Corporate Warrior: High Intensity Training And Hit Business

Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist and review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, is the New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Paleo Solution, and is a renowned expert in the field of ancestral health and fitness. Having been a former California State Powerlifting Champion, he coaches and consults with world-class athletes and Olympians in across a variety of sports, and he serves on the board of Directors/Advisors for Specialty Health Inc., Paleo f(x), and Paleo Magazine. Robb has also conducted seminars in nutrition, strength, and conditioning to a number of entities including NASA, Naval Special Warfare, the Canadian Light Infantry and the United States Marine Corps. His new book, Wired to Eat, comes out this year on March 8 in the UK, and on March 21 in the US - early birds can receive launch bonuses by pre-ordering the book here. Contact Robb Wolf: RobbWolf.com The Paleo Solution Podcast Robb on Facebook Robb on Twitter In this episode, we cover: Why it's harder to get into

James Fisher is one of the world’s top experts in strength and conditioning, and sport psychology. Besides being an accomplished academic researcher, he has also been a fitness professional, strength and conditioning coach, and the GB wheelchair basketball coach at the London 2012 games. He completed his BSc (Hons) Sport Science from University of Chester, his MSc Exercise Physiology from Manchester Metropolitan University, his PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from Southampton Solent University, and he holds a number of industry-based qualifications, notably the IFBB weight training prescription specialist, Head and Neck training specialist, and the Certificate in Applied Functional Sciences. His research has been presented across 4 continents, and this year he will be speaking at the Resistance Exercise Conference in Minnesota, USA in April of 2017 for the 5th straight year. Luke Carlson is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Besides speaking around t

Sunderland, England's own Tony Jeffries is a “world-class athlete-turned-businessman.” An extremely successful and motivated man, he has been actively training in gyms since the age of 10. He was a professional boxer, going undefeated at the highest levels of his sport. He is an Olympic Bronze Medalist, a seven-time National Champion of England, and much more! After an injury ended his professional career, he chose not to give up on his passion, but decided to channel it differently. He took his skills and ambition and started a new journey in LA, where he is exploring his new career as an entrepreneur. He is now the co-owner of two extremely successful Boxing gyms named Box ‘N Burn, that have been given the title as “California’s #1 Boxing and Fitness Gym.” He also runs the Box ‘N Burn Academy, which is the world’s leading boxing fitness and certification course, which provides an elite trainer certification course designed to educate personal trainers. Tony aspires to expand and open more gyms and continue

This is the first monologue with yours truly. A few weeks ago, I sent out a survey invite via social media to get your feedback on what you like and dislike about the podcast and your current challenges in fitness, business and lifestyle. In this episode, I share my thoughts on your most popular questions. In this episode, we cover: Your questions, answered! The most effective and sustainable diet for losing weight (and why) Training and exercising to stay lean, maintain muscle mass, and maximize gains What you need to know to become superhuman How to work smarter and become more productive Additional little tips and tricks you can use to get better results, and more! This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr. Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contributors include world class exercise experts like Drew Baye, Ellington Darden and Skyler Tanner. There are courses for both trainers a

Gary Taubes is an American science writer and the co-founder and senior scientific advisor of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). He is an award-winning science and health journalist, the author of Why We Get Fat and Good Calories, Bad Calories, and a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for the journal Science. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Esquire, and has been included in numerous "Best of…" anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing (2010). He has received three Science in Society Journalism Awards from the National Association of Science Writers. He is also the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. He has a master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University, and he lives in Oakland, California. Contact Gary: GaryTaubes.com Twitter Nutrition Science Initiative In this episode, we cover: Diet controversies - high-fat, low-carb diets versus high-carb, lo

