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Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

#301 Jim Wendler & Joe DeFranco 10-Year Reunion Podcast!

Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

Joe DeFranco

Fitness, Muscle, Health, Sports, Health & Fitness, Lifting, Bodybuilding, Strength

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

After not seeing each other or speaking for over 10 years, Joe D. reunites with Jim Wendler to discuss a variety of topics! Highlights from their conversation include: The backstory behind Jim's "Why I Hate Joe DeFranco" article; Important lessons about business growth; The rewards of working with young kids [compared to pro athletes]; Dealing with online criticism; Biggest mistake young lifters make; Why Jim doesn't include "testing days" in his high school kid's programs; Jim's thoughts on programming assistance exercises; What's the biggest difference between how Jim trains high school athletes vs how he trains himself; Why Jim does NOT incorporate much exercise variety into his athlete's programs; The dangers of training "too heavy" [and the importance of sub-maximal work]; Jim's top tips for training longevity...and Much MORE!
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Reunited and it feels so good.

0:07.0

Reunited because we understood

0:11.0

there's one

0:13.4

one nothing that should that this one is it

0:18.4

we love all so exciting because we're re-night.

0:25.0

Hey, guys.

0:29.0

Welcome to episode number 301 of the Industrial Strength Show, and yes, this week I am reunited with someone that I haven't seen or spoken to in over 10 years.

0:46.5

I can't believe it's been over a decade,

0:50.0

but myself and Jim Wenler, the great Jim Wenler, have reunited and you will get to hear our first conversation. Basically you get to eaveseze drop on our first conversation.

1:03.2

Basically you get to eavesdrop on our first conversation

1:08.2

in over 10 years.

1:10.0

I think you guys are going to love this episode.

1:13.7

Jim is, he's been one of the most highly requested guests

1:20.0

since I started this show over five years ago, but for whatever reason we just, we hadn't crossed paths, we kind of lost contact, but we finally made it happen.

1:32.5

It was great to get in touch with him

1:35.2

and just shoot the shit.

1:37.3

Like, if you know Jim Wenler,

1:39.5

you know it's never a boring conversation. It's never a dull moment. We reminisce about old times, old seminars that we did together, share some old stories.

1:53.8

We talk about the article, the very popular article

1:57.4

that Jim wrote, Why I Hate Joe DeFranco.

2:01.3

We talked about that. Of course we discussed training his 531 program wildly popular 531 program

2:11.7

maybe the most popular program in the freaking world.

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