Chandler and I connected first on IG after coming across a post of his that went viral: “Strong, Shredded, or Natty? Pick two.” We ended up exchanging some DM’s and I asked him on a podcast date; so here it is. Turns out he and I had a ton in common. Competitive powerlifter/ strength athlete, coach, and owner of @BackyardBarbell out in San Jose, California. Chandler and I share a lot of perspectives. We went for close to 3 hours and chose to cut it there because we could have went for another three.
Looking forward to connecting w Chandler in the near future.
Chandler Parsons
Top Strength Project
Steve Tripp
0:00 Our first date…
0:12 “Natty, Strong, Shredded, Pick 2”
0:50 Pros and Cons of Social Media
2:30 Balls to Brain Ratio
4:10 Meritocracy, you had to earn it
5:00 The control of information
5:50 “Trauma” and strength sports
7:45 “the problem with tattoos becoming popular is that people who should have never
gotten tattooed are getting tattooed…”
9:50 importance of voluntary suffering and community
15:50 Experience w Therapy
17:00 Strength Sports as a Vehicle to Create Direction and Focus
25:50 Training is Honest
27:00 “everything I do, I’m going to do it all the way…”
31:10 King of the Clown Show
34:30 Choosing to Learn from Mistakes and Failures
39:00 Happiness is found in the journey, not the destination
40:50 “a mistake is a mistake only if you didn’t learn anything from it…”
42:40 Not Pitting Time Frames on Reaching Goals
49:25 Aggressive Patience
50:20 “if you could wake up with a 1,000 pound squat, would you?”
53:00 Totaling over 2,000
55:00 PED’s
1:08:00 Equipment Zealots
1:20:00 Backyard Barbell
1:24:00 TOP Strength
1:29:00 How I got involved in Strength Sports
1:33:30 Ironbuild Games
1:34:00 The importance of being a part of something bigger than ourselves…
1:38:20 Focusing providing the best possible service over profits
1:44:00 Jenny and our Group Program
1:56:00 Strongman Circuit
2:04:00 Powerlifting to Strongman
2:11:40 Tom Haviland/ Josh Bryant
2:16:30 … the greatest limitation is believing you have them.”
2:18:00 Ocean State Crossfit
2:21:00 Using Variations in training to address chronic overuse injuries
2:36:00 Where to find Chandler and Backyard Barbell.
