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Kalle Beck joins us to discuss all things strongman. We talk about the early days of Starting Strongman, and where he sees his business going in the future. We also quiz him on Eddie Hall Vs. Thor, manual transmissions, and kale (the vegetable). Hybrid Performance Method: https://hybridperformancemethod.com/ and use code MASS to save 5% on all programs Lifting Large: https://www.liftinglarge.com/ and use code MASS20 to save on Lifting Large branded products Spud Inc.: https://www.spud-inc-straps.com/ Texas Power Bars: https://www.texaspowerbars.com/
In this WSM 2020 special, Marcus and I are joined by Kalle Beck of Starting Strongman, to discuss and go through our predictions for this years WSM heats.
Alan Thrall is the owner of Untamed Strength, an accomplished strength coach, and best known for his successful Youtube Channel. On Talking Strongman Alan and I discuss:1:38 Life as a Marine 8:32 Starting Strongman 16:43 Hosting Strongman Shows 18:40 Competitions with Surprise Events 23:50 The Progression of the Sport 27:00 Becoming a Marine Corp Body Bearer 29:00 Opening Untamed Strength 34:20 Starting the YouTube Channel 37:50 Training Philosophies 53:00 Negative comments 55:00 World's Strongest Man 2020
Starting Strongman founder and coach Kalle Beck joins us to talk about training for strongman (and for strength and fitness in general) when you have minimal formal equipment. Kalle has a ton of experience helping clients stay strong under a lot of circumstances, and he also shares his insights into making your own weighted implements and the do-it-yourself lessons from years in the strongman community.
Join Anthony and Sam as they welcome Kalle Beck, owner and founder of Starting Strongman, to the show. In this interview with Kalle they discuss what strongman is, how you can train for it and get started training for it, how you can and maybe should incorporate some strongman training into your own training even if you are not a strongman, and then preview the upcoming Arnold Classic strongman competition. Thanks to our sponsor Barbell Apparel. You can support the show and save 10% on your order by going to www.barbellapparel.com/chp Have a question, need to contact the show, or are interested in training with Complete Human Performance? You can email Anthony at: anthony.dorazio@completehumanperformance.com Follow Sam on IG @sam_metal Follow Anthony on IG @dorazioanthony Follow Kalle on IG @startingstrongman Follow Complete Human Performance on IG @completehumanperformance For training and nutritional coaching visit www.completehumanperformance.com
We finally connect with Kalle Beck, the man behind StartingStrongman.com. If you saw the Facebook commercial during the Super Bowl, the Oscars, etc., you’ve seen Kalle and some of the members of the online strongman community he started years ago. How did he get interested in strongman in the first place? Did he really quit his job so he could compete in China? What’s it like to be in a huge TV commercial? What’s it like to move from California to Tennessee? How do you actually get started training strongman? (Yes, we broke format again and had the guest on for the whole episode.) You can find Kalle at startingstrongman.com, on Instagram @startingstrongman, and of course at the Starting Strongman Facebook group. Listener deals: Someone in your life needs flowers! Get 25% off your order from The Bouqs Co.: Go to bouqs.com/facts with code facts Get 25% off your first month of RemRise when you sign up at GetRemRise.com/facts. Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Connor O’Neal. Theme by Aaron Moore. Branding by Joseph Manzo.
Strongman is one of the most physically demanding — and visually impressive — strength sports on the planet. And perhaps no one has done more to grow the sport's presence online than Kalle Beck.Kalle is the founder of StartingStrongman.com, a fantastic resource covering training in the sport, as well as event results and coverage. And what started as a personal blog — born out of a frustration over the lack of strongman resources online — has evolved into one of strength's more dedicated communities.No one — and I mean no one — has followed the sport more closely over the past decade.But Kalle's goal isn't just to provide online resources for aspiring strongman athletes. He wants to prove that everyone has the potential to participate, not just the 400 pound behemoths we see once a year on television.Find out what drives one of strongman's most visible personalities, along with his motivations and hopes for the sport's continued expansion into the mainstream.StartingStrongman.comBarBend.com
KALLE BECK is the man behind the premire STRONGMAN website Starting Strongman, and he also is the host of Strong Talk podcast, Lightweight Strongman, trainer and coach for all things strength and fitness related. We discuss the differences between the sport of strongman and the training for it. How everyone can benefit from the style and approach and how you really dont need to lift a car to be a strongman (OR WOMAN!).
This Week Kalle Beck talks to Michael Battaglino about what happened to StartingStrongman.com and what is next. If you want to help fund the rebuild of the website and more consider becoming a supporting member on We also discuss the release of Strongman Corporation Nationals events, our thoughts and if we will compete. Along with talking about Kalle's first contest in two years which is this weekend. Follow & Support this podcast by hitting Subscribe and giving a 5 star rating! Sign up for Strongman programming at just $15 a month! use code STRONGTALK to get $5 off EACH month That is just $10 a month! Interested in Strongman Coaching? Fill out the form at Visit our for all your training needs! Shop using our affiliate links on & to support this podcast! Check out exclusive discounts from our
This week we have Canada's Nutrition Coach aka Dain Wallis on talking to Kalle Beck about competing in the Arnold Classic, just missing the finals twice, coming back from injury correctly by fixing the imbalance and movement patterns. How Dain approaches dieting with himself and clients, and we tease a breathing and bracing article Rain wrote for StartingStrongman.com Follow Dain on Instagram & Follow & Support this podcast by hitting Subscribe and giving a 5 star rating! Sign up for Strongman programming at just $15 a month! use code STRONGTALK to get $5 off EACH month That is just $10 a month! Interested in Strongman Coaching? Fill out the form at Visit our for all your training needs! Shop using our affiliate links on & to support this podcast! Check out exclusive discounts from our
California's Strongest Man, top 10 finisher at National's and 6th at Arnold World Championship Strongman Kalle Beck joins Evan to discuss the application of Strongman training to OCR. The owner of StartingStrongman.com and coach for Complete Human Performance, Kalle shares his views and highlights similarities between OCR-Strongman, topics include television appearances, drugs, developing hype, standardizing the sport, negative aspects of the Olympics and much more. This episode brought to you by Harbinger Fitness, for weight belts, weight vests and fat bar training, head over to Harbinger.
