Barbell Shrugged - Talking Training W/ Crossfit Games Athletes, Strength Coaches & More

Show Overview:  The United States makes up 5% of the world’s population and consumes 80% of the world’s pharmaceutical drugs. That’s a huge problem for the military, and for the country. Many drugs that are taken in the US are taken by children and adolescents. A percentage of those drugs are disqualifying for military service. Some of the drugs cause side effects that cause weight gain and lethargy which are also, ultimately, disqualifying for military selection. If we don’t get ourselves healthy as a Country from the youth on up, we face some serious problems. If the adults don’t lead from the front, the children will fall from behind.  Obesity, drug use, mental health disorders, and so many more issues plague our youth, and yet, in many ways, our military special forces represent an equal, opposite. The reverence that our Special Operators in the military are held in can make these extraordinary men and women seem virtually unattainably virtuous.  In this interview with Dr. Sean, Lt. Colonel Heath Kern bre

Adrian Conway has always been self-driven to succeed. His early passion for training and dedication to team sports brought him all the way to college football, where he was a running back at Weber State University. In 2008, Conway’s focus on athletic training became a full-time job, and he took on a variety of athletes from 9-year-old tennis stars to those at the collegiate level. In 2013, Conway was hired as a member of the CrossFit HQ L1 training staff and began traveling to different training sites to spread his knowledge and help develop coaches nationwide.   In this episode of Barbell Shrugged, Anders and Doug take a deeper look into FNX Fitness, Crocket Proteins, standing on the CrossFit Games podiums and the One Ton Challenge.     Minute Breakdown:   1-10 Crushing the One Ton Challenge 11-20 Standing on podiums at the CrossFit Games 21-30 Why old preteen powder is so gross 31-40 Wes Kitts the strongest man in the country 41-50 FNX Retreat and company culture  51-60 The CF Level 1 staff tryout    Connec

I was lucky enough to sit down with Lt Col Heath Kerns and get a true inside feel of what it’s like to be an Air Force Special Operations Airman. As a child, I dreamed of this kind of life so to say I was excited is an understatement. We dove into some of the hardest aspects of training, his most memorable experience, mindset, advantages of being an Air Force operator versus the other branches, the resources that are spent on each individual airman and much much more! If you’ve ever wanted to be special operations or just hear more about what it’s like, this is the episode for you. I KNOW you’re going to love it. Connect with the Air Force      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/rc-kerns ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe

Today we’re sitting down with two integral parts of the NCFIT Collective team; M.D.V (Matt DellaValle) is a seasoned guest and co-host of the Business of Fitness Podcast. MDV is the Chief Fitness Officer at NCFIT, managing all fitness, coaching, and programming operations worldwide for the company. Over the past decade, MDV's journey has taken him a few different directions—coaching at some of the best gyms in the biz (CFNE, Reebok CrossFit ONE, CrossFit ONE Nation & NCFIT), leading seminars as part of CrossFit HQ Staff, and managing fitness partnerships for Reebok INTL. Before all this fitness stuff, MDV earned his law degree from William & Mary Law. He is passionate about coaching, fitness, and American traditional tattoos.   Gabe Yanez manages Digital Sales and Marketing at NCFIT. If you are a part of the NCFIT Collective community, you may recognize him as your go to resource for all of your questions and needs. Gabe has coached functional training for 7 years, holds his Level 3 CCFT Certification

When we have a new client come to us at Active Life, we are almost never the first stop for them.   Working with a stranger from half way around the world isn’t exactly the experience people think of when they want to get out of pain without giving up their active lifestyle.    In this episode Dr. Sean and Active Life One-on-One Coach, Lance Einerson talk about Lance’s client Chris who has been to many doctors and found himself frustrated with their answers.   He had shoulder pain that had him limited to the point that it was looking like changing the channel and wiping his own ass we’re going to be the future of his shoulder fitness.   That was unacceptable to Chris, and he followed a referral from another Active Life client all the way to being discussed as a success story on this show.   Minute Breakdown:   1-10: Does it get repetitive? 11-20: What if he can’t do the movements? 21-30: How to deal with multiple issues at the same time 31-40: What does breathing have to do with it? 41-50: Creating corporate

