Jack Hallows Podcast

I got the pleasure of sitting down with the coach of the World's Strongest Man, Sebastian Oreb aka Australian Strength Coach, to talk all things strength training, business tips for Personal Trainers, the importance of lifting technique and of course - we had to discuss the process behind Thor's world record breaking 501kg deadlift.

This was a great chat and I'm so excited for you all to hear it!

I've been asked constantly who the elusive social media coach I've been working with is and well, you ask, you shall receive we've got him!

Welcome to the show Simon Booth!

A former Personal Trainer turned videographer and social media guru, Simon's here to help all of you who are looking to take your content to new heights.

On today's episode of the Jack Hallows Podcast, I'm enjoyed by one of my former co-workers from Team ATLAS Performance Health, Coach Kimmy Duong!

I wanted to get Kimmy on the podcast for a while because I think she has an awesome story behind her journey into coaching and becoming a dedicated WBFF competitor.

Starting out in the finance world, Kimmy left all that behind 18 months ago to pursue a career in fitness, start life as an online coach and in doing so, defy the barriers set out for her in her childhood through cultural expectations.

This is a must listen for young coaches especially as we focus heavily on the idea that your life is yours and yours alone and chasing your dream is always possible.

Kimmy's Links

In this episode I decided to give some advice on a few topics that I feel I have a few qualifications on being able to speak on.

Imposter syndrome is something I've dealt with consistently in this industry, and after attending a Gary Vee speaking event the week before recording this, I've decided to start taking steps to countering this - with this being one of them.

I give three pieces of advice to anyone who's wanting to become a Personal Trainer, three pieces of advice to anyone who's wanting to start creating content for social media, three pieces of advice for anyone looking to lose body fat and three pieces of advice for anyone looking to build muscle.

I hope you enjoy! Please consider leaving a favourable review and following the show if you do!

Today I decided to record something a little bit different in order to show to you, the listener, that in over half a decade so far of doing this, I've made my fair share of mistakes.

My reasoning behind this is I know that I'm not the only one who has ever fallen for these things or believed really strongly in one methodology or thought process that maybe, just maybe, isn't all I once thought it was cracked up to be. 
And I know that listening to this podcast, someone out there is going to identify with each and every one of the points I highlighted in the podcast be it being terrified that carbs after 6pm make you fat, or buying into the more recent social media crusade against the barbell for 'optimal training.'

So let's share a laugh at my expense at how I used to believe BCAAs were nectar of the gods for fat loss, or perhaps learn something interesting as we dive into why I no longer worry so much about training frequency for hypertrophy. 

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It finally happened! We have an answer to the age old question.

Hip Thrusts OR Squats for glute hypertrophy. Is the thrust a must? Is the squat the GOAT?

Have a listen to see what a new research paper comparing the two found and my initial first opinion on the findings.

I love doing Q & A boxes on Instagram but I'm finding that it's hard to answer questions with enough detail on a singular story slide, so I figured why not try do a podcast instead where I can go into more detail!

Let me know if this is something you enjoy and shoot me a DM on Instagram @jackhallowsfitness if you'd like me to do more (I'm thinking one every 2 - 3 months).

Topics Discussed

Creatine

Ideal Length of a Mesocycle (6-8 weeks?)

Rep Ranges

Adductor Machines

Lateral Raise Elbow Pain

Glutes on Social Media

Instagram: @jackhallowsfitness

Do I have an awesome episode for you today or what?

I am lucky enough to be joined by Sheridan Skye today for a conversation about the key considerations for training women, *that* recently published meta analysis on the menstrual cycle and how to best manage your fitness goals as a woman while looking to have a baby.

Sheridan is an incredible wealth of knowledge and not only is she the newest member of Team BioLayne, she's also a registered nurse, pre-post natal specialist coach and perhaps her favourite achievement of them all - a very happy mum of two.

This is one of my favourite conversations so far in this podcasts current short lifespan and I guarantee you that you'll come away from this episode having learned something that you likely never even thought of prior to listening. I know I did.

Let me know your thoughts on the episode by sending me a DM on Instagram and please consider leaving a 5 * review if you enjoy!

Sheridan

When entering the Fitness Industry, it's clear that coaches are not taught how to run an efficient and effective business.

In fact, when I first started my coaching certifications my business education was a 3 step process of look them in the eye, shake their hand and be mindful of your body language.

Great for selling your first Personal Training session... Not so much for scaling a 6 figure coaching business.

THAT is where Jenna Davies is leading the charge.

Having worked with some of the biggest name's in the Australian fitness industry such as Coach Mark Carroll, Sean McInroy and Jake Campus, Jenna is paving the way for Personal Trainers and Coaches worldwide to transform and grow their businesses beyond what they may have ever thought possible.

Alongside being the co-founder of multiple companies such as Big Uppetite and Butter Up, Jenna also runs her Fitness Business Strategy program through Carroll Performance, with 10 in depth modules designed to have coaches turning their dreams into clear, goal-driven actions.

This was an awesome chat and I'm so excited to have you hear all of Jenna's best tips to help YOU scale and grow YOUR business. Make sure to stick around 'til the end to hear the 3 golden skills every coach needs to learn in business.

You can find Jenna at ⬇️

Welcome to a new episode of the Jack Hallows Podcast where today, Jack dissects his best tips for making your training more time efficient including supersets, dropsets, rest / pause sets and how to best implement them in your own training.

We also touch a little on optimising your rest times and why Jack feels so many trainers set out super sets wrong when programming them with their clients.

