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Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com  and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!   Robin Olds -- aviator, American war hero, sweet mustache: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Olds   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Bar...

In part 4 of the MED Masterclass, Matt discusses the various ways you can structure the volume and intensity days in the 4-Day Split, including sets, reps, exercise selection, and accessory work. While the 4-Day Split opens up many programming options, the goals for each day of the split are clear: intensity is about setting PR's (weight on the bar), while volume is about increasing stress via ton...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com  and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!   The Lightphone 2: https://www.thelightphone.com   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on...

In part 3 of the MED Masterclass series, Matt walks through the transition from an HLM or Texas Method style program to his favorite program, the four-day split.   In the four-day split, a lifter trains four days instead of three, and performs an intensity and volume workout for each of the main lifts. Typically, the four-day split is setup as an upper body / lower body split, with squats and dead...

Every man dies, but not every man really lives. Count Professor Paul among the living. After a long, difficult battle with cancer in his neck, Paul Markel has emerged victorious and we are happy to welcome him back to the podcast.   We often talk about strength training as a sort of physical 401(k),  an investment in our body that we may need to draw on in the future. This was especially true for...

In the second masterclass on Minimum Effective Dose (MED) programming, Matt discusses the three principles or "rules" of MED, and offers specific examples of post-novice programming for the squat, deadlift, bench and press.   Timestamps : Squat - 16:05 Deadlift - *38:45 (after the midroll break) Bench & Press - *52:15   *exact time will vary depending on length of the midroll break   In the MED ma...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com  and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on your technique and programming from a Barbell Logi...

In 2019 Coach Matt delivered a series of lectures to the Barbell Logic staff on Minimum Effective Dose (MED) programming. MED is all about simplicity, identifying the smallest change you can make to a lifter's programming to keep him or her progressing.   Of course, MED is not a new concept for Barbell Logic. Matt and Scott have discussed it as far back as Episode #53, and the idea underpins all o...

Longtime strength coach and now PhD Neuroscience student Jayson Ball joins the show today to talk about his work in the world of pain neuroscience. Pain is a perplexing thing. While many people understand it as a strictly mechanical phenomenon (you slam your fingers in a door and say "ouch!"), pain also has a complex emotional and neurological component that cannot be ignored. A massive pain manag...

Barbell Logic coach Niki Sims returns to the podcast to discuss her experience balancing strength training with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Niki has been strength training for about 10 years, and started training BJJ about two years ago, seeking a new hobby.   During that time she has kept strength a priority, pulling 430lbs at a meet in 2019. BJJ is a stressful sport that demands a lot of recovery resou...

It has become something of a tradition at Barbell Logic for Hambrick to share some of his favorite jazz tunes to celebrate the Christmas season and the passing of the old year. In this third annual Christmas special, Scott plays selections including classic big band swing from Benny Goodman, Joao Gilberto, the father of Bossa Nova, hard bop from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, and more.   You ca...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com  and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on your technique and programming from a Barbell Logi...

Super athlete, barbell coach, and BLOC nutrition coach Gillian Ward returns to the podcast to discuss how to rethink your approach to nutrition in the final installment (maybe) of the Getting Started series.   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on your technique and programming f...

Q&A starts at 19:45 mark, following the interview with the good folks from A7.   Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com  and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Co...

Matt and Scott are joined by Darin Deaton, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Starting Strength Coach at Fort Worth Strength , to discuss special populations including Masters (over 40) lifters, post-injury trainees, and people with other medical issues. Darin has 30 years of experience in the clinic and the gym, and has found that barbells are the most effective tool for making all populations strong...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com  and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on your technique and programming from a Barbell Logi...

You've heard it before. A good training program is simple, hard, and effective. But what does  hard  mean exactly?   Most novices have never done anything physically hard in their life -- especially physical tasks that require maximal amounts of force production. So they must learn what hard means, in the context of strength training. The first encounter with hard often comes as a shock. With prac...

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A wise man once said: you don't get strong from lifting weights, you get strong recovering from lifting weights. In today's episode Coach Matt and Scott discuss the most important things you need to know about recovery so that you get the most out of your strength training.   Many factors affect your ability to recover from the work you do in the weight room -- nutrition, sleep, job stress, childr...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com  and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on your technique and programming from a Barbell Logi...

In the sixth installment of the Getting Started series, Coach Matt and Scott explain why the simplest way of training is, in fact, the best way to train for strength.   Linear progression refers to a program which increases the weight of the lifts every single workout . The increments are small -- 5-10lbs at first, 5lbs thereafter, perhaps 2.5lbs or less for women -- and the weight increases const...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com  and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on your technique and programming from a Barbell Logi...

If you've listened to the first four episodes of the Getting Started series, you've got all the knowledge you need to start a productive strength training program and get stronger than you've ever been. Now it's time to put that knowledge into action and do it!   In your first workout, your goal is to find a starting weight for each of the lifts: squat, press, and deadlift. You will perform the be...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com  and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!   Discounts Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email experience@barbell-logic.com  for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on your technique and programming from a Barbell Logi...

Once you've made the decision and started training instead of exercising, it doesn't take long to realize the average commercial "globo gym" is woefully inadequate for productive barbell training. Waiting to use the squat rack while someone finishes their high-rep curl set, poor quality barbells, dodecagonal plates, not being allowed to use chalk -- these are just a few of the reasons that most tr...