Today’s episode features legendary strength, fitness and track coach Dan John.  Dan John may have had the single greatest impact on me than any other strength writer, and has decades of experience in education, coaching and writing.  Dan has run an incredibly successful high school throws program, in addition to his strength training accolades. One of the things I feel Dan has to offer that many miss is his holistic teaching style.  His education in arenas outside of the sports performance field, and his ability to connect the dots and communicate it clearly is something I’ve routinely taken great value from.

Getting stronger and being a better athlete, especially in the modern digital age can be highly confusing.  There are so many training programs to choose from, as well as a strong desire to collect what one likes and toss it in the weekly workload.  Dan’s work has often been a hedge against that desire, and I generally find that more minimalistic programs tend to be less stressful to create, as well as easier to monitor, implement and get focus and quality from in athletes.  In reading Dan’s work (particularly Easy Strength), one can see that a simple solution that took a lot of life experience to get to is best practice.

Today, Dan John delivers the best 70 minutes of strength and performance knowledge and wisdom you’ll get a chance to listen to for a while.  For today’s show, Dan talks about how to simplify a program and cut out the unneccesary, the “Easy Strength” philosophy, and how to take it into track coaching events, the history and effectiveness of loaded carries, ownership and effectiveness of lousy training facilities and a lack of equipment, high rep strength training, and the effect of coaching in the digital age.  

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