This week on The Barbell Life Podcast we talk to Coach Gabriel Villarreal, LPC about his hybrid approach to mental health and strength training with youth. He’s grown a successful business based combining strength training and counseling young men and women specializing in youth with ADHD. We discuss having a positive mental approach as coaches, […]
Resistance Training for Youth: An Updated View I wrote an article two years ago breaking down the latest research regarding resistance training and weightlifting for youth. You can read that article here along with the cited research: → Is Weight Training Safe for Youth? Here’s the quick summary: · The Sport of Weightlifting and Resistance
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This week on The Barbell Life Podcast, we delve into our revamped perspective on Resistance Training for Youth. We begin by summarizing our previously discussed stance and then present our updated viewpoint, backed by the latest research and our extensive coaching experience with thousands of youth over the last two decades. Before we dive in,
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Finally, the Barbell Life Podcast is back. We are starting off this season with some information guaranteed to help all coaches and athletes. First, this season is brought to you by GymAware, the gold standard of velocity-based training, and all episodes are filmed and recorded in Rise Indoor Sports located in Advance, NC, also the
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Before we learn all about the pros and cons of bands and chains, we just dropped two brand new Programs: ==> SuperTotal: Strong and Sexy ==> Powerlifting: Tank Extreme Conjugate Only $35 for either of the 16-Week Programs during the two week Launch. I will go over the details for each later in the article.
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On this special episode of The Barbell Life Podcast, Coach Mash discusses High School Strength and Conditioning with Coach Missy Mitchell-McBeth. In the wake of Coach Harrell from Rockwall-Heath High School in Rockwall, TX, sending multiple young athletes to the emergency room with Rhabdomyolysis, aka Rhabdo, a severe medical condition caused by damaged muscle releasing more
