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The THIRST For More Podcast is designed to help provide insight and knowledge for the strength and conditioning, sports performance, personal training, online training, gym ownership, and health and fitness professionals. Host, Brandon Smitley, reaches out to various professionals in the industry and sits down with them to chat about becoming a better coach, how to improve athletic performance, improving communication, ideas for marketing and brand recognition, and general information on just accelerating your career and life. Brandon is the co-owner of Terre Haute Intensity Resistance and Sports Training (THIRST), a locally owned gym in Terre Haute, Indiana. He trains and works with youth athletes, personal training clients, and strength sport athletes. Brandon's goal is to "Build Better People Through Strength". Connect with Brandon and the THIRST For More Podcast below. Instagram: @team.thirst Instagram: @bsmitley Website: http://thirstgym.comCopyright 2026 Brandon Smitley | Terre Haute Intensity Resistance and Sports Training Hygiène et vie saine
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  • E 92 | How to Build Grit and Resilience in Athletes: The Science of Mental Toughness

    E 92 | How to Build Grit and Resilience in Athletes: The Science of Mental Toughness
    Oct 13 2026
    Episode SummaryDoes making athletes suffer actually make them tougher? Fifty years of stress research says no, and in some cases it teaches the exact opposite lesson.In this solo episode of THIRST For More, Brandon breaks down what the science really says about developing grit and resilience, in the weight room and in life. We separate grit, resilience, and mental toughness (they are not the same thing), look at what the big grit meta-analyses actually found, and explore why adversity follows a dose-response curve that looks a lot like training load.Then we get to the most overlooked ingredient in building resilient athletes: control. You will learn why uncontrollable suffering teaches people to check out, why controllable challenge teaches them their effort matters, and how simple tools like arousal reappraisal and planned self-talk change how hard the work feels.We close with the Four L's framework (Load, Lever, Lens, Loop), a four-week rollout plan, and straight answers to the most common pushback: "Isn't this making kids soft?"Built for strength coaches, personal trainers, and gym owners who want evidence-based tools they can use on the floor Monday morning.WHAT YOU'LL LEARNThe difference between grit, resilience, and mental toughness, and why each is trained differentlyWhat the 2017 grit meta-analysis (88 samples, nearly 67,000 people) found about grit and conscientiousnessWhy some adversity beats none, but too much backfires (the U-shaped curve)Why control, not suffering, is the active ingredient in building resilienceHow to redesign a punishment workout into a challenge sessionArousal reappraisal and self-talk scripts you can use with athletes tomorrowThe Four L's framework: Load, Lever, Lens, LoopA simple four-week plan to roll this out with any groupHow to answer coaches who say this approach makes athletes softSTUDIES REFERENCEDDuckworth AL, et al. (2007). Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.Crede M, Tynan MC, Harms PD (2017). Much ado about grit: A meta-analytic synthesis of the grit literature. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.Duckworth AL, et al. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. PNAS.Sisk VF, et al. (2018). Growth mind-sets and academic achievement: Two meta-analyses. Psychological Science.Seery MD, Holman EA, Silver RC (2010). Whatever does not kill us. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.Seery MD, et al. (2013). An upside to adversity? Psychological Science.Collins D, MacNamara A (2012). The rocky road to the top: Why talent needs trauma. Sports Medicine.Collins D, MacNamara A, McCarthy N (2016). Super champions, champions, and almosts. Frontiers in Psychology.Bonanno GA (2004). Loss, trauma, and human resilience. American Psychologist.Maier SF, Seligman MEP (2016). Learned helplessness at fifty: Insights from neuroscience. Psychological Review.Hagger MS, et al. (2016). A multilab preregistered replication of the ego-depletion effect. Perspectives on Psychological Science.Fletcher D, Sarkar M (2012). A grounded theory of psychological resilience in Olympic champions. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.Jamieson JP, et al. (2010). Reappraising arousal improves performance on the GRE. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.Jamieson JP, Nock MK, Mendes WB (2012). Mind over matter. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.Crum AJ, Salovey P, Achor S (2013). Rethinking stress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.Hatzigeorgiadis A, et al. (2011). Self-talk and sports performance: A meta-analysis. Perspectives on Psychological Science.Blanchfield AW, et al. (2014). Talking yourself out of exhaustion. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.Mucke M, et al. (2018). Physical activity, fitness, and stress reactivity: A systematic review. Sports Medicine.Parsons JT, et al. (2020). Preventing catastrophic injury and death in collegiate athletes. British Journal of Sports Medicine.DISCLAIMERThis podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered medical, fitness, or professional advice. Always consult with qualified healthcare and fitness professionals before making changes to your training, supplementation, nutrition, or health practices. Individual results may vary. The host and producers are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of any information, suggestions, or procedures discussed in this podcast.Subscribe & Review:If this episode added value to your training knowledge, please subscribe and leave a 5-star review! Your feedback helps us reach more fitness enthusiasts, coaches, lifters, athletes or anyone who can benefit from quality training information.About Brandon SmitleyInstagram: @bsmitley @team.thirstSubscribe On YouTube!Website: THIRSTgym.comMy FREE Newsletter — training insights, programming education & no-fluff content delivered straight to your inboxFree 3-Minute Performance Audit — ...
