The Base Strength Podcast is a weekly discussion around the discipline of strength training. Every episode will cover the foundational principles of technique, programming and psychology and how they should influence your approach to getting stronger. Be it for competition or recreation, if your goal involves the use of a barbell, we've got you covered.
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#63 - Greg Nuckols Talks Research Limitations, Coaching Strategies and Whether the Soviets Were Really All That Special
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#61 - The 3 Important Components of Periodization (Reacting to Mike Israetel)
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#60 - Zack Telander Talks About the "Switch", Charlatans and Training for the Difficult
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#59 - John Haack Talks About Strongman, Weight Cuts and Life as the GOAT
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To get Bullmastiff for FREE 🔽🔽🔽 https://empire-barbell.com/full-libra... "BASE STRENGTH": 4.8 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from 170 Amazon Reviews!🔽🔽🔽 https://amzn.to/3d1pexd (also at www.empirebarbellstore.com) Have big training goals and don't know the next move? Reach out to me for a consultation! ✅ DM me on Insta: @Bromarama ✅ or email: bromley@empire-barbell.com ⭐Fu…
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#58 - How Common is Your Deadlift? Strength Standards for Pulling
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#57 - "Why Use Steroids?" Reaction to Alan Thrall
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#56 - Fixing "Slanted Shoulder Syndrome" - How to Build Monster Delts
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#55 - "What Are Powerlifters Doing?" Response to Zack Telander, AtlasPowerShrugged and Jonnie Candito
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#54 - 3 Reasons Why Your Upper Back Won't Grow (and 3 Ways to Fix it!)
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#53 - Breakdown and Review of Bullmastiff (Plus Free PDF of Full Program)
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To get Bullmastiff for FREE 🔽🔽🔽 https://empire-barbell.com/full-library-of-free-video-pdfs/ 0:00 Intro 2:33 Reddit Review: HUGE Gains 3:56 Mass and Doug Young 6:20 Mechanics of Bullmastiff 15:39 Basic Split 16:30 Set, Reps, Weight Progression 19:38 Reddit Review #2 25:50 Reddit Review #3By Alexander Bromley
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#51 - Comparing 5 Common Training Splits for Strength
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To get the slides to this presentation: 👉👉👉 https://empire-barbell.com/free-training-split-pdf/ In this episode, I discuss the differences and trade offs between body part splits, whole body splits and various upper-lower splits.By Alexander Bromley
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#50 - Interview with MassiveIron aka Steve Shaw
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#49 - Collegiate Strength Coach and Strongman Joe Buckley
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#48 - Interview with Alex Leonidas aka AlphaDestiny
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#47 - Interview with UK Coach and Strength Athlete FazLifts
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Faz sits down and talks implementing conjugate principles into his training, how he uses RPE and RIR and working around the nutrition needs of his clients.By Alexander Bromley
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#46 - Bald Omni-Man aka Coach Paris Butler
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#45 - 2000lb Total at 23: Lifting Phenom Sam Shethar
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Sam Shethar sits down to talk about training philosophy, self help books and coaching his 19 year old brother Max to a 2000lb total.By Alexander Bromley
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#44 - Third-Ranked Armwrestler in the United States, Derek Smith
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Derek Smith joins me to talk about the intricacies of armwrestling, coaching and his plan to overtake the #1 spot.By Alexander Bromley
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#43 - Interview with World Record Axle Presser and 105kg World's Strongest Man Nicolas Cambi
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Nicolas sits down to talk about the strategies he used to grind his way to being the best in the world and what the future of the sport holds for himself and other 105kg competitors.By Alexander Bromley
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#42 - Interview with Geoffrey Verity Schofield
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Today I sat down with Youtube personality Geoffrey Verity Schofield and talked about fitness trends, programming and the use of PEDs in general fitness culture.By Alexander Bromley
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#41 - Minimum Effective Dose, How to Test Between Programs, Training Strongman at Corporate Gyms
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#40 - How Do I Know If a Program is Working?
