Barbell Logic
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#184 - The Science of Connection with Dr. David Puder
May 27, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBDr. David Puder returns to the podcast to discuss the importance of empathy and connection in workplace and family relationships, and offer some practical tips for improving your empathy and connection with others. Dr. Puder is a devotee of Starting Strength, training lifters out of his garage and regularly writing prescriptions for strength training. He believes that strength training is a vital part of both physical and mental health, and has explored that link at length in his podca...
#183 - Saturday Q&A #6: Belts on the Bench, 4-Day Splits, Higher Heeled Lifting Shoes, and More!
May 25, 2019 09:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBMatt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Use discount code LOGIC to save 10% off microplates, dumbbell microplates, and more at Microgainz Use discount code LOGIC to save $10 off belts and more at Dominion Strength Use the discount code LOGIC to save $79 off your first month of coaching at Starting Strength Online Coaching ...
#182 - Unleash Your Creativity by Getting Things Done with Brett Veinotte
May 23, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBMatt and Scott speak with Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Podcast about David Allen's seminal book about productivity and time management Getting Things Done. Brett is a former educator and test prep coach that now runs the popular, critical School Sucks Podcast examining issues with the public education system, college, and more. Six years ago he began using the GTD method, as it is referred to, to manage what felt like an endless, overwhelming to-do list. The GTD method is struct...
#181 - Are You Doing the Work? Stop Overthinking & Be Like the Mule
May 20, 2019 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBThe novice linear progression is a beautiful thing. It's simple. It's hard, but it's effective. It gets EVERYONE strong. Yet some people struggle with the program early on, hitting plateaus that leave them wondering whether it's cut out for them. Matt and Scott discuss the challenges for this type of trainee, and how their problem is largely mental. Scott describes this type of trainee as typically highly educated professionals -- engineers, physicians, lawyers -- who spend the majorit...
#180 - Saturday Q&A #5: Bloody Noses, Training Power Production, Wild Turkey Whiskey, and More
May 18, 2019 09:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MBMatt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Use discount code LOGIC to save 10% off microplates, dumbbell microplates, and more at Microgainz Use discount code LOGIC to save $10 off belts and more at Dominion Strength Use the discount code LOGIC to save $79 off your first month of coaching at Starting Strength Online Coaching ...
#179 - Jordan Stanton: How to Change Careers, Pay Off Debt, & Build A Successful Gym
May 16, 2019 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBStarting Strength Coach Jordan Stanton returns to the podcast to talk about his remarkable story of major career changes, entrepreneurship, and hard work to build a successful gym in Portland, OR. You can visit Jordan's new gym at Next Level Barbell and contact him for more information at [email protected]. Got a question for Matt and Scott? Email us at [email protected] and we'll answer your question on an upcoming Saturday Q&A! Discounts Use discount co...
#178 - Improve Your Recovery with Better Sleep Hygiene
May 13, 2019 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBRecovery is one of the two factors in the Stress Recovery Adaptation (SRA) model, and when you boil it down, there are really only two elements of recovery worth worrying about: food and sleep. Sleep is something we all know we need, but often struggle to get enough of. With work demands, family demands, and the gauntlet of digital distractions lining the path to the bedroom, it sometimes seems like sleep is out of our control. To some extent, for some people (like the parents of newborns), ...
#177 - Saturday Q&A #4
May 11, 2019 09:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBMatt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Rip's video on proper grip to avoid excess callous build up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBmiQm4MF4 Discounts Use discount code LOGIC to save 10% off microplates, dumbbell microplates, and more at Microgainz Use discount code LOGIC to save $10 off belts and more at Dominion Strength U...
#176 - Defensive Finance: Managing the Cost of Life
May 09, 2019 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBMatt and Scott first talked about money and personal finance in Episode 157, which focused on the many benefits of getting out of debt. Once you are debt free, Scott says, it's time to play defense with your finances, and put you in a position to build wealth which you can then invest, and make your dollars work for you. Defensive finance is all about managing your life expenses and building the nest egg that you can retire on and live at your current level of consumption. Obviously, t...
