The second episode of a new series, 'Rants with Gus &amp; Sam'. Since we are both preparing athletes for ProRaw (an international invite-only powerlifting competition), we decided to talk about our methods behind the stages of competition preparation for a powerlifting meet. Warning this comes with many tangents that explore the depths further into programming. 

The second episode of a new series, 'Rants with Gus &amp; Sam'. Since we are both preparing athletes for ProRaw (an international invite-only powerlifting competition), we decided to talk about our methods behind the stages of competition preparation for a powerlifting meet. Warning this comes with many tangents that explore the depths further into programming.

Programming for Powerlifting Competitions

Hopefully the first of many series with myself and Sam Thomasson. Two coaches having a great conversation talking shop.

Hopefully the first of many series with myself and Sam Thomasson. Two coaches having a great conversation talking shop.

Rants with Gus & Sam - Episode 1

Hosted by Ruby Cooke, Lifters League resident Nutritionist, today had Coach Emily Stemm onto the show to discuss the importance of inner-work. How our understanding of self can better the long-term outcome of both lifestyle and performance goals. 

Hosted by Ruby Cooke, Lifters League resident Nutritionist, today had Coach Emily Stemm onto the show to discuss the importance of inner-work. How our understanding of self can better the long-term outcome of both lifestyle and performance goals.

Innerwork with Coach Em Stemm & Ruby Cooke

We had guest speaker Hayley Forrest, who we have had on the show before on metabolic super-compensation. The main topic of the day is protein intake. Do we consume too much protein... the short answer is, yes. Plus plenty of other rants on food culture. 

We had guest speaker Hayley Forrest, who we have had on the show before on metabolic super-compensation. The main topic of the day is protein intake. Do we consume too much protein... the short answer is, yes. Plus plenty of other rants on food culture.

We consume too much protein

This episode is about how you should approach training and nutrition whilst travelling. We share our adventures travelling around the world and talk about what we do. Lifters League is an online coaching service for anyone wanting to get stronger, build muscle and get leaner. We incorporated strength and conditioning and sports nutrition to create a more science based approach to attaining your goals. Visit our website www.liftersleague.com You can also follow me http://instagram.com/liftersleague/

This episode is about how you should approach training and nutrition whilst travelling. We share our adventures travelling around the world and talk about what we do. Lifters League is an online coaching service for anyone wanting to get stronger, build muscle and get leaner. We incorporated strength and conditioning and sports nutrition to create a more science based approach to attaining your goals. Visit our website <a href="http://www.liftersleague.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.liftersleague.com</a> You can also follow me <a href="http://instagram.com/liftersleague/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/liftersleague/</a>

Training & Nutrition While Traveling

In this episode is speak to Tim Piatkowski, a researcher in harm reduction for Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs. We discuss the social cultural influences and the pressure it puts on both men and women to enhance image and performance. We look at the current strategies in place to educate and reduce harm through peer-to-peer and support programs and we discuss how Tim's research will help bolster the resources into these programs.  Lifters League is an online professional service for coaching people in strength training and coaching development for passionate strength coaches and personal trainers. You can message us on our website http://www.liftersleague.com.au/  You can also follow me http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/

In this episode is speak to Tim Piatkowski, a researcher in harm reduction for Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs. We discuss the social cultural influences and the pressure it puts on both men and women to enhance image and performance. We look at the current strategies in place to educate and reduce harm through peer-to-peer and support programs and we discuss how Tim's research will help bolster the resources into these programs.  Lifters League is an online professional service for coaching people in strength training and coaching development for passionate strength coaches and personal trainers. You can message us on our website <a href="http://www.liftersleague.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.liftersleague.com.au/ </a> You can also follow me <a href="http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/</a>

Harm Reduction for Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs

Here is my personal experience with starting my coaching business and how I have help PTs and coaches make that start themselves into coaching. If you need help with business you should seek a business advisor or you can reach out to me and I can see how I can help you. Email me gus@liftersleague.com.au 

Here is my personal experience with starting my coaching business and how I have help PTs and coaches make that start themselves into coaching. If you need help with business you should seek a business advisor or you can reach out to me and I can see how I can help you. Email me gus@liftersleague.com.au

Starting a coaching/pt business

Lifters League is an online professional service for coaching people in strength training and coaching development for passionate strength coaches and personal trainers. You can message us on our website http://www.liftersleague.com.au/ You can also follow me http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/

