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BarBend Podcast — 285 episodes

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1

How to Build Muscle with Kettlebells (w/Joe Daniels)

2

Balancing Life As an Athlete and Coach (w/Zachary Huse)

3

BarBend Classic: Should CrossFitters Switch to Strongman? (w/Hanna Coldiron)

4

From Gymnastics to Kettlebells to Weightlifting (with Rebecca Rouse)

5

Secrets of Giants (with Alyssa Ages)

6

BarBend Classic: How Mini-Cuts Unlock Muscle-Building

7

From Walking with a Cane to Powerlifting Competitions (with Angelo Poli)

8

From Rookie to 5th Fittest Woman on Earth (with Alex Gazan)

9

How to Understand the Weightlifter's Mindset (with Dr. A'Naja Newsome)

10

The True Fitness OG (with Bobby Maximus)

11

BarBend Classic: Ice-T on His Lifetime of Fitness

12

Why Most Gyms Fail (w/ Zachary Bartell)

13

Weightlifter, CrossFit Games Athlete, Karate World Champ (w/Mona Pretorius de Lacey)

14

Fueling Strength and Marathons (with Dan Churchill)

15

Tough Science of Tracking Strength (with Chris Chapman)

16

Training with Arnold Schwarzenegger (w/Eb Samuel)

17

Pro Basketball to Fitness Philosopher (w/Luka Hocevar)

18

The Most Honest Man in Strongman (w/Evan Singleton)

19

You Can't Screw This Up (with Adam Bornstein)

20

Coaching the 2-Time Fittest Man on Earth® (w/Adam Neiffer)

21

The Secret History of Irish Stone Lifting (w/Dr. Conor Heffernan)

22

The NEW World's Strongest Man (w/Mitchell Hooper)

23

BarBend Classic: Treat Your Lifting Like a Stock Portfolio

24

The Hidden Secrets of Strongman Competition (w/Maxime Boudreault)

25

Heaviest Deadlifter in History (with Victoria Long)

26

Built to Move (w/Dr. Kelly Starrett)

27

It Took Seven Years to Become Rookie of the Year (w/Nick Mathew)

28

The Massive Weightlifting Story You Never Heard (w/ Seb Ostrowicz)

29

Hip Hop Wellness Explorer (w/stic from Dead Prez)

30

Deadlifting in the Wilderness (w/Clay Cooper)

31

Crazy True Story of Obstacle Course Racing (w/Matt B. Davis)

32

The Biomechanics Crash Course (w/Eoin Everard)

33

What It Takes to Be a Bodybuilding Pro (w/Clare Morrow)

34

BarBend Classic: Mat Fraser

35

Grammy-Nominated Fitness Fanatic (w/Kitt Wakeley)

36

Infiltrating a Fitness Cult (w/Alix Best)

37

Pro Strongman to Rock Bottom & Back Again (w/Travis Ortmayer)

38

BarBend Classic: Busting Strength Myths with Dr. Jim Stoppani

39

Social Power of Adaptive Athletics (w/Jedidiah Snelson)

40

The World's Most Unconventional Lifter? (w/Nathan Morris)

41

Is Bodybuilding Sport or Show? (w/Roger Lockridge)

42

BarBend Classic: Coss Marte on Prison Fitness

43

BarBend Classic: How Kris Gethin Thrives As a Multi-Sport Bodybuilder

44

Fitness As "Info-tainment" (with Tony Horton)

45

Should Strength Athletes Try Bobsled? (w/Paul Rabic)

46

Why Superheavy Lifters Must Train Differently (w/Alejandro Medina)

47

How to Build a Fitness Following (w/Andrew Coates)

48

BarBend Classic: Powerlifting Legend Jen Thompson's Training Routine

49

Is America Getting Less Fit? (w/Kenny Santucci)

50

Should CrossFitters Switch to Strongman? (w/Hanna Coldiron)

51

Pro Strongwoman in Under 3 Years (w/ Inez Carrasquillo)

52

BarBend Classic: Jordan Syatt on World Record Deadlifts and the Calorie Debate

53

Strength As An Artform (w/Steven Koontz)

