Every year people make "goals" for the new year. They want to start over, make this be the year of change, lose weight, get jacked and so many other goals. It's easy to set goals and it's easy to set smart goals. How many people reverse engineer those goals and create a plan on how to get there?  If you really want to succeed with your goal, take some time and sit down by yourself away from your phone, friends, family and distractions and think about what you want and need. Write it down with a pen and paper, start a notebook and throw ideas and processes in there on how you're going to get to your goal. If you have a plan, you have a path...  Wishing everyone a great New Year and all the best for a safe, strong & healthy 2022.  If you're needing some help with your heath, fitness & nutrition goals, book a free no sweat intro at this link and we're happy to chat and see if Starke is a good fit for you. https://linktr.ee/starkestrength Stay strong everyone Coach Paul 

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#098 Reverse Engineering YOUR New Year

Lori Natuik is one of the most amazing and dedicated clients I have come to know over the years. I've had the pleasure of working with her for almost twenty years now and have seen her take on Half marathons, Duathlons, Boot Camps at the Kildonan Park at 6am rain or shine (and maybe even some snow), train with frozen kettlebells in the Bronx Park community centre at 6am, learn Boxing & Kickboxing and for the past 10 years, continue to grow strong with CrossFit.  Learn what makes this badass and buff grandma tick as she's a minority among her age group for physical ability and capacity.  Coach Paul

#097 Growing Strong with Lori Natuik

Do you ever get those days where someone says something or something happens that triggers a thought or emotion from the past? That happened to me yesterday in a workout and reminded me of thought I would have in a race when someone says "good job, you're almost there" and I knew I was nowhere near the finish line with hours to go.  Changing that mindset at that point was what i would do and remind myself to follow through with my plan. When you know what you're doing, don't let anyone else tell you what you should or shouldn't be doing. Do what you know you need to do...  Coach Paul 

#096 Flashbacks and fast forwarding

This was a crazy long and successful weekend here at Starke with our fourth in-house comp Starke Wars where members were able to pair up and compete with and against each other in open categories. Workouts were prescribed, PR's were smashed and everyone had a great time. It was a successful weekend for all.  On Sunday we wrapped up with our coaches development group in a new format of training coaches that I've come up with and I'm excited to see how things go. We will continue with group meetings with the new coaches every couple weeks to tackle things that com up in classes and continue to refine the development of coaches.  I'm excited to be having a little more down time coming up to be able to focus on things in the gym that only "the owner" can tackle and allow our coaches to be changing lives as we continue to grow.  Thanks for listening and stay strong everyone.  Coach Paul 

#95 Starke Wars 2021 and Starke CDP

Josh Manness has been an amazing addition to the Starke community over the past year. Josh came to us after his previous CrossFit gym was forced to close after the first of three lockdowns during the COVID pandemic. Josh don't grow up an active kid but when his life began to change and head down a rocky road he made the decision to clean up or die from his decisions. When a friend suggested Josh try a class at a local CrossFit gym, Josh took them up on it and fitness became his new addiction. Since then, he's never liked back.  We hope this episode introduces you to Josh if you haven't met him already or might be able to help someone you know struggling to make some changes. We definitely hope this episode makes you a little bit better than yesterday...  Coach Paul   

#094 From Crack to CrossFit with Josh Manness...

It's been a while listeners. It's been a challenging ride but we're still here and hope to help those out there struggling.  This podcast #93 was inspired by my grandfather who passed away at the age of 93 less than few months ago. Seeing someone you love decline physically is a painful thing. Sometimes it can be adjusted and sometimes it can't.  Just like anything in life, if you have the chance to make a difference, you owe it to yourself (or some one you love) to try. Keep moving, keep lifting, keep bending, keep twisting...  Stay strong everyone...  Coach Paul  

#093 Growing Old and Maintaining Youth...

When we saw the Canadian Kettlebell Co. start following us on Instagram we thought it was pretty cool. Then we found out these Canadian Kettlebells were made in Winnipeg and we needed to find out more.  We had a chance to "play" with Trevors Kettlebells and "feel the steel" here at Starke and needed to find out more about the start of his business and what got him here and why.  We love supporting local and when a local business is making some local bells to help make people fitter, healthier and stronger, we're happy to support and promote it.  Check out @thecanadiankettlebellco and www.canadiankettlebells.ca for more info!  We hope this episode makes you a little better than yesterday!  Stay Strong  Coach Paul   

#092 "Feel The Steel" With Trevor Melcher of Canadian Kettlebell Co.

