Podcast appearances and mentions of jim wendler

Welcome to Episode 409 of the Strength Coach Podcast, brought to you by PerformBetter.com, the Experts in Functional Training & Rehabilitation. This week, we're diving into why consistency outshines complexity in training programs and how simple, effective methods can deliver long-term results.  **Highlights of the Episode:- Chat with Coach Mike Boyle: We spoke about the evolution of strength training program design, including updates to his classic book, now retitled "Strength and Conditioning Coaching," and insights on facility design, squat racks, and practical setups.  - **Split Squat Strategies: Discover the benefits of bench block split squats for athletes with knee pain and how they serve as a tactile cue to improve form and reduce discomfort.  - **Jim Wendler's Approach: We explored Jim Wendler's philosophy on simplicity in training, highlighting his program's success with high school athletes and the importance of stacking consistent, quality workouts.  - **Event Spotlight: Perform Better's Functional Training Summit kicks off soon in Chicago, Long Beach, and Providence. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with experts and expand your knowledge!  - **Maximizing the Member Experience: Sumit Seth from Naamly shares powerful tips on building deeper connections with clients through shared experiences and personal touches.  We also touched on practical training techniques, the value of three-day total body workouts, and using fun, game-based conditioning to keep athletes engaged and motivated.  -------------------------------------------------------------------A special thanks to Perform Better, the experts in functional training and rehabilitation, for sponsoring this episode. Check out ⁠Perform Better⁠ (https://www.performbetter.com) for their latest sale, the New Signature Series and all the upcoming education, including this summer's Functional Training Summits.-------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks for listening! Don't forget to subscribe for more insights from top coaches and industry leaders.CHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro03:44 - Member Experience Enhancement with Sumit Seth09:38 - Mike Boyle Interview13:43 - Strength Training Facility Design15:58 - Knee Blocking Techniques with a Bench20:43 - Jim Wendler's Program22:04 - Simplifying Workout Programs27:04 - Training Frequency: 3 Days vs 4 Days29:52 - Optimal Training Days Per Week30:34 - Conditioning Through Games32:13 - Cardio Alternatives for Fitness

Send us a textThe search for the perfect strength training program often leads to over-complication, but Jim Wendler—creator of the iconic 5-3-1 program and former elite powerlifter who once squatted 1,000 pounds—makes a compelling case for simplicity. In this episode, Wendler shares how his lifelong commitment to consistent, basic training transformed him from an average athlete into a multi-sport standout and shaped his no-nonsense coaching philosophy. We dive into his current work revamping a small-town high school football program, where his simple, repeatable training approach has turned a struggling team into playoff regulars and state finalists—all without flashy equipment or complex programming. Wendler explains why executing simple movements with perfect form, building muscle methodically, and fostering belief in young athletes leads to outsized results. He also challenges traditional strength dogma—favoring light weights, extended time at consistent loads, and assistance work—proving that “more isn't better, better is better.” Whether you're a coach, athlete, or just looking to get stronger, this conversation will reframe how you think about training. Follow Jim on Instagram @jimwendler and catch his Friday live Q&As on YouTube.Connect with Jim:@jimwendlerwww.jimwendler.comwww.youtube.com/@JimWendlerBook: 5/3/1 - The Simplest and Most Effective Training System for Raw StrengthLink to the Jim Wendler Forum Support the showPRIMAL FOUNDATIONS PODCAST-Instagram: @Tony_PrimalFoundationsWebsite: Primalfoundations.com The Strength Kollective: Download Kettlebell Programs (Click Here)Book a free 30 minutes consultation (Click Here)

Ist Training nun simpel wie es Rippetoe und andere Coaches erklären oder ist es so kompliziert wie man es an anderer Stelle erklärt bekommt? Ist es doch ein Scam mit dem wir Coaches nur versuchen etwas zu verkaufen? Diese Folge dreht sich darum, was FÜR DICH und DEIN PROGRESS wichtig ist und wie Du weißt was ein guter Coach macht.

Jim Wendler hat mit dem Walrus Program ein Trainingsprogramm für low equipment Garage Gym Training kreiert - heute bekommst Du nicht nur meinen Take dazu, sondern erfährst auch was ich GENAU anders machen würde und warum. Dazu präsentiere ich Dir konkrete Einheiten mit unterschiedlichen Progressionen, damit Du im Homegym wirklich Gains machen kannst!

In this episode of The Absolute Strength Podcast, I'm joined once again by Jim Wendler, author and creator of the popular 5/3/1 program. Making his third appearance on the show, Jim shares his insights on why the fitness industry needs more training guidance tailored to the everyday lifter. We also dive into the idea that your identity in the gym is defined by effort, not just numbers, and discuss his experiences coaching high school football players. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the conversation!   Sign up for the newsletter: https://kylehuntfitness.beehiiv.com/subscribe   Hire Kyle as your coach: http://www.kylehuntfitness.com/services/   Connect with Kyle: KyleHuntFitness@gmail.com http://www.kylehuntfitness.com/     Programs: Powerbuilding: Absolute Progress 2.0 Powerlifting: Absolute Strength 3.0 Bodybuilding: Absolute Muscle   Get 10% OFF PR Breaker Supplements: DISCOUNT CODE: "HUNT" at https://www.prbreaker.com/discount/HUNT

          Jim Wendler is the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. This program has been used by millions of athletes and lifters of all ages and abilities. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375 pound total. He has coached high school athletes, collegiate athletes, trained general populations and spoken globally on the topics of strength training, conditioning, fat-loss, performance and program design. However, Jim Wendler's greatest success is his ability to simplify the complexities of strength training into program variations so that anyone can apply them and achieve their goals using his 5/3/1 Training Program   Links: https://www.jimwendler.com Twitter/X: https://x.com/JWendler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimwendler/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimWendler

Jim Wendler 5/3/1 for Powerlifting: Simple and Effective Training for Maximal Strength is WILDLY popular for a reason. One it is simple. Two, it gets people strong. If Jim originally wrote this program for powerlifters how can it be applied for training athletes? Can it be used for other lifts than just Squat, Bench, Deadlift, and Overhead press? I used to compete in powerlifting, I have my PhD in health and human performance, and I have training athletes for over a decade. In this episode find out how to use 5/3/1 for athletes.___Save on your re-certification to the NSCA and CSCCa with best price CEUs

Send us a textJim Wendler is a well-known figure in the world of powerlifting, strength training, and coaching. With a career that spans decades, Wendler has made a significant impact through his innovative training programs and his approach to strength and conditioning. His journey from competitive powerlifter to influential coach and author is a testament to his dedication, knowledge, and passion for the sport.Wendler began his powerlifting career in the early 2000s, quickly gaining recognition for his impressive lifts and competitive spirit. His dedication to the sport was evident in his relentless pursuit of strength, which culminated in a successful competitive career. Wendler's experiences as a powerlifter laid the foundation for his future endeavors in coaching and program development.One of Wendler's most significant contributions to the strength training community is the creation of the 5/3/1 training program. Introduced in his book, "5/3/1: The Simplest and Most Effective Training System for Raw Strength," the program emphasizes simplicity, consistency, and gradual progression. The 5/3/1 program is based on four main lifts: the squat, deadlift, bench press, and overhead press. It follows a cyclical approach, with each cycle consisting of four weeks of training that progressively increases intensity while allowing for adequate recovery. This method has resonated with countless lifters worldwide, making it one of the most popular and widely adopted strength training programs.Wendler's philosophy extends beyond just lifting weights. He emphasizes the importance of balancing training with other aspects of life, advocating for a holistic approach to fitness. His emphasis on mental toughness, goal setting, and personal responsibility has inspired many athletes to adopt a disciplined and focused mindset both in and out of the gym.In addition to his work as a powerlifter and author, Wendler has also made a name for himself as a football coach. His experience in strength training has provided him with valuable insights into the physical preparation required for football, allowing him to develop effective training programs for his athletes. Wendler's coaching philosophy integrates his principles of strength training, focusing on building a solid foundation of strength, power, and conditioning.Wendler's influence extends beyond the gym and the football field. He is also an avid fan of metal music, often incorporating his passion for music into his training and coaching sessions. This unique blend of strength training and metal culture has created a distinctive and motivating environment for those who follow his programs.Overall, Jim Wendler's contributions to the worlwww.BetterHelp.com/TheBarnhttp://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn http://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnThis episode is sponsored by www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn and brought to you as always by The Barn Media Group. YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@TheBarnPodcastNetwork SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/09neXeCS8I0U8OZJroUGd4?si=2f9b8dfa5d2c4504 APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1625411141 I HEART RADIO https://www.iheart.com/podcast/97160034/ AMAZON https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7aff7d00-c41b-4154-94cf-221a808e3595/the-barn

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Sign up to my newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.strongerdads.co.nz⁠⁠⁠ This week I am joined by Jim Wendler. He is a husband and father of two. Jim is the creator and author of the 531 training program. A program I followed - and had good results from - early in my Powerlifting days (see my blog about it here). We had a great discussion about Jim's early years and his drive to be successful at Football, where he played for the University of Arizona. It was interesting to learn about his ability to focus on a process and develop a plan - not just set a goal - when he was trying to achieve something. A trait he seems to have carried through to more than just his athletic feats. We then discuss how he got into Powerlifting, meeting Dave Tate, and also how the 531 program came to be. We also cover aspects of raising young men and some of the approaches Jim takes to this important role. I have gained a lot from Jim's work over the years - so it was great to get to have a chat with him. Enjoy the episode! _____________________ You can find more from Hayden at the following: Website -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.hjpmethod.co.nz⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram -⁠⁠⁠⁠ @hjp_strongerdads⁠⁠⁠⁠ Research -⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hayden-Pritchard⁠⁠⁠ _____________________ Want to support my work? You can 'Buy Me a Coffee' by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ clicking here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can check out my products by ⁠clicking here⁠.

