Dr. Pat Davidson - The Group Fitness Revolution & how to influence human behavior to get better results

Dr. Pat Davidson - The Group Fitness Revolution & how to influence human behavior to get better results

The S&C Shoptalk Podcast 

Episode 9

 

0:00 – 5:50 Pat’s intro and his background

5:50 – 20:30 The exercise revolution in group Fitness at Hype Gym in NYC (Can you work out with high load AND high safety??) The reward mechanisms embedded into the training process and advantages using Keiser equipment with consistent numerical feedback

21:00 – 26:55 Habit formation 101: Taking advantage of the dopamine/reward system

27:20 – 34:40 What can we do to reduce perception of threat to allow us to train harder for longer? What kind of story connects with you that will in turn motivate you to act?

35:00 – 41:11 How do you get people to move from fuckery to results in the training process? You’re probably not as much of an individual snowflake as you think!

41:25 – 46:34 What Pat has learned working with difficult clients and where he’s screwed up in the past (from alienating people to getting a real behavioral change over time)

47:00 – 51:08 How can we take advantage of group dynamics during training? (group hierarchy, us vs them scenarios etc.)

51:08 – 52:22 Merging the world of gambling and exercise

52:22 – 59:25 Pat talks about his experience in Costa Rica at Dr. Ben House’s retreat for S&C

59:40 – 61:24 Pat’s thoughts on “animal flow”

61:24 – 63:30 Pat’s thoughts on anything called “Neuro-training”

63:30 – 65:16 Pat’s thoughts on Trigger point release

65:16 – What’s next for Dr. Pat Davidson and where can you find him and his content

 

 

Pat's social media:

//drpatdavidson.com/

//www.instagram.com/dr.patdavidson/

//www.facebook.com/pat.davidson.794

 

Other people mentioned in this episode: 

Dr. Robert Sapolsky and his latest book behave

Dr. Ben House (//functionalmedicinecostarica.com/)

Bill Hartman from (//indianapolisfitnessandsportstraining.com/)