#175 - Jordan Stanton & The US Strengthlifting Federation
May 06, 2019 09:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBStarting Strength Coach Jordan Stanton joins the podcast to discuss recent developments in the US Strengthlifting Federation, a variant of powerlifting in which lifters contest the squat, press, and deadlift. Since taking over the USSF in 2018, Jordan has made a number of changes, increasing the number of meets, improving the ruleset based on feedback from lifters and a panel of judges and coaches, and streamlining the meet direction process from equipment to judging to spotting. The U...
#174 - Saturday Q&A #3
May 04, 2019 09:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBMatt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Use discount code LOGIC to save 10% off microplates, dumbbell microplates, and more at Microgainz Use discount code LOGIC to save $10 off belts and more at Dominion Strength Use the discount code LOGIC to save $79 off your first month of coaching at Starting Strength Online Coaching ...
#173 - The Chronicles of Andy Baker
May 02, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBFan favorite Andy Baker returns to the podcast... this time to talk about himself, not programming (though he manages to sneak some programming talk in anyway). Andy of course is the programming mastermind behind the Baker Barbell Club, and the co-author of Practical Programming and The Barbell Prescription. Today he shares his story of training as a kid in a sweltering attic in Houston, to learning from top lifters in college, to a career of military service... and explains how each of th...
#172 - Why High Volume Is Not The (Only) Answer to Muscle Growth with Andy Baker
April 29, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBAndy Baker returns to the podcast once more to discuss his strategies for driving hypertrophy in intermediate lifters. Andy is a master programmer who has co-authored Practical Programming and The Barbell Prescription: Strength Training for Life After 40. In this episode Andy argues that the current vogue for high volume training in pursuit of hypertrophy demonstrates an incomplete understanding of the programming variables and is often simply impractical. Andy reminds us that both v...
#171 - Saturday Q&A #2
April 27, 2019 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBMatt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Use discount code LOGIC to save 10% off microplates, dumbbell microplates, and more at Microgainz Use discount code LOGIC to save $10 off belts and more at Dominion Strength Use the discount code LOGIC to save $79 off your first month of coaching at Starting Strength Online Coaching ...
#170 - The 4 Rules of Personal Finance with Jesse Mecham (You Need A Budget)
April 25, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBBuilding on the personal finance episode that aired as #157, which focused on getting rid of debt, Matt and Scott talk to Jesse Mecham, the founder of You Need A Budget as well as an SSOC client. You Need A Budget (YNAB) is a philosophy of budgeting based on four simple rules of money management, with some handy software tools to take the tedium out of spreadsheet data entry. This ground-up approach to budgeting bears a strong resemblance to Starting Strength's method of barbell training, st...
#169 - Back to Basics: How to Get Strong with Matt & Scott on the Distilled Man Podcast (rebroadcast)
April 22, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBBarbell Logic started as a logical, systematic walk through the basics of strength training, starting with the question: why strength? Since then we've branched out to all aspects of training, from novice to advanced, rehab to competition, with a healthy dose of life advice and philosophy derived from years under the bar. So, we thought it was about time to return to our roots, and there was no better way to do so than sharing a recent podcast we did with Kyle Ingham of the Distilled Man Pod...
#168 - BONUS Saturday Q&A #1
April 20, 2019 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBMatt and Scott are back with another round of Q&A, this time in a new weekly installment. These episodes will be short and sweet, about 15 minutes, addressing your questions. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Use discount code LOGIC to save 10% off microplates, dumbbell microplates, and more at Microgainz Use discount code LOGIC to save $10 off belts and more at Dominion Strength...
#167 - Gym Etiquette for the Civilized Bro
April 18, 2019 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBThose who have listened for a while know that we here at Barbell Logic are big proponents of the home gym. It absolves you of having to witness the travesties of Big Box commercial gyms, silly exercises and a distinct lack of training none the least. Yet even in the silliest of gyms, and especially in serious home gyms, there are a few points of decorum to abide by to carry yourself as a serious, respectful (and respected) lifter. It should be obvious — and we know we’re preaching to t...
