#511 How To Train Through & Around Common Injuries w/ Dean Somerset

Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

Joe DeFranco

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

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🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

This week Joe welcomes Dean Somerset to the show. Dean is a Personal Trainer from Edmonton, Alberta Canada with over 2 decades of experience working with a wide variety of clients on a host of different goals. These goals include injury/post-surgical recovery, athletic performance, weight loss, or just enjoying their time in the gym. Dean has also written for major publications like Men's Health, Women's Health, T-Nation.com, Bodybuilding.com, and a slew of other websites and print media. On today's podcast you'll hear Dean speak on a number of different topics. Highlights include: 1) What does Dean attribute his longevity in the fitness industry to? 2) Does Dean believe "bad exercises" exist? 3) When you're in pain, how do you know if you should train through it, around it, or rest? 4) Tried & True advice for dealing with "The Big 3": Low back pain, Shoulder pain and/or Knee pain 5) Overrated/Underrated: Knees Over Toes Training; Static Stretching; Training the Rotator Cuff in Isolation; Barbell Movements for the Over 40 Lifter; Speed Training for the Over 40 Lifter 6) The TRUTH about dealing with asymmetries...and Much MORE! *For a full list of Show Notes + Timestamps goto www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com.

IMPORTANT LINKS
Rock Solid Resilience by Dean Somerset & Dan Pope
Dean's Instagram
CPPS certification
Iron Business Blueprint
Manukora Honey

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to episode number 511 of the Industrial Strength Show.
0:04.4	You are all in for a treat today because joining me on today's show is Dean Somerset.
0:14.5	This one is long overdue.
0:17.4	Dean is a personal trainer from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with boatloads of real
0:24.6	world experience, which is rare these days in the age of the social media influencer. It is getting
0:34.3	harder and harder to find trainers who have actually been working with real people in the real world, getting real results for decades now.
0:47.2	And Dean is one of those rare individuals.
0:51.2	He has worked with and continues to work with a wide variety of clients. He's helped
0:57.5	clients with post-surgical joint replacements, cardiac rehabilitation and wellness, sports
1:04.7	injury post-rehabilitation, spinal cord injuries, cancer patients, and even elite runners and firefighters.
1:13.4	And also just people who want to enjoy their time in the gym, build some muscle, lose some
1:19.9	fat, and just better themselves. Dean is someone who has worked with them all, like I said,
1:27.1	a boatload of experience and wisdom.
1:30.8	And he is here today to share his wisdom, experience, and humor with all of you.
1:38.9	Dean is, Dean's also a funny guy with a great sense of humor.
1:43.2	So I'm excited for you guys to hear this conversation and you will hear this conversation
1:48.8	right after I tell you about today's sponsor, Monachora Honey.
1:55.7	Now, about a year ago, I made the switch from regular honey and other sweeteners to monocora.
2:05.3	And I did that for two main reasons.
2:07.1	Two main reasons, excuse me.
2:09.5	The taste and the health benefits.
2:12.8	Monachora is in a league of its own in both categories.
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