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Organic vs. Nonorganic Foods #339 – Rethinking Hip Drive: Fixing the Dreaded Good Morning Squat Protect Your Back While Lifting: Back Extension #338 – Why You Should Be Pausing Your Bench Press Your Strength Program is Less Important Than You Think Content Marketing 101 Barbell Hunting 101 Why Fiber? The Press: Muscles Worked #337 – When Training Becomes A Drag: Rediscovering the Training Spark #336 – Accessory Equipment: Matt and Niki’s Top Picks Moving Beyond Cardio: A Strength-Based Guide to Conditioning Overhead Strength How To Deadlift: Perfect Form Every Time #335 – Principles: Early to Bed, Early to Rise The Coach’s Personality #334 – Technique Problems? Change Your Cues Chin-Up Progression: Get Your First Chin-Up #333 – Principles #21: Deescalating Hostile Situations The Muscles Worked in the Squat #332 – Hypertrophy Without High Reps How To Bench Press: Setup, Safety, Bar Path #331 – Principles #20: Old-Fashioned Hard Work The 5 + 1 Deadlift Eye #330 – The Anatomy Masterclass with Bekah Krieg #329 – Remembering Dad: Childhood Memories and Father’s Day Hunger 101 #327 – Cookin’ Out with Cameron Cox: Tips for Better BBQ #326 – Principles #18: Breaking Bad Habits How To Squat: A Beginner’s Guide #325 – Q&A: Elbow Tendonitis, Lower Back Pain, and More! Bench Press Muscles Worked The Core Principles of Coach Development #324 – The Problem with Percentage-Based Programs #323 – Principles #17: Setting Boundaries for Your Passion #322 – One Rule…. to Rule Them All? Optimizing Nutrition for Recovery Fighting Back Against Back Pain #321 – Even Coaches Need Coaches with Niki Sims and Andrew Jackson #320 – Principles #16: Ask Questions, Read Books, Grow Wiser Summer Accessory Work and Conditioning Muscles Worked in the Deadlift #319 – Q&A: Comparing Yourself to Others, Deviated Septum & More! #318 – Style and The Appearance of Power with Tanner Guzy #317 – Principles #15: The Value-Driven Life #316 – Q&A: Unstick Your Press, Getting Parents to Train, & More! The Novice Linear Progression #315 – So You Want to Be a Strongman? Tips for Beginners with Spencer Graham #314 – Principles #14: Why You Should Make More Mistakes (and Own Up to Them) Simple Supplementation #313 – Q&A: Testosterone and Body Fat, Hole Spacing, and More! How to Choose Quality Protein Supplements #312 – Creating a Thriving Online Business: Matt Reynolds on TrueCoach TV (rebroadcast) #311 – Principles #13: Matt and Chris Take the Myers-Briggs and Enneagram #310 – Q&A: Offseason Volume for Athletes, Overthinking, & More! (Don’t Let It) Rust in Peace: How to Restore a Rusty Barbell #309 – How to Build a Better Coach with CJ Gotcher #308 – Principles #12: Knowing Thyself: Matt and Chris Discuss the Results of Their Personality Tests #307 – Q&A: Hamstring Cramps, Protein Timing, and More! Failing a Rep: Novice Troubleshooting #306 – Modifying Linear Progression for Seniors #305 – Principles #11: Taking Stock of What’s Important #304 – Q&A: Bench Back Cramps, Behind the Neck Press, and More! More is Better #303 – Good Nutrition Habits in the Time of Crisis with Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon #302 – Principles #10: Radical Self-Honesty Running From Weakness: A strength-based guide to weakness #301 – Work from Home Without Losing Your Mind (or Productivity) with Thomas Frank Muscle vs. Fat #300 – 5 Tips to Bring Order to the COVID Chaos with Dr. David Puder #299 – Principles #9: Focus! The Missing Key to Success #298 – Q&A #42: Remembering Peter Nathan, MED the Book, and All the Shoulder Pain