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Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield and if you've been listening into the podcast recently or perhaps

been following the Twitter feed, then you know that during this off-season for my triathlon training,

I'm actually using a new training program. It's a program called Mass Made Simple.

And the reason I'm doing that is because I want to put a little bit of mass on my body,

not just mass but power and strength and speed too. And for any of you listening in who maybe

want to try a new workout or learn how to build strength, build power or even put on a few pounds

or put on some curves, the guy that I have on today's call is going to really fill you in on

everything you need to know about how to do it. He's a guy that I personally trust quite a bit

when it comes to this stuff. I own just about every book that he's written and he's a real wealth

of knowledge when it comes to getting, as I like to say, strong like a ball. So his name is Dan John

and Dan is a lifter. He was actually an all-american discous thrower as well. He's competed at very

high levels in Olympic lifting. He's competed at the Highland Games. He's competed in Pentathlon

for weightlifting, an event in which he actually holds the American record. And he's not only a rider

and a lecturer and a coach, but he's also someone who who does quite a bit of studying too. He's

actually toward the Middle East exploring the foundations of religious education systems of all

things. And his books are books that we'll link to in the show notes, but they include things like

intervention, never let go, easy strength, which he co-wrote with the guy named Pavel Zazzolini.

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