An Open Letter to New Fitness Professionals

Oh, hell0 (new) fitness professional. Congratulations on (pick whichever pertains to you): (A) Recently graduating college with a Health Science, Health & Wellness, Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, or History in Shakespearian Literature degree. (B) Switching careers from accountant, computer programmer, or, I don’t know, professional mustache grower…to strength coach. (C) Passing your weekend personal trainers course. […]
An Open Letter to New Fitness Professionals posted first on tonygentilcore.com

The Hardest Thing for Clients to Adopt: Rest Periods

The Hardest Thing for Clients to Adopt: Rest Periods posted first on tonygentilcore.com

The Post Where I Tell You It’s Okay to Move Your Spine

Back pain can be tricky. First off, anyone who’s ever dealt with it (pretty much everyone) knows it’s no fun. Second, there’s no overwhelming agreement as to what actually causes it. One person says weak glutes, another says tight hip flexors or hamstrings, and yet another may point to a bad hair day (NOTE: read this […]
The Post Where I Tell You It’s Okay to Move Your Spine posted first on tonygentilcore.com

How Much Weight Should I Use? (revisted)

There are few questions that illicit my inner Jaws theme music than the title of this blog post. Other nominations include Hey, do you do CrossFit? – DA NUM So I saw something on Instagram about this detox tea that supposedly makes you shit out your spleen, but whatever. I heard it’s totally healthy and […]
How Much Weight Should I Use? (revisted) posted first on tonygentilcore.com

Vetting Your Personal Trainer

I became a personal trainer and coach back in 2002. Shows like Alias and 24 were all the rage, *NSYNC still had Justin Timberlake, and The Two Towers was rocking my world. So much so that I went to the theater to see it like four times. Admittedly, it seems like eons ago. I mean social […]
Vetting Your Personal Trainer posted first on tonygentilcore.com

Peaks and Valleys of Training

Oh, hello. Remember me? It’s Tony. You know, the guy who used to joke about having pecs that could cut diamonds and who also wrote a ton of content on this site? Well, as you can see 1) I’m still alive, and 2) the website has had a bit of a facelift since I’ve last […]
Peaks and Valleys of Training posted first on tonygentilcore.com

Gym Ownership, Evolving Your Coaching, and the Value of Consistent Training

I had the opportunity to catch up with my good friend and long-time colleague, Mike Robertson, on his Physical Preparation Podcast earlier this week.

microgen@123rf.com

Just Two Dudes Talking

He and I go back to the early 2000’s. You know, when smart phones didn’t exist, cold plunges and eye rolley alpha-male behavior was (less) of a thing, and the show Alias was my life (due to an insatiable crush on Jennifer Garner).

I think this was my third time on his podcast which means I’m approaching Ryan Gosling 5-timer club on Saturday Night Live territory. We approached this as more of a “two dudes just catching up” conversation as opposed to doing something more traditional like going into the weeds on deadlifting mechanics or why improved scapular upward rotation helps with everything from shoulder ouchies to curing gluten intolerance.¹

In this show, Mike and I talk about the power of consistent training, how my philosophy has changed over the years, and why after years of reluctance, I finally decided to become a gym owner.

We had a few technical difficulties throughout the show, so apologies because the audio is a bit suspect. He did his best to clean it up and I hope you still enjoy the show!

Check it out HERE.

The post Gym Ownership, Evolving Your Coaching, and the Value of Consistent Training appeared first on Tony Gentilcore.

Gym Ownership, Evolving Your Coaching, and the Value of Consistent Training posted first on tonygentilcore.com