Questions The Capable Coach: From Good to Great #297 – How Sorinex Is Helping The Community During COVID-19 #296 – Principles #8: Reading Is An Ongoing Pursuit The Learning Curve of Disasters #295 – Training with Minimal Equipment with Michael Wolf Athleticism for Strength Training Success The Barbell Logic Home Training Guide #294 – Coping with Unproductive Stress #293 – Principles #7: The Value of Freedom with Eric Bandholz (Beard Brand) DIY: Training Bar and Plates #292 – What Makes A Coach? Andrew Jackson at the PBC Seminar Immersive Learning #291 – MED Masterclass: The Prequel Pt 2 – More Troubleshooting with the MED Toolbox #290 – Principles #6: Staying Sane Under Quarantine How To Deficit Deadlift: Stronger Off the Floor #289 – Special COVID-19 Update Training Without a Gym #288 – Introducing the Youth Barbell Club with Dan Flanick #287 – Principles #5: Building Self-Confidence Getting Started with Meal Prep #286 – Q&A: Prioritizing Macros, Laminectomies, and More! Protein as We Age #285 – MED Masterclass: The Prequel – Problem Solving with the MED Toolbox #284 – Principles #4: Cultivating Empathy & Compassion How To Rack Pull #283 – Q&A: Training with Vertigo, Supplement Lifts, and More! You Are Not a Tactical Athlete #282 – M.E.D. Masterclass #8: Accessory Lifts and Q&A #281 – Principles #3: Get More Done with the Pomodoro Technique Should You Train for Power? #280 – Q&A: Plateauing, Managing Biceps Tendonitis, and More! Compassionate Coaching for Client Breakthroughs #279 – M.E.D. Masterclass #7: How to Peak for a Meet (Conjugate vs Concurrent Method) #278 – Principles #2: Overthrowing the Tyranny of the Urgent Debunking Weight Loss Myths #277 – Q&A: Novice Weight Gain, How Not to Gain Muscle, and More! Greater than the Sum of Your Parts #276 – M.E.D. Masterclass #6: Supplemental Lifts — What, When, & Why #275 – Principles #1: The Neverending Search for Knowledge #274 – The Principles of Success: Chris Reynolds & Achieving the American Dream Nutrition for Aesthetics, Performance, and Health #273 – M.E.D. Masterclass #5: Spicing Up the 3-Week Cycle with Supplemental Lifts Simplify Your Food Choices Be Your Own Action Hero #272 – Thursday Q&A #37: Diet & Diabetes, Nike Metcons, Chris Duffin Deadlift Cues, & More! Coaching: The Novice Stage—Learn to Execute #271 – M.E.D. Masterclass #4: Options, Options… and the 4-Day Split Improve the Barbell Lifts with Tasks How to Use Wrist Wraps #270 – Thursday Q&A #36: Scott Reviews the Lightphone, Protein Timing, Lower Body Hypertrophy, & More! Coaching Standards and Objectives #269 – The M.E.D. Masterclass #3: Freedom & The Four-Day Split Survival and Your Irrational Mind Nutrition Basics: Quantity vs Quality #268 – The Heaviest Lift: Prof. Paul’s Battle, and Victory, Over Cancer The Science and Art of Coaching #267 – The M.E.D. Masterclass #2: The Ultimate Guide to Programming After LP Sticking to New Year’s Resolutions How to Use Lifting Straps #266 – Thursday Q&A #35: Bench for Injured Shoulders, Hemorrhoids, Training With Bruised Sacrum, & More! The Western Diet: What We Can Learn and How We Can Change It #265 – The M.E.D. Masterclass #1: A Simple Approach to Programming The Truth About Dieting #264 – The Pain Puzzle: Exploring the Frontier of Pain Neuroscience with Coach Jayson Ball It’s Messy in the Middle #263 – Niki Sims: Balancing Strength Training with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu A New Approach to Nutrition Coaching Treat vs Cheat: A Paradigm Shift Gamification and Your Goals Sport Specific Training The Coach’s Path to Mastery #262 – The Christmas