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Scientific Principles of Strength Training w/ Chad Wesley Smith - 285 Nov 01, 2017

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Chad Wesley Smith is the owner/founder of Juggernaut Training Systems and one of the most accomplished strength athletes of recent years. With a background in track and field, Smith took his 2 collegiate national championships and continued his success in powerlifting and strongman. Today we discuss Chad's 7 Scientific Principles of Strength Training

1. Specificity — Training designed to achieve a particular outcome

2. Overload — Is training stimulating enough to drive neural adaptation? Training must become harder overtime through more volume and more weight.

3. Fatigue management — Your recovery process: Besides deload days and proper nutrition and sleep, should include adaptive recovery strategies like ice baths, massages, etc.

4. SRA (Stimulus Recovery Adaptation) — Your training process: Frequency and duration of training and recovery.

5. Variation — Avoid staleness by shifting phases. Keep in mind variation should always be in context with Specificity (principle #1).

6. Phase potentiation — Make the most of each training phase.

7. Individual differences — We're similar but not "the same"

Enjoy!

-Mike, Doug and Team Barbell Shrugged

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Barbell Shrugged helps people get better. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since.

Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini.

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Audio Bonus: Optimizing Your Brain Health for Physical Performance with Brian Jennings Oct 27, 2017

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Brian Lewis Jennings (born October 14, 1976) is a former American football long snapper and tight end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Arizona State University, and was picked by the 49ers in the 7th round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He is a two-time Pro Bowl selection, having been chosen for the 2004 and 2012 Pro Bowls as a special teams player. He is the founder of Jennings 1-4-1, dedicated to developing the skill of long snapping. - from Wikipedia.com

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Barbell Shrugged helps people get better. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since.

Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini.

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Positional Strength, Mobility and Stability for Weightlifting - Dr. Quinn Henoch - 284 Oct 25, 2017

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Today we welcome Dr. Quinn Henoch, Doctor of Physical Therapy and author of Weightlifting Movement Assessment & Optimization: Mobility & Stability for the Snatch and Clean & Jerk.

He is also the founder of ClinicalAthlete, which is a network of health care professionals who understand the performance-based needs of athletes. Since 2011, he has trained exclusively for the sport of weightlifting, having competed in the 2014 American Open and posting qualifying totals for the 2015 National Championships, as a 77kg lifter.

In this episode he discusses how to achieve weightlifting specific positions and why just trying to stretch to increase your mobility may not be the best way.

He's a damn smart coach, this episode is loaded with great advice and suggestions for you if you're working to improve your snatch, clean or jerk.

Enjoy!

Mike, Doug and Team Barbell Shrugged

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Barbell Shrugged helps people get better. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since.

Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini.

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Mind Pump + Barbell Shrugged - 283 Oct 20, 2017

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Training to be a Superhero w/ Brandon Routh - 282 Oct 18, 2017

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Today's episode is a something unique. Today we look at Hollywood and what's it's like to get in shape for the big screen.

Brandon Routh is a Hollywood actor who currently plays The Atom in the TV show DC's Legend's of Tomorrow on Netflix. Brandon is best known for playing Superman in the movie Superman Returns (2006).

Yup, he's a superhero.

In this episode we discuss the kind of training and nutrition he used to get in shape to portray a character who has seemingly unlimited physical strength.

Hope you enjoy!

Mike and Doug

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Barbell Shrugged helps people get better. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since.

Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini.

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The Strongest Bodybuilder in the World w/ Stan Efferding - 281 Oct 11, 2017

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Want to gain more muscle? Bodybuilders can show you the path. Want to gain strength? Powerlifters will show you the way. Want both? Talk to Stan Efferding.

IFBB Pro bodybuilder Stan Efferding holds the all-time raw world powerlifting records in the 275-pound-class and is often referred to as the "world's strongest bodybuilder". Best lifts include: 606 raw bench, 865 squat w/ wraps and an 837 deadlift. Truly impressive!!!

It's no accident that Stan is jacked, lean and incredibly strong. He's dialed in his training and nutrition with decades of consistent focus, intense study and a lot of trial and error.

