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Dawain Atkinson is back after his first bodybuilding show. Dawain is E2M's (https://e2mfitness.com/) Director of Communications. Dawain has created a number of things including the Biblical and Reformed podcast network (https://www.facebook.com/thebarpodcastnet) among many other things. We are excited to get the details of all that went into getting into stage shape for his first comp.

Ken McClelland and Mike Lohman just wrote a book entitled Mastering Strongman which you can buy here. Ken McClelland is a pro strongman, coach, 2x masters world champ, and more (I know his bio goes on, he's been in MMA and other sports as well). If you have any questions about what’s in the book, or if you’re interested in coaching, please feel free to contact Ken at: Kenmcclelland77@gmail.com find him on Instagram: @ken_e_mcclelland. Mike Lohman is a certified personal trainer and strength coach, the founder of Warpath Strength, co-host of “The Average Joe Strongman Show” podcast, and a State Representative for United States Strongman in Illinois. You can find Mike on Instagram at: @big_mike_strength_coach and you can watch “The Average Joe Strongman Show” on the Warpath Strength channel on YouTube.

HAES Principles - https://asdah.org/health-at-every-size-haes-approach/ We are joined with Jeff Ash to discuss this movement/group. We aren't saying that Jeff Ash is a part of or actively participates in this movement as you'll hear in the podcast as he spends most of his time in the Intuitive Eating world which is different from HAES but Jeff was more than willing to discuss this movement and give us insight into who they are and what they hold to. Connect with Jeff below: Website: https://hopedrivesme.com Equipped to Thrive course and men's community: https://hopedrivesme.com/equipped-to-thrive Quick overview of the 10 principles for guys: https://hopedrivesme.com/overview-of-intuitive-eating/ How to Talk to Your Spouse About Your IE Journey: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rBaU7B4Yhxb

We are joined with retired Marine, coach, and athlete in both powerlifting and strongman Greg Popejoy as he talks about his journey from the Marines to competing and eventually coaching in strength sports.

We are joined with E2M's (https://e2mfitness.com/) Director of Communications and training for his first natural bodybuilding show, Dawain Atkinson. Dawain has created a number of things including the Biblical and Reformed podcast network (https://www.facebook.com/thebarpodcastnet) among many other things.

We are interviewing Jeff Ash again, director of Hope Drives Me, a software developer, coach, nutritionist, and host of the podcast Men's Intuition to discuss the topic Intuitive Eating. Website: https://hopedrivesme.com Equipped to Thrive course and men's community: https://hopedrivesme.com/equipped-to-thrive Quick overview of the 10 principles for guys: https://hopedrivesme.com/overview-of-intuitive-eating/ How to Talk to Your Spouse About Your IE Journey: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rBaU7B4Yhxb

What does maturing in the gym mean to you? How have you changed as you've gone from noob to advanced? That the biggest dudes typically aren’t the scariest or most intimidating. For the most part they’re the biggest of homies No pain no gain is only good to an extent...knowing your body and how far to push is more important than keeping up with someone else.In my youth I pushed too hard, injured myself, lost most gains, went back and said "congrats, you're stronger" Keeping it at 90% consistently is way better than 110% and needing a break or dealing with pain. Been there done that. Spend good amount of time on flexibility, mobility and warming up now. That you don’t need to go all the way to muscular failure on every set to get great results. What I mean is that you stop 1-2 RIR instead of going all the way to the max on every set. I think you should go all the way to failure on the last set of whatever exercise you’re doing Do you prefer training in a group or alone? Do you feel like you get the same workout when you are chatting it up between sets? Have you ever trained with a partner who kept you on track during the workout where you weren’t resting too much between sets? Do you prefer training alone in a gym setting vs alone in a garage gym setting (Big Z, “I train alone because it is harder”) Recovery - let's rank each modality

Amanda joins Justin Johnson to discuss her last big competition. Amanda is a natural bodybuillder and has now competed twice. We get to hear about all that has transpired in the last year of training and prep for her second show. Can a master's level bodybuilder make significant gains and stay natural? Check it out!