Skyler Tanner is an exercise physiologist with more than 18 years of one on one training experience. In addition to being co-owner of Smart Strength, he lectures for World Instructor Training Schools, teaching future personal trainers the nuances of exercise science in practice. His work has  been featured on Fox and on the Prevention Magazine media network. In addition to being a high-level fitness and nutrition coach for nearly two decades, Skyler holds a Masters in Exercise Science and has lectured at the Ancestral Health Symposium 2011, The 21 Convention, and Paleo FX. Skyler’s talk Strength Training and the Biomarkers of Aging has been featured on Peak Fitness by Dr. Mercola. Want to hear more from Skyler? Check out my previous interviews with him here and here. Contact Skyler: Smart Strength Official Website Skyler's Personal Blog Skyler on Twitter Smart Strength on Twitter In this episode, we cover: Motivation, growing your business, and overcoming challenges Improving your health, avoiding injuries

Alex Fergus is a personal trainer who coaches some of Australia’s top executives, helping them look and feel amazing through natural lifestyle choices and combining ancestral protocols and modern-day science. He runs a successful personal training business and also manages several other businesses and projects successfully, such as RowFaster and Blue Blockers, on top of just having recently won the 2016 realFIT competition, which he prepared for using nothing but high-intensity training protocols. A former competitive rower, rugby player, powerlifter, and bodybuilder, Alex is ISSN Nutrition Certified, holds a Bachelor of Management Studies (hons), is Recomp Certified, and is a Superhuman Coach, just to name some of his accomplishments and qualifications. He has also authored three books: Ultimate Fat Loss, Increase Your Testosterone Naturally!, and The Ultimate Supplement Guide – all available individually, or in a health book bundle. Contact Alex: AlexFergus.com Email: alex [@] afcoaching.com.au Facebook Li

Tim is founder and owner/operator of Precision Fitness, Inc. He has personally been involved with exercise for 40 years and currently has over 33 years of professional work experience in the health and fitness field. Prior to starting Precision Fitness, Tim worked in a variety of settings and capacities ranging from fitness instructor/personal trainer in a Nautilus fitness center, to Fitness Director of a large, multipurpose medically based health and wellness center.   Tim earned a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise from Northern Illinois University. He has earned a number of nationally recognized fitness and personal training certifications over the years including: Health/Fitness Instructor with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM); Personal Trainer with the American Council on Exercise (ACE); MedX Exercise Technician with the University of Florida, Center for Exercise Science; and Master SuperSlow Instructor with the SuperSlow Exercise Guild (SSEG).   Tim also has extensive experience i

Richard A. Winett is an award-winning researcher, the Heilig Meyers professor of psychology at Virginia Tech, former director of both the Psychology Department’s Clinical Science program and the Center for Research in Health Behavior, and just as impressively, a life-long bodybuilder. Dr. Winett has published hundreds of articles and studies and has been heavily involved in research funded by many government agencies over the past decades, focused on the intersection of health psychology, personalized behavioral medicine, and public health, just to name a few of his areas of expertise. Of particular interest to us is his focus on resistance training and high-intensity and interval training. Contact Richard Winett: Virginia Tech profile Richardwinett@gmail[dot]com This episode covers: Richard's latest research and future projects How to effectively motivate your friends and family to start exercising and start losing weight Your questions, answered: Richard's exercise philosophy, his training regimen, exerc

Tom Church is the Amazon Best-selling author of Money’s Big Secret, How To Live For Free: The Definitive Guide, 101 Quotes from Great British Women: Wisdom, observations and jokes from inspirational thinkers, a life hacking blogger, a co-founder of the creative design group FullScream UK, a suit tailor, and he also just happens to be Britain’s Sexiest Man. Tom is an expert in finding the shortcuts to everything, like hacking Google to become Britain’s Sexiest Man and consequently being featured in the Daily Mail, The Mirror, The Metro, The Daily Star, The Lad Bible, Gizmodo and many more. He’s also the founder of London Startups – now one of London’s biggest networking organizations – and does the occasional guest lecture at universities. Prior to being the man of many talents, Tom built a successful career in corporate communications, or PR, for short. Fast forward to now, Tom has co-founded a new business venture called LatestDeals.co.uk. Contact Tom: TomChurch.co.uk Facebook Twitter This episode

