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The Conjugate Method: How to Implement Max Effort, Dynamic Effort, and PR Every Single Day w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Travis Mash - Barbell Shrugged #513

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 β€’ 2.8K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

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In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:

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  1. What is the Conjugate Method?
  2. What is max effort day?
  3. How to implement dynamic days?
  4. Why it is important to PR everyday
  5. Is the Conjugate method the best program for maximizing strength?

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Doug Larson on Instagram

Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Shrug family this week on Barrel Shrug, we're talking about the conjugate method, which you may or may not have ever heard of in your entire life.

0:06.1

It's kind of the system for how some of the strongest people that have ever walked on the face of this earth train.

0:12.4

And it was invented by Louis Simmons talking about max effort days, dynamic days.

0:17.5

And this fun thing that they like to do inside the conjugate method talking about PRing every

0:22.5

single day to build confidence so you get ready for the platform and how you can use these

0:28.2

tactics and these strategies and this training method to get strong and who it's best for.

0:34.6

Before we get too deep into it today, I want to tell you that boulders for shoulders is 20% off this week. It is the, I think everybody by now knows that I just totally wrecked my shoulder recently. It was very lucky to have just sprained my AC joint instead of actually separating my full shoulder or breaking a collarbone or something super nasty when I went over the handlebars.

0:55.0

In Arkansas, two weeks ago, went about eight foot from top of the jump to bottom of the jump,

1:03.0

square on the shoulder. My shoulder dropped out like three inches. It was really gross.

1:09.0

I'm feeling really good right now um one of the big reasons

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is because i've been following boulders for shoulders which is our shoulder rehab health um it's

1:19.3

kind of like a mobility stability uh movement repattering and shoulder health program it's a three

1:26.5

month long program you really can use it endlessly.

1:30.1

And I've been using it to rehab the shoulders, the drills in there, and a lot of the techniques

1:34.7

just to get my shoulder back to healthy. So I am feeling good and feeling strong and two weeks

1:41.5

into this now. And everything feels really good.

1:44.9

I'm almost back to being able to lift weights and just feeling great.

1:49.2

So get over to barbell shrug.com forward slash store.

1:53.6

You will see boulders for shoulders in the program section.

1:59.2

And if you want the direct link get into the show notes use the code

2:03.5

boulders for 20% off just get into the show notes it's a very first thing down there

2:09.5

but boulder shoulders on sale 20% off it's like we're celebrating me getting healthy

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