The Barbell Life Podcast: Making Drastic Changes & Your Dreams Become Reality with Alex Maclin
Recently, while on a train-cation to North Carolina, I got the chance to be a guest on our friend, Travis Mash’s podcast, The Barbell Life (thanks…
Fat-Burning Man: Ditching Snickers, Moving Meditations & Why Successful People Fail with Mike Bledsoe
Last week I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the Fat-Burning Man podcast by my friend Abel James. We had a blast hanging out and…
You’ve Already Failed Too Much!
I want to talk about failing in the gym. Now, I’m all about facing fears and challenging yourself, even to the point of failure sometimes. I…
What We Learned About Our Audience Via the Shrugged Strength Test
This is the beginning of something great! Earlier this spring we built the Shrugged Strength Test. The Barbell Shrugged coaches and I spent some time to…
Assessing and Improving Front Rack Mobility with Dave Tilley
General stretching is ok and all but if that’s all you do, then you’re likely not getting the most return from precious time you spend to do…
Born Again: In Memory of Chris Moore
Tribute edited and arranged by CTP Originally written 6.20.16. Published 6.27.16 It’s been two weeks since I heard the news. The news that still doesn’t seem real.…
Stoke Your Fire – In Memory of Chris Moore
It is with the deepest sadness and much regret that we announce the passing of our friend Chris Moore. On Monday June 6th 2016, he…
The Importance and Power of Community in Weightlifting
It’s in our nature as humans to find community but it’s also critical for success. As a weightlifter or any athlete for that matter, it’s important…
Flight Weightlifting Meet – Fates That You Make
“Almost everything… all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is…
CrossFit Open WOD 16.2 Tips and Strategies Webinar
In this live-webinar, Barbell Shrugged coaches, Mike McElroy and Mike McGoldrick discussed tips, strategies for pacing, warming up/cooling-down, nutrition and etc for tackling workout 16.2. Watch the…