Forged in Motion - Where Strength, Resilience, and Tactical Training Collide

In this episode, I’m joined by Ali Madani, also known as @PowerhousePersia — a Persian Meel National Champion, Zurkhaneh competitor, and a powerful voice in the resurgence of ancient strength culture. Ali has dedicated his life to preserving and teaching the traditional art of Persian meels — an ancient strength tool once used by warriors to build real-world power, endurance, and control. We dive...

Introduction: Trevor Shan, specialist in bells, clubs, maces, and fasting. Segment 1: The Tools and Techniques: Explore the impact of unconventional tools on strength and physique. Address inquiries about performance-enhancing substances. Segment 2: Personal Journey: Origin of incorporating bells, clubs, and maces. Insight into Trevor's background and sports involvement. Segment 3: The Art of Fast...

Dm Drew here If you are interested in grabbing kettlebells check our sponsor out GreatLakesGirya.com as they have the best hardstyle bells on the market. Below were the questions I had laid out, as usual sometimes things got off topic. Super useful and fun convo about training with bells. How did you become involved with kettlebells and why did you continue to use them for a sustained amount of ti...

James Podcast - Indian Club Instructor This podcast was all over the place. It was a great time. Got off topic a lot. What is an Indian club? What is it used for? They came from a bottle. Wine or perrier bottle. Indian clubs, persian meal, jori are all variations of clubs Ryan Pitts mace maces look amazing. I must chat with him about getting a GLG mace and club option. Chatting about different coa...

Coach Mav and I chat about kettlebells and how awesome kettlebells are. Greatlakesgirya.com has a shipment of our high quality bells coming in February! Pre Order now to get free shipping. We talk about his philosophy and outlook on training. We also touch upon how kettlebells, and getting active, helped me through a very challenging time in my life. We chat about programming and how Mav comes up...

Great Lakes Girya Podcast 005 ADAM GLASS Professional Grip Strongman + Really knowledgeable fun guy to talk to. This podcast is sponsored by greatlakesgirya.com This is a very lengthy episode. Bottom line, strong grip means you’re strong. If your grip is weak… so are you. Stress happens, it's how you deal with it that dictates how it affects you. But this podcast also has great insights on growing...

Great Lakes Girya.com Very excited to get this podcast out here for everyone to hear. In this episode I chat with Emre from Gripdeo and talk about grip and why it's important. Also we chat about this invention, the Gripedo Actions of the wrist = Supination and pronation are terms used to describe the up or down orientation of your hand , arm, or foot. When your palm or forearm faces up, it's supin...

Podcast #003 - Rik Brown Mr. Maceman aka Rik Brown has been teaching people how to use the mace for over 15 years, from the motor morons (Those lacking coordination and natural athletic ability) to many elite level athletes. He teaches an amazing course. He is a master mace trainer and has done to maces what Pavel did for kettlebells. I was honoured to learn from him. He understands the body and m...

Great Lakes Girya Podcast Episode #2 Bud Jeffries (Sorry about the audio from my mic. Im working on it) We cover a brief history of Bud and how his life changed direction because of a major injury when he was on the path to become a professional football player. Bud is a speaker, author of many books and professional strongman and he walks the talk. He has had many reasons to be demotivated and to...

In this episode Mark (using bells since 2001) and I chat about his history in the fitness game, injuries and getting over them ( or working with them/around them) when you have the tools and time to get down to business. Mark is an OG of the kettlebell world and I was very excited to chat with him regarding some interesting topics. Offset foot positions changes the loading of the backswing E-Coat...