54

The Best Fitness City in America? (w/Angela Gargano)

55

Are Lifters Funny? (With Tommy DeFea of Massenomics)

56

The World's Strongest People Aren't Role Models (w/Joe Sullivan)

57

BarBend Classic: How Your Metabolism Really Works (with Josh Clemente)

58

The Actual Secrets of Powerlifting Programs (w/Daniel DeBrocke)

59

What's the Future of Strength Content? (w/Andrew Gutman)

60

The World's Most Underrated Strength Sport (w/Juan Pellot)

61

BarBend Classic: Scott Stallings on Combining Pro Golf and CrossFit

62

How Mini-Cuts Unlock Muscle-Building Potential (w/ Tom MacCormick)

63

Put These Strength Myths to Rest (w/ Dr. Jim Stoppani)

64

From Quad Racing to the CrossFit Games (w/Emma McQuaid)

65

From Running Marathons to World's Strongest Man (w/Mitchell Hooper)

66

What's the Best Background for CrossFit? (w/Lucy Campbell)

67

Live from World's Strongest Man (with Phil Blechman)

68

Can Statistics Make CrossFit More Fair? (w/Tyler Watkins)

69

BarBend Classic: Weightlifting vs. CrossFit with Zack Telander

70

CrossFit's Next Super Team (w/Khan Porter)

71

How to Give Weightlifting Mass Appeal (w/ JP Nicoletta)

72

How to Break Into Fitness Journalism (w/Andrew Gutman)

73

Strongman's Inside Man (w/Matt Rhodes)

74

Fitness Memes As Full Time Work (w/Chalk Llamas)

75

BarBend Classic: Thoughts Before An 860 lb Squat (w/Kevin Oak)

76

Hard Work Pays Off (w/ Mat Fraser)

77

From World's Strongest Alternate to Podium Contender (w/Gabe Peña)

78

BarBend Classic: Busting Injury Myths with Dr. Bo Babenko

79

How to ACTUALLY Fuel Performance w/Dan Churchill

80

A Lifetime of Fitness with Special Guest Ice-T

81

Building UFC GYM (with Adam Sedlack)

82

Tackling 600Sixty with Fergus Crawley

83

How a Mouthpiece Can Change Your Recovery (w/Dr. Dena Garner)

84

Feeding the Frasers with Sammy Moniz

85

Bodybuilding Over 50 (with Kevin Malone)

86

America's Strongest Veteran (w/ Nicolai Myers)

87

4 Years from Weightlifting Newb to American Record Contender (w/Mary Theisen-Lappen)

88

How I Switched from Powerlifting to Bodybuilding (w/ Amanda Kohatsu)

89

BarBend Classic: CrossFit, Wine, & Long Drive Competitions w/ Margaux Alvarez

90

Bouncing Back from Tricep Rupture and Testicular Cancer (w/Rob Kearney)

91

2021's Biggest Strength Stories

92

17 Year-Old Weightlifting World Champion (with Hampton Morris)

93

BarBend Classic: Heather Connor and What We're Getting Wrong About Injuries

94

Treat Your Training Like a Stock Portfolio (w/Graciano Rubio)

95

The First Time He Deadlifted, He Pulled 500 Pounds (w/Andy Huang)

96

How Long It Takes to Become World's Strongest Woman (w/Donna Moore)

97

Why We Lie to Ourselves About Fitness (w/ James FitzGerald)

98

BarBend Classic: Jen Widerstrom on "American Gladiators" to Becoming a Go-To Trainer

99

The Secret to Strength Commentary (w/Big Loz)

100

Can Britain's Strongest Man Repeat? (w/ Adam Bishop)

101

CrossFit's Statistics Mastermind (w/ Chad Schroeder)

102

He's Strongman's T-Rex (with Evan Singleton)

103

At 71, He's Deadlifting Over 500 Pounds (w/Rudy Kadlub)

104

Bringing Back Old Timey Strength (w/Mike Aidala)

105

Sick Angles for the World’s Best Weightlifters (w/ Steve Galvan)

106

BarBend Classic: How to Optimize Your Sleep (with Kristen Holmes)

