Welcome to the tailored life podcast, the one and only fitness and nutrition

podcast that goes way beyond just training and nutrition and helps you create a life

by design. I'm your host, Cody McBroom, and today I have a legendary strength coach, Joe DeFranco,

on the podcast. I'm super excited about this one. Joe has been on my bucket list of podcast

guests for years now. I mean, since episode one probably, and we're on 800-something. So I've

been waiting for this episode. He is somebody who has influenced my career tremendously, and there's

so many coaches out there that have

also been influenced by Joe. So if you're a regular listener to the podcast, you've probably heard

me talk about him specifically or some of my training methods, whether you realize it or not,

may have came from him specifically amongst some other legendary strength coaches in the industry.

But he was one of the main ones that really influenced me. So I'm excited about this episode because Joe has over 25 years of training experience.

He's worked with people in the WWE, the NFL, the UFC, you name it. He's probably influenced

them and coach them one-on-one. He is a world-renowned strength coach. And I don't know if there's

anybody in the industry who doesn't know who Joe DeFranco is.

So today you're going to listen to Joe, who is an unapologetic Jersey guy, talk about all

things training.

He's also going to dive into his story about how he had a tumor on his spine, multiple

back surgeries, and still kept training through that that and became probably a better strength

coach because of the experiences he went through. Not only that, he created a gym in a storage

closet. He trained pro athletes in a storage closet, which is crazy. So he's going to dive into

his story. He's going to teach you a lot today. That is not only science and evidence-based,

but it's also actually practical. And we even get into the difference between experience

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