Barbell Shrugged

Emily Abbott is a 4x CrossFit Games Athlete ('14-'17) and 8th fittest woman in the world (2015). She grew up on a farm with a couple of loving, "crazy" parents, who raised her to work hard to get what she wants. Emily was always into physical activities and sports. In college, she played basketball for the University of Windsor, where her team won two national championships back-to-back. During th...

Bryan Boorstein is the owner and founder of Evolved Training Systems. He is also owner of San Diego Athletics, a hybrid style CrossFit gym that provides programming for CrossFit and physique athletes. The Evolved Training System is Bryan's staple program; a unique combination of multiple different training methodologies combined together with the optimal dose of each: - Low-Rep Strength Training -...

Christmas Abbott is a professional athlete, a CrossFit Games competitor, an olympic weightlifter, and NASCAR Pit Crew. She is also a branding advisor, working with individuals and teams to craft their own unique brand, helping them to put their best foot forward and share their passion with others.   Christmas is also a transformational guru, creator of  Christmas Abbott Nutrition , Oxygen Magazin...

In Chapter 3, Jack Osbourne discusses becoming a happy, healthy person. He grew up in a world of abundance as a reality tv star and the son of Ozzy Osbourne. Since then, he has sustained major personal growth. Kenny, Andy and Jack discuss autoimmune diseases, changing behavioral patterns and using physical training to fight the neurological effects of aging. Enjoy! -Kenny and Andy ----------------...

Tony Blauer is one of the only combatives experts who has successfully affected training across all the combat related communities: self-defense, combat sports and the military & law enforcement sector. His research on physiology, mind-set as it relates to confrontation management has influenced over two decades of reality-based martial artists.   Tony is founder of Blauer Tactical Systems and crea...

Amanda Bucci is a 25 year old lifestyle entrepreneur whose mission is to ignite the fire in others to grow into their TRUE selves through her podcast, YouTube channel, instagram, and other social platforms. Amanda is founder and CEO of Bucci Radio Podcast (interview and solo episodes where Amanda and her guests provide fitness, personal, or professional value, stories, experiences, and education),...

Ryan Williams is a serial entrepreneur, a former navy SEAL, and founder of Industry Threadworks, a private label apparel production company. Having successfully launched and sold multiple businesses, ranging from apparel brands to equipment manufacturing companies, Ryan has learned invaluable lessons about people, mindset, and the principles of building a successful organization. In this episode,...

Kyle Kingsbury is a former football player (Arizona State), a retired American professional mixed martial artist (UFC six years), and currently Director of Human Optimization at Onnit and host of The Onnit Podcast. While fighting at the highest level, Kyle became fascinated with nutrition, performance, and recovery. Since his MMA retirement, his focus has shifted to learning more about longevity,...

In chapter 2, Kenny shows the value of context through stories about growing up in a fitness business, playing sports, performing stand up comedy, and becoming a human performance coach. Kenny's life experience has significantly contributed to the development of the Mastery Method, a philosophy for teaching life lessons through the template of physicality.   Enjoy! - Kenny and Andy ---------------...

Julie Farha is one of the Nation's most sought out intuition experts. She understands the importance of intuition and teaches people and companies how to apply it to everyday life and decision-making. She also has over 10 years of global experience as a recognized intuitive expert, speaker, corporate trainer and author. Julie has coached hundreds of people, including professionals, executives and...

Mind Pump is an online radio show/podcast that has been described as Howard Stern meets fitness. It is sometimes raw, sometimes shocking and is always entertaining and informative. The hosts, Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer and Justin Andrews have over 40 years of combined fitness experience as personal trainers, club managers, IFBB fitness competitors and fitness thought leaders. This episode covers...

Paige Hathaway is a 26 year old fitness model and bikini competitor, who fell in love with training in 2011. She went through a health and fitness transformation and placed 2nd at Ronnie Coleman Classic, the biggest NPC statewide competition in the United States. Today, Paige is an Instagram sensation and a fitness consultant expert who helps others make their own transformation. She developed her...