Richard A. Winett was one of the first graduates from the clinical science program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, a program that for the last 45 years has been one of the top world-wide leaders for developing psychologists in research careers. Dr Winett is the Heilig Meyers professor of psychology and former director of the Clinical Science program, ranked 7 th of 153 doctoral clinical psychology program in research productivity in the US and Canada, and the Center for Research in Health Behavior, and has received Virginia Tech’s Alumni Award for Excellence in Research. Dr. Winett has published over 260 peer reviewed articles and has been the principal investigator of 17 research grants with research support of about $25 million funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies for 40 consecutive years. Dr. Winett has published over 260 peer reviewed articles and has been the principal investigator of 17 research grants with research support

Jay Vincent (Instagram/Facebook) is a High Intensity Training instructor operating his studio, 2020 Fitness, out of Albany, New York. He's also a professional fitness model and sponsored Muscletech Athlete and modelled for popular athletic clothing lines such as Under Armour and also appeared in small acting roles for Amazon.com. Jay's Muscletech ads have been featured in many popular fitness magazines including FLEX, Muscular Development, Muscle and Fitness, FitnessRx, Ironman and more. When he can find the time, Jay loves to answer your questions via Jayvincentfitness@gmail.com and also offers distance coaching services. Jay was an incredible guest. If you love HIT or just want to optimise your training, diet and habits for you and your clients, you will love this! Here's two of Jay's workout logs: Today's upper body split Each exercise is done with a 5-10 second lifting phase and 5-10 second lowering phase. 1 set of each exercise to muscular failure. - Arm cross - 1 set to failure Immediately followed by -

Stuart blogs on OCD and mental health issues. He is the founder of The OCD Stories, which he created to guide others towards recovery. In 2014, he released his debut book Challenge Yourself, I Dare You. When he is not trying to change the world, you can find him on the basketball court. Stuart is a very close friend of mine. We lived together during and after University and we have both helped one another to develop as human beings and as novice entrepreneurs. You will love this podcast if you are interested in one or more of the following: You are a new entrepreneur and you want to understand how to use social media and other platforms to grow your business and brand. You want to learn how to effectively balance your full-time job, side business, relationship(s), family, social life, etc. You want to learn how to prevent OCD and mental illness from stifling your drive and productivity. About Stuart: @stuartaralph Stuartralph.com About The OCD Stories: @theocdstories OCD Stories Facebook OCD Stories Ins

“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.” ― David Allen As this podcast expands from productivity in fitness to productivity in fitness, lifestyle and business, David Allen is the ideal guest to help launch this new wave of extremely helpful content to help make you more productive in all aspects of your life and help you fulfil your personal destiny. One of the world’s most influential thinkers on productivity, David Allen's (@gtdguy & Instagram - dallen45) 30 years experience as a management consultant and executive coach have earned him the titles of “personal productivity guru” by Fast Company and one of America’s top 5 executive coaches by Forbes Magazine. His bestselling book, the groundbreaking “Getting Things Done”, and his company, The David Allen Company, are dedicated to teaching corporations and individuals how to stay relaxed and productive in our fast paced world. The American Management Association ranked him in the top ten business leaders in 2014. See more from David here: Getti

Health and fitness expert, and former elite endurance athlete, Mark Sisson (@Mark_Sisson) is the bestselling author of The Primal Blueprint and one of the leading voices of the Evolutionary Health Movement. His blog, MarksDailyApple.com (over 1m visits per month), has paved the way for Primal enthusiasts to challenge conventional wisdom’s diet and exercise principles and take personal responsibility for their health and well-being. Mark’s efforts to promote primal living extend to a line of nutritional supplements, a book publishing company, a Primal Kitchen line with healthy mayonnaise, salad dressing, meal replacement and energy bar, and a healthy functional foods, and a burgeoning Primal Kitchen fast casual restaurant chain. Mark is a former elite endurance athlete, with a 2:18 marathon and a 4th place Hawaii Ironman finish. His new book Primal Endurance applies the primal eating and lifestyle principles to the challenge of endurance training—helping athletes overcome the common conditions of burnout and

