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Strength Matters

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The Strength Matters podcast is a weekly show for health and fitness professionals who want the systems, tools, and resources to grow and scale a successful fitness business. Hosted by Head Coach Josh Kennedy and Strength Matters founder, James Breese. 

Join the world’s leading experts in helping personal trainers and coaches uncover cutting-edge training solutions and share them with you.

Strength Matters is a system of training and education for fit pros and experienced enthusiasts who want to optimize performance and enhance their health span.

The central question that drives our work is, “How can we train smarter?” To answer that question, we like to talk about science-based ways, made simple, to solve practical health and fitness problems.

However, science doesn’t always have the answers. That’s why our work combines both science and practical real-world experience. What works in a textbook, doesn’t always work in real life. 

This is why we like to talk about and share our client results with you… the good, and the bad, so that we can all learn from them, move forward to live, and perform better.

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Episodes

How to Bounce Back from Illness

In this episode, James talks a bit about his recent illness and his road to recovery, and what he feels was the biggest help in feeling better. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downl...

Oct 12, 202122 minSeason 3Ep. 29

How to Workout Like Shang-Chi

Here's how you actually train like a superhero Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downloads To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download your...

Oct 05, 202120 minSeason 3Ep. 28

Why You Need to Stop Blaming Your Metabolism!

Finally, there's research to prove that people can no longer blame their metabolism for putting on weight... Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downloads To learn more about Strength M...

Sep 14, 202115 minSeason 3Ep. 27

What Everyday Athletes Should Know About Hip Mobility

Don't neglect your hips. You'll find out why in this episode! Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downloads To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system...

Sep 01, 202119 minSeason 3Ep. 26

How NOT to Run Your First Ultra Marathon

In this episode James and Josh chat about the common mistakes people make when signing up for their first big race. For some it’s an ultra marathon and for others it might be their first 5k. Regardless, preparation is key to enjoying the experience. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more qualit...

Aug 10, 202125 minSeason 3Ep. 25

Why Food Quality Matters in Fat Loss

James and Josh talk about food quality and how important it is in fat loss. They discuss a few of their own personal bad habits - things you may be able to identify with - and then ways to improve those so you can start improving your fat loss and general health right away. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and b...

Jul 14, 202124 minSeason 3Ep. 24

The #1 Way to Stop Procrastinating & Start Losing Weight Today

The team discuss why procrastinating on your health and fitness and then putting your hopes in a quick fix - will always lead to disappointment. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Down...

Jul 07, 202118 minSeason 3Ep. 23

How to Calculate Rest Periods Using Your Heart Rate

James Breese shares some of our research and recent findings on using heart rate as a personalized method of recovery in between high-intensity training intervals. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple...

Jun 30, 202116 minSeason 3Ep. 22

Family Members’ Health and Diabetes

Having been recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, James’ father is stubborn and reluctant to change, which has meant that James has had to be rather creative in the ways he has been advising his dad on improving his health. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the li...

Jun 23, 202122 minSeason 3Ep. 21

Taking Responsibility for Your Own Health and Fitness

No one else can be 100% responsible for your success or failure, we discuss why. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downloads To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performa...

Jun 16, 202116 minSeason 3Ep. 20

How to Cycle Faster, and Stronger Than Ever Before

If you feel like you are just barely hanging on when riding for fun, maybe it’s time to make a few adjustments while training on your own so you can get that performance improvement you want. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now!...

Jun 07, 202125 minSeason 3Ep. 19

Don’t Fear Assessments, Embrace Them!

This episode explores the reason why improving your health, strength and fitness comes down to doing regular assessments and unfortunately there is no such thing as a ‘quick fix’ in fitness and health. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and revi...

May 14, 202121 minSeason 3Ep. 18

The Impact of Being More Sedentary on Body Composition

Josh and James are back with a new episode and this week they look at a study that was released around the impact of being more sedentary on athletes’ body composition. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on ...

May 07, 202115 minSeason 3Ep. 17

How and Why Muscle Fiber Types Impact Exercise Selection

Did you know that there are different muscle fiber types? In today’s episode, James and Josh discuss the different muscle fiber types and what they mean for the way that you work out. Listen in to hear them talk about the different types of muscle fibers, what they do, and how they may be affecting things like football injuries.Topics Discussed in This Episode: Research into muscle fiber types Training different muscle groups in a different way The different types of muscle fibers How muscle fib...

