Barbell Shrugged

This week we're back with the crew and have a fun episode to share with you.    We had Kenny Kane and Andy Galpin join us at our local outdoor training spot in Encinitas. We wanted to bring Kenny on to talk about his ideas on coaching and this concept we all have heard about called mastery. Kenny has been in the coaching game for as long as CrossFit has been around, and started CrossFit Los Angele...

How do you get big? That is the million dollar question. Everyone in the fitness industry seems to have a different answer for you, and they all claim to have the secret sauce. Take this supplement. Use this rep scheme. Drink this before you go to sleep. It goes on and on. We wanted to see what science has to say about this, and invited Andy Galpin on to this week's show along with Kenny Kane to t...

Jacked up shoulders holding you back? New's flash, you are not the only one. It turns out that shoulder pain and injuries are some of the most common of all dysfunctions for active individuals.   Just like most things we have come to learn and share with ya'll is that this is most likely a result of faulty movement patterns. You can go as hard as you want, and lift heavy things for days ..but the...

It's officially 2017 and many of you are setting goals for the upcoming journey around the sun. Whether your goals are fitness oriented or have to do with your relationships, we encourage you to take action on them. We also think that you will get some useful take aways from this week's episode with Doctor Kirk Parsley when it comes to your 2017 intentions.    This week we had Doc Parsley come by...

We drop into MovementRX this week to talk all things mobility with Theresa Larson and Anders Varner. We dive into lower back pain and how you can identify and fix the source of the pain in the body. Fact: 8 out of 10 humans (both athletes and couch potatoes alike) have some sort of lower back pain, and most of the time the pain is caused by some sort of imbalance or weakness somewhere else in the...

What's good Shrugged crew. This week we are coming at you with a familiar guest, Brian Mackenzie. For those of you who don't know him, Brian is the founder of CrossFit Endurance, the author of Power, Speed, Endurance, and works with some of the top athletes in performance sport, such as CrossFit, surfing and endurance athletics.  We dropped into RVCA headquarters to chat with Brian about a perform...

This week on BARBELL SHRUGGED we interview PJ Nestler of Velocity Sports Performance. We talk about speed training and misconceptions around this training adaption. We discuss: What true speed training looks like How to test if your athlete is ready to work on a speed training session  How to apply speed training in your program  

This week on BARBELL SHRUGGED, we head up to La La Land to kick it at Deuce Gym with Logan Gelbrich. Logan is the owner of Deuce, an open air CrossFit box in the heart of Venice, California. He also leads the CrossFit Strongman Course and is a modern renaissance man when he is not leading the Deuce Gym tribe. In this episode we discuss: How Strongman training can be applied for any level of athlet...

And… We're Back! I want to start off by recognizing our team of incredible coaches who stepped up and led the Barbell Shrugged show through the better part of 2016. Chris "CTP" Norman, Mike McGoldrick, Alex Maclin, Kurt Mullican, and Mike McElroy, we have have nothing but gratitude for your work. Doug and I are returning to the show stronger than ever with new vigor and we're bringing Dr. Andy Gal...

To scale or not to scale?  That is the question.

Mike McElroy returns to the show and we talk programming.  If you've ever wondered where to even begin when thinking about designing a program this episode is great starting point.  We get asked all the time to do an introduction to programming concepts, so here you have it!  But by no means is this an end all be all discussion on programming, this is just meant to get the party started!  If you d...

The goal of the Shrugged Strength Challenge is to help you GET STRONGER & add 50 pounds to your squat, while IMPROVING YOUR CONDITIONING to drop your "Helen" time by 3 minutes, and improve your overhead movement & mobility. Now that might seem like a tall order, but it's already happening with our Shrugged Strength Challenge athletes.  We've seen it! In just 3 months of training our athletes have ...

This is Talking Depth the after show to FULL DEPTH.  So if you haven't watched the latest episode in our FULL DEPTH series w/ Mike Burgener, go watch that first then come back!

Squat Injuries, Fixes & Myths w/ Dr. Aaron Horschig of Squat University

EliteFTS athlete and top 10 ranked powerlifter in the 181 class Christian Anto joins us to talk coaching, competing, and getting strong as shit.

http://www. EatingForStrength.com This week on Barbell Shrugged we discuss how Alex Got His Groove Back.   Unlucky-in-love grad student Alex (Alex Maclin) jets to Jamaica with his gal pal Delilah (Whoopi Goldberg) for some fun in the sun. There, the 26-year-old working man has an island fling with a new diet experiment involving measuring and weighing his food (180g Carbs, 30g Fat, 150g Protein pe...

How To Know When To Go Hard or Go Easy In Training

Anabolic Fasting & The Muscle Trifecta 

Doug Larson returns to the show, but this time as our guest!  We put him on the spot and ask him the questions this time.  Tune in and see how he thinks about teaching technique.  Must listen episode.

How to Use Strongman Exercises to Build Functional Strength

Justin Thacker returns to discuss how to build a strong weightlifting community.  How to program for groups.  How to build a meathead's playground, and how much you should be able to snatch and clean and jerk.

Alex and McG talk about their recent swaps in training goals.  McG going from long time CrossFit athlete to doing his first Olympic Weightlifting competition, and Alex going from years of weightlifting to doing his first CrossFit competition.  What did they learn?  What had to change?  How did nutrition play a role?

Get your nutrition learn on!

The last few weeks have been pretty intense. Let's back off on the seriousness a little bit and bring it back to to old school Shrugged. This week we thought it was due time for a throwback episode.  So brew up some coffee Chris Moore style, with delicate treatment via french press. Remember, don't scorch it and ruin your fresh grind like an amateur. We share our stories and experiences about how...