#1 - Welcome to the Baker Barbell Podcast: Unstick Your Training

#1 - Welcome to the Baker Barbell Podcast: Unstick Your Training: Welcome to the first season of the Baker Barbell Podcast! In the inaugural episode, strength and conditioning coaches Andy Baker and Dan Flanick discuss some common reasons athletes get stuck in their training programs, and how to get progress and... by Baker Barbell Podcast

55 min listen

#8 - Barbell Training for Athletes Pt. 3: Why Athletes Must Train for Strength: Andy and Dan wrap up their discussion of training for athletes with a deep dive into why strength is the most important thing an athlete should train for... but not the ONLY thing. Andy Baker Blog: IG: Owner of Co-author of Co-author... by Baker Barbell Podcast

68 min listen

#6 - Barbell Training for Athletes: Andy and Dan discuss the role of barbell training for athletes in sports ranging from power-based contact sports (football, hockey) to agility and high kill sports (baseball, soccer, golf). As detailed in Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training by... by Baker Barbell Podcast

60 min listen

#2 - Variety Is the Spice of Training: Andy and Dan continue their discussion of the most common reasons athletes get stuck in their training, including nutritional extremes (the chronically underfed and overfed trainee), constant program hopping, and never switching up your training... by Baker Barbell Podcast

68 min listen

#3 - Lessons from Westside Barbell: Concurrent and Conjugate Training for the Advancing Athlete: As they advance through the early stages of intermediate training, many lifters opt to use a block-style training program. In block training, training is organized into discrete phases or blocks, during which the lifter focuses on a single adaptation... by Baker Barbell Podcast

65 min listen

#4 - Conjugate Programming: Max Effort Day: Andy and Dan dive deep into "max effort" day, a signature element of conjugate programming. In the conjugate system, max effort day represents the intensity, or heavy, stimulus common to all periodized programs. Uniquely though, max effort day... by Baker Barbell Podcast

78 min listen

#11 - Think Like a Bodybuilder: Accessory Lifts, Mind-Muscle Connection, and Effective Reps: Coach Andy and Coach Dan discuss the proper use of accessory lifts for the post-novice lifter, and how they can be an important tool for building muscle mass. Many lifters use accessories improperly, however, by either failing to progressively... by Baker Barbell Podcast

75 min listen

#14 - What Makes A Good Hypertrophy Exercise? The Criteria for Growth: And and Dan continue their exploration of the fundamentals of physique training and muscle growth, discussing the types of exercises best suited to stimulate hypertrophy. The mindset of the lifter is equally important. A lifter that can develop... by Baker Barbell Podcast

66 min listen

#7 - Barbell Training for Athletes Pt. 2: The Realities of Sport: Andy and Dan continue their mini-series on strength training for competitive athletes with a discussion about the realities and challenges of dealing with the sport world. Athletes, especially student athletes, have many competing priorities for their... by Baker Barbell Podcast

70 min listen

#9 - The Wide, Wide World of Intermediate Training: Much ink has been spilled about the so-called novice linear progression, the basic starter program for new lifters outlined in Mark Rippetoe's as well (co-written by Andy Baker). And as Dan points out, the novice linear progression contains... by Baker Barbell Podcast

59 min listen

#12 - Andy and Dan's Favorite Accessory Exercises: Coach Andy and Dan share their favorite accessory exercises for building muscle and driving strength in the main lifts. Dorian Yates "Blood and Guts" Andy Baker on Paused High Bar Squats Andy Baker Blog: IG: Owner of ... by Baker Barbell Podcast

89 min listen

#13 - Getting Started with Hypertrophy Training: The Upper/Lower 4-Day Split: Are you looking to move beyond a simple strength program and focus on building more muscle, shoring up weak points in your physique, or just try something new? Many lifters complete a novice linear progression and some form of early intermediate... by Baker Barbell Podcast

56 min listen

#10 - Training Splits and the Magic of the Four-Day Split: Andy and Dan continue their outline of intermediate programming with an exploration of the various training splits lifters can use to organize their training after the novice phase. While Andy advocates a three-day full body split for novice lifters,... by Baker Barbell Podcast

70 min listen

#21 - Low Volume Bodybuilding? Dante Trudel's "Dog Crap" Training Method: Andy is running solo today, and sharing one of his favorite methods for building muscle in short, focused, and intense workouts. Many people, especially in the barbell trainign and powerlifting world, immediately associate bodybuilding with light... by Baker Barbell Podcast

81 min listen

#15 - How Do You Measure Growth? Powerbuilding & the Importance of PR's: The goal of physique training, or hypertrophy training, is pretty simple -- get bigger. Increase the size of the muscle bellies. Measuring progress is a trickier proposition, however. Muscle growth takes time, and you cannot expect to see the... by Baker Barbell Podcast