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    1 h et 6 min
  • E 91 | How to Build Your Professional Network as a Strength Coach or Personal Trainer

    E 91 | How to Build Your Professional Network as a Strength Coach or Personal Trainer
    Oct 6 2026
    Episode SummaryMost coaches fall into one of two camps: "I just do good work and let it speak for itself," or the guy handing out business cards like he is dealing blackjack. Both camps are missing the point.In this episode of THIRST For More, we break down the science of professional relationships for strength coaches, personal trainers, and gym owners. We cover a 20-million-person LinkedIn experiment that put the "strength of weak ties" theory to a causal test, why the best ideas come from people who bridge different groups, and why your most valuable contacts might be people you have not talked to in years.We also get honest about where the evidence is shaky, including a famous "networking makes you feel dirty" study, and we get skeptical about mentorship effect sizes and the unpaid internship economy in strength and conditioning. Gym owners get a full segment on building a professional referral web with physical therapists, athletic trainers, dietitians, and sport coaches.We finish with the 5-3-1 Network Program: five touches, three give-firsts, and one bridge introduction every week. Run it like a training block.WHAT YOU'LL LEARNWhy "my work speaks for itself" is a distribution problem, not a quality problemWhat a 20-million-person randomized experiment found about weak ties and job mobilityWhy moderately weak ties beat both best friends and total strangersHow brokers who bridge groups tend to have better ideas and better careersDormant ties: the trust of an old friend plus the new information of an acquaintanceWhy networking events fail, and five ways to fix themHow to network online without sending the cringe DMWhat the data says (and does not say) about mentorship and unpaid S&C internshipsA 90-day plan for building referral partnerships as a gym ownerThe 5-3-1 Network Program, with a real example weekSTUDIES REFERENCEDGranovetter, M. S. (1973). The strength of weak ties. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360-1380.Rajkumar, K., Saint-Jacques, G., Bojinov, I., Brynjolfsson, E., & Aral, S. (2022). A causal test of the strength of weak ties. Science, 377(6612), 1304-1310.Burt, R. S. (2004). Structural holes and good ideas. American Journal of Sociology, 110(2), 349-399.Levin, D. Z., Walter, J., & Murnighan, J. K. (2011). Dormant ties: The value of reconnecting. Organization Science, 22(4), 923-939.Ingram, P., & Morris, M. W. (2007). Do people mix at mixers? Administrative Science Quarterly, 52(4), 558-585.Casciaro, T., Gino, F., & Kouchaki, M. (2014). The contaminating effects of building instrumental ties. Administrative Science Quarterly, 59(4), 705-735. (Discussed with integrity caveats; see episode.)Wolff, H.-G., & Moser, K. (2009). Effects of networking on career success: A longitudinal study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(1), 196-206.Allen, T. D., Eby, L. T., Poteet, M. L., Lentz, E., & Lima, L. (2004). Career benefits associated with mentoring for proteges: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(1), 127-136.Eby, L. T., Allen, T. D., Evans, S. C., Ng, T., & DuBois, D. L. (2008). Does mentoring matter? Journal of Vocational Behavior, 72(2), 254-267.Read, P., Hughes, J., Blagrove, R., Jeffreys, I., Edwards, M., & Turner, A. (2017). Characteristics and experiences of interns in strength and conditioning. Journal of Sports Sciences, 35(3), 269-276.Schmitt, P., Skiera, B., & Van den Bulte, C. (2011). Referral programs and customer value. Journal of Marketing, 75(1), 46-59.DISCLAIMERThis podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered medical, fitness, or professional advice. Always consult with qualified healthcare and fitness professionals before making changes to your training, supplementation, nutrition, or health practices. Individual results may vary. The host and producers are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of any information, suggestions, or procedures discussed in this podcast.Subscribe & Review:If this episode added value to your training knowledge, please subscribe and leave a 5-star review! Your feedback helps us reach more fitness enthusiasts, coaches, lifters, athletes or anyone who can benefit from quality training information.About Brandon SmitleyInstagram: @bsmitley @team.thirstSubscribe On YouTube!Website: THIRSTgym.comMy FREE Newsletter — training insights, programming education & no-fluff content delivered straight to your inboxFree 3-Minute Performance Audit — find out what's actually limiting your results (and what to do about it)THIRST Coaching Lab - get help not only writing, but improving your program design with biweekly calls with other coaches and trainersBrandon Smitley is a world renowned strength coach and athlete for over a decade. He and his wife, Adrian, own Terre Haute Intensity Resistance and Sports Training (THIRST) where they work with youth athletes and personal training clients of all ages. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Purdue University ...