In this episode Stan talks about:

How training for hypertrophy is massively helpful for getting stronger
How training heavy (1RMs) doesn't always mean you'll get grow larger muscles
How he programs when focusing on staying healthy (lookin good and feelin good)
How he utilizes movement to speed recovery
Why he uses conditioning tools like 20 rep squats and 500 lb weighted carries
Why he eats the same few simple foods almost every day to build maximum muscle
How to make consistent progress without "overloading your system"

If you want be lean, muscular and very, very strong then sit back and learn from the master, "The Rhino", the strongest bodybuilding in the world; Stan Efferding.

Train smart,

Mike and Doug

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Barbell Shrugged helps people get better. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since.

Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini.

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The Science of Biomechanics and Human Movement w/ Dr. Scott Lynn - 280 Oct 04, 2017

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This was one of the most enjoyable shows we've done all year. Really, really enjoyed speaking with Dr. Scott Lynn.

He earned a PhD in Biomechanics and is now an associate professor of Kinesiology/Biomechanics at Cal State Fullerton. Loosely put, biomechanics is the study of how forces effect your body (stress —> adaptation) as well as how the forces produced by your body effect the world (moving yourself and objects… in our case heavy barbells).

Want to know how front squats are different than back squats? Is there a difference in muscular activation? Is there a difference in the stresses on the hips, knees and lower back? Scott has you covered. Collecting, analyzing and interpreting this kind of data is exactly what biomechanists do on a daily basis (often using cool things like 3D motion capture systems like the ones used to make video games and animated movie characters).

In this episode Dr. Lynn teaches us:

Why scoring well on a movement screen could actually make you MORE likely to get hurt
How you can use "movement variability" to stay healthy and minimize injury
Why your lower back isn't designed to "move under load" and how to avoid lower back pain
How he tests muscular activation in his laboratory

Enjoy!

-Mike and Doug

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Barbell Shrugged helps people get better. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since.

Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini.

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National Champion Weightlifter and Team USA Coach Derrick Johnson - 279 Sep 27, 2017

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Derrick Johnson has won 6 senior national titles, 8 American Open titles and is a world team member (scoring the most points of any athlete in over 10 years for United States at the 2014 World Championships).

Bursting with passion for the sport, with decades of knowledge to share, Derrick one hell of an athlete and may be an even better coach (the youngest Level 5 Senior International Coach in history and has coached weightlifters for the Olympics).

Competing in weightlifting for over 20 years, Derrick is the American record holder for both the snatch (double bodyweight!) and the total in the 62 kg class.

He's as legit a weightlifter as you can get, enjoy the show!

-Mike and Doug

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Barbell Shrugged helps people get better. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since.

Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini.

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Navy SEAL and 3 Time CrossFit Games Athlete Zach Forrest - 278 Sep 20, 2017

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From training and operating with the elite of the elite Navy SEALs, to going to the CrossFit Games as an individual 3 times (2009, 2011, 2013), Zach Forrest has attacked some of the hardest physical training in the world.

He's now a Level 4 CrossFit Trainer and since the Navy opened the first CrossFit affiliate in Las Vegas in 2008, CrossFit Max Effort (go train there next time you're in Vegas, great gym!).

He's been in the game for over a decade, from not newbie, to competitor, to coach, to gym owner, he's seen it all. If you're pursuing functional fitness mastery, Zach shares some great advice to guide you on your journey. Enjoy!

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Barbell Shrugged helps people get better. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since. Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini.

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Blood, biomarker, genetic testing... and poop w/ Ben Greenfield - 277 Sep 13, 2017

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Ben Greenfield was voted as America's top personal trainer in 2008. He's competed as one of the top ranked amateur triathletes in the world, completing over 120 races and 12 Ironman triathlons.

A relentless self-experimenter and biohacker, Ben became a professional obstacle course racer, completing the coveted Spartan Delta, training with the Navy SEALs, competing across the globe in open water swims, mountain runs and adventure races, winning multiple USA bowhunting competitions, and appearing on the planet's toughest reality TV shows. Ben was named as one of the world's top 100 most influential people in health and fitness.

Check him out at:

https://bengreenfieldfitness.com

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