Nutrition & Training - Stcfit Coaches Corner

This week's special featured guest is Flex Success coach Dean McKillop! Instagram.com/DeanMcKillop Instagram.com/Flex_Success Flex Success 'Research Review' (30 days free): team.flexsuccess.com.au/research-review-page Nexus/Flex joint seminar: NexusPerformance.com.au/NexusFlexSeminar THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Things to expect before competing 10:00 2. N.E.A.T. vs. prescribed cardio 33:46 3. Utilise the body's complexity 43:35 4. Refeeds: How much? High/low fat? 1:00:55  Available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube & all your favourite podcasting apps. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's special featured guests are Dean McKillop (Flex Success) and Will Crozier (Nexus Performance)! Check out their joint seminar: FlexSuccess.com.au/Events NexusPerformance.com.au/NexusFlexSeminar THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Stress can be a hidden killer 13:22 2. Specificity comes at a cost 31:21 3. Being reactive as a coach 47:23 4. Being a 110KG powerlifter at 6% BF 58:30 5. Smelling salts and slaps are stupid 1:12:28 Available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube & all your favourite podcasting apps. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's special featured guest is Nexus Performance strength coach and accomplished powerlifter Will Crozier! We managed to snag Will fresh off his ProRaw XI win, and kept him caffeinated enough to reflect on his performance. Instagram.com/WCroz Instagram.com/NexusPerformance.Aus NexusPerformance.com.au/NexusFlexSeminar THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. ProRaw (Arnolds) 3 day recap 1:56 2. Overcoming missing 4 of 9 lifts 10:20 3. Form tweaks? Upcoming comps? 38:04 4. Going from 100KG to 125KG class 59:21  Available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube & all your favourite podcasting apps. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's special featured guest is STCfit head coach Aimee Louise! Instagram.com/AimeeLouiseSTCfit THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. We made the same mistakes you did 7:23 2. Why competing may not be for you 16:40 3. Top qualities of successful people 37:05 4. Experiences on vs. off “the pill” 1:00:30 5. Fitness fads we all used to follow 1:20:05 Available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube & all your favourite podcasting apps. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's special featured guest is Sami Rose! Instagram.com/SamiRoseFitness THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. What is empowerment & self love? 13:10 2. Attaching emotion to bodyweight 19:45 3. Receiving negativity on social media 47:35 4. Calling out B.S. on social media 58:49 5. Recent positive trends in fitness 1:02:03 Available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube & all your favourite podcasting apps. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Ep 49 is live! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Sleep hygiene - Importance of light 2. Timing carbs & protein in your day 3. Detoxes, gut health & food types 4. Eating less on non training days 5. Calorie undulating - When & why? Available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube & all your favourite podcasting apps. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Ep 48 is live! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Different approaches to strength 2. Specific adaptation to imposed demand 3. What makes a movement functional? 4. Importance of warmups specific to you 5. Being stressed affects your movement Available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube & all your favourite podcasting apps. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 47 is live! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Weekly food as cheap as possible 2. Groceries: Cost of money VS. time 3. What you need to eat VS. want to eat 4. Ben & Jason's budget / go-to staples 5. Creative ways to switch up your meals   As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's special featured guests are Jacob Schepis and Nyree from JPS Health & Fitness! Instagram.com/JPSHealth_Fitness Instagram.com/JacobSchepis_JPS Instagram.com/NyrizleManizle THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Why you maybe shouldn't compete 2. Potential dogma of "evidence-based" 3. What defines your value as a coach? 4. Flexible VS. rigid dieting for beginners 5. Why having a mentor is so valuable As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's special featured guest is Jordan Shallow! Instagram.com/The_Muscle_Doc https://www.Pre-Script.com https://www.MuscleCamps.com THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. You should aim to be a good teacher 2. Being mobile, then stable, then strong 3. The crossover of being jacked & strong 4. Are you weak or are you just unstable? 5. What you 'want' VS. 'need' to do As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's special featured guest is Ben Pakulski! Instagram.com/BPakFitness https://www.MI40nation.com https://www.MuscleCamps.com THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Progress in life, career, and family 2. Skill level, mechanics, and volume 3. The significance of mental focus 4. Trying to be smarter than your brain 5. The power of breath manipulation As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 43 is live! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Backhanded compliments 2. Happiness VS. fulfilment 3. What Ben & Jason learned in 2018 4. Emotional goal setting 5. How we plan to grow in 2019   As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's special featured guest is Luke Leaman from Muscle Nerds! Instagram.com/LukeLeaman Instagram.com/MuscleNerds_Health https://linktr.ee/musclenerds_health THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Why you should not track steps 2. What to measure past CMs and KGs 3. Create rituals rather than habits 4. Managing VS coping with stress 5. Further education - How? Why? As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 40 is live! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Kerwin Rae on intermittent fasting 2. How fat loss is actually achieved 3. Social media - When YOU'RE wrong 4. Tool for the job - Why diets work   As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 40 is live! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. How much volume gets you gains? 2. How specific to be (as a beginner) 3. The best rep range for hypertrophy 4. Intensifiers VS. Simply lifting more 5. Training differently for fat loss?   As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 39 is live! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. How personal should your program be? 2. Bro splits versus full body splits 3. Considering the athlete's personality 4. Bodybuilding for powerlifters? Y/N   As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 38 is live! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. When is the right time to compete? 2. What's wrong with group training gyms 3. How to sustainably have a varied diet 4. How you appear VS. What you present 5. Do you have to squat and deadlift?   As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 37 is live! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Ben's 1st powerlifting comp recap 2. Dealing with an injury 10 days out 3. Surrounding yourself with a team 4. Develop your own ritual / routine   As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's special featured guest is Luke Tulloch from Lucid Health! LucidHealthCoaching.com Instagram.com/LukeLucidHealth THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. How academic should a PT be? 2. How to start reading studies 3. Discerning high quality data 4. How important is energy balance? As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Our last QnA was huge! The first half was all things supplementation (Ep 33), and this week's episode is all things training related.   THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Do you need to train core to get abs? 2. Why you don't get stronger in a peak 3. How to get motivated to go and train 4. How to grow a bigger and stronger booty 5. Active recovery versus complete rest   As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!