#213 - Walker Percy, the Aesthetics of Bourbon Drinking, & A Few Q&A Questions

#211 - The Perfect Problem: Learning to Be Kind To Yourself When You Fail: Barbell Logic has long attracted thinkers, strivers, and a fair number of Type A personalities. "Logic" is in the name, of course, and barbell training in particular demands a sort of consistency and attention to detail that is well-suited to the... by Barbell Logic

39 min listen

#201 - Saturday Q&A #12: Gaining Weight, Lifting Your Head on the Bench, A Personal Finance Clarification, & More!: Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Online Great Books is opening... by Barbell Logic

28 min listen

#196 - The Secret to a Bigger Bench? Leg Drive: Coaches often note that the bench press is one of the easiest lifts to teach, probably because most people have done a bench press if they've ever set foot in a gym. After teaching the proper arch position, and identifying the correct grip, the... by Barbell Logic

33 min listen

#191 - Never Sated: The Fight Against Cerebral Palsy with Smiles Taylor & Uncle Nic: Matt and Scott talk with lifter and coach (and, recently, social media superstars) Miles "Smiles" Taylor and "Uncle" Nic Myers about Miles' incredible journey to the strengthlifting platform. Miles has cerebral palsy, a motor disability affecting his... by Barbell Logic

34 min listen

#198 - Saturday Q&A #11: Platform Construction, Training in the Cold, Pants for Lifters, and More!: Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Get club coaching from the... by Barbell Logic

21 min listen

#199 - Fighting Solves Everything: Professor Paul's Battle Against Cancer: In August 2018 Paul and Jarrad Markel of Student of the Gun joined us to talk about their experience strength training and how it made them more resilient, acute marksmen (Episode #97 - Fighting STRONG with Student of the Gun). A few months ago,... by Barbell Logic

34 min listen

#215 - A Brief History of Programming Theory: Zatsiorsky's Two Factor Theory Pt. 2: Matt and Scott wrap up Part 2 of their discussion of Zatsiorsky's two factor theory of programming and it's relevance to the basic SRA model that drives our programming decisions. Have a question about training? Send a question to Matt and... by Barbell Logic

30 min listen

#213 - Walker Percy, the Aesthetics of Bourbon Drinking, & A Few Q&A Questions: Matt shares a new whiskey (almost, but not quite a bourbon) that's captured his attention -- Heaven Hill's . It's big on flavor but light on the wallet. Scott shares an essay from the perpetually antebellum Walker Percy on the aesthetics of bourbon... by Barbell Logic

23 min listen

#195 - Saturday Q&A #10: Supinated Grip Barbell Rows, Best Plato Translations, Training for Kids, and More!: Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Get club coaching from the... by Barbell Logic

21 min listen

#200 - Cutting Up with the Wives & A Retrospective: Two years and two days ago, Matt and Scott officially launched the Barbell Logic podcast with Episode #1 - Why Strength? The idea was simply to make a logical case for barbell training and how it should be done, an audio diary of Matt's coaching... by Barbell Logic

48 min listen

#207 - Saturday Q&A #13: Back Spasms, Novice LP for High School Athletes, & More!: Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Save 50% off your first month of online coaching at using... by Barbell Logic

26 min listen

#197 - SRA Revisited: Exploring the Fitness Fatigue Model: Coach Matt and Scott explore the fitness fatigue model on today's show. They have discussed the SRA model at length on the show -- go check out episode #144: Rethinking SRA and Post-Novice Programming -- and one thing is clear: to continue getting... by Barbell Logic

34 min listen

#209 - How to Troubleshoot Your LP: Monday's episode covered programming fundamentals for the ever-popular question: what do I do after the novice LP? Today Matt and Scott expand on the topic by walking through specific examples and discussing their thought process troubleshooting each... by Barbell Logic

44 min listen

#192 - Saturday Q&A #9: The Mystery of the Extra H in "FAHVE," Fixing Lumbar Rounding in the Deadlift, and More!: Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email questions@barbell-logic.com and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Use discount code LOGIC... by Barbell Logic

21 min listen

#202 - How to Approach Your First Month of Training: After 200 episodes and counting, we've heard from a lot of new listeners, some of whom are beginning their barbell journey for the first time. While we encourage everyone to go back to the first 20 or so episodes, in particular #15 - How to Kill It In... by Barbell Logic

