Side Quest Podcast

In the bizarro episode of Side Quest Podcast, your host Robbie Farlow, gets interviewed by his wife. This episode dives deep into what makes Robbie tick, how he met his wife, what Robbie once thought he would do as an adult, and how and why he started his fitness business. For over a year, you've listened to me interview some of the best guests in the industry but now you get a more personal and indepth look into who Robbie Farlow actually is.   In this episode we discuss: How Robbie met his wife What Robbie's end game is Why and how he got fit What drives Robbie What his biggest fear is Image issues in the fitness industry  How he teaches clients to find their inner superhero And much much more  

In this episode of the podcast, I interview Scott Tate of Game Without Pain. Game Without Pain is the brain child of Scott and Ben Jackson, born in the sweet city of Toronto. Game Without Pain is working to help the next wave of athletes, those playing e-sports, prevent injuries that keeps them from performing. They are also working to tackle mental health and psychological problems that many professional e-sport athletes have admitted they suffer from. As a gamer, I have suffered through injuries in my hands, wrists, shoulders, and arms. The next wave of athletes need preventative measures that will help them stay active in the sport for longer and allow it to grow and become more than an internet sensation. For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/

In this episode of the podcast, I interview Benjamin Burke of Deepfitness.ca. Ben is a personal trainer and manual therapist located in Ottawa, Canada. A few years ago after becoming complacent and bored with his job, he made the decision to become a personal trainer. Since that time he has received a Masters degree and continues to train clients while applying his knowledge and expertise as a hands-on manual therapist. For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/

In the February episode of Coaches Corner, Nick Sorrell, Tanner Baze, Matt Dustin, Travis Pollen, and myself discuss programming differences between athletes and general population. We delve into a lot of considerations when it comes to training like who should and shouldn't overhead press, when to begin to add weight to a movement, the importance of hip hinging, and how things like dancing can make you a better athlete. As the episode ends, we also dive into the importance of having fun. Many times we all get caught up in the days we are in the gym but forget to factor in the fun days outside of the gym. Everything from activities like dancing, biking, walking, yoga, martial arts, golf, or recreational sports can help keep us healthy and gives our bodies time to heal from the heavy lifting we do. For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/

In this episode of the podcast, I interview the hosts of LiveLeanTV Brad and Jessica Gouthro. Brad and Jess are a husband and wife team on a mission to educate, motivate, and inspire men and women from all over the world to Live Lean all year long. They have both been in the fitness industry for many years. Brad started his YouTube channel and began creating videos on there back in the early days of YouTube. Jess found his videos and reached out to him to see if she could help in any way. Long story short, they met, fell in love and married. For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/

In this episode of the podcast, I interview Ryan Bergren of The Whitecoat Fitness. Ryan is in the final year of med school but has had a side passion and obsession with health and fitness for about 6 years.    For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/  

In this episode, I interview Shari Alexender of Observe, Connect, Influence. She prides herself on bringing the dark arts of influence into the light. She made it her mission to discover the techniques used masters of communication (CIA operatives, con-artists, interrogators, trial attorneys, etc) and help people apply those techniques to business. For more show notes check out www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/   

In the first Coaches Corner episode of 2016, Travis Pollen, Tanner Baze, Nick Sorrell and Robbie Farlow discuss the New Year and how to best help all the new people looking to achieve weight loss in 2016. We delve into mindset strategies, visual strategies, and why sometimes, yes, you do need to go to an extreme. For more show notes please check out www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast

In the first episode of 2016, I interview Amy Dix. Amy is a mom of three, a lover of weight lifting, and a coach working to help women discover the power of lifting. She believes that fitness is a tool that can not only transform your body but your mind and spirit. She went through a great transformation not only physically but mentally, once she was able to step away from the clutches of the scale and instead focus on the power she was gaining in lifts. Amy is also a self-proclaimed nerd who enjoyed old-school text based computer games and then moved on to World of Warcraft.   For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast

If you are a fit and active man, you know how hard it can be to find shirts that fit and show off  your hard work. Enter Mike Zeller of Trim. Mike has created a clothing line that provides fit and active men with shirts designed to fit their bodies. No longer do you have to wear baggy shirts that swallow you, nor do you have to wear slim cuts that bunch up your shoulders and chest. Trim fixes that by making the shoulders and chest wider with a more narrow waist that accentuates that V-shape you have worked so hard to develop. The fabric is high quality, made in the USA, and the fabric is flexible and provides movement even if it is tucked in. Did I also mention they have a 5-year return policy?   For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/

