Barbell Shrugged - Talking Training W/ Crossfit Games Athletes, Strength Coaches & More

Mike Sherbakov is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and adventurer on a mission to create a better world. He spends his days growing his global community, digital agency (Greatness Media), and impact accelerator (Greatness Ventures).   Mike is grateful for the opportunity to work closely with purpose-driven individuals and organizations while exploring the world and learning everything I can along the way.   In this episode, we talk about the 3 questions to identify your purpose, what does it feel like when you’re not in your purpose, the sustainable way to be of service (are you being a martyr?), meeting your own needs first, what does it take to run a successful fitness business, how to join The Greatness Foundation to build homes for the homeless, and more.   Enjoy! -Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: https://shruggedcollective.com/tbs_sherbakov ------------------------------------------------------------------------   Please support our partners! Onnit

This is a special episode, where Anders Varner (@andersvarner) and Doug Larson (@douglaselarson) talk about their combined experience of 40 years in strength & conditioning. They talk about where it all began, how their training plans have progressed over 20 years respectively, the beginnings of a career in strength, how to create training programs for life, what it means to create a whole body approach to training, and much more.   Enjoy!   - Doug and Anders   Show notes at: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/bbs_40years ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please support our partners! @organifi - www.organifi.com/shrugged to save 20% @thrivemarket - www.thrivemarket.com/shrugged for a free 30 days trial and $60 in free groceries @OMAX - www.tryomax.com/shrugged and receive a free box of Omega 3 Fish Oils @Onnit - www.onnit.com/shrugged for a free 14 pill bottle of the leading nootropic Alpha Brain and 10% savings on all purchases. @foursigmatic - www.foursigmatic

In The Strong Coach Season 1 Epilogue, Mike talks to Danny Rios, a graduate of The Strong Coach program. Danny is co-owner of F3 Athletics Home of Imperial Beach CrossFit and has always been passionate about helping people improve their lives.   Danny has always been an athlete and accomplished his goal of attending college on an athletic scholarship for football. He holds a degree in Exercise Science, as well as multiple certifications: CrossFit Level 1, CrossFit Mobility, and USAW Level 1.   In this episode,  we talk about how much can you grow and accomplish in 5 years, how identity and beliefs shape our reality, what Danny got out of The Strong Coach program, what it means to be a Strong Coach, what Danny got out of Training Camp for the Soul, and more.   Enjoy!   - Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/tsc_rios ------------------------------------------------------------------------------   ► Subscribe to Shrugged

If someone asked you what your crowning achievement is in your life, what would your answer be? For Coach Mike Burgener, the answer is simple: his kids! When you get through listening to our conversation with the man who has seen it all, and done it all in his life, it will make so much sense.   In this week's episode, we get into what this hard headed football player from Notre Dame learned as an Officer of Marines that has translated into the abundance mentality with which he leads today. The founder of Mike's Gym has dedicated his life to giving. As a result, he has made huge waves in the weightlifting community, and been instrumental in the development of coaches and athletes alike.   Because of Coach B's influence on weightlifting, and subsequent acquaintance with the likes of Greg Glassman as CrossFit was in its infancy, USA weightlifting's participant registration has increased almost tenfold. Given all of those accolades, still his crowning achievement revolves around his family.   You'll discover, as

Mark Sisson is founder of Primal Nutrition and Primal Kitchen, a fitness author, blogger, and a former distance runner, triathlete and Ironman competitor. He is also the author of numerous books, including The Primal Blueprint, which was credited with turbocharging the growth of the primal/paleo movement back in 2009.   In 2017, Mark officially became a New York Times bestselling author with The Keto Reset Diet. He is also the publisher of MarksDailyApple.com, the #1-ranked blog for over a decade in its health and fitness category.   In this episode, we dive into intermittent fasting, hormone balance, creating health products for longevity, nutrition and lifestyle certifications, implementing healthy practices into fitness facilities, and much more.   Enjoy! - Doug and Anders Show notes at: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/bbs_sisson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please support our partners! @organifi - www.organifi.com/shrugged to save 20% @thrivemarket - www

