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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

Marty Gallagher in Iron Radio

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Want a solid hour of gym talk? Listen to Iron Radio with guest Marty Gallagher. They talk about the good ol’ times of powerlifting, coaching the greats and rant about monolifts. Download Audio: link to mp3 (28mb, right click + ‘save as’) Marty also points out a difference in  deadlift technique. He said the greats break bar from floor using […]

Barbell Shrugged Core Training

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The Barbell Shrugged guys talk about training the muscles that keep you upright and your spine from moving – the core. What is it, how and how not to train it. Hint: your core is more than abs do weighted carries, especially unilateral Audio Version: available on iTunes

Victor Conte on Joe Rogan Experience

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Here is an interesting listen if you are interested in performance enhancing drugs. Victor Conte was guest on the Joe Rogan Experience #277. Topic: Doping in various sports (starts at around 8:00) what kinds testing politics Lance Armstrong If you don’t know Victor Conte, here is an excerpt from his Wikipedia entry: he entered guilty pleas in July […]

Biceps Tear Rehab & Prehab – Fitness Pain Free Podcast

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I recently listened to Fitness Pain Free Podcast with Stongman Brett Somerville. Topic: Biceps Tears Something that is pretty common among strongman competitors. Just recently Terry Hollands tore his at the 2012 WSM Rock Lift. Hopefully you will be spared this nuisance. Here is how Brett went about his rehab work. It is a damn slow process: first […]

Iron Radio Vitamin D & Recipes

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Listen to Iron Radio Episode 176. Topics: Vitamin D, new research, types of vitamin D supplements and drugs, specific doses, half-lives, effects on testosterone recipes Download Audio: link to mp3 (29mb, right click + ‘save as’)

Greg Everett on Sports Coach Radio

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Greg Everett was guest on the Sports Coach Radio Podcast. Topics: Greg’s background [15:30] US and weightlifting, making it more popular / starting kids early [31:00] CrossFit [35:00] weightlifting for sports [43:00] coaching Download Audio: link to mp3 (25mb, right click + ‘save as’)

Strength of Evidence Podcast on Squatting

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The Strength of Evidence Podcast Episode 2 focuses on the question of whether to squat or not. Of course even asking this question will sound like blasphemy to you. If you are a weightlifter/ powerlifter you should squat, no question. But they are talking about the pros and cons of squatting for athletes whose primary goal is to compete […]