#166 - Cues for Building a BIG Press
April 15, 2019 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBThe Press might just be the coolest lift, but it's also probably the most frustrating. Pressing is surprisingly technical, and requires the most adherence to technique at heavy loads; there's no "muscling up" a press that has gotten forward on you. The press is also one of the most difficult lifts to coach, particularly for more advanced lifters experimenting with technique variations. Matt and Scott have developed a deep library of cues for every level of training advancement, which they sh...
#165 - Diagnosing Back Angles in the Squat
April 11, 2019 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBGet out your protractors, because it's time to talk about angles. Back angles in the squat, of course! As you know from the previous episodes on squat technique, an individual's back angle in a correct squat is determined by her anthropometry. However, there are some common mistakes related to back angle that lifters should be aware of. Matt and Scott discuss these errors and offer tips on how to fix them. We don't actually care what the angle of the back is, rather we care that the li...
#164 - Don't Fear the Barbell: Managing Your Mind Under the Bar
April 08, 2019 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBWhether it's from unracking a heavy squat, bringing a PR bench out of the hooks, or coming back to the bar after an injury, fear is something we all face at some point during strength training. What's important is how we handle the fear, and train our minds to be calm and stoic under the bar. Today Matt and Scott talk about their strategies for staying focused and in control even during heavy attempts. Discounts SSOC has raised prices as of April 5, 2019, but Barbell Logic listene...
#163 - Testosterone, Friendship, & Finding Purpose with Dr. David Puder
April 04, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBMatt and Scott are joined today by psychiatrist, podcaster, and lifter Dr. David Puder. Dr. Puder practices at the Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he is the medical director of a partial program and intensive outpatient program for people with medical and psychiatric issues. He also teaches psychiatry residents and has developed an app Emotion Connection to train people to read emotions and develop deeper emotional connection with others. Dr. Puder outlines the symptoms of...
#162 - Push the Floor: The Essential Deadlift Cue
April 01, 2019 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBWe frequently refer to the deadlift as a "pull" or a "pull from the floor," but that's not entirely accurate. Muscles, of course, neither push nor pull, they simply contract, and even though we colloquially refer to the deadlift as a pull, it actually begins with a "push," or rather a concentric contraction of the quads, to produce knee extension and break the bar off the floor. That's where the all-important cue to "push the floor" away comes in. Discounts Save 5% off any order at Do...
#161 - Training Economy: Time Saving Tips for the Gym
March 28, 2019 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBMatt and Scott discuss the importance of being efficient in the gym. Most folks have other things to do besides train, and anyone who's run through the bitter end of their LP has experienced a workout that dragged on for nearly two hours. It's easy for it to happen if you don't pay attention to the clock. There's no excuse for excessively long workouts, but if you're guilty, Matt and Scott have some time-saving tips for you. One common mistake novices make occurs during the warmups. Li...
#160 - Essential Supplements: Creatine Explained with Robert Santana
March 25, 2019 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB"Uncle Bob" Santana returns to the podcast to discuss the third in the Holy Trinity of supplements: creatine. Creatine is one of the most studied supplements around, and consistently demonstrates a small but measurable performance boost for high intensity activity. Barring kidney disease, everyone should take it. Even your grandma. Creatine is an endogenous substance, meaning the body manufactures it naturally. It is stored in the muscle cells as creatine phosphate, a molecule responsi...
#159 - Cultivating an Old School Ethos with Zach Even-Esh
March 21, 2019 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBMatt and Scott talk to powerlifter, wrestling coach, and author Zach Even-Esh about his strength and coaching journey and how he has looked back to the lifters of yore for inspiration. Zach is the founder of The Underground Strength Gym and the author of The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength and Conditioning published by Dragon Door. He also hosts the STRONG Life Podcast. Zach is interested in a wide variety of training modalities, but draws particular inspiration from old school li...
