Unraveling Narratives, Finding What You Love to Do, and Becoming an Effective Communicator with Austin Current (Ep. 218)
Description
Please welcome Austin Current to the Born to Thrive Podcast! Austin is a world-class online fitness coach and the author of Science of Strength Training, an international best-selling book translated into 10+ languages. Since 2013, he has earned his IFBB Pro status as a drug-free athlete, the second-youngest in history at the time, graduated with a degree in Exercise Science focusing on Sports Nutrition, and has earned and upheld his NSCA-CSCS and ISSN-CISSN certifications.
Austin has helped transform the lives of thousands of gym-goers, professional athletes, and personal trainers around the globe. He has contributed articles for major publications such as Men’s Health, Muscle & Fitness, Muscle & Fitness HERS, Barbend, T-Nation, and Penguin Random House Higher Education, among others.
(0:44) Intro
(8:22) Getting started with strength training
(14:43) Experts trying to be right over being helpful
(19:20) To be a coach is to be a communicator
(28:00) You don't know what you don't know
(36:00) Unraveling the narratives about health, nutrition, and fitness
(45:50) Finding what you love to do
(52:23) Life is about change
(56:10) The devil we know
(1:03:44) You'll never hate yourself into a body you love
(1:06:56) Life after bodybuilding
(1:16:32) Austin's book, The Science of Strength Training
Follow Austin:
Website: https://scienceofstrengthtraining.com/
IG: @austincurrent_
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