Something that I try to impress on my kids is the importance of being able to admit when you are wrong and make a change. Too often we spend our time trying to justify why we do what we do rather than trying to challenge it and see if it holds up. But that isn't how we grow. There is a saying about how there is a difference between 10 years of experience and the same year of experience repeated 10 times. For too many people they end up repeating the same things over and over and never really grow or gain experience. One of the areas in my life where this is most apparent is training. I've been working out for over 35 years, I've been a professional trainer for over 20 years and I've been working with mountain bikers since 2005. And in that time you better believe that I've made some mistakes and learned some valuable lessons. In this podcast I wanted to share some of those lessons with you. Hopefully you can learn from some of these mistakes and avoid the same problems I ran into.  You can stream this episode or download the MP3 file by clicking the link below. You‌ ‌can‌ also find the podcast ‌on‌ ‌‌Itunes‌,‌‌ ‌Podbean‌,‌‌ ‌‌Spotify‌‌ ‌‌and‌ ‌all‌ ‌other‌ ‌major‌ ‌podcasting‌ ‌platforms.‌ ‌ You can also read a summary article from the notes for the podcast below… Not doing any “isolation” or “bodybuilding”/ Focusing too much on “functional training” I've talked about this a lot lately but something I've been doing more of in the last few years is more isolation and bodybuilding type training.   I came up at an interesting time in the strength and conditioning field where we were making the switch from bodybuilding to Functional Training. The problem is that you need “isolation” exercises - which build isometric strength and joint strength - and you need bodybuilding type training to build and hold onto muscle mass. You can train like a bodybuilder and still be functional if you are doing other stuff outside of the gym. Plus, as you get older muscle mass becomes a valuable commodity and needs to be trained for. Using too much unstable surface training This is one I haven't been using for a while but back in the day I was really into unstable surface training. I was around when the Swiss Balls first got introduced to the fitness field through a guy named Paul Chek. The rationale behind UST seemed good and I ended up with every size Swiss Ball you could get and used them for just about everything. The problem was that I couldn't get strong or add size, I just got better at balancing on things while lifting weights. Several studies have shown that UST lowers motor unit recruitment, results in lower strength and muscle gains and have very limited carryover to other activities. In other words, it may look cool on Instagram but the results are lacking. Giving too much weight to strength training This is a common mistake with new strength coaches. I had seen how getting stronger had helped me and so it made sense that getting stronger would make you a better athlete. I had literally tried to talk some of my athletes into skipping sport training so they wouldn't miss strength training. The problem is that strength training is only the most important thing you can do if you are really weak, and even then your sport training should still take precedence. The only thing that will make you a better mountain biker is time on the bike and strength training is supposed to support that, not take away from it. Thinking that Long Slow Distance training was a waste of time This is a bit of a tricky one because context matters a lot here. One of the first things I got known for in the MTB world was advocating for the use of High Intensity Intervals instead of Aerobic Base Training for MTB. Back in 2005 this was unheard of since roadie training programs dominated the scene.  A lot of riders who followed these programs felt that they weren't actually in shape for training riding when the season started and they had to ride themselves into specific MTB shape for a few weeks. Something else that we observed was that riders from areas where they could ride trails year round (SoCal and Australia for example) were some of the best in the world.  Riding counts as cardio training and doing so much distance riding on a road bike that you don't get time on your mountain bike isn't the best idea. But if you aren't trail riding much then you do need to have some distance training in your program. Long Slow Distance training is also good for recovery and your basic metabolic health.  So if you are getting several hours of riding in each week then you can use LSD for recovery and if you aren't then you need to have it as part of your overall cardio training program. Changing exercises too often Something that carried over from Bodybuilding to Functional Training was the idea of “muscle confusion” or the need to change your exercises on a frequent basis so the body couldn't fully adapt to what you were doing, which was supposed to keep you from hitting a plateau and seeing constant improvements from your training. In fact, one style of training emerged that became very popular - Crossfit - which was based on this idea to the extreme and you never repeated the same workout twice in a row. Even for those of us who subscribed to the idea that you needed more consistency than changing things every day I still would change exercises every 4 weeks. While the theory behind it seemed solid, science and real world evidence suggest that there is a middle ground that is much longer than most of us realize.  One thing that changed my thoughts on this was when I did Jim Wendler's 5-3-1 Program and saw that NOT changing exercises very often had benefits as well. The 5-3-1 Program is a powerlifting program that has you doing the same basic exercises for months at a time. Change comes from how you cycle the weights and reps in a very specific way in order to increase your strength in the lifts.  The fact that you don't change exercises means that you get a lot of practice with the lifts, which also helps with building strength. Eventually you run into a wall with your progressions and have to switch things up but that takes months, during which you are doing the same basic exercises but still seeing results, which shouldn't happen if you needed to change exercises to keep progress coming. It turns out that you should run on at least a 6-8 week cycle to get the most out of an exercise.  Now I'll pick a core exercise for each of the 4 basic movement patterns (push, pull, hinge and squat) and do an 8 week cycle with them.  I'll have other exercises that I do that I will change up after 4 weeks if I'm maxing out on them or if I just want to do something new. I'll start out well under my max effort and build momentum into those max efforts in the final weeks of the cycle. I'll end with a deloading week where I cut back on the sets and reps but try to get at least 90% of my max lift for the movement in week 8. Changing exercises is entertaining and it makes you feel sore but it doesn't allow time for you to really get the most out of the exercises. IMO, it's also safer and easier on the joints since your body gets a chance to get used to the exercises and find a groove for them, which feels safer and easier than grinding through new lifts all the time. Discounting the value of stretching Stretching became a bit of a dirty word in the Functional Training world due to some studies that showed a decrease in strength and power immediately following static stretching. The cool thing to do was “mobility training”, which tended to focus on movements through a joint's range of motion. While helpful, I've found that mobility training can't fully replace static stretching.  Stretching isn't about trying to lengthen muscles or loosen joints, it is about being able to relax into positions and working on getting deeper into your range of motion until you are in the range you need for function and safety. For me it is also a form of breathwork since you use my breathing to help me relax and get deeper into my range of motion. Mobility training helps with being able to move through and control your range of motion and stretching seems to help you improve and maintain it better.I recommend picking a basic stretch for the major muscle groups and hold them for either 15-20 seconds or for 5 breaths. Focus on using your breathing to help you relax - if you don't get any deeper but your breathing is more relaxed then you have accomplished something important. Overhyping kettlebells This is going to sound sacrilegious so let me explain what I mean by this. Kettlebells are a great training tool and I still use them a lot in my training. I just went so far down the kettlebell rabbit hole that I started to discount the value of other training tools, especially the dumbbell. The truth is that you can do everything you can do with a kettlebell using a dumbbell, plus you can do some things you can't do as easily like Cheat Curls. Some exercises like the Single Arm DB Snatch are also easier to do than the KB version of the exercise. I also find that pressing exercises with the KB hurt my elbows - I know, it doesn't make sense until you've abused your elbows like I have - and so using DBs makes it possible to lift more weight and do it more comfortably for my joints. Finally, you can get a good pair of adjustable dumbbells for a few hundred dollars - I recommend and use the PowerBlock style - while getting pairs of KBs costs more and takes up more space, making DBs a great option for smaller spaces. I still use KBs for swings, lower body lifts and rowing exercises as I find them to be great tools for these purposes. I just find that some people think that using dumbbells is somehow inferior to kettlebells and that is simply not the case. Until next time… Ride Strong, James Wilson p.s. BTW, I have a DB program that uses the best MTB specific dumbbell exercises and combines it with the concepts I talked about in the 5-3-1 program. You stick with the same exercises but cycle the weights over the 12 weeks to build strength and efficiency in the movements that really help on the bike. This is one of my best programs for riders who are new to strength training or just want a super simple, highly effective workout program using a pair of dumbbells. And as a bonus, if you purchase the MTB DB Conditioning Program this week I'll send you a free copy of my Guide To Better Breathing For MTB. Just send me an email with your receipt and I'll get it to you. Click on the link below to learn more and get your copy of the DB Conditioning Program today. This was the first program I sent to Aaron Gwin when we started working together and if it can help him ride faster then I'm sure it can help you too! MTB DB Conditioning 12 Week Program  

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elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=join+the+crew   Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html   In today's 225th episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast (#DTTTP), we're throwing it back to our 3rd EVER podcast with Jim Wendler! You WON'T want to miss this   Jim Wendler is one of the first employees of elitefts. He is worldly known as the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona, where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375-pound total. He serves the London, Ohio, community as a strength coach at London High School.     ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.   Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/underthebar/?hl=en     SPONSORS       elitefts   If you can put it in a gym bag or load weight on it, we have you covered.   https://www.elitefts.com/  Use Code TABLE TALK for 10% off your first elitefts order.       SUPPORT THE SHOW   All profits from elitefts Limited Edition Apparel, Table Talk Coffee, and Team elitefts Workouts, Programs, and Training eBooks support Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast. Shop these elitefts items: https://www.elitefts.com/content/table-talk/   Support Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast by joining the crew. https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/    elitefts Shop: https://www.elitefts.com/   elitefts IG: https://www.instagram.com/elitefts/     #DDTTTP   #DTTTP   #DDTTP

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/    Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html        In today's 203rd episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast (#DTTTP), guests Jim Wendler, Matt Rhodes, and Vincent Dizenzo sit down.   Jim Wendler is one of the first employees of elitefts. He is worldly known as the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona, where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375-pound total. He serves the London, Ohio, community as a strength coach at London High School.   Matt Rhodes began his coaching career in football at the University of Richmond and later interned for Buddy Morris at the University of Pittsburgh. After eight years as a personal trainer, he returned to the collegiate ranks as a strength and conditioning coach with stops at Yale, the University at Albany, and the University of Rhode Island as an assistant. Rhodes oversaw the strength and conditioning program at Morehead State University for eight years. He is currently the head strength and conditioning coach at Gravette High School in Gravette, Arizona, where he has been tasked to build the program from scratch.   As a self-coached athlete, Vincent Dizenzo held an all-time world record in the bench press and was a top-ten-ranked lifter for over a decade. He has benched 600 or more raw in three different weight classes and has a 900-equipped bench. Now Vincent is focused on becoming a more fit version of himself. With his undertaking of Operation Be Less Fat, Vincent has lost over 100 pounds. Through this journey, he continues to provide invaluable advice on training, nutrition, and conditioning.     Jim's IG: https://www.instagram.com/jimwendler/   Jim's Website: https://www.jimwendler.com/   Vincent's IG: https://www.instagram.com/vincentdizenzo/         ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.   Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/underthebar/?hl=en      SPONSORS       Marek Health   Marek Health is the telehealth platform that connects customers to partnered providers focusing on hormone optimization and preventative medicine—offering self-service labs at great prices and guided optimization.   Use Code Tabletalk for 10% off your first order.   Check out the Table Talk Lab Panel (84 different biomarkers + urinalysis) AND the NEW! Check-up Panel (an affordable option for a monthly check-up).   https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/      elitefts   If you can put it in a gym bag or load weight on it, we have you covered.   https://www.elitefts.com/  Use Code TABLE TALK for 10% off your first elitefts order.       SUPPORT THE SHOW   All profits from elitefts Limited Edition Apparel, Table Talk Coffee, and Team elitefts Workouts, Programs, and Training eBooks support Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast. Shop these elitefts items: https://www.elitefts.com/content/table-talk/    Support Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast by joining the crew. https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/    elitefts Shop: https://www.elitefts.com/    elitefts IG: https://www.instagram.com/elitefts/    #DDTTTP   #DTTTP   #DDTTP

 Jim Wendler is the creator and author of the 5/3/1Training Program. This program has been one of the most widely used programs across the country. Its used everywhere from Powerlifting, to school weight rooms and everything in between. Jim has made the program easily adaptable for every age and style of lifting. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona where he was a three-time letter winner as a walk-on. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375 pound total. He has a no filler style and people enjoy listening to him for his passion,  honesty and ability to make sense of complextraining ideas. Jim is currently the Strength and conditioning coach at London Ohiohttps://www.jimwendler.com/  https://youtube.com/@platesandpancakes4593https://instagram.com/voodoo4power?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=https://voodoo4ranch.com/To possibly be a guest or support the show email Voodoo4ranch@gmail.comhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/voodoo4ranch

I had Jim Wendler back on Swole Radio to discuss beginner, intermediate, and advanced training differences for building strength and muscle: 0:28 Training beginners for strength and hypertrophy 16:33 How does training change for the intermediate? 30:06 How to progress as an advanced lifter 43:22 Periodization for powerbuilding Find Jim: https://www.jimwendler.com/ IG: @jimwendler ------------------------------- Take your knowledge to the next level with the MASS Research Review: http://bit.ly/drswoleMASS (This is an affiliate link - I'll receive a small commission when you use it) My e-books: https://askdrswole.com/ ------------------------------- Follow me on social media: YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/DrSwole INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/dr_swole FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drswole TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr_swole/ ------------------------------- About me: I'm a medical doctor and pro natural physique athlete based in Vancouver, Canada. I seek to share science-based perspectives to help people lose fat and gain muscle. These will reflect the current expert consensus in the scientific bodybuilding community. I‘m lifetime drug-free and have been training since 2012. ------------------------------- Disclaimers: Consider seeing a physician to assess your readiness before beginning any fitness program. Information presented here is to be applied intelligently in the individual context. I do not assume liability for any loss incurred by using information in this podcast.

