Barbell Shrugged

Info on our Road To Regionals programming.

Info on our upcoming 6 Month Muscle Gain Challenge.

This week on Barbell Shrugged we are joined by the incomparable  Travis Mash , high level strength coach, world champion powerlifter, and to be honest, one of our absolute favorite human beings in the entire world.    If Travis’ name sounds familiar it’s for a good reason. This is his second appearance on the show. The first time around on  episode 97  we got the chance to talk about the barbell a...

This week on Barbell Shrugged we chat with  Ben Greenfield , former tennis player, water polo athlete, and bodybuilder turned biohacking ironman, endurance coach, author, blogger, and podcaster. That’s quite the resume, right?  Ben’s got plenty of interesting things to say, which is no surprise given his experience and wide-ranging creative pursuits. He can certainly talk training and human perfor...

This week on Barbell Shrugged we have the pleasure of welcoming  Lindsey Valenzuela  to the show, professional fitness athlete and current member of the  Los Angeles Reign .    Lindsey is in an incredible position. First, she’s one of the very first women ever to sign onto a professional fitness team. Better yet, the Reign, and all other founding members of the  National Professional Grid League ,...

Aubrey Marcus might have the most interesting title of any Barbell Shrugged guest to date. You can call him a spiritual experimentalist, human optimizer, unconventional fitness junkie, and  warrior poet . He’s also CEO of  Onnit , a unique human performance company which sells performance and health supplements, as well as some novel training tools. They also make some pretty righteous  YouTube vi...

This week on the Barbell Shrugged podcast we are joined by  Andrea Ager , former collegiate track & field athlete turned high-level Crossfit competitor. If that name rings a bell it’s for a very good reason. Andrea is one of the most well-known and recognizable athletes on the scene, which is actually a very interesting topic of discussion all in itself.    “You may know Andrea from her  Instagram...

This week on a very special bonus episode of the Barbell Shrugged podcast we are joined by Jackie Perez, competitive Crossfit athlete and one of the lead trainers at  Crossfit CSA  in Dublin, California.    If you haven’t heard about Jackie then you’re in for a treat. She’s one of the most entertaining and unfiltered guests we’ve ever had on the show. If you do know her, well, you can guess what h...

This week on Barbell Shrugged we are honored to chat with Mark Divine, retired Navy SEAL Commander and founder of  SEALFIT  and  U.S. Crossfit . Surprise, surprise, this show will leave you reconsidering your training, the true effort you’re applying in the gym, and the direction you’re heading. In short, its just what you need to hear.  For those who don’t know, SEALFIT is somewhat like Crossfit,...

This week on Barbell Shrugged we chat with Joel Jamieson, leading expert on combat sport training and founder of  8WeeksOut.com .    If Joel’s name rings a bell that’s because he’s the author of   Ultimate MMA Conditioning , which made our top 10 list of books that every Crossfitter should read . He’s also the creator of the  BioForce HRV Training Management System , an awesome tool that uses hear...