Functional Fitness

Matt Bergeron Brings Science to the Squat Debate – The Barbell Life 245

Maybe you’ve seen that I was recently in a little Twitter debate on the squat. Are they safe? Should you only go unilateral? Well, Matt Bergeron joins us today on the podcast to share the research. We address many of the myths out there about safety and squatting – and we also talk about the […]

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The Good, the Bad, and the Future of Functional Fitness with James Fitzgerald – The Barbell Life 243

Last time we had James Fitzgerald on the podcast, we talked about programming for CrossFit. This time, we talked with James about something that I’m super excited to think about – James is trying to get functional fitness into the 2028 Olympics. We also talked about some of what he doesn’t like about CrossFit and

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CrossFit and Gaining Muscle with Dave Lipson – The Barbell Life 239

Dave Lipson has been around CrossFit for a long time. In fact, he’s been around long enough that he competed in the Games on a whim (back when you could just walk up and enter). And he’s got some crazy and hilarious stories to tell. But recently Dave has been competing in a different realm

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Increase Your Pulling Power with My Two Favorite Movements

Pulling has been an object of debate in the sport of Olympic weightlifting for quite some time. Some coaches feel deadlifts shouldn’t be changed because of the change in velocity. I think there has been enough information released lately to prove that to be a fallacy. It doesn’t really matter how fast the bar moves.

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A Guide to Starting Running for the Strength Athlete

About the Author: Eric Bowman is a Registered Physiotherapist in Ontario, Canada who works in the areas of orthopedic physical therapy and exercise for people with chronic diseases. He’s also intermittently involved with the University of Waterloo Kinesiology program and the Western University Physical Therapy program. He also competes as a powerlifter in the Canadian

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Kelly Starrett of MobilityWOD – The Barbell Life 237

When anyone in the CrossFit world thinks about mobility, one name comes up first. And Kelly Starrett joins us today to drop some wisdom. Too often you don’t get answers straight from the horse’s mouth, but you only have opinions that have been formed by picking up pieces of information here and there. So it

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