Ep. 68 - Training Rest Times: A Very Misunderstood Concept
In a perfect world, we would never need to rest between sets, because we would never need to stop lifting. Unfortunately, we live in an imperfect world, and we do have to consider rest. How long shoul...
25 Touko 20201h 41min
Ep. 67 - Getting Stronger By Understanding Your Biomechanics (ft. Megan Bryanton-Jones & Andrew Vigotsky)
Biomechanics is the understanding of the body's structure, function, and motion with physics to describe what we experience. As lifters, most of what biomechanics explains mathematically, we understan...
18 Touko 20202h 8min
Ep. 66 - Cardio for Lifters: Everything that Matters
Around these parts, cardio has a bad reputation. Sure, in the greater fitness community, cardio (a fancy way of saying running, usually on a treadmill) has long been one of the cornerstones of any fit...
11 Touko 20201h 36min
Ep. 65 - Periodization vs Programming For Strength (ft. Dr. Mike Zourdos)
In the lifting community, two words are often used interchangeably: periodization and programming. Are they, in fact, the same thing? As you will learn in this episode featuring special guest Dr. Mike...
4 Touko 20201h 23min
Ep. 64 - Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Bodybuilding (Hybrid Training ft. Dr. Stefi Cohen and Max Aita)
If you're a long time listener of Iron Culture, you've been exposed to calisthenics, CrossFit, powerlifting, bodybuilding, strongman/woman, and more! Maybe, just maybe, it's influenced you to pursue m...
27 Huhti 20201h 19min
Ep. 63 - Lifting Weights & Brazilian Jiujitsu (ft. Chad Wesley Smith and Dr. Melissa Davis)
From lifting calibrated plates on competition spec bars in approved knee sleeves through the same three movement patterns to moving uncalibrated humans through a near-infinite combination of vectors a...
20 Huhti 20201h 33min
Ep. 62 - How To Stay On Track With Your Nutrition
Dig if you will this picture, of you inside with the kids. This is what it sounds like when gains die. At this point, it has been four weeks without access to gyms for most individuals. Exacerbating t...
13 Huhti 20201h 30min
Ep. 61 - Maintaining Muscle & Motivation Without the Gym
"Nihilism: the belief that life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value; used to explain the general mood of despair at a perceived pointlessness of existence." We've all been there ...
6 Huhti 20201h 25min
