Kevin Carr is co-owner of several businesses and brands, including Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning and Certified Functional Strength Coach, and author of the new book Prescribing Movement as Medicine.
Kevin returns to share lessons from years of coaching athletes and everyday people, including how to train for performance today while preserving strength, capability, and independence for decades to come.
We discuss:
• How Kevin programs for elite athletes and general-population clients
• Why those programs may look more similar than expected
• Training for strength, muscle, stamina, bone health, power, and explosiveness
• Why older adults still benefit from speed and power training
• Modifying programs around available space and equipment
• Active warm-ups and pain-free training
• Why women are often stronger and more capable than they realize
• Kevin’s growing focus on longevity and healthy aging
• The “threshold of independence” and why staying above it matters
• How strength, power, and capacity decline when we stop training them
• Delaying the point where everyday tasks become physically demanding
• The gap between social-media fitness advice and what real people need
• Why the first 30 days of someone’s fitness experience matter
• Information overload, community, and simply getting people into the gym
• The gym as a “third space” outside work and home
• Managing parents and expectations in youth sports
• Strength and conditioning for keeping athletes healthy and “unbroken”
• Practical principles for reducing injury risk
• Parenthood and thinking differently about long-term health
• Why in-person coaching still matters
• The limitations of online coaching
• Semi-private and small-group training
• Real-world injury case studies
• Reverse-aging milestones and physical progress later in life
• And much more
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CHAPTERS
01:16 Why Fitness Fails People
02:59 Information Overload
05:05 Just Get Them in the Door
08:00 Fitness Messaging for Everyone
10:38 Why the First 30 Days Matter
12:54 Teaching Clients Self-Advocacy
16:06 Community as a Feature
18:22 Post-COVID Gym Trends
21:03 The Gym as a Third Space
25:02 Managing Parents in Youth Sports
30:28 Strength and Conditioning for Athletes
31:55 Longevity and Long-Term Coaching
37:18 Recovery Plans for Professional Athletes
38:22 Does Exercise Form Really Matter?
40:07 Keeping Athletes Unbroken
41:06 Pain-Free Training Basics
42:05 Reducing Injury Risk
43:27 Fighting the Aging Slide
45:14 Independence and Disability Threshold
49:46 Parenthood and Long-Term Health
51:47 Why In-Person Coaching Still Matters
52:37 The Reality of Online Coaching
56:20 Real-World Injury Case Study
58:30 Reverse-Aging Milestones
01:01:10 Dunking, Risk, and Reward
01:04:07 Final Thoughts, Books, and Seminar
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