Beyond Strength Show
By Beyond Strength
Beyond Strength ShowJun 16, 2020
HOW CORY COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED HIS BODY AND MIND (OVER 40LB WEIGHT LOSS) | THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW
Cory Hudson has done what you want to do. He’s done what every person that’s ever lived has wanted to do. He’s transformed. Cory’s lost over 40 pounds since joining Beyond Strength in November 2021. More than that, he’s improved his performance during all of our testing weeks, deadlifting over 400lbs, shaving significant time off of his rows, jumping farther, as well as improving on the other battery of tests. Cory is badass. You might have expected Cory to say he did something drastic. Maybe he found some kind of magical secret that helped him to lose the weight. Or maybe he only ate lettuce while screaming at himself naked in the mirror. But there’s no magic. He didn’t do anything drastic. Cory just did what most people don’t do. And on today's episode of the Beyond Strength Show we're talking what exactly that is, and how he got it done... Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength/ Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at https://www.bspnova.com/ 🎁 Talk soon!
WHAT IS HYBRID ATHLETE TRAINING | THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW | CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
They also lay out example training weeks and talk about how to get back into running.
Episode on how to add running to your training: open.spotify.com/episode/0fdHwWXMlpHWB11mPDBec8?si=rXO9HxHSRi6RWPfV1qRddA
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YOUR NUTRITION QUESTIONS ANSWERED I BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
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2024 DC ROCK N ROLL 1/2 MARATHON RECAP I BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
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HOW TO NAIL A DIFFICULT TRAINING WEEK I BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
Difficult training weeks are a part of the fitness process. You might curse your coach and everyone who’s ever loved them while you’re in the thick of hard a session, but we need those sessions to push ourselves forward. The rub is that we must be smart about how we approach them. But the good news is with a few tactics and skills, you can nail difficult training weeks and get the full benefit of all that sweat and strain. And all that cursing won’t be for nothin’. Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength/ Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at https://www.bspnova.com/ 🎁 Talk soon!
STRENGTH METHODS EXPLAINED I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
Is there a difference between muscular endurance and strength endurance?
Plus:
- CHRIS’S DEEPEST FEAR
- TODD’S DISDAIN FOR CONDIMENTS
- STRENGTH METHODS
- STRENGTH TRAINING FOR SELECTIONS
- YOUTH TRAINING AND EARLY SPECIALIZATION IN SPORTS
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HOW TO BALANCE STRENGTH AND... I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT AND TODD BUMGARDNER
In today's episode, we'll outline how to concurrently train for various disciplines... specific capacities, layering skills, and recovering from it all. Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength/ Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at https://www.bspnova.com/ 🎁 Talk soon! Chris and Todd
HOW TO TRACK YOUR FITNESS PROGRESS I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
We all want to see the fruits of our labor, right? Why would we do anything, other than something that’s purely pleasurable, if we can’t eventually note measurable progress? Well, unless we are seeing measurable results, or we’re getting some kind of pleasure, we typically stop doing the thing. So, we need to give ourselves reasons to keep doing the thing.
Fitness progress can feel slow because, well, sometimes it is. However, sometimes you’re making progress and you don’t realize it because you just don’t know how to measure it. That’s especially true of progress with conditioning, particularly low and slow aerobic conditioning – something that we all need.
In today's episode, we'll outline a handful of ways that you can track your fitness progress to help you stay the course and also deepen your understanding of conditioning progress.
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HEART RATE ZONES FOR TRAINING I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
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Chris and Todd
HOW TO SET PHYSICAL GOALS IN 2024 I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
On this episode of The Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd discuss how to set physical goals in 2024, and they share their physical goals with you. Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength/
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END OF YEAR RANDOMNESS I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
On this episode of The Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd look absolutely horrendous and talk through random subjects to close out the year. You'll laugh, you'll have some deep shit to think about, and you'll get a list of our favorite books we each read this year. Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: / itsbeyondstrength Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at www.bspnova.com 🎁 Talk soon! ✌️ Chris and Todd
WHAT WE LEARNED IN 2023 I THE BEYOND STRENGTH SHOW I CHRIS MERRITT & TODD BUMGARDNER
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Chris and Todd
Bus Bench VS Park Bench Workouts
On this episode of The Beyond Strength Show, the guys discuss how you can approach training when you don't have a date-stamped goal through the lens of some wonky stuff that Chris has been dealing with lately. Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro to Beyond Strength Gym at www.bspnova.com 🎁 Talk soon! ✌️ Chris and Todd
What's worth wanting?
People chase all kinds of "things" in their lives... but what's worth wanting? Connect with Beyond Strength on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itsbeyondstrength Local to Northern Virginia: Sign up for your FREE intro at www.bspnova.com 🎁 Talk soon! ✌️ Chris and Todd
The $10,000,000 Question
What would it take for you to give up your passions? To give up years of your life? Today’s episode explores how asking yourself, or others, a simple question can lead to some deeper understanding of what’s important (or not).
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Chris and Todd
Performance Testing for Tier One Units
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How to change up your training throughout the year
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What’s working right now? A discussion on training, nutrition, and recovery.
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Movement Assessments: Worth It or Waste?
That is, after we get through about 24 minutes of absolutely ridiculous banter (as always)…
Enjoy!
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Relative Strength: What it is, why we test it, and how to build it
In this episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about… wait for it… relative strength!
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THE (training) Secret: THIS is how you massively level up 🤫
Want to watch the video we reference? Here you go: www.instagram.com/reel/CwfbGDjreTP/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Here’s the link to the Precision Nutrition article about adherence we referenced: www.precisionnutrition.com/body-transformation-research
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Signing up for the worlds hardest ________. 🙈
To be honest, this one was supposed to be about organizing your training week, but that’s just the final 10:00. But trust us, there are still some great nuggets in there as well.
