RX'D Radio Podcast
The Pre-Script™ team along with special guests bring you a unique blend of science, strength, and clinical experience on the RX'D Radio Podcast. View the latest episodes below.
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PODCAST EPISODE #283: OVERCOOK YOUR TRAINING
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 In this week's episode, Mac and Thayer draw from their current training, the SRA Curve and life's stress and how this can negatively impact your training just as it has with Mac. Sit down, Down some caffeine, come for the laughs, but stay for the information. You know this is going to be a good one!Â
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- Instagram:Â @coachjamesmac
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- Instagram:Â @thayer2513
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RECIPROCAL AND AUTOGENIC INHIBITION
By Abdurahmaan Saloojee
Abdurahmaan is a Pre-Script coach from Ottawa who loves reading, traveling, and training.
Understanding Reciprocal & Autogenic Inhibition: Anatomy & Physiology
This concept is an interesting one and quite a rabbit hole to dive into. It has many applications, but I have distilled it down to basically being a more efficient way to warm up the body for exercise, specifically resistance training and even more so at higher intensities and loads.Â
To understand this concept, first we need to understand that muscles work in pairs that perform opposing actions: the hamstrings flex the knee and the quads extend it; the adductors adduct the hip (wow) and the glute max/med/min abduct it; the triceps extend the elbow and the biceps flex it, and so on. These muscles when paired are agonists and antagonists: the agonist is performing the contraction and the antagonist is the opposing muscle group. When the quads extend the knee, the antagonists are the hamstrings. Bear i...
PODCAST EPISODE #282: ANTOINE VAILLANT
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Welcome back to another episode of RX’D Radio, we’ve got Killian Jiunta and Shallow all in the studio this week and we are welcomed by a very special guest, Antoine Vaillant. Antoine is an IFBB pro bodybuilder, HD Muscle Athlete, and has quite the story to tell. AV is very open about his struggles with addiction and wants to use his experiences to shed some light on a very important topic. This episode has quite a few wild stories with lots of ups and downs and is not one to miss!
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- Instagram:Â @antoinev87
- YouTube:Â AntoineVaillant
- Website:Â www.avbodybuilding.com
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Don’t miss the release of our NEWest educational community - The Pre-Script™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com.
For other strength training, health, and injur...
PODCAST EPISODE #281: GYM GOGGLES & SAFE SETS
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In this week's episode, Mac and Thayer discuss Mac’s idea to streamline his T-Shirt selection, Thayer’s rule on how to be discreet within your clothing and Mac takes us through a “Gym Goggles” principle you all need to know. Sit down, Down some caffeine, come for the laughs, but stay for the information. You know this is going to be a good one!
CONNECT WITH JAMES MACINTOSH
- Instagram:Â @coachjamesmac
CONNECT WITH JAMES THAYER
- Instagram:Â @thayer2513
Click the links below to sign up for our courses
Don’t miss the release of our NEWest educational community - The Pre-Script Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com.
For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram.Â
For more episodes, subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Also, sign up to our mailing list at www.pre-script.com to get the first updates on new programming releases. Y...
Broderick Chavez - RX’D Radio Podcast Episode #280
BRODERICK CHAVEZ - PODCAST EPISODE #280
This week on RX’D Radio, we welcome renowned and infamous US trainer to Olympians and IFBB Pros, Broderick Chavez.
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He is a sports performance expert, biologist, chemist, coffee connoisseur, and self-proclaimed Evil Genius.
Chavez has actively worked in the Sports Performance Field for 30 years and has competed at a national level in bodybuilding, powerlifting, and strongman, and has trained countless IFBB pros, Olympians and athletes.
 
CONNECT WITH BRODERICK CHAVEZ:
- Instagram:Â @evilgeniusdownunder
- Twitter:Â @TeamEvilGSP
- Website:Â www.teamevilgsp.com
Click the links below to sign up for our courses!
Don’t miss the release of our NEWest educational community - The Pre-Script™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com.
