You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every

damn day. Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the

greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more. So whether your goal is to be the hammer,

destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt, you've come to the right place. Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin. Hey, Power Athlete Nation. I want you to buckle up. We have a Q&A podcast. We haven't done one of these in a minute, but I was able to pull a bunch of questions from not only Instagram but our private discord channel

and hopefully work through some of the questions that you guys have that are following the

power athlete training programs and also within the power athlete ecosystem.

I've invited my good friend, training partner and one of the guys that I see every day in

the gym that was the thought process

behind the Dragon Slayer, Mr. Arash Safani, to come in and have a little interesting conversation.

The first time I did a Q&A solo, I was facing a camera and I thought it was a little awkward.

So as you know, I hate avoiding awkward situations.

So I invited Arash to come and

interview me and bring his own level of personality of which he has a ton. So I was excited to get

Arash on the podcast. I know he'd be a great host or great guest and really just a good

interviewer and somebody I could have a good conversation as not only does he have a

strength conditioning background was a collegian strength conditioning coach black belt and judo

purple belt in jits and uh you know only trains athletes and works with some general pop but uh you

know grew up in southern california it's been a power pan or a fan of for a number of years. So I'm excited for this Q&A. As always, if you want more information, you can always shoot an email to info at powerathlethq.com or ask the questions in our private discord. If you're not in the private discord, join one of the power athlete programs and you can get into a private discord. So buckle up for a Q&A with Mr. Arash Safani.

Really the focus for this podcast and for those you guys sitting at home listening,

we get a ton of questions, especially not only the Discord, but also kicked over on info.

So we aggregated a ton of questions instead of me sitting here just answering him to a question,

I asked my good friend, training partner, and I guess you could say dragons. Humble, humble student. Your one-stripe white belt in the parathlete methodology. But moving up well, to come and kind of feel these questions and have a good conversation, I always feel better that I do better in a one-on-one conversation than me just sitting here staring at a can. And I love you, John. Oh, thank you a little too. All right. So what do you want to start with? Okay. So let's just start off the top. Here's a question. When doing split squats, does it matter if the foot is flat resting on the bench or up on your toes like you are in a lunge?

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