Hard Truths from a Lifetime of Training w/ Bryan Boorstein, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Travis Mash #812
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Bryan Boorstein has 24 years of training and over 13 years of coaching experience.
A 3-time CrossFit Regional athlete and CrossFit Games coach, Bryan holds a Bachelor of Science from JMU (2006) and certifications in CrossFit L-2 and Mobility.
As the owner and founder of Evolved Training Systems and Paragon Training Methods, he’s a trusted name in fitness. Bryan’s been featured on ESPN Radio and numerous podcasts, and he hosts the Eat Train Prosper podcast, sharing expert insights on training and nutrition.
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| 0:00.0 | Shrude family this week on Barbell Shrug. Brian Borstein is coming back. For those of you guys that have been paying attention to this show for a long time, this is like the 11 billionth time we've had Brian on, mainly because he's one of my best friends, and he was the best man in my wedding. |
| 0:15.0 | And the reason we talk about strength so well or training together so well is him and I have been on this path |
| 0:23.9 | together for over 20 years, including training CrossFit athletes and 70-something regionals people |
| 0:30.5 | and CrossFit Games athletes and bodybuilding and just getting jacked and trying to be as strong |
| 0:35.0 | as we possibly can and online coaching and there's probably |
| 0:39.0 | nobody on this planet that I have such a parallel experience in when it comes to training. |
| 0:47.3 | What's so cool about hanging out with Brian, one, it's my homie, but he has a much more like |
| 0:53.1 | analytical and much more like micro approach |
| 0:57.5 | to the programs he writes, the nuance he brings to things. And I'm much more on like a macro side |
| 1:03.8 | of things of like, let's just go work really, really hard. And he's the guy that kind of brings me |
| 1:07.4 | into his world. I bring him into mine. And what has happened over the last 23 years of our lives that we've been doing this together, |
| 1:16.6 | both professionally, personally, friends, just always enjoying talking about training together. |
| 1:22.1 | Our ideas always seem to align, but seen through a different framework. |
| 1:30.4 | And I think that there something that is very important in understanding, like, how to do this for a very long time. If you are always trying |
| 1:39.5 | to kind of like be right in this industry or not be able to see things from different perspectives. |
| 1:45.8 | And I've always just respect Ryan's perspective, likely more than anybody else's. |
| 1:50.8 | Just because I know where he's been. I know where he's coming from. I know what he's chasing. |
| 1:55.2 | And he really is one of the best brains in this entire industry. There's just, I've talked to |
| 2:00.2 | hundreds and hundreds of people, maybe thousands of people. |
| 2:03.8 | And I always kind of come back to, what's Brian up to? |
| 2:06.2 | What are his thoughts on things? |
| 2:08.7 | And there's like a source of truth inside what he says because I know how his brain works. |
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