The Base Strength Podcast is a weekly discussion around the discipline of strength training. Every episode will cover the foundational principles of technique, programming and psychology and how they should influence your approach to getting stronger. Be it for competition or recreation, if your goal involves the use of a barbell, we've got you covered.
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Faz sits down and talks implementing conjugate principles into his training, how he uses RPE and RIR and working around the nutrition needs of his clients.
Sam Shethar sits down to talk about training philosophy, self help books and coaching his 19 year old brother Max to a 2000lb total.
Derek Smith joins me to talk about the intricacies of armwrestling, coaching and his plan to overtake the #1 spot.
Nicolas sits down to talk about the strategies he used to grind his way to being the best in the world and what the future of the sport holds for himself and other 105kg competitors.
Today I sat down with Youtube personality Geoffrey Verity Schofield and talked about fitness trends, programming and the use of PEDs in general fitness culture.
Questioning your program after a few weeks? Know for sure if your program is working with these steps.
We had a blast competing at the Big Tex Strongman Contest in Austin this weekend. I give a short write up and talk about those competitions where winning isn't everything.
Chad Wesley Smith, James Hoffman and Mike Israetel put this book out some years back and it's a gem. Here's a rough overview of what you can expect from the book and why it should be on the short list of required reading for programming.
The man from strongerbyscience.com has put out some good ones; this article follows the history of periodization as an approach to training and questions some of our long standing assumptions about it.
Squat-Bench-Dead works fine, until it doesn't. Learn how to prevent weaknesses and fix current ones by levelling up your exercise selection.
My first book was published just over a year ago and it's been the work that most people identify with me. This is a break down of the principles outlined in the book along with a discussion of what I was trying to do with it and what I plan to do in the future.
Considerations for a killer squat setup.
I think they might..... Amazing wins and heartbreaking losses at the 2022 Arnold Classic.
Cody talks industry phonies, lifting in Iraq and influence and inspirations for his popular programming approach.Get his "TRY TRYING" shirt below!Cody's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/codylefevergzclIG: instagram.com/thefeverfeverBlog: swoleateveryheight.blogspot.com
The honeymoon stage doesn't last forever. Understand now what to expect over a training lifetime so you are ready when motivation creeps to a halt.
All things technique, from growing your guns to setting records on the platform. Now leaving Snap City.
I almost killed myself in training this weekend and it got me thinking.....
Keep your back tight, your shoulders wide and your SRA curve trending up.
Doing hard stuff because, as Randy Strossen put it, "Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies". Also, we French up our squats and review a familiar program.
Spotting crooks and rating lifts. Also, something something 804 bench.
Size and strength are both byproducts of any training program, though one can be specialized in at the expense of the other. This discussion defines those qualities and explains how they are related and how you can use one to improve the other.
With progressive overload, we often concern ourselves with volume, weight and effort. There's a missing piece of that puzzle that could give a breath of fresh air to your training.
Good technique: do you have it? What even is it? Stay tuned...
Good training means good decision making and that means asking questions. We often get trapped into a false dichotomy where we treat different methods as if one will be objectively better than the other. Instead of asking "which is better?", this is how you should look at training options in order to solve problems.
No other movement can create such physical development while being so easy to implement into a training program. This is a short list of why the squat wins as the king of developmental movements. Stay tuned to the end for examples of how I typically incorporate squats with new clients.
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