Special: 2019 Edition How To Warm Up Properly #261 – Q&A: Hook Grip Pains, Training with MS, and More! Mind and Muscle: What Controls Your Effort? #260 – Getting Started #10: Better Eating Habits with Gillian Ward #259 – Q&A: TM Light Days, Lifting with Chronic Fatigue, & More! #258 – Getting Started #9: Everyone Can Train, Even “Special” Populations How to Perform Good Mornings #257 – Q&A: Festivus Rant Edition Lifting in the Dark: Strength Training and Depression #256 – Getting Started #8: What to Do When Training Gets HARD #255 – Thursday Q&A #31 with Blake & Katie (Dominion Belts)! Mental Toughness #254 – Getting Started #7: Recovery Accountability in Athletes #253 – Q&A: Gaining Weight Fast, Highland Games, and More! #252 – Getting Started #6: Linear Progression – The Simple Way to Strength What D1 Athletes Do #251 – Q&A: Hip Shift, Training Through Life Stress, and More! #250 – Getting Started #5: How to Crush Your First Workout with Confidence How To Use Bands #249 – Q&A with Guest Mike Reed from Microgainz Endurance Training #248 – Getting Started #4: The Equipment You Need for Your First Home Gym Bench Press Grip Tips #247 – Thursday Q&A #27: Adding Novel Lifts as an Intermediate, Lifting on Carpet, Training for a “Pump & Run,” and More! How to Learn Midfoot Balance and Set Your Back #246 – Getting Started #3: Mastering the Big Four (Squat, Press, Bench, Deadlift) The Sumo Deadlift #245 – Q&A: Workplace Etiquette, Shorter Rest Times, and More! #244 – Getting Started #2: How to Get Strong #243 – Q&A: Misloading Weights, Body Recomposition, and More! Common Power Clean Mistakes The BEEFCAKE #242 – Getting Started #1: What’s The Big Deal About Strength? #241 – Q&A: Favorite Barbells, Getting Strong for Boxing, & More! The Strength Connection #240 – Decoding Dynamic Effort Training: Speed Work #239 – Q&A: Adductor Tendonitis, Deceptive Clients, and More! How To Power Clean The Red Flags of Dating with Dr. David Puder, Pt. 2 Heavy Light Medium (HLM): A Common-Sense Framework #237 – The Barbell Coaching Academy with Bill Hannon & Reed Smith #236 – Q&A: Tight Shoulders, Abdominal Surgery, and More! The Texas Method: Method vs. Template (Part 2) #235 – Conjugate vs Concurrent Training: Demystifying Modern Westside Training #234 – Q&A: Programming Women, Small Business Startups, and More! Common Deadlift Mistakes #233 – Programming the Post-Novice: Why Weight on the Bar Matters with Andy Baker (Rebroadcast) The Texas Method: Clear Goals, Measurable Changes, and Applicability #232 – MED Toolbox #5: Volume Games & The Value of Small PR’s #231 – Q&A: Dealing with DOMS, Deadlift Energy Systems, & More! #230 – Embracing the GRIND (Rebroadcast) Training for Control and the Hierarchy of Needs #229 – How to Build a Power Athlete with NFL Veteran John Welbourn #228 – Q&A: Squat Grip Cues, Corporate Personhood, and More! From Strict Press to Olympic Press #227 – The TRUTH About Linear Progression (Rebroadcast) Programming for Your Bench Press Finding Your First Clients #226 – The Professional Barbell Coach Certification with Bill Hannon #225 – Saturday Q&A #18: Training During Pregnancy, Programming the Prowler, Scott’s Platform Design, & More! #224 – Bonus Q&A! Matt & Scott Answer Your Questions #223 – Intensity & Volume for the Advanced Lifter: Can’t We Just Be Friends? #222 – Saturday Q&A #17: Leg Length Discrepancies, Preventing Rust in a Garage Gym, How to Take Notes, & More! How To High Bar Squat #221 – What’s In the Pipe? The Future of Barbell Logic Four Day Split Programming: Bringing Order with MED Principles #220 – Will Lifting