#104: Gettin' Diesel With Smitty
The Jay Ferruggia Show
Jay Ferruggia
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🗓️ 8 July 2016
⏱️ 117 minutes
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#104: Gettin' Diesel With Smitty
In this episode, my good friend world renowned strength coach, and founder of Diesel Strength & Conditioning, Jim "Smitty" Smith joins me for a conversation on training, nutrition, and life.
Jim is one of my favorite people in the fitness industry, and this discussion will show you why. He has an unbelievable amount of knowledge to share and I can't wait for you to hear it all.
Today's topics include...
1:36: A new way to use deep breathing to enhance performance
7:23: The benefits of cryotherapy
20:10: Uncommon solutions to elbow pain and why pulldowns can be a better exercise than chin-ups
27:16: The reason barbell movements are a problem for so many lifters
35:23: How older guys need to sequence their workouts for optimal progress
40:09: What's the best rep range for single leg exercises?
42:37: Is it possible to get jacked without touching a barbell?
49:15: Smitty's favorite new shoulder exercises
59:44: Sample workout templates and programming the big lifts
1:11:45: Similarities between mine and Smitty's blood work and how we're addressing it
1:21:55: How Smitty built his fitness business at 3:00am every day
1:33:38: The tipping point for Smitty's training career
1:35:26: A recap of Smitty's sweat lodge experience with former podcast guest, Mike DeSanti and long time Renegade, Chris Yoz.
1:50:00: Closing thoughts on personal development
If you want more from Smitty, be sure to check out his website www.dieselsc.com and follow him on Twitter (@dieselsc) and Instagram (@Smitty).
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| 0:00.0 | So what's up dude? |
| 0:15.0 | I'm chilling. I just got back from the field |
| 0:18.0 | hitting some tempo runs some stretching. We were squatting yesterday, so my legs are all busted up. |
| 0:24.8 | Look at you. What were you doing for the tempo runs? Just, I don't know, 50%, 30-yard yard runs just run it out do some deep breathing walk around come |
| 0:39.2 | back hit it again you know I wasn't on any structure I was just trying to get a sweat going and you know after a few |
| 0:46.0 | runs I was stretching a little more hitting my upper back |
| 0:50.0 | they have some soccer posts on the field so I like hang from those do some lat stretches you know just kind of |
| 0:58.2 | Breaking the rust off a little bit I just had a vision of kids waiting to warm up for soccer and you hanging and bringing that whole |
| 1:04.4 | fucking down. |
| 1:06.4 | I'm doing one arm pull-ups and pointing at them at the same time. |
| 1:10.4 | That's the best. How often you do that? |
| 1:14.0 | Usually like two, three times a week. I mean it's the summer. I think last year I was kind of bummed because I was doing so many projects I didn't get outside as much as I wanted to. |
| 1:26.3 | So I just made it a point this year like, you know, I'm out every day. |
| 1:29.6 | I start the day, you know, outside as soon as I roll out of bed and just get some fresh |
| 1:35.3 | air you know I've been working on a lot of deep breathing stuff yeah some of the |
| 1:38.8 | whim hoth stuff and okay I'm meaning to get into that. |
| 1:43.2 | How long have you been doing that? |
| 1:45.4 | I don't know, maybe six months or so. |
| 1:47.3 | Oh, wow. |
| 1:48.3 | Yeah, just kind of, just work. |
| 1:50.1 | You do it every day? |
| 1:51.3 | Not every day. What I've been doing, like when I'm in a heavy workout or something like that. |
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