Barbell Logic
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#133 - Matt's Journey to Westside Barbell
December 17, 2018 10:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBOne question received for the Q&A episodes deserved it's own episode. A listener asked about Matt's experience with Westside Barbell, which he recounts in this episode. Long before his Starting Strength days, Matt was a skinny kid reading articles by Dave Tate and Louis Simmons on testosterone.net (now T-Nation). He read about Chuck Vogelpohl, Kenny Patterson, and others who inspired him to become a powerlifter himself. After totaling some respectable numbers, he embarked on a voyage t...
#132 - Matt and Scott Answer Your Questions: Q&A #7
December 13, 2018 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 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: How do you train while traveling? How do you find a good gym on the road? Who are your favorite lifters to watch? How do you learn how to be a risk-taker (in business)? What are your persistent form problems? What are your "swing thoughts" before the lift? Use the discount code LOGIC to sav...
#131 - To Hype Or Not To Hype?
December 10, 2018 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBWhether 'tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of gym onlookers at your ignominious deadlift routine... that is the question of today's podcast. Matt and Scott weigh the pros and cons of "hyping up" during training, whether it's to hit a PR or just to get through some heavy worksets. It's common practice for many to blast the heavy music -- the Rage Against the Machine, the Metallica -- when it's PR time, or even for a heavy set of fives. And it definitely seems to work at increas...
#130 - Matt and Scott Answer Your Questions: Q&A #6
December 06, 2018 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 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 tackle: From Jeremy P. -- is a 3" belt or 4" belt a better fit? Is there a way to measure to determine which is the right choice? From Donald Kavanaugh -- do you recommend specific abdominal work? From Dustin B. -- at the end of LP, does the deadlift usually fail first because it's the last lift performed i...
#129 - Who We Are: The Core Values that Define Us Pt. 2
December 03, 2018 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBIn Part 2, Matt and Scott outline the remaining 4 core values that drive SSOC, Barbell Logic, and their personal lives. As Scott remarks, the best businesses are outpourings of their owners, and the work the company performs is directly informed by the values the owner has. SSOC and Barbell Logic's Core Values (continued) We invest in bettering ourselves: seeking continuous improvement in all aspects of our life, and not settling or resting on our laurels. We take initiative: and a...
#128 - Building a Better Belt: Blake & Katie from Dominion Strength
November 29, 2018 10:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBBlake and Katie Roache, founders of Dominion Strength Training, dropped by the Barbell Logic studio to chat with Matt and Scott about their journey from discovering strength training to founding a company that builds one of the best belts on the market. Blake and Katie personify many of the values of Barbell Logic: taking initiative to take advantage of opportunity, a thirst for continuous improvement, and the integrity to step up and address business problems even when they are not at fault...
#127 - Who We Are: The Core Values that Define Us Pt. 1
November 26, 2018 10:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBAs Socrates counseled, know thyself, so those of us at Barbell Logic and SSOC evaluate (and re-evaluate) who we are as our audience and business grows. To that end, Matt and the staff at SSOC have developed a set of core values which spell out the identity of the company. Of course these values weren't selected in a vacuum, and they reflect more broadly the values of Matt and Scott. SSOC and Barbell Logic's Core Values We believe in who we are: a company who endeavors to get anybody a...
Happy Thanksgiving from Barbell Logic
November 22, 2018 10:00 - 1 minute - 1.99 MBFrom everyone at Barbell Logic, Happy Thanksgiving! We hope your holiday is filled with much gluttony and intemperance... and we'll even forgive you for having a slice or two of pumpkin pie (just don't tell Scott). Because Black Friday should be about family and experiences, not vapid consumerism, Starting Strength Online Coaching is hosting a MAJOR sale to bring you the gift of barbell training. With the discount code "turkeygains" you will get three months of online coaching, a sleek...
#126 - Get More Done: Matt and Scott's Productivity Tips
November 19, 2018 10:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBMatt and Scott share their strategies for improving your productivity so that you can spend less time working on mundane tasks and more time on the things that bring you value, like strength training. Improve Your Tools and Workspace Both Matt and Scott agree that buying high quality items that you use all the time can make a big difference in your workflow and overall productivity. Give yourself good tools for the tasks you do often, and they will make your work experience better an...
