Architect of Resilience

Finally on the show is one of this generation's greatest lifters and genuises, Ben Pollack!  Our hosts get some insight from Ben on his recent competition preps, as well as his transition into bodybuilding and competing in powerlifting as one of the leanest powerlifters today.  Know as "PhDeadlift" on social media, Ben is finishing up his doctoral degree and is one of the most educated and insight...

Today's guests are like two peas in a pod. Paul Carter and Christian Thibaudeau have been professionally collaborating together for many years and many projects. Both are internationally-recognized strength coaches and producers of high quality content in the bodybuilding and strength training worlds.  Together they are hosting the "Maximum Muscle Seminar" taking place in a few months here at Kabu...

We are honored to host Marisa Inda, an incredible athlete, coach, writer, and ambassador for the sport! Marisa is the current IPF Champion at 52kg and holds the total, bench, and deadlift world records for that weight class as well.  She is a respected strength coach at Juggernaut Training Systems, and has authored several books and countless resources for strength athletes. Marisa is a graduate i...

We are thrilled to have the Muscle Doc on today's episode - Dr. Jordan Shallow!  Dr. Shallow is a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic West, and has been a competitive athlete himself for over 15 years!  Dr. Shallow utilizes a wide variety of non-invasive techniques, far beyond the chiropractic adjustment. He focuses on addressing the entire tensegrity model of the body. Everything from join...

After a short hiatus, we're back! This week's guest is one of the most recognizable names in the barbell game, Mark "Smelly" Bell! Inventor, content-creator, podcaster, powerlifter, and coach - Mark is one of the most influential and respected names in the strength world.  Mark came down to the Lab to film this episode in person - so if you want to watch instead of listen - head over to our YouTub...

Dan McKim is one of the most decorated highland games athletes in history, with 4 world titles and 6 national titles. Tune in to learn more about Dan's past and his experience being an elite-level athlete in an awesome sport that many don't know about. Dan provides you, the listener, with resources if you are interested in training for, or competing in highland games. Another great episode with on...

Today's guest is Eric Helms, well-known coach, athlete, author, and educator. Tune in as our hosts take a dive deep into auto-regulation in what is probably our most technical discussion on the topic. This one is a great one for you strength science nerds!  Eric has published multiple peer reviewed articles in exercise science and nutrition journals and writes for several fitness publications He's...

Today's guest is author, coach, and well known meathead Paul Carter! Paul owns and operates his own company Lift Run Bang and produces content for various platforms like T-Nation, EliteFTS, and Flex Magazine as well as his own. He is the co-author of the Maximum Muscle Bible and just recently released his Super Soldier Protocol. Paul is actually coming down to the Lab for a seminar he is hosting a...

We are thrilled to host two LEGENDS on today's episode of Strength Chat! Kirk Karwoski - known as Captain Kirk - and Marty Gallagher, one of the best powerlifting coaches in the sport's history sit down with our hosts and reminisce on the golden age of powerlifting.  Learn about how Marty coached Kirk, Ed Coan, and other world champions and hear interesting stories from the weight room as told by...

Brian Carroll is no stranger to injury and rehab. After being assessed by Dr. Stuart McGill, he was told that he has one of the worst backs Dr. McGill has ever seen. The story doesn't end there however - and with the good doctor's help Brian was able to come back healthier than ever.  Brian is also known for writing 10/20/Life as well as co-authoring The Gift of Injury with Dr. McGill. He is one o...

This week's guest is one of the top IFBB Pro bodybuilders of the last decade - Ben Pakulski. He is recently retired but continues on by sharing knowledge and training athletes as part of his MI40 program and organization.  On this episode our hosts sit down and talk hypertrophy and training principles with Ben, who has an incredible amount of knowledge when it comes to gaining muscle and training...

Today's Strength Chat guest is Martin Bingisser, all the way from Switzerland! Martin is a hammer thrower and coaches the Swiss national track team. He worked alongside and under Anatoli Bondarchuk, known as one of the most successful throwing coaches of all time. Martin also publishes content online on his site - HMMRMedia, which is a great resource for coaches and athletes from many disciplines....

