Barbell Life

Keys to a Successful Program: The goal of this podcast is to give coaches some action items that are easily implemented. Some Testing to see where athletes are: ROM AssessmentsSpeed and JumpingPower and Athletic Indexes How to implement the finding and keys to the success of that implementation:  1st Warm Ups Designed

On today’s episode of The Barbell Life Podcast I discuss the topic, “Does getting Stronger Make an Athlete Faster?” As always, the answer is ‘it depends’. You will need the program that I will be discussing: ⇒ Program Changes Based on Testing First, we discuss the tests necessary to decide what kind of strength program

Today on The Barbell Life Podcast, we were joined by, Dr. Mike Lane, Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at Eastern Kentucky University. He can also deadlift 751 pounds, so he's not just smart.  Today we discussed long term athletic development. We discussed the best way to set expectati

In this episode of The Barbell Life Podcast, we look to determine if the movements found within Olympic weightlifting are beneficial for improving athletic performance.   To start with, we take a closer look at power explaining that power is the combination of speed and strength. We answer the question regarding "Is th

In this episode, I go over what to expect from future episodes of The Barbell Life Podcast including: Latest in Recovery, Sleep, and Nutrition-How to Stimulate your Desired Training Adaptation-Easy to Understand Reviews of the Latest Research -The Barbell of Course with Weightlifting, Powerlifting, and SuperTotal Infor

Hampton Morris and Olivia Reeves are the best American weightlifters of all-time. Hampton just won the Bronze Medal and Olivia the Gold Medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics. I interviewed their coaches about a month ago: Coach Tripp Morris and Coach Steve Fauer. They had some similarities that I consider to be gold nuggets