Raise The Bar
Raise the Bar is a podcast that explores health, fitness, and high performance through honest conversations. Hosts Ariel Comeau and Matt Duncan, experienced coaches, discuss research, lessons, and the realities of personal transformation with experts and high performers. The show aims to cut through noise and conflicting advice to provide actionable tools and mindset shifts.
Episodes
Psychologist & Exercise Scientist on Why Knowing You “Should” Exercise Isn’t Enough | Dr Gordon Spence
Coaching psychologistand exercise scientist Dr Gordon Spence reveals why thirty years of healthmessaging has failed to make anyone move more, why the reason behind your goalpredicts how long you last better than your discipline does, and how the questionsa coach refuses to answer for you are the ones that change your behaviour.Dr Gordon Spence holds aPhD in coaching psychology from the University
How to Maximize Muscle Growth (In Way Less Time) | Coach's Corner
A few days on from the Tony Boutagy episode, Ariel and Matt sit down to unpack what actually stuck. What starts as a debrief turns into a working session on the ideas that changed how they are writing programs: that research gives us principles and not prescriptions, that mechanical tension is the driver of hypertrophy, and that a lot of the volume we have all been chasing sits well past the point
Everything We Got Wrong About Building Muscle | Dr Tony Boutagy
Exercise scientist Dr Tony Boutagy reveals why one or two hard sets are enough to build significant muscle mass, why soreness is not a sign of muscle growth, and how you can train your entire body in twelve minutes.Dr Tony Boutagy holds a PhD in exercise and sports science and has spent more than 30 years working in the fitness industry, educating over 50,000 coaches along the way. He has built hi
Coach's Corner: What We Took From the Sheridan Skye Episode on Women's Health
Ariel Comeau and Matt Duncan sit down after the Sheridan Skye conversation to unpack what stuck with them, and the honest answer is that a single statistic reframed the whole thing. Only about 20% of women resistance train. Both hosts admit they were floored, because inside the fitness industry it can feel like everyone already knows better. That gap between the bubble they work in and the reality
80% of Women Don't Strength Train & It’s Costing Them Quality of Life | Sheridan Skye
Registered nurse turned strength coach Sheridan Skye reveals how 80% of women skip the one thing that protects their independence as they age, what the cycle syncing trend was actually built on, and why "for research purposes only" means you are the research.Sheridan Skye spent 15 years as a registered nurse, including intensive care and a stint as a nursing officer in the Air Force, before she le
Coach's Corner | Sebastian Oreb: The 8 Essential Strength Categories
Ariel and Matt reflect on a recent conversation with elite strength coach Sebastian Oreb, diving deep into the mindset shifts required for professional and personal growth. They discuss the power of taking on opportunities before you feel fully ready and how leaning into self-doubt can serve as a powerful indicator that you are successfully stretching your limits.The conversation also breaks down
Coach to the Strongest Man Alive On Breaking Plateaus and Building Max Strength - Sebastian Oreb
Strength coach Sebastian Oreb, The Australian Strength Coach, reveals why maxing out every week is the reason you stopped getting stronger, how long you should really be resting between heavy sets, and the four-week model behind the heaviest deadlift in human history.Sebastian is the coach behind Hafthór Björnsson, aka Mountain from Game of Thrones. He coached Thor through breaking multiple world
Shona Vertue: The Psychology of Stress, Grief, and Staying Healthy Through Life's Hardest Seasons
Shona Vertue has built one of Australia's strongest fitness brands - over 600,000 Instagram followers and 25,000 people inside her online training system. At the height of that success, she went back to university to study psychology, and in this episode she explains why understanding the mind became just as important as training the body. Drawing on her path through competitive gymnastics, ba
Raise The Bar Trailer
Health and fitness advice is everywhere right now — the problem is most of it contradicts itself. Raise the Bar is a new podcast powered by One Coach and hosted by Ariel Comeau and Matt Duncan, two coaches with a combined 30 years in the health and performance space, built for people who are tired of quick-fix answers and want to actually understand what works and why.Raise The Bar brings real con
