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Good morning and welcome back! Today, Zack and I invite a special guest and Nashville's go-to Calisthenics guru and Acro-mutant Dustin Del Rio to the show! Dustin and I met a few years back when he had just opened his first gym, and ever since, he's taken his expertise in strength and conditioning and honed … Continue reading A2Z No BS Episode 70: Free Falling with Acro-Mutant Dustin Del Rio

Good morning and welcome back! When things get tough - when work, life, or stress gets in the way - how do we go about navigating those stressors with regular training? How do we "bring it" when we'd rather do anything else? How could we change some variables to make sure we're staying in the … Continue reading A2Z No BS Episode 69: When the going gets tough, Brush your teeth anyway

Good morning and welcome back! Today, Zack and I are hanging out at his place slinging some local beers and chatting training. This week, we're talking about some of the ways we agree and disagree in our approaches to training. While the meat and potatoes of training remain largely the same, there are several ways … Continue reading A2Z No BS Episode 68: Agree to Disagree

Good afternoon and welcome back to the A2Z Podcast! This week Zack and I meet at an old favorite watering hole in East Nashville and we're talking training. Recently, we spent a Saturday morning in a new training environment - Cornelia Airpark - where we slung kettlebells and did some bodyweight work to catch a … Continue reading A2Z No BS Episode 67: Updates and Flow State

Good morning and welcome back! This week we welcome a special guest, Sarah Arnold, the Director at ISI Elite Training, located right here in The Nations. Featuring functional fitness that focuses mostly on strength training with a sprinkle of cardio, ISI Elite is here to help change the training landscape in Nashville. Sarah found her … Continue reading A2Z No BS Episode 66: Special Guest Sarah Arnold on Nashville’s Newest Training Facility, Delivering killer workouts, and the Business of Coaching

Good morning and welcome back to the show! Today we have a very special guest and someone Zack and I admire as a coach, educator, and author: Dan John. Dan has been coaching athletes and adults for decades, and has amassed a following for his simple but super effective style of training. In the decade … Continue reading A2Z No BS Episode 65: Legendary Dan John on Life Lessons Learned through Training, Finding your North Star, and Advice for the Novice Coach

Hey there and welcome back to the show! This week Zack and I talk Dan John-isms, assessments, flipping the programming script, and all things kettlebell training. Grab a beer and enjoy! A2Z No BS Ep. 64

Good morning and welcome back! This week Zack and I are honoring the man, the myth, the legend, Louie Simmons, a juggernaut in the field of powerlifting, and a man that was taken from us too soon. We talk about Louie and the mark he made on the lifting community, the kind of man and … Continue reading A2Z No BS Episode 63: Louie Simmons and the Art of Coaching

Good morning and welcome back! Today Zack and I are enjoying some dark beers and discussing some important changes we're making: given the crisis in the Ukraine, we're not longer calling exercises "Russian" anything. Instead, we're renaming and re-branding; a critical change since Zack has a brand new YouTube series out on the kettlebell swing! … Continue reading A2Z No BS Episode 62: Star-Spangled Swings and Training Updates

Good morning and welcome back! This week we have a very special guest with us, Megan Crozier, on all things nutrition. Megan is a Functional Nutrition Therapy Practitioner, and after having her own difficulties with nutrition and fueling her own workouts, she focused her efforts and energy on studying nutrition, hormones, and metabolism. Through her … Continue reading A2Z No BS Episode 61: Special Guest, Megan Crozier, on Myths, Misconceptions, and the Pitfalls of CICO