#15 - Lance Coffel: Strength Is The Story Of My Life

In the 15th Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest Senior instructor at StrongFirst, StrongFirst SFB Bodyweight Instructor,StrongFirst SFL Barbell Instructor, Z-Health Practitioner Lance Coffel will talk about Lance’s strength story, Iyengar Yoga, the first kettlebell in history and the first strength coach in the NBA.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!

In this chapter you will discover:

(1:20) Lance’s background in Yoga

(2:00) Introducing our special guest Senior instructor at StrongFirst, StrongFirst SFB Bodyweight Instructor,StrongFirst SFL Barbell Instructor, Z-Health Practitioner Lance Coffel https://www.facebook.com/lance.coffel 

(2:15) Over 40 years in the world of strength

(2:30) Kettlebells, Strongfirst @strongfirst, FMS, boxing, swimming, Iyengar Yoga

(3:10) Lance origin story

(3:20) Grow up in an exercise family

(3:25) Lance’s dad was a professional voxer

(4:20) Lance’s first gym in 1977

(7:00) Living in his office for 2 years

(8:10) First strength coach in the MBA

(10:50) There’s now strength coaches in any sport

(12:30) Mike training a High School team

(13:00) “The first one through the door sometimes gets a little messy but it opens up the doors for everybody else” - Michael Kurkowski

(13:30) Lance’s dad in boxing and Lance’s mom in swimming 

(15:50) How did Lance started training with kettlebells, shout out to Pavel Tsatsouline @strongfirst 

(20:20) The first kettlebell was 2,500 BC

(23:10) FMS and shout out to Brett Jones @brettjonessfg

(24:50) “The kettlebell can definitely humble you” - Lance Coffel

(25:20) Lance bicycle racing experience

(26:20) Lance started training Iyengar Yoga, fixing problems with the spine

(28:50) Shout out to Menachem Brodie  @hvtraining

(32:00) B.K.S. Iyengar

(32:50) Warrior pose in Iyengar yoga

(34:20) Ayurveda yoga, shout out to Tim Almond

(35:30) Teaching and demonstrating

(37:00) Incremental learning in every discipline

(39:30) Mike’s CKFMS story

(43:00) When Lance met Pavel

(49:30) “Everything starts from your feet”

(50:00) Dr. squat

(53:00) Check Paxson Yoga Center – Gudmestad Yoga Tradition to learn more about Iyengar Yoga https://www.paxsonyogacenter.com/