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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...

Scott's Pumpkin Pie recipe:  https://barbell-logic.com/pie/   Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday 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...

In Getting Started #2, Matt and Scott discussed the big picture of getting strong, which occurs by lifting progressively heavier weights over time. Since this is Barbell Logic, you guessed it... we accomplish this progressive method of strength training using barbells.   Though there are thousands of different exercises we could do in the gym, barbell training comprises just four exercises, the so...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday 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...

So you heard us out in Getting Started #1 and you've decided it's time to get strong. How do actually do that? For that matter, how do you improve any physical attribute?   Before we get into specific exercises, sets, and reps, it's important to understand the distinction between exercise  and training . Exercise is what most people do when they join the local globo gym or decide to jog around the...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday 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 Do you have trouble with the bar rolling down your back on squats? You need A7's patented bar grip shirt. Even kyphotic guys like Scott can keep the bar on the back with it. A7 is always rolling out...

You've decided. It's time to get started. It's time to get in shape. But... how? Do you start jogging around the block? Join the local YMCA and hit the elliptical machine? Do a couple circuits on the shiny weight machines? There is a vast library of exercises you could do, and endless amounts of conflicting information on the best way to exercise. Judging by the physical condition of the average A...

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday 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 Do you have trouble with the bar rolling down your back on squats? You need A7's patented bar grip shirt. Even kyphotic guys like Scott can keep the bar on the back with it. A7 is always rolling out...