Hello and welcome to Sigma Nutrition Radio. I am your host, Danny Lennon. This is episode

427 of the podcast. Today we're going to be discussing

evidence-based practice as it is applied within the fitness scene and particularly about the

use of evidence-based practice for personal trainers, fitness coaches, and others who are

outside of, let's say, medicine and other

clear health science fields. And it has never been more popular than right now to be seen as

evidence-based, if you are a fitness professional, or for people seeking that out. And indeed,

evidence-based practice has been seen or promoted as the best way to

arrive at coaching decisions. But is evidence-based practice actually what fitness professionals are

doing? Is it even attainable for most coaches? Does it create more of a burden on them than it actually

does to create useful coaching structure? Does it even more of a burden on them than it actually does to create useful coaching

structure? Does it even matter if you're reading research or not? And what makes for a competent

personal trainer or fitness professional? In this episode, I'm going to be joined by Jacob Skeppas

to discuss all of these questions and to discuss how he feels evidence-based practice

fits within a framework of coaching and of coach development. For those you who are unaware,

Jacob is the owner of JPS Health and Fitness based in Melbourne, Australia. He's been working

in the fitness industry for close to a decade now with a wealth

of experience built up working with a whole host of different clientele and has seen him

become one of the most sought out personal trainers in Melbourne. But beyond that, he has transferred

that into mentoring and coaching, aspiring personal trainers, where he holds various

workshops that JPS run a large mentorship that many of you may have seen. He has hosted

seminars and spoken at numerous conferences aimed at personal trainers and other fitness pros.

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