#125 - Matt and Scott Answer Your Questions: Q&A #5
November 15, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBMatt and Scott answer your questions in Q&A #5. Listeners submitted questions via email and Instagram and the boys will tackle them over the course of several episodes. This week they answer: What is your favorite cocktail right now? Scott keeps it simple: old fashioned, gin and tonic, maybe a gin martini. Matt has been enjoying bitter cocktails lately, especially cocktails with amaro. What new lifting equipment have you purchased recently? Scott and Matt just bought the Rep Fitness...
#124 - Practice (Don't Train) Like You Play: Sport Specific Training
November 12, 2018 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBMatt and Scott tackle the question of sport specific training: how should athletes train for their sport? The simple answer is... just like anyone else! While athletes need to consider the demands of their practice when programming their training, their training advancement occurs no differently than a gen pop trainee. Unfortunately, many sport coaches conflate practice and training, out of a misguided desire to make training look like the sport they are preparing their athletes for. G...
#123 - Matt and Scott Answer Your Questions: Q&A #4
November 08, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBMatt and Scott answer your questions in Q&A #4. Listeners submitted questions via email and Instagram and the boys will tackle them over the course of several episodes. This week they answer: Donald Kavanaugh asks: What makes you rage? For Scott, pretentious patrons at the local movie theater, apparently. Matt dodged the question. Andy Roth asks: What kind of data does Matt have on SSOC client progress during online coaching? Matt has hired a team of statisticians to review all the ...
#122 - Starting Strength vs Powerlifting
November 05, 2018 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBMany people unfamiliar with Starting Strength and strength training in general confuse barbells with powerlifting. Similarly, powerlifters often criticize Starting Strength as a “bad” program for powerlifting. A misunderstanding of the core principles of Starting Strength and the Three Criteria especially, lie at the heart of this confusion. Starting Strength’s stated goal is to help regular people become generally strong and harder to kill. The goal of powerlifting—the whole point of ...
#121 - Matt and Scott Answer Your Questions: Q&A #3
November 01, 2018 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBMatt and Scott answer your questions in Q&A #3. Listeners submitted questions via email and Instagram and the boys will tackle them over the course of several episodes. They also read some podcast reviews (good and bad) from iTunes. This week they answer: Colin asks: What physical, mental, or medical conditions would preclude someone from barbell training? Aortic aneurysm. As Scott says, if you walk normally and can defecate then you're probably good to go. Matt won't train anyone wit...
#120 - Lessons Learned from Training Older People
October 29, 2018 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBOne question received in the recent Q&A sessions deserved its own episode. A listener wrote in with the question (paraphrased): what kind of R&D are you working on as coaches? Matt explores the question by reflecting on the sheer number of Masters-aged lifters he and the other coaches at SSOC have coached over the past few years -- many hundreds and counting. The relatively recent surge in popularity of strength training, especially for older people, means that for the first time, coac...
#119 - Matt and Scott Answer Your Questions: Q&A #2
October 25, 2018 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBMatt and Scott answer your questions in Q&A #2. Listeners submitted questions via email and Instagram and the boys will tackle them over the course of several episodes. This week they answer: What are your views on metcons (metabolic conditioning)? What are the largest changes in your thinking about strength training in the last 10 years? Can Scott expound Socratically on the first sentence of the first chapter of the Blue Book (Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd Editio...
#118 - All Roads Lead to... Block Periodization Programming
October 22, 2018 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBBuilding on Episode #116, Advanced Programming Methods for Strength, Matt and Scott discuss the intricacies of block programming and their preferred templates. Block training is laid out in a few stages: Accumulation phase Transmutation or Intensification phase ("Heavification" if you're Scott Hambrick) Realization phase A full cycle of block generally lasts 12 weeks, with each phase being 3-4 weeks long followed by a deload week at the end. Most lifters will train through th...
