The Ted O'Neill Program
894 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsA glimpse into the approach and training philosophies of strength, conditioning, and powerlifting coach Ted O'Neill, featuring conversations with other athletes and trainers, cohosted by Jon Leon Guerrero.
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Episodes
06-11-2024 Our Consumption of Media
June 11, 2024 07:01 - 16 minutes - 12.4 MBCoach Ted explores the mechanisms of social media and the news and their impact on our time and vitality. (Originally aired 08-10-2021)
06-10-2024 Building Lean Mass
June 10, 2024 07:01 - 19 minutes - 14.7 MBCoach Ted discusses building lean mass and how training and nutrition must work together to create the body's most expensive architecture. (Originally aired 08-20-2021)
05-31-2024 The Personality of a Powerlifter
June 07, 2024 07:01 - 8 minutes - 6.44 MBCoach Ted discusses the attributes of an athlete who matches the powerlifter archetype. (Originally aired 09-30-2022)
06-06-2024 Rebuilding Dr. V
June 06, 2024 07:01 - 8 minutes - 6.43 MBCoach Ted tells the story of how Dr. V went from the paralysis and atrophy of a debilitating accident to a national champion powerlifter and leader of a movement. (Originally aired 09-29-2022)
06-05-2024 Wholism
June 05, 2024 07:01 - 4 minutes - 3.16 MBCoach Ted talks about the importance of training and tempering the body in order to allow space for the connection beyond the physical. (Originally aired 09-28-2022)
06-04-2024 The Wrong Kind of Vigilance
June 04, 2024 07:01 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MBCoach Ted talks about how human beings tend to affirm what will betray our potential achievements. (Originally aired 09-27-2022)
06-03-2024 The Energy You Get Back
June 03, 2024 07:01 - 4 minutes - 3.46 MBCoach Ted discusses the choices we make and determining whether the energy you give is commensurate with your returns. (Originally aired 09-26-2022)
05-31-2024 An Uneven Trade
May 31, 2024 07:01 - 9 minutes - 7.24 MBCoach Ted talks about the impact of seeking pleasure in place of fulfillment. (Originally aired 08-11-2023)
05-30-2024 Reinvention
May 30, 2024 07:01 - 9 minutes - 6.94 MBCoach Ted challenges us to create ourselves and our path. (Originally aired 08-10-2023)
05-29-2024 The Meaning of Training
May 29, 2024 07:01 - 8 minutes - 13.7 MBCoach Ted defines training, literally and philosophically. (Originally aired 08-09-2023)
05-28-2024 Fighting Off Entropy
May 28, 2024 09:35 - 8 minutes - 13.7 MBCoach Ted talks about the sense of urgency to engage your vibrancy. (Originally aired 08-08-2023)
05-27-2024 How to Express Gratitude
May 28, 2024 09:30 - 6 minutes - 9.67 MBCoach Ted talks about being thankful and fulfilled. (Originally aired 08-07-2023)
05-24-2024 Integration~Dis-Integration - Emotional
May 24, 2024 07:01 - 14 minutes - 11.2 MBCoach Ted talks about the emotional aspect of the Integration~Dis-Integration discipline, and the difference between them. (Originally aired 01-21-2022)
05-23-2024 Integration~Dis-Integration - Mental
May 23, 2024 07:01 - 14 minutes - 11 MBCoach Ted talks about the mental aspect of the Integration~Dis-Integration discipline, with some relatable moments we experience all the time. (Originally aired 01-20-2022)
05-22-2024 Integration~Dis-Integration - Physical
May 22, 2024 07:01 - 11 minutes - 8.56 MBCoach Ted talks about the physical aspect of the Integration~Dis-Integration discipline, giving us some examples we can see nearby. (Originally aired 01-19-2022)
05-21-2024 Integration~Dis-Integration
May 21, 2024 07:01 - 8 minutes - 6.7 MBCoach Ted gives us some examples of what it means to be integrated in a process that serves you and when it’s time to dis-integrate, or at least notice that you’re not connected. (Originally aired 01-18-2022)
05-20-2024 Reframing Contraction
May 20, 2024 07:01 - 5 minutes - 3.96 MBCoach Ted revisits the concept of deliberate contraction as a means to catapulting your upcoming expansion. (Originally aired 01-17-2022)
05-17-2024 Physical Strength or Self Belief?
