Barbell Life

"Strong isn’t enough — here’s how to turn strength into POWER." Coach Travis Mash dives into the Power-3 Framework: Jumping, Acceleration, Change of Direction, and Rotation.    What Physiological components help to improve each?    How to test and monitor?    Learn how Verkhoshansky’s principles, Physiological Componen

Introduction: Today’s topic: What’s missing from athletic performance programs across the country (high school, private sector, and college).Goal: Build a systematic approach to help athletes maximize performance beyond just lifting weights.Reminder: Champions are made by mastering the little things — not just training

In this meeting, I spoke with Coach Keith Shimon. We discussed various aspects of human physiology, injury recovery, and exercise training, with a focus on the nervous system's role in movement and perception. We explored the importance of personalized approaches to training and rehabilitation, emphasizing the need to

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