#117 - Matt and Scott Answer Your Questions: Q&A #1
October 18, 2018 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBMatt and Scott answer your questions in the first ever podcast Q&A. Listeners submitted questions via Instagram and the boys will tackle them over the course of several episodes. This week they answer: Can accessory lifts be useful for form corrections? How do we prioritize the 3 Criteria (for exercise correction)? How do you help clients set long-term goals when they are only looking short-term? What's the proper state of mind to overcome negative thoughts and missing reps sess...
#116 - Advanced Programming Methods for Strength: An Intro
October 15, 2018 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBMatt and Scott have touched on advanced programming a few times during the show -- most notably with Andy Baker's approach to advanced programming in episode #104 -- and today they walk through their own philosophy. Advanced athletes, loosely defined, have progressed to the point where they can no longer make workout to workout, or week to week progress. Though the word "advanced" conjures an image of very strong, heavy lifters for many people, advanced trainees can vary drastically. Older w...
#115 - What is RPE? And Why You Don't Need It (If You're a Novice)
October 11, 2018 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBMatt and Scott dive into the concept of RPE, or Rate of Perceived Exertion. Popularized by powerlifter and coach Mark Tuscherer, RPE refers to a numerical descriptor (between 1 and 10, though only 6-10 apply to training) of the difficulty of a set, as measured by bar speed. Since bar speed depends on the individual -- some lifters move the bar fast, and slow down during heavy reps, others move the bar slow all the time -- a given RPE can look different from lifter to lifter. What's important...
#114 - Accessory Lifts for the Advancing Lifter
October 08, 2018 09:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBMatt and Scott address accessory lifts and how they fit into a well-designed training program. As Matt says, supplemental lifts -- which he first discussed in Episode 21 -- are variants that closely resemble the main lifts, while accessory lifts are lighter, less stressful (but still complex multi-joint) movements that allow more advanced lifters to add small increments of stress. It goes without saying, then, that accessories become useful when more volume with the main lifts or supplementa...
#113 - Profile of a Model Client: A Chat with Sean Richardson
October 04, 2018 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBMatt and Scott chat with SSOC client Sean Richardson, visiting the Reynolds' household from across the pond (Leicestershire, UK to be precise). Sean is a speech pathologist by trade, and an SSOC client of Scott's. He is a model client too, demonstrating consistency, patience, and coachability in his training life. Sean also enjoys a number of hobbies in life, so he doesn't just live to train... he trains to live. He is a great example of how strength training can fit into and improve an area...
#112 - Nick D'Agostino: A Skeptic's Approach to Strength Training and Physical Therapy
October 01, 2018 09:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBPerhaps the most genetically gifted (and certainly one of the strongest) Starting Strength Coaches joins us today, Mr. Nick D'Agostino. Nick has been an SSC since 2012, and will soon call himself a Physical Therapist as well. Unlike many of the coaches we have interviewed who began with the Starting Strength method and the novice linear progression, Nick was already a decently strong lifter before he discovered Starting Strength while listening to a lecture by another PT and SSC, Dr. John Pe...
#111 - Eric Shugars: Bringing Starting Strength to the Schools
September 27, 2018 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBMatt and Scott bring on Eric Shugars of Westminster Strength to talk about his path to becoming a Starting Strength Coach through Beau Bryant's internship program, and how he has developed inroads with local high school sports teams. High school athletes are in a prime position to develop significant strength to apply to their sport -- they're young and physically fresh, growing, full of testosterone (the boys at least), and can handle lots of physical stress including running an LP wh...
#110 - How to End Dad Bod: The Secret No One Is Talking About
September 24, 2018 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBMatt and Scott talk once more to frequent guest Robert Santana, RD, SSC, about a common complaint of middle aged trainees... the skinny-fat body. These trainees have a normal BMI (between 20-25) yet low muscle mass and high bodyfat. Trainees like this often come to Santana desiring a leaner physique, especially visible abs, but the path to this goal is usually longer than they realize. The fundamental problem with these trainees, which comprise a large percentage of first-time strength...
