Your CoachRx Podcast Network Update Early August
The CoachRx Podcast Network kicks off August with plenty for your coaching brain: plyometrics and ballistics you can actually program, James FitzGerald on his 2007 CrossFit Games win and what fitness really means, and the daily decisions that separate HYROX finishers from podium contenders. You will also find nutrition numbers made simple, exercise as a mental health tool, and a framework for content that sounds like you instead of everyone else. Plus, we are welcoming a brand new show to the network: Men Without Masks with Coaches Lee Hendy and David O'Brien. Here are your must-listen episodes.
Men Without Masks Podcast
With Coaches Lee Hendy & David O'Brien
Please give a warm welcome to the newest show in the network. Irish health and performance coaches Lee Hendy and David O'Brien host honest conversations about the realities men face today: health, mindset, purpose, pressure, and fatherhood. They are already 14 episodes deep and worth a binge.
EP14: All Things Energy
Low energy is one of the most common complaints coaching clients bring through the door. Dave and Lee break it down into four factors, stress, sleep, hydration, and nutrition, and make the case that fatigue is usually a recovery deficit rather than a caffeine deficit. Practical takeaways include structuring the day, sleep hygiene, and building balanced meals instead of chasing quick fixes.
Conquer Athlete Podcast
With Coaches Jason Leydon & Ryan Bucciantini
The Hidden Impact of Stress on Your Training
Your client's training is only as good as their recovery, and total life stress is often the missing variable. Jason Leydon breaks down how chronic and acute stress affect performance and health, and why managing stress load matters as much as managing training load. A useful lens for the client whose progress stalls despite a dialed-in program.
How to Progress Skills Inside a Mixed Modal Workout
Skill work often falls apart the moment it meets fatigue. Jason shares how to progress skills within mixed modal training: honoring proper progression, understanding the limits of each energy system, and pairing exercises strategically so athletes can hold quality under load.
The Standard Podcast
With Coaches Brandon Gallagher &Jerry Hayes
Leave Your Sh*t At The Door
Every coach has walked onto the floor carrying something heavy from home. Brandon and Jerry get into why your clients should never feel it, sharing practical strategies for managing your own mindset and stress so session quality stays high when life gets messy.
The Fitness Movement by ZOAR Fitness
With Coach Ben Wise
Developing Athleticism in the CrossFit Athlete with Spencer Kankel
Chasing fitness scores is not the same as developing athletic potential. Ben sits down with Coach Spencer Kankel for a long form conversation on the 2026 CrossFit Games and what it takes to build a genuinely athletic CrossFit athlete, including how coaches can program for the difference.
Developing Athleticism Revisited
A follow up to the Spencer Kankel conversation, with Ben revisiting the developing athleticism theme solo. In about 20 minutes he distills the big ideas from that episode into takeaways you can apply when building broader athleticism in your CrossFit athletes.
Smarter Strength Podcast
What to do When Your Client has a Pain Flare Up
A client's pain flares up mid-program: now what? Answering a listener question from a physical therapist and coach, Dr. Skolnik walks through normalizing non-linear progress from day one, stripping the emotion out of the moment, and collecting objective data on what was novel in training. The reframe worth stealing: a flare-up is a benchmark of current tolerance, and repeating the session symptom-free a few weeks later becomes a measurable win.
How to Break Through the Good Coach Plateau
Stagnation does not always look like failure, which is what makes the good coach plateau so easy to miss. Dr. Skolnik prescribes naming the clients and conversations you have been quietly avoiding, then building a focused self-study plan to attack that weak spot. Practical for any coach who feels competent but stuck.
Performance Programming Simplified
With Coach Spencer Kankel
How to fix your Overhead Squat + Other Thoughts on CrossFit
Overhead squat limitations frustrate coaches and clients alike. Spencer sits down with Kerry Kirsch of the Coach Em Up Podcast to work through targeted mobility drills, loading techniques, and shoulder stability work, plus programming considerations for youth and senior populations. They also get into warm-up design and where AI fits in the fitness industry.
Episode 13: Carbohydrate Metabolism
Fueling decisions fall flat when you do not understand the underlying physiology. Spencer breaks down carbohydrate metabolism and translates it into practical fueling guidance for functional fitness training and competition.