May 17, 2024 07:01 - 16 minutes - 13.2 MBCoach Ted discusses the difference between physical strength and self belief, and why you need the latter to drive the former. (Originally aired 09-17-2021)
05-16-2024 Arguing for Our Limitations
May 16, 2024 07:01 - 9 minutes - 7.88 MBCoach Ted discusses attachments to the past and how they hold us back from optimal training successes. (Originally aired 09-16-2021)
05-15-2024 Training Logs
May 15, 2024 07:01 - 8 minutes - 6.44 MBCoach Ted talks about his strategy with training logs, what to record, and how it works in your favor to track your progress. (Originally aired 09-15-2021)
05-14-2024 Emerging a New Human Being
May 14, 2024 07:01 - 9 minutes - 7.74 MBCoach Ted talks about how a physical transformation is the embodiment of a personal revolution. (Originally aired 09-14-2021)
05-13-2024 Personal Accountability
May 13, 2024 07:01 - 11 minutes - 8.63 MBCoach Ted talks about personal accountability and how he approaches a deficit of desire. (Originally aired 09-13-2021)
05-10-2024 Accessing the Elevated Human Experience
May 10, 2024 07:01 - 10 minutes - 6.53 MBCoach Ted discusses the way to summon an elevated human experience and lead the way for others to elevate themselves. (Originally aired 10-29-2021)
05-09-2024 When Your Body and Brain Betray Your Objectives
May 09, 2024 07:01 - 10 minutes - 8.39 MBCoach Ted discusses the body or the brain betraying your objectives and pulling you back to the familiar. (Originally aired 10-28-2021)
05-08-2024 The Forming of Our Subconscious Programming
May 08, 2024 07:01 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBCoach Ted discusses subconscious programming, what we think when we’re not even thinking, and the origins of the limitations we unknowingly impose upon ourselves. (Originally aired 10-27-2021)
05-07-2024 The Human Machine and its Wiring
May 07, 2024 07:01 - 8 minutes - 6.76 MBCoach Ted discusses the flawed approach of sports psychology and how it relates to an athlete's internal wiring and motivations. (Originally aired 10-26-2021)
05-06-2024 The Owner's Manual for Your Brain and Body
May 06, 2024 07:01 - 9 minutes - 7.55 MBCoach Ted discusses the need for an owner's manual for our brain and body, and how little of the input we actually perceive. (Originally aired 10-25-2021)
05-03-2024 Obesity in the USA
May 03, 2024 07:01 - 5 minutes - 8.09 MBCoach Ted talks about the ever-rising rate of American obesity and how the pattern emerged. (Originally aired 01-20-2023)
05-02-2024 You Need Muscle to Burn Fat
May 02, 2024 07:01 - 4 minutes - 5.75 MBCoach Ted talks about the physiological factors that optimize the use of fat stores as fuel and minimize your body’s fat storage function. (Originally aired 01-19-2023)
05-01-2024 Structure vs. Allowance
May 01, 2024 07:01 - 7 minutes - 9.75 MBCoach Ted talks about applying existing structures to your own situation and objective. (Originally aired 01-18-2023)
04-30-2024 Maximizing Your Metabolism
April 30, 2024 07:01 - 7 minutes - 11.2 MBCoach Ted talks about normalizing your body’s expectation of the nutrients you supply to maximize the use of slow- and fast-burning fuels. (Originally aired 01-17-2023)
04-29-2024 Processing Fuel to Build Muscle
April 29, 2024 08:30 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MBCoach Ted talks about how your body uses the fuel you give it and why it’s important to customize your nutrition to your body composition and training plan. (Originally aired 01-16-2023)
04-26-2024 A Nod to Bryan Johnson