107

What You Probably Don't Know About Adaptive Fitness (w/ Alec Zirkenbach)

108

Metabolism and Muscle with Dr. Ben Bikman

109

BarBend Classic: Dan John on 10,000 Kettlebell Swings and Strength Origins

110

Heaviest Bench of All Time (w/Jimmy Kolb)

111

He's the Visegrip Viking (w/Odd Haugen)

112

It’s the Biggest Week in Strength History (w/Andrew Gutman)

113

From a Broken Neck to CrossFit Journalism (w/ Spenser Mestel)

114

Are You Fit Enough for the Marines? (w/Joel Del Rosario)

115

How to Train for Elite Explosiveness (w/Kelsey Kiel)

116

The Keys to Elite Overhead Strength (w/Nicolas Cambi)

117

BarBend Classic: Layne Norton on the Real Science of Building Muscle

118

The Massenomics Mafia (with Tommy DeFea)

119

Putting the Powerlifting World on Notice (w/Hunter Henderson)

120

To the Paris Olympics and Beyond (w/Meredith Alwine)

121

This City Could Be America's New Fitness Capital (w/Justin Cotler)

122

Are You Strong Enough for a Racing Pit Crew? (w/ Christmas Abbott)

123

Get This Strong to Build a Log Cabin (w/Brian Alsruhe)

124

These Are the World's Best Gyms (w/ Kris Gethin)

125

What New Events Should Strongman Try? (w/Martins Licis)

126

The Worst Part of Strength on the Internet (w/ Jessica Fithen)

127

Who's Stronger: Weightlifters or Powerlifters? (with Travis Mash)

128

The Toughest Strength Test? (w/ Kim Fox)

129

This Fitness Community Will Not Be Ignored (with Will Lanier)

130

The Fight to Save Weightlifting w/ Sarah Davies

131

The Fitness Professor with Michael Easter

132

When Fitness and Social Justice Clashed (with Alyssa Royse)

133

He's the Texas Titan (w/Gabriel Peña)

134

Fix Exercise, Improve Society (w/ Dr. Daniel Lieberman)

135

Fitness World's Racing Mastermind (with Mo Fürste)

136

Adult Fitness Summer Camp w/ Dave Durante

137

Asking Congress for Gym Relief (w/CrossFit's Brett Ewer)

138

How Your Metabolism Really Works (with Josh Clemente)

139

Inside the CrossFit Games Bubble (w/ Adam Neiffer)

140

From Bodybuilding to 'Ramy' and 'Ms. Marvel' (with Laith Nakli)

141

What You Don't Know About the CrossFit Games Grind (with Amanda Barnhart)

142

Throwing Down the Hammer (with Steph Hammerman)

143

What Changed About Women and Strength (with Liz Plosser)

144

How to Breathe Fire (with Bill Grundler)

145

From A Stopped Heart to Weightlifting Rebirth (Jon North)

146

History's Strongest Women (with Haley Shapley)

147

Doughnuts to Power Your Deadlifts (with Amanda Kohatsu)

148

Can You Graduate from Squat University? (with Dr. Aaron Horschig)

149

Bear Crawled a Marathon (with Devon Lévesque)

150

You're Warming Up Wrong (with Dr. Jordan Shallow)

151

Fittest One Arm Man on Earth (with Logan Aldridge)

152

A Gym That Fits In Your Suitcase

153

The 2nd Fittest Man On Earth (Samuel Kwant)

154

Doing the Impossible in Powerlifting (With Taylor Atwood)

155

Why It's Harder to Fight Doping in Paralympic Sport (with Ali Jawad)

156

First Woman to Clean & Jerk 300 Pounds (with Karyn Marshall)

157

61 Year Old Squats 700 Pounds for Three (with David Ricks)

158

The Army's Strongest Man (with Anthony Fuhrman)

