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Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates

The Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast dives deep into the science and practice of living a strong, healthy, and intentional life. Hosted by Andrew Coates, the show brings together inspiring guests to share insights, stories, and practical advice that empower listeners to build confidence, make informed choices, and stay resilient in their fitness and wellness journeys. Every episode encourages thoughtful exploration of what it means to lift free, diet hard, and live fully.

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00:50:56

EP #146 Nick Lambe: Public Speaking Workshop

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2023/12/12

My friend and prolific public speaker Nicke Lambe returns to talk all things public speaking. We've seen a rise in interest among coaches to speak at events, share their experience and knowledge, and educate within the industry. Nick has worked on ways to teach thee skills to more coaches and presents a lot of insight you can act on right now and further resources to follow up with. We also tease why you should join us at his event Raise the Bar in Dallas in late February. --- Support this

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00:45:19

EP #145 Steve Kamb: Level Up Your Life, Intrinsic vs...

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2023/11/22

Back from a short and unplanned hiatus, today Steve Kamb founder of the successful brand Nerd Fitness and author of Level Up Your Life joins to talk about how his brand niche found him. Steve shares a lot of ways his coaching philosophies evolved with a humble and engaging attitude. Steve shares how he's deeply focused on fostering intrinsic vs extrinsic goals. He also shares his nuanced throughs on augmented reality(think Pokemon Go) and gamification in fitness. --- Support this podcast:

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00:42:19

EP #144 Eric Wong Kai Pun: Should You Work In A...

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2023/09/12

Eric Wong Kai Pun, the Director of Personal Training at Goodlife - one of the biggest gym companies in the entire world, joins to chat about whether trainers should still work within a commercial gym setting. We talk about the pros and cons, the valuable skills you can learn, and the difference in starting a career now in fitness vs 10-20 years ago before social media played a role. We discuss the tradeoffs between support and stability and the work needed to work on your own and build a brand. We

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00:44:30

EP #143 Dr. Sam Spinelli: Rehab and Performance

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2023/09/06

Dr Sam Spinelli returns as part of a series featuring the presenters at my Oct 13-14 event in Edmonton, The Evolve Strength - Business and Coaching Conference. Sam shares what attendees can expect and his approach to both rehab and performance as different places on a spectrum of training stimulus, load, and intensity. We also talk in depth about the value of Sam's brand and media, and what he looks for in credible resources in the strength and rehab space. --- Support this podcast:

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00:53:18

EP #142 Logan Dubé: Boundaries vs Roadblocks

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2023/09/04

Logan Dubé returns in a candid discussion about challenging tour belief structures as a fitness professional. Logan shares the value of spending time in a traditional commercial gym model, but the importance of being able to break out of rigid thinking from this system. Logan also explains the early career focus on boundaries and how these can inadvertently become career roadblocks. We challenge the rush to get off the gym floor and the value of a strong in person coaching business during tough

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00:48:12

EP #141 Paulie Campbell: Developing Your Business...

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2023/08/22

My friend Paulie Campbell shares wisdom and experience from his lengthy career on how his business has shifted with different seasons of his career. Paulie shares why he sees connection with others in the industry as valuable to his own career development. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefitnessdevil/support

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00:47:49

EP #140 Funk Roberts: How to Crush on Youtube

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2023/08/15

Funk Roberts brings his big energy from years of success on YouTube to this episode so share his experience building a strong audience and a massively successful business. Funk shares mistakes along the way but getting right with his brand by doubling down on the brotherhood and community of his clientele . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefitnessdevil/support

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00:47:12

EP #139 Dan Go: Brand and Media Growth Mastery

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2023/08/08

Fitness entrepreneur Dan Go shares a masterclass in his philosophy and tactics on building his brand, his following across several social media platforms, and direction people to his newsletter. Dan shares his focus on large scale impact to help more people and the limiting beliefs that hold most people back, including himself in the past. We also give a class in how and why to increase your rates. This episode is a goldmine of ideas for coaches. --- Support this podcast:

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00:40:48

EP #138 Dr Joey Munoz: All Things Nutrition

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2023/08/01

Dr. Joey Munoz joins today to talk about navigating the polarizing and volatile battleground of online nutrition. Joey shares how he manages online bullies while not paying attention to what others are doing, and being focused on serving people with good information. Joey also shares a number of seemingly evidence based ideas and misconceptions popular within our industry. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefitnessdevil/support

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00:56:53

EP #137 Kyle Dobbs: Career Mindset and Tactics

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2023/07/25

Kyle Dobbs, founder of Compound Performance, joins to share why he works within both coaching of clients and education for coaches. Kyle dives into a lot of valuable and actionable tactics and minutes about your fitness career. There are a lot of great takeaways you'll use right away to pave a path to future success. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefitnessdevil/support