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html       Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew: https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/        Jim Wendler and Jason Pegg take a seat in this 189th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.   Jim Wendler is the first employee of elitefts. He is worldly known as the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona, where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375 pound total. He serves the London, Ohio, community as a strength coach at London High School.   Jason Pegg was blown up in Afghanistan, spending 18 months in the military hospital. As a collegiate football player before the Army, it was after his arm was shattered by a roadside bomb in 2005 (his second tour) that he squatted 1000 pounds as a sponsored athlete for elitefts. Jason claims he's most famous for g** p*** with Jim Wendler.       Jim's IG: https://www.instagram.com/jimwendler/    Jim's Website: https://www.jimwendler.com/      ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.   Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/underthebar/?hl=en     SPONSORS   Marek Health    Marek Health is the telehealth platform that connects customers to partnered providers focusing on hormone optimization and preventative medicine—offering self-service labs at great prices and guided optimization.     https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/   Use Code Tabletalk for 10% off your first order. Also, check out the Table Talk Panel:  https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/        1st Detachment    1st Detachment (1D) is a veteran-founded, expert-formulated supplement company led by renowned coach Justin Harris and optimal living specialist Joe Miller. From a game-changing pre-workout to potent glucose disposal agents & industry-leading intra-workout, we've combined science with real-world experience to custom-formulate each product.   We are battle tested. Are you? Find your battle today!   Use code TABLETALK10 at checkout for 10% OFF your order.   https://1stdetachment.com/        LMNT   A tasty electrolyte drink mix.     https://DrinkLMNT.com/TABLETALK for a FREE 8-flavor sample pack with any purchase!        elitefts   If you can put it in a gym bag or load weight on it, we have you covered.     https://www.elitefts.com/ Use Code TABLE TALK for 10% off your first elitefts order.       SUPPORT THE SHOW   All profits from elitefts Limited Edition Apparel, Table Talk Coffee, and Team elitefts Workouts, Programs, and Training eBooks support Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast. Shop these elitefts items: https://www.elitefts.com/content/table-talk/    Support Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast by joining the crew.  https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/     elitefts Shop: https://www.elitefts.com/    elitefts IG: https://www.instagram.com/elitefts/

The legend Jim Wendler returns to pony up with the Crew. Learn the connections between 5-3-1 and the Power Athlete Methodologies and how 1RM's, bar speed, and hands on coaching meet to empower your performance! Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep698 Are you looking to dominate the leaderboard and take your inner athlete to the next level? Expose yourself to the advanced training techniques that contributed to John Welbourn's 10 year NFL career. START TODAY https://powerathletehq.com/fieldstrong/ Check out what we do: Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training Nutrition - https://powerathletehq.com/nutrition Knowledge - https://academy.powerathletehq.com

I received a lovely collection of questions and tried to give lovely answers. We touch on fat loss programming, marriage proposals, Jim Wendler's 5/3/1 programming, sporks, "Boogie Nights," when to add weight to the bar, when to de-load, salami, and a whole lot more. It's a great episode, and I hope you like it. Do me a favor and like/subscribe so I can be happy. If you're interested in more detailed assistance, my patreon is here for you https://www.patreon.com/user?u=266634...

STRONG Life Podcast ep 352  Brought to you by http://ZachStrength.com * WARNING * This episode is EXPLICIT * The easily offended & the weak minded have been Warned Topics covered: - Upcoming events: The NJ NHSSCA State Clinic Triple Threat Seminar in NYC with Matt Wenning & Joe DeFranco  - The Strength & Conditioning Intern who insists on being paid, complaining AND doing a poor job all at the same time - The business of training high school athletes - Should you train adults in the private sector as a strength coach and why? - The Jim Wendler Intro Business Model BIG thanks for listening and supporting the show.  5 Star Reviews are a BIG Bonus to help us spread the word on The STRONG Life. Thank you in advance! Get your 20% Discount Code from http://ZachStrength.com and apply to any of the training or business courses here: https://zacheven-esh.com/store/ 7 days FREE Intro to Gladiator STRONG - Train with Zach Online HERE 

In this new series, Coach Alex will highlight one of Street Parking's 60+ Extra Programs. Episode will cover WHO this program is for, WHAT it is, WHY we created it, and HOW to use it and add it in to the daily programming. She will also answer questions from the Street Parking Members Facebook group. In this episode we talk “5/3/1 Program”. Yet another time-tested and adored powerlifting program has been added to our Strength collection. Originally designed by Jim Wendler, this simple linear program—much like Starting Strength—has been a favorite among powerlifters and is a straightforward way to build strength in the basic lifts. In true Street Parking style, we have set it up so that you can choose to do 1, 2, 3, or all 4 of the lifts….whatever fits YOUR goals and schedule. Find the 5/3/1 Strength Sessions in TRAIN > EXTRA PROGRAMS > STRENGTH 

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html      Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew: https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/     Jim Wendler & Matt Rhodes take a seat in this 161st podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.   Jim Wendler was the first employee of elitefts. He is worldly known as the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375 pound total. He serves the London, Ohio, community as a strength coach at London High School.   Rhodes began his coaching career in football at the University of Richmond and later interned for Buddy Morris at the University of Pittsburgh. After eight years as a personal trainer, he went back in the collegiate ranks as a strength and conditioning coach with stops at Yale, the University at Albany, and the University of Rhode Island as an assistant. Rhodes oversaw the strength and conditioning program at Morehead State University for 8 years. He is currently the head strength and conditioning coach at Gravette High School in Gravette, AR where he has been tasked to build the program from scratch.    ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.   Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/underthebar/?hl=en         SPONSORS   Marek Health    Marek Health is the telehealth platform that connects customers to partnered providers focusing on hormone optimization and preventative medicine—offering self-service labs at great prices and guided optimization.  https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/    Use Code Tabletalk for 10% off your first order. Also, check out the Table Talk Panel:  https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/       LMNT   A tasty electrolyte drink mix.  https://DrinkLMNT.com/TABLETALK    for a FREE 8-flavor sample pack with any purchase!      elitefts   If you can put it in a gym bag or load weight on it, we have you covered.   https://www.elitefts.com/    Use Code TABLE TALK for 10% off your first elitefts order.     SUPPORT THE SHOW   All profits from elitefts Limited Edition Apparel, Table Talk Coffee, and Team elitefts Workouts, Programs, and Training eBooks support Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast.   Shop these elitefts items: https://www.elitefts.com/content/table-talk/     Support Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast by joining the crew.  https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/       elitefts Shop: https://www.elitefts.com/

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel...     Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew: https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/       Jim Wendler takes a seat in this 154th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.   Jim Wendler was the first employee of elitefts. He is worldly known as the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375 pound total. He serves the London, Ohio, community as a strength coach at London High School.   Previous podcast episodes with Jim:   Episode 3: With Jim Wendler       Episode 18: Wendler, Rhodes, Dezenzo     Episode 100: Wendler          Jim's IG: https://www.instagram.com/jimwendler/  Jim's Website: https://www.jimwendler.com/      ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.   Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/underthebar/?hl=en      SPONSORS   Marek Health    Marek Health is the telehealth platform that connects customers to partnered providers focusing on hormone optimization and preventative medicine—offering self-service labs at great prices and guided optimization.  https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/  Use Code Tabletalk for 10% off your first order. Also, check out the Table Talk Panel:  https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/      LMNT   A tasty electrolyte drink mix.  https://DrinkLMNT.com/TABLETALK  for a FREE 8-flavor sample pack with any purchase!      elitefts   If you can put it in a gym bag or load weight on it, we have you covered.   https://www.elitefts.com/   Use Code TABLE TALK for 10% off your first elitefts order.     SUPPORT THE SHOW   All profits from elitefts Limited Edition Apparel, Table Talk Coffee, and Team elitefts Workouts, Programs, and Training eBooks support Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast.   Shop these elitefts items: https://www.elitefts.com/content/table-talk/    Support Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast by joining the crew.  https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/      elitefts Shop: https://www.elitefts.com/     

STRONG Life Podcast ep 331 is a QnA from another podcast I do with my buddy Paul Kolody, The NJ High School Strength Coach Podcast Brought to you by http://ZachStrength.com - Get your FREE Training Course & Discount Coupon for my Store Topics covered: - Training & Organizational tips for the high school Strength Coach for the beginning of the school year & for beginners in the weight room - How to quickly assess athletes without the complicated craziness - Lessons learned from Jim Wendler and Kevin Danderbush - Is it a Hydration problem that causes Cramping or is it a lack of effective training that causes cramping? - What is "Game Speed" and how do we use it in our workouts / programming, even if you're not a field athlete. - Why you should watch athletes compete if you're a Strength Coach - What NEW Movie / TV Recommendations do Zach and Paul have!?!? ** GAME SPEED SEMINAR OCT 15 ** Details Here: https://zacheven-esh.com/game-speed/  ** Underground Strength Coach Cert ** Registration is Open for 7 Days Only. Details Here: http://UndergroundStrengthCert.com    

NJ High School Strength Coach Podcast ep 21 is finally here! Topics covered: - Training & Organizational tips for the beginning of the school year - How to quickly assess athletes without the complicated craziness - Lessons learned from Jim Wendler and Kevin Danderbush - Is it a Hydration problem that causes Cramping or is it a lack of effective training that causes cramping? - What is Game Speed and how do we use it in our workouts / programming - Why you should watch athletes compete if you're a Strength Coach - What NEW Movie / TV Recommendations do Zach and Paul have!?!? GAME SPEED SEMINAR OCT 15 Details Here: https://zacheven-esh.com/game-speed/ Powered by The NHSSCA Follow Paul: https://www.instagram.com/reddevilstrength/ Follow Zach: https://instagram.com/zevenesh https://www.youtube.com/c/ZEvenEsh/videos

I had Jim Wendler (inventor of 5/3/1) back on the Swole Radio Podcast to discuss accessory movements for strength and hypertrophy! We cover: 1:28 Goals for assistance movements 9:44 Favourite squat set-up 14:00 Squat assistance movements 28:07 Deadlift: sumo vs. conventional 30:14 Deadlift assistance work 41:30 Bench press accessories 59:15 Upper back work 1:08:07 Paused reps Find Jim: IG: @jimwendler https://www.jimwendler.com/ ------------------------------- Take your knowledge to the next level with the MASS Research Review: http://bit.ly/drswoleMASS (This is an affiliate link - I'll receive a small commission when you use it) My e-books: https://askdrswole.com/ ------------------------------- Follow me on social media: YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/DrSwole INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/dr_swole FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drswole TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr_swole/ ------------------------------- About me: I'm a medical doctor and pro natural physique athlete based in Vancouver, Canada. I seek to share science-based perspectives to help people lose fat and gain muscle. These will reflect the current expert consensus in the scientific bodybuilding community. I‘m lifetime drug-free and have been training since 2012. ------------------------------- Disclaimers: Consider seeing a physician to assess your readiness before beginning any fitness program. Information presented here is to be applied intelligently in the individual context. I do not assume liability for any loss incurred by using information in this podcast.

Joining us for this weeks episode of the Longevity Muscle Podcast is a very special guest, the one and only, Nick Wright! Nick's first upload to his YouTube channel 'Scondore', which would eventually evolve into 'Nick Wright Bodybuilding' was over 14 years ago. He's been training and competing in bodybuilding since a teenager, being one of the first (if not the first) teenage competitive bodybuilder to not only become sponsored by a major supplement company, but also land the cover of a published fitness magazine! He eventually would retire from competitive natural bodybuilding to take up competitive powerlifting where he achieved a 600+lbs squat, 425lbs Bench and 650lbs deadlift. This is a man that represents longevity on so many levels and has a decorated history as far as  accolades within the fitness and bodybuilding culture.Timestamps:(00:11) Intro (01:30) How Nick started the Nick Wright Bodybuilding YouTube Channel (03:00) Why Nick loves Rhode Island(04:19) Bbpics era (04:59) Why Nick Wright ended his YouTube channel (07:30) Nick's pec injury setback and why he stopped powerlifting (10:57) Did Nicks pec injury influence why he quit the channel?(12:30) Nick's programs/website (13:00) The last YouTube video(13:43) Training update from Nick, where is he at currently? (14:30) Training 1-2x per week to maintain muscle?(16:42) The importance of recovery and rest and how Nick approached it with his more recent injury (20:58) How ego can impair your recovery (focus on recovery not your ego!)(22:45) Could Nick have approached training differently to avoid injury?(26:11) Can powerlifting make you a better bodybuilder?(32:00) Why Nick transitioned to powerlifting from bodybuilding  (36:00) Jim Wendler 5/3/1 vs bro splits(37:30) Contest prep vs off-season behaviour (39:00) Who initially inspired Nick to train(40:00) Retiring from competitive natural bodybuilding(43:50) OutroThanks for listening! Please share and subscribe!Get in touch with Nick:Follow Nick on InstagramFollow Fine Point Sketch on InstagramSubscribe to Nick Wright on YoutubeLearn more about Nick Wright Get in touch with Kenny and Longevity Muscle:Follow Kenny on InstagramFollow Longevity Muscle on Instagram Follow Longevity Muscle on Facebook Subscribe to Longevity Muscle on YoutubeJoin us in the Longevity Muscle Private Facebook Group Learn more about Longevity Muscle Coaching__________________________________________________________________If you're ready to begin with online coaching, please visit our website and fill out the application form: Longevity Muscle Coaching ApplicationSupport the show

