Philosophy of Strength
By Cillian O’Connor
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Episodes: 138
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Personal trainer Cill O’Connor delves into all things strength training and the philosophy behind living a strong life.
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#138 Dave Hagerty talks high performance in your thirties
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May 19, 2026 |
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#137 Tony Gentilcore on writing, simple training, and nuance in fitness.
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May 13, 2026 |
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#136 Dean Somerset on how to succeed in coaching
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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#135 Melody Schoenfeld talks vegan diet myths, strongman, AI in fitness, and more.
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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#134 Compound vs isolation exercises: how to use them properly
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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#133 Reddit Rambles 14: Doing everything right but no progress, convincing your significant other to get healthy, and how to measure muscle gain.
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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#132 Reddit Rambles 12: Stalling on overhead press, gaining weight after starting training, and waking in the middle of the night.
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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#131 Why the smartest people need the simplest plans.
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#130: Reddit Rambles 11: Proper gym clothing, back strength imbalances, and lack of motivation.
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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#129 Reddit Ramble 10: Non-linear bench progress, intermediate strength standards, and 'suboptimal' training splits.
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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#128 From first client to full-time coach: our path to online coaching, and business tips
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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#127 The pros and cons of sport science education and strength and conditioning, with Rick Nally
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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#126 Not every season is a peak: lifting when life gets messy.
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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#125 Maximising strength on a two-day schedule - how to make full-body training work for your busy life
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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#124 Reddit rambles 9: Toning, S&C for BJJ, and plateaus.
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#123 How to form healthy habits
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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#122 Reddit Rambles 8: Is incline bench vs flat, figuring out your fiber type, and the best beginner split.
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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#121 Why this coach got coached: the strength gains he never expected.
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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#120 How to become an online coach
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#119 I attempted a nuzlocke of Pokemon Fire Red
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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#118 Reddit Rambles 7 - Being weak at curls, starting weight for deadlifts, and elbow pain on tricep work.
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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#117 Award-winning coach Conor Galgey on the 5 habits of successful trainers
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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#116 Alex Sterner on training with pain, S&C for jiu jitsu, and science-based clickbait
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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#115 Gym etiquette 101: Stop being THAT person
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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#114 6 things beginner coaches NEED to know
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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#113 Reddit Rambles 6: AI taking our jobs, is protein overrated, and why eating healthy is hard.
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May 29, 2025 |
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#112 Top 5 Death Metal Albums
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May 12, 2025 |
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#111 Reddit Rambles 5: Worst client excuses, alternatives to back squats, and managing leg DOMS
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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#110 GAME REVIEW: The Last Of Us
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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#109 Megadeth Discography Retrospective
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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#108 How to get a stronger deadlift
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#107 Will Ratelle and Angus Bradley discuss RPE
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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#106 Reddit Rambles 4: Anti-ageing foods, are deadlifts a back exercise, and how many days for abs
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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#105 Adam Meakins talks physio misinformation and evidence based practice
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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#104 How Conor fixed his back pain
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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#103 Reddit Rambles 3: Bodyweight-only training, what makes a great coach, and biggest nutrition lesson
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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#102 How I rehabbed my back injury
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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#101 How to become a personal trainer
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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#100 Reddit Rambles 2: Machines-only training, shin pain in running, and how to approach rest days.
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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#99 Reddit rambles: Full body vs PPL, arching in the squat, and dealing with client nutrition struggles
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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#98 BATHORY: Full discography review
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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#97 What happened to rock music?
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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#96 The Cave
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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#95 Hallowe'en Movies
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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#94 Josh Percival on continuum thinking vs all-or-nothing diets, and obesity as a disease
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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#93 How Martina got multiple chin-ups and weighted push-ups
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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#92 Functional training destroyed my gains. Here's how I got them back.
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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#91 Andrew Coates on the fitness industry, social media, and evidence based training
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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#90 What WW2 fighter planes can teach us about training
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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#89 Strength and kindness with Dave Hagerty
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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#88 Alec Blenis talks hybrid training and movement optimism
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#87 Are you training too heavy?
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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#86 Good, fast, or cheap. Pick two.
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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#85 Q&A 9
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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#84 Should gyms allow cameras?
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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#83 How to rehab your shoulders, and KEEP them healthy.