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00:42:03

EP #136 Jennifer Van Barneveld: Aspire To Inspire

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2023/07/18

Strong Magazine and Team Strong Girls owner Jennifer Van Barneveld is today's guest and Jennifer shares her mission in supporting women to "take up space", to "find their strong", and levelling up physically while celebrating the accomplishment. Jennifer shares how she build Team Strong Girls, and the process finding great coaches to build around. Jennifer also shares wisdom for coaches who want to write and get published and featured in publications like Strong. ---

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00:47:35

EP #135 Aram Grigorian: Being a Humble Coach

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2023/07/11

Aram Grigorian appears and shares his philosophies around serving others, being responsive and supportive, and of being transparent. Aram shares how his career has grown by being humble and helping others. We talk about how he put together his successful event The Real Coaches Summit and what he has planned for the next one March 11th and 12th in Vegas. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefitnessdevil/support

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00:36:48

EP #134 Lee Boyce: Trainer For Life

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2023/07/04

My good friend Lee Boyce returns to talk about how to stay in fitness as a long term career on the gym floor coaching clients. We often see trainers leave for "real jobs", gravitate online, or think there are greater financial rewards in "business coaching", but Lee shares why he feels being an in person coach is a legitimate and viable long term career path. Lee also shares his thoughts on the risk of AI replacing the human coaches in person. --- Support this podcast:

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00:42:38

EP #133 Edwin Mejia Jr: Generation Iron and Video Media

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2023/06/27

Generation Iron co-founder Edwin Mejia Jr. appears to talk about the legacy of media built by GI. Edwin shares his thoughts on how important it is for coaches to embrace video based media, and why genuine storytelling matters. We discuss the importance of attention as a scare resource now and in the future. Edwin also shares how he feels Generation Iron can help coaches in their careers with his brand's resources. --- Support this podcast:

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00:50:21

EP #132 Eric Bach: Marketing Clarity

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2023/06/20

Welcome to the newest episode with Eric Bach. Enjoy this discussion including what Eric means by meeting people where they're at. We explore the value of Eric's legacy as a long time T-Nation writer and how Eric is pivoting his media to shifting trends in media consumption. Eric explains the philosophy and tactics behind scaling your ability to produce and repurpose content. We dive into why it's still valuable to develop writing skill. We also explore why Eric's media and marketing

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00:43:56

EP #131 Ebenezer Samuel: Writing, Injuries, Identity

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2023/06/15

Fitness Director of Men's Health, Ebenezer(Eb) Samuel appears to share how he navigated media creation and the invincible fitness professional identity while recovering from an injury. We dive into why "No one cares about your story" when you're looking to write for fitness publications and get featured on fitness media, and how to instead earn opportunities through "being of service". Eb shares the value of writing skill even with the present popularity of social media

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00:51:40

EP #130 Michael Ranfone: Sell Solutions For Your...

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2023/06/13

Michael Ranfone guests to share wisdom from 2 decades of coaching, gym ownership, and developing an online coaching business. Michael talks about getting the right clients to self select to your brand and business, by getting clear on building solutions for the person you want to serve. Michael shares his identity evolution from athlete to coach and from gym owner to something even more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefitnessdevil/support

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00:47:42

EP #129 Jason Phillips: Impact at Scale

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2023/06/08

Jason Phillips, founder of NCI and Coaching Con, makes his first appearance to shatter your limiting beliefs about the possible scale of your impact and the business you could create. Jason explains his goal to help 1 billion people and we challenge the attitudes and beliefs many fitness professionals hold. Jason shares why he believes specializing is the best path for impact. We deep dive into the value of being wired to give instead of take in your career interactions. --- Support this

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00:43:53

EP #128 Ben Pakulski: Exploring Your Limits

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2023/06/06

IFBB Pro and prolific educator Ben Pakulski makes his long overdue first appearance and shares how he approaches life and work with an endless desire to learn, grow, and push the limits of what he could do physically and in learning to help others. We share why Ben's abundance mindset led to breaking through some early limiting beliefs. Ben explains how he sees every person as an opportunity for a positive interaction that benefits everyone. Ben also explains how he's learned to create

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00:48:57

EP #127 Pete Dupuis: Fundamentals of Great Business

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2023/06/01

Cressey Sports Performance cofounder Pete Dupuis returns to deep dive into how strong business and service fundamentals allowed CSP to survive and thrive during the last few challenging years. Pete shares his formula for building trust with his clients. Pete explains how you put yourself in a position to benefit from luck. Pete also shares how his passion for a "side hustle" in mentoring gym owners grew into his current role with Business For Unicorns. This includes how Pete recognized the

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