Podcast - Academy Of Lions

On this episode of the Academy of Lions Podcast Brian Cauley and Dhani Oks  talk about goal setting, strength training, and how doing small work regularly makes big gains.

In this episode Brian and Dhani go over the workouts for the fifth week of the current cycle. This week focuses on two rep maxes, power Olympic lifts, and revisiting some workouts from the second week of this cycle.After a run-through of the workouts Brian and Dhani review each WOD and examine the reasoning behind the programming and what each movement means to your personal fitness. Stay-tuned until the end for announcements at the Academy of Lions including a HUGE list of certifications coming up. Subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher.**Let us know your questions by tweeting or reaching us on Facebook.**Episode TimelineMonday -2:22Tuesday - 4:08Wednesday - 5:49Thursday - 7:39Friday - 9:56Saturday - 11:52Sunday - 13:02WOD analysis - 14:56Academy Announcements - 39:34Academy of Lions Reading ListHere are some books we love that we think you'd enjoy too: Thanks to our sponsors and everyone who made this possible:Bikes on

A conversation about Olympic Weightlifting  with Ivan Abadjiev, Alex, Irena, and Niki Varbanov. 

In this episode Brian and Dhani go over the workouts for the fourth week of the current cycle. This week focuses on heavier lifting, full Olympic lifts, and revisiting some workouts from the first week of this cycle.

On this episode of the Academy of Lions Podcast Brian Cauley and Dhani Oks  talk with the Nutritionist Nathalie Niddam. Nathalie practices Holistic Nutrition, focusing on whole, nutrient dense foods to help people become stronger, healthier and happier.

In this episode Brian and Dhani go over the workouts for the third week of the current cycle. This week focuses on heavier lifting, full Olympic lifts, and some dynamic pushing and pulling. Listen to the episode to get insight into the workouts to help you train smart and get stronger faster.

On this episode of the Academy of Lions Podcast Brian Cauley and Dhani Oks  talk with the founders of Float Toronto - a sensory deprivation tank centre on Queen St. W. Floating has many benefits for the body and mind - sitting in a tank of water filled with 850lbs of epsom salts will do that!

A discussion on the Workouts and Announcements at Academy of Lions for Sep 29 - Oct 5. From single-leg skipping to Indian Clubs, all the gruelling workouts are discussed, analyzed, and broken down to help make you train smarter and better.

This week, we're re-posting an episode we did with our buddy, the unofficial Mayor of Toronto, Kevin Drew. Kevin is the leader and co-founder of Broken Social Scene, the seminal Toronto band who's members include  Feist, Emily Haines of Metric, Amy Millan of Stars, Charles Spearin of Do Make Say Think, Brendan Canning and many more. He is also co-founder of the multi-Juno award winning label, Arts & Crafts and is releasing his second solo album.

In this episode Brian and Dhani go over the first week of a new cycle. After last week's Mean 17  this week features a lot of lifting at high percentages of your maxes and some very specific workouts. Expect to do a lot of pushing and pulling at some very slow, controlled paces.

Brian and Dhani discuss approaching the uncertain and unknown and why it is essential to being an athlete.

Brian and Dhani go over the 17 crucial bench-marks that will be covered this week at Academy of Lions, or as we call them "The Mean 17". 

On this episode of Academy of Lions Radio Brian Cauley and Dhani Oks talk about stress and pressure. Whether its in the gym or daily life, everyone deals with stress. Brian and Dhani go over tips on how to handle stress and why working out at high intensity is so good for stress management.

Get the latest insights on the Workouts of The Week.  Plus we make some announcements that you might want to know about....cliffhanger...

Pursuing challenges worth doing will surely place you face to face with failure.  Well, that's where the real work begins & the great lessons of life take place.  Fail fearlessly and find the lessons.