“The wheel doesn’t roll if you’re missing a spoke.” — Charles Staley
Seems obvious, right? But when it comes to the context of your life — where spokes are represented by the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, financial, and sexual realms and are satisfied through things like family, work, friends, hobbies, personal time, relationships, and health and fitness — chances are your wheel isn’t rolling the way it could be.
This is Charles Staley’s specialty: working with people as their guide, mentor, and coach to help them reclaim missing spokes, or simply true what is already there. Charles is recognized globally as an innovative coach and thought leader in the world of health and fitness, having authored thousands of articles and made appearances on both CBS’s This Morning and NBC’s Today Show. At 56-years old, “skinny” and lean with a 400lb squat, 510lb deadlift, and a max rep chin-up record of 17, he considers himself to be in the best shape of his entire life.
Now, his focus is on the over-fifty population, coaching them both in person and virtually — and helping them build muscle, gain strength, and increase their confidence so they will have the strength, endurance, stamina, and flexibility to move well into the later stages of their lives.
Join us in the podcast where Charles gets into specifics about how he coaches, what he works on with his clients, what his pre-workout warm-up is (something I’ve never heard of or tried before), how he prescribes food macros, and the fundamental human movements upon which he bases all his exercise and workout prescriptions.
Links Mentioned
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Muscle Logic: Escalating Density Training — by Charles Staley.
The Art of Lifting and The Science of Lifting — Ebooks by Greg Nuckols and Omar Isuf.
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity — by David Allen.
Paul Chek — “Life’s A Journey Of Self-Management.”
Goblet Squat — YouTube video of proper form.
Face Pull — YouTube video of proper form.
Mike Boyle — Strength and conditioning coach.
Juggernaut Strength Training Systems — Dr. Mike Israetel.
Onnit — Brain, workout, and health supplements.
Lose It! — Weight-loss app for smartphones that tracks your progress.
MyFitnessPal — Free calorie counter, diet, and exercise journal.
Andy is a certified CHEK Practitioner and holistic lifestyle coach. He holds a spectrum of certifications from CrossFit and is also a Vivobarefoot certified running coach. He has trained as a Zen buddhist and graduated with a Master’s degree in spiritual psychology from the University of Santa Monica.
Andy founded CrossFit LA one of the first and most successful CrossFit training centers in the world and the first to be featured in national media. He is the co-founder of the Whole Life Challenge, Inc, currently its president, and is also a consultant and life/business coach. Andy lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Julia, and son, Dashel.