This is a special episode, where Ryan and Yaya take us down the nutrition rabbit hole again. Check out the previous time they've done it: Real Chalk  — Nutrition 101: More Than Just The Basics  — 23.   One thing Ryan and Yaya can agree on is food and their love for nutrition. In this episode, they talk about how to get the best quality food when eating out, what to look for in restaurants to know the most about their food, how cooking oils can affect your health, and they do a short Q&A at the end of the show. Enjoy! - Ryan and Yaya ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/rc_cooking ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please Support our Sponsor Use code  REALCHALK for 20% off at organifishop.com   ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe

Dr. Mike T. Nelson has spent 18 years of his life learning how the human body works, specifically focusing on how to properly condition it to burn fat and become stronger, more flexible, and healthier. He’s has a PhD in Exercise Physiology, a BA in Natural Science, and an MS in Biomechanics. He’s an adjunct professor and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine.   Dr. Nelson has been called in to share his techniques with top government agencies. The techniques he’s developed, and the results he gets for his clients have been featured in international magazines, in scientific publications, and on websites across the globe.   In this episode, Mike T puts Mike B through some of the most intense bodywork of his life, and talks about the hidden anatomy of the psoas and the diaphragm (which are technically one), how human dissection works, pelvic floor, the core and how it all works together and how dysfunction occurs, why people have neck issues and how to correct it, reflexive performance reset (RPR),

Jessica Lucero (@jessicalucero9) is a 4x USA Weightlifting National Champion, a world team member, current American record holder in the snatch, clean & jerk and total, and has dreams to go the Olympics. In 2017, Jessica cleaned and jerked double her bodyweight at USA Weightlifting in the 58kg weight class. In 2018, she swept Gold for the 4th time in a row and snatched 200 lbs. in the 63kg weight class. In this episode, we talk about chasing Gold From Day 1, mental toughness and overcoming mental barriers, what it's like living the life of a professional athlete, giving back to the future generations of olympic weightlifting, her olympic hopes for 2020, and more. Enjoy! - Doug and Anders

Paul Chek is an internationally-renowned expert in the fields of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology. For over 20 years, Chek’s unique, holistic health approach to treatment and education has transformed the lives of countless men and women through programs like the P~P~S Success Mastery Coaching Program. Paul is considered to be the grandfather of the fitness industry, and he is a huge inspiration source to the Shrugged crew’s, as well as one of their favorite people in the world. In February 2018, Paul was featured on an extensive interview on Barbell Shrugged — Holistic Lifestyle Coaching w/ Legendary Strength Coach Paul Chek  —  301, and one month ago, he was featured on The Bledsoe Show w/ Paul Chek: Sexual Freedom & Healthy Relationships #81. In this episode, Paul shares with us his thoughts on negative self-talk and how to change it, how to move people from what they don’t want to focus onto what they do want, how to design a facility that creates an environment for getting clear w

On this episode of Feed Me Fuel Me we are joined by Nutrition Coach and personal trainer, Kelli Michelle.. Kelli began her athletic career as a soccer player at Arizona State. Shortly after graduation, she found herself real estate, not fulfilling her life's potential and engaging in long stints of cardio in a caloric deficit to maintain what she thought was fitness. She would later discover that her habits and lifestyle were inline with symptoms associated with sports anorexia.   She was then introduced to resistance training for the stage in competitive bikini competitions. The regimen forced her to reexamine her relationship with food. She learned a lot about the good and the bad of competition nutrition regimens, dieting. Unfortunately, as a result of poor coaching and inattention to detail, Kelli would find herself hormonally imbalanced. A condition that can only be corrected with prescription medication or a drastic change in nutrition.   Since then, Kelli has been pivotal the last 3 years in the MACRO

