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Barbell Shrugged

Do Old School Strength Principles Still Hold Up? w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Coach Travis Mash Barbell Shrugged #609

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:

 

  1. What defines old school strength training.
  2. What is the difference between old school and new school training.
  3. Why the information era killed old school strength
  4. What are essentials for building old school strength
  5. How to maintain strength and athleticism for a lifetime

 

Connect with our guests:

 

Anders Varner on Instagram

 

Doug Larson on Instagram

 

Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Shrugged family this week on barbell shrugged we are talking about old school strength principles and do they still hold up this show is

0:08.2

Near and dear to my heart because I feel like I've been through this massive progression in my life

0:13.6

where I started in these like old school

0:16.8

Ways of lifting weights reading the old school magazines reading the old school books from guys before all the scientists showed up and before we had

0:24.3

Instagram and

0:25.6

endless information and it was just about getting big and strong and lifting as much weight as possible and getting getting big

0:32.9

There was a big focus on just how brutally strong can you get and and I think there's been a weird turn in the industry

0:41.5

and which we we all try to be the smartest

0:45.6

Instead of maybe trying to figure out who's who's actually doing the work who's putting the time and under the barbell and and this show is really

0:53.4

Gets to the heart of that

0:56.4

I

0:57.4

Feel like I I

0:59.5

Became part of that who can be the smartest and who can have the nerdy as little tidbit and who can have the Instagram

1:05.4

New exercise that looks so cool even though it likely doesn't have a ROI that is really

1:13.0

High enough for people to actually be doing that type of exercise or that variation

1:18.2

And and what I've really returned to and and having my personal training program

1:25.9

Just be as efficient and effective as possible is really getting back to doing the basics as well as I possibly can and I think there's a ton of value

1:34.7

And everybody just

1:36.2

Focusing on the basics focusing on making your squat better your deadlift better your press better your bench press better

1:43.0

Your row better sticking to these very basic core exercises the body weights from from dips and pullups and

1:50.0

Really mastering the basics and and focusing on increasing muscle mass strength and size

1:56.8

If we can do those core things you have a a problem that is very hard to solve and

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