#158 - Essential Supplements: Protein & BCAAs Explained with Robert Santana
March 18, 2019 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBNutrition expert Robert Santana, RD (and soon to be PhD) joins the podcast again to talk about the Big 3 supplements: protein, BCAAs, and creatine. Today's episode covers protein and BCAA supplements. Most of us know that protein is an important macronutrient, and that we should eat some. But how much is enough? And where should it come from? It's true: protein is important, and yes, you should eat some -- probably more than you are eating now. How much? is the magic question. Most stu...
#157 - Personal Finance: Get Rid of Debt, Get Your Freedom Back
March 14, 2019 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBMatt and Scott have received numerous emails about personal finance questions, many related to Scott's philosophy on investing. While these are good questions, investing could be considered the "intermediate" phase of personal finance, and Matt and Scott would be remiss to skip over the "novice" phase: gaining freedom from debt and freeing up cash flow for other productive uses. This episode focuses on their thoughts about debt management, and why paying off debt is the first step to gaining...
#156 - The Knees Out Cue: Fixing Knee Cave and Slide in the Squat
March 11, 2019 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBMatt and Scott explore the reasoning and application of the "knees out" component of the Squat and Deadlift model in Starting Strength. While knees out is an important element in the teaching model, we need to understand exactly what we are trying to accomplish with its use. For those with knee slide and knee valgus issues, it's equally important to understand when to use the cue and when NOT to use it. Shoving the knees out during the squat (and deadlift, for that matter) accomplishes...
#155 - Reflections on the Arnold Classic 2019
March 07, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBFollowing this weekend's Arnold Classic 2019 -- a panoply of strength sports, bodybuilding, and fitness industry players -- Matt and Scott sat down over coffee to shoot the breeze and discuss some of the weekend's events. After pondering the incredible size and strength of the strongmen, Matt shares some stories from his own pro strongman days. Discounts Save 5% off any order at Dominion Belts with the discount code fahveoff. Connect With Matt Matt on Instagram Starting Streng...
#154 - Searching for the A-ha Moment: Coaching vs Teaching
March 04, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBMatt and Scott discuss the nature of learning and how it applies to effective coaching and teaching. They emphasize that coaches and teachers serve as guides during the process of instruction, in our case, leading the lifter toward the correct movement pattern. However a coach can't actually perform the movement for the lifter, the lifter has to do it herself. Consequently, the actual learning takes place in the lifter's mind; in other words, they discover the correct movement. The coach mer...
#153 - Whiskey Talk with Robert Santana
February 28, 2019 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBMatt and Scott take a break from programming to revisit a cherished subject -- whiskey. Frequent guest and fellow whiskey connoisseur Robert Santana returns to offer his opinions. We'll be hearing more from "Bobtana" in the future on training supplements, but today we turn to the more universal supplement of whiskey. The group discusses their current favorite whiskeys, old standbys, and which bottles have stood the test of time after years of exploration and experimentation. The Go-To ...
#152 - How to Manage Unproductive Stress
February 25, 2019 23:39 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBIn the MED Toolbox and SRA episodes, Matt and Scott discussed strategies for managing stress: the good kind of stress -- training stress. Unfortunately, for most adults training stress is not the only kind of stress they have to manage. There are the many curveballs that life is fond of throwing: financial stress, job stress, family stress, death of loved ones. These stressors can be grouped into the giant category of "unproductive stress," yet they need to be accounted for and managed in yo...
#151 - Matt & Scott Answer Your Questions: Q&A #8
February 21, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBStarting Strength Coaches Matt and Scott are back with another round of Q&A, answering listener-submitted questions from Instagram, Facebook, and email. In today's podcast they answer: Do you ever recommend single leg exercises? Like in the event of injury? What kind of accessory lifts would you program for a firefighter requiring a strong neck? What are some basic books one should read to learn about metabolism? What should I do if one lift stalls during LP but the others are s...
