The Flex Success Podcast

The Flex Success Podcast

Hosted by: Flex Success

The Flex Success Podcast

Episodes

#102 Flex Coach George - New Science of Muscle Growth

Season #1

A bicep curl is a bicep curl, right? Well... some new science is suggesting that under certain conditions, spending longer in a particular portion of the exercise is supportive of hypertrophy (growth). This is true...
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#101 Lizzy and Dean - Pros & Cons of Vaping

Season #1

In the developed world we have fully internalised that cigarettes are health-harming. But what about vaping (eg e-cigarettes)? There are some pretty solid benefits to it, but this much newer craze is often taken up...
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#100 Dr Mike II - Misinformation and Balance

Season #1

EPISODE 100!! We were pumped to have Dr. Mike ll join us to celebrate this milestone and contribute to the silliness, insight, and guidance. Dr Mike helps us understand how to approach misinformation, and shares his...
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#99 Lizzy and Dean - Goal Achievement (Part 2)

Season #1

Carrying on from 'Part 1', we continue with 5 more practical considerations for improving the likelihood of goal achievement. Some of these considerations are a little abstract and may be something you've not yet...
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#98 Lizzy and Dean - Goal Achievement (Part 1)

Season #1

Setting goals is so common that we wonder if our pets set them too. But what is less common is actually achieving them. Your hosts Dean and Lizzy cover ways to improve your chances of goal success. Note: Because this...
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#97 Flex Coach George - Why Females Shouldn't Be Too Lean For Too Long

Season #1

In the Instagram era, more than ever, people can feel worshipped for a lean physique. But there are consequences to being too lean for too long. And because women are not just small men, the consequences for women...
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#96 Dr. Nathan Kelly - Understanding Pain (Replay)

Season #1

Intuitively we think of pain as damage, and the extent of the pain is directly relative to the extent of the damage. In this episode, Dr. Nathan Kelly explains that this is not always the case. *episode...
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#95 Lizzy and Dean - Why Fat Loss Goals Over X-mas SUCK

Season #1

There are many reasons to want to press pause on physique goals over the holiday period. After all, continuing to grow muscle, or to lose fat, often conflicts with other areas of our life we are trying to support,...
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#94 James Macintosh - Injury Risk Management

Season #1

You don't have time to do heaps of prehab or rehab work before your workouts, so you skip it. It doesn't add to your gains anyway, right? In this episode, Coach James talks us through a practical alternative to...
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#93 Eugene Teo - Online Education, Worldwide Tours and Human Connection (Replay)

Season #1

We loved this episode so much when we released it back in 2019 that we just had to share it again. Coach Eugene Teo shares his experience with moving from 1on1 PT all the way through to international seminars, an...
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#92 Lizzy and Dean - What's the difference - PT VS Coach

Season #1

Personal Trainers, Educators, Consultants, and Coaches. Too often we see people in any of these roles call themselves a 'Coach'. What is the difference?In this episode, your co-hosts discuss the differences in scope...
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#91 Olivia Orchowski - Periods and Stuff

Season #1

Bleeding for a week every month and having peaks and crashes in hormones doesn't intuitively sound natural or healthy, does it... but nature has its own idea. We are joined by ex-model and long-time women's health...
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