RX'D Radio

The hosts tackle the misconception of GPP as a permanent training identity, emphasizing that real coaching calls for personalization and specificity. They critique the absolutism of typical GPP beliefs, likening it to wearing off-the-rack suits. The discussion highlights GPP's role in periodization, advocating for performance-based transitions over arbitrary calendar shifts. They stress the importance of assessment to tailor training, and the need for motor learning to prevent stagnation. Ultimately, targeted training is vital for achieving hybrid goals.

Discover four essential movement patterns designed to keep you active for life. Learn the importance of functional training over isolation exercises and how sport-specific routines can limit your movement capacity. Dive into the benefits of the dumbbell walking lunge, B-stance RDL, isometric lunge cable press, and the contralateral high cable pulldown. Plus, get tips on programming these movements alongside output work for optimum results. Get ready to move better and achieve lifelong fitness!

If you could only pick one exercise per muscle group, what would actually make the cut? Shallow breaks down the best exercises, not in isolation, but in the context of a full balanced program. He also dives into stability demands and global movement patterns so every lift supports the next. Enrollment for PSL1 Closes in 5 Days! Sign Up Now. https://www.pre-script.com/psl1 FREE Coach's Field Guide: https://www.pre-script.com/coachs-field-guide We've got a new sponsor! Marek Health is a health optimization company that offers advanced blood testing, health coaching, and expert medical oversight. Our services can help you enhance your lifestyle, nutrition, and supplementation to medical treatment and care. https://marekhealth.com/rxd Code RXD Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ® Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com. For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Also, make sure to sign up to our mailing list at www.pre-script.com to get the first updates on new programming releases. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram! Dr. Jordan Shallow: https://www.instagram.com/the_muscle_doc/ Dr. Jordan Jiunta: https://www.instagram.com/redwiteandjordan/

This lively discussion tackles the latest fitness trends, from run clubs to peptides and HYROX. The hosts debate whether run clubs serve more as social mixers than serious training. They stress the importance of professionalism in coaching, emphasizing accountability for client results. A focus on delivering an exceptional client experience emerges as vital, along with the value of peer recognition in the coaching world. The conversation encourages trainers to shift their mindset and treat personal training as a legitimate career.

Explore how training data should inform nutrition choices instead of seeing them as separate issues. Discover why popular diets like keto and veganism can be effective by providing structure and support. Understand the emotional challenges of dieting and the importance of personal experience in making dietary changes. Learn to track performance metrics to optimize nutrition and why calories are essential for high performance. The hosts emphasize that being lean and strong is a skill that develops over time, influenced by age and established habits.

Shallow and Jiunta are officially DONE letting boomers run the airwaves. This episode starts with a full on assault on the podcast rankings, dives into how belly breathing destroys both position and power and they dismantle one of the worst takes floating around: "You can PR your deadlift or pick up your grandkids, not both." PSL1 Registration is now LIVE. Sign up Now At https://www.pre-script.com/psl1 FREE Coach's Field Guide: https://www.pre-script.com/coachs-field-guide We've got a new sponsor! Marek Health is a health optimization company that offers advanced blood testing, health coaching, and expert medical oversight. Our services can help you enhance your lifestyle, nutrition, and supplementation to medical treatment and care. https://marekhealth.com/rxd Code RXD Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ® Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com. For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Also, make sure to sign up to our mailing list at www.pre-script.com to get the first updates on new programming releases. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram! Dr. Jordan Shallow: https://www.instagram.com/the_muscle_doc/ Dr. Jordan Jiunta: https://www.instagram.com/redwiteandjordan/ Standing Hostility (00:00:00) Podcast Charts & Boomer Demographics (00:02:10) Subscribe or the Boomers Win (00:10:30) The Squat = Car Door Hot Take (00:07:50) Breathing vs Bracing (00:13:00) Deadlift vs Grandkids Rant (00:23:30) Why Belly Breathing Is Bullshit (00:48:20) 900lb Breathing Limits (00:57:50) Raising the Floor vs Raising the Ceiling (01:00:10) Skill vs Fear-Based Coaching (01:33:00)

Jiunta takes a deep dive into the three most common sources of low back pain: muscle and ligament strain, disc herniation, and age-related spinal "degeneration." He breaks down how to recognize each, what tissue healing actually looks like, and how to train or coach through them. PSL1 Registration is now LIVE. Sign up Now At https://www.pre-script.com/psl1 FREE Coach's Field Guide: https://www.pre-script.com/coachs-field-guide We've got a new sponsor! Marek Health is a health optimization company that offers advanced blood testing, health coaching, and expert medical oversight. Our services can help you enhance your lifestyle, nutrition, and supplementation to medical treatment and care. https://marekhealth.com/rxd Code RXD Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ® Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com. For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Also, make sure to sign up to our mailing list at www.pre-script.com to get the first updates on new programming releases. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram! Dr. Jordan Shallow: https://www.instagram.com/the_muscle_doc/ Dr. Jordan Jiunta: https://www.instagram.com/redwiteandjordan/ Intro (00:00:00) Why Low Back Pain Is So Common (00:03:33) Three Buckets We'll Cover (00:04:20) Strain/Sprain, What's Happening (00:04:46) How It Feels: Guarding, Spasm, Local Pain (00:06:18) Strain vs. Disc: Local vs. Radiating (00:08:47) Managing Strains: "Rest" Done Right (00:10:15) Progressing Load Over 6–12 Weeks (00:11:28) Compensations & Early Parasympathetic Work (00:13:08) Listening to Subjective Feedback (00:15:40) Disc Herniation: Mechanism & Anatomy (00:19:35) Why Nerve Symptoms Hit Hard (00:23:46) Acute Management: Bias, ROM, Relief Positions (00:26:04) Core Bracing & McGill-Style Progressions (00:29:54) Hips, Rotation & Taking Load off Lumbar Spine (00:31:06) "Degenerative" Changes Explained (00:34:46) When It Matters & Why Movement Protects (00:37:14) Program Priorities (00:39:18) The Playbook (00:41:18)