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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#82 Hypertrophy 101
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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#81 Getting back on the horse
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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#80 Andy's Story: "I'm a different person"
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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#79 Q&A 8
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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#78 Q&A 7
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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#77 Recap of 2023
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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#76 Q&A 6
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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#75 Overcoming plateaus
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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#74 Q&A 5
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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#73 Iron Ian on going from Irish pro wrestler to powerlifting coach.
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#72 Most overrated and underrated metal albums
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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#71 What people get wrong about progressive overload
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#70 Back Pain and Lifting
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#69 Q&A 4
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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#68 Why functional training is bullshit
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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#67 Q&3
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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#66 Greatest video games of all time
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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#65 Q&A 2
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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#64 Hellfest '23 Retrospective
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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#63 Q&A 1
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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#62 Rating Loudwire's Best Albums of the 2000s
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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#61 How Aran gained 10kg of mass in five months
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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#60 How to get into black metal
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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#59 Rick Nally
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May 24, 2023 |
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#58 Dave Hagerty and I go DEEP
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May 12, 2023 |
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#57 Make your training 'antifragile'
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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#56 - Mark Doherty on powerlifting, memes, and evidence based thinking
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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#55 Conor Galgey Returns
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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#54 How to Set Goals for '23
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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#53 A Guide to Pantera, with Ian Darragh
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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#51 Get Better Chin-Ups
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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#50 How to Get Into Metal, with Ian Darragh
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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#49 James MacConville Talks Running, Physio, and ADHD
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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#48 Dave Hagerty
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#47 Cian O'Brien on Quad Tears, James Smith, and Thinking Long Term
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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#46 Jack Ryan
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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#45 Alexis Léveillé/@nobullsh*tphysio on Combating Physio Misinformation
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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#44 Bench Press Every Day, with David Ryan
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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#43 @certifiedpersonneltruths / Mark Doherty
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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#42 - Will Walshe
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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#41 Ian Darragh - Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Training
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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#40 Rethinking S&C with Cian O'Brien
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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#39 Conor Galgey
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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#38 Rich Kelly
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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#37 Strength Training for Women and Body Image, with Emily Morrin
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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#36 Chatting Strength and Skepticism with Luke McCardle
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May 10, 2021 |
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#35 Training Your 'Weakpoints' ?
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May 06, 2021 |
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#34 Fitness Clickbait - Good or Bad?
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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#33 Talking Nutrition with Richard Kelly
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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#32 Squat U Controversy, Perfect Technique, and the Physio War
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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#31 Talking Hypertrophy, Strength, and Bulking with Conor Galgey
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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#30 Training to Failure
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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#29 Dealing with Failure
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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#28 Understanding DOMS / Muscle Soreness
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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#27 A Deep Dive on Progressive Overload
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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#26 Who's Telling the Truth?
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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#25 Maintaining Deadlift Strength in Lockdown
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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#24 Training for Combat Sports with Conor McCabe
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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#23 Nutrition - The Basics
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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#22 - Instagram Quiz Answers
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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#21 How to Progress Bodyweight Exercises
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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#20 - Ten Reasons Why You've Plateaued
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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#19 The Four Best Beginner Programmes
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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#18 - Chatting with Conor Galgey
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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#17 How to Grow Your Arms
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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#16 Overcomplicating Things
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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#15 Injury: Everything You Need to Know
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Strength Icons #1 - Sylvester Stallone
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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#14 - Coming Back from a Lay-off
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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#13 - On Discipline
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May 25, 2020 |
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#12 - Progressive Overload | TRAINING PRINCIPLES
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May 20, 2020 |
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#11 - Why You Need to Log
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May 14, 2020 |
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#10 - Specificity | TRAINING PRINCIPLES
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May 12, 2020 |
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# 9 Deleting Social Media - What I Learned
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May 06, 2020 |
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#8 - All About Pull-Ups
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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#7 - The Fitness Pyramid
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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#6 A Philosophy of Strength
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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#5 - Three Keys to Staying Motivated in Lockdown
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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#4 Gymnastic Rings
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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#3 - How Many Exercises?
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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#2 - Essential Home Gym Equipment
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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#1 - Staying Sane in Quarantine
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Apr 06, 2020 |