We’re seeing hyper specificity in sports training when people should be building up resiliency and strength. Doing the sport already trains you to do that sport. Engaging in hyper specificity could lead to greater imbalance and more injuries. In this episode of RX’D Radio, our special guest, Dr. Clementina Russo, talks about the importance of intention in program design. Intention plays a big role when it comes to training. Where we want to be, influences the choices we will make. Dr. Clementina shares where her choices have led her and discusses with the guys the problem that happens when people who don’t have the knowledge and experience go around telling people what to do. It’s about time we think more deeply why we’re lifting weights and doing squats. Is your program helping you to reach your goal? What is your end goal? If you want to level up your exercise programming, don't forget to subscribe and tune in to RX'D Radio! About Our Guest Dr. Clementina Russo is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Pre-Script. She is a PhD physicist and a general problem solver. Clementina is a competitive Master’s Olympic Weightlifter, and the Operations Wizard behind the Pre-Script curtain. Connect with Dr. Clementina Russo through her Instagram account. What We Discussed In This Episode Hyper specificity in strength and conditioning for sports What off-season training should be Intention in program design Focusing on the training system versus skill development Designing for stability and symmetry The end goal of program design The advantage of having the right genes and the cerebral approach to programming The desire for continuous learning The importance of getting the experience  Life trajectories and the matter of choice The difference between skill or habits and intention The problem with giving direction without knowing the way Get moving! For strength training, health, and injury prevention, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, don’t forget to subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Sign up to our mailing list at www.pre-script.com to get updates on new programs. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram.

No one likes to learn base principles anymore. Social media has made it easy for people to just watch a YouTube video on lifting and do it themselves. Skill acquisition is fundamental in the mastery of any craft. To prevent injury, you need to have knowledge of the marriage between movement, anatomy, and physiology.  In this episode, Shallow and Jiunta have a chat with Killian Hamilton and go over the different stages of skill acquisition. They talk about the importance of having a deep understanding of any craft, the loss of respect for lifting, and specialization as a valuable skill. We get a bird’s eye view of the interplay of learning and application. If you want to get a deeper understanding of mastering the art of lifting, make sure to tune in to RX'D Radio for the detailed discussion! About Our Guest Killian Hamilton is the head coach of Pre-Script in Canada. He is a competitive powerlifter and strength coach. Having competed and coached athletes at the National and World level, he believes that at its core, strength is a skill, and acquiring that skill is paramount in the pursuit of performance. Connect with Killian Hamilton: Killian Hamilton’s Instagram Killian Hamilton’s Twitter Killian Hamilton’s Facebook What We Discussed In This Episode The stages of skill acquisition and mastery Mastery of lifting involves having command of your muscles and understanding anatomy and physiology Mastering an art by understanding base principles The current state of lifting The stream of bad information and loss of respect for the craft Going deep into a specialty as a transferable skill The power of visualization on motor learning Behaviors over results The effect of program design on progress Oversimplification of the process of improving Get moving. For strength training, health, and injury prevention, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, don’t forget to subscribe and tune in to our podcast. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram.

Social media has made it easy for anyone to claim that they’re strength coaches or business owners or whatever title they can think of that they are not qualified for. While some people spend years of study and practice before they would even promote themselves like that, more and more people are spreading wrong information online that could potentially lead to injury. In today’s episode of RX’D Radio, Shallow and Jiunta talk about treating low back pain by looking at biomechanics, function, and psychology. They both express their irritation towards so-called strength coaches who use their bias and influence to promote outdated practices. This makes it important for real coaches to step up and challenge those people spreading misinformation. This episode gives a powerful call to action for leaders who have the experience and desire to help others to get out there. If you want to level up your exercise programming, don't forget to subscribe and tune in to RX'D Radio! What We Discussed In This Episode The good and bad side of social media The difference between impact and influence over people People’s obsession with getting followers Outdated dogma promoted on social media The right way of treating low back pain Looking at injuries by addressing biomechanics and psychology Exercise and overcoming the fear of pain Dysfunction and injury Intervention based on knowing the anatomy and biomechanics The end goal of helping people versus getting credit Leadership as trusting your experience and fighting against misinformation The value of a perspective based on experience Get moving. For strength training, health, and injury prevention, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, don’t forget to subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Sign up to our mailing list at www.pre-script.com to get updates on new programs. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram.