We are available for online coaching: https://www.melbournestrengthculture.com/coaching-services 0:00 Number 1 in the hearts, number 1 in the charts 0:36 Sydney Clout Tour 6:11 USAPL Australia's first comp 12:17 The future of Strength Culture powerlifting comps 18:00 BodyBuilding.com MISC 22:26 How Didier found Strength Culture 25:22 What happened to Furious Pete? 27:50 The blog era of internet S+C 34:02 Max out every week for gains 41:20 Shouts out Super Dad Joe 42:24 Mark Rippetoe and a gallon of milk 44:00 Scooby1961 44:42 Louie Simmons and conjugate 45:50 AthleanX 46:11 Glenn Pendlay, Donny Shankle, Cal Strength 47:33 Mike Chang 6 pack Shortcuts 48:50 Jim Wendler, 5,3,1, Lee Taft and speed training 53:37 Elliott Hulse, Silent Mike 56:20 Steady hand cam from Donny Follow Us On: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@melbournestrengthculture Instagram: ➽ Strength Culture - www.instagram.com/melbournestrengthculture ➽ Jamie S - www.instagram.com/j.smith.culture ➽ Charlie - www.instagram.com/quantum_lifting ➽ Jamie B - www.instagram.com/jamiebouz ➽ Didier - www.instagram.com/didiervassou

On today's show Dave sits down with Jim Wendler and Matt Rhodes to discuss training, coaching, consistency, discipline and a ton of stories only they can tell.  Today's podcast is brought to you by Marek Health and elitefts. A Special Thank you to our sponsor Marek Health! They wanted to make sure Table Talk came back for the 3rd season and stepped up to make this happen. Marek Health is the telehealth platform that connects customers to partnered providers focusing on hormone optimization and preventative medicine. Offering self-service labs at great prices and guided optimization. The customer gets their own Patient Care Coordinator to go over labs and treatment options! Go to MarekHealth.com and order yourself a comprehensive lab panel and use code "TableTalk" (one word) at check out for 10% off your first order. If you already know you want to go the treatment route, go to Marekhealth.com and book yourself a consultation and use code "tabletalk" over the phone for 10% off your first order. www. MarekHealth.com Support the show with elitefts Limited Edition Swag  "If it fits in a gym bag or you can load weights on it elitefts has it for you.   

Jim Wendler has changed a lot of his methods over the years, but they all culminated in training youth athletes to perform in their sport! This is his live lecture from the elitefts Sports Performance Summit where Jim discusses training High School Football players.  Jim Wendler's Website Video of this lecture  Support our show by picking up some of our limited edition swag  https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html

Jim Wendler joins us for this one to discuss the oxford comma, the triple option, and Black Sabbath. We also snuck a little 531 history in there too. To save 20% off any of the books on jimwendler.com use code MASS531 The Strength Co: https://www.thestrength.co/ Swiss Link: https://www.swisslink.com and use code MASS to save 15% Fusion Sports Performance: https://www.fusionsp.net/ MASS to save 20% on all FSP supplements Spud Inc: https://www.spud-inc-straps.com/ Texas Power Bars: https://www.texaspowerbars.com/

Jim Wendler is your new high school football strength coach. You. Fu#%ing. Wish. BUT that is reality for one lucky small town. The father of the holy trinity of strength, 5/3/1, is molding the minds and bodies of young athletes in the once violent sport of football. The rules may have changed but the kids still wear helmets. Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep598 7 Day Risk Free Power Athlete Training Trial: https://pahq.co/Train Check out what we do: Website - https://powerathletehq.com/ Podcast - http://pahq.co/PARadioSpotify Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/powerathletehq

Big Phil Stevens joins us for this one to discuss his troubadour lifting life including stops with T-Nation, Mark Rippetoe, Olympic weightlifters, Jim Wendler, Jesse Burdick, and Iron Radio. He's the co-host of one of the very few “fitness” podcasts that's been at it longer than us. The Strength Co: https://www.thestrength.co/ Swiss Link: https://www.swisslink.com and use code MASS to save 15% Hybrid Performance Method: https://www.hybridperformancemethod.com/ MASS to save 5% on all training & nutrition Fusion Sports Performance: https://www.fusionsp.net/ MASS to save 20% on all FSP supplements Spud Inc: https://www.spud-inc-straps.com/ Texas Power Bars: https://www.texaspowerbars.com/

In episode 60, the Wiley brothers share 5 of their favorite weightlifting websites, content creators, and podcasts.T NATIONLegion AthleticsJim Wendler's websiteAlan Thrall (youtube) & Brian Alsruhe (youtube)Mind PumpLinks:Instagram: @workingmansweightliftingDiscord: discord.workingmansweightlifting.comWebsite: www.workingmansweightlifting.comMerch: shop.workingmansweightlifting.comSupport the show: support.workingmansweightlifting.comRecommended gear and supplements: links.workingmansweightlifting.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wmweightlifting)

In episode 59, the Wiley brothers return to normal programming after a long holiday break.What did training look like over the break?Nick's goals for a new dad-friendly programJim Wendler's Krypteia 2-day programStephen's goals to push himself harderMike Matthews' 5-day Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger programLinks:Instagram: @workingmansweightliftingDiscord: discord.workingmansweightlifting.comWebsite: www.workingmansweightlifting.comMerch: shop.workingmansweightlifting.comSupport the show: support.workingmansweightlifting.comRecommended gear and supplements: links.workingmansweightlifting.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wmweightlifting)

This is the first episode in a new series we're kicking off to review and discuss various training programs.  Today's program review is Jim Wendler's 5/3/1 manual, which is geared towards the individual seeking a well-rounded development of muscular strength.  We're both big fans of this program and have used it ourselves and with clients to great effect, so we hope you'll enjoy and benefit from the discussion! Remember, if you have any questions or comments, or topic ideas you'd like to hear discussed in future episodes, please feel free to reach out to us at kinesiologycorner@gmail.com Show Notes: 2:00 - What are we're excited about and/or learning about right now 18:26 - 5/3/1 Intro 23:41 - 5/3/1 Program Details 33:37 - How to Fail 40:17 - Assistance Templates and Critiques 1:04:44 - Pros and Cons 1:20:25 - Conclusion   Extreme Energy by MusicToday80: https://soundcloud.com/musictoday80/r... Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music provided by Free Vibes: https://goo.gl/NkGhTg

Here we GO! NJ High School Strength Coach Podcast Ep. 13: Training Incoming Freshman, Summer Strength & Conditioning & Working with Sport Coaches We also discuss leadership strategies, Jim Wendler's training tips and working w/ sport coaches, Summer movies and much more. Powered by https://NHSSCA.us Paul Kolody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HCSportsPerform/ Zach's FREE Strength Training Courses: http://ZachStrength.com SSPC Certification / Strength & Sports Performance Coach Cert: http://SSPCoach.com

Jim Wendler is a Strength Coach, business owner, husband and Father He is the creator of the Famous 5/3/1 system and former competitive powerlifter, squatting 1000lbs in competition!! Check out his website www.jimwendler.com // If gyms being closed has thrown your training into chaos, I've got your back!! Download your FREE Lockdown Home Training Programme HERE

After not seeing each other or speaking for over 10 years, Joe D. reunites with Jim Wendler to discuss a variety of topics! Highlights from their conversation include: The backstory behind Jim's "Why I Hate Joe DeFranco" article; Important lessons about business growth; The rewards of working with young kids [compared to pro athletes]; Dealing with online criticism; Biggest mistake young lifters make; Why Jim doesn't include "testing days" in his high school kid's programs; Jim's thoughts on programming assistance exercises; What's the biggest difference between how Jim trains high school athletes vs how he trains himself; Why Jim does NOT incorporate much exercise variety into his athlete's programs; The dangers of training "too heavy" [and the importance of sub-maximal work]; Jim's top tips for training longevity...and Much MORE!   *For Show Notes, Timestamps & Important Links from this episode goto: www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com **To register for any of our CPPS Online Courses goto: www.CPPScoaches.com/schedule

In episode 9, we talk about Jim Wendler's 5/3/1 and why it works so well for people with busy lives.What is 5/3/1?How to find your “training max” and why it's importantWhy Nick is coming back to 5/3/1 after a brief hiatusOur first listener-submitted question!The importance of a balanced training programSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wmweightlifting)

The egg head vs. meat head pendulum swings toward science this week. With Phil visiting Jim Wendler, Drs. Lowery and Nelson cover breaking sports science and nutrition news. Topics, in order include... - Rate of career strength gains in powerlifters - Different-sex spotters and lifting performance - Discussion of plant-based meats, plus some new ones - A large review of ketogenic diets and performance - A teaser about coffee and nervous system burnout Come on in! Also, you're invited to pre-buy and follow along with our next taste test on YouTube - Jack Links Bacon Jerky. Lastly, sincere thanks to strong supporters like these - Joel, John, Tony, the Steak-n-Hoagie Shop, and Austin. You are appreciated! https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id308382038 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z0G3cnDGEo

Caution - Potty mouth powerlifters at work. If you're easily offended or listen with kids, you should privately listen-through this special episode first. Phil and Jim have a frank conversation that ranges from coaching kids to leadership to the good old days and more. Also, the Fall Funds Drive is underway as well as a new contest! And last but not least, thanks go out to recent donor Sean and new subscriber Peter, as well as regulars like these who help bring you the show - Austin, Kara, Peter, Nicholas, Jon, and Andrew. You are appreciated!

After the weekly mail and news, Phil talks shop with Lonnie and Mike about Jim Wendler's visit for the competition he hosted and other summer travels. Also tune in for discussion on demonized dietary supplements, processed foods' relationship to food allergies, tart cherry extracts for joint and muscle pain, and more. Lastly, thanks go out to Jill, Kurt, Marek, the Outdoor Alliance Company, Ryan, and David. You are appreciated!

After sharing some listener mail and news, Lonnie and Phil discuss minimum necessary doses of various factors related to training - sets, reps, percentages, grams, milligrams, you name it. There's also a brief discussion on breakfast skipping, the value of scientific evidence, and Phil's upcoming event with Jim Wendler. Lastly, gratitude goes out to Joel, Marsh, Robert, Fred, Eliazar, and Michael, who helped make the episode possible. You are appreciated!

After the usual mail and news, it's time to squeeze into the car with Phil, Dal, and Bryan, who are driving to the Arnold Fitness Weekend and Sports Festival. Car chat ranges from training weak points, to nutrition, to Arnold event predictions and tons more. Also tune in for topics like maximal daily calorie expenditure in humans and manipulating rep speed to max-out power production versus hypertrophy. Lastly, check out Jim Wendler's web site this weekend for a discount! Use WEEKENDNACHOS, in all caps.

The reality: to achieve time freedom, you must first develop the mindset; however, talking about mindset does not sell books.  If you wanna sell books, talk about money.  Whether it's Jim Cramer on Mad Money, or Dave Ramsey Financial Peace – they focus on the money, and sell a ton of books as a result.  We've found a few people that “get it” – Jocko Willink, David Goggins, & Jim Wendler are three that come to mind; their focus isn't money, instead they talk discipline.  It's crucial to recognize that while money is the first thing that people want, it is the last thing that shows up; it only shows up after everything else is in place. 

Upon his return from Ireland, Dr. L offers nutrition news, then after the break Phil shares his recent phone call with Jim Wendler. Nutrition topics include a mini-review of Irish foods and how similar they can be with dietary choices made by lifters. The Topic of the Day concerns fatherhood, giving back, teaching and coaching, and tangential issues as they relate to lifters. There's a clip from Wendler that survived the tech glitch during Phil's call and the guys discuss the entirty of the conversation. Pull up a bench and get in on this extra-long episode!

