Linchpin Conversations

1. Needing Help vs Being Helpless.
2. What would I eat if calories did not matter?
3. What would I do if Linchpin did not exist?
4. What does the rest of my family eat?
5. Damper Settings & Drag Factors for the rower.
6. Functional Threshold Power.
7. Favorite holiday traditions.
8. Candlesticks.
9. Gifting a Linchpin membership to someone else.
10. Dropping from the top of deadlifts.

Nasos has been a member of Linchpin since October of 2018. He is originally from Greece, but moved to Sweden for work about 8 years ago. He has a background in Physiotherapy & massage therapy. He has worked with athletes & regular people helping them rehab from injuries, relieve aches & pains & more. He is a new dad to a 4 month old little girl. Fatherhood has forced him to adjust his training schedule, but he is making it happen. This is his story.

1. Dumbbell version of the Burgener warm-up.
2. How to pursue undeveloped skills.
3. Is it ok to mix grips on pull-ups?
4. 12 Days of Christmas workout.
5. Entering warm-ups & workouts into btwb.
6. The kipping pull-up.
7. Help...I'm still sore!

John F is a husband, a father & a Linchpin member. His wife & son are also part of the Linchpin community. John has been active his entire life, but he has not always been healthy. He speaks openly about the highs & lows of trying to live a healthy lifestyle & the lessons he has learned along the way.

1. Smashing two workouts together.
2. How many strict pull-ups should you have?
3. Linchpin Endurance Squad
4. Something dumb I've done while training.
5. My mindset & approach to programming workouts.
6. Working through an injury.
7. Non-fiction book recommendations.
8. How much weight is needed for a home gym?
9. Hernia Surgery.
10. Training while sick.

Corey is a husband, a father & a Linchpin members. He works all day in an aluminum factory & then heads home to his wife & two young kids. Corey workouts in his garage & at his work. He also dedicates time on the weekends to meal prep for the upcoming week. Habits like that set him up for success. He shares his story with us.

1. When you can't do another rep.
2. Do you need to do the week's workouts in order?
3. Is accessory work necessary?
4. Lifting belts.
5. Too comfortable doing NFT & KFT?
6. If I could only have 5 pieces of gear.
7. Training for HYROX

Julie is a wife, a mother, a former attorney & a Linchpin member. Over the course of her life she has had 12 orthopedic surgeries, including 2 total hip replacements. This all started with an accident she had when she was only 10 year old. At 12 years old she was in a full body cast for 7 weeks! She has remained fit & healthy to the best of her ability even in the face of difficulty & pain. This is her story.

John is a husband, a father & a Law Enforcement Officer. He has 3 young sons & a very busy life. Fitness is mission critical to his occupation. His father is also in Linchpin as well. In this episode, John shares his story with us.

1. Thoughts on Rogue Invitational.
2. Scaling workouts for kids.
3. Cheat meals.
4. Linchpin monthly fitness tests.
5. Running.
6. Defining "interference".
7. Do "active" people still need to workout?
8. Is warming-up necessary?
9. When/how to establish a 1RM.
10. Pacing on "Not For Time" workouts.
11. How to build up training volume.
12. When to use a sled.