From CrossFit to the Combine w/ Paul Beckwith, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Coach Travis Mash Barbell Shrugged #582
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Paul Beckwith has worked with athletes of all ages and experience. Born and raised in Dillon, South Carolina, Beckwith moved to Palatka, Florida, where he was a four‐year letterman in football, wrestling, track and field and weightlifting. Following graduation, he played football at the University of South Carolina, where he was an All‐SEC performer and four‐year starter on the offensive line.
After a stellar college career, Paul declined a free agent deal with several NFL teams to pursue his passion in the strength and conditioning profession. After completing his degree in business management, he worked as a strength and conditioning coach at USC, advising the football, baseball, soccer, golf, swimming and diving and track and field programs prior to joining Apex.
Beckwith's multiple certifications include; OPEX Advanced Coach with expertise in assessment, program design, nutrition and life coaching; United States Weightlifting trained with certification in Olympic lifting. Paul has trained professional athletes representing the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) and U.S. Olympic Weightlifting.
In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:
- From College football to CrossFit Coach
- The highs and lows of owning a CrossFit Gym
- Continuing education and hiring a coach
- The turn to developing athletes for the NFL Combine
- Strength, rehab, and performance while developing athleticism
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| 0:00.0 | Shrugged family this week on Barbell Shrugged my very first strength coach of all time, |
| 0:06.8 | maybe not of all time, but my very first coach as I considered myself to be a strength athlete. |
| 0:13.6 | Paul Beckwith. |
| 0:15.6 | What an awesome human being, not only was I under his tutelage for a couple years, |
| 0:21.3 | in South Carolina was when I was in grad school, but I mean, I learned so much watching him grow a gym |
| 0:27.5 | to 300 and something members, expand that gym and then sell that gym. |
| 0:34.0 | And if there's somebody in my life that has been just at the forefront of getting me into the |
| 0:40.3 | strength conditioning fitness arena, teaching me a ton about CrossFit, it is Paul Beckwith. |
| 0:47.0 | And it was really cool to be able to go down to South Carolina, actually go back to my |
| 0:51.8 | first gym or at least the town that my first gym was in and get back to see him |
| 0:56.8 | and hang out. So this show is super special. We get into all things from where he grew up, |
| 1:05.2 | his first strength coaches, as well as his path at the CrossFit after playing college, |
| 1:09.8 | football at University of South Carolina. And now the fact that he's coaching future NFLers |
| 1:17.1 | and turning them for the Combot, I hope you guys love this show. This guy is means a ton to me |
| 1:23.4 | and my career in this field and just super grateful that he's just been in my life for |
| 1:29.4 | better part of the last 15 years before we get into this show. You need to get over to |
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| 1:58.4 | on a Monday today is Murph and you think about the beat down that your body is about to go through. |
| 2:04.8 | Well, what do you think is in charge of recovery, right? You got to get the carbs, you got to get the |
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