After 15 years in the fitness industry, Eric Bugera shares hard-earned lessons on balancing career growth, family, and personal health. We dive into setting boundaries, navigating burnout, redefining progress, and how trainers can build a sustainable career without losing themselves in the grind. https://www.instagram.com/ericbugera/ PSL1 Registration is now LIVE. Sign up at www.pre-script.com/psl1 FREE Coach's Field Guide: https://www.pre-script.com/coachs-field-guide We've got a new sponsor! Marek Health is a health optimization company that offers advanced blood testing, health coaching, and expert medical oversight. Our services can help you enhance your lifestyle, nutrition, and supplementation to medical treatment and care. https://marekhealth.com/rxd Code RXD Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ® Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com. For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Also, make sure to sign up to our mailing list at www.pre-script.com to get the first updates on new programming releases. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram! Dr. Jordan Shallow: https://www.instagram.com/the_muscle_doc/ Dr. Jordan Jiunta: https://www.instagram.com/redwiteandjordan/ Wellness Check with Eric Bugera (00:00:00) Boundaries and Saying No (00:01:27) From Burnout to Balance (00:05:14) Life Stressors and Big Moves (00:07:10) Efficiency, Bandwidth, and Overcommitment (00:08:12) Moving, Parenting, and Overload (00:10:21) Finding Limits and Pulling Back (00:13:12) Online Coaching: Freedom or Trap? (00:15:16) Business Struggles and Early Lessons (00:26:10) Leveraging AI and Outsourcing Tasks (00:28:06) The Six-Figure Ceiling and Fear of Investment (00:31:18) Chasing Progress vs. Chasing Numbers (00:35:16) Offloading Media and Admin Work (00:37:37) Buying Back Time and Family Balance (00:40:06) The Mid-Career Trainer Dilemma (00:42:59) Projecting Five Years Forward (00:43:43) Longevity in a Young Industry (00:48:28) Career Evolution Beyond the Gym Floor (00:51:20)

Shallow and Bond unpack the post-covid coaching landscape: the rise of semi-private, where AI helps (and where it doesn't), and why professionalism and service beat fancy programming. We get practical on trainer development, tracking outcomes, managing expectations, retaining clients and mapping a real career from gym floor to ownership without the online noise. https://www.instagram.com/jonbondcoaching/ Join the PSL1 Waitlist Now For Our Only Course Discount. https://www.pre-script.com/psl1 FREE Coach's Field Guide: https://www.pre-script.com/coachs-field-guide We've got a new sponsor! Marek Health is a health optimization company that offers advanced blood testing, health coaching, and expert medical oversight. Our services can help you enhance your lifestyle, nutrition, and supplementation to medical treatment and care. https://marekhealth.com/rxd Code RXD Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ® Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com. For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Also, make sure to sign up to our mailing list at www.pre-script.com to get the first updates on new programming releases. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram! Dr. Jordan Shallow: https://www.instagram.com/the_muscle_doc/ Dr. Jordan Jiunta: https://www.instagram.com/redwiteandjordan/ Cold Open & Set-Up (00:00:00) Post-Covid Reality: Back to the Gym (00:01:56) Tech & AI: Useful, Not a Coach (00:03:13) Semi-Private Is Booming (00:04:08) Why People Still Want In-Person (00:04:42) Service Industry First, Fitness Second (00:09:08) Knowledge vs Application (00:09:57) Professionalism Beats Everything (00:11:07) Track Metrics or You're Guessing (00:24:13) Manage Expectations, Adjust Timelines (00:33:29) Retention, Results & Responsibility (00:36:26) Build Evidence, Not Excuses (00:45:06) Performance Mindset on the Floor (00:54:02)

Shallow and Jiunta go back to where it all started. From broke chiropractors with student debt to running podcast tours out of camper vans, they share the untold stories behind RX'D Radio's creation. This episode dives into the frustrations that fueled their message, the role of collaboration over competition, and why creating value, not clout, was always the foundation. Join the PSL1 Waitlist Now For Our Only Course Discount. https://www.pre-script.com/psl1 FREE Coach's Field Guide: https://www.pre-script.com/coachs-field-guide We've got a new sponsor! Marek Health is a health optimization company that offers advanced blood testing, health coaching, and expert medical oversight. Our services can help you enhance your lifestyle, nutrition, and supplementation to medical treatment and care. https://marekhealth.com/rxd Code RXD Don't miss the release of our newest educational community - The Pre-Script ® Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com. For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Also, make sure to sign up to our mailing list at www.pre-script.com to get the first updates on new programming releases. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram! Dr. Jordan Shallow: https://www.instagram.com/the_muscle_doc/ Dr. Jordan Jiunta: https://www.instagram.com/redwiteandjordan/ The Spark That Started RX'D (00:00:00) Meeting Up, Trading Ideas, and Early Struggles (00:05:30) Frustrations With the Fitness Industry (00:07:00) Collaboration Over Competition (00:09:30) Why Content Creation Was About Value, Not Clout (00:15:30) The Podcast Tour and Sleeping in Camper Vans (00:24:00) Landing Early Guests and Building Credibility (00:30:00) Value First: How to Think About Business Growth (00:40:00) Lessons That Still Hold True Today (00:52:00)