About this episode

Stuart Locke shares insights on coaching, training strategies, and mental health in the context of powerlifting.

Stu Locke is a renowned powerlifting coach and joins me to share his experience with: Surviving a recent near-death health scare The dumbest and most effective strategies Stu has tried to intentionally gain weight Why he believes most people are focused on the wrong stuff in their training Why he believes in “aggressive and violent intent toward whatever goal you want to accomplish” The kind of mental stuff that gets in people’s heads and in their own way that interferes with results Managing neuroticism as a coach and as a client How to self-soothe in a training session when you’re stressing out Why it’s better to let people know who you are “in front of the paywall” instead of “behind the paywall” And much more Instagram: @stu_kodiakbarbell CHAPTERS 00:16 Near Death Surgery Story 01:18 Genetic Trigger Explained 02:40 ICU Crisis and Recovery 05:41 Muscle Mass: Double-Edged Sword 06:44 Dumb Bulking Mistakes 08:09 Vertical Diet and PED Bulk 11:49 Smart Lean Gains Plan 16:12 Stop Majoring in Minors 18:19 Real Fatigue vs Hard Training 22:31 Aggressive Goal Mindset 27:03 Subscribe and Reset 27:23 Shut Up and Get Coached 27:47 Anxiety vs Neuroticism 29:57 Rebuilding Self Image 31:27…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Coates

Guest: Stuart Locke

Topics covered

• powerlifting
• coaching
• mental health
• training strategies
• goal setting

Keywords

• powerlifting
• coaching
• mental health
• training
• goal setting
• nutrition
• weight gain

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