WHOOP is the performance tool that is changing the way people track their fitness and optimize their training. WHOOP provides a wrist worn heart rate monitor that pairs to their app that provides analytics and insights on recovery, strain, and sleep. Know when your body is recovered or when it needs rest by getting to know your nervous system through heart rate variability and quality of sleep. Automatically track workouts and get strain scores that let you know how strenuous training was on your body and see even more data like average heart rate, max heart rate, and calories burned. Get optimal sleep times based on how strenuous your day was and track sleep performance with insight into your sleep cycles and stages of sleep, sleep quality, and sleep consistency. WHOOP monitors heart rate 100 per second 24/7 to give you full insight into your day so you can optimize the way you train. WHOOP has provided an offer for listeners to get 15% off their purchase with the code “shrugged.” Just go to WHOOP and use

For the first time ever, I am being interviewed on my own podcast. I get thousands of people who apply every year to shadow me or intern at my gym "CHALK" here in Orange County. I always say no. However, I finally had someone walk in and introduce themselves that I happen to like and I said yes for once. To give him the best experience possible and in efforts to answer any questions he may have, I had him interview me and ask whatever he wants. I said "nothing is off limits" and he absolutely killed it. Lots of great business stuff, personal stuff, and a bunch of hilarious banter. This show needed to happen for a while. Enjoy!   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/rc-qanda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe

Jason is the Founder and CEO of GORUCK, which manufactures gear in the USA and executes over 900 endurance events per year led by decorated combat Veterans of Special Operations. Jason holds a B.A. in Economics from Emory University in Atlanta, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and a two-time Academic All-American for Tennis. He is a 2006 Graduate of the Special Forces Qualification Course and recipient of a Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal with “V” Device earned while serving on ODA 042 during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007. After founding GORUCK in 2008, Jason got his MBA from Georgetown University in 2011, where he was a John F. Connelly Scholar.   Jason has supported the Green Beret Foundation since inception by raising several hundreds of thousands of dollars for the foundation and every year graciously donates GORUCK GR1s for the foundation’s Casualty Support Program. Whether you’ve opened a gym, are an entrepreneur, or an aspiring business owner, today’s episode is for you. Founder of GORUCK, Jason,

Spencer Arnold is an Olympic Weightlifting coach for the top weightlifters on Team USA including 2016 Olympian Morghan King.   Spencer Arnold on Instagram   Travis Mash on Instagram -------------------------------------------- Please Support Our Sponsors Savage Barbell Apparel - Save 25% on your first order using the code “BARLIFE”   Organifi - Save 20% using code: “Shrugged” at organifi.com/shrugged --------------------------------------------- Join the One Ton Challenge    Registration is LIVE   12 Month Strength training program to increase your snatch, clean, jerk, squat, dead, bench.    Add them up to find your One Ton Total.    The goal is 2,000 pounds for men and 1,200 for women.    http://onetonchallenge.com/join   “What is the One Ton Challenge”   “How Strong is Strong Enough”   “How do I Start the One Ton Challenge”   --------------------------------------------------- Show notes: https://shruggedcollective.com/tbl-arnold ---------------------------------------------------     ► Travel thru Europe w

Show Overview:  There is a great expression that goes like this; “If you want to build something big, you need a vision big enough for other people’s vision to fit inside of it.” And it’s true. On this episode of the show, Dr. Sean sits down with the microphone, and you, to discuss how you can take steps to have a better day every day. He does that by explaining the reason why what Active Life is doing, and plans to do, is so important to him and should be to you. The vision for the impact that Active Life will have on the world is most definitely big enough for you to fit inside of it, and in this episode, Dr. Sean talks to you about how you can take immediate, free, steps to make it a reality. Minute Breakdown: 0-5 - Your vision must be big enough to fit the vision of others inside of it 5-10 - Build a facility big enough to house everyone’s ambition 10-15 - How to intentionally build a better community through fitness, without working out 15-20 - What happens when you let your wall ball drop 20-25 - Succes

