutrition podcast on iTunes (Barbell Shrugged) took a lot personal growth just to keep up.After hitting the ceiling of capacity many times over he discovered and distilled the processes that create the greatest expansion for capacity and growth.In the last year Mike launched The Strong Coach, a program for personal professional development for coaches, which has already begun transforming the way coaches interact with their clients and build their businesses. He is also in the process of building a new brand called Enlifted. It is a mindset program for athletes and coaches.Mike is a US Navy veteran, holds a degree in Health & Human Performance, and has accumulated numerous health & fitness certifications. He spent the last 7 years traveling the world interviewing the top athletes, coaches, scientists, and researchers to find what creates a successful athlete and entrepreneur. Through the journey of studying what they do, to the underlying principles their actions are based upon, to digging deeper to find what is actually creating success, he has found clear distinctions and practices that separate those who live an optimized lifestyle from the rest of the crowd.   In this episode Danny interviews Mike about the hardest thing Mike’s ever had to do in business, what happens when you create from inspiration, Mike’s current projects and why they are all successful, the power of asking for help, why you need to be paying your coach more than what you charge your clients, why focusing on where you’re going, not how you’re going to get there, will lead you to where you’re supposed to be, and much more.   Come join us at www.thestrongcoach.com   -Mike   Episode Breakdown: ⚡️0-10: Growth never happens in a linear fashion, the hardest thing Mike’s ever had to do in business, and what happens when you create only on inspiration ⚡️11-20: The inspiration for Enlifted, Training Camp for the Soul and The Strong Coach, why all Mike’s recent projects succeeded, and Mike’s why behind creating Training Camp for the Soul ⚡️21-30: How to make a global impact, changing the way people view the world, the secret sauce for scaling business, words direct your attention, and the creation of Enlifted ⚡️31-40: The creation of The Strong Coach, float tanks, and the realizations that led Ashley and Mike to where they are now ⚡️ 41-50: The power of asking for help, the people Mike enjoys spending his time with, how Danny got his start with The Strong Coach, and discrimination and delegation ⚡️51-60: Take the opportunity to invest in yourself, shining light on the dark parts of life, everything is possible when you start taking care of yourself, and why focusing on where you’re going, not how you’re going to get there, will lead you to where you’re supposed to be ⚡️61-70: Going back to the fundamentals, complex vs. complicated, what you’re perceiving vs. what’s happening in the background, and why we retain best what we teach ⚡️71-82: Why you need to be paying your coach more than what you charge your clients, how hiring a coach can change your life, the path to coaching and business mastery, and where to find Mike   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/tsc-bledsoe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged

Brian Muka (@brian_muka) helps people turn fear into a superpower. Brian believes that this overlooked powerful source of energy is the key to getting more done, saying yes to the right things and no to the wrong, and when harnessed can result in more impact and income. Brian teaches the tools of masters to keep fear small and manageable and helps people get to know fear to turn into fuel, focus and ultimately a friend.   Advice from Brian: Do something every day that scares you because your life expands proportionally to your ability to harness fear.   In this episode we talk about how Brian harnesses fear, his experience working as an EOD, night skydiving, Whim Hof breathing, how utilizing breath saved Brian’s life, why you should start your day with a challenge, Brian’s relationship with fear, the need for self care, Brian’s upcoming book, the most terrifying thing Brian has ever done, and much more.   Enjoy! -Mike   Episode Breakdown:   ⚡️0-10: Mike and Brian’s friendship, the health benefits of kombo, how Brian helps people harness fear, and Brian's experience of diving into fear (military, ultra marathons, EOD) ⚡️11-20: Brian’s experience as an EOD and working with the secret service, night skydiving, why “sucking it up” isn’t a good way to handle fear, the Whim Hof method, how breathing saved Brian’s life, ⚡️21-30: High stakes meditation, how ice baths challenge your safety, why your breathing is compromising your immune system, train harder than you have to fight, and the different types of breathwork ⚡️31-40: How singing and humming can teach you how to breathe, the critical aspects of downregulation, and a disclaimer on doing upregulating breathwork ⚡️ 41-50: Why environment matters when doing breathwork, the benefits of breathwork for autoimmune disease, utilizing breathwork to enhance meditation, why you should start your day with a challenge, and Brian’s new book ⚡️51-60: Brian’s relationship with fear, the power of a good therapist, why you always have a choice, the two key takeaways from Viktor Frankl's book, Man’s Search for Meaning, the need for self care, and the most terrifying thing Brian has ever done ⚡️61-68: More details on Brian’s upcoming book, if you’re not dealing with fear then what are you doing?, being grateful for what you have while you continue to chase what you want, the practice of gratitude, and where to find Brian --------------------------------------------------- Show notes: https://shruggedcollective.com/tbs-muka --------------------------------------------------- Please support our sponors: @organifi - www.organifi.com/shrugged to save 20%   ► Travel thru Europe with us on the  Shrugged Voyage, more info here: https://www.theshruggedvoyage.com/ ► What is the Shrugged Collective?  Click below for more info: https://youtu.be/iUELlwmn57o ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged

Will Lanier (@truebluewill) has worked for the past decade as a CrossFit Coach and general manager for Brick New York, and has spent time working for other fitness organizations like Barry’s Bootcamp and 24 Hour Fitness. He’s now the founder of The Out Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to remove the barriers that block LGBTQ+ individuals access and participation in health, wellness and fitness to ensure their success through fun, inclusive fundraising events like OUTWOD and by providing health and fitness-related scholarships to LGBTQ youth.   Today is a fun walk down CrossFit memory lane, as well as peering into the future of the sport: Ashleigh chats with fellow CrossFit NYC OG Will Lanier about the early days of CrossFit in New York City, his work as a trainer who helped bring the Brick fitness franchise to the city, his experience as a gay man in CrossFit, and his current work as founder of The Out Foundation/ OUTWOD fundraising events, with a goal to increase inclusiveness and access to CrossFit for everyone including those in the LGBTQ community. We talk about transgender competitors in CrossFit and other sports, and why CrossFit is so unique in its ability to bring people together.   Enjoy! -Ashleigh   Minute Breakdown:   0 - 26 Intro to Will’s background at CrossFit NYC, becoming a trainer, the growth of CrossFit in New York and worldwide   26 - 44 How he came to start his foundation and what it’s about, what OUTWOD is, about the fun and learning that comes with creating your own community; why inclusiveness is important for everyone and why it doesn’t have to be political; what he learned working all the different types of fitness organizations from CrossFit to a more globo-gym environment   44 – A discussion on trans athletes competing in different sports from CrossFit to MMA, the complexity of the regulations, and why testosterone levels shouldn’t be the main determinant for who can compete in women’s categories ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/mmr-lanier ----------------------------------------------------------------------   ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged

Jen Widerstrom (@jenwiderstrom) is a personal trainer and fitness model. She is well known for her role of a trainer in the NBC’s long-running and hit series The Biggest Loser, replacing Jillian Michaels where she worked as a body coach and guided the participants through a well-planned exercise regime and also provided the required emotional support to them during their journey to a fitter body. Jen worked with the popular faces including Bob Harper and Jessie Pavelka.   Kenny Santucci (@kennysantucci) is Program Director & Creator of Body by Solace, a total conditioning program using bodyweight movements, kettlebells, Assault Bikes, rowers, and more. Kenny is a dynamic leader, who encourages clients through his no-bull approach to training. When training with Kenny, expect plenty of tough-love. He nicknames his class and clients ‘Team Beautiful’ because he encourages members to exude positivity in all facets of life.   In this episode of Barbell Shrugged, we talk about having a sanctioned event without a governing body for the sport of Crossfit, cheating the judges course, why having “Crossfit” in your gym name might not be good for business, the best feeling in sports and business, using your influence to lift others up, PEDs, and much more!   Enjoy! - Anders and Doug   Episode Breakdown ⚡️0-10: The CBD oil massage tent at Wodapalooza, opinions on CBD, and how can you say something is a sanctioned event if it doesn’t have a governing body?   ⚡️11-20: Cheating the judges course, qualifications for being a judge (does CF really care?), the problem with having the word Crossfit in front of your gym name, and becoming so successful that you can take care of your parents ⚡️21-30: The illusion your parents created during your childhood, Kenny’s first childhood memory, and how being on the microphone elevates conversation ⚡️31-40: Seeing a Starbucks across the street from ancient ruins, teaching entrepreneurial skills to your children,  being awarded for nothing, and one of the best feelings in sports and business ⚡️ 41-50: You can’t celebrate by yourself, how you get people to want to be part of something, using your influence to lift others up, and the future of Strong New York ⚡️51-60: Taking on others people energy, keeping yourself grounded, the image people put on vs. who they really are, and the life of service ⚡️61-70: How the personality of an event determines the size, the future of Wodapalooza, and why you should be looking back at coaching greatness ⚡️71-83: Ryan Fischer, PEDs, getting popped for taking C4, and what happens to your body when you take the juice   ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Show notes at: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/bbs-santucciwiderstrom ----------------------------------------------------------------------- @organifi - www.organifi.com/shrugged to save 20% @sunlighten:www.sunlighten.com "ShruggedCollective" for $200 off + free shipping @PerfectKeto - perfectketo.com/shrugged for 20% off   ► Subscribe to Barbell Shrugged's Channel Here ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged

This week's episode is all about programming.   Picking the right goal, manipulating frequency, volume, intensity, planning for adaptation, choosing mass or strength, making your exercises match your goals, how many days per week, sets and reps, tempo movements, rest breaks, gym programming, and much more...   This is probably one of my most passionate subjects and it’s what I’m known for around the world as an individual and a gym owner. It’s a lot of info to cram into 1 podcast, but I cover each point just enough to make you dangerous and understand what’s most important. No fluff, just the meat and potatoes. I hope you love it.   Enjoy! -Ryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/rc-fischer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/ barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged

Mark England (@markengland2020) has professionally coached thousands of clients worldwide using the power of words and stories for over a decade. He holds an BA in business and a Master’s in Education. Mark is the co-founder of Procabulary and is a lifelong personal development enthusiast.   In this episode of The Strong Coach we discuss Mark’s start in coaching, what’s held Mark’s attention throughout his career, why the best coaches are the best breathers, the secret to creating opportunities (hint: it’s not that complicated), the power of putting pen to paper, the biggest opportunity you can take advantage of right now, Mike and Mark’s new course, Enlifted, and much more.   Come join us at www.thestrongcoach.com   -Mike   Episode Breakdown:   ⚡️0-10: How Mark got his start in coaching, facing his fears to pursue his passion, how to overcome insecurities, opening yourself up to constructive criticism, what makes a coach great, and the experience of coaching a circus (kids swim class) ⚡️11-20: Focused conversation, what has held Mark’s attention throughout his career, why the best coaches are the best breathers, checking your personal life at the door, how to know what you need to show up well, and why you need to get reps under your belt to be a successful coach ⚡️21-30: The secret to creating opportunities (hint: it’s not that complicated), following the process, to get better things have to get a little weird, confidence vs. comfort, and one of Mark’s biggest goals ⚡️31-40: Shape yourself to the task, why you need to think in decades, being process oriented, and working to be a world class coach ⚡️ 41-50: The power of putting pen to paper, participating differently in the world, refining your rough draft, and speaking your ideas until they are matter of fact ⚡️51-60: Changing your identity, who is the person that achieves the thing, and changing what you believe about yourself ⚡️61-70: Emotional workshops, the power of practicing on yourself, breaking the macro level down to the micro level, and the biggest opportunity you can take advantage of right now ⚡️71-80: The creation of Mike and Mark’s new course, changing the lives of millions of people through the Enlifted course, and how to get early access to the Enlifted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/tsc-england --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged

This week on The Bledsoe Show Mike talks with old-school Barbell Business podcast host and two-time world-record-setting powerlifter AJ Roberts. He’s one of the few people in the industry with a very solid perspective on both business and training, and he’s one of our favorite speakers of all time. He gets it, and he’s great at helping other people get it, too.   In this episode we talk about the practice of making things unimportant, how cognitive dissonance is hijacking your life, why mediation without action is limiting your capacity, the new wave of intelligence, why people fill their spaces with stuff, how globalization is waking people up, how you can experience the greatest joy and sadness all at once, and much more.   Enjoy! -Mike   Episode Breakdown:   ⚡️0-10: The practice of making things unimportant, distracting ourselves from the reality of our lives, and re-evaluating what you’ve deemed as important ⚡️11-20: Be the example of what could be possible in this world, don’t exist in the system, build a new one next to it, and how cognitive dissonance is hijacking your life ⚡️21-30: Why meditation without action is limiting your capacity, the new wave of intelligence, the false reality of what’s important, and why does the richest person in the world start to give their money away? ⚡️31-40: Why people fill their spaces with stuff, learning your thought process and how you’ve been conditioned by your past, and how you can tap into your intuition ⚡️ 41-50: The amount of ways to communicate with others, the pressure to respond, ask yourself not what’s