Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!

Fan favorite Andy Baker returns to the podcast... this time to talk about himself, not programming. Andy of course is the programming mastermind behind the Baker Barbell Club, and the co-author of Practical Programming and The Barbell Prescription. Today he shares his story of training as a kid in a sweltering attic in Houston, to learning from top lifters in college, to a career of military service... and explains how each of these experiences contributed to the master barbell coach we know today.

Andy Baker returns to the podcast once more to discuss his strategies for driving hypertrophy in intermediate lifters. Andy is a master programmer who has co-authored Practical Programming and The Barbell Prescription: Strength Training for Life After 40. In this episode Andy argues that the current vogue for high volume training in pursuit of hypertrophy demonstrates an incomplete understanding of the programming variables and is often simply impractical.

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Saturday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!

Building on the personal finance episode that aired as #157, Matt and Scott talk to Jesse Meacam, the founder of You Need A Budget as well as an SSOC client. You Need A Budget is a philosophy of budgeting based on four simple rules of money management, with some handy software tools to take the tedium out of spreadsheets. This ground-up approach to budgeting bears a strong resemblance to Starting Strength's method of barbell training, starting with first principles and building toward actionable goals.

Barbell Logic started as a logical, systematic walk through the basics of strength training, starting with the question: why strength? Since then we've branched out to all aspects of training, from novice to advanced, rehab to competition, with a healthy dose of life advice and philosophy derived from years under the bar. So, we thought it was about time to return to our roots, and there was no better way to do so than sharing a recent podcast we did with Kyle Ingham of the Distilled Man Podcast.

Matt and Scott are back with another round of Q&A, this time in a new weekly installment. These episodes will be short and sweet, about 15 minutes, addressing your questions. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!

Those who have listened for a while know that we here at Barbell Logic are big proponents of the home gym. It absolves you of having to witness the travesties of Big Box commercial gyms, silly exercises and a distinct lack of training none the least. Yet even in the silliest of gyms, and especially in serious home gyms, there are a few points of decorum to abide by to carry yourself as a serious, respectful (and respected) lifter.

The Press might just be the coolest lift, but it's also probably the most frustrating. Pressing is surprisingly technical, and requires the most adherence to technique at heavy loads; there's no "muscling up" a press that has gotten forward on you. The press is also one of the most difficult lifts to coach, particularly for more advanced lifters experimenting with technique variations. Matt and Scott have developed a deep library of cues for every level of training advancement, which they share today.

Get out your protractors, because it's time to talk about angles. Back angles in the squat, of course! As you know from the previous episodes on squat technique, an individual's back angle in a correct squat is determined by her anthropometry. However, there are some common mistakes related to back angle that lifters should be aware of. Matt and Scott discuss these errors and offer tips on how to fix them.