Courage Barbell Unlimited

In this episode we have All Time World Record Holder Joe Sullivan on.  I am always excited and happy to get to chat with Joe because of his wealth of knowledge and perspective on training.  I know that every time I get to talk with him, I will be walking away with an expanded mind and much to contemplate.  Just because we talked about so much, I am gonna say the vast majority this time was about m...

In this Episode I talk about the problem I had with my lower leg that let to getting a bilateral deep posterior fasciotomy. This started way back in my high school years and in the end is the reason I had to stop throwing the shot put.  I find it an interesting and in parts funny story.  The thing is, I posted some pics on my Instagram and some people think I talk about these things trying to comp...

We had Marshall Freakshow Johnson on the podcast a couple of times, but this was just a prelude to his wife Kathy!  We sit down and talk about so many different things such as her strength career, having a young daughter competing in powerlifting, and about craniosacral therapy.  The idea for this podcast started with her considering that craniosacral therapy might help my sleep issues.  I was not...

In this episode we talk to the mythic Steve Pulcinella.  Steve is the epitome of the old school strength athlete with the personality to entertain and a physical ability to back it all up.  He has a background in powerlifting, strongman, and highland games. This was just a very fun episode for me talking about the old days and hearing some new to me stories like only Steve can tell them.  Get read...

In this episode we have Marshall Johnson back on to talk some bench tips for lifters having issues with shoulder elevation and scapular retraction.  

Generally speaking, every time you try to better yourself in any way it will create a time of loneliness.  Not a lot of people ever do this and I feel like it makes other uncomfortable to the point they push away.  This is not a bad thing though and it is definitely not forever.  In fact, it opens the door and makes room for a high level of people that will come into your life.  So always strive t...

I am so fortunate to have so many awesome guest on and Uncle Nick is another incredible episode.  Hard to put down in words exactly what this episode is about.  We cover so much from old school lifting to training to giving back to the sport.  Give it a listen!

It seems to me a lot of people want to just be told how to get stronger, in shape, lose weight, etc.  It does not usually work this way because the only perfect way to achieve these things are the perfect way for you as an individual.  Fortunately, there are solid guidelines we can follow which will work as we change as well.  In this episode I speak about some of these guidelines and some solid p...

In this episode I get to sit down with my friend Marshall Johnson of Frossen Barbell in Fargo North Dakota.  This is a long one but so much outstanding conversation from lifting to injuries to mental issues to life.  Even to listen to it in multiple sitting I think there is a lot of worth wild information and hopefully pretty entertaining as well.  Plus the best story is at the end so you have to...

Are you training hard?  What do you base hard training on?  Just because you feel your training hard doesn't mean you are.  I think there is a lot of misconceptions about doing what is right, training hard, lifting with intent, and so on.  The weights do not care about what you feel your doing.

In this episode we sit down with legendary bench presser and friend Vinny Dizenzo.  We talk training, tell stories, and just had a great conversation you get to sit in on.  I think as always there are a lot of golden nuggets of wisdom in this episode.  Give it a listen and enjoy.

In this episode I discuss my person experience with Narcolepsy while becoming a very high-level powerlifter.  I talk about how this gift gave me a unique perspective which has allowed me to see just how important sleep is.  How it has allowed me to help others and to show them just how important it is.  I find sleep to be the biggest piece of low hanging fruit.  It cost nothing, is relatively easy...

Honestly it does not matter much to me about Best Lifter Awards but I do find the discussion interesting.  It seems like we should define what we consider "Best Lifter" to start with.  Is powerlifting not about just being the strongest by lifting the most weight?  Does how lean you are need to be factored into who is the best powerlifter?  Do we even need a best lifter award?  In this episode I ta...

Paul is an exception powerlifter and strongman who has now moved on to announcing just because of his great love for strength sports.  He also happens to be a great historian of strength as well.  In this episode we talk about his past in powerlifting and strongman then to where he is today.  Talking with Paul is so enjoyable because he is a wealth of knowledge.  I am already planning on having hi...

Based on some responses I decided to do another episode on discipline.  Have a listen!

In this episode we talk to William Charters.  This was a great episode talking to William about his time in the England as a Wolverine Commando and his love for training and fitness.  As usual we cover a lot of ground making it hard to sum up this episode.  So just give it a listen to hear a lot of amazing stuff we talk about.  

As the title says, in this episode I am delving into the idea or concept of discipline

In this episode I just talk about some thoughts when it comes to all the information on social media and the internet on health, fitness, strength, bodybuilding, etc.  How to kind of weed through it all to get to those golden nuggets.

In this episode I try to work through two concepts that get talked about a lot in the strength world.  I talk about how I use them and my thoughts on them.  I also try to explain how I have seen them used by some of the best in the world I have known.

In this Episode we get to talk with Brody and Colby who are two of the creators of the TrueRep velocity app.  I have been using this with a couple of my online clients and am very excited about it so getting to sit down with these to gentleman was a great opportunity.  I truly believe velocity based training has many great advantages and TrueRep is an inexpensive way for all lifter to get into it....

In this episode 59 we have guest Ali Gilbert.  Ali is a leading trainer with years of experience and a vast number of successful clients.  She found a lot of success training golfers and know focuses on mens health.  Especially when it comes to aging.  She has some great views and it was such a pleasure recording this episode with her.  

In this episode we chat with Josh Bryant of Jailhouse Strong.  Josh is an accomplished powerlifter and has a very long list of successful strength athletes he has coached.  In this episode we talked the mental side of training and as usual I feel there are many of those little golden nuggets of knowledge.  

In this episode I discuss exactly what the title says.  I talk about how I look at the goal compared to the journey.  How I see everything I can learn as a tool and how we always have a choice.  I know it is fun to talk about and learn training stuff in the gym but like it or not everything is connected.  In order to get our best results in the gym we need to think about these things.  A better li...

In this episode we sit down with world champion powerlifter Blaine Sumner.  Blaine is one of the strongest SHW powerlifters of all time putting up some unbelievable numbers.  This is my first time sitting down with Blaine to talk and we covered a wide range of topics from how he got into the sport to how he trained.  As always, I feel there are some serious gold nuggets of knowledge in this episod...

In reality the time we actually spend in the gym is pretty short compared to the time we have.  I am fascinated by how focused lifters get with gym training with this being the case.  I think we can focus more time utilizing the time outside the gym to really increase the speed of our gains towards our goals.