What the barbell has taught me about life
You may recognize Andrew Dettelbach as the crazy shirtless guy from MoveU. But his story goes so much deeper. After a severely herniated disc, Andrew didn’t get the recommended surgery but instead rehabbed his body. He learned about movement, he learned about mobility, and he learned about how physical therapy gets it wrong sometimes. Now […]
On Wednesday of this week, one of my best friends in the world became a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Her name is Kristi Mason, and she is 46 years old. I met her along with her husband Chris “Ox” Mason (who is also my business partner and one of my best friends) while I was
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I was so excited to recently announce the start of a new university weightlifting program at Lenoir Rhyne. I wanted to give everyone the full story – to take a look at the past few years of weightlifting, what I’ve learned along the way, where the dream started for this university program… and most of
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Before I get into my vision for the field of exercise science, I want to first tell all of you how excited I am for the future. A dream of beginning a new university program is finally coming to fruition after 7 years. In the fall of 2020, I will begin my position as Head
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It’s not really a surprise that Peter Kenn is pursuing a strength coach career. After all, his father is my friend Coach Joe Kenn of the Carolina Panthers. And Peter joins us today to talk about what it was like growing up as the son of a great strength coach. But Peter is a skilled
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Scott Paltos has come highly recommended as a guest for this podcast – apparently we have tons of mutual friends. And I can see why after this podcast. Scott has seen so much in the strength game, and he has a lot of wisdom to share. We talk all about his experience in several different
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