Smarter Strength w/ Dr. David Skolnik, DPT
Smarter Strength is a show for good coaches who want to be great and great coaches who want to become undeniable.
It’s a show for coaches who choose knowledge over status, value over virility and impact over influence.
While there are countless shows about the theory, science and art of coaching, this show is all about ACTION. Because just like we tell our clients, great intentions are useless without action.
Each week, we will work through the PSA Framework: Problem, Solution, Action.
We will identify a common coaching problem, propose a viable solution and present an action every listener can take right away to become a better coach. The kind of coach who solves complex problems quickly and whose clients get uncommon results.
You won’t become a better coach just by listening to Smarter Strength, but you will if you apply what you learn!
Smarter Strength w/ Dr. David Skolnik, DPT
Nelly Attar - Grief, Strength & Growing Through Adversity
Our guest this week is Nelly Attar.
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Nelly Attar joins us all the way from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nelly is a sports entrepreneur, trainer and athlete. After completing two degrees in psychology and working in mental health for four years, Nelly followed a calling to pursue her growing interest in physical activity and sport and has become a driving force in the emerging sports landscape in the middle east as wall as a champion of ecotourism and adventure tourism in the region. Nelly has summited mount Everest, run 6 full marathons, completed 2 half ironman races and is currently training for the most demanding physical challenge of her life.
Connect with Nelly: @nellyattar
Connect with David: @dr.davidskolnik.dpt
Connect with the Show: @essential.strength.podcast
Learn More Nelly on her Website: http://nellyattar.com/
Action Plan
This week’s action plan stems from something Nelly says fairly early in our conversation. You are going to hear Nelly and I talk at length about a quote from her father that has driven her forward through all of life’s challenges. But that’s not the quote that your action plan is based on. It’s based on this quote, from Nelly - “Life is a beautiful thing, because even when we plan for it, it’s full of surprises.” I want you to write that quote down and put it somewhere you will see if every day. Keep it up for at least a week and let it be a reminder to you - despite our best attempts, our most thorough preparation - we can never fully control life. This lack of control can be felt in one of two ways - as a frustration, and something we must fight against or as the exact thing that makes life so beautiful, something to embrace and be grateful for. Ultimately, the interpretation is up to you, but I’d suggest that for the next seven days you practice viewing life’s surprises and moments of beauty.
That’s it for this week. Make sure you’re subscribed to this podcast so that you don’t miss next week’s episode with Austin Cohen - Founder and CEO of FlexIt - and a conversation about virtual fitness, improving access to personal training, re-thinking what it means to have a gym membership and Austin’s personal mantra of “don’t let anything that can be done today get left for tomorrow.”
Until then, we wish you Strength and Good Health!
