The Key to Building Real Strength (It’s Not Just Heavy Lifts) Ft. Marshall Davis Jones

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🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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In this episode, Mark Bell and Nsima Inyang sit down with movement coach Marshall Davis Jones to explore a different kind of strength — one that’s built through awareness, control, and connection, not just heavy lifting.Marshall breaks down why lighter loads can actually unlock deeper levels of stability, coordination, and fluid power. Using the Berserker Bar and light clubs, he shows how small, deliberate movements can reawaken the body’s stabilizers, improve shoulder health, and connect the glutes, spine, and breath into one system.In this episode, Mark Bell and Nsima Inyang sit down with movement coach Marshall Davis Jones to explore a different kind of strength — one that’s built through awareness, control, and connection, not just heavy lifting.Marshall breaks down why lighter loads can actually unlock deeper levels of stability, coordination, and fluid power. Using the Berserker Bar and light clubs, he shows how small, deliberate movements can reawaken the body’s stabilizers, improve shoulder health, and connect the glutes, spine, and breath into one system.Special perks for our listeners below!🥩 HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN! 🍖 ➢ https://goodlifeproteins.com/ Code POWER to save 20% off site wide, or code POWERPROJECT to save an additional 5% off your Build a Box Subscription!🩸 Get your BLOODWORK Done! 🩸 ➢ https://marekhealth.com/PowerProject to receive 10% off our Panel, Check Up Panel or any custom panel, and use code POWERPROJECT for 10% off any lab!🧠 Methylene Blue: Better Focus, Sleep and Mood 🧠 Use Code POWER10 for 10% off!➢https://troscriptions.com?utm_source=affiliate&ut-m_medium=podcast&ut-m_campaign=MarkBel-I_podcastBest 5 Finger Barefoot Shoes! 👟 ➢ https://Peluva.com/PowerProject Code POWERPROJECT15 to save 15% off Peluva Shoes!Self Explanatory 🍆 ➢ Enlarging Pumps (This really works): https://bit.ly/powerproject1Pumps explained: https://youtu.be/qPG9JXjlhpM?si=JZN09-FakTjoJuaW🚨 The Best Red Light Therapy Devices and Blue Blocking Glasses On The Market! 😎➢https://emr-tek.com/Use code: POWERPROJECT to save 20% off your order!

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0:00.0	Using a smaller and lighter weight, you're allowing the body's anticipatory muscles,
0:05.0	the muscles that anticipate what you're going to do, along with the muscles that allow you
0:08.7	to stabilize and stay strong to rebalance you.
0:11.9	When we were little, we had this nice little experience of figuring out how to balance things
0:17.8	on the joints.
0:18.8	So the first thing was balancing the head, right?
0:20.2	And you're like awkward. And then you get your little tummy time, and you're like, oh, I can hold my head up. And so when you put something light, all it's doing is putting you back into that place where just a little bit of weight relative to your body is off balancing you when you're learning to control. Why is my palm down? This is for whatever reason, this
0:37.5	is what the arm naturally does. What we're going to do is we're going to go for a nest
0:45.0	shape. It kind of looks a little bit like a penis, the end of it. But go ahead. Well, we're
0:53.3	moving it away from us.
0:55.0	Okay.
0:56.0	If you are wondering what the sound that's making of it, that is the small berserker bar.
1:00.0	Oh, it's got the one.
1:02.0	Yeah, it's got those...
1:04.0	Shot in it, right?
1:05.0	Yeah, shot inside of it.
1:06.0	So your thumb is down, and you're coming up and you're leading with the elbow out.
1:12.4	Turn the elbow in, slowly bringing it back down and returning here.
1:19.6	Let's watch.
1:20.6	So let's watch again, one up.
1:24.2	Turning here.
1:26.2	There we go.
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