Lifters League is an online professional service for coaching people in strength training and coaching development for passionate strength coaches and personal trainers. You can message us on our website <a href="http://www.liftersleague.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.liftersleague.com.au/</a> You can also follow me <a href="http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/</a>

Finding The Why

Lifters League is an online professional service for coaching people in strength training and coaching development for passionate strength coaches and personal trainers. You can message us on our website http://www.liftersleague.com.au/    You can also follow me http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/

Lifters League is an online professional service for coaching people in strength training and coaching development for passionate strength coaches and personal trainers. You can message us on our website <a href="http://www.liftersleague.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.liftersleague.com.au/ </a> You can also follow me <a href="http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/</a>

Smart & Dumb ways to make weight

Recovery Management is critical for both understand and maximising the effects of your training program. Without proper recovery management we will lose the capacity to adapt to our training. People say is training and nutrition but without recovery it doesn't matter how well you train or eat. Lifters League is an online professional service for coaching people in strength training and coaching development for passionate strength coaches and personal trainers. You can message us on our website http://www.liftersleague.com.au/ You can also follow me http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/

Recovery Management is critical for both understand and maximising the effects of your training program. Without proper recovery management we will lose the capacity to adapt to our training. People say is training and nutrition but without recovery it doesn't matter how well you train or eat. Lifters League is an online professional service for coaching people in strength training and coaching development for passionate strength coaches and personal trainers. You can message us on our website <a href="http://www.liftersleague.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.liftersleague.com.au/</a> You can also follow me <a href="http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/guscooke_liftersleague/</a>

Recovery Management

The Lifters League Podcast dives deep into the world of strength and muscle with our hosts Gus Cooke and Ruby Cooke.

The Lifters League Podcast

Detailed show notes will be live at http://www.musclenerd.com.au/sleep-hacking/ covering: Signs and Symptoms of Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Apnea Tips for Sleep Hygiene  Tips to treat apnea Tips to increase sleep performance 

Detailed show notes will be live at <a href="http://www.musclenerd.com.au/?p=7364&amp;preview=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.musclenerd.com.au/sleep-hacking/</a> covering: <ul><li>Signs and Symptoms of Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Apnea</li> <li>Tips for Sleep Hygiene </li> <li>Tips to treat apnea</li> <li>Tips to increase sleep performance </li></ul>

15: Sleep Part 2: Sleep Hacking

For the next 2 episodes we will talk about sleep . In this episode we we will talk about the risk of not sleeping, benefits to sleep, performance benefits and lots of interesting facts. 

For the next 2 episodes we will talk about sleep . In this episode we we will talk about the risk of not sleeping, benefits to sleep, performance benefits and lots of interesting facts.

14: Sleep Part 1: What you should know about sleep

Victoria Felkar

in todays episode we have a special guest, Victoria Felkar. She is world leading researcher in womens’s health and female hormone manipulation within sport and medicine. She is a practitioner, consultant, author and educator. She has spoken all over the world including the great SWIS symposium in Canada. She has worked with some of the most elite athletes from the olympics through to the Olympia Today we are going to speak about female using performance enhancing drugs or more specifically anabolic steroids, Now I’m not for or against the use of steroids but like any other drug I believe in risk management, health optimisation and education, its the only way we are going to combat stupidity of misinformantion. Steroids are going to be used in this industry weather we like it or not but I hope from this podcast we can get women and men to critically think about their decision to use performance enhancements drugs

in todays episode we have a special guest, Victoria Felkar. She is world leading researcher in womens’s health and female hormone manipulation within sport and medicine. She is a practitioner, consultant, author and educator. She has spoken all over the world including the great SWIS symposium in Canada. She has worked with some of the most elite athletes from the olympics through to the Olympia Today we are going to speak about female using performance enhancing drugs or more specifically anabolic steroids, Now I’m not for or against the use of steroids but like any other drug I believe in risk management, health optimisation and education, its the only way we are going to combat stupidity of misinformantion. Steroids are going to be used in this industry weather we like it or not but I hope from this podcast we can get women and men to critically think about their decision to use performance enhancements drugs

11: Victoria Felkar | Females on Steroids

What all this hysteria about reverse diet. Here is our philosphy and science based approach to "reverse diet"

What all this hysteria about reverse diet. Here is our philosphy and science based approach to "reverse diet"

10: Reverse Diet Hysteria

Episode to of the Coaching series. This series started from requests to understand programming but we believe to truely understand programming your have to understand the whole system. We provide an Athlete Management Service that with every episode we will cover our system for Coaching.  Todays episode is on goal setting and it entire complexity. This is a big topic and try to cover as much as we can in the 1 hour long episode. 