76 min listen

#19 - The Business of Coaching: 3 Marketing Mistakes to Avoid: Andy and Dan take a break from programming and nutrition talk to chat about the business of coaching. Whether you're a professional trainer or coach, or exploring the idea, you'll need a good grasp of marketing fundamentals. Andy walks through some... by Baker Barbell Podcast

92 min listen

#16 - Cardio for Fat Loss, Sports, and the Game of Life: Andy and Dan discuss a perenially popular topic for lifters and trainees everywhere -- how do I do cardio? When, how much, what kind... it's a question that comes up for coaches all the time, and it's worth exploring the various ways it can be... by Baker Barbell Podcast

94 min listen

#22 - 10 Tips for Shorter Workouts: It's a common complaint for lifters becoming more and more advanced -- my workouts are taking too long! For lifters coming out of a Starting Strength style LP, for instance, and starting the Texas Method or some other popular 5x5 programs, they soon... by Baker Barbell Podcast

43 min listen

#18 - Training for "General Fitness:" Going Beyond the Strength Program: Not everyone wants to be a powerlifter, or a strength athlete, or, frankly, even to lift heavy weights past a certain point. If that's you, or someone you're working with, then it's important to understand that traditional strength programs like the... by Baker Barbell Podcast

107 min listen

#23 - Coach Cam Cox Talks Grillin', Chillin', Weights, and the Business of Sauce: Andy invites Starting Strength Coach, Barbell Logic coach, and entrepreneur Cameron Cox to the show to talk about the coaching business, the importance of soft skills as a coach, why being called a personal trainer is not a bad thing, and how the gym... by Baker Barbell Podcast

45 min listen

#20 - A Simple Approach to Advanced Strength Programming: Andy and Dan return to programming, today tackling the big picture behind advanced programming. Essentially, advanced programming picks up when linear progress has ended -- the novice sets daily, then biweekly intensity PR's (the weight on the bar),... by Baker Barbell Podcast

93 min listen

#17 - Training During a Cut, Cheat Meals, Fasted Cardio, and More!: Andy and Dan discuss how to organize your program during a cut. Whether you have a lot of weight to lose or just a little body fat to trim off, you will be operating in a caloric deficit, meaning your recovery resources won't be optimal for strength... by Baker Barbell Podcast

88 min listen

#29 - Dr. Robert Santana Pt 2: Low Carb Diets, Insulin Sensitivity, and Dieting for Endomorphs: Continuing the discussion from last week, Andy interviews Starting Strength Coach and nutrititonist Robert Santana about the effect of low carb diets on training and fat loss. They also discuss the role of insulin sensitivity in training, particularly... by Baker Barbell Podcast

53 min listen

#25 - Training a Champion: 2022 World IPF Masters Champion Shelly Stettner: After a brief hiatus, Andy is back! Today he breaks down the training program he used to help 71 year old powerlifter Shelly Stettner win the 2022 IPF World Championship in the Masters 4 division, 63kg weight class. Shelly has an unusual background... by Baker Barbell Podcast

71 min listen

#28 - Dr. Robert Santana, Pt. 1: How Much Protein Do You Really Need, Nutrient Timing, Pre-Workouts, and More: This week we're flipping things around and inviting Dr. Robert Santana, Starting Strength Coach and PhD Nutrition, onto the show to talk about all things nutrition, diet, and macros as they relate to training for strength and physique. In addition to... by Baker Barbell Podcast

64 min listen

#26 - Get Your Money Right: Finance 101 for New and Aspiring Coaches: Coaching can be a fun and highly rewarding profession, because you get to help people become better versions of themselves, gain confidence, and build more resilient bodies. One of the quickest ways to burn out from the profession, however, is to make... by Baker Barbell Podcast

57 min listen

#24 - Q&A #1: Running and Lifting, Hypertrophy with Limited Equipment, Defining Your Goals, & More!: Andy fields questions from his inbox and his private Facebook group, ranging from how to effectively program running and strength training at the same time, how to incorporate hypertrophy movements in a home gym with limited equipment, and more.... by Baker Barbell Podcast

56 min listen

#27 - SIMULCAST: Andy on the Weights and Plates Podcast: Today's show is a simulcast with the Weights and Plates podcast. Andy was recently a guest on the Weights and Plates show, and as part of a podcast swap, we are airing Andy's interview from the show on both Weights and Plates and Baker Barbell... by Baker Barbell Podcast

100 min listen

#32 - Picking the Right Program for You: A Tour of AndyBaker.com: In today's episide, show producer Trent Jones chats with Andy about his wide array of coaching and programming services. If it wasn't obvious from the variety of topics on the podcast thus far, Andy has a wide range of interests in fitness and he... by Baker Barbell Podcast

77 min listen

#30 - Strength or Hypertrophy? Identifying Your Weaknesses: The pendulum swings on in the fitness industry, and right now "hypertrophy" is the hot topic (or as Andy likes to call it, bodybulding with a small "b"). Many people who got into powerlifting over the last decade and half, and subsequently retired... by Baker Barbell Podcast

43 min listen

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