Skyler Tanner
Skyler Tanner (skyler @ smartstrengthaustin.com) is a fitness and nutrition coach, exercise physiologist, and owner of Smart Strength in Austin, Texas. Skyler and his team at Smart Strength focuses on helping clients gain strength, boost energy, improve mobility and balance through evidence-based strength training.
In this episode, Skyler Tanner shares his parenting strategies, balancing fatherhood and business, productivity hacks and tools, benefits of nasal breathing during workouts, thoughts on HIT idols and heresies, and much more.
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Show Notes
- 1:10 – Smart Strength – training methodology, services, pricing
- 13:46 – COVID-19 challenges, pivots, business dynamics
- 27:38 – Exercise machines inside Smart Strength
- 28:12 – Balancing fatherhood and business
- 46:57 – Business productivity hacks and tools
- 58:28 – Parenting mistakes, lessons learned, and tips
- 1:24:54 – Killing HIT idols and other heresies
- 1:56:56 – Benefits of nasal breathing during workouts
Selected Links from the Episode
- Smart Strength
- Nautilus Inc.
- MedX Machines
- ARXFit
- Discover Strength
- Resistance Exercise Conference (REC)
- There’s Something About Mary
- Peloton
- Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan
- Plantain
- Babybel
- StrengthPortal
- Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)
- Getting Things Done (GTD)
- Picky Bars
- The One Decision That Makes 1,000
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
- Cold Turkey
- Jerry Seinfeld — A Comedy Legend’s Systems, Routines, and Methods for Success (#485)
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- Freedom
- Behavior Design Lab
- Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- Fogg Behavior Model (B=MAP)
- Apple Watch
- Brené with Tim Ferriss and Dax Shepard on Podcasting, Daily Practices, and the Long and Winding Path to Healing
- The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children by Alison Gopnik
- Soul
- Super Slow
- StairMaster StepMill
- International Association of Resistance Training (IART)
- Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
People Mentioned
- Dr. Wayne Westcott | Podcasts
- Dr. Ellington Darden
- Arthur Jones
- Luke Carlson | Podcasts
- Ken Hutchins
- Dr. Doug McGuff | Podcasts
- Charlie Munger
- Warren Buffet
- Doug Holland | Podcasts
- Dr. James Fisher | Podcasts
- Dr. Bryce Lee | Podcasts
- Lauren Fleshman
- Greg McKeown
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Tim Ferriss
- BJ Fogg
- Brené Brown
- C.S. Lewis
- Owen Dockham | Podcasts
- Fred Hahn | Podcasts
- Mike Bradley
- Mike Gittleson
- John Little | Podcasts
- Dan Riley
- Mike Lipowski | Podcasts
- Brian Johnston | Podcasts
- Andrew Shortt | Podcasts
- Hannah Stael von Holstein | Podcasts
429 – A Deep Dive into Joint-Friendly Fitness with Bill DeSimone: A New Paradigm in Exercise Safety
425 – Random Hour with Skyler Tanner — Diving Deep into HIT, The Mysteries and Misconceptions of VO2 Max, Unpacking the Nuances of Muscle Studies, and Mastering the Delicate Dance of Verbal and Non-Verbal Client Interactions
413 – Cardiac Rehab & Cabin Gyms: An Intimate Look at Jon Allen’s Personal Training Business
Really great discussion, guys! Lawrence, I appreciate the honest about the challenges with fatherhood and work that you’re experiencing. I dealt with some emotionally induced joint pain last year that really threw me off. I’m now expecting child #3 in June, so the discussion was really pertinent to me as well. I was so stressed out that I started working with a counselor to help me get my head on straight about many of the issues you and Skyler discussed.
Hi Matt, great to hear from you! I’m so happy you enjoyed this episode. Congratulations on child #3!! Thank you for being vulnerable about your challenges too, and good work getting some support.