Apr 29, 202120 minSeason 3Ep. 16

The Strength Matters Pyramid of Vitality

Listen in as Josh and James talk about the importance of fundamentals and taking care of the basics, with the Strength Matters Pyramid of Vitality Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Do...

Apr 22, 202119 minSeason 3Ep. 15

Feet First and the Future of Footwear Design w/Asher Clark [Vivobarefoot]

Asher is the design director for Vivobarefoot and in this episode shares some exciting future plans that may just change the way we buy shoes. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downlo...

Mar 24, 202137 minSeason 3Ep. 14

Should You Count Calories?

Counting calories… Is it worth the time and effort? Does it actually help the process of getting healthy and losing weight (or hurt it)?Josh and James discuss this controversial topic, getting into the good, the bad and the ugly of counting calories as part of nutrition and weight-loss. As the Strength Matters guinea pig for their new nutrition-based program, James has some great insights and shares some feedback on his experience of calculating maintenance calories and keeping track of everythi...

Mar 09, 202139 minSeason 3Ep. 13

Secrets of Elite Obstacle Course Racers with Taylor Starch

Taylor Starch who shares his incredible wealth of knowledge about how the human body functions and what that means for the way we should be training for obstacle course racing. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Revie...

Feb 11, 20211 hr 10 minSeason 3Ep. 12

How to Get Into Running and Stay Injury Free

Discover the Strength Matters methodology for determining whether you can and should be running and then also what to do if you are ready to run but want to avoid injury. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us o...

Feb 02, 202130 minSeason 3Ep. 11

Guts and Brains Go Together with Perry Nickelston

Join the Strength Matters team as they interview Dr. Perry Nickelston about the importance of gut health and the effects it has on the brain... Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downl...

Jan 26, 20211 hr 14 minSeason 3Ep. 10

[Case Study] How I Lost 20kg and Became Pain Free with Jeroen Westra

In this episode, Jeroen shares his toughest challenges of the process and how he overcame them. He also notes the specific reasons he believes he lost weight successfully this time (and is keeping it off) when he has failed with diets in the past. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality ...

Jan 19, 202157 minSeason 3Ep. 9

How to Train for Fat Loss

Discover the four elements of fat loss workouts, how much you should be lifting, and what a fat loss training program looks like over the course of a week. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcast...

Jan 13, 202124 minSeason 3Ep. 8

The Strength Matters Fat Loss System

One thing people often don’t think about when they start a diet is how they’re going to stop. What’s the exit strategy that will allow you to stay healthy and maintain your weight? How do you prevent the yo-yo dieting cycle? Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link...

Jan 07, 202131 minSeason 3Ep. 7

Interview: The Importance of Barefoot Shoes with Galahad Clark

Did you know that wearing the wrong shoes can actually change the shape of your feet from foot-shaped to shoe-shaped? Today’s guest has learned a lot about the anatomy of feet and how shoes affect your feet. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate an...

Dec 29, 202035 minSeason 3Ep. 6

Fat Loss: Where to Start with Nutrition

While fat loss and diets are not an exact science, there are ways to still achieve your weight loss goals with a little focus and hard work. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Download...

Dec 26, 202031 minSeason 3Ep. 5

My Six Month Diet Experiment and The Surprising Results I Learned…

The team share details on the updated fat loss training program they developed for Strength Matters and the reasoning behind the change. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downloads To...

Dec 21, 202028 minSeason 3Ep. 4

The Importance of Non-Digital Learning

Discover why we went back to print magazines... Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downloads To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-performance training system, download you...

Dec 16, 202017 minSeason 3Ep. 3

Introducing the Everyday Athlete Scoring System

Discover our everyday athlete scoring system and how it can help you make better training decisions. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downloads To learn more about Strength Matters a...

Dec 10, 202028 minSeason 3Ep. 2

Season 3: We’re Back!

Season 3 of the Fit Over Thirty Podcast has arrived! Find out what's been happening behind the scenes at Strength Matters. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downloads To learn more ab...

Dec 07, 202015 minSeason 3Ep. 1

Strength Training for the Intermediate Everyday Athlete

How to approach strength training for intermediate athletes compared to beginners. Show Your Support: Rate and Review Us! If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your support helps us reach more people and bring you even more quality content. Click the link below to rate and review us now! Rate and Review us on Apple Podcasts FREE Downloads To learn more about Strength Matters and our high-perfor...

Dec 01, 202019 minSeason 2Ep. 22
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