EP 73 Optimal Training for Optimal Progress | with Alex Bush
EMBody Radio
Emily Duncan
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2019
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Get ready to learn a lot on today's episode... I had the pleasure of chatting with my dear friend and training coach, Alex Bush. Alex is a coach, holds a Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, is certified through Precision Nutrition, and has also taken extensive coursework through N1 Education. We dove DEEP into some intermediate and advanced training principles, so get your notepads ready!
WHAT WE TOUCH ON TODAY:
-the three different phases of training (neurological, hypertrophy, metabolic) in a nutshell
-the role of tempo within your training program
-rep ranges for hypertrophy
-why a wide variety of rep ranges belong in a program
-the problem with the "kitchen sink" method of using multiple stimuli within the same training program
-how often and why we should go to mechanical failure
-the importance of exercise selection and movement proficiency
-why you need to become proficient at the same movements over time
-the impact that "Instagram trends" have had on the way people train
-maximum recoverable volume
-what is inflammation, how much is too much, and how do we manage it
-optimizing pre, intra, and post workout nutrition, including what to do if you have to train fasted
-what is creatine and how and why we should take it
-bringing up weak points in your physique
-what soreness ACTUALLY means
-the three biggest things you should focus on to become a better trainee
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WHERE TO FIND ME
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WHERE TO FIND ALEX
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Embody Radio everyone. I'm your host Emily Duncan. Today we are here for |
| 0:05.8 | definitely a more information heavy episode so just get ready to learn a lot of |
| 0:10.8 | wonderful relevant important things today. |
| 0:13.6 | I have the honor and pleasure of having my dear friend and my training programming coach |
| 0:17.8 | Alex Bush come on the show today. |
| 0:19.4 | So Alex has been in charge of my training programming, my workouts |
| 0:22.9 | since around September of 2018 |
| 0:25.0 | after I came back from ex-plant surgery |
| 0:26.6 | is when I started working with him. |
| 0:28.4 | And truly, I've always been someone |
| 0:30.0 | that places a high value on training. |
| 0:31.7 | You know, I've always been someone that's like, hey, |
| 0:34.0 | let's have structure to our training, let's be progressive, |
| 0:36.2 | let's not be dumb when we train, right? |
| 0:39.7 | But truly working with Alex has taken that to another level for me and I truly believe |
| 0:45.6 | that like he is his coaching is going to be an ace card for me the next time I |
| 0:50.4 | come to compete as it's already been an ace card this last you know |
| 0:53.2 | 10 11 months so I'm super excited to have him on the show today and honestly his |
| 0:58.4 | knowledge of training it honestly inspired me to pursue some of the same just educational courses that he's taken. |
| 1:08.3 | We come from a similar background in that he has the same degrees I have in exercise science. |
| 1:13.0 | He's also certified through precision nutrition. |
| 1:15.6 | I can never say that on the first go. |
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