On today's episode we're joined by Jill Baczynsky. We've decided to talk about a subject that's been coming up on social media and in a lot of conversations lately.  We are all faced with challenges and we know that circumstances are different for everyone. To progress we need to be honest with ourselves and allow some flexibility with our current situations. This doesn't mean we should sandbag because of our situation but search for small wins each day that will lead to growth in our lives and essentially help us flourish. This is what "Better Than Yesterday" is all about.   We hope you can take some nuggets away from this podcast and if you have any topics that you'd like to hear about or people you'd like to hear from, please let us know.  Thanks for listening.  Stay Safe And Stay Strong Coach Paul 

#091 The Struggle Is Real (But It's Not Forever)

Meet Ashley McIntosh... Ashley is a figure skater, a wife, an entrepreneur and a member here at Starke. We love when people break from the mold, and choose the road less traveled by.  Listen to Ashley's experience adding strength and conditioning into her training routine when forced off the ice because of COVID lockdown 2020. After three months of being off the ice, she cam back stronger and better than before. She's also the owner of Azura Bay an on-line women's clothing company who sells ethically sourced women's clothing.  We know there are some good nuggets in here for you so have a listen and let us know what you think.  For more info on Azura Bay check out @azura_bay on Instagram www.azurabay.com   Thanks for listening and stay safe  Coach Paul @coachpauldyck

#090 From Start To Never Finished with Ashley McIntosh of Azura Bay

Today we talk about accountability to yourself, what YOU need to do to set a positive course for the day and doing things you might not like to do but won't get done by anyone else.   Being accountable to ourselves is tough. It' challenging and sometimes it's about doing shit you don't like because nobody else is going to do it for you. Plan for it, get it done and move ahead...  LISTENER CHALLENGE: Let us know what YOU do to set your path for the day message us @starkestrength @coachpauldyck or email info@starkestrength.com Take care and stay strong.  Coach Paul 

#089 NOBODY IS COMING TO SAVE YOU...

In today's solo episode we talk about Starke's Vision statement to "Become Better Than Yesterday" and how it relates to training in the gym and outside of the gym.  There is opportunity all around us to improve our lives and if we just found one aspect each day, we could be in a totally different place a year form now.  Enjoy the show and stay safe.  Coach Paul  

#088 Our Vision: Become Better Than Yesterday

This little solo episode was inspired by some amazing people who continue to grind every day despite challenges and limitations. It's easy to make excuses but it's satisfying to continue seeing results in the face of adversity.  To all of you out there pushing through day after day. KEEP IT UP!!! Coach Paul  

#087 Grinding From Home & The Road Ahead...

Sometimes we need to put in a lot of work to see a difference in the final product. It may seem like we're not getting anywhere and you might feel like  you're spinning your wheels but if you stay disciplined and stick to the process you'll always have an amazing end result...  Stay safe and stay strong.  Coach Paul  

#086 Is What You're Doing Making A Difference

Today we have the pleasure of hosting Roxanne Gauthier on the Better Than Yesterday Podcast.  Roxanne’s been part of the CrossFit community for over six years now and has come a long way since the day she walked through the doors at her first box. Over the years Roxanne has progressed as an athlete, a coach, and an individual and we’re happy to help share her story. Thank you for making the time to listen and we hope that this podcast makes you a little bit Better Than Yesterday. Coach Paul

#085 Rockin with Roxanne

Humans are resilient. With the world changing around us and restrictions on work, life and social activities constantly changing due to CVOID we need to constantly re-evaluate what's important to us at this time and create a new schedule and plan to maintain what's important.  Once you accomplish that and put it into play there will always be something that comes along to challenge the balance of your schedule.  Adjust and adapt is all we can do... Stay strong and stay safe.  Paul  

#084 Creating Balance & Structure

This podcast is geared towards helping people become better than yesterday through Strength & Conditioning, CrossFit, Weightlifting, Nutrition, and general health and wellness. We hope you can learn from it and use some of the tools to increase your capacity and quality of life.

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