There are a lot of different types of exercises out there that you can do, but how do you know which ones would be the best for you to add to your program? In this episode, Darien and Hayden go through the reasoning and thought processes behind the overall intent of exercise selection. They start the episode by talking about how many kids that they want when they're older (5:25). Darien then talks about how it's important to value your own time and why there's much more too it than just simply trading one hour of your time for a dollar value (10:30). They reference that analogy towards fitness programming and talk about how much thought goes into selecting a movement for a client (13:50). Darien then brings up Mike Israetel @rpdrmike and talks about his concept of the Stimulus-To-Fatigue Ratio, otherwise known as SFR (20:00). Hayden talks about how he's started to add Front Squats to the beginning of his own routine and his intent behind it (23:45). They talk about the mind-muscle connection and why it should be used solely as a tool to help determine SFR, but shouldn't be the end all & be all of exercise selection (36:30). Hayden talks about how he used to work out with a close friend and bodybuilder, Matt, and how there were a lot of differences between the two when performing the exact same workout (42:45). Darien brings up the importance of practicing skill and how crucial it is to develop skills relating to movement in the same way as you would when learning any other skill (50:15). They end the episode by talking about some of their client success stories and why it's important to be personable as a coach (59:20). You can find the both of us on Instagram @darienmatt and @eade96.