#109 - Mike Burgos: Navigating the Work-Life Balance
September 20, 2018 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBScott and Matt interview Starting Strength Coach Michael Burgos about his transition from occupational therapy into the field of strength coaching. Burgos trained as an occupational therapist and certified hand specialist, but despite his dedication and commitment to helping his patients, he eventually became disenchanted with the relentless productivity culture in the field which demanded long hours -- 12hrs a day, often 6 or 7 days a week. Nevertheless, having discovered strength tra...
#108 - Robert Santana: Building Better Eating Habits with Online Nutrition Coaching
September 17, 2018 09:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBOur good friend Robert "Bob-tana" Santana, RD, SSC, is back on the podcast to talk more about nutrition and diet. Since joining Starting Strength Online Coaching as the head nutrition coach, Santana has evolved his approach to coaching clients to reach their body composition goals. Observing that the biggest hurdle for clients was their compliance with eating their prescribed macros, he now offers more guidance on meal planning with specific foods to show clients what compliance can look lik...
#107 - What (You Know) You Don't Know with John Musser SSC
September 13, 2018 09:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBMatt and Scott interview Starting Strength Coach John Musser about his career in law enforcement and high-level security detail. Musser's experience in security has taught him to be detailed and probe for things that don't fit into known patterns. Importantly, he says, you have to search for the facts you don't know, which can be uncomfortable for most people. Yet this is where Coach Musser thrives, and the same attention to detail has made him an excellent coach. Security work also ta...
#106 - Hypertrophy and Strength Training for the Intermediate Lifter with Andy Baker
September 10, 2018 09:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBAndy Baker is back for another episode, and today he's tackling hypertrophy for the intermediate lifter. After walking through his preferred strategies for implementing a Heavy/Light/Medium (HLM) model during the intermediate phase, Andy explains the need for most intermediate lifters to gain muscle mass without necessarily a lot of excess bodyweight. This is particularly true for older lifters, he observes, and women, who cannot metabolize a lot of excess calories after the novice phase lik...
#105 - Barbell Logic Extra: Angie Bryant: Strength Training for Moms
September 06, 2018 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBMatt and Scott interview Angie Bryant, a Starting Strength Coach, Physician Assistant, lecturer, gym owner, and mother of four. Angie is clearly a busy lady, yet she still manages to train consistently amid the chaos of juggling family and several jobs. She firmly believes that women, and especially mothers, should take time to incorporate strength training in their lives for the physical, mental, and aesthetic benefits. Angie runs Westminster Strength & Conditioning along with her hus...
#104 - Programming for the Advanced Lifter with Andy Baker
September 03, 2018 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBAndy Baker, co-author of Practical Programming 3rd Edition, returns to the podcast to talk about advanced programming. Practical Programming defines advanced trainees broadly as those having fully exhausted linear progression, no longer able to make workout to workout, or even week to week progress. Advanced trainees must make progress on longer scales, usually over months of training. Very few trainees ever become advanced, primarily because advanced trainees need some sort of goal t...
#103 - Barbell Logic Extra: The Man Behind the Memes: Pete Troupos
August 30, 2018 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBMatt and Scott interview the man behind the Starting Strength Instagram (and it's memes), coach Pete Troupos. Pete is a Starting Strength Coach currently based out of Dallas, TX. He is also an SSOC coach as well as the organizer for all Starting Strength lifting camps across the country, so he is well versed in the Starting Strength model and the variety of coaches in the organization. Prior to becoming a coach, Pete had a long career in retail loss prevention, where he learned to reco...
#102 - In Defense of the Power Clean with Dr. Sully
August 27, 2018 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBWe talk about the Big 4 lifts all the time, but Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd Edition covers five lifts, the fifth being, of course, the Power Clean. The Power Clean is the only lift in the basic Starting Strength repertoire that trains a lifter's power, or their ability to recruit strength quickly. Power is essential to most sports and athletic endeavors, and thus is very important for the developing athlete. Lately the Power Clean has become Starting Strength red-head...