Michael Cazayoux is co-founder of Brute Strength, and host of Brute Strength Podcast.  At the age of 17, Michael moved from a small town in Louisiana to Utah for drug rehabilitation. It was that experience that led him to fall in love with CrossFit and helping others through coaching and mentoring. Prior to coaching multiple CrossFit Game athletes, Michael competed and became a back-to-back Affiliate World Cup Champion in 2012 and 2013 with his team “Hackspack.”   Michael was recently featured on The Strong Coach  — Being the Steward of Your Client’s Dreams w/ Michael Cazayoux — 6, and on The Bledsoe Show w/ Adee and Michael Cazayoux: Being Courageous in Relationships #83. He is also married to Adee Zukier Cazayoux, who was recently featured on Barbell Shrugged  — Nutrition for CrossFit Athletes w/ Adee Zukier Cazayoux  — 327 and on The Strong Coach — Coaching Culture w/ Adee Cazayoux — 3.   In this episode, we get into Michael’s life journey, from drug addiction to the CrossFit Games, as well as how he  buil

Scott McGee is founder and host of The Sisu Way and co-host of Wodcast Podcast. He is also a police member in Santa Monica, CA, and a detective, beat officer, and member of the SWAT team. Scott describes himself as a family man, friend, thinker, guardian, and a peaceful warrior with an open mind and unconquerable soul. The Sisu Way is a show about grit, character, life philosophy, fitness, leadership, service, and what it means to choose strength. One of Scott’s biggest drives and inspirations is wanting to leave lessons for his kids to find as they grow up.  He wants them to have content and lessons they can share with their kids.   In this episode, we talked about Scott’s new podcast “The Sisu Way”, the emotional story about the birth of his son and how the entire family was able to pull through, how he lives his main motivation in life is to prepare his kids and leave as much as he can behind, How gratefulness will transform your entire mindset and have you brewing over with happiness, breathing methods in

Benjamin Bunn (@coach_bunny) is a retired Special Forces Green Beret and Army Infantry Officer with over 17 years of service, who became a CrossFit gym owner. Ben owns Cigar City CrossFit (@cigarcitycrossfit) based out of Tampa, FL, and spends most his time training others in the gym. He is also working towards competing as a master in the CrossFit games and becoming a certified Yoga instructor.   As a former Special Forces Operator, Ben places value in functional fitness and mitigating the risk of injury. He is a strong believer that people should be able to run fast, lift heavy and throw a punch. Although he is no longer in uniform, service is still an important core value to him. Ben regularly volunteers with Team RWB, Exalted Warrior, and Companions for Heroes.   In this episode, we dive into how to transition out of the military in a healthy manner, the importance of community for veterans, organizations that are great to join as a veteran looking for community, war stories, how things get twisted by the

Anders Varner  is the host of Barbell Shrugged and co-creator of The Low Back Fix, The Knee Fix, and The Shoulder Fix. Anders found the weight room at age 13 and decided he would call it home for the rest of his life. A four-time CrossFit regional competitor and member of John Cena’s “One Ton Club”, Anders has trained with and coached high level athletes from the worlds of the NFL, WWE, and CrossFit. A true believer in self-discovery, Anders finds his true passion in helping the everyday person live a pain free, empowered life through mindful movement. Anders Varner’s approach has helped transform the lives of stroke victims, pre and postpartum moms, extreme weight loss clientele, and individuals recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. In this episode, we dive into the skill of performing in a group and making each person feel special, coaching people to inspire others to do more than they thought possible, becoming the character that people want to be around, characteristics of your personality and using

