Beyond Strength Show

On this weeks episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about what’s working for them right now with regard to training, nutrition, and recovery! 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! ✌️

On this weeks episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd discuss the “controversy” of mobility assessments and moving with good form in the gym. That is, after we get through about 24 minutes of absolutely ridiculous banter (as always)… Enjoy! Want to read the accompanying blog? https://www.bspnova.com/building-resilience-how-mobility-tests-enhance-your-strength-training/ 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! ✌️

Strength matters, you know this, I know this, hell, I bet your Aunt Edna from Altoona, Iowa knows this. But here’s the thing, lots of strength with lots of body weight isn’t the best thing for you. Have a look at the general health of powerlifters and strongman competitors. They ain’t too healthy. Relative strength, on the other hand, is powerful stuff. It’s foundational to health, performance, and longevity.  In this episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about… wait for it… relative strength! Want to read the accompanying blog? https://www.bspnova.com/relative-strength-what-it-is-why-we-test-it-and-how-to-build-it/ 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! ✌️

In this episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about a training secret and, I mean, I guess that’s all we can say. You’ll have to listen to discover what exactly it is… and then you can’t tell ANYONE. 🤫 Want to watch the video we reference? Here you go: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwfbGDjreTP/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Here’s the link to the Precision Nutrition article about adherence we referenced: https://www.precisionnutrition.com/body-transformation-research 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! ✌️

In this episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about a new challenge that Todd has decided to take on, and the conversation goes to some really interesting and unexpected places. To be honest, this one was supposed to be about organizing your training week, but that’s just the final 10:00. But trust us, there are still some great nuggets in there as well. But if you really want to dig into more on that, be sure to check out this weeks blog: www.bspnova.com/how-to-plan-a-training-week-to-build-strength-and-endurance/ Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: www.instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength Follow Chris’s Threads training journal for his upcoming 50-miler here: 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!! Want a free week? Shoot us a message through the chat box in the lower right corner of our website! Talk soon! ✌️

In this episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about some wacky shit up front (as always), before diving into their experiences of running with a metronome, how Chris is experimenting with programming changes for his upcoming 50-miler (ultra), and other randomness. No new blog this week, but dig into the archives here: https://www.bspnova.com/blog/ 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 Now you have TWO options 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!! Want a free week? Shoot us a message through the chat box in the lower right corner of our website! Talk soon! ✌️

Have you ever been injured, felt discomfort, or experienced pain with your physical pursuits and felt like you were going to have to stop training? Maybe even lose all of your progress? In this episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about dealing with pain, discomfort, and injuries, providing you with some mindset strategies, people you can reach out to, and other tips to help you keep pressing on towards your goals. As a bonus we get into a little back and forth about whether or not you should look at and react to your readiness daily via things like Oura, EightSleep, Whoop, Garmin, etc. Todd and Chris don’t necessarily see eye to eye on this one, but their strategies seem to work for themselves. If you’ve ever felt stressed by this stuff, you’ll dig this little bonus! Read the accompanying blog: https://www.bspnova.com/mindset-for-training-with-injuries-or-limitations/ 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 Now you have TWO options 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!! Want a free week? Shoot us a message through the chat box in the lower right corner of our website! Talk soon! ✌️

Ever achieve your goals and go… now what? 🤔 Or feel like you’re just training, but without a clear purpose? In this episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about a time where they were both struggling with training motivation, and how they navigated it to get where they are today. Read the accompanying blog: https://www.bspnova.com/life-beyond-your-gym-goals/ 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 Now you have TWO options 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!! Want a free week? Shoot us a message through the chat box in the lower right corner of our website! Talk soon! ✌️

Sure you’ve heard of consistency—everyone’s talking about that—but what about continuity? In this weeks episode Chris and Todd break down the what and the how of the two most important training variables. Many folks think in terms of workouts. They want to do a HIIT workout. Or they search the internet or magazines for a strength workout. Then they do a HIIT workout one day and a strength workout another day. On yet another day they might go for a run. But it’s all discombobulated because they were thinking small. They thought only about the individual workouts and not how workouts string together in a meaningful way to create a program. That program should fit into a bigger string of programs that composes a year-round training plan. This, sports fans, is how you create training continuity. You think big about training rather than small. You think about how each training day fits with the others. And then how each program leads to the next program so you’re doing the right things at the right time. It’s akin to thinking long-term and seeing the big picture. Follow Chris’s Threads training journal here: https://www.threads.net/@chrisbeyondstrength Read the accompanying blog and watch Cory’s video: https://www.bspnova.com/the-most-important-fitness-variables-consistency-and-continuity/ Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength Aaaaaaand now you have TWO options 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 a FREE week? Shoot us a DM on instagram or through the chat box at www.bspnova.com. Talk soon! ✌️

“About halfway back, I was in real trouble. My vision blurred and I could walk for 10 or 15 minutes at a time.” During the newest podcast episode, Todd tells a story about something pretty stupid that he did while rucking. The damn fool could have kilt hisself! He and Chris also share some solid rucking tips. Ready to join Beyond Strength? Now you have TWO options: Locals: Sign up for your FREE intro at www.bspnova.com 🎁 Remote: Hybrid Athlete Coaching is launching now!! www.bspnova.com/hybrid-athlete/