Courage Barbell Unlimited

In this episode we welcome back amazing lifter and bench presser Tony Carlino.  Tony has benched over 900lbs single ply, over a 1000 double ply, and over 1200 in unlimited.  He has also totalled over 2500lbs.

Talking Stretching.  My opinion on the excuses I often hear against it and why I think it is worth the effort and time. 

Talking Stretching.  My opinion on the excuses I often hear against it and why I think it is worth the effort and time. 

This episode is basically some random thoughts I have had for a week or so.  When I do these kinds of episodes I never know if people will find them interesting or be able to take anything from them.  My thought is just to spur more thoughts in people and hoping it helps them come up with new ways to achieve their goals.  Sometimes the tiny acorn grows a might oak.  In this episode I had a thought...

This episode is basically some random thoughts I have had for a week or so.  When I do these kinds of episodes I never know if people will find them interesting or be able to take anything from them.  My thought is just to spur more thoughts in people and hoping it helps them come up with new ways to achieve their goals.  Sometimes the tiny acorn grows a might oak.  In this episode I had a thought...

In this episode we have returning guest and my friend Marshall Johnson.  As usual with Marshall we start one place and then go all over the map with training talk.  

In this episode I try to go deeper into the idea of underrecovering, overtraining, and working hard.  I feel like there is often an emotion response to these words, so the discussion never gets taken deeper.  In this episode I talk about these things and try to bring a more thorough concept to them.  I explain how I understand those words and how it works with myself and my clients.

This is episode I do a quick update on the moving and building process and then go on to talk about bombing out of competitions.  Then I give thoughts on the ever-closing window for error as we improve and gain strength because I feel there is a tie in between these two thoughts.

In this episode I get the pleasure of sitting down and talking with Robert Bain.  He has a 2400+ total and runs one of the best platforms in powerlifting competitions.  This episode was sparked but a post he did on his social media and I was fortunate enough he was willing to come on so we could chat more about it.  The main topic of this episode is training with a team as opposed to training alon...

In this episode I talk about the best and hardest thing I ever did for my strength.  It is also one of the things I have gotten the most shit for on social media.  I have talked about this on more than a few podcasts but figured I would try to expand a bit in this episode for those that want to give it a listen.  As I always say there is no one right or wrong way but the best way for you.  In this...

Part 2 with Guest Paul Leonard

This was another fun episode getting to sit down and just chat with the great Paul Leonard again.  He has been in strength sports for so long and is just a wealth of knowledge.  I actually had to make this a two parter because we talk for so long and hit so many subjects.  If you ever wonder what a conversation between two old strength friends was like, well here ya go! 

This episode is about some advice I recently received.  I spent a few days thinking about it and decided I would make an episode about it and how it also relates to strength training.

This episode is about some advice I recently received.  I spent a few days thinking about it and decided I would make an episode about it and how it also relates to strength training.

A quick story from my glory days and some thoughts about stress.

In this episode we get the great opportunity to have a conversation with Jon and Teri Anderson.  Jon is well known for Bodybuilding, Strongman, Wrestler, Etc.  Teri is a bodybuilder and they are also coaches.  On top of all this they put out some amazing content about life, mentality, and relationships.  I have been blessed to have on many amazing people and The Andresons are definitely on this li...

This episode was recorded a few week ago and just getting it up now.  Going through this move and or transition has got me behind but finally in my new temporary place and working to catch up.  I hope that everyone will bear with me through this process so we can get to a place to improve the podcast and Courage Barbell.   In this episode I talk about the idea of remembering the struggles we have...

In this episode I get to sit down with female strongman competitor, grip competitor, arm lifting competitor, and good friend Amy Wattles.  We talk about how she got into strength sports.  The evolution of females in strength sports.  We tell some stories and have some laughs.  Looking forward to having Amy on again in the future.

We were fortunate enough to get LeRoy The Machine Walker to sit down with us to chat about strength, bench press, Armwrestling, and curling.

How protecting your peace can help reach your goals.

Just some thoughts about how voting and powerlifting are similar.  How maybe if people took some advice from the top strength athletes, they would be able to discuss politics in a more positive way and have more positive outcomes.

In this Episode we get to chat with Bryan Mann, CSCS, SCCC.  I person feel he is one of the top guys on VBT training and just an extreme wealth of knowledge plus a pretty funny guy on top of all that.  This was a great episode to record and any time I get the chance to be around people as intelligent as Bryan I feel extremely fortunate.  He also had me laughing pretty good as well.  I hope you guy...

In this Episode we get to chat with Bryan Mann, CSCS, SCCC.  I person feel he is one of the top guys on VBT training and just an extreme wealth of knowledge plus a pretty funny guy on top of all that.  This was a great episode to record and any time I get the chance to be around people as intelligent as Bryan I feel extremely fortunate.  He also had me laughing pretty good as well.  I hope you guy...

In this episode I wanted to catch everyone up on why I have missed a few weeks without any new episodes, had a few thoughts I been I been having, and letting everyone know whats up! 

In this episode I wanted to catch everyone up on why I have missed a few weeks without any new episodes, had a few thoughts I been I been having, and letting everyone know whats up!