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Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

#538 Josh Bryant On The Nuanced Aspects of Building Strength, Muscle and Speed As We Age

Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

Joe DeFranco

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

This week Joe welcomes Josh Bryant to the Industrial Strength Show...and he does not disappoint! Josh is a world-renowned strength coach and author. A former Strongest Man in America who benched 600 pounds raw and totaled 2294 pounds. He's also coached some of the strongest people in the world including Olympia bodybuilders, pro athletes and tactical operators. In addition, Josh has authored over a dozen best-selling books and developed personal training certification courses with ISSA - all while continuing to coach and host seminars worldwide. On today's show, you'll hear Josh discuss the nuanced aspects of building strength, muscle and speed as we age...and MORE! *For a full list of Show Notes & Timestamps visit www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com.
 

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to episode number 538 of the Industrial Strength Show.

0:04.0

I am going to keep this intro very short and sweet and for real this week.

0:11.8

I know I say it all the time and I end up yapping forever.

0:16.3

But I'm going to stick to my word this week because I'm assuming you saw the title of this week's show and you are all fired up to see that Josh Brian is finally making his Industrial Strength Show debut.

0:34.3

And I can tell you right now, he does not disappoint.

0:38.3

You are going to love this conversation.

0:41.8

For those of you who maybe aren't as familiar with Josh's work, just real quick,

0:49.1

a little background on Josh.

0:50.9

He is a world-renowned strength coach and author, a former strongest man in America who

0:57.9

benched 600 pounds raw. That's with no bench shirt or powerlifting equipment. He was the youngest guy

1:05.6

at the time to ever bench 600 pounds raw. And he's not just someone who is strong himself and has never worked with other people.

1:16.0

He has coached some of the strongest people in the world, including Olympia bodybuilders, pro athletes, high school athletes, youth athletes from a number of different sports, tactical operators,

1:30.5

you name them, Josh has worked with them and has gotten phenomenal results. He has also authored

1:37.7

over a dozen bestselling books and he's developed personal training certification courses

1:43.7

with the ISS all, all while continuing

1:46.8

to coach and host seminars worldwide and make podcast appearances like this week on the Industrial

1:56.1

Strength Show.

1:57.1

And like I said, he does not disappoint.

2:00.0

So I don't want to make you guys wait any longer.

2:03.4

We are going to bring Josh in right after Orlando.

2:10.6

It's damn intro music.

2:12.3

He started his first gym out of a 500 square foot storage closet.

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