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#213 - Walker Percy, the Aesthetics of Bourbon Drinking, & A Few Q&A Questions
03 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt shares a new whiskey (almost, but not quite a bourbon) that's captured his attention -- Heaven Hill's Mellow Corn. It's big on flavor but light o...
#212 - Critical Thinking in the "I've Heard..." Culture
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott discuss the thinking -- or lack thereof -- behind the many questions they receive each week asking them their opinion on someone else's...
#211 - The Perfect Problem: Learning to Be Kind To Yourself When You Fail
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Barbell Logic has long attracted thinkers, strivers, and a fair number of Type A personalities. "Logic" is in the name, of course, and barbell trainin...
#210 - Saturday Q&A #14: Sanitation in Public Gyms, College v Entrepeneurship, Training after Shoulder Repair, & More!
27 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'...
#209 - How to Troubleshoot Your LP
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Monday's episode covered programming fundamentals for the ever-popular question: what do I do after the novice LP? Today Matt and Scott expand on the ...
#208 - Programming for Dummies: What To Do When LP Stops Working
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott discuss the eternal programming question: what do you do when novice linear progression stops working? While they have discussed this t...
#207 - Saturday Q&A #13: Back Spasms, Novice LP for High School Athletes, & More!
20 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'...
#206 - Training When the Passion Fades
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott discuss how their passion for training has waxed and waned over the years, how they currently feel about training, and the two types of...
#205 - The M.E.D. Toolbox #4: PR's & The Beauty of Simplicity
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott return to the MED toolbox to discuss the importance of PR's in measuring the success of a program. Of course, PR's are inherent in the ...
#204 - Saturday EXTRA: On Bidets, Stagnant Wages, & The Billionaire's Dark Hunger
13 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's no secret by now that Matt and Scott are men of passion. Occasionally these passions evoke such entertaining tirades, fulminations, and fervent o...
#203 - The Red Flags of Dating with Dr. David Puder
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today Matt and Scott welcome back Dr. David Puder, psychiatrist and host of the Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast, to discuss one of Hambrick's rules...
#202 - How to Approach Your First Month of Training
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After 200 episodes and counting, we've heard from a lot of new listeners, some of whom are beginning their barbell journey for the first time. While w...
#201 - Saturday Q&A #12: Gaining Weight, Lifting Your Head on the Bench, A Personal Finance Clarification, & More!
06 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'...
#200 - Cutting Up with the Wives & A Retrospective
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two years and two days ago, Matt and Scott officially launched the Barbell Logic podcast with Episode #1 - Why Strength? The idea was simply to make a...
#199 - Fighting Solves Everything: Professor Paul's Battle Against Cancer
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2018 Paul and Jarrad Markel of Student of the Gun joined us to talk about their experience strength training and how it made them more resil...
#198 - Saturday Q&A #11: Platform Construction, Training in the Cold, Pants for Lifters, and More!
29 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'...
#197 - SRA Revisited: Exploring the Fitness Fatigue Model
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Coach Matt and Scott explore the fitness fatigue model on today's show. They have discussed the SRA model at length on the show -- go check out episod...
#196 - The Secret to a Bigger Bench? Leg Drive
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Coaches often note that the bench press is one of the easiest lifts to teach, probably because most people have done a bench press if they've ever set...
#195 - Saturday Q&A #10: Supinated Grip Barbell Rows, Best Plato Translations, Training for Kids, and More!
22 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'...
#194 - Shedding Body Fat During LP
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To quote Rip, "it's common to want what we cannot have." And let's be real, we all want abs. Or at least a flatter stomach. Yet many of us approach th...
#193 - Anatomy of a Deload: How & When to Take a Break
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For those that have walked the path and become strong, there are times when the weights go from challenging, to soul-searching, to world-endingly heav...
#192 - Saturday Q&A #9: The Mystery of the Extra H in "FAHVE," Fixing Lumbar Rounding in the Deadlift, and More!
15 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'...
#191 - Never Sated: The Fight Against Cerebral Palsy with Smiles Taylor & Uncle Nic
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Scott talk with lifter and coach (and, recently, social media superstars) Miles "Smiles" Taylor and "Uncle" Nic Myers about Miles' incredible...