Push Pull Legs Podcast

This week we are joined by 2 friends of the show, Kevin carr and Dan mcginley. 2 of the big dogs at Mike Boyles Strength and Conditioning.  Kevin also has his clinic, Movement as Medicine.  We delve into a lot of good chat.  How does a facility like boyles operate pre and during covid.  what have these guys done to pivot from being almost all in person coaching to online based? what are the tips they can give PTs for adjusting how do they train all demographics from kids to athletes to kevins mum...   lastly of course.... Burgers, Cereal and diet drinks are discussed....

Lockdown has ended? i think? maybe? if a 4 year old does maths on a wednesday whilst its sunny at 3 pm... that means i can go to work. anyway... PT's can certainly start to train people in the sunshine! we give our take on this. lastly... new deadlift WR...

lockdown... continues... Dans eggs keep going... and toms still eating easter chocolate. so in essence nothing has changed.  we chat the actual terabit protocol,.... an why the one your influencer class person has been teaching you is crap. also we talk recovery from sessions!

This week tom is joined by all the educators from third space Josh, Henry, Carl and Lloyd. we go through everything on how we are keeping trainers and clients occupied during this time.  What should you be educating yourself in during this time!?

oh my, isn't the world strange.... this week Donald trump talks about light and disinfectant... need we say more but we spend out time talking about the big things. what is a pudding? Can you have a fizzy drink with breakfast? what constitutes a burger? lastly some actually fitness advice.  different anatomies will lead to different exercise techniques. and the sooner trainers realise this the better!

This week... we try to stay away from corona... so... we chat, linkedin? who is using it? what is it for? we both have a little rant... the moving for your calories show and mis diagnosing movement... oh and what bread is king?

We share our live session we did for the PTC, so if you didn't manage to catch it, or you can have a listen with these... we have trainers and fitness folk asking us live questions! maybe we will do another soon...

thats right, we keep our finger on the pulse... easter chocolate style... tier systems for chocolate,.... a heated debate on fridge needs...   also we chat about the camps of.... "you need to make the most of this time an learn a million new skills... or "sit back and chill" maybe the answer is somewhere in-between.....

... week 3 ish? maybe... what day is it? who knows... of isolation... We chat... everybody running, exercising and everything in-between. tom has set a task for some of his clients... a recipe for their home workouts. also theres madness with phone masts and dolphins

so... in a week devoid of fitness news... we are still finding topics haha! we chat the Tiger King, Sports pay cheques and more on the fitness side of things.....   Zoom 121 personal training sessions, what we think of them and how to go about it. lastly we give out a list of free courses out now for trainers to up-skill!  

A week into lockdown... and dan and tom have finally trained at home!... about time... but finding the motivation is real, even for us, especially for us. We also dive into the Tiger king... go watch it please

we are in... official... unofficial... lockdown... ish... so we are allowed to leave the house for essential shopping, key worker work and one bit of exercise a day. we tackle some performance goals and parameters people can use to test their bodyweight strength. also a little look at changing your macros and habits to increase satiety with less NEAT and general walking about

self isolation is starting to set in... with us reaching a week of social distancing and the virus has hit the fitness world... all gyms are closed! so we have a step by step guide and chat about what to do and focus on for your clients,  how to screen and test for some mobility and stability, why this will be great for 2/3 months down the road. 

As the country starts to lock down... we keep recording! we discuss everything online and in person PTS should be doing, well what we think they should be doing at this time. regarding business and clients also, what tinned food are you buying!?

i mean, how could we not talk about this.... we delve into the hygiene issues.... i mean how much do people go to the toilet! but seriously, if you have to be self isolated we can give advice on how to train, eat and keep your mass or lose it but also what series.... to watch 

so dan has been partially irked by massage guns this week.... so we explain them a bit... and the science.. that may not be being used. also tom has a couple of new ventures happening, exciting times!

It's pancake.. day... no protein pancakes to be seen.. eaten by us.. is a bacon and maple syrup pancake ... sweet or savoury??? we have a chat about diet advice, going out an doing what you say. lastly, using all the knowledge you have gotten over the years, why not experiment with exercises, find what works. no cookie cutter... an make you might get a higher level of understanding?!

we return for a an episode talking about the life and times, some news regarding a crazy 5km time.  why done is better than perfect and procrastinating... lastly the 10 movement patterns we use... what are the most annoying mistakes that are most common

What everything boils down too... is putting in the effort, what you want from work, life, relationships and fitness, health, nutrition... we talk about whether people work hard?! the feeling of hunger...  also, a shout to SJB... and the outcry for people to take their gym general hygiene seriously!! lastly we may have a look a this in the future on a whole programming episode... but its confusing right?!

This week we rattle through some fun stuff around the fitness industry... Lean Creatine has hit the market, and we explain why you should run a mile if someone is selling it... and maybe the influencer is lying to you! we look at how to use the hip thrust and squat properly in light of the recent research that has come out in this area and lastly Gym box a popular gym chain has a rather depressing ad campaign at the moment in our opinion.