Nutrition & Training - Stcfit Coaches Corner

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!

This week's special featured guest is Miriam Waldie from FBME! MissFitBikini.com.au Facebook.com/FitBikiniModelExtravaganza Instagram.com/FitBikiniModelExtravaganza Instagram.com/Miriam_FBME THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. What is Fit Bikini Model Extravaganza? 2. The healthy side of competing 3. How to develop your confidence 4. Miriam & Jason's experience competing As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

This week's QnA was huge! We had to split it into two episodes, one this week, and the other coming in two weeks. This first half is on supplementation, and part two will be all things training.   THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Someone's lifetime VS. your beginning 2. Hashtag "Eating like an a**hole" 3. Creatine, BCAA, caffeine, fat burners 4. Carb-loading for endurance training   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 Mikki and Will from Nexus Performance! NexusPerformance.com.au Facebook.com/NexusPerformanceGC Instagram.com/NexusPerformance.Aus Instagram.com/WCroz Instagram.com/MikkiWescombe THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Powerlifting can be for everyone 2. Powerlifting/bodybuilding stresses 3. Identifying a good coach for you 4. Hearing advice from different voices As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

  Here are some of Ben and Jason's best pieces of advice on getting lean to look good for the upcoming summer season, as well as how to sustain your fitness journey in a healthy, educated way.   THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. How many calories do you need? 2. The perfect fat loss prep approach 3. Do cheat meals increase metabolism? 4. Can you gain muscle in a deficit?   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 powerlifter, strength & conditioning coach, and sports therapist Gavin Heward! Facebook.com/GavinHewardHealthandPerformance/ HealthandPerformance.com.au Instagram.com/GavinHeward THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Dealing with chronic pain 2. The bigger picture of pain 3. Wanting to have a problem 4. Mobility versus stability 5. Find a reason to move more As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Firstly - The 'STCfit Coaches Corner' podcast is now the 'STCfit Learning' podcast. Secondly - This is the most serious, but also the most lighthearted that Ben and Jason have been in a while. Enjoy! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Double standards in health 2. Sugar isn't the f***ing devil 3. Unqualified Instagram gurus 4. Circus exercises in the gym 5. (Lack of) Changeroom courtesy As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 28 is out now! This week's special featured guest is Mike Nichol from Flavorite! Flavoritetomatoes.com.au Cherryburst.com.au Instagram.com/NicholMike THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Where your fruit & veg comes from 2. What does "organic" really mean? 3. How you can support your locals 4. Quality control across the industry 5. Health benefits of training for a CEO As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 27 is out now! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Being a stress-head 2. Introvert VS. extrovert 3. Is "adrenal fatigue" real? 4. Having s*** genetics 5. Why you're still fat As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!  

Episode 26 is out now! This week's special featured guest is Elissa Jewell from Directional Strength! DirectionalStrength.com Instagram.com/Elissa_Jewell THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Bodybuilding VS. body image 2. A look at the bigger picture 3. The magic pill VS. reality 4. How specific should we get? 5. Deadlifts and death metal As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!

Episode 25 is out now! THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: 1. Do you lift solo or social? 2. Qualification VS. experience 3. Importance of palatability 4. Dealing with self-sabotage 5. Unsupportive social circles As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. Happy listening, team!