
Beyond Strength Show
Beyond Strength, a training gym located in Northern Virginia, provides training and coaching that helps active people discover what their body is capable of, because life is better with strength and endurance.
Latest episodes

Feb 9, 2024 • 58min
HOW TO TRACK YOUR FITNESS PROGRESS I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
We all want to see the fruits of our labor, right? Why would we do anything, other than something that’s purely pleasurable, if we can’t eventually note measurable progress? Well, unless we are seeing measurable results, or we’re getting some kind of pleasure, we typically stop doing the thing. So, we need to give ourselves reasons to keep doing the thing.
Fitness progress can feel slow because, well, sometimes it is. However, sometimes you’re making progress and you don’t realize it because you just don’t know how to measure it. That’s especially true of progress with conditioning, particularly low and slow aerobic conditioning – something that we all need.
In today's episode, we'll outline a handful of ways that you can track your fitness progress to help you stay the course and also deepen your understanding of conditioning progress.
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength/
Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at https://www.bspnova.com/ 🎁
Talk soon! ✌️
Chris and Todd

Feb 2, 2024 • 1h 16min
HEART RATE ZONES FOR TRAINING I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
On this episode of The Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd discuss heart rate training zones. The physiological benefits of the different zones, the mental side of things, and dive into practical application with real-world training examples.
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength/
Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at https://www.bspnova.com/ 🎁
Talk soon! ✌️
Chris and Todd

Jan 27, 2024 • 1h 4min
HOW TO SET PHYSICAL GOALS IN 2024 I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
On this episode of The Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd discuss how to set physical goals in 2024, and they share their physical goals with you.
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength/
Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at https://www.bspnova.com/ 🎁
Talk soon! ✌️
Chris and Todd

Jan 6, 2024 • 58min
END OF YEAR RANDOMNESS I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
On this episode of The Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd look absolutely horrendous and talk through random subjects to close out the year. You'll laugh, you'll have some deep shit to think about, and you'll get a list of our favorite books we each read this year.
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram:
/ itsbeyondstrength
Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at www.bspnova.com 🎁
Talk soon! ✌️
Chris and Todd

Dec 22, 2023 • 1h 8min
WHAT WE LEARNED IN 2023 I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
On this episode of The Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd discuss what they’ve learned in 2023… and YOU get to walk away with two killer tools to plan your 2024 (among other things, of course).
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength
Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at www.bspnova.com 🎁
Talk soon! ✌️
Chris and Todd

Dec 2, 2023 • 45min
Bus Bench VS Park Bench Workouts
On this episode of The Beyond Strength Show, the guys discuss how you can approach training when you don't have a date-stamped goal through the lens of some wonky stuff that Chris has been dealing with lately.
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength
Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro to Beyond Strength Gym at www.bspnova.com 🎁
Talk soon! ✌️
Chris and Todd

Nov 25, 2023 • 60min
What's worth wanting?
People chase all kinds of "things" in their lives... but what's worth wanting?
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength
Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at www.bspnova.com 🎁
Talk soon! ✌️
Chris and Todd

Nov 18, 2023 • 1h 2min
The $10,000,000 Question
What would it take for you to give up your passions? To give up years of your life? Today’s episode explores how asking yourself, or others, a simple question can lead to some deeper understanding of what’s important (or not).
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength
Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at www.bspnova.com 🎁
Talk soon! ✌️
Chris and Todd

Oct 13, 2023 • 30min
Performance Testing for Tier One Units
On this weeks episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about their recent experience with mobility, power, agility, strength, endurance, and recovery testing for tier one operators.
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength
Follow Chris’s Threads training journal for his upcoming 50-miler here: https://www.threads.net/@chrisbeyondstrength
Ready to join Beyond Strength:
1️⃣ Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at www.bspnova.com 🎁
2️⃣ Remote: Hybrid Athlete Coaching is launching now!! Interested in learning more? Shoot us a message through the chat box in the lower right corner of our website!
Talk soon! ✌️

Oct 3, 2023 • 43min
How to change up your training throughout the year
On this weeks episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about Beyond Strength’s seasonal approach to developing different capacities in (and out) of the gym.
Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength
Follow Chris’s Threads training journal for his upcoming 50-miler here: https://www.threads.net/@chrisbeyondstrength
Ready to join Beyond Strength:
1️⃣ Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at www.bspnova.com 🎁
2️⃣ Remote: Hybrid Athlete Coaching is launching now!! Interested in learning more? Shoot us a message through the chat box in the lower right corner of our website!
Talk soon! ✌️