Wes Kitts, 2018 and 2019 Pan American Olympic weightlifting champion. Kitts was born in Knoxville, TN where he played high school soccer and football before going on to play Division 1AA football for Austin Peay State University. He began his weightlifting journey in 2014. In 2016 Wes moved to San Ramon, California to begin training at California Strength. He currently competes in the 109kg weight class, having moved up from 105kg class due to recent changes made by the IWF. Kitts holds multiple national titles including 2015 American Open Champion, 2016 National Champion, and 2016 American Open Champion. Kitts is currently coached by Dave spits and looks to make a run at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.   In this episode of Barbell Shrugged, Anders, Doug, and Jackie Perez discuss the lead up to 2019 Worlds, the 2020 Olympics, and how in the hell Wes Kitts got so strong.   Minute Breakdown:   1-10 NFL or Weightlifting for power athletes 11-20 The introduction to Dave Spitz and Cal Strength 21-30 Eating an

Greg is one of the first people I ever remember using Facebook ads to sell a lifestyle diet. I remember seeing them and thinking his style was a little ostentatious, but also thinking that he was kind of a genius. Hell, he was just doing something he believed in and he decided to market the hell out of himself. And you know what?? He’s KILLING IT.    There’s a lot of negative press about him here and there, but you know what they say... “If you don’t have haters, you’re probably not that successful.”    In this podcast I try dig into the roots of where kinobody came from, I try dig a little into Greg’s personal life, and we talk a little business. He’s a rare guy to get on a podcast, so I’m excited for y’all to listen. Enjoy!   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/rc-ogallagher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/Barb

You may recognize both voices on today’s show, as M.D.V (Matt DellaValle) is a seasoned guest and co-host of the Business of Fitness Podcast. MDV is the Chief Fitness Officer at NCFIT, managing all fitness, coaching, and programming operations worldwide for the company. Over the past decade, MDV's journey has taken him a few different directions—coaching at some of the best gyms in the biz (CFNE, Reebok CrossFit ONE, CrossFit ONE Nation & NCFIT), leading seminars as part of CrossFit HQ Staff, and managing fitness partnerships for Reebok INTL. Before all this fitness stuff, MDV earned his law degree from William & Mary Law. He is passionate about coaching, fitness, and American traditional tattoos.      Today is all about scaling! As gym owners and coaches, we can talk about the importance of scaling until we are blue in the face—but can you eloquently relay this information to your athletes? How about how to address a room full of athletes at different levels with different needs—how do you run an eff

Hunter Elam is a fixture of our onsite Mash Mafia team. She has matured so much in her time at Mash Elite. And recently she has made incredible progress. I predict amazing things are in store for her. So what made the difference? How did she gain by leaps and bounds over the last few months? That’s what we talk about today on this podcast. We get into recent changes in her program, diagnosing weaknesses, being a queen of the mundane… and huge predictions for the upcoming AO3. In this episode: Questioning your coach AO3 predictions Why weightlifting is mentally tougher than other sports Missing in warmups and then crushing lifts The biggest change to her program recently and more… Hunter Elam on Instagram Travis Mash on Instagram Please Support Our Sponsors Savage Barbell Apparel - Save 25% on your first order using the code “BARLIFE” Organifi - Save 20% using code: “Shrugged” at organifi.com/shrugged Join the One Ton Challenge  Registration is LIVE 12 Month Strength training program to increase your snatch,

Dave Gallagher is the owner of Savage Barbell.  Savage Barbell is not his full time job. Dave is a full time fire fighter in Southern California and runs Savage on his days off from the fire station. He started Savage Barbell after a very poor customer service experience at the CrossFit Games in 2014.  He thought, “these people have such a great community and this is how they treat us?” He started Savage with a college buddy, who runs a web design marking company in Huntington Beach, California. They wanted to “offer a great product line that knows without its customers, we are nothing!”   In this episode of Barbell Shrugged, the crew breaks into the intricacies of small business, building a clothing brand, competing against the giant in the industry, and how being a full time firefighter captain fuels the mindset and success of the company.   http://savagebarbell.com/shrugged to save 25% on your first purchase.   Minute Breakdown:   1-10 What happens when Plan A doesn’t work. 11-20 The right way to sponsor a

