Andy Pilides

⏰ 15K + Hours Coaching 👴🏻 🏆 I Educate PT’s & Help Develop Their Coaching 👥 Director More Than Muscle 🎙 The More Than Muscle Podcast

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

If what you believe in doesn’t influence the way you behave, then the thing you believe in can’t be that important!

#pilidesptprinciples

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

How can you expect customers to buy from you if you don’t even buy you?

#pilidesptprinciples

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

IMO successful coaches have a mix of experience, skill, knowledge & practice.

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[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

There are times in your career when you’ll need to seek influence to grow again!

Those that accept this reality have strength not weakness.

Be vulnerable #growtime

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[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

If not now, when?

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[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

It takes depth to fully understand what you want and it takes courage to action it! #pilidesptprinciples

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

There’s 3 main areas you should develop when seeking excellence in your personal training career:
1. Art
2. Science
3. History

#pilidesptprinciples

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

Self proclaimed experts:

DEAD 💀

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

2 dumb things I consistently see around gyms with the general population:

1. Specialist bars shouldn’t be used until mastering the orthodox - don’t wrap shit in towels
2. Don’t use straps until you can lift the weight - they’re used to enable more volume once you can lift it!

[Burpham FC @FCburpham]

Preseason continued yesterday and more minutes in the tank for everyone.

Thanks to @WeysidersFC, @HambledonFC and @shalford_fc for the games.

Nice to finally win the Tri Village cup after years of Hambledon domination 🔰⚽️

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

Sometimes the best way to recharge your 🔋🔋🔋 is to unplug 🔌 them 🚀

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

Anybody who has had excellent success with their training knows the value of factoring in structured deloads.

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

You have to be able to utilise puns to truly speak a foreign language.

It shows a deeper understanding for emphasis, time & place!

When it comes to S&C knowledge the same is true…

How deep is your understanding & how well can you spit bars around it in diff formats?

#deep

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

The better you get at helping your clients execute exercises, the better their results will be!

Such an undervalued area of a personal trainers make up.

Understand mechanics, understand anthropometrics, understand basic physics and give a fuck how it looks!

🍌 back lifts ❌

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

End of the day, current clients are the most important area of your business.

Look after them. They’re the ❤️ & soul of what you do. You should work hard to help them achieve results.

Single 🤚 best way to grow your coaching biz.

Education, deliverance & service

#Focus

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

Focus on constantly attacking weakness…

Avoid accommodation!

This should be the number 1 priority in a training program.

When the body regularly experiences the same exercises & stressors the training effect will be reduced.

This is known as the law of accommodation!

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

Before you tell me you’re doing plyometrics realise this:

There’re 3 distinct components:
1. Eccentric phase
2. Amortisation phase
3. Concentric phase

These 3 components make up the stretch shortening cycle.

Fast SSC < 250milliseconds
Slow SSC > 250milliseconds

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

Here’s a simple one for you Powerlifters:

Body comp is significantly undervalued by lifters.

It contributes to your powerlifting total and so long term prioritisation of hypertrophy would benefit 💪

#trainingvolume #winningathletes

[Andy Pilides @PTandypilides]

Don’t forget about translation!

2 people squat 100kg for 6

1 performs the reps at a given speed & the other performs the lift at a diff lifting speed.

Sets/Reps/Load/Exercise the same outcome different!

Velocity matters for performance & physique.

#motionisthepotion 🧪

[Diren Kartal @direnkartaI]

When it comes to physique, yes you can outwork genetics 😅 but unfortunately your calfs can’t 🤣

#neatup247