THE BARBELL STRIKES BACK!

Welcome to THE BARBELL STRIKES BACK!

On this episode James welcomes back Jason Murphy, Frank Ford (@frank_ford_), and reigning champion Catherine Toniatti-Yanulavich (@strongcatty) to test their knowledge in the second Barbell Jeopardy competition! 

Joanna Toman (@lilyv81) returns as the official score keeper.

James is not a real game show host (he just plays one on the podcast) and this was all for fun, education, and bragging rights.

The five contested categories featured questions ranging from $100 to $500 (in fake podcast money) on the topics of bodybuilding, CrossFit, weightlifting, powerlifting, and strongman/strongwoman.

Questions were asked on sports history, famous quotes, coaching, and definitions pertaining to certain sports.

Thank you for listening.

Enjoy!

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@thebarbellstrikesback | @jamesamcdermott | @albanycrossfit | @albanycrossfitbarbellclub

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Song: The Mandalorian Theme (Metal Version)

Music provided by Mat Graham of Artificial Fear

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Welcome to THE BARBELL STRIKES BACK!

On this episode James discusses his first time competing in strength sports: The Monster Bench Press competition. This event was held at The Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, NY on April 7th, 2011. On the show James reads from a blog he wrote years ago recapping his experience, fills in some details that were left out of the article, and offers some lessons that can be learned from mistakes he made as a novice powerlifter.

Third Attempt from 2011: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAG_VoCg5UI/

Goal Accomplished 5 Years Later: https://www.instagram.com/p/BDtVBTTpfia/

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Enjoy!

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@thebarbellstrikesback | @jamesamcdermott | @albanycrossfit | @albanycrossfitbarbellclub

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Song: The Mandalorian Theme (Metal Version)

Music provided by Mat Graham of Artificial Fear

Listen to Artificial Fear on Spotify & iTunes

Subscribe & Watch: https://youtu.be/Wa6j9QqkaQE

Welcome to THE BARBELL STRIKES BACK!

On this episode James discusses how he finds motivation and inspiration from Team ACBC and members of Albany CrossFit when he’s training alone or thinking about his long term goals.

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Enjoy!

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@thebarbellstrikesback | @jamesamcdermott | @albanycrossfit | @albanycrossfitbarbellclub

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Song: The Mandalorian Theme (Metal Version)

Music provided by Mat Graham of Artificial Fear

Listen to Artificial Fear on Spotify & iTunes

Subscribe & Watch: https://youtu.be/Wa6j9QqkaQE

Welcome to THE BARBELL STRIKES BACK!

This episode features audio from April 15th, 2019 when James was interviewed by Jason Ackerman on The Best Hour of Their Day podcast. During the interview James discusses joining the Albany CrossFit coaching staff, the benefits of following CrossFit.com programming, implementing the a program with one WOD per day, strategies for coaching CrossFit classes, and programming during the CrossFit OPEN.

Checkout The Best Hour of Their Day podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else podcast are found.

Follow them on Instagram: @besthouroftheirday and Jason: @coachjasonackerman.

Thank you for listening.

Enjoy!

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@thebarbellstrikesback | @jamesamcdermott | @albanycrossfit | @albanycrossfitbarbellclub

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Song: The Mandalorian Theme (Metal Version)

Music provided by Mat Graham of Artificial Fear

Listen to Artificial Fear on Spotify & iTunes

Subscribe & Watch: https://youtu.be/Wa6j9QqkaQE

Welcome to THE BARBELL STRIKES BACK! 

On this episode James offers some tips on recovery through taking naps, shoulder mobility with an exercise from Dr. Kelly Starrett’s book “Becoming A Supple Leopard, and practicing re-racking the barbell when working from behind the neck. 

Barbell Shoulder Smash: https://youtu.be/luXSAErp_n0

Thank you for listening.

Enjoy!

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@thebarbellstrikesback | @jamesamcdermott | @albanycrossfit | @albanycrossfitbarbellclub

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Song: The Mandalorian Theme (Metal Version)

Music provided by Mat Graham of Artificial Fear

Listen to Artificial Fear on Spotify & iTunes

Subscribe & Watch: https://youtu.be/Wa6j9QqkaQE

Welcome to THE BARBELL STRIKES BACK!

On this episode James reflects on being a beginner weightlifter and offers advice on how athletes and coaches can figure out what works best for them through trial and error.

Thank you for listening.

Enjoy!

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@thebarbellstrikesback | @jamesamcdermott | @albanycrossfit | @albanycrossfitbarbellclub 

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Song: The Mandalorian Theme (Metal Version) 

Music provided by Mat Graham of Artificial Fear 

Listen to Artificial Fear on Spotify & iTunes 

Subscribe & Watch: https://youtu.be/Wa6j9QqkaQE

Welcome to THE BARBELL STRIKES BACK!

On this episode James welcomes Frank Ford (@frank_ford_) to the show!

Frank and James discuss clean and jerking 160 kg to finish off 2020 with a lifetime PR, looking at the gap between a PR and a goal, taking time off from lifting, bringing meet lifting focus and intensity to training, thoughts on going 6 for 6 in a meet, the mindset of approaching a competition to get the most value from it, and much more!

Watch Frank's entire session building up to a 160 kg clean and jerk PR here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJYjZQKB47z/

Thank you for listening.

Enjoy!

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If you enjoyed the show please consider leaving a review and 5-star rating.

@thebarbellstrikesback | @jamesamcdermott | @albanycrossfit | @albanycrossfitbarbellclub

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Song: The Mandalorian Theme (Metal Version)

Music provided by Mat Graham of Artificial Fear

Listen to Artificial Fear on Spotify & iTunes

Subscribe & Watch: https://youtu.be/Wa6j9QqkaQE