Barbell Logic

By: Barbell Logic
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  • We approach strength, health, & fitness with simplicity & logic, believing that barbell training is for everyone. We provide expert advice & discussion on nutrition & programming, technique & conditioning, voluntary hardship & self-improvement. This channel aims to be a breath of fresh air in the fitness industry. Our teaching methods and programming for strength are simple, hard and effective. Join us for a lifetime of success under the bar. This is the foundation of our journey together.
    Barbell Logic 2017-2020
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  • Overcoming Pain & Setbacks - #600

    Overcoming Pain & Setbacks - #600
    Nov 12 2024
    Pain and setbacks can derail progress. Overcoming pain and setbacks requires addressing your why and acknowledging how you feel when you perform healthy habits. Overcoming Pain and Setbacks: Oh Snap! A client finds himself making progress in all areas of fitness, at the lightest bodyweight in years and working toward specific barbell numbers. He has a week of stressful work, where sleep was out-of-whack, he sat more than normal, and his schedule was off. He returns to the gym and during his warm ups feels a tweak and hears a pop. Training has to change now. Right before he crested the mountain top, he was cutoff at the knees. Suddenly, he found himself letting nutrition, alcohol, and sleep slip too. After all, why was he training now that the clear goals were unachievable? Overcoming Pain and Setbacks: What is Your Why!? This client's why had really become the weight on the bar. It is easy to get emotionally tied to seeing the numbers go up. The numbers cannot (and will not) always go up. It is critical to touch on your deeper whys for training. Even if you signed up for coaching or began training with specific numbers in mind - even if you are an elite lifter chasing numbers - you certainly actually have a deeper reason than seeing a larger amount of iron go up. Overcoming Pain and Setbacks: What Feels Good!? Remembering how you feel when things are going well matters. Yes, the numbers were going up. That was fun. Did you feel good when you were eating healthy, drinking less, and ensuring you got sufficient high-quality sleep? How did it feel to check off your nutrition, fitness, and health tasks every day? When considering how you feel and how you felt, think about over a long period of time. Yes, staying up late with alcohol and processed food feels good in the moment. How do you feel that next morning? How does it feel to check your bodyweight on the scale? What do things look like after a couple weeks of these behaviors? Overcoming Pain and Setbacks: Think of February & March! Think about the future. You may think about running this process through your head - what will things look like if the sloppiness continues for weeks and months? You might also think about a specific time or place in your future. How do you feel in February after months of excess calories? How do you feel in March (or insert your time here) at that beach vacation? What feelings arise when someone who has not seen you in awhile sees you and you've gained weight? Overcoming Pain and Setbacks: Love the Process Loving the results without loving the process will cause problems. Enjoy exposing yourself to discomfort through training. Maybe the weight on the bar is not challenging, but you get to feel a pump. Maybe you don't get a pump, but you have to complete high-repetition exercises you hate - this is voluntary hardship too! Overcoming pain and setbacks is challenging, but you can do it. PS - If you're interested in taking online coaching with Barbell Logic for a test run, check it out here. Check out the Barbell Logic podcast landing page. Get Matched with a Professional Strength Coach today for FREE! No contract with us, just commitment to yourself: Start experiencing strength now: https://store.barbell-logic.com/match/ Connect with the hosts Niki on InstagramAndrew on Instagram Connect with the show Barbell Logic on InstagramPodcast WebpageBarbell Logic on FacebookOr email podcast@barbell-logic.com
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    35 mins
  • Mastering Fitness Habits: Tips for Lasting Results - #599

    Mastering Fitness Habits: Tips for Lasting Results - #599
    Nov 5 2024

    Mastering fitness habits is the key to crushing your goals and gaining lasting results to boost your health and quality of life.

    Mastering Fitness Habits: Actions You Do No Matter What

    Habits are things you do without making new decisions. For Andrew, his four healthy habits are walking, food choices, sleep, and training.

    He can go on auto-pilot in these areas, which automatically bring him toward his health and fitness goals.

    Niki's dog died recently. No one would have blamed her for not training. For Niki, however, it was not only important to maintain the habit but it actually provided an emotional outlet, where she could get out of the house and get out of her mind and do something healthy for herself.

    Mastering Fitness Habits: Applied Principles Not Rigid Rules

    This does not mean black-and-white rigid programs. It does not mean if you do not do your 3x5 low bar squats, 3x5 bench press, and 1x5 deadlift with at least 5 minutes of rest you are not doing the program and have failed and are a bad person.

    Rather, you incorporate walking regularly as part of your day. Most of the time that means at least 10,000 steps for Andrew, but sometimes that is unrealistic.

    On vacation, for example, he continues to train, but workouts will tend to be shorter with less volume and less weight.

    Sleep may become a lower priority on vacations, but it is not completely ignored and certain actions that help Andrew sleep better will be maintained.

    Mastering Fitness Habits: Find Freedom

    Habits do not restrict freedom they create it.

    Do you feel free when you cannot say no to the office donuts or that second or third drink or have to go through the drive through on your way home from work? Is this freedom?

    No, freedom is not choice. Freedom is the ability to do what you want, in line with your values. If you want to be healthier and more capable, and be able to do more, you have to regularly train, sleep, and eat well.

    Mastering fitness habits is not complicated, but it's not easy. Learn some tips to crush your health and fitness goals.

    PS - If you're interested in taking online coaching with Barbell Logic for a test run, check it out here.

    Check out the Barbell Logic podcast landing page.

    Get Matched with a Professional Strength Coach today for FREE!
    No contract with us, just commitment to yourself: Start experiencing strength now: https://store.barbell-logic.com/match/
    Connect with the hosts
    • Niki on Instagram
    • Andrew on Instagram
    Connect with the show
    • Barbell Logic on Instagram
    • Podcast Webpage
    • Barbell Logic on Facebook
    • Or email podcast@barbell-logic.com
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    29 mins
  • Why You Should Walk More - #598

    Why You Should Walk More - #598
    Oct 29 2024

    Learn why you should walk more, how it improves your health, mindfulness, and quality of life. Don't eschew this pedestrian but effective fitness tool.

    Physical Fitness Benefits of Walking More

    A good reason why you should walk more is because it provides many health & fitness benefits.

    Andrew mentions a study that shows that the benefits of walking 10,000 steps a day equates to, essentially, a "change in effective years" of 8 years. To simplify, it equates to making you 8 years younger than you otherwise would be.

    Now, it is easy to draw too much from studies, but what is clear is that walking was correlated with positive health outcomes. Walking is accessible to almost all people, usually exposes you to the sun and gets you out from behind screens, and gives you time to think about things.

    Mental Health Benefits of Walking More

    Another reason why you should walk more is the benefits to your mental health. Walking gets you away from screens and your everyday problems. Creating this time and space to do something else let's you think or do other important activities such as think, talk, or listen to a podcast or audiobook.

    Walking is a great activity to do with deep work. You can decide to take a break from the urgent and focus on the important, while doing something physical.

    Why you should walk more!? Because it's all-around good for you.

    PS - If you're interested in taking online coaching with Barbell Logic for a test run, check it out here.

    Check out the Barbell Logic podcast landing page.

    Get Matched with a Professional Strength Coach today for FREE!
    No contract with us, just commitment to yourself: Start experiencing strength now: https://store.barbell-logic.com/match/
    Connect with the hosts
    • Niki on Instagram
    • Andrew on Instagram
    Connect with the show
    • Barbell Logic on Instagram
    • Podcast Webpage
    • Barbell Logic on Facebook
    • Or email podcast@barbell-logic.com
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    41 mins

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