Kevin Gillotti is an insanely fit 48 year old with an unmatched mindset. An elite racer for almost 30 years in both duathlons (running and biking) and obstacle course racing (OCR). Kevin was introduced to duathlons in college and almost won his first race. He then went on to become a 8 time confirmed All-American with USAT (duathlon), has been on numerous USAT Duathlon World Championship teams, an...

In chapter 1, Kenny and Andy dive deep into the science and applications of physiological adaptation. Research has shown that people can significantly change the composition of their muscle fibers and the magnitude of such changes can be shockingly high. Human beings can alter their physiology with exercise and nutrition far more than previously believed. Enjoy! - Kenny and Andy ------------------...

In the prologue, we introduce Kenny, Andy, and Josh who each tell their side of the show's origin story. They individually explain their motivation for launching the project and provide context for what's to come in volume 1.  The first volume focuses on how human beings can change their minds and bodies to improve overall quality of life. Enjoy! - Kenny and Andy ----------------------------------...

Rachel Balkovec is the first female strength and conditioning coach in the history of professional baseball. She has spent the past seven years as a strength and conditioning coach for organizations such as Arizona State University, Louisiana State University, Los Tigres Del Licey Beisbol and the St. Louis Cardinals.   Most recently, Rachel has joined the Houston Astros as their Latin American Str...

Jen Esquer, DPT, PT, has been on a ruthless ongoing journey to learn about the body and movement since she was a child. She was a professional gymnast until age 16, studied yoga and pilates, studied physiotherapy, and is continuously exploring and learning more . is creator of and The Optimal Body Preventing Pain & Injury Optimizing Lives. Dr. Jen is also the creator of The Mobility Method , which...

Kevin Lawrence is a fitness and nutrition expert, and the founder and CEO of Power Crunch , a line of "smart" protein products. Kevin is a former college football player, former IFBB World Bodybuilding Champion, and renowned speaker and writer who is knowledgeable in exercise physiology and applied nutrition. Kevin was raised in a low-income family with five children, where nutrition was not prior...

Mycal Anders, MS, CSCS, is owner of Crossfit PHX and CryoPHX. Men's Fitness magazine ranked Crossfit PHX as #1 CrossFit Box in the US in 2017!  Mycal Anders is also co-host together with Jeff Thronton of Feed Me Fuel Me podcast, which is about how to use the 3-pillars of success everyday in your life: Manifestation, Business, Fitness & Nutrition.  We're happy to announce Feed Me Fuel Me podcast ha...

John Cena is an American professional wrestler, philanthropist, movie star, and most importantly he loves to lift weights 😉 He is currently signed to WWE, where he is a free agent who appears for both the Raw and SmackDown brands. He also stars in the new comedy movie, Blockers , and has trained under Anders Varner as a member at his gym. Cena has been lifting weights since he was 12, was a footb...

Say 'Hi' to Anders Varner, the new host of Barbell Shrugged! Anders crushed it co-hosting a bunch of shows with Mike and Doug in the past few months and will be taking over as the main Barbell Shrugged host. Doug will remain as co-host and Mike will focus on his new show, The Bledsoe Show, which is part of the Shrugged Collective. In this episode, Mike passes the torch to Anders, and we dive into...

Ashley Boeckle (@ashleyboeckle) is owner and co-founder of @buffbake — The Better For You Snacks. A company that sells all-natural protein nut butters and protein cookies. Boeckle is an entrepreneurial go-getter who always knew she'd create her own path. Growing up, Boeckle hated school, so right after college she started her first food company. A couple of years later, she sold her company to a l...

Aubrey Marcus is the founder and CEO of @Onnit, a lifestyle brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit is an Inc. 500 company and an industry leader with products touching millions of lives, including many top professional athletes around the world. Aubrey hosts his own podcast, The Aubrey Marcus Podcast, a motivational destination for conversations with t...

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