#150 - The M.E.D Toolbox Pt. 2: Managing Recovery with the 4-Day Split
February 18, 2019 10:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBIn the second installment of the Minimum Effective Dose Toolbox series, Matt and Scott address a problem unique to intermediate trainees: what do you do when recovery becomes an issue? Based on the SRA episodes #144 and #146, we know that stress must increase in order to drive continued strength adaptations. However, for most intermediate trainees, especially older trainees, recovery between individual workouts will become an issue. The challenge, then, is to design a program in which system...
#149 - The M.E.D. Toolbox #1: How to Add Stress To Your Program
February 14, 2019 10:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBBy now, Matt and Scott have made a logical case, founded on the Stress-Recovery-Adaptation model, for increasing stress in order to continue progressing beyond the novice phase of training advancement. Moreover, they have argued that incremental stress should be applied with a minimum effective dose methodology, that is, using the smallest incremental amount of stress to continue driving adaptation. These basic tenets have taken us away from blind adherence to templates for programming, and ...
#148 - Warm-ups: How To Do Them, Without Overdoing Them
February 11, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBThey may seem trivial, but warm-ups are an important part of the strength training process. Unfortunately many people either fail to do them properly (or at all), or they overdo them, missing the point that warm-ups are, well, a warm-up. Popular slogans like "our warm-up is your workout" don't help the matter, implying that the warm-up must be an intense, drawn out matter. The warm-up serves one purpose: to prepare us for the work sets, where we will actually impart the stress necessary to d...
#147 - Motivation Over Discipline
February 07, 2019 10:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBOver the last few years the "discipline" movement has gained full steam. From retired special forces like Jocko Willink and David Goggins touting the benefits of waking up at 4:00am, to Mr Money Mustache calling his followers to face punch their finances, the internet is awash in discipline pep talks. Often these calls for discipline involve a sort of intense, white-knuckle approach to lifestyle and personal development that requires willpower and self-denial. However, is this really the rig...
#146 - SRA Continued: The Myth of Active Recovery
February 04, 2019 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBMatt and Scott continue their discussion of the Stress-Recovery-Adaptation model with an exploration of the recovery aspect. Plenty of articles on the web tout the benefits of "active recovery," but is there really such a thing? In Starting Strength, recovery is viewed as a relatively simple process driven primarily by food and sleep. Recovery, therefore, could be defined as an absence of stress. Adding more (non-productive) stress in the name of "active recovery" doesn't make sense. D...
#145 - Training IRL: How Training Habits Change With Life
January 31, 2019 10:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBMatt and Scott take a moment to reflect on how their lives have changed after the whirlwind year that was 2018, and how their training has evolved along with them. For even the most dedicated among us, training takes a backseat to life sometimes, and that's OK. As we age, gather experiences and grow, our priorities change, and training changes to reflect that. For Scott, that meant taking off a large portion of training during the fall of 2018 while he worked through the sale of his b...
#144 - Rethinking SRA and Post-Novice Programming
January 28, 2019 10:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBWhat began as a conversation between podcast recordings, turned into an interesting discussion about the nature of progress during the post-novice and intermediate training phases and the limitations of the SRA model as we currently understand it. Matt and Scott explore the question of what exactly drives progress in the traditional post-novice programs such as Texas Method and Heavy Light Medium. Discounts Use the discount code LOGIC to save 10% off any order of Iron Joe. Save 5% ...
#143 - David Keesling, Consigliere Extraordinaire
January 24, 2019 10:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBWhen Scott sold Data Storage, Inc. -- as told in episode #142 -- things didn't go perfectly smooth. As with any decent sized small business, various legal matters arise in the course of regular operations. When it's sale time, however, any outstanding legal issues come under intense scrutiny as the buyer conducts their due diligence. In these situations, you need a ringer. You need a guy like David Keesling, a veteran trial attorney and labor law expert based out of Tulsa, OK. David i...