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Questioning your program after a few weeks? Know for sure if your program is working with these steps.By Alexander Bromley
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#39 - GPP - How to Increase Capacity as a Lifter and Usefulness as a Human
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#38 - Recapping Our First Contest in 6 Months and Something Happened at the Oscars
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We had a blast competing at the Big Tex Strongman Contest in Austin this weekend. I give a short write up and talk about those competitions where winning isn't everything.By Alexander Bromley
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#37 - "Scientific Principles of Strength Training" - A Review
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Chad Wesley Smith, James Hoffman and Mike Israetel put this book out some years back and it's a gem. Here's a rough overview of what you can expect from the book and why it should be on the short list of required reading for programming.By Alexander Bromley
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#36 - "Periodization History and Theory": Reaction to Greg Nuckols Article
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The man from strongerbyscience.com has put out some good ones; this article follows the history of periodization as an approach to training and questions some of our long standing assumptions about it.By Alexander Bromley
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#35 - Exercise Selection: Understanding Accessory Movements
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Squat-Bench-Dead works fine, until it doesn't. Learn how to prevent weaknesses and fix current ones by levelling up your exercise selection.By Alexander Bromley
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#34 - Base Strength - An In Depth Summary
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My first book was published just over a year ago and it's been the work that most people identify with me. This is a break down of the principles outlined in the book along with a discussion of what I was trying to do with it and what I plan to do in the future.By Alexander Bromley
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#33 - Squat Technique - Finding the Perfect Competition Setup
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Considerations for a killer squat setup.By Alexander Bromley
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#32 - Are Strongmen Taking the Squat Too? Recap of the Arnold Classic 2022
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I think they might..... Amazing wins and heartbreaking losses at the 2022 Arnold Classic.By Alexander Bromley
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#31 - GZCL Program Author Cody Lefever
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Cody talks industry phonies, lifting in Iraq and influence and inspirations for his popular programming approach. Get his "TRY TRYING" shirt below! Cody's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/codylefevergzcl IG: instagram.com/thefeverfever Blog: swoleateveryheight.blogspot.comBy Alexander Bromley
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#30 - Avoiding Burnout: What to Do When Training Starts to Suck
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The honeymoon stage doesn't last forever. Understand now what to expect over a training lifetime so you are ready when motivation creeps to a halt.By Alexander Bromley
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#29 - Lifting Technique: Does "Good" Even Exist?
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All things technique, from growing your guns to setting records on the platform. Now leaving Snap City.By Alexander Bromley
I almost killed myself in training this weekend and it got me thinking.....By Alexander Bromley
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#27 - Breathing and Bracing, the Klokov Press and Disrupting Homeostasis
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Keep your back tight, your shoulders wide and your SRA curve trending up.By Alexander Bromley
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#26 - Doing Hard Things, the Front Squat, GZCL
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Doing hard stuff because, as Randy Strossen put it, "Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies". Also, we French up our squats and review a familiar program.By Alexander Bromley
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#25 - Charlatans in the Field, the Arthur Lift, Daniel Zamani
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Spotting crooks and rating lifts. Also, something something 804 bench.By Alexander Bromley
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#24 - Choking - What Causes Performance Anxiety and How to Fix It
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#23 - Breaking Down the Peak Phase - Increasing Training Specificity For Contest Performance (or Just Getting Out of a Rut)
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#21 - How to Approach Huge Goals - Mindset for Life and the Gym
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#20 - How I'm Rebuilding as a Natty and The Importance of Basic Bodybuilding
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#19 - Size Versus Strength: What it Means to Train for One Over the Other
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Size and strength are both byproducts of any training program, though one can be specialized in at the expense of the other. This discussion defines those qualities and explains how they are related and how you can use one to improve the other.By Alexander Bromley
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#18 - Why Strongmen Are Better Deadlifters Than Powerlifters
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#17 - Density Training: Doing More Work in Less Time
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With progressive overload, we often concern ourselves with volume, weight and effort. There's a missing piece of that puzzle that could give a breath of fresh air to your training.By Alexander Bromley
Good technique: do you have it? What even is it? Stay tuned...By Alexander Bromley
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#14 - "Which is Better?" Volume, Frequency, Exercise Selection and Training to Failure
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Good training means good decision making and that means asking questions. We often get trapped into a false dichotomy where we treat different methods as if one will be objectively better than the other. Instead of asking "which is better?", this is how you should look at training options in order to solve problems.…