#101 - Barbell Logic Extra: Gillian Ward Discusses Hypertrophy for Women and the Power of One
August 23, 2018 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBGillian Ward returns to the show to talk more about her training philosophy, her approach to training women after the LP phase of training, and how she has developed her mindset for approaching difficult athletic tasks. In her previous show, Episode 99: Defying Expectations... and Gravity, Gillian talked about her world record 1,190 pushups performed in one hour as well as many other spectacular feats of strength and athleticism. Early on in her career, she discovered that focusing on ...
#100 - The Science of Joint Health and Strength Training with Dr. Sullivan
August 20, 2018 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBDr. Sully returns to the podcast to talk about the effect of strength training on joint health, the efficacy of various types of protheses, and improving joint health for Masters lifters. Sully presented on this topic at the 2018 Starting Strength Coaches Association along with the other members of the science committee, including recent guest CJ Gotcher. Literature in the field reveals that joint health and diseases such as osteoarthritis are complicated in nature, and it's clear that...
#99 - Barbell Logic Extra: Gillian Ward: Defying Expectations... and Gravity
August 16, 2018 13:55 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBGillian Ward is definitely the best athlete we've had on the show, and likely the best athlete we'll EVER have on the show. Her athletic accomplishments are as varied as they are extraordinary: she holds the Guiness World Record for most pushups in 1 hour with 1,190 pushups, she placed 3rd at the Crossfit Games in 2008 (after only doing Crossfit for a little over three months), she has her IFBB pro card, and has competed at a high level in gymnastics, strongman, powerlifting, and Olympic lif...
#98 - Controversial Topics in Exercise Science with CJ Gotcher
August 13, 2018 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBScientific literature and the pursuit of science has given mankind a vast amount of knowledge, but it has its shortcomings. As anyone who has attempted to teach, coach, or otherwise educate... humans are messy test subjects. They don't always do what they are supposed to, or they execute inconsistently, and they sometimes report incorrect data. Consequently, the study of humans and exercise science is controversial and fraught with potential problems. Intelligent trainees and coaches need to...
#97 - Fighting STRONG with Student of the Gun
August 07, 2018 09:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBToday father-and-son team Paul and Jarrad Markel join us from Student of the Gun, a TV show, podcast, and community providing content on intelligent gun ownership and safety, hunting, self-defense, and general shooting advice. As Scott says, Student of the Gun is "the thinking man's gun show." Paul Markel has a long history in physical fitness as a former Marine, police officer, and (still) an avid outdoorsman. He only recently started strength training with the barbell, however, and h...
#96 - The Starting Strength Seminar: A Review
July 31, 2018 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBMatt and Scott discuss the content and format of the Starting Strength seminar, an intensive weekend full of lecture, technical analysis of the lifts, and practical coaching on the platform. The seminar is the culmination of the content presented in SSBBT and Practical Programming, combined with the platform segments where attendees get lots of reps under the eyes of a Starting Strength staff coach while themselves teaching others how to lift. Rip's philosophy is that teaching helps you lear...
#95 - Experiences vs Things: What Brings Scott Value?
July 24, 2018 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBOur sometimes curmudgeonly but always thoughtful co-host Scott Hambrick shares today some of the things that bring value to his life, and some of things that rob his life of value. And, well, as it turns out it's not things at all which bring him value, but rather people and experiences. As he says, he tends to view himself as a project. People have the unique capacity for introspection, development, and change. As Socrates famously says "the unexamined life is not worth living." Scott...
#94 - The Things that Bring Matt Value
July 17, 2018 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBMatt and Scott have talked a lot about voluntary hardship on the show, and how strength training tends to refine one's habits and mindset as well as the body. To that end, over his life and training career Matt has developed a set of values and refined them, and today he is sharing them with you. Of course, Matt's values aren't your values, but taking a peak into his personal code of ethics and values might serve as some inspiration as you travel your own path during training and life...
#93 - Build Your Press with Better Programming
July 10, 2018 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBOne common criticism of the Novice Linear Progression as detailed in Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd Edition is the lack of volume for upper body work, especially for the Press. The press is usually the first of the lifts to stall out during NLP, partly because the primary movers in the press are relatively small muscles and partly because, being a relatively technical lift, there is less margin for error than, say, the Bench Press. We all know the benefits of building a big ov...