In this new episode of RX'D Radio, Shallow takes a backseat, and Jiunta is back on the show to help you attain your fitness goals. He’s here to answer some of your questions and concerns, focusing on the prevention of injury, weightlifting and, of course, steak. Make sure to tune in for some insight into some new Pre-Script programming content in the works! For more detailed tips and advice, subscribe and tune in now to RX'D Radio! Q and A with Dr. Jordan Jiunta Is it common to experience pain in the lower back when deadlifting? When are you going to do a lifting clinic for barbell movements? What is your favorite accessory movement to get explosive hip contact? When teaching someone to snatch, do you start with hangs or pulls first? What is the best exercise to fix a weak left glute and right lat sling, post the oblique sling? Is there a way to combine Olympic lifts and power lifts into a program, and make decent progress? Tips for "jumping" under the bar? Do you prefer free-range, dry age, or wagyu style rib-eyes? When bracing for the jerk, do you Valsalva against the belt, or cue pulling in the belly? With sore inner thighs after Sumo deadlifts, how would you identify the issue and work to fix it? Do you see value in isometric holds in the snatch position overhead for non-Olympic lifters? What are the best exercise drills for a more upright torso in the squat? Persisting quad tendon pain after quitting training for six months How do you prevent rubbing hands on the grip during total bar attempts? And many more. Want to learn more about weightlifting, health, and overall fitness? Check out our official website, Youtube channel, Instagram, and podcast. You can also connect with me through my Instagram account: @redwiteandjordan

Progressive overload is a fundamental fitness principle. To build strength and mass, you need to gradually increase the intensity, frequency, or volume of your routine. The same principle applies when facing adversity and going through hard times.  In this episode, we are joined by William Elliott and Killian Hamilton. William talks about dealing with a genetic cardiovascular disease since childhood, powerlifting, and finding fulfillment in helping other people. His perspective on adversity and resilience enables him to live life and do the things he enjoys. This episode offers an inspiring outlook on life’s struggles and helping others. If you wish to find strength amidst life’s adversities, make sure to tune in to RX'D Radio for the detailed discussion! Resources: The works of Albert Camus Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl If This Is A Man by Primo Levi What We Discussed In This Episode The subjectiveness of pain and how you can build your tolerance Muscle Bill’s battle with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia Learning to put things in perspective and becoming resilient Philanthropy: finding fulfillment in helping others How to move forward Determining and setting your goals The benefits of a safe space and positive self-talk Looking back and drawing on the rough times About William Elliott William “Muscle Bill” Elliott was born with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, a rare condition characterized by the inability to get rid of “bad cholesterol.” He had a triple bypass at the age of eight, and he has to make weekly visits to the hospital to have his blood filtered. His condition hasn’t stopped Muscle Bill from competing in powerlifting meets and finding a way to help people through his story. Connect with Muscle Bill on  Instagram. Get moving. For strength training, health, and injury prevention, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram. For more episodes, don’t forget to subscribe and tune in to our podcast. You can also follow Dr. Jordan Shallow and Dr. Jordan Jiunta on Instagram.

To be a competitive athlete, choosing your weightlifting coach is critical. You would like to improve your strength and conditioning and learn the proper lifting techniques from a skilled coach who fully understands the athletic experience. A good coach is someone who has a competitive experience and a genuine understanding of weightlifting training programming.  In today's episode of RX'D Radio, we're on the show with weightlifting coach Zack Telander to talk in detail about the world of weightlifting coaching as a profession. He also shares how he uses YouTube as a platform to provide informative content and to reach a wider audience. If you want to level up your training programming, don't forget to subscribe and tune in to RX'D Radio for the detailed discussion! About Our Guest Zack Telander is an outstanding coach in weightlifting, CrossFit, and to multiple sports at Texas A&M University and Northwestern University. Zack has a USAW-Level 2 coaching certification and is a weightlifting coach at Juggernaut Training Systems and Texas A&M. How Should Weightlifting Programming Look Like   Getting Into Weightlifting Zack grew up as an athlete in a very athletic home. Playing high school football drew him to the weight room. After graduating from the University of Vermont, he went to a CrossFit gym, and there he was inspired to be a coach. After he got his level one in CrossFit, he started to advance. In 2014, he started training with one of the coaches and did his first weightlifting meet. He eventually got his USAW-Level One and got a full-time job as a CrossFit coach. As a CrossFit coach, he was able to teach non-athletic people the "snatch, and the clean and jerk" on a high volume. The golden standard for getting into strength and conditioning is passing the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam. After passing the CSCS exam, he got an internship at Northwestern University and Texas A&M University. When he got into College Station, he started competing again on weightlifting and started personal training for profit. Using YouTube as a Platform In 2016, he started getting into YouTube. After a while, he started making and uploading CrossFit videos. After releasing his videos, a guy commented that there's no story in his content.  For Zack, he wanted to deliver his expertise and combat issues on the CrossFit community. He started writing and doing voice overs to try and give solutions to these problems. From 1,000 views, he has now reached almost 100,000 subscribers. Weightlifting Coaching as a Career He does remote coaching and coaching in-person. Physical coaching is essential for development. Actual interaction is critical in being a coach. Coaches have to know how to interact and how to calm people down. In terms of ROI, weightlifting coaching as a profession is always going to be relatively low. Most weightlifting coaches do it out of passion, but they have other sources of income. Remote Coaching and RPE You can get a lot stronger with low percentage squats. It's all about positioning and speed. Rate of perceived exertion or RPE is the rating on how hard you work. It's hard to perform a good rate with dynamic movements such as snatch, clean and jerk. Max Aita, the Head of Juggernaut Training Systems Weightlifting Coach, and Zack's mentor invented a scale for RPE. Zack, on the other hand, gives ranges with the eye. By following those rules, they can go as heavy or as light as they want. He uses these techniques to breed a culture in the gym and instill to people that he coaches. Ideal Movement The only real prescription for training is an ideal movement. Overload movements like poles or squats are heavier and more fatiguing than clean and jerk or snatch. There are many tricks you can do if your lifter is fatigued and is not feeling good instead of just putting in arbitrary percentages. When you introduce novelty, the person just forgets that they're lifting heavy. Periodization Models Block periodization: Working on one aspect of training; this can be (1) muscle building, (2) muscular endurance, and (3) strength. Concurrent periodization: Here, you're working on all three aspects, but you undulate the amount of intensity and load in each phase. Daily undulating periodization: If you stress the body, it needs time to recover. The real trick of programming is understanding how you can emotionally tap into the athlete without scaring them. Gauging System To gauge an athlete's performance, he watches them every day. The system is feedback; communicate consistently to athletes as a coach. Reporting fatigue is very hard for athletes, and it takes years of training to understand how to accurately and efficiently assess your own fatigue. You have to determine how many days you're going to implement stressors (e.g., very high intensities clean and jerk). As a coach, you have to see all the factors and what's happening and make the right adjustments unique to each athlete. Outlook on Programming Focus on the quality of the execution as the end goal. As an athlete, you have to take responsibility on how to regulate and make adjustments for yourself. You also have to be interested in experimenting, changing, and holding yourself accountable. Your coach is just there to guide you through all that. Zack works mostly with college students, and he realized they don't really understand a lot of these concepts. It is essential to be interested in the sport enough to learn about the simplest to the most complex terminologies. If athletes understand what they're getting into, they will not end up quitting. Subscribe to Zack's Patreon and have access to his programs for only $1. You can also reach him through Instagram or by sending him an email at coachzacktelander@gmail.com for coaching inquiries. Subscribe to his YouTube channel to learn more about his techniques. Want to learn more about weightlifting, health, and overall fitness? Check out our official website, Youtube channel, Instagram, and podcast. You can also connect with me through Instagram.

