Feb 25, 2022
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Listeners can find Cody Moxley
at his website https://n1.education and https://n1.training, and on Instagram @cjmoxley
Cody Moxley is a Coach and CFO
for N1 Education and a Certified Sports Nutritionist (CISSN). He
has been working in the fitness industry for 6 years. The first
three were predominantly in the product development and marketing
area before getting into the role of online coaching. The majority
of his online clients are coaches as well. One of his favorite
parts of working with them is the mentorship and education aspect
to help them improve and fine-tune their own skills in program
design for their own clients.
In this episode, we take a deep dive into biomechanics
basics, what mind-muscle connection
really means and how to apply it
to your training, myths around females and training, junk volume
and why it matters, and much more!
Top Takeaways:
- Biomechanic basics: what they are and why they
matter for your training
- Top three exercises you may want to swap
out for better options
- How to use “booty bands” effectively and how
they could be doing you a disservice if you’re not
- Junk volume explained
- Why you shouldn’t always believe what you
read even
if it’s coming from a
well-established scientific journal
Show Notes:
- [0:00] Introduction to the episode
trailer
- [0:30] Rachel gives a brief bio of guest Cody
Moxley
- [1:30] Welcome back to MetFlex and Chill!
Rachel welcomes guest Cody Moxley @cjmoxley
- [2:30] Cody shares how he got into the
nutrition and training space
- [6:00] Question: Can you explain the difference
between
shortened and lengthen
ranges and how that
applies to different exercises?
- [12:00] Question: Where do you see people making the most
mistakes in their training program?
- [14:30] Question: Can you explain
mind-muscle connection from your perspective?
- [17:00] Question: What is the difference
between sensation vs. stimulation? And what mistakes do you feel a
lot of people are making when it comes to choosing exercises where
they might “feel” a lot of that sensation, but it might not
actually be stimulating?
- [20:30] Question: What are your top three
exercises you see people doing and you would recommend they swap
those exercises out for something different to get optimal
results?
- [24:30] Question: Is there any effectiveness to
the
abduction machine
aka the “good girl bad girl”
machine?
- [26:30] Question: Where do
booty bands come into play in terms of practicality versus
where they may be doing you a disservice?
- [32:30] Question: What are some of the most
common misconceptions that you hear when it comes to
females versus males
training?
- [37:30] Question: What is
junk volume and why does it matter?
- [46:30] Question: Why do we have to take
research, especially when it comes to nutrition/fitness/exercise
with a “grain of salt?”
- [55:30] Prime Fitness
- [55:30] Listeners can check out more from Cody
Moxley at his website https://n1.education and https://n1.training, and on Instagram @cjmoxley
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Rachel Gregory is a
Board-Certified Nutritionist, Strength and Conditioning Specialist,
Podcaster, and founder of MetFlex Life. She is also the author of
the international best-selling book, "21-Day Ketogenic Diet Weight Loss
Challenge."
Rachel received her Master’s
Degree in Nutrition & Exercise Physiology from James Madison
University and Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Medicine from the
University of Miami. Rachel completed the first-ever human clinical
trial looking at the effects of the Ketogenic Diet in non-elite
CrossFit athletes, which is published in the
International Journal of Sports
and Exercise Medicine.
Currently, in her day-to-day
coaching business, Rachel guides her clients to becoming the best,
most confident version of themselves. She has a passion for
educating those dedicated to optimizing their physical and mental
well-being while improving long-term health and fitness goals. Her
most popular course, Keto for Women, has helped women all across the world learn how
to ditch the restrictive, all-or-nothing mindset associated with
keto and instead thrive through the power of metabolic
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