40. Using your Personality to Enhance your Training & Nutrition with Coach JK McLeod

Meet Coach JK McLeod, host of the Help Me Understand podcast and certified neurotype training coach.

I connected with JK through some of our favorite podcasters, Joy and Claire, and had the pleasure of being on his podcast. [Listen to that here]

JK and I chatted all about:

JK’s short stint with running

Assumption that distance runners don’t strength train

Getting into fitness after 30

Turning an unexpected situation into an opportunity

The importance of building the habit

Finding coaching and how natural it feels

Why he didn’t like strength training earlier in life

Utilizing different modes of strength training

Training with a focus on movement

Setting clear priorities

Sifting through competing priorities

Training for everyday life/functioning as a human

Applying general concepts to individuals

Neurotype training - the 5 neurotypes

Utilizing your personality as a strength

Carryover from neurotype into training and daily life

Using neurotypes to properly recover

How he helps people build consistency

Meeting clients where they are

‘If it doesn’t feel hard, it’s not working’ myth

Building training plans around your life

The importance of feedback from the athlete for success

Difference between coaching and directing

The importance of showing up

and so much more.

We teased starting a third podcast together to talk about the many aspects of the fitness world that we see as coaches, so I doubt this will be my last conversation with JK.

Enjoy!

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