Barbell Life

On this episode, we talk to movement expert Arianna Hoffman. We get into diagnosing problems that can lead to injury, postural issues, breathing issues, and how to get balanced and corrected so you can make maximum gains in a pain-free way. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max E...

On this episode, we catch up with Coach Bobby Sirkis who just got back from the Junior Pan Ams with Coach Travis and Coach Crystal. So listen in as they unpack what makes the PanAms so different, the crazy challenges they had with so many meets so close together, what they’ve learned, and how the Mash Method is bringing insane results in the warm up room. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, S...

On this episode, we talk with Coach Brandon Reyes, an Army coach at West Point. Coach Travis was blown away by the brilliant ways that Coach Reyes and his crew were programming. So listen in to hear about their approach to volume, hypertrophy, peaking, conditioning, and more. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-cate...

On this episode, we get to listener questions about lifting with limited equipment, sore lower backs, cheerleaders, rodeo athletes, longevity in training, bench press programming, cardio, macros for weightlifters, and more. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effort Muscle : ht...

On this episode, we talk with Strength Coach and conversation starter Peter Noonan. Coach Noonan trains high school football players in the incredibly competitive state of Texas, so listen in to hear about his training methodologies, how to make sure that the work in the weight room transfers to the field, and also how he’s started great conversations among strength coaches on Twitter. www. MashEl...

On this episode, we talk with Coach Mike Carroll of Fit for Golf. Coach Travis has admired Coach Mike for a long time on Twitter – because Mike is constantly dropping gold nuggets on rotational athletes, biomechanics, muscular asymmetries, avoiding injuries, and more. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bun...

On this episode, we talk with Josh Stanley of Combat Athletics. Coach Josh has built a thriving business working with all ages on wrestling, MMA, and more. So listen in to this one to hear about how he trains those athletes, how he builds such an amazing gym culture, how athletes need adversity to make them the best, and so much more. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and A...

On this episode, we talk to our good friend Seb from Weightlifting House. Seb gets us caught up on all that’s going on in International Weightlifting – from drug scandals to what makes lifters great – and of course the latest on Liu Xiaojun, Lasha, and all the American heroes of the sport. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.co...

On this episode, we talk with our good friend Sean Rigsby all about the current happenings in American weightlifting – all the latest rumors, the stats, what makes weightlifting so special for female lifters – and we also talk about some insane training experiments from the late Glenn Pendlay. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelit...

On this episode, we talk with renowned speed expert, Coach Lee Taft. These podcasts are some of our favorites because speed work is just so fascinating – so listen in to hear about mechanisms for speed, creating the perfect drills for the individual, and enhancing neurologic response. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/pro...

On this episode we talk with Craig Cheek – a coach who flew onto Travis’s radar after some fascinating Twitter discussions. So on this episode we break down the idea of being a natural athlete and the concept of self-organization. How do you coach these people – do you get out of their way or do you try and intervene when that might be compromising their natural ability? Well that's we talk about...

On this episode, we talk with strength training legend Coach Mike Boyle. Coach Boyle is one of the most famous and influential strength coaches of all time – so listen in to this heavy-hitting episode to hear about how Coach Boyle revolutionized training for hockey, how so many coaches have argued with him (and then came back to say that he was right), and how Westside programming and Russian prog...

On this episode, Coach Travis goes off on something that he has been incredibly passionate about lately – monitoring and measuring athlete performance. We talk about why monitoring can have athletes making the maximum gains while not getting injured, we talk about simple and effective methods of measurement that are likely just as effective as super expensive tools – and we talk about what coaches...

On this episode, we talk with Coach Bryan Mann – largely known as the world’s foremost expert on Velocity Based Training. So Coach Mann talks with us about the latest velocity science concerning hypertrophy, eccentrics, neural training – and also how many people actually try to rely too much on velocity. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://w...

On this episode, we talk once again with our good friend Coach Joe Kenn from Dynamic Fitness and Strength. When you get Coach Kenn and Coach Travis together – you know you’re in for a great discussion. So listen in to hear about the new LRU powerlifting team, how Coach Kenn trained the Panthers leading up to the Super Bowl, how the career of strength coaching is shifting with modern technology, an...

On this episode, we talk with Jeff Evans, a super strong CrossFitter and the owner of a new supplement company called Cerus Performance. This was a motivating discussion about the power of hustle, overcoming past adversities, and the guts it took to start and grow a company during COVID. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/...

On this episode, we talk with powerlifting coach Trevor Jaffe. Coach Trevor shares his own personal struggles with injuries, how powerlifting has evolved, the good experts, the joke experts, and how to program for super strong raw powerlifters. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from M...

On this episode, we talk with skinny basketball player turned jacked CrossFitter, Elijah EZ Muhammad. He shares his strength journey, how he's increased his vertical leap with the snatch, and tons of advice for CrossFitters and coaches. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effor...

On this episode, we talk about the setup of the pull for the clean and the deadlift. What problems are caused by a poor setup? How do genetics play a part? How do we go about addressing a faulty setup? Listen in! www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effort Muscle : https://maxef...

On this episode, we talk with our good friend Coach Joe Kenn about the recent happenings in the strength world - as well as the reality of being a strength coach and a father. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effort Muscle : https://maxeffortmuscle.com/pages/travis-mash Velo...

On this episode, we talk with John Patrick about his journey through so many coaching modalities - and what he's found is truly the best. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effort Muscle : https://maxeffortmuscle.com/pages/travis-mash Velocity Based Training Needs : https://ww...

On this episode, we talk with Gunnar Anderson about his inspiring story of bodybuilding, chasing his dreams as an actor, and the roller coaster ride along the way. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effort Muscle : https://maxeffortmuscle.com/pages/travis-mash Velocity Based T...

On this episode, we talk with none other than Chris Duffin - an entrepreneur, inventor, and ridiculously strong powerlifter. Chris recently met his goal of squatting and deadlifting 1000 pounds (for reps!) so we talk about his training, what he learned about recovery, meditation, and the mindset a goal like that takes www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bund...

On this episode, we talk with Bryant Howard - the head Triathlon Coach at Lenoir Rhyne University. For all of you out there who want to do it all - including endurance exercise... then this one is for you. We discuss power threshold, programming, intraworkout nutrition, monitoring athletes, and more. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.m...

On this episode, we talk with Elizabeth Oehler - a weightlifting coach for young athletes and an expert on youth development. So we get into why growth plate injuries are a myth, how to make proper technique fun for kids, and how to change the programming as a young athlete ages. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-...