#477 Stuart Locke - Being Hard to Kill, Being Easy to Coach
Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew CoatesShow Notes
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 The Play-It-Out Method 33:19 Coach Buy-In 34:43 Self-Soothe Training 37:50 Crash Outs and Childhood 40:05 Front of Paywall Authenticity 44:26 Curated Image Exposed 46:31 Avoid Being an NPC 48:30 Hobbies and Clients 50:24 Sports and Outsourcing Joy 52:58 Wrap Up and Where To Follow
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