But if you really want to dig into more on that, be sure to check out this weeks blog: www.bspnova.com/how-to-plan-a-training-week-to-build-strength-and-endurance/
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Why run with a metronome? 🏃
No new blog this week, but dig into the archives here: www.bspnova.com/blog/
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How to Deal with Injuries, Discomfort, and Pain in Training
In this episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about dealing with pain, discomfort, and injuries, providing you with some mindset strategies, people you can reach out to, and other tips to help you keep pressing on towards your goals.
As a bonus we get into a little back and forth about whether or not you should look at and react to your readiness daily via things like Oura, EightSleep, Whoop, Garmin, etc. Todd and Chris don’t necessarily see eye to eye on this one, but their strategies seem to work for themselves. If you’ve ever felt stressed by this stuff, you’ll dig this little bonus!
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Feeling Stuck? (life beyond gym goals)
Or feel like you’re just training, but without a clear purpose?
In this episode of the Beyond Strength Show, Chris and Todd talk about a time where they were both struggling with training motivation, and how they navigated it to get where they are today.
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The Most Important Fitness Variables: Consistency and Continuity
In this weeks episode Chris and Todd break down the what and the how of the two most important training variables.
Many folks think in terms of workouts. They want to do a HIIT workout. Or they search the internet or magazines for a strength workout. Then they do a HIIT workout one day and a strength workout another day. On yet another day they might go for a run. But it’s all discombobulated because they were thinking small. They thought only about the individual workouts and not how workouts string together in a meaningful way to create a program. That program should fit into a bigger string of programs that composes a year-round training plan. This, sports fans, is how you create training continuity. You think big about training rather than small. You think about how each training day fits with the others. And then how each program leads to the next program so you’re doing the right things at the right time. It’s akin to thinking long-term and seeing the big picture.
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Rucking tips! 🎒
During the newest podcast episode, Todd tells a story about something pretty stupid that he did while rucking.
The damn fool could have kilt hisself!
He and Chris also share some solid rucking tips.
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Self-talk, metrics, and optimizing routines
Expect to walk away from todays episode with some new mental skills, some things you may want to track, and clarity on why it all matters to YOU… and, of course, a few laughs along the way.
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Why we stopped talking about body composition
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The case for aerobic base building
We nerd out. We get practical. And hope you enjoy!
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The Kettlebell Mile Challenge
The fastest men’s time was 12:00. And the fastest women’s time was 14:05. They were each awarded with a brand new kettlebell for their efforts!
Although, Chris did the fastest time overall (11:14), he wasn’t allowed to win a prize. What a crock of 💩, amiright?
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Endurance Training for Longevity (and Performance)
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The value of putting something hard on the calendar 🗓️
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Put something hard on the calendar!
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The importance of resting between sets (and awesome climbing documentaries)
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Chris’s Georgia Death Race Recap ⛰️
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Chris’s Final 🧠 Prep for the Georgia Death Race
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The 4 Pillars of Recovery
How to Get the Most Out of Your Training with HRV 🫀
Why do we wait for the “right time”? (and what to do instead)
ChatGPT, Who Came Out First, and the Evolution of Our Training
How to Select the Right Weights and Exercises for YOU
Why Chris is still doing the Georgia Death Race 😨
Up for a challenge?
Here’s that intro (which we read to open the episode as well):
Before we jump into a detailed explanation of why you’re doing what you’re doing, let’s take a second to pause and think forward through 2023. What’s on your calendar? Or, what do you want to have on your calendar? Or, what do you want to kick ass at this year? There might be one, big thing. But there are likely several things that come to mind as you scan through the months to December. Take a moment to see yourself doing them. Not just doing them, but successfully. Doing them with gas left in the tank and feeling like you could keep going, like no obstacle could stop you. Now that you see it, pause to note what it feels like.
Maybe you envisioned a hard thing, a mountain climbed, a trail run, a river paddled. Or, maybe you saw yourself in your everyday life feeling better about who you are and what it’s like to live in your skin.
No matter what you saw, hold on to it. Bring it to mind often, especially when training feels hard and when the sheets wrap tightly around you, goading you to stay in bed. That moment, those moments, is why you’re training.
It’s why you’re watching your heart rate during Endurance class and why you’re doing all those reps during Strength class.
It’s why you’re getting enough sleep, drinking enough water, and eating like you give a shit.
It’s your why. See it. Grab it. Hold on to it.
Because this training block is hard, but you can do it. You will do it.
Let’s talk about the detailed reasons behind the training so you understand how your efforts are turning you into the person that conquers the mountain and owns the river.
WTF is PIYOGA?!
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🤔 What will our programming look like come January? (and the worst things about kids)
Member QnA 12-08-2022
1️⃣ Blake: Love that we have been focused on heavier weights and strength this block. My sense is many folks we clearly see gains based on these sessions. How do we ensure we keep the strength level/gains when the block changes in spring to exercises that don’t support using the heavier weight?
2️⃣Cory: How do you guys recommend keeping yourself loose and mobile during periods when you’re not training?
I’ve been out of town for work training this week and haven’t trained and over the last day or two and my lower back has felt so tight in a way that it doesn’t on days when I train.
The obvious answer seems to be to train using the resources available, which I’ll do in the future, but I thought I’d ask the question anyway for others who might come across the same issue on like vacations and stuff when they don’t really want to train.
3️⃣Suzanne: What about training smart through or around an injury? In the last couple years I've been battling Achilles tendonitis. I think I need to opt out wholesale of Achilles impact, jump rope etc and do more controlled movement till I can do heel drops without blowing it up again. :)