An interview with Adam Wathan, co-creator of the Tailwind CSS library and author and video producer. Adamwathan.me Test-Driven Laravel Refactoring to Collections Advanced Vue Component Design Tailwind CSS Alberta Oil Sands Reaper Conestoga College Vehikl Desire2Learn Tighten Nitpick CI Adam Wathan's $100k product launch Full-Stack Radio Mark Rippetoe - Starting Strength 5/3/1 Video of Adam lifting tons of weight 5/3/1 calculator Matt's WeightXReps Training Journal Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# Adam on Twitter Refactoring UI Editing sponsored by Larajobs Transcription sponsored by Tighten Matt Stauffer: Welcome back to the Laravel podcast, season three. Today we're talking to Adam Wathan; author, video maker, teacher of the things, power lifter. Stay tuned. Matt Stauffer: All right, welcome back to the Laravel podcast, season three. This is the version of the Laravel podcast where we get to know less about tech and more about the people behind the tech, and today my guest is none other than Adam Wathan who has taught us all about testing, collections, view, components and many other things. One of things I love about Adam is that he's never satisfied with what's happening around him and he's always taking in stuff from other places, and we'll talk about this more probably later in the podcast, but when I describe Adam to other people, I say he's the guy who basically finds what's good everywhere else and brings it to us in the Laravel world. So if you haven't heard of Adam, my mind is blown. You should go consume everything he's ever made; it's all gold. I will say to some of y'all that his name is pronounced Wa-than, right? That's right? Adam Wathan: Yeah, you got it. Matt Stauffer: Wa-than. Not Way-thin, not Way-than. I'm trying to think about other things I've heard, but Adam Wathan. So Adam, say hi to the people, and the first question I always ask everybody is when you meet somebody in the grocery store how do you introduce yourself? How do you tell them what you do? Adam Wathan: Cool. Yeah, so thanks for having me on. I'm Adam. I usually explain ... It depends on what people ask, because some people ask like what do you do? I say I'm a software developer, although I don't actually get paid to write code, I get paid to teach people about code. So I either describe myself as a software developer who creates courses and e-books and training products for other software developers who are looking to kind of level up. So that's kind of the shortest version that I try and give to people that usually is enough that they kind of either are interested in it and ask me more questions or aren't interested and don't want to hear anymore. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, so I'm already going to cheat a little because I want to ask one little thing about your motivation that I've been curious about for a while and hopefully they'll still come out when we talk about your background but, you know, you're really smart guy, you learn a lot of stuff, but you're also a teacher and you also have like marketing kind of like sensibility, and you just gave an elevator pitch that would make someone who doesn't even understand programming want to go sign up for your product and I don't think that that's really common for a lot of us to know how to talk about it that well, so ... And if this is going to come out later that's cool, but do you have a sense for where your ability to kind of understand how to market something and how to ... And you talk a lot about how to do it in a non-skeezy way, but where did that come from? Is that something you had to work on, or do you feel like you've got some experience that's kind of taught you that? Adam Wathan: That's a good question and I don't think I have a great answer for it. I think I've always just really liked creating things that I was proud of and putting them out into the world with enthusiasm and I think that's been kind of like the simplest version of how I have always tried to share what I've been working on and then I think with the marketing stuff too, I guess I just care just as much about the quality of that as I do about everything I do. I just really like to make everything I do as good as I possibly can and that comes down to even things like, you know, landing pages and how things look on stuff like that. To me, the marketing is a product too and I want it to be good and I want to be proud of it, so it's just something that I just put a lot of effort into I guess the same way I would with something else. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, I mean, I tell this story to people all the time, but when you first joined Tighten, one of the things we were talking about was working on some open source projects together, and we immediately found a conflict in our ways of working where I was like, so what I do with this thing Symposium is I figure out a feature and I spit out the feature as fast as possible and then I move on to the next feature, and you're like what I do is I try to figure out exactly the best way to do this feature and I ponder on it and I make plans and I make diagrams and I get it exactly right so people will really get their needs met and then and only then do I actually build out a feature. Matt Stauffer: And we kind of had this like little head butt moment, and I think that I've kind of ... I would say I've shifted to your way of thinking, but I've been influenced by it a lot. Do you have a sense for where your kind of desire for excellence ... I think you were just talking about like where that comes from, is that just a personality trait? Is that something from your family, and what's that ... Where does that come from? Adam Wathan: I think it's just a personality trait. I've been like that with basically everything that I've ever been interested in my entire life. Like I would sit and play guitar and play the exact same seven notes for four hours straight until I played them perfectly, you know what I mean? So I think I just get a little bit obsessive over the sorts of things that I get interested in. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, I just want to get really good at it. All right, well, I'm sure we'll dip into the stuff a little bit more, but I do want to make sure that I actually have the space for your back story. So the second question I always ask everybody is, where was it that you ... Or what was the context in which you first had interactions with a computer? How old were you and kind of what was your interaction like at that point? Adam Wathan: Yeah, so I have sort of conflicting memories for a lot of some of the stuff. Not necessarily conflicting, but sometimes I have a hard time figuring out like what the timeline was, but some of my earliest memories of working with computers, probably the earliest one that I can think of. is when I was in grade ... It must have been probably grade two, maybe grade three, but I had this librarian at my school who worked with like some of the gifted kids to do little projects and stuff and me and him were working on the super old Mac that we had at the ... It was new at the time I'm sure, right, but like my memory of it's like the old school Mac where everything's black and white and stuff like that. Using hypercard to make this little project we went around and it was actually pretty cool. Adam Wathan: We got to like drive around the neighborhood and I got to like ask questions like different business owners about things and we put together this like little presentation in hypercard, and that's probably like my earliest memory of working with a computer and we got a computer in my family when I was pretty young too, probably grade four or grade five. It was just like kind of your standard ... It was like an Acer or Compaq PC or something with four megs of RAM and, you know, I can't even think, a 500 megabyte hard drive, and we got- Matt Stauffer: Yeah, a 486 or something like that. Adam Wathan: Like our internet a couple years later. Yeah, it was a 486 and I used to dick around on that, you know, looking up game tutorials for my Sega Genesis at GameFacts.com and stuff like that and- Matt Stauffer: What's the best game on the Genesis? What's your favorite, do you remember? Adam Wathan: Favorite Genesis game. I used to play the hockey games a lot. That was probably what I got- Matt Stauffer: You're so Canadian. Adam Wathan: The most fun out of. The funny thing is like I'm not super into hockey, but those were just the most fun like multiplayer games that you could play. That and like Mortal Combat and Street Fighter. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, of course. Adam Wathan: And all the classics. I didn't do much of the single player stuff, just mostly hanging out with friends and playing. Matt Stauffer: No Sonic and Knuckles and things like that? Adam Wathan: I did play Sonic, but I wouldn't say like I have, you know, nostalgic memories about how much I loved that game or whatever. It was a fun game but, yeah. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, I feel like not a lot of people have the same level of memories of Sonic as they did at Mario. I just never quite connected in the same way. Adam Wathan: No, Mario definitely has a more special place in people's hearts, I think. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, you actually got into this a little bit, but my next question is going to be kind of what was your first exposure to the internet? So was that primarily it at least at the start? Adam Wathan: I'm not sure if it would have been at school or at home, but yeah, it would have been most of the time that I spent on the internet would have been at my home desktop computer on our 14.4 connections we used to use. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. So when you were in middle school and high school, what do you think you wanted to do with your life? Did you know? Adam Wathan: I had some conflicting thoughts, so at one point when I was a kid I wanted to be a cartoonist, that was my dream actually. Matt Stauffer: I had no idea. Adam Wathan: I used to draw all the time and I used to like ... You know how you'd have like the book fairs at school, I don't know if you had those in the States. Matt Stauffer: Yeah yeah, Scholastic. We had them here. Adam Wathan: The Scholastic Book Fairs. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: I'd always be ordering like the how to draw this or the how to draw that books and I never got really good at it, but it was fun and then eventually I got into like playing guitar and stuff like that and I wanted to be like an audio engineer, but I also wanted to be a programmer and I really liked my programming classes in high school, so I ended up going to university for computer science, but I also considered going to college for music industry arts, which is a program that actually Steve Schoger, who some people might know actually did go to at the college that I used to go to. Matt Stauffer: Oh, he did? Adam Wathan: But I decided against it because it just didn't seem like a profitable career path, so I eventually chose computer science. Matt Stauffer: So you had programming classes in high school. Was this Java or C++ or what kind of stuff were you guys doing there? Adam Wathan: Let me think. So I think we ... I don't think we had computer programming classes 'till like grade 10 and we did a lot of like Pascal and we did C, and we did Java and then we have a web one which was later, which was kind of weird because the Java stuff was ... Even the Java stuff isn't ... When I think back to the fact that we did Java in high school, I don't remember doing any of the stuff that I know about Java now. Like I didn't know what object oriented programming was when I came out of high school, even though Java is an object oriented language. We just would write procedural code in like our main- Matt Stauffer: Good job, yeah. Adam Wathan: Java file or whatever, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: And stuff like that, but yeah. Matt Stauffer: What made you choose those classes? Adam Wathan: I think I just thought it was really fun to be able to make the computer do stuff. Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: So I remember like one of my earliest memories of programming actually is when I was a kid I was like super obsessed with pro wrestling, that was like my thing. And I used to download all these like wrestling simulators so you could like ... It's so funny because they weren't ... they're not like games, right? They're like you create characters, you choose their move sets, you give them the statistics and stuff and then you like run simulations and it would spit out like texts, like this guy punched this guy, then this guy powerbombs this guy- Matt Stauffer: Right, and you're not actually controlling what they did, right? Adam Wathan: No, no, no. It's just a computer simulation based on random events- Matt Stauffer: That's fascinating. Adam Wathan: As well as like, you know, the statistics and attributes of the different wrestlers. There's a couple different programs that you could use to do that and I was always looking for different ones to test them out, and then one day I stumbled upon a tutorial online that was like make your own wrestling simulator in QBasic. Matt Stauffer: Oh, nice. QBasic, yes. Adam Wathan: And I was like, okay. And that was my first exposure to QBasic. I followed the tutorial and got everything set up and I didn't know how to like do random stuff or anything like that, so I never got very far with it. It was all just very like ... It was not like conditional logic or anything, you would just do this, this, this. Matt Stauffer: It just takes input- Adam Wathan: I couldn't figure out how to make it do exactly what the other things are doing, but I could make the computer do stuff, and that kind of got me interested in the whole QBasic programming stuff and then I just started looking into more like QBasic tutorials and finding out stuff that you could do, and I remember getting really into ... I don't think I'll ever remember the actual name of it. I found a site that I think might have been it, which is Pete's QBasic tutorials, which I don't know if that was the site for sure, but some of the content looked really familiar, but it had lots of tutorials on like making like tile scrolling RPG engines in QBasic and stuff and- Matt Stauffer: What? Adam Wathan: Where you could create like little sprite characters and you'd make these like 20 pixel by 20 pixel squares and lay them all out and make it scroll as you use the keyboard and stuff like that. So one summer I had this dream of making an RPG, which of course never even remotely happened, but I had a lot of fun just hacking around on the computer getting it to render this stuff and do stuff like that. So I think that's where I really got excited about programming because I don't know if I have a specific passion for programming more than anything else, but it was just like a really perfect kind of platform for just doing creative things, you know what I mean, and making stuff. It's the most like powerful tool for just like making interesting things that I know of so far, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: So I think that's what kind of got me into that. So I did a bunch of QBasic stuff messing around with that and eventually I started making my own little websites on Geocities an Angelfire and stuff like that and yeah, I've kind of been doing that ever since, so. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, I was thinking about how creation was definitely a trend for you. I mean between music creation, you know, as a guitarist and music production, you know, and the art and everything like this is it's wanting to make things happen and figure out what the tools are, so it's interesting hearing you say, you know, it's the most powerful tool that you can use for that. Adam Wathan: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: Do you ever draw still? Adam Wathan: No, not at all. Matt Stauffer: Do you have any of your old drawings anywhere? Adam Wathan: I might. My parents just sold their house and gave me a big box of like crap lying around that was mine. Matt Stauffer: You got to find something, man. Adam Wathan: I think there's a couple sketchbooks in there so I should maybe- Matt Stauffer: That would be amazing. Adam Wathan: Dig through those. Matt Stauffer: Please. Okay, so you went off to school for computer science and did you have a sense ... Did you have any shifts during school with what kind of aspect of CS that you were interested in or if ... And yes or no, what did you think you were going to do afterwards? Adam Wathan: Yeah, so I actually only went to the university for a single semester, so I did the first semester a bunch of the classes I did find fun like the ones that were direct programming, so we had like a C class where we'd basically get these weekly kind of projects that we have to work on where just have to go through a bunch of problems to get the computer to do that stuff, and that was the stuff that I was really interested in and really excited about, but then we also had classes that weren't as interesting, like digital fundamentals and stuff related to more like computer engineering sides of stuff which is interesting, but it didn't get me excited and want to work on it. Adam Wathan: That stuff was like a chore, and at the time I was also playing in a band and we ... That was all I wanted to do. Like we were playing shows and recording demos and stuff like that, so the computer stuff was not really a big focus for me at the time and I was commuting to school which was about a 45 minute drive away and living at home, so I didn't really get like embedded into the sort of university community that was there. Adam Wathan: So I didn't really like make any friends or meet anyone, I was only there for classes and that was it. So it was really hard for me to sort of, you know, become a university student. That was like this thing on the side I felt like for rest of my life, where my friends were and my hobbies were and stuff like that, so I only stuck with that for a single semester and then dropped out to just basically work full time while I reconsidered what I wanted to do, because it just ... I just wasn't enjoying university and I don't think it was the programming that I wasn't enjoying, it was just the educational side of it and having to get pulled away from the things that I was actually excited about to work on that. So I don't remember what the original question was, but that's kind of that story. Matt Stauffer: Well, no, and that's actually perfect and before I move on from that, I want to ask one question which is, was the distinction between doing versus learning abstract theory, was it about how concrete something was that was the difference between what you did and didn't like, or did I kind of miss that a little bit? Adam Wathan: No, I think that's true. I think the other thing is there's just a lot of classes that you have to take in university that aren't as ... they're not all really like cohesive, you know what I mean? I don't know what the system is like in the U.S., but in Canada we have university and college, which I think is kind of like college and community college in the U.S. Matt Stauffer: I think so, yeah. Adam Wathan: But the way that you pick your classes and stuff a lot of it is you have to go into the school and you have to go and sign up for different classes and you have different requirements, and you have to get credits and different things, but a lot of it is kind of up to you and they don't really put together like a cohesive curriculum. So I had to have X Math credits, X Elective credits, so I took like this history of music class, which is the only class I've ever failed in school in my entire life. Matt Stauffer: Oh, my God. Adam Wathan: And you would think that I ... Just because it's so damn boring, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: And I just like couldn't get into it at all. But everything was just kind of disconnected. There was like some math over here, some physics over here, and because at the early stages of things it's kind of like when you're in like first year of high school or something, they're just trying to teach you all these fundamental concepts- Matt Stauffer: Basics, yeah. Adam Wathan: Without kind of tying them back to the goal they you're trying to get into and I ended up going back to college years later which we can talk about maybe a little bit later, where the curriculum was much more cohesive and everything is sort of designed to teach you to be a programmer, and I really liked that experience. So yeah, I think it is just the fact that there was only one class that I actually liked, which was the programming class and everything else just felt like high school all over again, you know. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, yeah. No, I totally hear that. I mean there's a lot of conversations happening these days and I'll wait to go into them until we talk more about your later school experience, but around trade school versus university, versus whatever else and what are the pros and cons of each and I think a lot of it ... You know, one of the things I've come down to recently is that I've always been a pro university person with lots of caveats, and one of them is just like the school you're at really makes a big difference, and the classes you take and the professors you have. You know, there's a lot of factors that can give you a very, very, very, varied experience, even in the same type of program in the same type of school. So where did you go from there? You said you kind of were reconsidering your working full time, you were recording with your band and were you doing any touring at that point, too? Adam Wathan: No, we never got successful enough to do anything interesting like that. I was local shows and stuff, but yeah, so I was just working like crappy factory jobs basically. I'm trying to think what was the first job that I got after I left university. I have to try and reconstruct a time line, but the one I remember most specifically was working for a company where I was basically just in a factory building really high-end like antique looking stoves. Adam Wathan: So I did that for like a year while I still played in bands and did stuff like that and then eventually a friend of mine was working up in the Alberta oil sands like way up north and I would have all these construction projects to extract all the oil out of the sand and sell it of all over the world, and his dad actually ran the site up there so he had a lot of pull and one day he just called me and he was like, "Hey, do you want a job up here?" And I was like, "Sure." He's like, "Someone's going to call you tomorrow and offer you a job." And I didn't know- Matt Stauffer: That's awesome. Adam Wathan: What it's going to be. Like I had never seen the job description or anything, but this is just this guy's kind of style and so ... Yeah, I ended up working up there for two years doing like basically data entry stuff for the materials team, so I worked in an office in the frigid cold in Fort McMurray where it's like minus 50 degrees Celsius in the winters. Matt Stauffer: Holy crap! Adam Wathan: Our offices are these little portable trailers on the construction site and I was just there basically in Excel reconciling like purchase orders and invoices and making sure that, you know, we received the materials that we had paid for and that all this ... Just a bunch of really kind of monotonous data entry stuff, but for being like a 20 year old kid it paid really well and I did that for like two years until kind of that whole industry and economy started to suffer a little bit more because gas prices and oil prices dropped and they did a bunch of big layoffs which was ... So I got laid off, which was like a blessing in disguise really because I know a lot of people that basically just stayed up there forever because you can never get paid the same thing to come home. And I would work up there for 14 days straight, 10 hours a day and then they would fly you back to where you lived for seven days off. So I was constantly flying back and forth. which just made it really hard to have like a normal life, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: So yeah, I got laid off from that, came home, decided I would use that chance to try and get into like the recording stuff, because I was getting into recording a lot when I was up there and doing it when I was coming home just as kind of a hobby, but I thought why don't I try and like find some bands and record and like mix EPs for them and stuff. So I did that for like a year, which is a dumb industry to get into because bands don't have money, especially local bands, so you can't make a lot of money doing that, but what I found is while I was doing that I was using this tool called Reaper, which I still use out of my podcast and stuff like that, and I found that there was a bunch of features that I wished it had that it didn't have, and it was created by the guy who created Winamp originally, and it's like a very hacker friendly tool, so it lets you like extend it with Python or C++ or Lua now as well, so you can write all these sorts of like plugins and extensions for it and the API that they give you to do that stuff is like very powerful, you can access basically everything in the tool and write your own menu options and dialog boxes and all sorts of features and stuff. Adam Wathan: So I started getting into like hacking around with that doing really simple things and then one of the guys in the IRC chat for the software, kind of like this elite group of people who are like hacking on stuff there. I made this thing using Python and he was like, "You should port this to C++ so we can include it in this big extension that they maintain." and I was like, "I'd love to do that, I just don't have any idea how." and he's like "Well, okay, I'll help you." So for the next little while he would kind of like ... He kind of put together like a playground in this extension source code for me to like write my features in and help me figure out how to get XCode compiling it and all this different stuff, and that's when I kind of really like reignited my excitement and passion for programming because I was just having so much fun adding features to this tool and making it easier for me to do my work to the point where I was having way more fun adding features to the tool than I was actually using the tool to record bands. Adam Wathan: And I didn't even get back into web development or anything at that point. I hadn't made a website since like high school. So that's when I decided you know what, I think I'm going to go back to college and do this programming thing again, but I decided to do college and study university specifically because I knew like what I didn't like about university and I wanted to do something that was a lot more practical and focused on making you into a programmer than it was, you know, educating you about computer science. Matt Stauffer: So I had been meaning to ask and that's helpful. Are you familiar with the concept of a trade school? Adam Wathan: Yeah, like where you would go to learn to become like an electrician or something like that? Matt Stauffer: Yeah, that's not the same thing, right? You're more talking about it's a school, but it's more like single focus sort of like our community colleges, but I was wondering whether colleges like a little bit different than communities or if it's just- Adam Wathan: Yeah, I'm not sure. So the college I went to is Conestoga College. I'm going to pull up the website now, but basically here college programs are usually two-year programs and you get a diploma, and university are four years and you get a degree, that's kind of the fundamental difference. So I'm going to try and pull up like the actual program that I did here so I can kind of talk a little bit about the actual curriculum because I think it's kind of interesting. Matt Stauffer: While you do that, this is definitely similar to community college. It literally even in the Google preview says your community ... Ontario Community College and this is definitely not trade school, definitely community college, if that makes sense. Adam Wathan: Yeah, so I did the software engineering program there, and not the computer programmer course, which I got kind of turned on to that by asking around to friends who had gone to the school to kind of figure out like, you know, what are you supposed to do, but if you look at the actual program courses here we can maybe like link to this and then show it to people that are interested, but like in the first year we had classes like software engineering fundamentals, operating system fundamentals, C, C++ programming, computer security, object oriented programming, some of this has changed, but then year two we did like web design and development, relational databases, Windows and mobile programming, microprocessors and embedded systems, software quality, so like in school we learned about automated testing, which is pretty cool. Matt Stauffer: Nice. Adam Wathan: You never learn that in university. Advanced computer security, mobile application and development. Yeah, so it was just like all programming. Every class was programming, but it was just focused around some different kind of element of it using different technologies and stuff like that. So the nice thing about that is that college is really close to my house and unlike university where the schedule it's like really weird, sometimes I'd go to a three-hour lecture and then have seven hours off then have to go back in the night for a one-hour class. Like this is structured so much similar to high school, you know what I mean? Adam Wathan: Like you'd get there in the morning, you'd leave in the afternoon, so you're there for a long period of time, you get to like meet people, you get put on projects with people, and I really got into what I was doing there in terms of like I made a lot of friends, you know, that kind of became like my focus which was I think what made me not stick it out in university. It was just like such a side project, whereas I was able to really sort of like embed myself into what we're doing in this program, so- Matt Stauffer: That's really interesting. Adam Wathan: Yeah, that went really for me. So I did that for two years. It's a three-year program, but the way they do it is kind of weird. They have like three years with co-op, I don't know if people use that term in the U.S. It's kind of an internship- Matt Stauffer: I don't think so. Adam Wathan: Like paid internship. Matt Stauffer: Oh, yeah. Adam Wathan: So if they do like two years of schooling and then for 18 months you go out into the workforce. There was like four work terms across those 18 months I think, something like that. And some people do them all the same company, some people do four different ones, some people split up however, but you get paid to do that, which is pretty cool like 18 bucks an hour or more depending on who the employer is, and then once you're done that kind of co-op internship stuff, you go back and do your third year of schooling and then you get your diploma and then you're done. Matt Stauffer: Oh, cool. Adam Wathan: So I just did the first two years, and then I did my co-op at Vehikl who were called Chrome Media at the time, and I think I was like the only person to apply for that job because everyone else was trying to get a job at Desire2Learn which is a company that makes like education student management software, and it's all C# and Windows stuff and that's what they teach us in school so that's what everyone was excited about and they were kind of like the cool, hip company in the area, but I was like the only kid in my class that used a Mac, so doing the Windows stuff was painful for me. I had to like boot up a VM and do stuff like that, so even with all our projects I would do in school I was always trying to find technologies that I could work with easier on my Mac. Adam Wathan: Because we had a lot of like web based projects, even though we didn't have a lot of web specific courses, but in the later years we'd have like a project that was a two-month project and you could choose the technology, which is cool, so some people did C#, some people did, whatever. I chose PHP because that was the only programming language I knew of that you could do dynamic stuff on the server. Like at the time I didn't know that oh, you can use Ruby to do that or Java or any of these other languages, I just knew from like trying to create PHP scripts I could accept form submissions when I was 16 years old that like PHP was the language that you do ... I used to do stuff on the server, so I started looking into, you know, tools for PHP that could compare with like ASP or C#. Matt Stauffer: Like MVC. Yeah. Adam Wathan: That like framework and I found my code igniter and stuff like that and so we started messing around with those sorts of things, and I was lucky enough to find a handful of people that wanted to work on those technologies with me instead of doing the C# stuff and they were all pretty bright people, so we did a bunch of projects using that stuff and then when it came time to look for co-op opportunities I applied to Desire To Learn and they never got back to me, which is great because if they had and I had gotten a job there I'd probably still be a C# developer now. Adam Wathan: Instead I saw this tiny, little company that was only three people at the time that was doing like Magento sites and some custom app development in PHP, and I was like you know what, I'll apply for that and I ended up being like the only person in my class who applied there and that ended up being like the best way it could have ever possibly worked out because I met some really cool, talented people there that really helped me get my career to where it is now and encouraged me to speak at user groups and get involved in open source and stuff like that. Matt Stauffer: That's awesome. Adam Wathan: So after I went and worked there I did my whole kind of internship co-op stuff there and I just never went back to school because I had a mortgage and stuff like that. I was like 26 at the time or 25, 26, and I couldn't really afford to like not get paid for another year or going back to school and the whole point of going to school was to be able to get a job. and now I had a job and even if I wanted to leave there, well, I had a job doing programming for a living on my resume now so it didn't really matter, you know what I mean? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: So I got what I needed out of it and then kind of got into the workforce doing PHP stuff and actually like even when I started there, that's when I really got seriously into Laravel stuff. We actually started using Laravel 4 on a client project before it was officially released when it was still like in a beta, which is cool, so I was getting paid to write Laravel code on my very first programming job. Matt Stauffer: Which is amazing. Adam Wathan: Pretty neat. Matt Stauffer: That's very cool. And who are the three? It was Chris and Grant and who was the third person, do you remember? Adam Wathan: Chris, Grant and Caryn, who is like a ... She's a product designer. Matt Stauffer: Product designer, yeah. Adam Wathan: A UX person there. Matt Stauffer: I didn't know she was employee number one. Adam Wathan: I don't think she was employee number one. They kind of went through a couple different iterations of the company doing different stuff- Matt Stauffer: Got it. Okay. Adam Wathan: Over time, but when I got there it was the three of them and they kind of had their thing figured out. Matt Stauffer: Very cool. All right, so the story from there you did at Vehikl ... So when did you start speaking? Was it the Laracon EU testing talk? Was that your first kind of big conference, or what was your speaking journey like? Adam Wathan: So the first talk that I ever gave was like an intro to Laravel talk at a Meetup that we created so that I could give that talk basically like the vehicle we created like the Kitchener-Waterloo Laravel Meetup which only survived like a few Meetups because we also had this like Guelph PHP user group which half the time we were doing Kitchener anyways and that eventually just became like oh, we'll just do everything there because we'd meet up once a month there. But yeah, so I gave a talk at that user group to about like 30 people or something, which was my first time doing any speaking like that, and I may have done another talk after that to like a local Meetup, but yeah, the first conference talk I think was the community day at Laracon EU 2015 or maybe '14, yeah, and I did the talk- Matt Stauffer: I remember it, but I don't remember the year so, yeah. Adam Wathan: Yeah, I can't remember what the talk was called, TDD the good parts, I think, and then after that I think I gave a talk at True North PHP in Toronto at Chris Hartjes and Peter Meth's conference and from there I just kind of got into it more and more. Once you kind of have one conference under your belt, it's a lot easier to get into the other ones, especially if you make the effort to get them filmed and post them online and be able to use that stuff to help show people hey, I can actually do this and it'll be fun. I'm a grown up I can do a good job. Matt Stauffer: Cool. So at some point you were using Laravel, and you became more aware of some of the world's around there. You were looking into things in Rails, you were talking about Ruby some. What was that journey like from Laravel being the thing that you were spending all your time in, to kind of expanding your exposure to the rest of the web world, I guess. Adam Wathan: I can't say ... I can't think of a specific ... I can't remember exactly how I heard about some of these other things, because like I said, I only remember being in college and being like well, PHP is what I use on a server. I didn't even know Rails existed. Like in some ways, in a lot of ways I wish I had known, because I probably would have never become a Laravel programmer. Not because I don't have ... I have anything against Laravel, but throughout the years it's become pretty clear that philosophically I'm much more aligned with the way people think in kind of the Ruby world, right? Adam Wathan: So I was already kind of like deep into Laravel stuff and feeling like pretty fast and productive with it and I'm sure all I was doing was poking around the internet looking for tutorials, reading things about how to do this and that and somewhere in there someone said similar to how this works in Rails blah, blah, you know what I mean? Like eventually you just kind of like start hearing about these things. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Start hearing it, yeah. Adam Wathan: And the Laravel community was a lot less mature than it is now at that point, so a lot of the really good content that was out there was focused on Rails. Like Rails had a big head start on a lot of what we're doing in the Laravel world. Rails came out in like 2004 I think originally. And there's blog posts written in like 2008, 2009 that are still really useful blog posts for people writing Laravel stuff now, so it was actually really interesting for me to discover that kind of whole world because at the time this was like 2013, 2014 when I was learning Laravel originally. Maybe ... Yeah, probably 2013, there was like eight years worth of high quality Rails content out there. So if I could just figure out- Matt Stauffer: Yeah, sitting out there already. Adam Wathan: How to translate the syntax from Ruby to PHP, you know, there was all this content out there that could make me a better Laravel developer, basically. So I got really, really deep into all that stuff and that's when I discovered companies like Thoughtbot that had done tons of blogging and written books and put together video tutorials or Gary Bernhardt's Destroy All Software, which is all Rails stuff. There was just so much good stuff out there and that's where I basically focused all my learning at that point was taking everything that people had already ... Like I make this joke a lot of the time that any time like someone runs into a problem with Laravel, like a design decision where you're like okay, well, what's the best way to do this in Laravel, take the current year subtract four years, include that in your search query and look for how to do that in Rails and there will be like 100 quality blog posts out there. Adam Wathan: So yeah, I got really into just kind of researching what people were doing in these other ecosystems and finding out what made sense to try to port back and apply to what we were doing in PHP stuff and yeah, that's kind of been like my shtick, I guess. I'm always looking outside my existing community to see if ... I think of myself as like Christopher Columbus like going across the sea to the foreign lands and bringing back treasures for people. Matt Stauffer: Nice. Yeah, so let's see. So you worked at Vehikl for a while and do you know how big Vehikl was when you left? Adam Wathan: So it was still actually just the four of us- Matt Stauffer: Oh, yeah? Okay. Adam Wathan: When I left, which was kind of like my motivation for leaving. I still was really enjoying the work that I was doing there, but I had this like nagging feeling that I was missing out on the ability to grow faster by not being part of a bigger team where there was more ... Not more experienced developers like developers with more experience, but just more developers- Matt Stauffer: More people, yeah, yeah. Adam Wathan: That were experienced- Matt Stauffer: With different experiences, yeah. Adam Wathan: To learn from, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: And that was kind of stressing me out at the time, so I ended up leaving to go work for a company that did Rails consulting, but when I got there I got dumped onto a project doing C# and Angular, so I only stayed there for like three months because I want to blow my brains out ,and I soon ... Like within the first week of working I was like I can't believe I left my other job, this sucks so bad. And then after being there for a couple months Tighten, this company out of Chicago that does some Laravel stuff, I don't know, people might have heard of them, posted a job posting on the old Laravel job site and I applied for that and ended up going to work there for a while. Matt Stauffer: It's so weird because I've been trying to figure out how to ask you questions about that time, and it's really tough. I don't know how, but maybe I'll just try and throw a broad one at you and see if that goes somewhere. What was the area you grew in the most while you're working at Tighten? I think that may be a question to start with. Adam Wathan: That's a hard one. I can't think exactly what ... I think the biggest changes for me are the things that I had to figure out the most was like the remote working thing. That was like a new thing for me and figuring out how to ask for help with things and get stuff done and get help from people in a way where like I'm just so used to ... I was just so used to working in an office where if you're frustrated with a problem, like the people sitting around you can tell, you know what I mean? Matt Stauffer: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Adam Wathan: And that's not as easy in a remote company, so you have to figure out ways to manage that sort of thing, especially when people are not always like available at the same time because everyone's kind of working ... Like even though you have kind of standard-ish hours, there's still a lot of a synchronicity to it, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah, yeah. Adam Wathan: Everyone has different calendars with different things going on, which is very different than being in an office. Yeah, people have stuff scheduled and calls and stuff, but you can like see when someone is available. So figuring that out was probably ... That was probably the biggest change and area for me to kind of figure out how to work that way, and yeah, it was good though. I think the remote working set up is the way to do it, as long as you can make sure people are able to communicate when they need to communicate and feel ... You have to be more deliberate about asking for help, which can be hard, you know what I mean? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: If you can just be frustrated and people can tell and people offer to help, that's one thing, but sometimes it's like you feel like you have to ask for help every 15 minutes with something, especially when you're starting, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: And that could be like ... It's like a degree of shame or something like associated with that. That's hard to get over. Matt Stauffer: We've been working ... That's probably been the biggest barrier with bringing on juniors is that the combination of junior, plus remote, it's really an extra level of shame. Adam Wathan: Plus new job, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: Which is hard for even for like an experienced person, yeah. Matt Stauffer: New job, remote, new tech, I don't know what I'm doing, everybody else here has got it and I'm asking for questions every 15 minutes, I feel like I'm bothering people. Adam Wathan: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: That's definitely tough. Adam Wathan: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: So this is the last question I'll ask about your time at Tighten, but one of the things that was really impactful from our perspective was that you had a lot of thoughts about how a company should be run and a lot of them came from watching Base Camp and and Thoughtbot, and thinking about concepts that you've talked about in the podcasts and some of the times I've talked with you about on podcasts of things like no estimates and stuff like that, where there's a certain way of thinking, and I think that Dan and I say often that your time at Tighten was really impactful in terms of just kind of like sharing those things with us, but it wasn't always just as easy as Adam comes in and teaches something. Matt Stauffer: Often it happened in the context of, you know, there was a ... Not necessarily there was a conflict, but there was sort of like well, why is it not happening this way and we'd be like, "Oh well, I don't know. We'll figure that out." So I was wondering during your time at Tighten, do you feel like you learned anything about what you wanted to kind of do when you grew up kind of vibe in terms of teaching, or were there things that you learned about how you think software should be written or something that happened in the context of those learning moments and those conflicts and everything that we had during those times? Adam Wathan: Yeah, I'm try to think if there's anything specific I can take away as like a learning ... Matt Stauffer: And if not, no worries, I'll just edit out the question. Adam Wathan: Yeah, I think like ... I mean, what I like working on the most at Tighten was being able to create projects for companies, build stuff for other people. I think if anything, what I maybe took away is that ... What's the best way to say this? I like having control I guess of like my own destiny in that sense because working with companies to build new projects for them there's like this of course this whole layer of stuff that comes with that that isn't there when you're just building something for yourself of course, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: And it can be a real challenge sometimes to get people on board with building something in a way that is in their best interests, even though they might not understand why or agree why, and that's just like a whole thing that you have to figure out how to navigate that can just get in the way of what you want to do which is just like creating the best thing for solving a problem for them, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: So I think being able to get into what I'm doing now where I get to like create training stuff and stuff like that has been a nice change in that sense, because it lets me focus on just doing ... Creating the thing that I want to create. But yeah, like you said, like I think a lot of the reason that I cared so much at Tighten and everywhere I worked about how to try and run these projects successfully is for that same reason because I just want to make the great project, you know what I mean? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: And I think everyone is on the same page there, right? Like you want to figure out a way to navigate the other stuff and minimize it so that you can just focus on doing the work, but because I just care so much about doing the work and that's what I want to do, that it kind of pulls me down this path of figuring out like okay, what is stopping us from being able to just do the work and what ideas are out there in the world that people have that can help us focus on- Matt Stauffer: Help us, yeah. Adam Wathan: Just doing the work for people. So I don't know if that really answers your question in terms of I guess like a specific kind of learnings or take aways, but in terms of, you know, that sort of project management side of things, I think that's sort of like where my motivations at least come from to care about that stuff. Matt Stauffer: Well, it's funny because you say everyone feels that way and of course everyone, you know, hopefully wants to really do a good job for the client, but it also reflects a little bit back on what we were talking about earlier about you love doing things to the best they can possibly be done and it's not just your things, you know, it's also other people's things. Like every project you have a hand in, you want it to be the best possible thing, and if there's stuff getting in the way of that, well, then that's stuff that you need to kind of shave off so that it can just be the optimal it will be. So I totally hear that and that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for answering that kind of convoluted question. Matt Stauffer: So the transition from there was it was during your time there that you wrote your book and you released it and you were able to transition it to be doing your own educational stuff full time. So in terms of that switch, when and what was the process like for you to start thinking you know what, working at somebody else's consultancy may just not end up being the thing for me and I want to try info products or I want to try my own products or something like that? Like what was that journey like for you? Adam Wathan: Yeah, so I think for me what really happened there as I put together this book and released it, I didn't really have crazy expectations for it or anything like that. Again, it was just one of those things where I've always just really liked making polished things that are finished that you can look at and be like this is done and this is tidy and this feels nice. And I used to do that with even like trying to contribute tutorials to Game Facts and stuff back in the day. I never got anything on there, but I would just like agonize over like making some sweet like ASCII art title at the top of these like stupid plain text files- Matt Stauffer: That's perfect. Adam Wathan: And I just wanted it to feel like a polished thing, right? So that was kind of like one of my biggest motivations for making the book was first of all, I've always been interested in like creating something and selling it and seeing like what it's like to make your own money on the internet sort of thing, but I also just like ... It's hard to think back to it now because I have a few products now, but back then I kind of felt like I just had never got to finish anything, if that makes sense? Matt Stauffer: Yeah, definitely. Adam Wathan: And this is a common thing that I think like agencies deal with a lot in general, right? As you get to work with a client, you do a lot of really great work for them, but you're not necessarily like always around 'till the end of the project because maybe eventually they hire their own team which is one of their goals from the beginning, right? They're trying to get like a head start on something so that once they have a little bit of traction they can build their own team around it, because of course that's more economical way to handle that. Adam Wathan: Or the other end of the spectrum is you start working on a project for someone and it turns out that they just aren't able to hold up their end of the bargain really and the project is just not going to work out and you do work for them for six weeks and then they realize like you know what, I'm not ever going to be able to make an app company properly, so you kind of just say okay, thanks for your work, you did a great job, but like that's the end of the project. Like I've worked on so many projects that never even went to production, you know? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: Or got any users or anything like that and that's kind of like a ... At the time that was kind of "I just want to finish something. I just want to have something that's done." I did that with my Nitpick too, that little SaaS something- Matt Stauffer: Yeah, I remember. Adam Wathan: That I built, and the whole goal there was just the same thing, like I want to build an app 'till it's done and then put it out on the internet, and that was just like a cool feeling. So I did the same thing with the book and then the book ended up being, you know, pretty successful, and before I worked on that book, I had the idea all along that what I really wanted to do was some sort of testing thing, like some TDD book or course or something, but it was just like ... Sounded like so daunting, it just sounded like a big project. Adam Wathan: So I stumbled on this idea to the collections thing, and that seemed so much more manageable, so once I had finished that and, you know, it was pretty successful, I thought you know what, if I want to do this like testing product, this is the best possible chance that I'm going to have to be able to spend the time on that because the book did well enough that like I can take six months off and focus on this thing. So I thought you know what, I'm not going to get a chance like this again. If I don't do it now then this money is just going to go into an RSP or something and it's just going to ... Yeah, of course that's good, I should have money saved away for a time. Matt Stauffer: Right, right. Adam Wathan: I'm not going to ... Like it's not going to change my life in any way, I'm just going to keep doing the exact same thing that I'm doing. The book's going to be out there, but I'm not like seizing the moment to use it as an opportunity to try something. So I thought you know what, this is like the only chance that I'm going to get to probably do this, so why don't I try it out. So that's when I decided to move on to try and to just do something for myself and see how it panned out and I did the testing course, which was way bigger than I even was worried about it being originally. Adam Wathan: So it's a good thing that I didn't try and put it together when I was still working, but that did really well too, and that's been able to let me focus on continuing to do more stuff like that. I'm always able to stay just like a little bit enough ahead of where I need to be that I have some time to figure out what the next thing is going to be, you know, and I'm just kind of like building the bridge as I try and cross the river. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, that's awesome. I remember one of the things that you said when you let us know that you were going to be going off to do the thing full time and you said, "You know, I don't know how this is going to work out, but I know that if it totally flops in six months I can apply to one of a myriad programming jobs, but if I don't try this, there's no guarantee I'll ever have this chance ever again where there's the traction for my book and I have enough money to kind of try this thing and so I got at least try it." And that really stuck with me, just the idea that like ... And I mean I've had that happen where I've had an influx of cash and it just kind of goes and spreads out across retirement savings and health expenses and whatever else, and your life is exactly the same even though you put all that work into it, and so that idea of those are those moments and it's scary, but like what's the worst thing that's going to happen? I'll use up all the money and then apply for jobs on the other end. Matt Stauffer: You know I'm a little less stable because I'll have to be applying for a job versus having once settled, but there's no guarantee that your job's not going to shut down the next day, you know, and so like the idea that oh well, everything's perfect now, I'll be put ... No, no. You know, I really love that kind of thinking and obviously at least so far it's working out really well for you, so I'm hoping that's an inspiration for other people to kind of consider taking some of those leaps. Matt Stauffer: I would love to ask you a million questions about how you think about product and stuff like that, but we're longer than usual, and thankfully other people have asked you that on their podcasts, so I'm going to try and link some of your stuff with Justin Jackson and some other people, also Full Stack Radio, even though it's you interviewing other people, you do learn a lot about the interviewer by the questions they ask. So all this super interesting stuff that we don't have time for, I hope that we'll be able to ... People will be able to kind of suss that information out anywhere else. Matt Stauffer: But I think one of the things we have not talked about, so every time I'm going to be interviewing somebody in the Laravel podcasts I go into Tighten Slack and I say I'm about to interview this person and I'm actually opening my Slack right now to make sure that new questions ... Yep, a couple of new questions came in, and I say, "Are there any particular questions that y'all want to ask them?" And so I ask that question in Tighten Slack, which is kind of funny because you are still in some of our Slacks and you used to work there, but there's still some questions. Matt Stauffer: So the first question came up for you is, "Do you even lift, bro? Which first of all is fantastic, but second of all in our Slack that actually triggers a gif of you doing a lift, so it's perfect. So we haven't gotten to talk about that at all. Adam Wathan: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: Where did that fit into your whole world? Can you tell everybody a little bit about kind of that part of your life? Adam Wathan: Yeah, so when I was working up in Fort McMurray in Alberta, I've always been kind of like an overweight kid. Matt Stauffer: Same. Adam Wathan: And like most people, like you just want to look better, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: So when I was working up there, you're just like so bored and you're not using your willpower for basically anything else that it was like an opportunity to finally try and do that seriously, right? It's actually funny because if you follow along with like the bootstrap podcast like Ian and Andre, Andre is kind of doing the same sort of thing. Like he decided to basically take off some time during the year from any really like mentally sort of straining work. Like I think he's just mostly focused on doing some consulting stuff and I'm not even sure if he's working the same amount of hours and stuff that he was doing normally, but he decided like, you know, I want to take this opportunity with this kind of reserve of mental energy that I have and focus on something like really life changing thing, which for him was like getting in shape, right? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: And it's funny because I never really thought about it that way, but when I heard him phrase it that way it's like you know what, that's exactly like why I was able to do it originally, because I just didn't have anything else pulling at my brain. So when you're going to make dinner or even going out for dinner with your friends it's easy to order the vegetables instead of the fries because like I just haven't used any of that brainpower, you know what I mean? Matt Stauffer: Yeah. Adam Wathan: So when I was working out there, I just ... It was easier for me to start eating a lot better and get into like home workouts and stuff like that and that led me down this whole path of eventually discovering like strength training. Pro tip; if you're a programmer who wants to like start exercising, the terms that you should be Googling are strength training. That is the term that's going to find you ... At least I think is going to find you the stuff that's going to resonate most with how your brain works in terms of things being really measurable and being able to like science the shit out of everything with lots of percentages and math. Adam Wathan: But eventually I kind of stumbled onto this like form of exercise where you're just focusing on like lots of really high bang for your buck compound exercises like multi joint movements like squats and deadlifts and bench press and overhead press and chin ups and barbell rows and stuff like that, and once I finally found the good stuff online which was like Mark Rippetoe's content and stuff like that, you learn like what you should be doing is progressively trying to increase the weight that you're lifting. Like a lot of people just go to the gym and they just like pick whatever they think is going to be like a good weight to lift that day and just do it or whatever, but they're not actually tracking their progress, so they don't really make progress, but if you can develop a plan where you know like okay, this week this is what I'm lifting, next week I have to try and lift this and it goes up and up and up. Adam Wathan: For me that's what was able to keep me kind of motivated because I was seeing progress on paper because seeing progress in the mirror is a lot harder, it takes a lot longer and it's a lot more subtle and gradual, and if you're not taking the pictures of yourself topless in the mirror every week to compare like okay, do I actually look like I'm getting in better shape, but if you're just like blogging stuff in a notebook it's easy to say okay, I bench pressed 185 for six reps last week and this week I did it for eight reps, that's pretty cool. So I've kind of gone into this whole thing of getting stronger and lifting and eventually started competing in power lifting competitions because like with everything I do I have to take it to the extreme. Adam Wathan: So what started as like 185 pound like skinny fat kid to trying to like look better without his shirt off, turned into like a 260 pound dude deadlifting 600 pounds and winning nationals power lifting gold bells. That was just something ... I would still be doing that, but it's a hard ... Once you get there's like a point of diminishing returns, which I think I definitely hit, where you're just more likely to get injured than you are to make progress, and I've hurt myself a couple times and I have a nagging back injury now that doesn't bother me day to day, but any time I get back into lifting, no matter how light I start, after a couple weeks I do one rep not 100% perfect and my back is messed up for a week, it's really frustrating. Adam Wathan: So it's hard for me to really stay motivated into it these days because the thing that kept me going was like getting stronger. So going to the gym to lift less than I did before is like, whatever. I still need to get back into it more, but yeah, that was a big thing for me for a while. Matt Stauffer: It's funny because as you were saying that, a light was going off in my head. I switched to a new trainer about four months ago and it was the first time the trainer has been trying to teach me the skills to be able to stop working with him versus just kind of like giving himself job security by just kind of telling me what to do. And he's a Mark Rippetoe guy and he just moved to Chicago, or he's moving to Chicago this weekend and so he's like here's everything I know and he set me up with this thing called ... Have you ever heard of the 5-3-1? Adam Wathan: Yep, that's what I always used to do. Jim Wendler. Matt Stauffer: That's literally what I started it this week at the new gym on my own and I've got a 5-3-1 calculator. Adam Wathan: That's awesome. Matt Stauffer: I plug all my information in. Adam Wathan: It's amazing. Jim Wendler is like he's the DHH of weight lifting. Like he's just got that same like everyone over complicates things attitude and there's this quote that I ... So this is so funny because like so many people who get into power lifting are like super nerds about this stuff, right? Like the amount of like just nerds that get into this stuff is outrageous just because of the fact that you get to make spreadsheets, you get to calculate like your estimated one rep max based on how many reps you lift this way or whatever. Adam Wathan: And I'll never forget there's like a F.A.Q. section in one of Jim Wendler's books where someone asks a question and it's like, what is the best ... I can't remember exactly how it was phrased, but basically the question is like what incline should I be using on like

It's an unusual week with the crew traveling, so Dr. Lowery and Coach Stevens divide-up the episode. In the first half of the show, Lonnie covers a special combination of news and reviews by sharing new research on the anti-inflammatory phytochemical curcumin and products on the market that may be better than the raw herb. He takes the opportunity to share behind-the-scenes information on how such things come to market and how they get reviewed. After the mid-show break, Phil shares news on his trip to Jim Wendler's place and the Arnold Fitness Weekend, then moves on to a presentation on goal setting and the kind of people who love it. Get in on this!