#92 - The TRUTH about Barbell Safety
July 03, 2018 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBIt's not the sexiest topic, but being safe around barbells is extremely important if you want to have a long and healthy lifting career. Or simply not die. Like handling firearms, there are some basic rules for lifting barbells that will keep you safe. Follow these and you'll be able to lift safely and productively for the rest of your life. Squat Safety If you don't have a spotter, squat inside the rack with safeties. The safeties should be positioned to catch the bar just below the...
#91 - Coop Decides: Home Gym vs Public Gym
June 26, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBCoop from Garage Gym Reviews returns to the podcast to discuss the benefits of training in a home gym vs a public gym. While many think a home gym is out of reach, either financially or logistically, the essentials don't have to cost a lot, especially if you track down some used equipment on Craigslist. Home gyms also have a great ROI when compared to gym memberships, as monthly dues continue to add up while home gyms continue to be useful for years, long after the sting of the initial capit...
#90 - Barbell Logic Extra: Building a Garage Gym with Coop from Garage Gym Reviews
June 22, 2018 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBCooper, founder of Garage Gym Reviews -- an excellent resource for in-depth reviews of gym equipment -- joins Matt and Scott for a discussion about his personal strength journey, how he came to found the website, and some of his favorite equipment. He also talks about differing manufacturer practices, and how Rogue revolutionized the fitness equipment industry. Coop's primary resource and the place to find his most in-depth reviews is http://www.garagegymreviews.com, however you should...
#89 - Eating for Strength: A Day in the Diet of Matt and Scott
June 19, 2018 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBMatt and Scott discuss their experience dieting under the tutelage of Robert Santana, a SSC and the head nutrition coach at SSOC. Santana's basic approach is to coach his lifters to eat to support their strength, while maintaining high protein levels (which, of course, are necessary to support muscle growth). Generally, this means prescribing moderate carbs and low fat. While low-carb diets may be popular with those just trying to "lose weight," carbs are an important source of fuel for work...
#88 - A Chat from Down Under with Joel Rasmussen
June 15, 2018 09:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBSSOC intern Joel Rasmussen flew all the way from Adelaide, Australia to join the Barbell Logic podcast, en route to a Starting Strength seminar in Wichita Falls. While he was in town, Matt and Scott chatted with him about establishing a home gym out of his garage in Adelaide, his coaching experience as an intern with SSOC, and how he managed to rehab his "stuffed" back. Joel discovered strength training first with the Stronglifts 5x5 program, but he found himself frequently injured due...
#87 - The Books That Successful Business Leaders Read
June 12, 2018 09:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBOne of the most requested Barbell Logic topics has been reading recommendations, specifically for books on business and investing. Today Matt and Scott lay out their favorite business books, readings that helped shaped their values, operations, and interactions in their own businesses. Matt is an entrepreneur, running Starting Strength Online Coaching, as he frequently references in the show, and a former owner of STRONG Gym in Springfield, MO. SSOC has grown rapidly since launching in...
#86 - Barbell Logic Extra: Niki Sims: Chin Up Progressions, Relationships, and Calf Fries?!
June 08, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBMatt and Scott close out the interviews recorded at StrengthCon I with returning guest Niki Sims. Niki is an SSC and a staff coach, as well as the Relationship Manager at Starting Strength Online Coaching. She joins the podcast today to talk about her unofficial title of Chin Up Queen and how to structure a successful chin up program for females. Niki shares her vision for the future of SSOC and helping Starting Strength reach a broader audience. Of course, this being the Barbell Logic...
#85 - Confidence Matters: Strength Training's Greatest Benefit Isn't What You Think
June 05, 2018 09:00 - 2.46 KBMost people don't think about the emotional benefits of weight lifting, or how exercise can build confidence, when they step into a gym. Yet it is perhaps the most transformative benefit of strength training. Today Matt and Scott share stories of how strength training has transformed their own sense of self-confidence, as well as that of their clients. For Matt strength training brought him a sense of confidence as a young man, where he struggled as a small, timid late -bloomer in high...