Weights Make You Bulky? #219 – Saturday Q&A #16: Symptoms of Low T, Soreness vs Fatigue, Losing Weight After LP, & More! Finding the Touch-Point for Your Bench Press #218 – Fixing the Military’s PT Problem with Nick Koldewey Creating Intentional Spaces for Training #217 – What Would You Do… Differently? #216 – Saturday Q&A #15: Socializing Your Child, Wall-Mounted Squat Racks, and More! Lifting Shoes for Deadlifts? How To: Seated Press #215 – A Brief History of Programming Theory: Zatsiorsky’s Two Factor Theory Pt. 2 #214 – A Brief History of Programming Theory: Zatsiorsky’s Two Factor Theory Pt. 1 #213 – Walker Percy, the Aesthetics of Bourbon Drinking, & A Few Q&A Questions How to Front Squat #212 – Critical Thinking in the “I’ve Heard…” Culture #211 – The Perfect Problem: Learning to Be Kind To Yourself When You Fail #210 – Saturday Q&A #14: Sanitation in Public Gyms, College v Entrepeneurship, Training after Shoulder Repair, & More! Caffeine for Training and Press Pot Coffee Build a Stronger Bench Press Lockout #209 – How to Troubleshoot Your Linear Progression Flow State Training for Lifting #208 – Programming for Dummies: What To Do When LP Stops Working #207 – Saturday Q&A #13: Back Spasms, Novice LP for High School Athletes, & More! “Cocaine Deadlifts” for Back Pain #206 – Training When the Passion Fades What Does Gym Chalk Do? #205 – The M.E.D. Toolbox #4: PR’s & The Beauty of Simplicity #204 – Saturday EXTRA: On Bidets, Stagnant Wages, & The Billionaire’s Dark Hunger How to Use the Safety Squat Bar #203 – The Red Flags of Dating with Dr. David Puder Training With Limitations #202 – How to Approach Your First Month of Training #201 – Saturday Q&A #12: Gaining Weight, Lifting Your Head on the Bench, A Personal Finance Clarification, & More! Elbow Pain While Squatting? #200 – Cutting Up With the Wives & A Retrospective Training to Fight Fires: The Red Card Pack Test #199 – Fighting Solves Everything: Professor Paul’s Battle Against Cancer #198 – Saturday Q&A #11: Platform Construction, Training in the Cold, Pants for Lifters, and More! How To Hook Grip #197 – SRA Revisited: Exploring the Fitness Fatigue Model Are You Undervaluing Strength? #196 – The Secret to a Bigger Bench? Leg Drive #195 – Saturday Q&A #10: Supinated Grip Barbell Rows, Best Plato Translations, Training for Kids, and More! Squat Depth: A Repeatable Range of Motion How To Use Leg Drive for Bench Press #194 – Shedding Body Fat During LP The Rules of Cueing Have Changed #193 – Anatomy of a Deload: How & When to Take a Break #192 – Saturday Q&A #9: The Mystery of the Extra H in “FAHVE,” Fixing Lumbar Rounding in the Deadlift, and More! How To Do Romanian Deadlifts (RDL) #191 – Never Sated: The Fight Against Cerebral Palsy with Smiles Taylor & Uncle Nic Rest Between Sets is Good for Your Form From High Bar to Low Bar The Opportunity Cost of Strength How To Do Dips How To: Glute Ham Raise How To Pin Squat How Much Is Enough? How To Box Squat: Form (Ours Vs Westside) & Programming The Problem With Strength (Philosophy of Strength) How To Tempo Squat Practice with Purpose: The Path to Coaching Excellence Getting Started in Strongman How To Set Up Chains Strength and Longevity Build Your Bench Press Arch How To: Rolling Dumbbell Extensions How to Program Assistance Work Are You Born Athletic? The Role of Genetics in Sports Performance Gym Bag Essentials with Coop, Matt & Will Minimum Effective Dose: A Practical Approach for the Early-Advanced Trainee How To Floor Press Overhead Press Progression and Training Variables Training Your Core for Functional Fitness