Barbell Life

On this episode, we talk with strength coach and licensed counselor Gabriel Villarreal. We dive into getting athlete buy-in, understanding each athlete's mental state, and connecting with an athlete to maximize progress, www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effort Muscle : https...

On this episode, we are joined by Chris Amenta of SoCal Weightlifting. We talk about programming, coaching, entrepreneurship, and the mistakes he's learned from as he grew SoCal weightlifting. 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...

On this episode, we talk with the "overall best athlete" in weightlifting, James Townsend. Get ready to get inspired and enlightened by his stories of battling with racism, leaving the NFL to be a father, and how Christ changed his life. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effo...

On this episode, we talk with Dr. Michael Hartle - the chief barbell instructor for Pavel Tsatsouline's StrongFirst. We get into the differences between barbell and kettlebell training, how to combine the two, and the key exercises to build stability, strength, speed, and size. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-ca...

On this episode, powerlifter and sprint coach Hunter Charneski joins us to talk about drills, exercises, strategies, and lifting programs to turn athletes into faster sprinters. 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 Ve...

On this episode, we talk to Dr. Quinn Henoch about his approach to rehabbing injuries in barbell athletes, preventing problems in the first place, and maximizing performance 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/tra...

On this episode, we talk with Ben Patrick about his wild knees-over-toes squatting... and how he has used them to rehab his own chronic knee pain. 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 : h...

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Tommy John - a clinician with a passion for healing athletes and maximizing their performance by paying attention to every area of their life - from sleep to nutrition to relationships to mental health to training. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplement...

On this episode, Coach Justin Kavanaugh joins us to talk about the real-world "in the trenches" ways to get athletes faster. 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://www.mashelite.c...

On this episode, we talk with Mary Theisen-Lappen about her history as a throwing athlete, her strength coaching career, and her amazing future as an Olympic weightlifter. 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...

On this episode, we talk with Jake Tuura about increasing your vertical leap - and how to deal with the tendon issues that athletes often encounter. Let's drive those verticals higher and higher! 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/pa...

On this episode, we talk with USAW's CEO, Phil Andrews. The coronavirus has drastically affected what was supposed to be an Olympic year. Hear all that's changed, how USAW is coping, leadership changes, and international drug-testing challenges. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from...

On this episode, we talk to the legendary Bill Gillespie about his programming thoughts to create football players who crush the competition on the field. 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 N...

On this episode, we answer listener questions on subjects such as breaking into the coaching business, lifting in a home gym with low ceilings, strengthening the low back for deadlifting, gaining muscle, and mobility for wrestlers. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effort Mus...

On this episode, we talk about Coach Travis's recent exploits into the science of learning. Find out more about brain science - and also how you can use CNS performance to maximize athletic results. 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...

On this episode, we talk with Cory G - one of the hardest-training, hardest-working men in fitness. And a great deal of Cory's success comes from maximizing his recovery - allowing him to sleep only five hours a night. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements from Max Effort Muscle : https:/...

On this episode, we talk about how Coach Travis and Coach Crystal have adapted the training of the Mash Mafia - and their own training - to the new social distancing restrictions of COVID-19. 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/...

On this episode, we talk about the business aspects of being a private strength coach - plus Jordan Clarke's insights on training and lessons he learned from Charles Poliquin 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 Veloc...

On this episode, we talk with Liane Blyn about her strength coaching career, the pros and cons of various strength coach positions, and the realities of the strength coaching industry. 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-...

On this episode, we answer listener questions on topics from mobility to career advice to programming to bodybuilding to building confidence under heavy weight... and so much more. 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...

On this episode, we talk with Carl Hardwick of OPEX. We get into energy systems, the first six tests of athleticism, and how to make sure CrossFit is actually healthy. 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 Bas...

On this episode, we talk with Dr. Keith Leiting about the various types of athlete monitoring - from the low tech finger tap to the high tech Omegawave devices. We get into how to use these methods, when not to, and how these can impact athlete performance and your coaching career. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/produc...

On this episode, we talk to Jena Ready about all that she's learned coaching large groups of athletes in all sports and now a smaller group of athletes in one sport. And we also open a can of worms as we talk about sexism in the strength industry. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Supplements fro...

On this episode, we talk with the historian and data nerd of weightlifting - Seb Ostrowicz of Weightlifting House. He believes that the next few weeks of weightlifting will be some of the most exciting ever for the sport - so listen in to hear his predictions. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult Fitness Bundles: https://www.mashelite.com/product-category/bundles/ Su...

On this episode, we talk with Paul Oneid. Paul is an elite level powerlifter, a former D1 strength coach, and now works as a functional rehab specialist. So we had so much to talk about in this podcast as we talk about business lessons, mobility and stability, avoiding injury, and his own particular approach to strength coaching. www. MashElite.com Athletic Performance, Strength Sports, and Adult...