HYROX Heroes
With Coach Damian Votta
Every Decision You Make Increases Your Probability of Success In HYROX
Elite HYROX athletes do not rely on motivation or talent; they rely on standards and daily habits that compound over time. Damian breaks down how every decision either raises or lowers your probability of success on race day, and what that means for the racers and endurance athletes you coach.
The Viomati Co Podcast
With Coaches Robin Styvers & Manon Jongejan
#12: What’s Your Dream? How to Turn Your Passion Into a Business
Plenty of coaches sit on a business idea without ever acting on it. In this solo episode, the show works through identifying what you actually want and the early steps to turn a passion into a sustainable business. It is steady encouragement for anyone weighing the leap.
Use It or Lose It, Train for Life
With Coaches Kayla Smith& Kevin Armstrong
Calories, Macros and Meal Planning To Hit Your Goals
Nutrition guidance falls apart when clients are guessing at their numbers. Kayla walks through calculating calories from body composition, adjusting intake for activity level, and using meal planning to cut decision fatigue, all in service of the consistency that actually moves clients toward their goals.
Exercise Won't Solve Everything...But I Might Change Everything
Drawing on years of coaching hundreds of clients, Kayla and Kevin explore movement as a tool for emotional wellbeing: stress and anxiety reduction, the social support of a gym community, and the confidence built by small training wins. They are clear that exercise complements therapy and medication rather than replacing them, and they close with how to help clients start small and stay consistent.
The Grit Performance Podcast
With Coach Tyson Maher
Chasing The CrossFit Games | Rylee Kent & Tamatea Mccall
What does the road to the CrossFit Games actually look like for a teenage athlete? This documentary-style episode follows Rylee Kent and Tamatea Mccall as a dream that once felt impossible becomes real, told from inside their preparation for the 2026 season. A different format from Grit, and worth the watch.
Behind The Design
With Coaches Daniel Persson &Brandon Gallagher
Behind The Design: Plyometrics & Ballistics
A strong squat does not automatically transfer to sprinting, cutting, or landing from a jump. Daniel and Brandon present a four quadrant model for organizing plyometrics by ground contact time and force production, then walk through progressions from banded pogos to depth drops that fit into complete programs for athletes and general population clients alike.
Behind The Design: Plyos & Ballistics Pt 2 Plus Q&A
Part two moves from theory to application: fitting explosive training into real client programs. The guys cover lower body plyo progressions, upper body ballistics with medicine ball throws, and a live question on training frequency, making the case for starting clients on the smallest schedule that can produce success.
Catch it live: Tuesdays at 10:30am EST on the OPEX YouTube Channel
Frameworks with Carl Hardwick
With Coach Carl Hardwick
James Fitzgerald Reveals His Journey to 2007 CrossFit Games Champion
Before OPEX, there was a hockey kid with a devastating leg injury. James Fitzgerald traces his path through rehab, coaching, and founding OPT on the way to winning the inaugural 2007 CrossFit Games, then reflects on credentialism in coaching, how to measure coaching impact, and his return to competition as a masters athlete.
Defining Fitness With James FitzGerald
What does fitness actually mean? Carl and James argue the term has been stretched until it lost its meaning, then rebuild it across physical expression, behavior, nutrition, consistency, and personal values. The challenge for coaches: define fitness for yourself first, then help each client connect it to their own priorities.
The Autonomy Problem in Fitness Coaching
What should coaching actually produce: a dependent client or an autonomous one? Carl Hardwick and OPEX founder James Fitzgerald dig into autonomy as self-governance, why so many clients stay stuck in dependency, and the business case for building toward client graduation instead of clinging to retention. They also cover expectations, simplicity over complexity, and what physical freedom really means.
Marketing For Fitness Coaches
With Kandace Hudspeth
Episode 50: The Full Marketing Roadmap Recap
Fifty episodes in, Kandace brings the whole message back to one idea: your marketing should be as individual as the way you coach. This recap walks the complete eight-step roadmap, from defining your niche and building your content signature to packaging your offer and running a content system you can actually sustain. A solid reset if your content has started to sound like everyone else's.
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