possible, but what’s sustainable, and what we’ve identified as the best path possible ⚡️51-60: What you want is there you just have to pay attention to it, why you should observe your own behavior, and the subscription society ⚡️61-70: Operating from the mindset of scarcity vs. abundance, the creation of new problems, and how the narrative changes but human behavior doesn’t ⚡️71-80: How globalization is waking people up, why AJ thinks that time has collapsed, and the movie Inside Out ⚡️81-90: The only real pain and suffering in the world, how you can experience the greatest joy and sadness all at once, the creation that results from the peaks and valleys of life, and why the roller coaster is what makes life worth living ⚡️91-103: Kids give you more than you could ever give them, no vs. stop, and how everything already points back to what you have inside yourself   --------------------------------------------------- Show notes: https://shruggedcollective.com/tbs-roberts --------------------------------------------------- Please support our sponors: @organifi - www.organifi.com/shrugged to save 20%   ► Travel thru Europe with us on the  Shrugged Voyage, more info here: https://www.theshruggedvoyage.com/ ► What is the Shrugged Collective?  Click below for more info: https://youtu.be/iUELlwmn57o ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged

Koreena King (aka Koko) has been in the bodybuilding world for less than a decade, but has made a name for herself in her native Ontario with her in-depth knowledge of the bodybuilding world, as well as her posing coaching and competition makeup skills. She’s worked as a posing coach and makeup artist in the industry for years.     We’re all a part of the social media community, consuming and observing trends, online behavior, and interaction. The fitness community online can be especially harsh, with plenty of judgement to go around (from your form, to the way you look, to the validity of your accomplishments, and more). But have you ever stopped to think about how you would feel if a picture of you went viral, shared on dozens of accounts with tens of thousands of people commenting on your appearance? My guest today, Koreena King, is a bodybuilder who dealt with this very thing. We discuss what it’s like to get hundreds of comments and messages a day (many of them kind, but many of them extremely abusive), what it’s like to look different from the “typical norm” even within the bodybuilding community and how to maintain a strong sense of self in an increasingly superficial online world, and we deep dive into women’s bodybuilding in general: the different categories, what it’s like to train and compete, drug use, and much more.   Enjoy! -Ashleigh   Minute Breakdown: 6 – 29 A chat about competitive women’s bodybuilding: different categories, conditioning, competition, judging, and posing   29 - 42 – Koko’s personal journey with competition prep, diet, experience with contest prep drugs or “gear” like Anavar, Winstrol and others, including side effects   42 - 56 - Koko’s story about her picture going viral, and how she dealt with it being shared dozens of times and commented on by tens of thousands of people; a larger discussion about the psychology behind social media   56 – How we can develop a strong sense of self offline in an industry (and world) where we live so much of our lives on social media; and how to develop empathy for people on social media, even the ones leaving nasty comments! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/mmr-king ----------------------------------------------------------------------   ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged

Chris Hinshaw specializes in aerobic capacity coaching and programming for CrossFit athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and sports specialists.   Hinshaw has successfully coached 28 CrossFit Games champions and his athletes have filled more than 38 podium spots since 2013.   A former All American swimmer and an experienced professional triathlete with 10 Ironman finishes with 7 Ironman’s in Kona, Hawaii.  His top international finishes include a 2nd place overall finish at the Hawaiian Ironman World Championships, 2nd place overall finish at the Ironman World Championships in Canada, and a 1st place overall finish at Ironman Brazil.  He has been a CrossFit athlete since 2008.   CrossFit Headquarters selected Coach Chris as their Subject Matter Expert (“SME”) in Aerobic Capacity.  He specializes in endurance coaching for the CrossFit athlete. Hinshaw is a founding partner of Brute Strength as well as former NorCal CrossFit coach from 2012-2018. He currently shares his coaching and endurance programming through aerobiccapacity.com and travels the world to teach his coaching methodology via his CrossFit Specialty Course: Aerobic Capacity.   He is the endurance coach to hundreds of athletes that range from the day-to-day fitness enthusiast looking to efficiently and effectively improve their aerobic fitness to professional surfers, Olympians, and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu World Champions to more than three-dozen podium athletes & teams since the 2013 CrossFit Games including Mat Fraser, Rich Froning, Jason Khalipa, Katrin Daviosdottir, Tia Clair Toomey, Kara Webb, Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, Sara Sigmundsdottir, and Julie Foucher.     