GreenStrength Podcast

Rebuilding Your Squat and Training With Lower Back Pain

This week on the GreenStrength Podcast, Coach Luke, Coach Hialee, and Geoff discuss a listener question about rebuilding mobility into your squat pattern. Squatting is a fundamental human movement, but we need to make sure our squat pattern is done with quality. We also talk about about figuring out why you want to squat a particular depth and whether that is necessary. We also talk a lot about training around injury and, specifically, lower back pain. Many of us suffer from some amount of lower back pain, and we have to embrace the realities of that pain and how we can train around the pain. This episode is great for all of us who don't like to admit that all of our movements may not be perfect and our bodies don't always feel perfect.

Fixing Weaknesses, Fighting Boredom, and Skepticism

This week on the GreenStrength Podcast, Coach Luke and Geoff cover a variety of topics from what it takes to find and fix weaknesses in your body, fighting boredom in your training, intuitive training and eating, being skeptical of the things you see online, and being skeptical of your own beliefs. This week's episode is a reminder that we are all human with weaknesses and flaws, but a little intention and open-mindedness can help us connect to ourselves and others. 

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This Is What‘s Good For Your Body (with Hialee Howard)

Coach Luke is joined this week by Hialee Howard to talk about a variety of topics that all relate to things that are good fo your body. There is a lot wisdom in this episode that will help you treat your body the best you can. 

The Most Important Part of a Grappler's Strength & Conditioning Program

What do you think is the most important part of a grappler's strength and conditioning program? We asked the question on social media and received a number of great answers. This week, Coach Luke and Geoff talk about the GreenStrength philosophy on the most important part of a grappler's strength & conditioning program. The answer may not be what you think, but it's sure to help you think about your training in a healthier way. 

Playing the Long Game and Answering Some Questions

This week on the GreenStrength Podcast, Coach Luke and Geoff talk about playing the long game with your training and developing your own style. They also answer a lot of questions about how many days per week you should train for muscle gain, modifying your program to add more volume, sub maximal training for strength, one of the key components of nutrition, and a discussion about the Knees Over Toes Guy. You don't want to miss this exploration of all things strength. 

Surround Yourself with the Right People

This week Coach Luke and Geoff discuss understanding, setting, and managing expectations for yourself and for the people around you. This is important for understanding your nutrition goals, fitness goals, and any other goals you may have. The guys also talk about surrounding yourself with the right people that will help influence your habits with their good habits. It's like the old saying "You are what you eat." It is also true that "You are who you surround yourself with." So, take a listen and see how you are managing your expectations and analyze what kind of people you are surrounding yourself with. Are those aspects helping you achieve new heights or are they hindering your goals? 

Why You Should Go For A Walk

This week Coach Luke and Geoff talk about why you should be going for a walk every day. The benefits of walking are well-established and will help your physical and mental wellbeing. If you aren't going for regular walks, this is your chance to learn why you should. They also discuss how you can focus more on the nuance and details of your exercises to shift from a "workout" mindset to a "training" mindset. And, as always, there's some valuable discussion on different diets and why you shouldn't get too lost in the dogma of nutrition. 

How To Find Your Own Way

Coach Luke is solo this week because Geoff is out of town, and he picks up where the GreenStrength Podcast left off last week after talking about balance. This week Coach Luke offers up this thoughts on how to find your own way and not get stuck in always trying to do what other people are doing whether that's in the gym, with nutrition, in jiujitsu, or any other aspect of life. Coach Luke also answers a couple listener questions on the difference between mobility and flexibility and whether you can workout fasted. A lot of wisdom in this one, you don't want to miss this episode of the GreenStrength Podcast.

Finding Balance

Whether it's your diet, exercise, work, or personal life, we always struggle to find balance across aspects of our lives. In this episode of the GreenStrength Podcast, Coach Luke and Geoff talk about many components of balance from habits to nutrition to exercise and procrastination. Listen to how we struggle with balance and some of the tactics we use to strive for balance as well as how Coach Luke has worked with clients to help them find balance. 

The Science of Reps and Sets

This week on the GreenStrength Podcast, Coach Luke and Geoff talk about the science behind different rep and set schemes for your exercise program. Geoff has a lot of questions about why we do certain numbers of reps and sets in our exercise programs, and Coach Luke brings in the knowledge from Charles Poliquin's book "Poliquin Principles" to help explain. This episode will help you understand the best way to use different sets and reps for your program to help fit your goals.