32 min listen

#210 - Saturday Q&A #14: Sanitation in Public Gyms, College v Entrepeneurship, Training after Shoulder Repair, & More!: Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Use discount code LOGIC to save 10% off microplates,... by Barbell Logic

31 min listen

#234 - Saturday Q&A #21: Programming for Women, Small Business Startups, Advice for New Dads, & More!: Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode! Discounts Whip your email inbox into shape with Sanebox! Sign up for... by Barbell Logic

22 min listen

#204 - Saturday EXTRA: On Bidets, Stagnant Wages, & The Billionaire's Dark Hunger: It's no secret by now that Matt and Scott are men of passion. Occasionally these passions evoke such entertaining tirades, fulminations, and fervent orations during the podcast that they must be shared. This is one such occasion. If you'd like... by Barbell Logic

22 min listen

#203 - The Red Flags of Dating with Dr. David Puder: Today Matt and Scott welcome back Dr. David Puder, psychiatrist and host of the Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast, to discuss one of Hambrick's rules -- don't date someone you wouldn't marry. Dr. Puder shares some of his "red flags" of dating and... by Barbell Logic

57 min listen

#206 - Training When the Passion Fades: Matt and Scott discuss how their passion for training has waxed and waned over the years, how they currently feel about training, and the two types of attitude most clients approach the barbell with. Got a question for Matt and Scott? Email us... by Barbell Logic

42 min listen

#194 - Shedding Body Fat During LP: To quote Rip, "it's common to want what we cannot have." And let's be real, we all want abs. Or at least a flatter stomach. Yet many of us approach the barbell as novices with a little (or a lot) extra body fat, leaving us with seemingly conflicting... by Barbell Logic

51 min listen

#224 - Bonus Q&A! Matt & Scott Answer Your Questions: Matt and Scott are back with another BIG Q&A to answer your questions and work through the backlog in the Barbell Logic inbox. Thank you for submitting your questions and sharing your thoughts and experiences with the show -- and keep the... by Barbell Logic

57 min listen

#205 - The M.E.D. Toolbox #4: PR's & The Beauty of Simplicity: Matt and Scott return to the MED toolbox to discuss the importance of PR's in measuring the success of a program. Of course, PR's are inherent in the novice linear progression, during which the athlete hits PR's for 3x5 every workout, or every other... by Barbell Logic

53 min listen

#220 - Will Lifting Weights Make You Bulky?: One of the most frequent questions we hear from new lifters -- or people considering strength training but not yet sold on it -- is will it make me bulky? It's a pervasive myth, and one of the most common concerns among women, but it has little basis... by Barbell Logic

44 min listen

#237 - The Barbell Coaching Academy with Bill Hannon & Reed Smith: Barbell Logic Coach and mastermind behind the Coaching Academy, Bill Hannon returns to the podcast to celebrate the 1-Year anniversary of the academy and discuss how it has developed and grown since it's inception. What began as a way to codify and... by Barbell Logic

45 min listen

#221 - What's In the Pipe? The Future of Barbell Logic: Barbell Logic started life as a people-focused company, bringing exceptional online coaching to people without local access to coaching. The company has grown dramatically since then, branching into written and audio/visual content, establishing the... by Barbell Logic

38 min listen

#193 - Anatomy of a Deload: How & When to Take a Break: For those that have walked the path and become strong, there are times when the weights go from challenging, to soul-searching, to world-endingly heavy, yet, stress must continue to increase in the quest for more strength. That's where the deload... by Barbell Logic

40 min listen

#212 - Critical Thinking in the "I've Heard..." Culture: Matt and Scott discuss the thinking -- or lack thereof -- behind the many questions they receive each week asking them their opinion on someone else's line of thinking: "I've heard that..." or "So and so says..." While theses low-effort questions seem... by Barbell Logic

36 min listen

#208 - Programming for Dummies: What To Do When LP Stops Working: Matt and Scott discuss the eternal programming question: what do you do when novice linear progression stops working? While they have discussed this topic in great detail in past episodes, programming is not easy to grok for some people. And that's... by Barbell Logic

48 min listen

#217 - What Would You Do... Differently?: Matt and Scott don the 20/20 glasses of hindsight to examine their training, coaching, and business careers and determine what they would have done differently, knowing what they know now. Matt shares a hard business lesson learned at STRONG Gym, and... by Barbell Logic

52 min listen

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#213 - Walker Percy, the Aesthetics of Bourbon Drinking, & A Few Q&A Questions

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