How to Take a Cue Signs of Overtraining HIIT for Lifters: Maximize Fat Loss & MED Conditioning How to Bounce Back from a Bad Workout How Many Calories Does Lifting Burn? Can You Get Strong with Light Weights? Avoiding Burnout Recovery and Sleep Recovery and Water Personal Responsibility and Strength Training Let’s Talk About Recovery You Need Lifting Shoes Homeostasis: A Framework for Strength Gains Squats and Your Back: Common Myths Strength Training for the Low-Priority Lifter Stress and Homeostasis Overhead Press Common Mistakes Building Better Practices: Strength Training Warm-up Sets The Squat Frequency Project Strength History: Strongwoman Icon Katie Sandwina Powerlifting vs Strength Training Training for Balance How To Pin Press How to Set Goals: Goal Characteristics How to Get the Most Out of Online Coaching How to Set Goals: Don’t “Do Your Best” Why You Should Embrace Change The New Fountain of Youth Strength and Martial Arts: You Can Do Both #138 – Change Your Habits, Not Your Macros: The Nutrition LP with Robert Santana Role Model’s Influence in Our Quest for Strength What are Supplemental Lifts? Rehabbing Adductor Tendonitis Choosing Excellence Over Mediocrity Spend Less Time in the Gym The Problem with Personal Trainers Squat Myths and Misconceptions (Part 2): Taking Down the Knee Naysayers The Longer You Train, the Harder the Gains Training on the Road (Part 2): Equipment “I Can’t Train Because…” – Philip’s Story Training on the Road: Planning Models vs Templates for Proper Lifting Form How to be a Lifting Skeptic The 4 Day Split Explained Falling In and Out of Love with the Lifts Anthropometry: Why Two Squats Don’t Look Alike Expectations for Post-Novice Lifters and Traps to Avoid The Core Values: Insight Into Barbell Logic Online Coaching’s Culture Squat Myths and Misconceptions – Confronting Broscience Heavy Light Medium for Post-Novice Trainees Strength History: Performance vs Training How to Apply Minimum Effective Dose to Training We are Thankful for Strength The Texas Method Explained Five Reps or Five Seconds; Victory or Honor The Tyranny of the Urgent Lifting Rituals – Are They Useful or Crazy? Strength Training Recovery: Don’t Get Stuck Injury Prevention in Young Athletes Barbell Basics – Physics of Lifting Weights Strength History: Eugen Sandow’s System of Physical Training Learning How To Lift Heavy In-Season vs Off-Season Strength Training for Sports Intensity vs Volume Explained In Defense of the Training Log How To Share Training with the Masses The Barbell Row: A Complete Guide Coach is Your Co-Pilot Starting Sports: General vs Specific Strength Programming 101: Exercise vs Training Lifting with Da Vinci: Anthropometry and Art How to Set SMART Goals for Strength Training Novice Linear Progression: An Individualized Program Physiology of Strength Training: Stress, Recovery, Adaptation Be a Novice, Build Your Training History Introducing the Coaching Academy The Complete Guide to Lifting Belts Take Your Strength Outside Stronger is Better: Nick’s Recovery from Heart Attack Novice LP: Why We Love It and You Should Too Don’t Fear the Barbell Mental Health Benefits of Strength Training in Adults Train Your Brain: Deliberate Practice Optimal Sets and Reps for Strength Better Movement = Better Lifting 5 Tips for Following Coaching Cues How To Do Chin-Ups: A Complete Tutorial Why Coaches Add Value to Your Training Why Barbells are Best for Aging Adults The Importance of Form and Consistency in Setting PRs Barbells vs Machines: What’s Better for Strength? 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