Simon Shawcross (Simon[@]hituni.com) is the Founder and a Director of HITuni.com, the leading provider of online education in High Intensity Training and certification courses in HIT for personal trainers and those wanting to become personal trainers. As a Master Personal Trainer himself, specialising in High Intensity Training, Simon has the wealth of sixteen years experience working in the field and he has personally supervised over 20,000 client workouts. Prior to entering the world of fitness and personal training, Simon achieved a BA Honours in Business Administration Management and Marketing Management at Oxford Brookes University. As a public speaker and presenter on topics relating to peak mental and physical performance, Simon has helped organisations in the corporate world and individuals achieve their peak performance, wellbeing and health goals. Simon's fascination with the impact that food has on the human body led to a continuing exploration of the field of nutrition as well as exercise resultin

Luke Carlson (Luke[@]discoverstrength.com) is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Discover Strength’s personal training facilities are among the highest volume/revenue training facilities in the U.S. Luke speaks around the world on the topics of evidence-based exercise and the fundamentals of building successful fitness businesses. He is the co-author of two books and a contributing author to magazines including Runners World and Running Times and he has co-authored multiple scientific journal articles on the topics of resistance exercise. Luke is an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Exercise Physiologist, Cancer Exercise Specialist and has a BS and MS in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota. Luke has spoken on his approach to business and leadership to audiences in a variety of industries across the globe.  He has been a featured speaker at FILEX Australia, TaiSPO in Taiwan, the Annual IHRSA Convention, the IHRSA European Congress, the IHRSA Institut

After the high level of interest in his first interview, David Landau joins me on the podcast for a second time. David Landau has been an exercise practitioner for 37 years. He is a highly respected HIT trainer and rubs shoulders with many of the world's greatest exercise thinkers, body builders and old-time strong men. David runs his personal training business, Advanced Exercise in Florida. Contact David on Exarchives [@] aol [dot] com. In part, this podcast is a response to the large amount of criticism David received for some of his remarks in the first interview. This was also a chance for me to probe his controversial riddles on Bodybyscience.net for further clarity on his approach to exercise. The most valuable content in this episode includes: The difference between stimulating and annihilating the muscles. The importance of calories in relation to muscular growth. A deep insight into how David motivates his clients and runs his business. This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the

It's the moment you have been waiting for ... Bill DeSimone returns to Corporate Warrior, opening up a series of great podcasts for 2016. Bill DeSimone is a personal trainer and presenter known for his joint-friendly, biomechanics-based approach to fitness. He is an ACE-Certified Health Coach and Orthopaedic Exercise Specialist, with his own studio in central New Jersey. When some of the top exercise experts in the world want to brush up on biomechanics and exercise selection, Bill is often their first port of call. You may know him from his manuals, Moment Arm Exercise, and Congruent Exercise, and from his talks and videos. He has presented for Luke Carlson’s HIT Resurgence conferences, Anthony Johnson’s 21 Conventions, seminars for Adam Zickerman, Bo Railey, and other studios. In the fall of 2015, both a one hour roundtable discussion between Bill, Skyler Tanner, and Dr. Doug McGuff, and Bill’s full talk on Joint-Friendly Fitness were posted to YouTube courtesy of Anthony Johnson. In December 2015, Bill pos

"All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknown." - William Harvey I enjoyed my first interview with James so much that I asked him to join me for a second time. You can email James on james.fisher@solent.ac.uk. James (MSc Exercise Physiology) is the Course Leader for BSc (HONS) Fitness and Personal Training at Southampton Solent University. James has worked with world class professional athletes and he's contributed a large number of research publications to the exercise domain. In this interview, we discuss: If there is any point to training smaller muscle groups like grip. How the Pareto Law Principle applies to strength training. The potential down sides to a Big 5 and abbreviated workouts The benefits of strength training for joint, ligament and tendon health. And much more. This episode is brought to you by Hituni.com, providers of the best online courses in high intensity training that come highly recommended by Dr Doug McGuff and Discover Strength CEO, Luke Carlson. Course contri