As always, if you've enjoyed, please feel free to check out another episode of the show, leave a 5* rating and follow to be the first notified of new episodes going live every Friday!

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Today I had the pleasure of welcoming Lindsay Parker or as some of you may know her from Instagram 'LiftingLindsay' onto the podcast and wow, what a conversation!

We chatted all thing trainings optimisation covering exercise selection, the role genetics play, our attitudes towards new longer muscle lengths for hypertrophy research and of course, how we define the word optimal itself.

On top of that, Lindsay posts some phenomenal content around mindset on her page so we dove head first into values, happiness as it relates to fitness and the hedonic treadmill that so many who pursue fitness goals get stuck on.

This was a phenomenal chat and I can't wait for you all to hear it! If you don't know Lindsay or haven't followed her prior, check out her links below and go and follow her! Her content is phenomenal!

You can find Lindsay at

Today Jack welcomes Jeremiah Bair onto the podcast for a bumper 1 hour deep dive into fat loss and the importance of setting yourself up for success by potentially stepping AWAY from a calorie deficit for a period of time. 

Jeremiah is a brilliant coach who lives over in the States and is someone who I personally feel I resonate with well in regards to his coaching style, content and overall message around body transformations. Him and his team achieve incredible results physically but also look after their client's mental wellbeing and prefer to take a long term approach to body composition improvements over the short term, crash dieting led approach that has taken over the fitness industry the last decade or so. 

This was an awesome conversation packed with a tonne of value as we dissect how best to set yourself up for success when trying to lose fat in the long term, while also exploring programming considerations in fat loss phases and of course, how to best make use of your time spent OUT of a deficit. 

You're not going to want to miss this one! 

If you enjoy the episode please don't hesitate to leave a 5* review and consider subscribing for new episodes weekly. 

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Before I became a Personal Trainer, I fell for every trick in the book. 

Every diet, every training scam, every charlatan selling a quick fix to a six pack... You name it. I probably bought into it. It left me confused, lost and honestly nearly completely ruined my life due to the skewed perspectives and perceptions I picked up along the way of what fitness actually is and what it meant to me at the time. 

Now, I've made it my mission to be the person that I needed back then. It's why I do what I do. 

And so I though it was time to open up a little more on my story and how I got here. 

I hope this episode provides you with some value. 

In today's bonus mini episode of the Jack Hallows Podcast, I bring you a special mini episode with a couple of tips on how to turn your pancake into a peach in 2023 

We'll look at a four step guide on how to build an effective glute workout, along with a couple of other tips for maximal glute growth this year and ensure that you can start buying the next size up in Lululemon tights 

In today's episode of the Jack Hallows Podcast I have the pleasure of interviewing the man behind 'The Ganbaru Method' Coach Eugene Teo.

Recorded at Eugene's incredible Ganbaru HQ, we cover a wide array of topics including bodybuilding, optimal training, aggressive dieting, improving flexibility and even a fascinating tangent down the road of AI and our predicted visions of where it may take the fitness industry.

This is an episode you are NOT going to want to miss - especially if you want to hear about everything NOT to do when booking an Air BnB!

The internet has yet again decided that calorie counting for weight loss is redundant!! 

A short episode in which I sit down and give my thoughts as to why this is an outlandish statement and how marketing tactics like this help people to miss the bigger picture so that more books, programs and app subscriptions can be sold. 

I also give my thoughts on why claiming exercise and weight loss aren't a good combination is an equally silly statement to make. 

Today I bring in the New Year by discussing the results of my mini cut that I closed out 2022 with.

In this episode I discuss 

• How I lost 7kg in 7 weeks
• Why I chose to run 'just' a mini cut instead of a longer fat loss phase 
• Why I don't recommend mini cuts for the majority of the population
• And why focussing solely on outcomes is going to leave your New Years resolution goals floundering

I hope you all had a great New Years and enjoy the new episode! 

Today Jack sits down with multiple world champion bikini coach and co-owner of Carroll Performance - Coach Mark Carroll. 

Mark has grown rapidly to become one of the biggest names in the industry over the last half a decade, continuing to coach bikini competitors to Pro Cards and World Titles, selling over 120,000 training programs worldwide and growing an education business for coaches alongside his brother Glen. 

In this episode we talk about social media and the challenges coaches face balancing education content with entertainment, then delve into all things program design as Mark discusses his personal approach to programming for clients of all capabilities. 

Mark also gives us his best advice for anyone looking to head down the road to competing while answering the big question of what pet would be next if he had his way? 

This was an awesome, value packed episode and I hope you all enjoy this conversation as much as I did. 

In this episode of the Jack Hallows Podcast, Jack sits down to talk all things Hypertrophy training with Jordan Lips. 

After a brief introduction to Jordan's industry background, they cover the importance of hypertrophy training and why the 'hypertrophy' training modality is about so much more than just simply gaining muscle. 

They also dive into Jordan's current training experiment of training 7 days a week, as well as exploring the 'minimalist' style of training focussing entirely on quality over quantity when it comes to volume. 

And of course, there's a little World Cup chat too!

Today Jack sits down with Glen Carroll, owner and head coach of Team ATLAS and co-owner of the fitness education company Carroll Performance. 

They talk the importance of understanding the art of coaching when working with the general population and how this can be the difference between achieving no result, a good result and an elite result. 

They dive into topics like reverse dieting, program design and physique competitions, cover Glen's history as both a coach and an educator while the episode rounds out with the 5 quick question tradition. 

You can find Glen at @coach__carroll on Instagram