In this conversation with Mike Boyle...

On December 29th, Mike Boyle put up a post that caused quite a ruckus. He said "I'm going to say it again, 5-10 reps done to failure is heavy enough. The risk of 1-5 is not worth the reward." While this statement does not seem to be all that controversial, the social media influencers of the world got riled up and stated to attack.

I thought this created a terrific opportunity to discuss some important issues strength coaches face every day:- In what scenario do we need to lift to failure? - What does lifting to failure mean? - Do adults need to lift heavy?

Mike is a brilliant strength coach with a world-class pragmatism. In this conversation, we dig into the weeds and actually explore the nuances of these critical questions instead of just throwing out attacks.

The conversation that we started in Part 1 was just getting rolling when we had to cut it off. Fortunately, Carl was nice enough to make time for a second podcast.

In this episode, we neatly summarize the OPEX concept "Sustain" and then we dig a lot deeper into its application.

Later in the episode we tease out the difference between sustain and repeatability - both important for any coach who works with the general public or athletes.

I really enjoyed this conversation and was grateful that Carl was willing to make extra time.

Enjoy!

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I was lucky enough to sit down, not once, but twice with OPEX CEO Carl Hardwick. If you've not heard of OPEX, it is a phenomenal education platform for strength coaches and personal trainers. It truly is a comprehensive program for any one in the industry, no matter how much experience you have.

OPEX has many foundational concepts, on which their system is based. Once such concept is "Sustain". In this episode, we start digging into this concept, one which about which any coach or trainer should be aware.

Huge thanks to Carl for taking time out of his busy schedule to meet with me.

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