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#148 Reddit Rambles 19: When to use straps and belts, fixing shoulder pain on bench, and deadlifting after back injury.

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#147 Back Pain 101: How to start recovering and get back to what you love
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#146 Reddit Rambles 18: Overcoming fear of re-injury, when to cut or bulk, and the problem with 1RM estimators.

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#145 Reddit Rambles 17: Exercises for rotator cuff pain, is pain in back rehab normal, and is it progress if you add weight but drop reps?

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#144 Back pain: How much should you lift, and when to add weight
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#143 Reddit Rambles 16: When to add weight, ego lifting, and back pain on belt squats
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#142 What really fixed my knee pain
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#141 Reddit Rambles 15: How to break strength plateaus, returning to full intensity after injury, and programming for disc bulges

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#140 Will getting stronger help your back pain?
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#139 Rick Nally and I answer your questions

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#138 Dave Hagerty talks high performance in your thirties
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#137 Tony Gentilcore on writing, simple training, and nuance in fitness.

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#136 Dean Somerset on how to succeed in coaching
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#135 Melody Schoenfeld talks vegan diet myths, strongman, AI in fitness, and more.

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#134 Compound vs isolation exercises: how to use them properly
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#133 Reddit Rambles 14: Doing everything right but no progress, convincing your significant other to get healthy, and how to measure muscle gain.
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#132 Reddit Rambles 12: Stalling on overhead press, gaining weight after starting training, and waking in the middle of the night.

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#131 Why the smartest people need the simplest plans.

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#130: Reddit Rambles 11: Proper gym clothing, back strength imbalances, and lack of motivation.

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#129 Reddit Ramble 10: Non-linear bench progress, intermediate strength standards, and 'suboptimal' training splits.

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#128 From first client to full-time coach: our path to online coaching, and business tips

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#127 The pros and cons of sport science education and strength and conditioning, with Rick Nally
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#126 Not every season is a peak: lifting when life gets messy.
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#125 Maximising strength on a two-day schedule - how to make full-body training work for your busy life

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#124 Reddit rambles 9: Toning, S&C for BJJ, and plateaus.

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#123 How to form healthy habits

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#122 Reddit Rambles 8: Is incline bench vs flat, figuring out your fiber type, and the best beginner split.
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#121 Why this coach got coached: the strength gains he never expected.

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#120 How to become an online coach

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#119 I attempted a nuzlocke of Pokemon Fire Red

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#118 Reddit Rambles 7 - Being weak at curls, starting weight for deadlifts, and elbow pain on tricep work.

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#117 Award-winning coach Conor Galgey on the 5 habits of successful trainers

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#116 Alex Sterner on training with pain, S&C for jiu jitsu, and science-based clickbait

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#115 Gym etiquette 101: Stop being THAT person

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#114 6 things beginner coaches NEED to know

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#113 Reddit Rambles 6: AI taking our jobs, is protein overrated, and why eating healthy is hard.

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#112 Top 5 Death Metal Albums

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#111 Reddit Rambles 5: Worst client excuses, alternatives to back squats, and managing leg DOMS

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#110 GAME REVIEW: The Last Of Us
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#109 Megadeth Discography Retrospective
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#108 How to get a stronger deadlift

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#107 Will Ratelle and Angus Bradley discuss RPE

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#106 Reddit Rambles 4: Anti-ageing foods, are deadlifts a back exercise, and how many days for abs
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#105 Adam Meakins talks physio misinformation and evidence based practice
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#104 How Conor fixed his back pain
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#103 Reddit Rambles 3: Bodyweight-only training, what makes a great coach, and biggest nutrition lesson
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#102 How I rehabbed my back injury

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#101 How to become a personal trainer

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#100 Reddit Rambles 2: Machines-only training, shin pain in running, and how to approach rest days.

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#99 Reddit rambles: Full body vs PPL, arching in the squat, and dealing with client nutrition struggles

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#98 BATHORY: Full discography review

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#97 What happened to rock music?

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#96 The Cave

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#95 Hallowe'en Movies
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#94 Josh Percival on continuum thinking vs all-or-nothing diets, and obesity as a disease

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#93 How Martina got multiple chin-ups and weighted push-ups
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#92 Functional training destroyed my gains. Here's how I got them back.
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#91 Andrew Coates on the fitness industry, social media, and evidence based training

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#90 What WW2 fighter planes can teach us about training
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#89 Strength and kindness with Dave Hagerty

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#88 Alec Blenis talks hybrid training and movement optimism

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#87 Are you training too heavy?

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#86 Good, fast, or cheap. Pick two.

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#85 Q&A 9

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#84 Should gyms allow cameras?

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#83 How to rehab your shoulders, and KEEP them healthy.

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#82 Hypertrophy 101

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#81 Getting back on the horse

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#80 Andy's Story: "I'm a different person"

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#79 Q&A 8

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#78 Q&A 7

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#77 Recap of 2023

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#76 Q&A 6

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#75 Overcoming plateaus

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#74 Q&A 5

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#73 Iron Ian on going from Irish pro wrestler to powerlifting coach.

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#72 Most overrated and underrated metal albums

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#71 What people get wrong about progressive overload

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#70 Back Pain and Lifting

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#69 Q&A 4

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#68 Why functional training is bullshit

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#67 Q&3

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#66 Greatest video games of all time

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#65 Q&A 2

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#64 Hellfest '23 Retrospective

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#63 Q&A 1

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#62 Rating Loudwire's Best Albums of the 2000s

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#61 How Aran gained 10kg of mass in five months

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#60 How to get into black metal
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#59 Rick Nally

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#58 Dave Hagerty and I go DEEP

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#57 Make your training 'antifragile'

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#56 - Mark Doherty on powerlifting, memes, and evidence based thinking

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#55 Conor Galgey Returns

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#54 How to Set Goals for '23
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#53 A Guide to Pantera, with Ian Darragh
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#51 Get Better Chin-Ups
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#50 How to Get Into Metal, with Ian Darragh
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#49 James MacConville Talks Running, Physio, and ADHD

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#48 Dave Hagerty

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