In the 77th Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, StrongFirst Elite instructor Mark Limbaga, will talk about training modalities, strength and conditioning, the clean and the jerk, and a genuine love for strength.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!

In this chapter you will discover:

(0:55) Introducing our special guest StrongFirst Elite instructor Mark Limbaga @mlgirevikstrong

(1:24) Mark Limbaga Origin Story

(1:34) Clean and jerk programs

(2:16) Training Modalities

(2:23) Strength and conditioning

(2:52) Love for push-ups

(4:14) Shout out to Brett Jones @brettjonessfg

(4:46) The impact of strength training

(5:17) Combat sports

(5:31) Enter the Kettlebell! By Pavel Tsatsouline https://www.amazon.com.mx/Enter-Kettlebell-Strength-Secret-Supermen/dp/1942812132

(6:09) Kettlebell Muscle by Geoff Neupert https://www.amazon.com/Kettlebell-Muscle-Secrets-Compound-Lifting/dp/B0040NJXC4

(6:54) Level one certified enrollment in Melbourne, Australia

(7:47) Start-up experience

(9:26) Second day of training, (2010)

(10:36) Mark becomes the strength and conditioning coach for the Philippine boxing team in 2012

(11:03) Benefits reflected in Boxing

(12:46) Shout out to StrongFirst @strongfirst

(17:38) Compression thinking and application

(18:30) “It is necessary to dedicate a lot of time to learning” - Mark Limbaga @mlgirevikstrong 

(19:31) Rooting knowledge in the body

(20:03) “There is always something you can do better”- Mark Limbaga @mlgirevikstrong

(21:09) Concept of dominance 

(21:50) Mark's customer feedback

(22:25) Improved physical appearance 

(22:31) Transition with athletes 

(23:16) Finding a challenge for athletes

(23:25) “You have to understand someone's language in order to connect with them.”- Mark Limbaga @mlgirevikstrong 

(26:07) Pre-engage abdominals for better movement

(26:19) Bodyweight training

(27:14) “Body weight is as important to the development of strength skills as anything else.”- Michael Kurkowski

(27:24) Ideal linkage

(29:08) “There are some skills that even if you don't touch them for a while they stay with you.”- Mark Limbaga @mlgirevikstrong

(29:19) Skills that are not forgotten

(29:26) Dead Weight Lifting

(31:15) Finding what works for you

(32:28) Shout out to Grant Anderson @kettlebellgrant

(33:38) Throwing dimes into a piggy bank

(36:40) Abdominal work as an "accessory"

(36:54) Shout out to Geoff Neupert @geoff.neupert

(37:21) Neck Turning Protocol by Aleks Salkin, Youtube: Aleks Salkin

(38:48) Abdominal work

(41:57) A new experience in India

(43:23) Movement Clean and Jerk 

(44:29) Mark's wife

(44:58) Shout out to Hector Gutierrez

(46:10) Where to find Mark Limbaga @mlgirevikstrong https://www.instagram.com/mlgirevikstrong/