James Fitzgerald is founder and CEO of OPEX Fitness. His 20+ years of experience and service as a strength coach/technician, tireless practice on refining energy system work, nourishment and lifestyle balancing techniques, and training of other coaches, has made OPEX a sought after method of bringing fitness to a Higher Order.   James has found a desire and passion to understanding fitness through assessment, testing, research, programming and more. He has had many years of experience as an athlete from early childhood into adulthood, from playing top-level soccer, to short and long distance running, to CrossFit where he was crowned “The Fittest on Earth,” winner of the 2007 CrossFit Games.   Enjoy! - Jeff and Mycal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/fmfm_fitzgerald ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here http://bit.ly/BarbellShrugge

Adee Zukier Cazayoux is founder and CEO of Working Against Gravity, who is also known as the “Barbell Gypsy”. You can find Adee weightlifting, bobsledding, powerlifting, or competing in the NPGL or the CrossFit open. In 2016, she took a Bronze Medal at the Canadian National Weightlifting Championships. Adee has a BAH Psychology, and Masters in Teaching. She is also a Precision Nutrition Level 1 coach, and is currently completing her Masters in Nutrition and Human Performance. As an athlete Adee has studied/trained under many renowned coaches, most notably Aimee Everett, national champion, Travis Mash, world champion powerlifter, and Steve Sandor, Hungarian national champion. In this episode, we go over nutrition for CrossFit Athletes. We dive into understanding macros, simplifying the nutrition process, nutrition for all levels of athletes, the first steps to creating long term success, behavior change to reach your goals, and more.   Enjoy! – Doug and Anders   ------------------------------------------------

This is a special episode, where Ryan and Yaya cover performance hacks on Ryan’s couch after they have done a sensory, deprivation float at FloatEasy in Orange County, CA.   Every day is a new opportunity to have the perfect day, and even though we might fail every day, it is the perfect opportunity to implement to strategies and tweaks the next day.   In this episode, Ryan and Yaya dive into different “bio-hacks” or simple methods they have tested and implemented their our own lives. They also go into different morning routines, psychedelics, what your favorite top performers are taking daily, other conspiracy theories, and more.   Enjoy!   – Ryan and Yaya   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show notes: http://www.shruggedcollective.com/rc_performancehacks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Support our Sponsor Use code  REALCHALK for 20% off at organifishop.com    ► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here ht

Jonathan Mendoza is Owner and Chief Practitioner at MSW Lounge (@mswlounge). Jonathan has an extensive education, and has been trained in: Sports therapy with olympic and professional athletes, physical medicine & rehabilitation, pain management, family medicine, urgent care, and functional medicine. Baldomera "Baldo" Garza is COO and Co-Founder of MSW Lounge. Baldo comes from a background of sales with CutCo and now runs The Yoga Room at MSW Lounge. He is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor and all-around deal maker when it comes to getting you the vitamins you need to improve your health. Mike went to MSW Lounge to meet Jonathan and Baldo and experiment with their techniques. He got a lot of studd done the dat after his visit to MSW Lounge. In this episode, we go over why it's good to put vitamins in your vein, why a liver detox might be beneficial, how to break out of clinical depression, how genetics impact your body’s ability to process vitamins, how to know if you have digestive issues, what's the

Michael Cazayoux is co-founder of Brute Strength, and host of Brute Strength Podcast. At the age of 17, Michael moved from a small town in Louisiana to Utah for drug rehabilitation. It was that experience that led him to fall in love with CrossFit and helping others through coaching and mentoring. Prior to coaching multiple CrossFit Game athletes, Michael competed and became a back-to-back Affiliate World Cup Champion in 2012 and 2013 with his team “Hackspack.” Michael and wife, Adee Zukier Cazayoux, were recently featured on The Bledsoe Show w/ Adee and Michael Cazayoux: Being Courageous in Relationships #83. Adee was also featured on The Strong Coach  — Coaching Culture w/ Adee Cazayoux — 3. In this episode, we dive into all things coaching. We dive into how to impact as many people as possible, how do you go from coaching in the gym to coaching online, how to build trust with online coaching, coaching elite athletes vs coaching average Joe’s, how to find what fulfills you, what it really looks like to GRIN