Episode to of the Coaching series. This series started from requests to understand programming but we believe to truely understand programming your have to understand the whole system. We provide an Athlete Management Service that with every episode we will cover our system for Coaching.  Todays episode is on goal setting and it entire complexity. This is a big topic and try to cover as much as we can in the 1 hour long episode.

9: Beyond Goal Setting

We love coffee. Coffee is the nectar of he gods. It can make a bad day a good day and a good day a great day. Here is a little coffee science to brighten our morning and justify our absive of psychactive drugs. 

We love coffee. Coffee is the nectar of he gods. It can make a bad day a good day and a good day a great day. Here is a little coffee science to brighten our morning and justify our absive of psychactive drugs.

8: Justified Coffee Use

Andrew Lock

If your a professional, physiotheripest, chiropractor, remedial theripist, strength coach who treats lifters with pain or injuries then this is for you. Today we have guest Andrew Lock giving advice for professionals who treat lifters.    Show Notes: SWIS Symposim - 26, 27, 28 October 2018 - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Details here https://www.swis2018.com If you want to get in touch with Andrew Lock you can contract him through his facebook page Functional Strength Rehabilitation, email sportspinephysio@hotmail.com, contact number 0451785625. If your in Brisbane you will need to contact Lifters League, info@liftersleague.com.au (07)32520673 

If your a professional, physiotheripest, chiropractor, remedial theripist, strength coach who treats lifters with pain or injuries then this is for you. Today we have guest Andrew Lock giving advice for professionals who treat lifters.  Show Notes: <ul><li>SWIS Symposim - 26, 27, 28 October 2018 - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Details here <a href="https://www.swis2018.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.swis2018.com</a></li> <li>If you want to get in touch with Andrew Lock you can contract him through his facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Functional-Strength-Rehabilitation-472270909559950/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Functional Strength Rehabilitation</a>, email <a href="mailto:sportspinephysio@hotmail.com">sportspinephysio@hotmail.com</a>, contact number 0451785625. If your in Brisbane you will need to contact Lifters League, <a href="mailto:info@liftersleague.com.au">info@liftersleague.com.au</a> (07)32520673 </li></ul>

6: Andrew Lock #2 | Advice for professionals who treat lifters

Shoulder Pain and Bench Press with world renouned genius physiolothepist Dr. Lock. We talk about shoulder pain, shoulder rehab and prehab for bench press. We also recap ProRaw and talk about some big benchers. 

Shoulder Pain and Bench Press with world renouned genius physiolothepist Dr. Lock. We talk about shoulder pain, shoulder rehab and prehab for bench press. We also recap ProRaw and talk about some big benchers.

2: Andrew Lock | Shoulder Pain and Bench Press

The Muscle Nerd Podcast - Powerlifting, Strength &amp; Conditioning and Sports Nutrition Science. Our first episode of The Muscle Nerd Podcast with the Lifters League ProRawX Team of Queensland, Australia including Sarah Rainbow, All Time World Record Holder, second strongest female in Australia, Biggest Female Bench, 13th biggest deadlift in the World (raw and equipped) and 14th in the 300lbs hall of fame. We also have with us Leoni Smith, Strength Coach. Pip Brown, ProRawX Athlete and the Host, Head Powerlifting Coach of Lifters League.  Today we talk about how we programmed and prepped our proraw competitors and we cover programming methods for elite powerlifters. 

The Muscle Nerd Podcast - Powerlifting, Strength &amp; Conditioning and Sports Nutrition Science. Our first episode of The Muscle Nerd Podcast with the Lifters League ProRawX Team of Queensland, Australia including Sarah Rainbow, All Time World Record Holder, second strongest female in Australia, Biggest Female Bench, 13th biggest deadlift in the World (raw and equipped) and 14th in the 300lbs hall of fame. We also have with us Leoni Smith, Strength Coach. Pip Brown, ProRawX Athlete and the Host, Head Powerlifting Coach of Lifters League.  Today we talk about how we programmed and prepped our proraw competitors and we cover programming methods for elite powerlifters.

1: ProRaw Team | Programming for Elite Powerlifters

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