159

He's Called CrossFit Thor

160

CrossFit's Next Superstar In Waiting

161

He's the "Original" Korean Hulk

162

Dr. Bo Babenko: Injury Myths and Misconceptions

163

Coss Marte: From Solitary Confinement to CONBODY Empire

164

Sebastian Oreb: Inside the Mind of Australian Strength Coach

165

Fergus Crawley: Lifting and Mental Health

166

James Newbury: CrossFit Elite on Virtual Competition

167

Andrea Thompson: Strongman Evolution and the World's Strongest Woman

168

Cheryl Haworth: Olympic Bronze At Age 17

169

Jourdan Delacruz: Weightlifting's Next Wave

170

Conor Heffernan: Strength History's Biggest Moments

171

Pedro Meloni: Weightlifting Events During a Pandemic

172

Steph Chung: Community, CrossFit, and Competition Goals

173

Danny Lehr: The Story Behind Caffeine and Kilos

174

Marcus Martinez: What Kettlebells Can and Can't Do For You

175

Jen Thompson: A Powerlifting Legend's Training Routine

176

Goodbye, Jake Boly: BarBend's Fitness Editor Takes A Bow

177

Ryan Dorris: The Issue of Inclusivity In Strength Sports

178

Zack George: The UK's Fittest Man

179

Joe Vennare: These Companies Are the Future of Fitness

180

Blaine McConnell: World's Strongest Bobsledder

181

JamaRR Royster: Find Your "Why" for Endless Motivation

182

Meg Squats: Getting a Barbell Into Every Woman’s Hands

183

Kristin Hedstrom: How Olympic Rowers Train for Strength

184

Jonathan Goodman: Uniting Trainers Online

185

Garrison Redd: Para Powerlifting's Next Big Thing?

186

Ashley Svendbye: Can Powerlifters and Weightlifters Get Along?

187

Teddy Willsey: Move Better for Life

188

Scott Stallings: Combining Pro Golf and CrossFit

189

Bethany Shadburne: Training for the CrossFit Games At Home

190

Scott Herman: The OG Fitness Influencer?

191

Armen Hammer: What Comes Next for CrossFit?

192

Syn Martinez: Race, CrossFit, and Inclusivity in Fitness

193

Eb Samuel: Superheroes & Men's Health Fitness Director

194

Phil Andrews: International Weightlifting and the McLaren Report

195

Bill Esch: America's Kettlebell Warrior

196

Jay Maryniak: What Trainers Don't Tell You

197

Charlie Dickson: The Next Wave for Powerlifting

198

Justin LoFranco: The Mind Behind Morning Chalk Up

199

Jen Widerstrom: From "American Gladiators" to Go-To Trainer

200

Dan John: 10,000 Kettlebell Swings and Strength Origins

201

Layne Norton: Real Science of Building Muscle

202

Jason Khalipa: Fitness Beyond COVID-19

203

Angela Gargano: Real Life Ninjas and the Pull-up Revolution

204

Kyle Traynor: Find Your Zen to Build a Fitness Empire

205

David Meltzer: Pro Sports Recovery & Fitness on the Road

206

Meg Reardon: Training for the CrossFit Games (While Injured!)

207

Adee Cazayoux: What Athletes Get Wrong About Nutrition

208

Kalle Beck: Strongman Training from Home

209

Justin Bergh: The Future of The CrossFit Games

210

Kevin Oak: Thoughts You Have Before An 860 lb Squat

211

Matt O'Keefe: A CrossFit Community Playmaker

212

Dr. Andy Galpin: The Art of Training Muscle Fibers

213

Joe Yoon: Better Stretching and Mobility

214

Chad Vaughn: At-Home Training for Weightlifters

215

Chad Wesley Smith: How Powerlifters Can Stay Strong At Home

216

Jake Boly: Building Muscle and Strength At Home

217

Phil Andrews: USA Weightlifting's Response to COVID-19

218

Eugen Loki: Blending Art and Fitness to Educate

219

Heather Connor: What We're Getting Wrong About Injuries

220

Brian Alsruhe: Lifting Through Rock Bottom

221

Kristen Holmes: How to Optimize Your Sleep

222

Margaux Alvarez: The CrossFit Games, Wine, and Long Drive Competitions

223

Alex Uslar: Overcoming Addiction and Creating Opportunity

224

Joey Szatmary Podcast: Building a Home for Strongmen and Powerlifters

225

Chris Duffin: Squatting 1,000 Pounds and More Impossible Feats

226

Rowan Minnion: Dealing with Influencers PLUS How to Recover Better for Strength

227

Ian Kaplan: The Complexity of Pain

228

Eric Leija: How the Primal Swoledier Makes His Workouts

229

Hayden Bowe: Youth Athletes in Powerlifting and Weightlifting

230

Don Saladino: How to Get Hollywood Ready

231

Alan Thrall: Where Can Powerlifting & Strongman Grow?