#142 - Farewell DSI: Scott's Sells Data Storage
January 21, 2019 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBOn December 28th of 2018, Scott sold Data Storage, Inc., a small business he started over twenty years ago and has operated since. Scott discusses the details of how the sale went down, why he sold it, and what's in store for his future. Of course our beloved co-host is an industrious guy, so he still has a few irons in the fire. Besides coaching clients both in-person and online at Starting Strength Online Coaching, Scott also founded Online Great Books, a company that introduces the ...
#141 - Novice LP: Revisited with Andy Baker
January 17, 2019 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBWith the new year now upon us, many people are starting a training program for the first time, or coming back to one. There's no better place to start than the Starting Strength novice linear progression -- LP for short -- but as we have observed, it can be challenging for novices to do the program correctly. While simple at its core, the novice LP will not look the same for every lifter and requires a bit of finesse to tweak, especially as the lifter nears the end of LP. Perennial fav...
#140 - The Science of Conditioning: Energy Systems Explained with Santana and Christy Alexon, PhD
January 14, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBWe all know that some level of fitness, or aerobic conditioning, is necessary for life. Whether it's for sport, physical activities (like hiking, biking, or throwing the frisbee), or simply to minimize the risk of cardiac and metabolic disease, conditioning must play a role in our training program. Of course, as discussed in previous episodes barbell training satisfies the criteria for "conditioning," being a form of short, intense exercise similar to the high intensity interval traini...
#139 - Masters of Their Fate: Sully and the Lifters of Greysteel
January 10, 2019 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBDr. Sully returns to the show to share stories from Greysteel Strength & Conditioning, his unique barbell gym catered specifically to trainees in their 50’s, 60’s, and well beyond. The folks at Greysteel have been through a lot — cancer, Parkinson’s, psoriatic arthritis — but that doesn’t stop them from getting stronger, healthier, and mentally tougher under the barbell. Sully and his trainees have also built a tight knit community, bound together by hard work, encouragement, a healthy dose ...
#138 - Change Your Habits, Not Your Macros: The Nutrition LP with Robert Santana
January 07, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBSSC and Registered Dietician Robert Santana returns to the show to discuss how his approach to nutrition coaching has evolved over the years. Santana has developed, in essence, a nutrition linear progression emphasizing incremental habit changes over counting macros. Many people try to overhaul their diet by "white knuckling" their way through major changes, like cutting out sodas, cutting all refined carbs, stopping all fast food, eating more vegetables, etc. While these are noble and...
#137 - The Last Cue You'll Ever Need: The Master Cue
January 03, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBMatt and Scott revisit a concept explored thoroughly in the Blue Book (Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd Edition) but, until now, not given the full treatment at Barbell Logic. This concept is known as the Master Cue, and refers to the importance of keeping the barbell positioned over the middle of the foot, or simply "midfoot", during the squat and deadlift. The Master Cue is a reminder to the lifter to make the bar travel perfectly vertical, as if moving in a vertical slot. ...
#136 - A Year in Review: 2018 Barbell Logic Redux
December 31, 2018 10:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBProducer Trent takes a walk through some of the Barbell Logic episodes that aired in 2018, including: Brent Carter's method-actor quality Rip impression Matt and Scott laying down the life advice on dating and marriage for Chase Lindley Grandpa Reynolds laments the dangers of romance with his rendition of Marty Robbins' El Paso. Matt's explanation of the minimum effective dose for programming, especially for the post-novice phase of training advancement Robert Santana explains how t...
#135 - Merry Christmas from Barbell Logic: 2018 Edition
December 24, 2018 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBFrom Matt, Scott, and the rest of the Barbell Logic team, Merry Christmas! We thank you for your listening and support this past year, and wish you much happiness and many PR's in the year to come. Scott put together another Christmas special this year, walking you through some of his favorite jazz tracks, including: Django Reinhardt Wes Montgomery Dexter Gordon Duke Ellington John Coltrane Enjoy the holidays -- we'll see you in 2019. Use the discount code LOGIC to save 1...