Barbells & Bs

After a brief, save one incredible visit to Caffeine and Kilos, 6 month haitus, Barbells and BS is back. For our first episode back in the saddle, we headed down to Emeryville, CA to talk to Max Aita. Max trains Olympic and powerlifters out of Max's Gym, located behind Crossfit Oakland. Max is one of the most knowledgable coaches either of us have ever been around. His experience and understanding of the science behind lifting is second to very few in the strength world. We talked about his time training with the Bulgarian method, the differences between training online and in-house lifters, the difficulties in finding time to focus on one's own lifting as a coach, and what's next for Max's Gym. Please comment on the quality of the sound, we have a new recording set-up and it took...awhile to learn how to use it. 

Really excited to be back this week with a new episode featuring Caffeine and Kilos CEO and co-founder Charlie Zamora. Charlie is a really passionate guy who takes the role that Caffeine and Kilos plays in the strength and fitness world very seriously. We talk about the company's journey from an idea that Charlie put on a tank top in 2013 on his own to an LLC corporation that is one of the biggest brands in the fitness world. Charlie is a great guy and an awesome exampe of taking the things you love and making a living out of them. Quick note, Barbells & BS is NOT gone but episodes will be fairly spaced out for the immediate future. Believe it or not, while we love doing this, it does not pay the bills and we do have to work it around each of our schedules. We're looking at getting back to a more regular schedule in 3-4 months. In the meantime we will still be producing episodes with awesome guests, just a little less frequently. Thanks for sticking around. Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter @barbel

This week we welcome Supertraining Gym's Dan Stornaiuolo, otherwise known as Fat Dan and Bob Evans, to the show. Dan's been training under Mark Bell and Silent Mike at Supertraining for about a year now after playing on Sacramento State's offensive line for three and a half seasons. We talk to Dan about the benefits of the team atmosphere at Supertraining, the football injuries he's had to come back from, keeping weight on for strength versus losing body fat and regaining strength, and what it was like to lift with the G.O.A.T, Ed Coan. He also tells us what may be the greatest poop story ever told at the end of the podcast. If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe and leave us a rating/review on iTunes. We would really appreciate it. You can follow the podcast on Twitter @barbells_and_bs and Instagram @barbellsandbs. You can also contact us at barbellsandbs@gmail.com. We announced a fun giveaway with the folks at Apeman Strong during the show that will run through next week, so be sure to get involved wi

Today's guest is Silent Mike Farr of Supertraining Gym in Sacramento, CA. Mike has been a mainstay at the strongest gym in the west for the last few years as he helps Mark Bell grow the reach of the Slingshot brand and create some of the most viewed content in the fitness community in Mark Bell's Powercast, Mark's supertraining06 Youtube channel, and now his own Youtube channel. Mike is a wealth of information when it comes to strength training and we had a great time talking training for high school athletes, the popularity of looking like you lift, and what it's like to train with some of the best lifters in the country on a weekly basis. Apologies for the audio, it's a little quiet as we were all a bit further from the mic than usual. Special thanks to Les Morris and Knockoutz Fitness in Woodland, CA for allowing us to record this episode in their gym. If you're in the Yolo or Sacramento area, you'll be hard pressed to find a better atmosphere to work out in. Stop in and pick up so Max Muscle products whil