196 episodes
OPEX Fitness Presents: Back Room Talk OPEX Fitness
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- Health & Fitness
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4.4 • 57 Ratings
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Back Room Talk.
It’s the candid conversations that happen when the music is off, the barbells are put away, and we sit down to reflect on another day of fitness.
OPEX Coaches Carl Hardwick and Georgia Smith host weekly episodes with the goal of always seeking to understand all that fitness can be.
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96. More Important than Program Design?!
What matters more than back squats and rep schemes? Carl and Georgia jam on an undervalued but incredibly important aspect of coaching.
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95. Does Efficiency Actually Matter?
We’ve changed our thinking on what it means to be an efficient coach over the last few years, and so we want to clear a few things up in this week’s episode!
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94. The Best Fitness Advice I Ever Received
What’s the best fitness advice you’ve ever received? Here's our take on what you guys shared with us!
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93. Strength Protocol Review: 5/3/1, 5x5, GVT & 20 Rep Squat
Carl and Georgia break down and review 4 common strength training protocols: 20 Rep Squat Program, German Volume Training (10x10), 5x5, and Wendler’s 5/3/1.
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92. Aerobic Training Q&A
Carl and Georgia roll through real answers to common questions on aerobic training.
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91. Should Coaches do Blood Testing?
Should fitness coaches do blood testing?
While knowing what’s going under the hood is undeniably important for health, this is an area that has long been untouched by coaches, both due to a lack of knowledge and scope of practice concerns.
In this week’s episode of Back Room Talk, hosts Carl Hardwick and Georgia Smith share their thoughts on whether or not blood work should be a part of the fitness coaching process.
00:00 - 00:30 Opening titles00:30 - 01:05 Should coaches do blood testing?01:05 - 49:15 Where blood work sits in the assessment process49:15 - 56:30 What’s possible with InsideTracker testing plans56:30 - 58:37 Closing thoughts
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Customer Reviews
Volume
I love the info but you can barely hear it. I have to have the volume all the way up and super key into what is being said.
Just a Long Run-On Conversation
Listened to a few episodes and frankly can’t find the point and certainly don’t feel it’s connected to Living a Larger Life. I respect that these are very well educated and well read people so they do try to approach the subjects with some knowledge. It seems they are trying to branch beyond just speaking about health and wellness and maybe that’s what they want to do but it drives a randomness to the subject matter and structure. Every episode starts with a round table that asks each person what they’re thinking about and that can be absolutely anything from politics to culture with no discernible connection to the show’s stated purpose. Every conversation is ultimately dominated by James even on issues such as female body positivity reflected in Disney characters or ovarian cancer research where I feel the women in the group may have a lot more to contribute. When the last episode started connecting politics of DeSantis and nefarious Disney messaging, I realized that nothing in any of these episodes had contained useful information about health, longevity, wellness, or connection and did not connect to anything I felt was aimed towards a better sense of being, larger life etc. If you absolutely love these particular people (especially James and Carl who speak the most by far) and are willing to let them expound without limits on any topic then you’ll like the show. Otherwise it may as well be any 4 people at a bar discussing any topic, although at least these people are more well read on the topics they choose (only reason for 2 stars over 1)
Worth every second
Best format that I have listened to. Priceless dialog about fitness affects on society. One rep, one pound, one second at a time and life will become!!!!!