Barbell Shrugged — Laird Hamilton, Gabby Reece, and PJ Nestler: Underwater Training — 335
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Underwater training is growing in the mainstream through the work of Laird Hamilton, Gabby Reece, and PJ Nestler. XPT (@xptlife), is a training methodology that is revolutionizing strength and conditioning. It combines the practices of breath work, underwater training, ice baths, and saunas into one program that is scalable and easily accessible to the public. This combination allows participants to connect with their nervous system, the down regulatory properties of breath training, as well as the performance metrics needed to push people to their genetic potential. XPT is the wave of the future. Underwater training is growing in popularity and the benefits are being felt worldwide.
XPT Certifications and Experiences: www.XPTLIFE.com.
Laird Hamilton (@lairdhamiltonsurf), big wave surfer, inventor, and pioneer of tow surfing and foil boards has been using underwater training to prepare himself for the rigors of big wave surfing for decades. His path to learning about underwater training started by combining rock carrying in the ocean which is a custom training in Hawaii where he is from. The methodology advanced and he has created a system in which he can deploy the training to the masses.
Gabby Reece (@gabbyreece) is a lifelong athlete, model, and entrepreneur most commonly known for her multiple gold medals in beach volleyball. Gabby is often the first test dummy for the training formulated in the brain of Laird Hamilton. Her role at XPT has taken shape in the form of coaching expertise, specifically in the underwater training portion of XPT. Her leadership in and out of the pool can be felt with her powerful voice, calming demeanor, and her background in athletics lets you know she means business.
PJ Nestler (@coachpjnestler) is the Director of Performance at XPT and is responsible for creating the curriculum for the XPT experiences and certifications to deploy to the public. Nestler's background is in MMA and strength and conditioning but specializes in building courses to bring a practical approach to delivering high quality, science based research and coaching to the strength and conditioning community.
In this episode, we talk about breathwork for performance and health, pool training, ice baths for recovery, saunas and heat shock proteins, the XPT certification and experience, and more.
Enjoy!
- Doug and Anders
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| 0:00.0 | Truck family welcome back another Saturday bonus episode with me just me this week hanging out with Laird Hamilton |
| 0:07.4 | Gabby Reese and PJ Nestler these guys have thrown together the XPT experience and I was lucky enough to get invited up there not once |
| 0:17.8 | But twice to go hang out in Laird pool Gabby's pool |
| 0:23.3 | Learn all the fun things so we got invited up for an XPT industry day |
| 0:28.0 | Then scheduled an interview with them got invited back up to go see day one of the XPT experience |
| 0:35.4 | Just had a blast really enjoy hanging out and was lucky enough to sit down got an hour to interview them |
| 0:42.5 | And brought our boy Colton on the cam with us. So if you are |
| 0:48.1 | interested in watching the video that goes along with this interview make sure you get over to the shrug YouTube page |
| 0:54.7 | The YouTube video is called underwater training with Laird Hamilton Gabby Reese and PJ Nestler |
| 1:00.3 | Had a blast learned a lot. There's so many big things coming together at XPT and I |
| 1:06.6 | feel like the |
| 1:08.4 | certification the experience is something that all people should go take a look at |
| 1:13.1 | the science and |
| 1:15.5 | the practical side of breath work |
| 1:20.4 | The hot sauna training the ice bath training |
| 1:25.2 | I've hung out with Andy Gallup at a couple times talking about ice bath |
| 1:30.2 | There's just a ton of information and science coming out about how important the stuff is for recovery and then |
| 1:36.0 | There's very few times you're going to be able to be in a pool lifting weights and understanding some of the principles of |
| 1:43.4 | Down regulations staying calm and all doing it in a performance setting |
| 1:46.9 | So it was very cool to get up there and I am incredibly stoked for you to hear this interview |
| 1:53.7 | Make sure you get over to the shrug collective program vault |
| 1:58.5 | shrugcollective.com backside vault. We've got 12 programs in there |
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