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Aug 29
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EP 209: Training to Look, Feel, and Perf...

Vigor Life Podcast
About this episode

It was great to catch up with Eric as I’ve known him for a decade in which time he has gone from a successful in person coach, to hybrid coach, and finally fully online while building a 7-figure online coaching business. 


The Bach Performance Look Great Naked Protocol is built to you look, feel, and perform your best without living in the gym. Since 2013, they’ve served over 1200 CEO's, founders, business leaders, and athletes to lose upwards of 37 pounds in 90 days, 54 pounds in 6 months, and lose 130+ pounds and keep it off. Their client success rate is 83% with the average person losing 17 pounds in 90 days.


Eric has been featured in over 300 major publications from CNN and the Huffington Post to Askmen, Bodybuilding.com, & T-Nation.


IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

=> What are the 9 major physiological adaptations that clients want to achieve.

=> How to implement the different adaptations into a training program for clients of different levels.

=> The step-by-step breakdown of a training session for someone over the age of 35+.

=> Why power, reactivity, and even speed should be trained by every client (and the nuances and differences of how to implement it).

=> Joint friendly variations of explosive movements that won’t beat clients up.

=> Why you probably SHOULDN’T start springing, yet.

=> Why exercise selection is crucial for anyone over the age of 35 and most people choose the wrong exercises for themselves. 

=> Eric breaks down his training session that lasts 50 minutes and gets in all the components necessary.

=> Why Eric doesn’t do the “big lift” first and does the “Reverse Workout” method. 

=> We break down why it makes sense to change the order of your exercises to feel better AND get better results over time. 

=> Should you be using only 2 hard work sets per exercise, Eric breaks down why this is better for gains. 

=> How to ramp up to your top two hard working sets, we give an example. 

=> Why I went from listening to DMX while training to listening to podcasts, and how its changed my training (for the better).

=> Eric’s training template and why he does 5 days a week of strength training, and why most his clients do a 4 day a week split. 

=> What are the biggest issues people over the age 35 face when it comes to training. 
=> Why trying to do the same training that used to get you results aren’t working anymore (and beating your body up). 

=> Why A-players like less autonomy and want a step-by-step plan to get them results (“give me what works and I’ll follow it”).

=> What made Eric made the decision to get on TRT after getting his bloodwork done.

=> What MUST you do consistently before you go on TRT (or any other pharmaceutical). 

=> Is the #1 benefit of training mental performance?

=> How did Eric go from in person coach, to hybrid, to going fully online and building a 7-figure business. 


LINKS & RESOURCES:

Bach Performance website  https://bachperformance.com/author-home/

Eric Bach Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bachperformance/

Super Coach Mentorship https://lukahocevar.com/super-coach-mentorship/

Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes)  h

Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber

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