This week's episode is a live Q&A Roundtable where we take questions from our live listeners and IG audience and answer them live. Sitting in for Dr. Rudolph is Coach Brady, the skinniest man to deadlift 700 pounds. As always, make sure to comment, leave a review, and of course tell your friends about us!

Today's episode is much more personal than our typical episode. Our guest - live and in-person at the Kabuki Strength Studio - is one of the strongest men in the world in his day, Chad Aichs. Chad is a long-time friend of Kabuki and the Mad Scientist, and on today's show he opens up and shares his incredible story of a battle with depression, insomnia, and despair that he was determined to win, an...

This week's guest is Alex Viada, the founder and mastermind behind Complete Human Performance. Alex is a lifelong athlete and the only person known to have ever deadlifted over 700 pounds within a week of running a 50 mile ultra-marathon. (This record is not official, but is most likely accurate as to date he's just fairly certain nobody else has bothered to try it.) Alex has coached hundreds of a...

Dr. Mike Israetel is one of the most recognized researchers and scientists in the strength community, having worked with hundreds of athletes and coaches, as well as created loads of high quality content in every format imaginable.  Mike is a professor of Exercise Science at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and was previously a professor at the University of Central Missouri, where he taught...

In today's episode we talk to one of the most cited authors in the strength and conditioning industry - Dr. Tim Gabbett!  He holds a PhD in  Human Physiology  (2000) and has completed a second PhD in the  Applied Science of Professional Football  (2011) , with special reference to physical demands, injury prevention, and skill acquisition. Tim has worked with elite international athletes over seve...

Travis Mash is our guest today, and like most guests on our show, he hardly needs an introduction! Travis is one of the most recognized olympic weightlifting coaches in the world, as well as an accomplished lifter himself having broken Ed Coan's all-time pound-for-pound total record in powerlifting. He owns Mash Elite Performance in North Carolina where he coaches elite level athletes and lifters...

Lee Taft, known to most simply as "The Speed Guy", is highly respected as one of the top athletic movement  s pecialists in the world! Sound like something we might be interested in? Sure is!  Our hosts sit down with Lee and talk about multi-directional speed - Lee's specialty - and why it's important to athletic development. They discuss the "6 basic movements" and their integration into strength...

This week we are honored to have the one-and-only Juggernaut himself, Chad Wesley Smith, on our podcast! Chad hardly needs an introduction, having become one of the most recognized strength coaches in the industry and one of the strongest men in the world!  Chad's athletic background and transition to strength sports Chad's personal philosophy on programming and training VBT All sorts of other str...

Today's doubleheader are two incredibly knowledgeable and accomplished individuals - Dr. Michael Rintala and Dr. Richard Ulm, both from the Prague Institute of Rehabilitation. They are instructors on DNS [Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization], which is a school of thought that is foundational to our own movement philosophy here at Kabuki Strength. Topics include: Bracing Strategies Eccentric and Co...

This week's guest is long-time friend and The Mad Scientist's ultimate hype-man Dr. Raphael Castro, from New York! Dr. Castro is a licensed chiropractor who works with a large athletic population. Among some of the topics discussed are: Dr. Castro's introduction to chiropractic His experiences working with Crossfit athletes Dealing with old injuries and issues All about kinesio tape and how it wor...

Join us on today's Roundtable Q&A where our hosts along with Coach Brady Cable sit down and answer questions from users on social media. If you want your question answered, watch out for the next IG live notification and get your question in when we're podcastin' live!

Today's guest is Cameron Josse!  Cameron Josse is the Director of Sports Performance at DeFranco's Gym at the Onnit Academy. He has worked with DeFranco's Gym owner Joe DeFranco since he was 17 years old. As a former athlete in DeFranco's training programs, Cameron was exposed to Joe's unique approach to developing all the tools needed to succeed in athletics, eventually landing him on staff at De...

This week's guest is Dr. Stasha Gominak, a medical professional and researcher currently working on the link between vitamin D and sleep health, among other important topics in health discourse. In today's episode, our hosts and Dr. Gominak dive deep into the importance of sleep as it relates to health, strength, and performance. They also discuss the current research on sleep, vitamin D, and even...