232

Kari Pearce: America's Fittest Woman

233

Rich Froning: CrossFit Games Changes and How Long He'll Compete

234

Jordan Shallow and Pat Davidson: How Are These STILL Questions?

235

Stefi Cohen: What It Takes to Build a Fitness Empire

236

Zack Telander: Weightlifting Vs. CrossFit (and Lifting in America)

237

Joe Sullivan: Bending Bars & What Powerlifters Won't Tell You

238

Kris Gethin: How to Thrive As a Multi-Sport Bodybuilder

239

JC Deen: Why It's Easy to Get Fed Up With Fitness

240

Zack Bartell: What No One Tells You About Opening A Gym

241

Dr. Mike T. Nelson: The Truth About Changing Your Metabolism

242

Josh Bridges: Mental Toughness, Dave Castro, and His Competition Future

243

Rob Kearney: Competing Against Giants and Being An Openly Gay Strongman

244

Eric Helms: Understanding RPE and Hypertrophy

245

Mike Matthews: What You Don't Know About Supplements

246

Kenny Santucci: How to Learn Forever and Strong New York

247

James FitzGerald: 1st Men's CrossFit Games Champ Talks Optimal Performance

248

Jordan Syatt: World Record Deadlifts and the Great Calorie Debate

249

Dr. Jordan Shallow: Your Warmup Is Broken

250

Chad Wesley Smith: 900 Pound Squats and the Ultimate Strength Debate

251

Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum: What We Get Wrong About Pain

252

Sarah Furman: Finding Unconventional Strength

253

Russel Orhii: Powerlifting's Next Big Thing

254

Adam Bornstein: The Mastermind Behind Lebron & Arnold's Supplements

255

Nick Shaw: Building a Nutrition Empire

256

Heber Cannon: Fitness Life with a Buttery Bro

257

Craig Lindell: Can We Fix Physical Therapy?

258

Jake Boly: The Ultimate Guide to Powerbuilding

259

Phil Andrews: What's Next for USA Weightlifting

260

The Life and Times of Silent Mike

261

Sean Waxman: Where Does Weightlifting Go From Here?

262

Cole Sager: Can He Change Your Life?

263

Steve Cotter: Kettlebell Culture and Upping Your Mental Game

264

Tom Boyden: Tricking, Jujimufu, and the New Age of Fitness Media

265

Greg Nuckols: A Better Way to Approach Strength Research

266

Emily Abbate: What We Need in Fitness Journalism

267

From NASA to Fitness with Brandon Heavey

268

James Newbury: What It Takes to Succeed in CrossFit

269

Tony Gentilcore: What's Really Important in Strength

270

Fitness, Change, and Sacrifice with FITAID's Aaron Hinde

271

Alexandra LaChance: From the CrossFit Games to Weightlifting National Champion

272

Athlete Driven Success with Danny Camargo

273

Mental Strength with Liz Adams

274

Strength Trolls and Social Media with Jake Boly

275

CrossFit's Past, Present, and Future with Pat Barber

276

The Pinnacle of Cal Strength with Dave Spitz

277

Powerlifting Fact and Fiction with Bryce Krawczyk

278

Lasting Strength and Mas Wrestling with Tom Sroka

279

What You're Missing About Recovery with WHOOP CEO Will Ahmed

280

The Evolution of Strongman with Kalle Beck

281

From Olympian to Coach with Chad Vaughn

282

World Records and Game Show TV with Emily Hu

283

Building a Fitness Brand with Sean Pastuch

284

Weightlifting's Future with Olympic Medalist Cheryl Haworth

285

How the CrossFit Games Are Changing with Tim Paulson