Austin Bates, CSCS

Creed Fitness Owner.
“It's not what the coach knows, it's what the athlete has learned”.
Sharing my coaching methods/experiments

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

I’ve heard both arguments, so very curious….

Is it a requirement for S&C/fitness professionals to “look the part” and/or be in shape (strong, fast, good at sport, etc.) in order to coach?

Comment for other options.

@StrengthDebates what do you think?

[GuruAnaerobic @GuruAnaerobic]

I don't listen to these influencers anymore; the Saladinos, the Patricks, the Hubermans. I rather watch a bodybuilder talk about bodybuilding, a boxer talk about boxing, a real athlete talking about training, a bird expert talking about birds, a gardener talking about flowers - people with first-hand knowledge, experience and insight.

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

@Guidry_golf_fit Thank you for calling this out! Same way grown adults shouldn’t take investing advice from me 😂

[Zach Homol @zachhomol_]

If you're a lonely dude…You need to hear this.

IT IS UP TO YOU to make the move.
You need to get out there, bro.

Do not sit around expecting people to feel bad for you.
It may temporarily feel "good" to be acknowledged… but then you build a codependency on needing others to pull you toward anything.

This is no good for you in the long run.

So get out there.
Join a smaller local gym, a fitness class, or a run group. Go to church and walk right up to the connection spot and ask to get plugged into a group.

TAKE OWNERSHIP.
YOU GOT THIS.
MEN ARE NOT DESIGNED TO BE CODDLED

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Most of our lives are quietly spent chasing external validation, approval from strangers, institutions, audiences, and abstractions, because it feels measurable, visible, and rewarding.

In contrast, the people closest to us, parents, partners, children, friends, offer no scoreboard. Their presence becomes familiar, predictable, and therefore dangerously easy to take for granted. We assume time is abundant, affection is permanent, and opportunities to show care will always return.

So we postpone effort at home while exhausting ourselves proving worth elsewhere. Only when someone leaves, through distance, silence, or death, does the illusion break. Then the imbalance becomes painfully clear: how much energy we spent being admired, and how little we invested in being present, and that regret doesn't leave you after that.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Habits that have a high rate of return in life:

- sleeping 8+ hours each day

- lifting weights 3x week

- going for a walk each day

- saving at least 10 percent of your income

- reading every day

- drinking more water and less of everything else

- leaving your phone in another room while you work

[Michael Boyle @mboyle1959]

Just FYI, most of the bodybuilding, fitness influencer content on here is garbage. You need to do basic exercises two to three times a week. Do full body workouts. Do a pushing exercise, a pulling exercise some type of squat and some type of posterior chain.

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

I’ve dialed back my social media presence even further back from the already low levels, but figured the world would like to meet our first daughter

Riley Elizabeth Bates ❤️

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

@rangeofstrength Thanks mate!

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

Growing up my parents forced my family to sit down around the kitchen table to plan out the week ahead & then get the house in order & I hated it

But my wife & I have been really dialing in on our Sunday routine rather than just plopping on the couch and it’s been a game changer

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

@BowTiedYukon “Better than I deserve”

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

Assuming all of these come pain/injury free:

BJJ Black Belt
405 Bench
4 Minute Mile

Sleeper pick is the swim option that I’ve noticed not very many people have chosen.

[Rob Mohr @R_Mohr]

You get three. Which are you taking?

- 405lb Bench Press Max
- 675lb Squat Max
- 4.5 40-yard dash
- Sub 4 minute mile
- Sub 2:20 marathon
- 6 W/kg ratio on bike
- 55 second 100m free
- Sub 8 hour Ironman
- A vertical jump that allows you to dunk
- Black Belt in BJJ

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

@WSWayland “Light” snatch deads after jiu jitsu 😱

You’re an animal.

Just curious - do you use a similarly narrow stance on your conventional deadlift and/or if you’re doing an actual snatch?

[Bernardo Faria @BernardoFariaJJ]

Jiu-Jitsu taught me to view the world with a realist’s eye; in Jiu-Jitsu, you can’t fake it.

Jiu-Jitsu is one of the most authentic experiences I’ve ever witnessed in my life. For example, there are many martial arts where the instructor acts more like an actor than anything else, and you never really know how skilled that person is. In Jiu-Jitsu, that doesn’t happen. At some point, we will shake hands and roll, and very quickly, we can see who is who. I don’t mean that you have to be crazy tough, but what I mean is, if you don’t know Jiu-Jitsu and you’re just pretending to know by demonstrating moves, we can easily identify this when we roll.

And in life, how many times do we meet people who pretend they know a lot? Unfortunately, there’s no way to ‘roll,’ but after Jiu-Jitsu, I’ve become a much more skeptical person because I always wonder, if this were Jiu-Jitsu, would this guy be as good as he claims?

Anyway, maybe I’m going off the deep end here, hehe, but these are just my thoughts for the day, and I truly believe in this: You can’t fake in Jiu-Jitsu. The truth appears very quickly.

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

@RUGBY_STR_COACH This is one of the leaderboard tests in my gym. One of the harder physical/mental challenges out there because you know how much you will simply have to suffer.

Worked up to 52 earlier this year 💀

[GuruAnaerobic @GuruAnaerobic]

Many (maybe the majority) of people over 30 think they are healthier than they are. The way they support this delusion this is to avoid physical activity, or anything, which would show them that they are not.

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

“You must give your body an unambiguous message to what you want it to become.” ~Boo Schexnayder

Cats don’t jog.

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

@juztacitizen @MichaelMindrum This is the best response out of all of the comments on this tweet.

[Austin Bates, CSCS @BatesFit]

“Obesity is not someone’s fault”

I see some crazy stuff on this platform but this might take the cake.

I was so encouraged by everyone in the comments who said that they took PERSONAL responsibility for being overweight and then did something about it, and guess what? It worked

[Michael Mindrum, MD @MichaelMindrum]

🙅‍♂️ Saying “eat less, move more” is like telling someone with asthma to “breathe better.” It oversimplifies, stigmatizes, and blames people for a condition largely out of their control. Science demands better. #HealthStigma

[Official Strength Debates @StrengthDebates]

Maturing in the gym is understanding that extreme soreness is actually a bad thing for muscle growth

Look to inflict the least amount of stress needed to progress