In this episode of Barbell Shrugged, we talk with Hinshaw about delivering on the opportunities you get, coaching world class athletes, how to train swimming with Crossfit athletes, his first fight with Rich, the true job of a coach, special “tricks” Hinshaw uses to develop a competitors mindset, and much more.   Enjoy! - Anders and Doug   Episode Breakdown: ⚡️0-10: Airport delays, the best only focus on what they can control, delivering on the opportunities you get, and coaching world class athletes ⚡️11-20: Fraser’s near death experience in the water, how to train swimming with Crossfit athletes, and how to utilize adrenaline in swim workouts ⚡️21-30: “The Fear of Drowning” workout, what swimming is really about, Chris’s first fight with Rich, and should you breath in or out before swimming across the pool? ⚡️31-40: What’s the purpose of what you’re doing?, what Chris recommends you do to learn how to kick properly, compressing the amount of learning time for people, identifying the inefficient link in an athlete, and building muscular endurance for swimming ⚡️ 41-50:  The job of a coach is to make athletes competent, contact in swimming and the panic that causes, why Chris likes to “accidentally on purpose” hit his athletes in the swimming pool, maximizing your athletes adaptation, knowing why you’re doing what you’re doing in order to show your athletes why this is the most valuable use of their time,  and communicating with your athletes in a way that has value to them ⚡️51-60: How a coach can teach athletes the competitors mindset and utilizing limited  training time to maximize Crossfit athletes aerobic capacity ⚡️61-70: Haley Adams jumps on the mic, how Chris trains teen Crossfit athletes and what he sees as the best use of their time, practicing race pace to prime your body for the actual race, is your limiting factor absolute strength or muscular endurance? How do you continue to make adaptations in athletes with high training ages?   ⚡️71-80: What variance means to Chris, how to get into road biking, and the importance of the crossover effect ⚡️81-90: Coaching mastery in your fitness domain, creating independent athletes, the sure fire way to burn yourself and your athletes out, what the only true benchmark in coaching is, and as a coach how you fit into the puzzle ⚡️91-100: Where Chris see’s room for growth in his coaching journey, a workout you can do when you’re looking for a new experience, getting athletes to take ownership of their training, and why recovery is king ⚡️101-110: What your priority should be in training, training for the average person, developing a broad range of ability and utilizing proper time domains to get there, and the core population of Crossfit ⚡️111-124:  The time Chris almost made Rich a quadrapledric, why you probably don’t truly want to compete at the Crossfit Games, worldwide reactions to the recent changes in Crossfit, chasing passion and excellence over money, the value of creating a worldwide brand, the community down in Cookeville, TN, and where you can find Chris and Haley.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Show notes at: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/bbs-hinshaw ----------------------------------------------------------------------- @organifi - www.organifi.com/shrugged to save 20% @sunlighten:www.sunlighten.com "ShruggedCollective" for $200 off + free shipping   ► Subscribe to Barbell Shrugged's Channel Here ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. 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In this week's episode I sit down with a fan boy named Herky Garcia (@herkygarcia). Herky emailed me back in 2015 to work and train at my gym. I said no. He continued to stay persistent and even came down for a visit one weekend and asked me again in person. I said no again. Eventually he decided to just move to Orange County and gamble on this dream of working out at CHALK and hanging out with one of his idols (me). Fast forward to today and he not only has a job here, but we consistently have sit downs where I give him motivating talks and try to teach him as much as I can. The reason I think this show is so great is because like Herky, there’s a ton of people out there reaching out to their idols and trying to make a move like this. In this episode Herky tells me how he had several living situation mishaps while being here including a few weeks where he slept in his car and even the gym. He asks me questions that he’s always wanted to know and I also answer a few questions off of social media. If you’ve ever been a fan of me or anyone else in this space and wondered what it would be like to drop everything and move, then this is the show for you.   Enjoy! -Ryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/rc-garcia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please support our sponsors: @sunlighten:www.sunlighten.com "ShruggedCollective" for $200 off + free shipping   ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe 📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here- http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals.  Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini. We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast. Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/ barbellshruggedpodcast TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged