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40fit Radio#122 - Don't Call It Come Back! Power Cleans for the Masters LifterCoach D and Coach Trent are back (finally) with a new episode, broadcasting from THE Wichita Falls Athletic Club, the home of Mark Rippetoe and the birthplace of the Starting Strength model. Today they discuss the role of the power clean for the Masters lifter -- should you be doing it? Should you skip it? What's the point anyway? While the power clean is a very useful tool for the young athlete, especially in power-based sports such as football, hockey, or track and field sports, it's application to real life for the older lifter is l...
2022-05-2335 min40fit RadioALL or NOTHING: Getting Away from the Extremes in Your Health and FitnessCoach Darin has said it before, humans like to "complicate to validate." The bigger, faster, more complex, more "science-y," the better! Right? Likewise, the idea that fitness is an intense, all-in pursuit pervades media and popular training programs. Frankly, it's exhausting! Health and fitness doesn't come easy, and requires hard physical training to obtain and maintain. On the other hand, longevity and sustainability are also part of the game, and demand that you pay attention to your joint and connective tissue health, and spend time pursuing the things that will improve secondary fitness adaptations like b...
2021-03-3022 min40fit RadioGetting Back Into the Gym After COVIDCoach Charity Hambrick returns to the show to discuss her experience contracting COVID-19 and her slow road to get back into training afterward. Though she contracted COVID back in October 2020, Charity had lingering fatigue and muscle cramps for weeks, and loss of smell that lasted for over three months. Despite the mental blow of losing her training momentum -- she had been setting PR's just prior to getting COVID -- Charity has consistently hit the gym and is regaining her strength levels. It was easy, though, and required a lot of mental fortitude. The mental g...
2021-01-1558 min40fit RadioMasters Programming: Volume vs Intensity for LongevityThe last episode of 2020! Thanks for tuning in, and we look forward to keeping the conversation about health and fitness going in the New Year. In today's episode, Coach D and Coach Trent discuss the concept of selecting appropriate volume and intensity for a Masters athlete. These are two of the main programming variables, and all athletes need a blend of intensity (heavy-ness) and volume (how many reps) to drive adaptation in their desired physical skill: strength, conditioning, hypertrophy, etc. And in general, both intensity and volume must go up over time to increase the a...
2020-12-3146 min40fit Radio#113 - Getting Warm When the Weather Is ColdIn the strength community, the typical advice about warmups is to start warming up with the first barbell lift you will be performing. For many people, especially novices, this will be the squat, so the warm-up would consist of a couple sets of five with the empty bar, then a few progressively heavier sets until the lifter is ready for his or her working sets. It's quick, efficient, and, prepares most lifters for the task at hand -- squatting. Masters athletes, however, may find that they need more than the barbell to get warm before their workout.
2020-12-1126 min40fit RadioMotion Is Lotion: The Secret to Long-Term Joint HealthCoach D and Coach Trent continue the discussion on sustainable fitness by diving deeper on the topic of joint health. As the saying goes, "motion is lotion," but what kind of motion should we be doing in training, and is there such thing as too much? As with many things, moderation is key, and periods of strength training with heavy loads followed by periods of lighter loads with perhaps more focus on muscle hypertrophy or conditioning is an intelligent way to stay strong, muscular, and fit without sacrificing your joint health in the process. Connect w...
2020-12-0244 min40fit RadioCoaches' Corner: Fitness and Health Is a Long-Term ProjectCoach Charity Hambrick returns to the podcast for a sort of "coaches' roundtable," an impromptu discussion between three coaches talking shop about training, programming philosophy, and long-term health and fitness. As Coach D reminds us, we're all organisms with a certain trajectory. We're born, we grow and develop, we reach maturity, and not long after, we decline into old age and, eventually, death. As coaches, our goal is to help people maximize their time "between the dash" and live productive, useful lives by helping them build foundational strength, sustainable training and eating habits, and a long-term mindset regarding their...
2020-11-1957 min40fit RadioFitness for the Reluctant Trainee with Charity HambrickWhat if you just don't like exercise? What if you have trouble sticking with anything physically hard? How do overcome these hurdles? Not everyone falls in love with training, and that's OK. You can still enjoy the health and physique benefits of training! Strength coach and accomplished Master's lifter Charity Hambrick talks about some strategies for helping the reluctant trainee integrate training into their life and daily habits. We have to do many things we don't always enjoy, Charity points out, like going to work, paying taxes, doing yard work. We do these things because w...
2020-10-2558 min40fit RadioThe Sustainable Fitness MindsetCoach D and Coach Trent discuss the importance of training with a long-term mindset and an eye on sustainability -- training smart now so you that you can keep training for years! Trent analogizes fitness with cars. If you let a car sit for months, or years, then it starts to deteriorate. A car must run regularly to be healthy. On the other hand, if everywhere you go, you slam on the accelerator and run the RPM's into the red, then slam on the brakes every time you need to stop... well, then your car i...
2020-10-1830 min40fit RadioRegenerative Medicine for the Masters Athlete with Dr. Daniel Clearfield Pt. 2In Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Clearfield, he explains how he "helps the body heal itself" using treatments such as proliferative therapy, joint manipulation, platelet-rich plasma injections, and traditional physical therapy and exercise. Dr. Clearfield also discusses his process for analyzing and diagnosing a new patient. You can find out more about Dr. Clearfield and his practice here: https://www.motionismedicinedfw.com IG: @motionismedicinesportsmed Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-10-0941 min40fit RadioRegenerative Medicine for the Masters Athlete with Dr. Daniel ClearfieldAs we've said many times, training for strength improves tissue quality, flexibility, and joint health, especially for Masters lifters who have accumulated some bumps and bruises along the road of life. However, some Masters trainees find that even after they have acquired a solid baseline level of strength, they have lingering issues such as tendonitis/tendonopathy, arthritis, or limited range of motion that cannot be resolved by strength training alone. Enter Dr. Clearfield, DO, board-certified sports medicine physician, and practitioner of regenerative medicine. The aim of regenerative medicine is to improve tissue health and function u...
2020-10-0242 min40fit RadioThe Secret to Success Is Hidden In Your Daily RoutineWant to change your body, change your health, change the way you eat and train? It all starts with the habits you cultivate, and your daily routine. Many folks start a fitness program because they have been driven to change. Something has pushed them over the edge -- the way they look, the way they feel, a negative prognosis -- and they want to make a change now. The problem is, motivation only lasts so long. Real change occurs slowly, over time, and the thing which ensures someone will make long-lasting change, and achieve their goals, is the daily...
2020-09-1831 min40fit RadioFresh Eyes: The Importance of Getting New Perspectives on Your TrainingConsistency is the key to progress in fitness and nutrition, and that often means doing the same thing workout to workout (ensuring you have a logical progression built into your training program) for long periods of time. Fitness is a marathon, not a sprint, after all. But sometimes the slow, steady nature of training creates the possibility for creep -- for trainees, technique or "form creep," and for coaches, coaching creep, or simply losing perspective on the goals and programming for the trainee. So, how do avoid creep in your training? Get a coach, if y...
2020-09-1126 min40fit RadioTraining with Joint ReplacementsCoach D delivers an overview of total joint replacements, their effectiveness, their limitations, and the considerations for training before and after surgery. Modern medicine has developed artificial joints which can replace damaged or worn out joints in the human body, often with great results. As new materials have been introduced to the protheses, artificial joints have become lighter, more durable, more functional with greater range of motion, and longer lasting. However, they do have a shelf life, and the biological interface of organic human tissue with the replacement eventually fails. Therefore trainees should consider a n...
2020-09-0156 min40fit RadioMeet Brad: Using the Barbell to Conquer Back Pain and ObesityIn another 40fit athlete profile, Fort Worth Strength member Brad Lamar joins the show to talk about his amazing journey of losing 50lbs and nearly 10in off his waist while getting stronger and leaner than he's ever been. Brad is a 49-year old IT professional in the healthcare industry who began training with a history of inactivity and back pain. At 5' 11" and 285lbs he was significantly obese. However, he began a novice linear progression with the barbell, lifting 3x per week with the big lifts: squat, press, bench press, and deadlift. As he gained s...
2020-08-2128 min40fit Radio#102 - Meet Clif: Treating Diabetes with Iron MedicineToday a member of Fort Worth Strength & Conditioning joins the show to discuss his journey going from overweight and diabetic to fit and strong with well-managed blood sugar. Clif Hadley is a 61-year old IT professional with no prior athletic background (well, not since high school at least!) and no background with lifting weights. He found himself in his late 50's overweight with midline obesity, high A1C levels, and poor control over his blood sugar throughout the day. Making some basic dietary changes such as cutting out processed carbs (especially breads) and doing cardiovascular e...
2020-08-1433 min40fit RadioKnee Pain, "Bad" Knees, and Why You Still Need to SquatBack pain may be the most common type of pain humans experience, but knee pain is a close second. What do you do if you have painful knees, but still need to train? Coach D and Trent discuss the anatomy of the knee, the various causes of knee pain, and tips for training through knee pain. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-08-0154 min40fit RadioTips for Training with Back PainBack pain is ubiquitous, and an unfortunate reality of being human. As Darin and Trent described in their four-part series of back pain (see episodes 28, 29, 31, and 33), it is a complex problem with many facets, including structural, psychological, and even social causes. That said, many trainees will encounter back pain during their training, so in this episode Darin and Trent lay out some practical tips for modifying training to accommodate back pain. As always, we suggest actually doing the program first. Follow the principles of strength training, laid out in Starting Strength, and train the big b...
2020-07-2652 min40fit Radio#99 - Stalling Out on Linear Progression? EAT MORE FOOD!Coach D and Trent are back after a short break to talk about some trainee's reluctance to increase their calories while barbell training and conditioning. Perhaps driven by a fear of "getting fat," some trainees try to restrict their calories, particularly their carbohydrate intake, during the novice linear progression, frequently causing them to stall early on the program and fail to make body composition changes. While Darin and Trent have covered the science before in the episodes with Robert Santana, the psychological barrier to eating more calories remains. As Trent points out, once you decide t...
2020-07-1823 min40fit RadioModifying the Lifts for Tight and Injured ShouldersCoach D and Coach Trent discuss how they modify the barbell lifts and the novice linear progression for trainees with weak, injured, or tight shoulders. As always, they stick by the basic principle of making the lifter adapt to the model and the process, not adapting the process to fit the lifter. Often, simply following the process with attention to executing good technique will solve movement problems related to weakness or range of motion within a few weeks of starting the novice LP. However, some lifters continue to struggle after following the process, at which p...
2020-06-2654 min40fit RadioA Case Study in Barbell Training: Jay Presti's 12-Week TransformationProfessional hunter, videographer, and host of the show Blue Collar Adventures, Jay Presti, returns to the show to share the progress he's made barbell training during his novice linear progression. After just 12 weeks of training, Jay has increased each of his lifts by more than double, he's dropped his body fat percentage by 6.5 points, improved his focus, and is feeling stronger and healthier than ever. Jay began the novice linear progression in early March with starting lifts of: Squat - 95x5x3 Press - 65x5x3 Deadlift - 205x5x...
2020-06-1958 min40fit Radio#96 - Fitness Insights from the QuarantineCoach D and Trent reflect on the recent quarantine and how it has impacted their thinking about health and fitness. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-06-1230 min40fit RadioProgramming for Women: Sets and RepsFollowing Ep. 94's discussion on sets and reps, Coach D and Coach Trent discuss some of the programming changes they make for female trainees during the novice progression and throughout the advanced novice phase. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-05-2939 min40fit RadioSets, Reps, and Programming for the Advanced NoviceCoach D and Trent discuss the rationale behind the novice linear progression's use of 3 sets of 5 for the squat, press, and bench, and 1 set of 5 for the deadlift. They also discuss how and why these rep ranges can be altered as a trainee reaches the end of the novice phase and transitions through the advanced novice phase into intermediate training. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-05-2347 min40fit RadioSafetyism and the Coddling of the American MindWhere do you draw the line between safety and logic? In today’s episode we discuss the three great “untruths” that pervade American culture. The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt: https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation-ebook/dp/B076NVFT5P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=556Q9COY5VG2&dchild=1&keywords=coddling+of+the+american+mind&qid=1589741849&sprefix=coddling+of+the+a%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1 Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-05-1550 min40fit RadioDon't Call It A Comeback! What to Do When You Go Back to the GymCoach Darin and Trent discuss how to adjust your program after a prolonged layoff. As the world begins to open up from quarantine, many people will be able to go to the gym for the first time in several weeks. Detraining is an inevitable result of such a long layoff, however, so care must be taken when returning to the gym to avoid extreme soreness, injury, or overtraining. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-05-0832 min40fit RadioHeavier Things: Why Masters Need to Lift HeavyCoach D and Trent have extolled the virtues of lifting barbells for years now. Yet some Masters lifters shy away from lifting heavy in fear that they might hurt themselves, or that it's too tough on their joints. Lifting heavy is not only the best way to build strength, it's essential for building and maintaining healthy joints! Like all things, however, lifting heavy should be done in moderation if health and longevity are the goal. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-04-2458 min40fit RadioPlaying the Long GameThe fitness world is awash in gurus peddling "the last word" in fitness and health. Even reasonable trainees following time-tested programs can get tunnel vision and fail to address other aspects of their health and fitness. At 40fit, Coach D and Trent believe in a well-balanced approach to fitness driven by the trainee's personal goals. And we temper that approach with an eye on the long game -- that is, training, eating, and living in a manner that maximizes long-term health, not just athletic performance. RIP Peter Nathan -- coach, athlete, and true Renaissance man.
2020-04-1751 min40fit Radio#89 - Staying Positive (But Not for COVID-19)Many of those in the 40fit Nation are in week three (or longer) of city or statewide lockdowns, and dire headlines continue to dominate the media outlets. So Coach D and Trent are sharing today some ways they are staying positive and productive in the midst of the madness. Be purposeful with your media consumption. Maintain an analytic mindset about the facts, the source of the facts, and be aware when media is making an emotional appeal rather than reporting the facts (which is just about all the time). Make lists of the positive things in y...
2020-04-1033 min40fit RadioHow to Build a Strong Immune System with Robert SantanaThe COVID-19 pandemic has gotten many people thinking about their immune system, and how well equipped their body is for fighting pathogens. The body's immune system, of course, is the complex integration of multiple body systems (circulatory, lymphatic, integumentary, etc.) which collectively fight and protect against foreign antigens and pathogens in our bodies. In today's episode, Robert Santana (PhD, dietitian, and Starting Strength Coach) returns to the podcast to discuss ways that you can build a more robust immune system. As Coach D and Trent have mentioned numerous times on the podcast, training and genetics i...
2020-04-031h 0640fit Radio#86 - Getting in Shape for the Hunting Season with Jay PrestiCoach D and Trent talk with hunter, marksman, and former professional cowboy Jay Presti about beginning strength training to stay strong and healthy for his high country hunts around the world. Jay and his partner Crystal operate Blue Collar Adventures, a television show on the Pursuit Channel that showcases their exotic hunts. Jay frequently hunts in remote locations with difficult terrain and high elevations. In addition to hunting gear, he carries cameras, batteries, and the other equipment needed to film his show -- all of which adds up to a heavy pack! Clearly, developing a h...
2020-03-2750 min40fit RadioQuarantine Fitness: Staying In Shape When You Can't Go to the GymThe world is on lockdown at the moment as we deal the COVID-19 pandemic, and that means many are stuck at home without access to a gym. We're not letting that slow down the gainzzz train though! Today Coach Darin and Coach Trent discuss ways to keep training and stay fit, with little or no equipment. Our thoughts are with everyone in the 40fit Nation that is struggling during this time, and we urge everyone that is able to keep training and stay strong. We hope that your workouts can be a sanctuary and a p...
2020-03-2040 min40fit RadioShould We Believe the Hype? Thoughts on Coronavirus COVID-19Coach D and Coach Trent discuss the current panic over COVID-19, a novel coronavirus which was recently declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. World Health Organization WHO - Current Stats CDC CDC - Disease Burden of Influenza Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-03-1319 min40fit Radio#84 - Programming Around Sports & Recreation (Conjugate vs Concurrent Model)Today Coach D and Trent discuss how to train and program around a sport or other recreational activity, such as mountain biking, running, rock climbing, etc. And the short answer is... it depends! There are many variables to consider when programming around a sport or activity, especially when that sport or activity has high physical demands. We only have so much recovery resources in the bucket, so to speak, and while we can make the bucket bigger over time though training, recovery is a finite resource. Both training and sport/recreation will draw from the b...
2020-03-0648 min40fit Radio#83 - Going Lean: Four Keys to Fat LossCoach D discusses four elements of fat loss that he considers when helping trainees lose body fat. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-02-2943 min40fit Radio#82 - Testosterone 101 with Dr. Willie VillarealToday we welcome Willie Villareal back to the podcast and join him for a deep dive into testosterone, normal levels we should look for, the pros and cons of TRT, and how training, nutrition, and lifestyle habits drive our hormone and testosterone levels. You can find Dr. Villareal at his practice in Conroe, TX (Houston area) Core Sports Health. He also performs online consultations via BodMD. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-02-211h 1640fit Radio#81 - Equipment Basics (and Some Fun Stuff Too)You asked for equipment talk... so today we're talking equipment. Everything you need for barbell training, basic conditioning, and more! Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Nation 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-02-1451 min40fit Radio#80 - Conditioning Myths BUSTEDConditioning is not a magic bullet. It's just a tool. And like all tools. it works best when used for the right purpose. Nevertheless, we receive a lot of questions about conditioning, and have noticed some persistent myths and misunderstandings about it. Today Coach D and Trent put on their mythbuster hats and discuss the correct application for conditioning for a well-rounded athlete and person. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-02-0749 min40fit Radio#79 - What To Do When You FailIt's inevitable... someday you're going to miss a rep. What then? One of the most common questions we get is what to do when you fail to complete all your working sets during the novice linear progression. First of all, don't panic! It's bound to happen. In this episode, Coach D and Trent walk through some practical tips for evaluating where you are in the novice LP and how to handle your workouts going forward. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-01-3138 min40fit Radio#78 - Call to Action: 2020There's so much to talk about when it comes to health and fitness, but we don't want to just spout off anything. We want to hear from YOU. What do you want to hear in 2020? What topics do you want us cover, what are you curious about? Send us an email at info@40fit.com with your suggestions, comment on Instagram @40fitradio or Facebook 40fit Nation, and we'll make sure 40fit Radio is putting out what you want to hear! Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit...
2020-01-1707 min40fit Radio#77 - Changing the Narrative about Health & Fitness in 2020It's time to change the story you tell about your health and fitness. New Year? New you narrative! Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2020-01-1051 min40fit Radio#76 - Accessorize Your Program with... Accessory Lifts!Happy New Year folks! We LOVE the big compound lifts, but sometimes you need a little more in your training. Or maybe you need a little extra recovery between heavy bouts of training. In both scenarios, accessory lifts can be used to fill the gaps, increasing the volume of work you're performing each training cycle without dipping too far into your recovery resources. There are 1,001 accessory lifts we could talk about, so today's episode focuses on the reasons you should incorporate accessory lifts into your training, how to program them, and a...
2020-01-0339 min40fit Radio#75 - The Bench Press... The Ultimate "Accessory Lift?"Coach D and Trent wrap up their discussion of the compound lifts with the Bench Press -- sometimes included in the Big Four compound lifts, although we consider it more of an optional Big Lift. To be sure, the bench press is an important upper body lift, and everyone who can do it should do it! The bench does come with some caveats, however, when it comes to shoulder mobility and health that Masters athletes need to understand when programming. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-12-1356 min40fit Radio#74 - The Deadlift, or How to Pick Stuff Up and Put It Back DownFrom the beginning, man has had a need (and a strange desire) to pick stuff up and put it back down again. It shouldn't be a surprise then that the deadlift is one of the Big 3 compound lifts that should make up any good training program. Despite the growing popularity of Crossfit, strongman, and powerlifting in recent years -- all of which feature the deadlift as a core element of programming and competition -- the deadlift has a negative reputation. This is a shame, because the deadlift is perhaps the most "functional" of all the l...
2019-12-0352 min40fit Radio#73 - Pressing Matters: The Most Important Upper Body You'll Ever DoCoach D and Trent explain why the Press is the most important upper body lift you'll ever do. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-11-2645 min40fit Radio#72 - One Lift to Rule Them All? The SquatCoach D and Trent kick off their deep dive into the compound lifts with an examination of The Squat (that's right, capitalized) and why it's the mother of all lifts. If you don't have squats in your exercise program... you don't know Squat! Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-11-1539 min40fit Radio#71 - The Big Lifts: 3 Compound Lifts to Kickstart Your Exercise ProgramCoach Darin Deaton and Trent Jones are kicking off a new series about the so-called "Big Lifts" -- the squat, press, and deadlift -- that comprise the majority of the exercises in any good strength program. Why the big lifts? They are simple, hard, and effective. With just three exercises (and, for most people, the bench press as well) you can get very strong, and build a functional and aesthetically pleasing body with the least amount of time. They work so well because they fulfill the basic criteria for strength that Rippetoe lays out in S...
2019-10-2936 min40fit RadioBad Advice from Good Doctors Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-10-1533 min40fit Radio#69 - Setting Better Goals for Your FitnessCoach D and Trent discuss the importance of setting good fitness goals, and allowing those goals to evolve and change over time. While all novices should focus on building a solid foundation of strength, intermediate trainees can direct their training in so many different directions, it's easy to get lost. Some trainees get into competition, whether it's racing, cycling, powerlifting, or something else, which naturally directs the course of their training -- the training is designed to produce improved performance in their sport of choice. For the competitive athlete, not much thought is given to l...
2019-10-0130 min40fit Radio#68 - The Philosophy of Weight Loss with Strength Coach and Classicist Karl SchudtCoach D and Trent dive into the topic of diet and weight loss again, this time joined by fellow strength coach Karl Schudt. Karl is eclectic and erudite, with a broad educational background (he has degrees in engineering and theology as well as a PhD in philosophy) and a solid grounding in strength and conditioning. In his late 40's, Karl is exactly the kind of person we like to see in the 40fit Nation -- strong, healthy, good body composition, and educated. At a height of 5' 11" and weighing about 240lbs, Karl squats and deadlifts i...
2019-09-2154 min40fit Radio#69 - You Are NOT Your MRICoach D and Trent discuss some recent conversations with patients and gym members about medical diagnostics and how they present an incomplete picture of health. Nevertheless, a scary looking MRI or conservative advice from a doctor can often lead people to inaction and fear avoidance -- in other words, avoiding taking active control of the problem by training and helping their body recover. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-09-1339 min40fit Radio#66 - Dining Out Without Blowing Your Diet with Robert SantanaRobert Santana -- Starting Strength Coach, Registered Dietitian, and Head Nutrition Coach for Barbell Logic Online Coaching -- returns to the podcast to talk about the "restaurant trap" and how to avoid going off the rails next time you dine out. Let's face it, eating out is a big part of American culture. Restaurants serve as social hubs on the weekends and offer a bit of reprieve from the daily work grind. Even supposedly "healthy" restaurants are fraught with traps that can wreck your macros. With a little planning and some basic strategies, however, you ca...
2019-08-3052 min40fit Radio#65 - Fitness Is Bigger Than...Coach D and Coach Trent reflect on dogma in the fitness industry, and why some methods and styles of training become close-minded and insular over time. They explore the idea of using a model as the basis for a training program, and the shortcomings of complexity in the models. Ultimately, your fitness is bigger than your method, to paraphrase Coach D, and it's important to cultivate a skeptical mindset in which you search for good science, good principles, and then search for training methods built on those. It's ok to be dogmatic about principles, but keep an open mind...
2019-08-1736 min40fit Radio#64 - CNS Fatigue: Is It A Factor for Training?Coach D examines the popular notion of central nervous system (CNS) fatigue and whether it's an important factor for training and sports performance. He looks at some of the literature, and dispels some misconceptions about using CNS as a measure of training fatigue. Studies Darin references during the show: Sustained contraction at very low forces produces prominent supraspinal fatigue in human elbow flexor muscles: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17463302 Study of the Effect of Stress on Skeletal Muscle Function in Geriatrics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3939594/ ...
2019-08-0221 min40fit Radio#63 - Women & Healthy Aging: Balancing Competition, Fun, and Health with JoJo BrintonToday our good friend JoJo Brinton -- a crossfitter and strength athlete -- joins Trent and Coach D to talk about her fitness journey from YMCA aerobics to Crossfit to barbell training. In her late 40's, JoJo is a model of healthy aging -- strong, lean, and cardiovascularly fit for just about anything. However her fitness has not always come easily, as she sustained some knee injuries during sports requiring surgery (and will eventually require joint replacement). Through her fitness journey she has learned the value of strength and balancing recreational activity in a way that allows her to...
2019-07-1957 min40fit Radio#62 - Lessons from the "Character Zone" with Minister Cliff CanipeToday Coach D's good friend Cliff Canipe joins the podcast to discuss the importance of strength and pursuing voluntary hardship for developing character and leadership. Cliff is an international minister based out of South Africa. He travels throughout the continent working with local church leaders to develop their theology, their church operations, and leadership presence in the local community. Cliff is a man of God, but his version of Christianity is by necessity a rugged and practical one. Working primarily in poor, underprivileged areas of the world, he regularly calls upon both physical strength as w...
2019-07-1246 min40fit Radio#61 - Fat & Weak to Strong & Sleek Pt. 2: Setting Macros for Weight Loss with Robert SantanaIn Part 2 of our discussion with Starting Strength Coach, Registered Dietitian, and nutrition expert Robert Santana, we learn how to set appropriate macronutrients for weight loss, and what to expect during the weight loss process for a novice lifter. You can follow Robert on Instagram @the_robert_santana where he posts helpful nutrition tips and tricks. You can also find him at Barbell Logic Online Coaching and Renaissance Periodization, where he offers customized, one-on-one strength and nutrition coaching. If you're in the Phoenix area, be sure to check out his new gym Weights and Plates!...
2019-07-0649 min40fit Radio#60 - Fat & Weak to Strong & Sleek: 3 Habits to a Better Body with Robert SantanaToday we welcome back Starting Strength Coach and Registered Dietitian Robert Santana! Robert joins us to talk about making the transition from weak and overweight to strong and lean. Specifically, we look at a theoretical 45-year old woman who needs to lose about 40lbs of bodyfat while increasing her strength and muscle mass. In the course of coaching hundreds of clients, Robert has developed a nutrition coaching style that revolves around habits and accountability, rather than macros and calorie counting. Although he adapts to a person's preference for tracking, he prefers to start by having t...
2019-06-2837 min40fit Radio#59 - Using Strength and Speed Training to PR the Boston Marathon | Michelle Baker, DPTCoach D and Coach Trent welcome runner, rock climber, wakesurfer, and physical therapist Michelle Baker, DPT to discuss her training for the Boston Marathon. Michelle PR'd her previous marathon time for by 23 minutes, ending with a race time of 3:34:51. She credits her success to a combination of regular strength training, interval/speed work, and nutrition experience gained from her previous marathons. Michelle is an all-around athlete, having played sports from a young age. After a layoff from sports in college, she discovered endurance training while in PT school and began running 5k and 10k races. Sh...
2019-06-2159 min40fit RadioAll About CONDITIONINGCoach D and Coach Trent dive into the nuts and bolts of conditioning in today's episode. Conditioning Concepts was one of the foundational episodes at the beginning of the podcast, explaining the metabolic pathways or energy systems of the body, and how they fuel different types of activity. Today's show details the nuts and bolts of incorporating conditioning into your training program, including concurrent conditioning and strength training. First off, a disclaimer. Conditioning is not for novices! If you have not run through a novice linear progression and built a solid strength base, you don't n...
2019-06-141h 0440fit Radio#57 - How To Manage An Injury: A Case StudyIt's a busy time of year at Deaton ranch, with tons of hay waiting to be bailed, barns being built, and horses needing to be worked. Recently, while working out a small gelding in the arena, Darin got bucked and -- because he was using an unfamiliar saddle -- was unable to kick off properly to avoid getting pinned by the falling horse. The 800lbs gelding landed squarely on his outstretched left leg, on the knee. In today's show, Coach D walks through his process of dealing with the injury, from assessment to treatment and rehab, as well as...
2019-06-0730 min40fit Radio#56 - The Importance of Rest & Digital DetoxLast week we discussed the importance of work -- especially physical work -- and it's impact on the mind and body. This week is a 180; we're talking about rest. Now, when we discuss training we often talk about recovery in terms of food and sleep. Sleep is a crucial part of rest, indeed, but it's not the whole picture. Rest is both recovery, in a training sense, and recuperation for your hormonal and mental health. We know that psychological stress is stress on the body, just like stress from lifting heavy weights, doing a hard c...
2019-05-3127 min40fit Radio#55 - Put Your Fitness To WorkCoach D is back with a solo show reflecting on his recent trip to his ranch in Stephenville, TX. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-05-2412 min40fit Radio#54 - Why I Left Crossfit for Starting StrengthCoach D discusses his departure from CrossFit and the reason he sold his CrossFit gyms to eventually open a Starting Strength affiliate gym. Coach D and Coach Trent also examine the philosophical and practical differences between the two training methods. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-05-1051 min40fit Radio#52 - Posture & Aging: Can We Change Our Posture?We've all heard them all before, so often that they stick with us even today. Fix your posture! Shoulders back! Stand up straight! Stern motherly commands reminding us of our postural deficiencies and exhorting us to repair them. This assumes poor posture is a choice, however, and that posture can be changed. Coach D explains how posture is the result of both genetics, environment, and our habits, and discusses whether poor posture is something that can -- or should -- be fixed. What is good posture, anyway? Coach D explains normal, good posture as measured a...
2019-04-2639 min40fit Radio#51 - Tweaks, Pops, and Pulls: How to Train Through InjuriesAs we discussed in Episode #14, life occasionally decides to deload you. It happens in a variety of ways: schedule changes, crazy workloads, moving, or perhaps an injury. Some of these road blocks are just that -- temporary setbacks in training -- and we do our best to train through them, albeit at a slower pace. Other road blocks, like injuries, stop us completely. Often it's not clear, especially to new trainees, what is a temporary setback and what is a true injury. How do we tell the difference? Coach D and Trent walk through the s...
2019-04-1949 min40fit Radio#50 - Training Through Adversity: A Pep TalkFifty episodes in the BOOKS!! Thanks for sticking with us so far, sharing your challenges and successes with us, and walking this fitness journey with us. Today Coach D and Coach Trent have a little pep talk about training through adversity. It's a word that coaches throw around a lot, and it's kinda vague. That's intentional -- adversity can be a lot of things. It usually means different things to different people. Maybe it's lifting the barbell when you've got a muscle injury, maybe it's finding time to train with a crazy busy family life, maybe it's laying off...
2019-04-1222 min40fit Radio#49 - Stop Wasting Time in the Gym!Coach Darin and Trent talk about time wasters in the gym, and why (how) you should stop doing them! Everyone is "busy" these days, but we know some very busy people that still make time to train 3 days a week. The key is being intentional with your training, and avoiding some common time sinks. Workouts do not have to take two hours or more! Darin's first tip: walk in the gym and decide that you are going to train. It sounds simple, but framing your mindset in a positive, productive manner tends to make you m...
2019-04-0536 min40fit Radio#48 - Ladies Night at Fort Worth StrengthCoach D talks to the ladies of Fort Worth Strength & Conditioning today about their experience strength training with barbells. The ladies train in their own class on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings, and they bring it every time. There is a wide range of ages, backgrounds, and experience in the class, but all share a common drive to get stronger under the bar and improve themselves physically and mentally. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-03-2942 min40fit Radio#47 - Building an Iron Body, Iron Mind at 88 Years Old with Doug Eidd of Doug's GymDoug Eidd, owner of Doug's Gym, the oldest barbell gym in America at the time of its closing in 2018, joins us today to share his perspective on health and fitness after over 60 years of experience training himself and thousands of others. In his own words, after a lifetime of training he has realized he already knew what he needed to know at 16, when he began training with weights to develop his strength and build muscular size. Looking for work after the Korean War, Doug briefly considered PT school but was steered away by a friend i...
2019-03-221h 0640fit Radio#46 - What Is Your Why? Finding Your Motivation for FitnessCoach D and Trent discuss their motivations for training and living a healthy lifestyle, as well as what draws people to the gym. Most people understandably begin their fitness journey out of a desire to look better in the mirror, to "look good naked" as Darin likes to say. This is a fine goal, and one we probably all share to some extent, but people that end up sticking with it, that end up training for months, years, and decades, usually do it for a higher purpose. What is this higher purpose? It's a spectrum, w...
2019-03-1535 min40fit Radio#45 - The Elements of Coaching & How To Be A Coachable ClientCoach D and Trent discuss what makes a coach, and how clients can apply the basics of coaching to get the most out of their experience training with a coach. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-03-0833 min40fit Radio#42 - Strong Shoulders Pt. 1: The Anatomy of A Strong ShoulderAfter lower back pain, shoulder issues might just be the most common form of injury and aches and pains experienced in the gym and on the field. When you consider the anatomy and physiology of this complex joint, it's no surprise. The shoulder is a somewhat delicate ball-and-socket joint, loosely slung by a capsule of ligaments, tendons, cartilage and muscle. Yet it's delicate nature allows for tremendous range of motion, one of the largest ranges in the human body, and allows us to take advantage of our dextrous hands. Shoulder aches and pains are just a...
2019-02-1537 min40fit Radio#41 - Why So (Up)Tight? Mobility and Flexibility for LifeIn episode #5 we discussed one of the ten general physical skills: flexibility, and it's analog mobility. Most people believe that they are not flexible enough, that they need more mobility, and the path to acquiring it lies in a gauntlet of contortionism. Or yoga. How much flexibility and mobility do we really need though? Is it possible to be too flexible? How much time should we allocate to mobility work? Coach D takes us through the research and his decades of coaching experience to answer these questions. To recap, flexibility is defined as the range o...
2019-02-081h 0240fit Radio#40 - How Strong Is Strong Enough?It's an innocent question... when is strong, strong enough? For most people, the answer is never. They will never be strong enough. Because most people aren't actually training, and if they are training they are not training for strength. Those of us in the 40fit Nation aren't most people though. So back to the question: how strong is strong enough? Like many things, the answer is "it depends." Mainly, it depends on your goals and interests, and how much priority you place on them in life. For the competitor, the athlete, she may never be st...
2019-02-0131 min40fit Radio#39 - How We Get Stronger, Faster, and More Enduring: The SRA CycleLast episode we posed the question: why do our workouts have to be so hard? The scientific answer to this question lies in the concept of the stress-recovery-adaptation cycle, or SRA cycle, derived from Hans Selye's work in the first half of the twentieth century. Simply put, in order to generate an adaptation, which we would recognize as an increase in one or more of the ten general physical skills (strength, endurance, mobility, etc), then you must progressively increase the amount of stress applied during the training program. That is the nature of training: it must become "harder" over...
2019-01-2541 min40fit Radio#38 - Why So Hard? Why HARD Is Part of the ProgramAs the saying goes, it's a feature, not a bug. Hard, that is. Any training program worth its salt must be hard, at least part of the time. Connect with 40fit Radio 40fit website Facebook 40fit Masters Community 40fit Radio on Instagram
2019-01-1826 min40fit Radio#37 - Practical Dieting: Cracking the Code on Bodyfat and Nutrition with Robert Santana, Pt. 2Robert Santana is back for part 2 of a deep conversation on nutrition, dieting for bodyfat loss, and fostering healthy eating habits for sustainable weight loss. In this episode, Santana breaks down the roles of the macronutrients in a weight loss situation, and explains why carbs are NOT evil (and in fact do not lead to body fat gain). He explains why it's the combination of high fat and carbohydrate -- especially in processed foods -- that leads to caloric surplus and, therefore, body fat gain. He also offers some practical advice for very overweight or o...
2019-01-1158 min40fit Radio#36 - Why Do We Get Fat? Cracking the Code on Bodyfat and Nutrition with Robert Santana, RD, SSCCoach D sits down with dietician and Starting Strength Coach Robert Santana to talk about the million dollar question: how do you lose fat, and keep it off? First, it's important to understand why we get fat -- the body chemistry of fat and muscle gain -- and where we've missed the mark on the science of fat loss in our modern culture. Santana discusses the phenomenon of the skinny fat body, sometimes referred to as "dad bod," and why we need to shift our ideas about "weight loss" toward "muscle gain." Many people who f...
2019-01-0455 min40fit Radio#35 - "I'm Too (...) to Train": Ditch Your Excuses and Get Ahead of Your New Years ResolutionEveryone's got one, and they all stink. We're not talking about opinions. We're talking about excuses. As the New Year approaches -- and along with it new resolutions and promises to change old habits -- it's easy to imagine yourself six months or a year later with exactly the body you want, performing exactly the skills you want to learn, achieving all your goals... but it doesn't work like that. Time and time again, people make resolutions and fail, often before the first quarter of the year has come and gone. Why does this happen? I...
2018-12-2123 min40fit Radio#34 - Training Out of Your ElementCoach D and Coach Trent discuss how routine and habits can impact your mindset and sometimes get in the way of good training. As the saying goes, humans are creatures of habit, and that holds true for training. Whether it's a pair of lucky underwear, a rocking tune, or doing the haka before a PR deadlift, we all develop habits and quirks which help us focus, clear our minds, and prepare to train. But what do you do when something's off? Maybe you left your gym bag at home and you're without a belt and shoes to squat in...
2018-12-1426 min40fit Radio#33 - Lower Back Pain, Pt. 4: Exercise InterventionTrent and Coach D return for round 4 of the series on lower back pain, wrapping up the topic with a meaty discussion about exercise for treating chronic low back pain as well as acute pain from injury. As mentioned in previous episodes, it's very important to first get an accurate diagnosis to understand what you're dealing with before getting back to training. Hard neuro symptoms such as loss of motor function, drop foot, etc. are more serious and may require a different approach to treatment than chronic sciatica, for instance. The diagnosis helps identify the s...
2018-11-301h 1240fit Radio#32 - Coach, Trainer, or Babysitter? What Makes a Real CoachCoach D discusses a recent experience observing the "coaches" at a highly regarded (and premium priced) gym while training on the road. These coaches, while well-intentioned, often serve as little more than rep-counters and, essentially, babysitters for their clients, in the absence of a clear, logical training model, intelligent programming for their clients' goals, rigorous training, and plenty of experience of training themselves. So what makes a good coach? And what kind of qualities should you be looking for when you search for a coach? Need a Coach? Starting Strength Online Coaching The St...
2018-11-1624 min40fit Radio#31 - Lower Back Pain, Pt. 3: Fight Pain with Education and Exposure TherapyCoach D and Trent are back on the topic of back pain, this time tackling the treatment* of back pain. As discussed in previous episodes, many people experiencing back pain lack both strength in their back musculature and proper control over the motor patterns the back was designed to move through. Back pain can lead to nervous system changes in which the patient becomes hypersensitive to new sensations of pain, and it can lead to maladaptive behaviors, which in turn can lead to comorbidities. So, how do we pull someone out of this spiral? Darin r...
2018-11-0934 min40fit Radio#30 - Competing for Yourself: The Value of Masters CompetitionCompetition is deeply woven into the fabric of our world. It drives the animal and plant kingdoms; it is the very beating heart of Nature. Removed as we are from physical competition in the modern world -- our survival needs long ago taken care of by industrialization -- it's easy to become disconnected from the essential drive to compete. Western culture, particularly American culture, complicates this urge by placing a high value on winning, often to such an extent that overshadows the merits of competition itself. For many Americans, the last physical competition they had occurred in high school...
2018-11-0230 min40fit Radio#29 - Lower Back Pain, Pt 2: More Than a Feeling - The Neuroscience of PainIn Part 2 of the back pain miniseries, Coach D and Trent discuss the science of pain. The traditional pain model describes pain as pain messages (nociception) delivered to the brain as a noxious stimulus in response to tissue damage. While this model works well to describe acute pain, such as smashing your fingers in the car door, it does not adequately explain the great number of people who experience pain without tissue damage or other pathology. Likewise it fails to explain people with tissue damage who do not experience any pain. The emerging biopsychosocial model of pain, which describes...
2018-10-2638 min40fit Radio#28 - Lower Back Pain, Pt. 1: How Does Your Spine Work? Anatomy and FunctionIn Part 1 of a new miniseries on lower back pain, Coach D and Trent dive into the causes, treatment, and prevention of back pain, the most common form of pain reported by patients and trainees. First, however, they lay down the foundation for understanding back pain: the anatomy and function of the spine and the musculature and connective tissue of the trunk. Simply put, the spine functions in two ways. First, it rotates, twists, and flexes to allow us to move and perform everyday functions and interact with our world. Generally these movements are performed w...
2018-10-1952 min40fit Radio#27 - Sleep Is for the Strong: How to Improve Your Sleep HabitsThere's a saying that goes "I'll sleep when I'm dead." Well if you don't sleep, you might be dead sooner than you like! We all know intuitively that sleep is very important, and this intuition has been reinforced by the volumes of data coming out of the science community emphasizing the importance of good quantity and quality of sleep. Yet so many of us struggle to sleep well, especially as we age. Coach D offers some tips for improving your sleep habits. Here's a few interesting statistics according to the NIH: At least 40 million A...
2018-10-1232 min40fit Radio#26 - Are You Overtraining? Part 2: Prevention and TreatmentLast week Coach D discussed the signs and symptoms of overtraining. Today he talks about strategies for preventing overtraining and treating it when it does happen. Nutrition - this is one area that blocks the progress of many novice trainees. Your eating habits need to support your training. First and foremost, make sure you are getting enough protein. For most men, this is going to be at least 200g per day, and for most women 150g a day. The majority of that protein should be from animal sources. Secondly, don't ignore carbohydrates! As you advance in y...
2018-10-0524 min40fit Radio#25 - Are You Overtraining? Part 1: The Signs and SymptomsIn the first ten episodes -- the "Foundations" series - we discussed the Stress Recovery Adaptation cycle, a simple yet powerful model that describes how organisms, including ourselves, adapt to stressors in their environment. It also helps us understand how we go about creating the change we want in our bodies. There must be a stress, that stress must be specific to the desired adaptation (i.e. you have to pick up heavy weights to get stronger), and recovery must be sufficient or else the organism gets injured or dies. The SRA cycle is the heart of any systematic...
2018-09-2829 min40fit Radio#24 - Finding Strength in Weakness: The Steve Lawson Story, Pt. 2Continuing from Episode 23, Dr. Steve Lawson recounts his harrowing tale of contracting cerebral malaria while on a mission in Nigeria, then falling ill a few days later in the middle of Siberia on another mission. In Part 2, Steve describes how weak and frail he had become following the sickness, and the utter helplessness he experienced as a result. As a pastor, Steve had often preached about helplessness, losing faith in God and leaning on others for faith. After one particularly bad fall in the hospital during his convalescence, however, he realized he had never really l...
2018-09-2127 min40fit Radio#23 - Surviving Siberia: The Steve Lawson Story, Pt. 1Coach D invites Dr. Steve Lawson back on the podcast to recount his death-defying journey to Siberia and back. While on a mission to Nigeria, Dr. Lawson contracted cerebral malaria -- a particularly deadly expression of the disease -- however his symptoms did not manifest until arriving in Siberia a few days later. At this point he quickly descended into a coma, stuck in an under-equipped hospital in Siberia with only his wife and a fellow Russian pastor... neither of whom were allowed to visit him directly. Most people die within a few days of c...
2018-09-1433 min40fit Radio#22 - Log Your Training! On PaperJournals aren't just for recording your feelz... they are a useful training tool too. Even in today's frenzied technology age, good old pen and paper are the best tools for logging your training and developing a deeper understanding of how well your training is driving you toward your goals. That's not to say there's no place for apps and spreadsheets. These digital tools offer the ability to track trends and metrics very easily and can be accessed on a variety of devices. Yet, the tactile experience of recording your training and training notes in a p...
2018-09-0723 min40fit Radio#21 - Looking Good, Feeling Good Pt. 3: Training for Looks AND PerformanceIn the final installment of the Looking Good, Feeling Good miniseries, Coach D lays his case for training as the lynchpin of fitness, looks, and health. As we've made the case for many times, barbell training is the most efficient and complete method of training for achieving muscle mass, losing fat, and improving physical performance. In fact barbell training is, for general fitness purposes, a complete training modality in and of itself and can be improved upon for years. While no one modality is the "magic bullet" for perfect fitness, barbell training is the closest thing to it.
2018-08-3125 min40fit RadioLooking Good, Feeling Good Pt. 2: Drive Your Body Composition with DietIn the second installment of the Looking Good, Feeling Good miniseries, Coach D takes a deep dive into diet and nutrition for better composition. We covered the basics of nutrition in broad strokes on Episode #6; today we dive deeper into what a diet should look like for achieving good body composition and athletic performance. At the most fundamental, diet is simply the fuel used to power your body. Since the amount of fuel required is determined by your metabolism -- as covered in the previous episode -- diets can look very different from person to p...
2018-08-2424 min40fit Radio#19 - Looking Good, Feeling Good, Pt 1: MetabolismIn the first part of a new miniseries on not just feeling good, but looking good, Coach D walks you through how to understand and improve your metabolism for better body composition. Metabolism is the total energy usage of your body and all its activities, which can be broken down into three broad categories: Resting activity, or all the processes your body uses to maintain life, such as breathing, circulation, digestion, cellular regeneration, and many others. One way to think about it is the total of all the cellular activity in the body; each ce...
2018-08-1731 min40fit Radio#18 - Gym Trickery and Why You Should Avoid ItIf you've spent 5 minutes in a typical globo-gym like LA Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness, etc., then you've seen it. Personal trainers guiding their clients through a series of single-joint exercises (tricep pull-downs, curls, calf raises), abdominal exercises, and other isolation exercises. Endless rows of people on treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, working at various levels of intensity. Lots of people achieving various degrees of "hot and sweaty." Stick around long enough and you'll see the same people, doing the same things, at the same weight (or the same intensity), over and over again. Hours and hours of effort put in, but...
2018-08-1216 min40fit Radio#17 - Living Strong through Seven Decades: Lon WimberlyCoach D interviews his father-in-law Lon Wimberly, a decorated veteran, outdoorsman, and an overall rugged and vigorous man who embodies the 40fit lifestyle. Lon was a pilot in the Vietnam War, earning a bronze air medal and 18 oak clusters for his missions. Despite living a very active lifestyle his whole life, in his seventh decade Lon decided that he needed to get stronger to maintain his function and continue doing the things he loved to do. So, he contacted Darin about learning the barbell lifts and training with the Starting Strength method. L...
2018-08-0351 min40fit Radio#16 - Barbell-o-phobiaBarbellophobia is a condition that affects millions of gym goers worldwide, causing strength loss, gainitis, and a plethora of other diseases and negative outcomes... Ok, maybe that's a stretch, but we do know there are lots of people out there NOT barbell training that nevertheless could benefit. People that want to be healthier, gain back their basic function and independence, look better in a bathing suit - all things for which barbell training is the answer. But why do people shy away from barbells? Coach D and Trent discuss fear of lifting weights, some of t...
2018-07-2724 min40fit Radio#15 - Tina Neuwirth, DPT Talks Lifting for Women, Training During PregnancyCoach D chats with his partner at Riata Therapy Specialists and fellow Doctor of Physical Therapy, Dr. Tina Neuwirth, about strength training for women, strength training during pregnancy, and how she has built and maintained an excellent physique after 3 kids and over 40 years of life experience. Tina is a very strong and fit lifter who squats in the mid-200s at 125lbs bodyweight. She has also been active in the Crossfit community. She is a big advocate of the barbell for strength, function, and health, especially for women's health. Tina trained through all three of h...
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