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

How to Use Strongman Exercises to Build Functional Strength

Justin Thacker returns to discuss how to build a strong weightlifting community.  How to program for groups.  How to build a meathead's playground, and how much you should be able to snatch and clean and jerk.

Alex and McG talk about their recent swaps in training goals.  McG going from long time CrossFit athlete to doing his first Olympic Weightlifting competition, and Alex going from years of weightlifting to doing his first CrossFit competition.  What did they learn?  What had to change?  How did nutrition play a role?

Get your nutrition learn on!

The last few weeks have been pretty intense. Let's back off on the seriousness a little bit and bring it back to to old school Shrugged. This week we thought it was due time for a throwback episode.  So brew up some coffee Chris Moore style, with delicate treatment via french press. Remember, don't scorch it and ruin your fresh grind like an amateur. We share our stories and experiences about how much the CrossFit world has changed over the past 10 years.   We go into a little background of how we found it . We also share some of our competition experiences as well as how much the CrossFit Games have changed from year to year.   Have you noticed how fast nutrition and training volume in this community are evolving?   It's cool to think back and see what parts of this fitness community are trends and which ones of those have stood the test of time.   There are some funny ass stories in here so make sure you cover your keyboard so when you spit out the black gold your sipping it do

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How to Increase Your Aerobic Capacity w/ Chris Hinshaw

One is not better than the other, but their is a difference (in our opinion)... are you TRAINING or exercising?

w/ CrossFit Games Masters Athletes Annie Sakamoto & Ron Ortiz 

Watch FULL DEPTH on BarbellShrugged.com FIRST! This is the after show.

Ever try to get your family or friends to join you in eating healthy?  It's not easy.  Check out this episode for some ideas.

Jason Leydon coached his team CrossFit Milford to second place at the games last year.  On this episode he talks about building a strong community in the gym, how to manage competitors and your regular class athletes, and more.

"Stay patient. Just because you don't have a pull up within your first month doesn't mean that you're failing." - Lindy Barber Lindy and Elly make up 2/3 of the females on team CrossFit Mayhem Freedom.  On this episode they discuss the massive returns you'll get as an athlete if you can just be patient, training tips for female athletes... as well as their experiences being on reality TV game shows.

"I'd take good training partners over a great coach any day" - Rich Froning Rich Froning is 4-time Fittest Man in the World and CrossFit Games Champion, as well as a member of CrossFit Games 2015 Affiliate Cup winning team CrossFit Mayhem Freedom. Angelo Dicicco is the 1st 14/15 CrossFit Games Teen champion. Both are from Cookeville, TN.

Professional gymnast and creator of the Power Monkey method Dave Durante drops knowledge bombs and speaks the truth on this episode... a must listen.

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