In the sport of strongman today Kalle has the absolute go to resource with Starting Strongman. This is the place to go for everybody from the absolute beginner to hardcore enthusiast as he has everything. Kalle has been at the … Continued The post Patience, Adapting and Consistency with Kalle Beck appeared first on Bare Naked Health Podcast.
This week our hosts sit down with American strongman and coach Kalle Beck. He is perhaps best known as the founder of Starting Strongman, a very popular resource for strongman in the United States that has helped thousands discover and begin to participate in the sport. Kalle has a decorated strongman career himself, and through years of competition, injury, victory, and loss he has learned quite a lot about movement, rehab, injury, technique, and all matters related to the sport and strength athletics in general. Tune in and check it out!
LHRL Podcast #25 Have you ever thought competing in a Strongman competition? Sounds crazy, I know. But, it might be much more of an attainable goal than one might realize. This week on the LHRL Podcast we speak with Kalle Beck of StartingStrongman.com. Kalle Beck has been competing in Strongman competitions Since 2007, competitive highlights include winning California's Strongest man and multiple state championships. 3 top ten finishes at Nationals two invites to the Arnold World Championships including 6th place in 2013. In 2014 Kalle founded StartingStrongman.com one of the top sources for information and news on the sport of Strongman.
Intro (0:00)Latest & Greatest (1:16)Welcome to episode 50!Stacy and Vivian are also on Periscope while recording this episodeStacy is preparing to leave for a place that doesn't speak english, and the only other place outside of the US that she has been is CanadaShe can't remember a time where she has ever fully disconnected from work or social media, and she thinks it will be really good for herShe will have to learn to relaxWhen Stacy returns she will begin training at a local CrossFit gym, joining their Strongman training classesVivian and Stacy will also be attending this upcoming Strongman SeminarCome on out to the seminar if you are in the areaStacy survived Vivian's birthday partyThis week on The Paleo View (Stacy's other podcast), they are covering this article from the New York TimesWhat you need to remember about this study and what it teaches us about weight loss and maintenanceStacy is not surprised by what the study revealed, it is information we have been told for yearsHow food and lifestyle effects hormones - this study only supports thatStuff Happening on the Internet (13:15)I Survived 6 Weeks Of CrossFit As A Plus-Size, Body-Positive PersonStacy's similar postYou do you LauraEveryone has to start somewhereKnowing Your 'Why'When strength training isn't always funCreating your tribeUtilizing Starting StrongmanA pro Strongwoman division was recently created and it is a big thingThe weight classesPowerlifting (26:20)Taking steroids to get betterA video from Meg Squats on the presence of steroids in body building and competitive liftingStacy and Vivian's thoughts on a fair fightMake safe and informed choicesFeeling the feelsStay strong everyone!Outro (35:48)
Sports Performance RadioB.Chavez of EvilGenius Sports Performance talks shop with the best of the best in strength and power sports to get you the info you need to get bigger, stronger and faster today!Episode 004B.Chavez speaks with Mr.Kalle Beck of Starting Strongman about everyones favorite subject.......MONEY! Kalle speaks out about the economy of strength sports and what you can and should do to improve things for everyone!Find more from Kalle Beck at www.StartingStrongman.com
How does one get into Strongman competitions? Join Coach Stevens, Dr. Lowery and Jon Mike as they sit down with strongman Kalle Beck to find out. From finding the right contest to choosing a weight class, to how often one should undertake skills practice, there's plenty of good info. to be had. Also, in the news, the World Anti-doping Agency is under fire from the scientific community. Will new attention to their policies blow the lid off the prevalence of drug use? Everyone gets in on this testy topic. It's time to lift your knowledge base to new heights - if you've got the stones!
How does one get into Strongman competitions? Join Coach Stevens, Dr. Lowery and Jon Mike as they sit down with strongman Kalle Beck to find out. From finding the right contest to choosing a weight class, to how often one should undertake skills practice, there's plenty of good info. to be had. Also, in the news, the World Anti-doping Agency is under fire from the scientific community. Will new attention to their policies blow the lid off the prevalence of drug use? Everyone gets in on this testy topic. It's time to lift your knowledge base to new heights - if you've got the stones!
How does one get into Strongman competitions? Join Coach Stevens, Dr. Lowery and Jon Mike as they sit down with strongman Kalle Beck to find out. From finding the right contest to choosing a weight class, to how often one should undertake skills practice, there's plenty of good info. to be had. Also, in the news, the World Anti-doping Agency is under fire from the scientific community. Will new attention to their policies blow the lid off the prevalence of drug use? Everyone gets in on this testy topic. It's time to lift your knowledge base to new heights - if you've got the stones!