For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram.Â
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PODCAST EPISODE #279: DO IT FOR THE GRAM
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We've all had that moment scrolling through social media, seeing an exercise that leaves us asking, "what the hell are they doing?" In this episode, the boys take a critical look at what makes an exercise effective and programmable. They Identify the ability to progress an exercise and the appropriateness of implementing some positions. Come along for this conversation to set the criteria of when to leave a movement in the trash bin to be labeled as doing it for the gram and when it holds value in an exercise program.
CONNECT WITH JAMES MACINTOSH
- Instagram:Â @coachjamesmac
CONNECT WITH JAMES THAYER
- Instagram:Â @thayer2513
Click the links below to sign up for our courses
Don’t miss the release of our NEWest educational community - The Pre-Script Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com.
For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Inst...
APPLICATION IS LEARNING
APPLICATION IS LEARNING
"The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action"
This impressionable line caught my attention recently and I find myself referencing it over and over again.
As a subscriber to this newsletter you’re likely someone who is passionate about continuing their education. Higher education, continued education courses, books, podcasts, and articles can all hold a tremendous amount of value when it comes to learning and improving our skill set as coaches. Understanding basic principles and having a general knowledge about how the human body works is essential to being a valuable coach. The issue arises when we are drowned in information but we don’t know what to do with it – we must learn to filter what really matters.Â
Knowledge too often stays in the classroom. In this day and age all it takes is a few clicks on Instagram or YouTube to find an array of opinions from overly-confident but unactionable content providers. Their chief points have minimal applic...
PODCAST EPISODE #278: NATHAN MACINTOSH
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Welcome back to the RX’D Radio studio! This week Shallow sits down with comedian Nathan Macintosh. Nathan and Shallow share a similar upbringing being from the east coast of Canada; they also share a similar complexion. Nathan has hilarious takes on growing up in eastern Canada and talks about his comedy journey across North America, including some of his first jokes and worst shows. This episode may only reference fitness once (shout out TrapStar), but I guarantee you’ll be laughing from start to finish.
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- Instagram:Â @nathanmacintosh
- YouTube:Â Nathan Macintosh
- Twitter:Â @Nathanmacintosh
- Website:Â www.nathanmacintosh.com
Click the links below to sign up for our courses!
Don’t miss the release of our NEWest educational community - The Pre-Script™ Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com.
For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, a...
PODCAST EPISODE #277: CLIENT COMMUNICATION & CHECK INS
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 In this week's episode, Mac and Thayer dive into probably the most important part of coaching. Being able to communicate with the person in front of you. They go through their own ways in which they communicate with clients, how they learned about better methods and how they structure their client check-ins. Sit down, Down some caffeine, come for the laughs, but stay for the information. You know this is going to be a good one.
CONNECT WITH JAMES MACINTOSH
- Instagram:Â @coachjamesmac
CONNECT WITH JAMES THAYER
- Instagram:Â @thayer2513
Click the links below to sign up for our courses
Don’t miss the release of our NEWest educational community - The Pre-Script Collective! Join the community today at www.pre-script.com.
For other strength training, health, and injury prevention resources, check out our website, YouTube channel, and Instagram.Â
For more episodes, subscribe and tune in to our podcast. Also, sign up to our mail...
OVERTRAINING - PART 3
By Jake Larsen
Beginning with wrestling and soccer, Jake has been immersed in fitness nearly his whole life. Personal training and studying exercise in college were the natural progression of that passion. Competing locally in bodybuilding and powerlifting, Jake currently studies exercise at university and does online coaching at Jackalstrength.com.
Overtraining
Part 3
Recovery
           Ask TikTok what recovery means, and you’ll likely get something about foam rolling, massages, and ice baths. Or blue-light glasses. I enjoy a good massage as much as the next person, but unfortunately that is what some call “majoring in the minors”. These things can (possibly) improve recovery, but they certainly play a minor role at best.
           Recovery from exercise means first and foremost: rest. As much as we want to expedite the process, recovery takes time. We can influence how much time it requires to a small degree, but the bottom line will always be recovery takes time. Q...