This episode of Pre-Script was brought to you buy @threepeicepapi PS-L1 Open Registration for January's class goes live on December 16th! Head over to www.pre-script.com  to get your name on the email list to be the first notified when the course goes live.  This sixteen-week course covers an in-depth curriculum centered around movement assessment, preparation, integration, and execution. Diving deep into functional anatomy and applied biomechanics. Giving coaches, clinicians, trainers, and athletes the edge when it comes to all things exercise. Today's episode may be the most iconic guest we've ever head. In a world full of influencers there is one man who has made a real impact. Building a brand that has touched all corners off the globe and helped the strongest athletes in the world get even stronger.  Dave Tate's relentless pursuit of knowledge mixed with his decades of experience in forging the strongest bodies in the world makes him one of the most formidable minds in the industry.  A true honor to have Dave share his wisdom.  Be sure to check out www.elitefts.com as well as on Instagram @underthebar

This episode is brought to you by www.pre-script.com for the best exercise programming avabilabe, go to pre-script and join the team today.  From warm-up to working set's Pre-Script has you covered.  In this very special episode of RX'D RADIO, we had the pleasure of getting highjacked by our very close friends, Dr. Stefi Cohen, Hayden Bowe, and Francesco Catalano. The brains behind Hybrid Performance nutrition.  The three of them walked us through the nuances of nutrition coaching and gave great insight on how to navigate the noise surrounding nutrition advice and social media.  For more about Hybrid Nutrition go to https://hybridperformancemethod.com/nutrition

This episode of RX'D RADIO is brought to you by www.Pre-Script.com , For the most complete exercise programming for Powerlifting, Hypertrophy, and Olympic Lifting head over to Pre-Script and join the team. He's back! Ian Kaplan, the smartest you've never heard of, which should be a household name by now, joins us to talk about successful habits in pursuing knowledge and deciphering fact from fiction.  Ian has an unmatched ability to sift through the bullshit and synthesize information in an unbiased way in the purest pursuit of truth. So many takeaways from this episode. Be sure to share and tag Ian on Instagram HERE 

This episode of RX'D RADIO is brought to you by www.pre-script.com , head over there now to sign up today for the most cerebral programming available in the realm of Powerlifting, Olympic Weightlifting, and Hypertrophy style programming.  Today we are joined by international Elite Powerlifter, Joe Sullivan. Joe has become a figurehead in the sport and outspoken member of the community.  Irreverant and unfiltered Joe talks about the struggles and burdens beyond the barbell. An insightful conversation from a cerebral athlete. With some great takeaway messages to be learned. For more, follow Joe on Instagram @joesullivanpowerlifter