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Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

We've had Mark Ripettel on the podcast, the author's starting strength, but what a lot

of people don't realize is that you can get certified to be a starting strength coach.

It's pretty rigorous and there are a few starting strength coaches around the country.

And one of those coaches is a guy by the name of Matt Reynolds.

He's a co-owner of a gym in Springfield, Missouri called Strong Gems, one of the largest

barbell-based strength gyms in the country.

He's a former powerlifter himself, Strongman competitor, and he also does online coaching.

I've been doing some coaching with him online and I've seen some significant progress with

my strength training since I started with him.

So I wanted to get on the podcast to discuss his story of how he opened up Strong Gems

because it's a great inspiring story for entrepreneurs out there, completely bootstrapped

operation.

And then also we get into some details and some nitty-gritty about strength training.

So how barbell training can help if you're an endurance athlete, if you're a trail runner,

obstacle race racer, why you need to incorporate strength training into your programming.

We discuss why strength training or barbell training is a great stepping stone for someone

who's completely out of shape, never exercised and they need to lose a lot of weight.

So why barbell training is a great way to start that process.

We also discuss the prehab and rehab you can do to overcome and prevent injuries that

often occur when training.

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