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    1 h et 4 min
  • E 90 | Working with Injured Clients: Scope of Practice for Strength Coaches and Personal Trainers

    E 90 | Working with Injured Clients: Scope of Practice for Strength Coaches and Personal Trainers
    Sep 28 2026
    Episode SummaryYour client walks in hurt. Do you play doctor, or do you send them home with nothing? Most coaches fall into one of those two ditches, and both cost you the client. In this solo episode, Brandon breaks down the third option: staying in your lane without shrinking it. You will learn what the NSCA professional standards actually say about scope of practice, the red flags that mean you stop and refer, why pain is not a reliable damage meter, how to train around an injury instead of through it, and how to work with physical therapists and sports medicine providers on the return to full training. Every study is presented with its caveats, because evidence integrity matters more than a good sound bite.WHAT YOU'LL LEARNThe two ditches: the Fixer and the Ghoster, and why both lose clientsWhat the 2017 NSCA Professional Standards and Guidelines say about your scopeThe verbs that belong to you and the verbs that belong to licensed providersA three-bucket triage system: emergency, refer soon, or train with modificationWhat spine imaging in pain-free people tells us about pain and damageA traffic-light pain-monitoring rule you can use on the gym floorCross-education and isometrics, with honest expectationsThe return-to-sport continuum and why criteria beat the calendarThe LANE framework: Look and Listen, Align, Navigate, Earn the returnA five-sentence email template for contacting a client's physical therapistSTUDIES REFERENCEDNSCA. NSCA Strength and Conditioning Professional Standards and Guidelines. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 2017; 39(6): 1-24.Finucane LM, et al. International Framework for Red Flags for Potential Serious Spinal Pathologies. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 2020; 50(7): 350-372.Brinjikji W, et al. Systematic Literature Review of Imaging Features of Spinal Degeneration in Asymptomatic Populations. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2015; 36(4): 811-816.Smith BE, et al. Should exercises be painful in the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain? British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017; 51(23): 1679-1687.Silbernagel KG, et al. Continued sports activity, using a pain-monitoring model, during rehabilitation in patients with Achilles tendinopathy. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2007; 35(6): 897-906.Manca A, et al. Cross-education of muscular strength following unilateral resistance training: a meta-analysis. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2017; 117(11): 2335-2354.Rio E, et al. Isometric exercise induces analgesia and reduces inhibition in patellar tendinopathy. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2015; 49(19): 1277-1283.Holden S, et al. Isometric exercise and pain in patellar tendinopathy: A randomized crossover trial. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2020; 23(3): 208-214.Ardern CL, et al. 2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016; 50(14): 853-864.Taberner M, Allen T, Cohen DD. Progressing rehabilitation after injury: consider the control-chaos continuum. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019; 53(18): 1132-1136.Grindem H, et al. Simple decision rules can reduce reinjury risk by 84% after ACL reconstruction: the Delaware-Oslo ACL cohort study. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016; 50(13): 804-808.Kyritsis P, et al. Likelihood of ACL graft rupture: not meeting six clinical discharge criteria before return to sport is associated with a four times greater risk of rupture. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016; 50(15): 946-951.DISCLAIMERThis podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered medical, fitness, or professional advice. Always consult with qualified healthcare and fitness professionals before making changes to your training, supplementation, nutrition, or health practices. Individual results may vary. The host and producers are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of any information, suggestions, or procedures discussed in this podcast.Subscribe & Review:If this episode added value to your training knowledge, please subscribe and leave a 5-star review! Your feedback helps us reach more fitness enthusiasts, coaches, lifters, athletes or anyone who can benefit from quality training information.About Brandon SmitleyInstagram: @bsmitley @team.thirstSubscribe On YouTube!Website: THIRSTgym.comMy FREE Newsletter — training insights, programming education & no-fluff content delivered straight to your inboxFree 3-Minute Performance Audit — find out what's actually limiting your results (and what to do about it)THIRST Coaching Lab - get help not only writing, but improving your program design with biweekly calls with other coaches and trainersBrandon Smitley is a world renowned strength coach and athlete for over a decade. He and his wife, Adrian, own Terre Haute Intensity Resistance and Sports Training (THIRST) where they work with youth...
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