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This section was created to bring more education and empowerment to the everyday fitness enthusiast. 'Strong' Jon Vlahogiannakos is a coach based out of Barrie, Ontario, Canada dedicated to dispelling common fitness and nutrition myths, and providing real-world strategies to help you get in great shape!

The blog

Do You Have The Right Kind of Motivation?

You have heard me say that motivation is bullshit. And to be honest, for the most part that’s true. It is not a reliable source for long term success. That said, if we dive deeper into different types of motivation,

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How To Create a Good Habit That Sticks

Changing how we live day to day is not an easy task. We get stuck in a routine and most of our actions become mindless. When trying to lose body fat, it is imperative that our habits change because that’s

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How To Thrive During The Quarantine

This is serious. A number of people, including myself, shrugged this off a few weeks ago as something that wasn’t going to get this bad. I was wrong. Instead of worrying, stressing, and complaining about everything that’s going on, we

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How To Create Your Own Workouts

If you want to get in great shape, let’s start with a training program. You obviously don’t want to spend all day in the gym so you need something that is as efficient as possible but also yields the most

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How To Set Up Your Weekly Calorie Targets

There are seemingly an infinite amount of ways to lose body fat so it’s understandable that you may be confused every week when new information comes out. The one constant that you should be focusing on is how many calories

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the podcast

EP 046 - Weight Loss Strategies for Women w/Kia Khadem

On today’s episode of the Strong Jon Fitness Podcast, we’re joined by Kia Khadem. Here’s what we got into in the interview: How Kia got into the fitness industry How he transitioned into exclusively training women Popular things to avoid when trying to lose weight Time management for busy women and moms Kia shares eating […]

EP 045 - The Key to "Overnight Success" w/Andrew Coates

On today’s episode of the Strong Jon Fitness Podcast, we’re joined by Andrew Coates. Here’s what we got into in the interview: How Andrew got into the fitness industry Relationships he’s built over the years – and how What new coaches should focus on  The impact of social media on his business Andrew shares insights […]

EP 045 - The Key to "Overnight Success" w/Andrew Coates

On today’s episode of the Strong Jon Fitness Podcast, we’re joined by Andrew Coates. Here’s what we got into in the interview: How Andrew got into the fitness industry Relationships he’s built over the years – and how What new coaches should focus on  The impact of social media on his business Andrew shares insights […]

EP 044 - 7 Rules to Create the Best Version of Yourself

On today’s episode of the Strong Jon Fitness Podcast, I go solo to discuss virtues from Robin Sharma’s Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and how it applies to your fitness journey. There are 7 virtues (or rules) that he lays out and they all apply to you. Listen to the entire episode to learn what […]

EP 044 - 7 Rules to Create the Best Version of Yourself

On today’s episode of the Strong Jon Fitness Podcast, I go solo to discuss virtues from Robin Sharma’s Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and how it applies to your fitness journey. There are 7 virtues (or rules) that he lays out and they all apply to you. Listen to the entire episode to learn what […]

EP 043 - Life is What You Make It w/Jordan Syatt

On today’s episode of the Strong Jon Fitness Podcast, we’re joined by Jordan Syatt. Here’s what we got into in the interview: Jordan’s backstory of how he got into fitness, and then fitness coaching His insights into what happened at college and how it impacted him How he’s dealt with imposter syndrome The impact of […]

EP 043 - Life is What You Make It w/Jordan Syatt

On today’s episode of the Strong Jon Fitness Podcast, we’re joined by Jordan Syatt. Here’s what we got into in the interview: Jordan’s backstory of how he got into fitness, and then fitness coaching His insights into what happened at college and how it impacted him How he’s dealt with imposter syndrome The impact of […]

EP 042 - The Impact of Stress on the Body w/Fran Garton

Stress and pain are unavoidable in life so I thought it was crucial to have Fran Garton come on the show and discuss different types of stress and how it can impact and manifest in the body. We discussed: The different types of stressors How to identify which stressors to focus on How to effectively […]

EP 042 - The Impact of Stress on the Body w/Fran Garton

Stress and pain are unavoidable in life so I thought it was crucial to have Fran Garton come on the show and discuss different types of stress and how it can impact and manifest in the body. We discussed: The different types of stressors How to identify which stressors to focus on How to effectively […]

EP 041 - Navigating Your Period-ization w/Shannon & Kat

This was an incredible episode! Honestly was such a learning experience for me and I hope you take a ton of information away from this one as well. Menstruation and women’s cycles are not discussed enough in fitness and I was very lucky to have Shannon & Kat from Lifts & Cycles come on the […]

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