Stuff I Like – The Strength Coach Podcast
6 Aug
What:
The Strength Coach Podcast is the official podcast of Mike Boyle’s StrengthCoach.com. The podcast is available free of charge unlike access to Coach Boyle’s website. I’m planning on giving my thoughts on the website in a future installment of this series so I’m going to skip that topic for now.
Why:
Episodes are released twice a month and are packed with a ton of useful information. Each episode generally features the following segments:
- The Coach’s Corner with Coach Boyle – in this section Coach Boyle talks about what is new on StrengthCoach.com and any industry news he finds interesting. While it is helpful to have read the original articles it is definitely not required to gain some benefit from this section. I find that while it can be helpful to read a book or article that someone has written it is often much more enlightening to hear them discuss their thought process.
- Hit The Gym With A Strength Coach – this is my favorite segment by far. In each episode the host, Anthony Renna, visits with a well respected trainer or strength coach. You get an opportunity to hear from fitness professionals from all levels and geographies.
- Ask Gray Cook - Gray will typically spend 10 minutes answering a question from the StrengthCoach.com forum. These answers are a great opportunity to hear Gray’s thought process as a therapist and trainer.
- The Business of Fitness with Alwyn Cosgrove - Alwyn has a segment each episode where he discusses an aspect of the business side of fitness that he thinks it is important and how it can be applied to you as a practitioner.
Cost:
The cost of the podcast is completely free. There are a few advertisements for StrengthCoach.com and in the some way the entire podcast could be viewed as an advertisement, but it is also a chance to hear cutting edge information from industry leaders for free. I can’t recommend this podcast enough!
