Strategies for Cutting Weight, Prison, and How to be a Great Powerlifter w/ Jason Coker- The Barbell Life
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Not many people have benched over 900 pounds. And not many people have been my good friend for over 20 years. Jason Coker's done both, so he's a pretty amazing guy.
He's the go-to expert on cutting weight – and as a longtime lifter at Westside Barbell, Jason knows better than anyone what Westside is really like. This podcast has a lot of knowledge in it and a lot of perspective… and it's also got a lot of great stories.
In this episode:
- Getting a job with me after prison and other wild stories from the past
- Dynamic days, max effort, and what Westside really does
- Passing out naked at a powerlifting meet… and how you can cut weight in a better way
- Truly great powerlifters and what so many get wrong
- Dealing with sciatica and still setting records
- and more…
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| 0:00.0 | Turn your legs into tree trunks. |
| 0:02.7 | Expand your rib cage and grow your abs into a barrel. |
| 0:07.1 | And make you tough as shit between your ears. |
| 0:10.1 | Squat, breathe, breathe, breathe, squat times 20. |
| 0:15.3 | Shrug family, the 20 rep back squat program is out. |
| 0:19.7 | This is based off of these super squats program that came out in 1989. |
| 0:23.8 | The book's super squats. |
| 0:25.3 | Since then, I have run this through hundreds, thousands of athletes. |
| 0:30.3 | In my gym, our regional team, and tailored it to the functional fitness community. |
| 0:35.9 | It's right for all you crossfitters out there. |
| 0:38.8 | I want to get into 20 rep back squats, but I have no idea how to implement that into your program, |
| 0:43.6 | or need a program that suits your needs. |
| 0:46.7 | We've taken the 20 rep back squat as our goal. |
| 0:50.0 | And we've created a program that I have run with thousands of athletes, |
| 0:53.2 | over 75 regional athletes, and myself, just to make sure that my brain was right. |
| 0:59.7 | My body was right. |
| 1:01.0 | I was strong, not just muskierly, but very strong between the ears. |
| 1:06.1 | You can purchase this program today at shrugcollective.com forward slash 20. |
| 1:12.2 | shrugcollective.com forward slash 20. |
| 1:15.2 | A 12 week program focusing on 20 rep back squats to grow your legs, grow your abs, and grow |
| 1:21.0 | your brain. |
| 1:23.0 | Travis Mash, the Barbell Life. |
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