Episode 201: Todd Bumgardner - Understanding human behavior and how to develop communication skills

This episodes guest is Todd Bumgardner from Toddbumgardner.com, Beyond Strength Performance ,and Strength Fraction. Todd is a fitness coach, writer, business owner, and outdoorsman from the woods and ridges of Central Pennsylvania. He currently lives in Virginia where he co-owns and operates Beyond Strength Performance NOVA--a training gym that features semi-private, group, and personal training. He's also the co-founder, and lead, at Strength Faction--an online coaching and mentoring program designed and committed to helping fitness coaches grow personally and professionally by improving their self-care to avoid burnout and providing them with the program design, coaching, and systems to help them build a stable and long-lasting career. When he's not working, he's hiking up a mountain, hunting, or fly fishing somewhere in America's outdoors." On this episode Todd and I discuss: Todd's background We discuss human behavior, communication, and understanding I ask Todd about the assessment process the conduct at Beyond Strength Performance I ask Todd for his current book recommendation  This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did! Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - www.toddbumgardner.com Website - Beyond Strength Performance Website - Strength Fraction Facebook - Beyond Strength Performance NOVA Facebook - Todd Bumgardner Twitter - @BumTodd Instagram - bspnova   Books Mentioned: Behave Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance  Lila   Videos Mentioned: Louis C.K. - "Why"   People and Resources Mentioned: Bill Hartman Mike Roussell Adee Cazayoux Kristen White Robert Sapolsky  Patrick Ward Carl Rogers Neil Rampe Arizona Diamondbacks LA Dodgers ALTIS Jas Rawandha Mike Wu Landmark T-Nation Mike Ranfone Mike Connolly Anthony Renna Danny Lennon Show Sponsors: Ultimate Performance Online Mentorship To get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com ALTIS ALTIS 360 ALTIS Education   Ultimate Athlete Concepts Ultimate Athlete Concepts is a multi faceted company, providing the most sophisticated scientific material in sport science. UAC is the worlds leading resource for translated sport preparation educational material.    National Sports Performance Association Certified Program Design Specialist Certified Speed and Agility Coach Cerfitied Weightlifting Performance Coach Certified Sports Nutrition Coach   Athletes Acceleration Complete Warm Up Complete Speed Training Complete Speed Games Complete Jumps Training Complete Olympic Lifting Complete Youth Training Complete Guide to Training the Female Athlete Complete Core Complete Sports Conditioning  Complete Sports Nutrition Complete Program Design Sports Camp Empire   Patreon Help support the podcast by becoming a Patreon to the show here - Patreon