The other day, John and I jumped on the phone and he pushed the “record” button once again.
We’re gonna turn this into a weekly/bi-weekly podcast once we get some consistency… but the fact is that every time I talk to Barban or Pilon, we end up talking about some really interesting stuff.
Today’s Podcast… called “Coaching Athletes Is Easy, Squats And Deadlifts Are Hard“, I end up grilling John on:
- Why it MAY or MAY NOT make a difference if your coach/guru/cool dude has ever coached high level athletes when determining who to give your money to
- Why John considers Squats and Deadlifts “High Risk, Medium Reward” Exercises
- Plus a lot more
Give this thing a listen and pound your comments and questions in below and we’ll knock ‘em out… one by one.
(Oh yeah, and buy our stuff… lol)
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Yah, thanks for this. Really informative.
I have a friend that I go to the gym with that is ALWAYS watching other people and copying what they’re doing even if what they’re doing is complete CRAP … I have to rein him in all… the… time to keep him from hurting himself!! LOL. What is it with the ‘monkey see, monkey do’ mentality with weight training? So, I can totally understand why your gym would ask you not to do contraindicated or overly complicated exercises in the public areas.
…and yes, its scary how little they actually teach you in “PT training” (and I use that term loosely). They teach you how to teach but they BARELY teach you WHAT to teach. I was shocked actually. Thanks for opening some eyes to this issue.
this was a great teleconference.
thanks guys.
You state in this podcast you do not incorporate squats and deadlifts into your program. I’m using the Burn program from Adonis 2.0 right now and it has both squats and deadlifts in it. What gives?
We probably should have specified “Barbell” Squats and Deads:
The squats in the program are dumbbell and the deadlifts are stiff legged…
Sorry for the confusion
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