Everyone knows Marcus as the “Functional Bodybuilding” guy, but what else do you really know about him!? I really wanted this podcast to get into some of the deeper stuff in Marcus’s life. I also wanted to chat about some of his business strategies, how he built his business, and any future goals he may have.    Like Lance Armstrong’s famous book “it’s not about the bike”... This podcast his not about functional bodybuilding. It’s about Marcus and his path to success. Guaranteed to be an all time favorite   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/rc-filly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe

Sean Lake is a co-founder of Bubs Naturals and lifelong friend to the great, late Glen “BUB” Doherty, and the BUBs Naturals front line in forging Glen’s legacy. Merging his career experience as a professional athlete, director of global marketing, and entrepreneur, Sean has personally curated the product, communal spirit, and charitable mission that defines the BUBS Naturals brand.    TJ Terrara is a co-founder and fellow adrenaline and fitness maniac. TJ and Sean connected while competing for bragging rights on the CrossFit floor. TJ’s eighteen plus years in online marketing, operations, and technology gave BUBS Naturals the firepower it needed to launch its direct to consumer model. TJ is the e-commerce mastermind that keeps BUBS’ sales and customer acquisition on the upward trajectory.       On today’s episode, Jason sits down with the co-founders of BUBS Naturals, Sean and TJ, to talk shop. On the surface Bubs looks like your go-to, all-natural supplement company (which it totally is), but, as you’ll lear

Not many people have benched over 900 pounds. And not many people have been my good friend for over 20 years. Jason Coker’s done both, so he’s a pretty amazing guy.   He’s the go-to expert on cutting weight – and as a longtime lifter at Westside Barbell, Jason knows better than anyone what Westside is really like. This podcast has a lot of knowledge in it and a lot of perspective… and it’s also got a lot of great stories.   In this episode: Getting a job with me after prison and other wild stories from the past Dynamic days, max effort, and what Westside really does Passing out naked at a powerlifting meet… and how you can cut weight in a better way Truly great powerlifters and what so many get wrong Dealing with sciatica and still setting records and more…   Jason Coker on Instagram   Travis Mash on Instagram ------------------------------------------- Please Support Our Sponsors   Savage Barbell Apparel - Save 25% on your first order using the code “BARLIFE”   Organifi - Save 20% using code: “Shrugged” at

Imagine this… You are working out like you always do, you reach down to deadlift the barbell one more time and, bang, your back goes out. You have pain like you have never experienced before. You crawl to your phone and call your spouse and friends to come help you because the pain is so bad. What goes through your mind? . That’s exactly what happened to Nicole’s Active Life 1 on 1 client, Robert. Robert is a CrossFit Affiliate owner in Lakeland Florida. He owns Lift Lakeland, and it is in that gym that he found himself laid out, unable to move without intense pain. . In this podcast we talk about how Nicole helped Robert go from having fear day to day around anything that included a hip hinge, to deadlifting, and olympic lifting again. And we also discuss how that experience changed the course of Robert’s career forever. . In this episode you will have the opportunity to hear how important this all was to Robert’s wife. The thing about pain and injury is that too often we look at it as pain and injury to the

Jenn Ryan is a 13 year CrossFit athlete that has qualified for the CrossFit Games 5 times in the last 3 years. She is a NASN Liscened Sports Nutritionist, providing nutrition coaching to top CrossFit Games athletes including Lauren Fischer, Rasmus Wisbech, is the lead nutritionist for CrossFit Invictus, and owns her own nutrition consulting company.    In this episode, the Shrugged discusses Jenn Ryan and Anders’ relationship over the last decade, how it has transformed, growing into a CrossFit Games Athlete, and how to build a relationship with food for elite athletes and people trying to live a healthier life.   Minute Breakdown:   1-10 Step aerobics to competitive CrossFit Games athlete 11-20 How do you transition out of owning a gym and the relationships involved 21-30 What is it like competing and training at CrossFit Invictus 31-40 Do people care that you are a great athlete? 41-50 More food and more movement 51-60 Building a nutrition business from the ground up 61-70 - Scaling a nutrition program acro