Eric Bach is a strength and conditioning coach out of Denver, CO. He is a former college athlete and collegiate strength and conditioning coach and has been published on numerous sites around the web such as CNN, T-Nation, Elitefts, Muscle and Strength, and many more. When Eric is not front squatting, cleaning, or sprinting, he can be found by the dumbbells pumping his biceps.   For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast

In the final episode of Coaches Corner for 2015, I am joined by Tanner Baze, Travis Pollen, Joseph Brigley, Matt Dustin and Nick Sorrell to discuss the year that was 2015. We dive deep into motivation, fear, accomplishments, and, of course talk about what we loved or hated in the year. For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/

Andy Van Grinsven is Nashville based personal trainer and strength coach. Andy grew up playing a variety of sports, but lacrosse became his passion in high school. He played on the lacrosse club team at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and helped lead them to a division playoff spot, which hadn’t been done in 10 years. Andy studied Exercise Science in undergrad at UT, then pursued a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology. Upon returning to Nashville in late 2012, the gym he had been hired at four months prior decided to close its doors. Andy decided to go independent and train clients on his own schedule. Andy enjoys heavy weight training, and reading a host of articles, books, and studies related to his field. His interests are injury prevention, corrective exercise, and helping his clients build strong, athletic, and able bodies through heavy weight training. He believes that hard but simple, effective programs are the best to help his clients build strength, improve body composition, and boost conf

Roz "The Diva" Mays has dedicated many late nights at the gym to becoming a stronger and healthier athlete. Pole dancing is her sport of choice but she is also a NASM certified personal trainer.  Roz lives and works in NYC where she trains at Brooklyn Fit Lab, Crunch, Incredipole, and Body and Pole. Her "fitlosophy" can be defined as, "simple is sexy." She believes in no cleanses, no bullshit, just sweat. And a bomb a$$ playlist. She was a featured performer on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, Season 10 and has seen a huge reaction from the internet since Howard Stern's initial reaction to her.   For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com

Jill Coleman of JillFit.com stops by the podcast to talk about how she helps women create a healthy lifestyle. Jill started her fitness career as a babysitter for a local gym when she was 15. Since then she has competed in bikini contests, explored fitness modeling, and is the co-founder of Metabolic Effect. She grew up in Boston, went to college in NC and now resides in beautiful sunny California. Jill has been featured in publications such as SELF magazine, SHAPE, Women’s Health magazine, Yahoo Health, LiveStrong.com and AOL’s That’s Fit. In the last few years with her success in fitness, she has launched her own business coaching for aspiring female entrepreneurs called The Best of You Mentorship. For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com  

Jason Maxwell of JMax Fitness returns to the show. Jason comes on to talk about growing cool moustaches in Movember as well as his one-month bulking program called Decembulk. In his pilot program for this, one of his clients gained 5 pounds of muscle all while enjoying the holiday feasts that trip many of us up during this time of the year. If gaining muscle and not fat is your goal this holiday season this is the program for you.   For the show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/

In this episode of Coaches Corner, Adam Fisher, Greg Nuckols, and Nick Sorrell and I discuss, strength. We chat about how having more muscle mass gives you the potential to stronger and also why strength matters to us. When it comes to fat loss, longevity, or build an amazing physique, strength is key. For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/

Anytime I find a fellow nerd, video game lover, and weight lifter I get really happy.  This week's podcast guest is one of those guys.  Adam Ali of Physiqonomics is a writer and fitness coach.  He has been featured on sites like BroBible, Strength Theory, Health Living, Heavy Lifting, JMax Fitness and more.  Like myself, Adam finds inspiration for his content from all the geeky and nerdy things he grew up on like Super Mario, Dragonball, and video games.   For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/      

Stuart MacDonald is just a regular guy who in 2008 decided that he wanted to lose his unwanted body fat and try to look like the guy you see on supplement ads.  Luckily, for him a local gym owner in his hometown in Michigan was a winning natural IFBB bodybuilder.   Jeff Willet, coached Stuart through the process and helped him finish in the top 5 in a bodybuilding competition.  Stuart is my guest on this episode and he is now embarking on a sequel as he gained much of his lost weight back and then some.   For more show notes head to www.sidequestfitness.com/podcast/

Dan John is one of the most recognized, influential, and creative minds in the world of strength and conditioning.  He is credited with inventing the Goblet Squat and the athletes he has trained over the years have won countless awards and medals.  For more head to www.sidequestfitness.com/interviewwithdanjohn