April 26, 2024 07:01 - 8 minutes - 13.2 MBJon brings up the work of Bryan Johnson and Coach Ted talks about the desire for longevity and vitality outweighing compulsions. (Originally aired 06-09-2023)
04-25-2024 Explorations on Submission
April 25, 2024 07:01 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBCoach Ted talks about submission being a leak of your vitality. (Originally aired 06-08-2023)
04-24-2024 Explorations on Surrender
April 24, 2024 07:01 - 5 minutes - 8.98 MBCoach Ted talks about surrender as a key to empowerment. (Originally aired 06-07-2023)
04-23-2024 Explorations on Sacrifice
April 23, 2024 07:01 - 9 minutes - 14.2 MBCoach Ted talks about what it takes to create an entirely new experience. (Originally aired 06-06-2023)
04-22-2024 An Exploration of Discipline
April 22, 2024 07:01 - 7 minutes - 5.55 MBCoach Ted gives some examples of how we should define Discipline. (Originally aired 06-05-2023)
04-19-2024 The Struggle is the Opportunity
April 19, 2024 07:01 - 3 minutes - 2.97 MBCoach Ted speaks to one of the most important lessons and perhaps the biggest motivator in transformation or achieving mastery. (Originally aired 07-22-2022)
04-18-2024 Your Ability to Focus
April 18, 2024 07:01 - 9 minutes - 7.68 MBCoach Ted talks about how we lose focus and what it means to your performance. (Originally aired 07-21-2022)
04-17-2024 How the Mental Determines the Physical
April 17, 2024 07:01 - 5 minutes - 3.98 MBCoach Ted talks about unlocking your capabilities. (Originally aired 07-20-2022)
04-16-2024 It’s Even Unfamiliar at the Highest Levels
April 16, 2024 07:01 - 7 minutes - 5.87 MBCoach Ted discusses optimal demonstration, and the most obvious place you would find its opposite. (Originally aired 07-19-2022)
04-15-2024 How Far Can We Push with Training?
April 15, 2024 07:01 - 5 minutes - 4.04 MBCoach Ted discusses the approach of training as a tool with which any outcome can be accomplished. (Originally aired 07-18-2022)
04-12-2024 Powerlifting and Bodybuilding
April 12, 2024 07:01 - 6 minutes - 4.91 MBCoach Ted discusses the objectives of powerlifting and bodybuilding. (Originally aired 08-31-2022)
04-11-2024 The Nervous System
April 11, 2024 07:01 - 9 minutes - 6.94 MBCoach Ted talks about the nervous system and the crucial need to understand its responses to the stimulus of training. (Originally aired 08-30-2022)
04-10-2024 Progressive Overload
April 10, 2024 07:01 - 10 minutes - 8.15 MBCoach Ted talks about the concept of progressive overload and how it is utilized within the conjugate method. (Originally aired 08-29-2022)
04-09-2024 The Angulation of Human Movement
April 09, 2024 07:01 - 10 minutes - 7.88 MBCoach Ted talks about the optimal or archetypal performance of a lift and how we train to replicate that movement. (Originally aired 08-26-2022)
04-08-2024 Accessory Exercises
April 08, 2024 07:01 - 11 minutes - 16.2 MBCoach Ted talks about the supplemental exercises that we perform to build specialized strength for certain lifts. (Originally aired 08-25-2022)
04-05-2024 The Big Lifts for Rehabilitation
April 05, 2024 07:01 - 5 minutes - 3.84 MBCoach Ted discusses the big lifts as a diagnostic, and a rehabilitation and transformation tool set. (Originally aired 08-24-2022)
04-04-2024 To Be a Powerlifter
April 04, 2024 07:01 - 6 minutes - 4.87 MBCoach Ted defines a powerlifter (hint: It’s not someone who uses powerlifting exercises to improve strength and fitness). (Originally aired 08-23-2022)
04-03-2024 The Odd Lifts
April 03, 2024 07:01 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBCoach Ted tells us about how the ‘Odd Lifts’ evolved into the sport of Powerlifting. (Originally aired 08-22-2022)