Traditional Strength Training is Broken | Naudi Aguilar vs the Industry
Mark Bell's Power Project
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🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Naudi Aguilar joins Mark Bell to challenge some of the biggest ideas in the fitness world. From squats and deadlifts to bodybuilding, CrossFit, and modern strength programs, Naudi explains why he believes traditional strength training may be missing the bigger picture.The conversation dives into gait, posture, movement mechanics, and why Naudi thinks improving the way you move can dramatically impact health, performance, and longevity. Mark and Naudi also discuss whether lifting heavy is truly beneficial long-term, the role of addiction in training culture, and how athletes can balance strength with movement quality.They also explore Functional Patterns training, biomechanics, athletic performance, and what it really means to build a body that performs well for life.Follow Naudi AguilarIG: @functionalpatternsIG: @theleverking 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/TRT/PEPTIDES! 🩸 ➢ https://marekhealth.com and use code "POWERPROJECT" for 10% off Self-Service Labs and Guided Optimization®.🧠 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!👟 BEST LOOKING AND FUNCTIONING BAREFOOT SHOES 🦶➢https://vivobarefoot.com/powerproject🥶 The Best Cold Plunge Money Can Buy 🥶 ➢ https://thecoldplunge.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save $150!!➢ https://withinyoubrand.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save 15% off supplements!➢ https://markbellslingshot.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save 15% off all gear and apparel!Follow Mark Bell's Power Project Podcast➢ https://www.PowerProject.live➢ https://lnk.to/PowerProjectPodcast➢ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/markbellspowerproject➢ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/markbellspowerproject
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| 0:00.0 | The human brain's development corresponded directly with learning how to walk. |
| 0:04.5 | I've often asked if atrophy of the brain is the byproduct of the lacking of this force production, |
| 0:10.2 | this longitudinal lift. |
| 0:11.5 | I've never seen a single case where I've actually really been able to fix somebody's gate |
| 0:15.1 | and make it better and it not substantially improve their life. |
| 0:17.9 | I'll break anybody. |
| 0:18.9 | I'll break Olympians. |
| 0:19.9 | It's like nothing. |
| 0:20.7 | And with very little weight. Somebody wants to look good. Somebody wants to know wide shoulders. How much of this stuff can you do? If we enjoy doing some of these things. If I'm going to be completely honest, I just think you're coping. If you say that like me doing dead lifts or doing back squats, that I'm getting something out of it because it's fun, but then you're herniating a disc that I'm just like, objectively speaking, what are you getting? |
| 0:44.6 | Let's kick it off with this topic right here, with, I think some of what you observed over |
| 0:51.2 | the years is that some people end up, or maybe, I don't want to put words in your mouth, you'll be able to say it better than me, but basically I think that you observed that some people end up in compromised position and the beginning of disease is maybe this lack of being able to move well, being able to walk with a good gait. Like we see a lot of people |
| 1:12.1 | that have diabetes, heart disease, these different things. And usually there's almost like a decay or |
| 1:17.9 | decline in their ability to be able to like move themselves through space. And I think that's |
| 1:23.7 | something that you've mentioned before. I've never really heard, I don't think I've heard really |
| 1:26.8 | anybody else talk about that sort of thought. |
| 1:28.8 | Yeah, you know, like for me, I've found it interesting that the human brain's development |
| 1:34.5 | corresponded directly with like learning how to walk. |
| 1:37.3 | Like the distinguishing factor between humans and upright walking hominids was that before that we were arboreal and we kind of would swing from trees or whatever. |
| 1:47.0 | I mean, you'd have like some like lemurs and baboons that would stick to the ground or whatever. |
| 1:50.0 | But I've always often wondered like if human brain function as a general principle, that walking and like sprinting and doing like ballistic motions are what have enabled to keep it |
| 2:01.2 | keep it like functional like i think about um like the pressure waves that are associated like |
| 2:07.2 | what keeps the body upright obviously there's like postural things that you have like you have like |
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