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Rob has a Masters in Human Nutrition, Bachelor‘s in Health and Physical Education, Personal Training certification through American College of Sports Medicine, is a Corrective Exercise Specialist through National Academy of Sports Medicine, and a Running Fitness Coach & Tactical Fitness Coach through American Sports & Fitness Association.
He has a client history of over 3,000+ clients and a teaching history of 500+ students at the university level. He has helped clients earn Pro Cards in aesthetic sports, Elite Totals and World / National / State records in Powerlifting, helped high school athletes earn D1 scholarships, and has worked with Professional and Olympic athletes.
Episodes
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
In life we all get busy... but, what is our busyness getting us? We put actions towards our goals; financial, relational, physical, etc... we "check things off the list" towards our goals, but, are those actions leading to improvement, or, just enough to keep us where we are? In life, you are busy, but, busy for what? What is your busyness getting you?
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Friday Oct 04, 2019
In today's podcast we discuss proper single workout and weekly structures for aesthetic training as well as how to design programming specific to your needs; how to personalize your programming without missing any details!!!
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#30 – Training – Muscle Cardio – How to Lose Fat Without Losing Muscle
#120 – Training – Cardio – What Type & What Amount
#214 – Training – Understanding Rep Ranges & Expected Results
#241 – Nutrition – Nutrition Concepts for Aesthetic Athletes
#334 – Training – Priming vs Pre-Exhaust
#387 – Training – How to have Both Consistency & Creativity in Your Training
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
You want to eat healthy, but, you have a crazy, unpredictable schedule. You don't want to eat too much but then not be active and possibly gain body fat, BUT, you don't want to eat too little and not be fueled well for the day's activities and/or your workout for the day... what do you do?!! We answer these issues and more in today's podcast!!!
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#21 – Nutrition – Carbs – Good or Bad?
#29 – Nutrition – If I Eat Fat Will I Get Fat?
#33 – Nutrition – How Much Protein Do I Need?
#153 – Nutrition – How Many Calories Do I Need?
#329 – Nutrition – Meal Frequency
#390 – Nutrition – Proper Nutrition for Sedentary Workers
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Have you ever tried something, and it worked, but it didn't fit the common "rule of thumb"? If the "rules" are the "rules" then why do things "outside of the rules" sometimes still work? In this podcast we discuss why some exceptions to the rules are still effective and how you can better understand why.
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#214 - Training - Understanding Rep Ranges & Expected Results
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
On the day of competition, what is the best mindset to have? Is "the best" the same for everyone or are there individual differences? If so, how do you know what's best for you?
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#384 – Mindset – Optimal Arousal for Optimal Performance
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
In this podcast we build from podcast #387 which discusses how to balance having both creativity and consistency in training. Today's podcast takes that concept and applies it to strength focused training with the side intents of adding mass or improving muscular shape. How you can accomplish those goals while having the most personalization to your programming as possible.
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#220 – Training – Muscle Intention vs Movement Intention
#387 – Training – How to have Both Creativity & Consistency in Training
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
If you have a sedentary job should you eat less during the day? If so, how much less? But, what if you workout in the evening? Should you eat more in the evening to best fuel your workout? But, will eating in the evening make you gain body fat? WHAT DO YOU DO?!!! haha. In this podcast we answer "What's the proper nutrition structure for sedentary workers who workout at night?"
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#33 – Nutrition – How Much Protein Do I Need?
#41 – Nutrition – Diet Right – What Matters Most
#53 – Nutrition – Controlling Blood Sugar
#153 – Nutrition – How Many Calories Do I Need?
#249 – Nutrition – Meal Timing
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
What are the best methods to track progress? What are the pros and cons of each and how do you decide which methods are best for which client needs? These questions and more are covered in today's podcast!!!
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#5 – Nutrition – Weight Loss is Not Linear
#175 – Trainer Education – The Importance of Strength
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Not sure where to start? Already started but not getting the results you want / expected? What do you do? What changes do you make? What's the answer?
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#33 – Nutrition – How Much Protein Do I Need
#62 – Training – Picking the Right Program
#153 – Nutrition – How Many Calories Do I Need
#274 – Training – How to Achieve Total Fitness in a 30 Minute Workout
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Want a little more freedom in your training, but still want to ensure you're making progress? Or, maybe you're feeling overwhelmed in training and need to create some consistency to help "make sense of it all"? In this podcast we discuss how to create structures that allow for both consistency and/or creativity in your training
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#334 - Training - Priming vs Pre-Exhaust
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Do you need supplements to be successful in fat loss, muscle building, strength increase, and/or performance? If so, what are the necessary ones?
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
In this podcast we discuss pricing options for both gyms and trainers. We cover the pros and cons of pricing too low and pricing too high, and we discuss how to find what's "just right"
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#360 - Trainer Education - Owning Your Own Gym - My Story
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
How psyched up is too psyched up? And when? And, for what purpose? Should you always be psyched to the max? Does that make you "tough"? When it comes to maximizing performance there are varying degrees of arousal that appropriate for varying moments. Learning how to manage your arousal levels is a MUST if you want to perform your best!!!
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Your strength level has significant effect on the effectiveness of your training. Better understanding how to structure your training properly for your strength level will allow you to achieve optimum results with optimum health. In this podcast we discuss how strength effects exercise choice, exercise execution, programming structure.
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
In this podcast we look at a listener's diet!!! We discuss how to analyze a diet for mistakes / corrections, how to address a diet if it stalls out, and we look at common dieting mistakes as well as answer specific questions in regards to total caloric intake, keto dieting, and much more
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#33 - Nutrition - How Much Protein Do I Need
#41 - Nutrition - Diet Right - What Matters Most
#129 - Nutrition - Starvation Diets – Intermittent Fasting & Keto
#153 - Nutrition - How Many Calories Do I Need
#249 - Nutrition - Meal Timing
#329 - Nutrition - Meal Frequency Effects on Diets
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Feel like you're in a rut? Or, afraid to fall into one? In this podcast we discuss ways you can renew your training knowledge on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis WITHOUT having to do MORE than what you already do... meaning I'm not asking you to do more work on top of your already full workload! Check out the podcast to learn more!!!
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Don't allow the pressure of "people pleasing" to overwhelm your life! Too often in life we let down the ones we love in order to help strangers, we cancel plans with people closest to us in order to not displease someone we barely know... this makes no sense!!! But, yet, we all do it! Or, we agree to help others and in turn allow our health, our goals to fall to the waste side... again, this makes no sense!!! But, yet, we all do it! In this podcast we discuss how to get out of this trap and take control so we can best prioritize our loved ones and our own health.
Past Podcasts Referenced:
#359 – Mindset – Dealing with Guilt of Good Decisions
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
In this podcast we cover what resistance bands are and their best uses in strength and aesthetic development. If you are a strength &/or aesthetic athlete and don't regularly use bands in your training YOU ARE MISSING OUT on some great gains!!!
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
In this podcast we discuss sugar-free foods and sugar alcohols in regards to their believed positives vs the reality negatives. Even though sugar-free foods and sugar alcohols don't directly impair fat loss they definitely impair the process in other ways and have long term diet-success consequences.
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
In this podcast we discuss the pros and cons of being both the owner of and/or a personal trainer in a public vs private gym facility.
Resources Mentioned:
- "Building a Story Brand" by Donald Miller