Notes about this episode from Dave: My background in IBLP ATI - attended a SBC church in Texas that was jokingly referred to as a Gothard church by the members and those who knew it. Did Alert Cadets (similar to Trail Life/Boy Scouts) which was a bunch of dads and sons doing Boy Scouts stuff but more Christian than BS. After hearing about Life Focus I applied and was a part of that program when I was 14 and again with Life Focus Advanced when I was 15. Those programs was a sort of juvenile delinquent reform program which included being on work details and working the entire 9 weeks while memorizing the book of James. I was the worst kid of the 20 or so that were there, graduating after my Dad flew in to pick me up (they issued you a LF shirt once you proved yourself). Got thrown into solitary confinement and they did a thing called voice-lockdown, applying the whole “Be still and know that I am God” verse literally for 2 weeks). After that experience I was invited to Life Focus Advanced. Even though I had nothing great to say about my time at Life Focus I begged my parents to let me go to LF Advanced. Attended that and it was a whole different level of psychological and spiritual twisting and trauma. Got locked in solitary confinement again for reacting in anger to my LIT. Attended ALERT when I turned 18 - it was physically the most brutal thing I had ever done. I dropped out of basic training during the 24 hour hike (yeah they hike with full packs on for 24 hours straight with breaks for meals). I went through a remediation program and requested to do the next basic training due to my Dad’s encouragement to not let this beat me. I made it through that basic training and took the EMT/Firefighting track and graduated in 2004. Finally attended Verity Institute and met my wife there. Got my bachelor degree and made some good friends I’m still in contact today. So to wrap up - did Alert Cadets from my 11th birthday 1997ish (didn’t mention we attended the national conference in Knoxville in 2000) and ended my time with IBLP/ATI in 2011. Issues with the organization and it’s objectives: Basic Seminar (their entrance seminar) systematizes everything into prooftexts for how and why you should live and the goal = success (a different type of prosperity gospel) A very literal reading of prooftexts that can go any which way the leader wants it to go All law, no gospel Christianity is behavior modification, period (not being hyperbolic) Confusing sanctification and justification Predatory nature of the authority - Bill Gothard surrounded himself with young very pretty girls at HQ and seeing he was “God’s Anointed One” few spoke against it and if they did, they were gone The umbrella of protection - if we live or act a certain way the devil can gain access…also the dad is the mediator between Christ and the mom/kids The group-mentality - once people get into a herd, whatever that herd values, the members will tend to one up themselves to be the most excellent/extreme - which lead to some very messed up programs and teachings with zero oversight No hermeneutic in sight - if I think the verse means X…well it does, because I’m the one running the program (doesn’t only apply to Bill Gothard, but to those running other programs as well) Grace/Gospel tended to sound/smell like antinomianism. Unsure how to handle the concept of Christian liberty and grace. Issues I’m still dealing with: I understand where my Dad was coming from. He saw a bunch of dads and sons camping and doing daily devotions around a campfire and was like, “This is what I’m not seeing at my local church with the youth group leader eating goldfish…I want more of this.” Upon jumping in and seeing the basic seminar, without a strong theological background, it kinda made sense on it’s face. Fundamentalist churches were tackling more issues than the basic John 3:16 one. Issues like modesty, male and female relationships, music, daily devotions, how...

This is a different kind of episode. This is an intimate look two adults who grew up in the IBLP/ATI culture and served in various capacities within the organization from 1999-2011, eventually meeting in 2011 at Verity Institute (the college ministry within IBLP) and getting married in 2013. This is not an endorsement of Shiny Happy People (the documentary on Amazon Prime) or an endorsement of IBLP/ATI.

We are interviewing Brandon Craig. Brandon got into powerlifting and joined the BBB group a few years back. Now he has competed at USS Nationals and we get to discuss his experience training for and competing at one of the largest strongman competitions in the US. Brandon is a homeschool dad who works as a car salesman and fits his training in during his lunch break.

We had the pleasure of talking with Troy Bennett and learning about his life pre-strongman, his football career, working in resturaunt management, working in security...yes the list goes on! He survived a severe heart-attack and goes into detail what all that was like. Apologies to our listeners, the webcam mic took over and, it didn't do the episode any favors. Steps have been made to ensure this doesn't occur again.

Finishing up the 2 part series on TRT supplemenation with discussion regarding these supplements: Over the counter: L-carnitine Choline / alphaGPC inject vs oral Noopept Lion’s Mane B-complex inject vs oral - https://www.amazon.com/Durvet-Maxi-B-1000-100mL/dp/B003C9LKA0 Icariin Turmeric Tudca By perscription: Metformin Cialis Honorable mentions: Cold plunge - we mentioned Nurecover but Tractor Supply sells a 100 gallon rubber stock tank which works better for bigger individuals like Dave - https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/rubbermaid-structural-foam-stock-tanks-100-gal-capacity-2229901?store=377&cid=Shopping-Google-Local_Feed&utm_medium=Google&utm_source=Shopping&utm_campaign=&utm_content=Local_Feed&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmZejBhC_ARIsAGhCqnfam4vbZH3lOm8SKxWYFum4HoDsNf0RagNUKKEr73mzpmSZ0oywK8YaAt3IEALw_wcB Sauna Sauna, carbs, and sleep

This episode we talk about Testosterone Replacement Therapy supplementation. What supplements can you take (legal obv) that will improve training, recovery, conditioning, memory, that will make you better at your sport. This is NOT a sponsored episode, just our recommendations on some that we use. In part 1 we discuss the following: Magnesium Fish Oil Iodine Zinc C D3 K2 mk-7 Milk thistle extract Slo-niacin Meldonium Creatine

This week coach Justin talks about the role of testosterone in both males and females. The effects of low testosterone are explained and the cognitive, sexual, and physical effects of testosterone are discussed along with the implications of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT).

This episode we are joined with Tricia Emrich to discuss her history working in powerlifting in multiple federations as well as what she's a part of with helping to reform the USPA. We discuss more about what the findings and issues were with the federation, some reasons why they may have occured, what is being done to fix or mitigate those issues in the future, and the future of the USPA. Tricia has worked in the USAPL for eight years as a meet director and the USPA as a meet director for 9 years and is the SC state chair. She and her husband work dozens of meets each year where they are the two loading and unloading all the equipment and working to ensure lifters have a great lifting experience. You can find her at #USPAsouthcarolina on Instagram.

We dragged Everett in to chat about the USPA social media shakedown that is going on in social media land. We discuss how should a Christian handle such situations and if they could compete in good consicence in such a setting. We go over the changes coming up with the new board in the USPA and hopefully some good changes as they proceed with closer scrutiny from the social media world.

Justin is joined by Matt Turner who is currently ranked 42 in the nation in his weight class with a 1774.7 lb total in the 242 lb weight class (487.57 dots). We talk about his prep, his coaching, and how the meet went. Check it out!

We had to use Google Meet to record this as we had some hardware issues. Justin Johnson interviews David and Christa Auge and talks all about their first strongman comp as a couple. Dave and Christa competed together once before and this is the second competition they've done together. Check it out!

This is a discussion between Justin Johnson and a retired pastor talking about his life and ministry. Pastor Vern recently retired due to health issues after his cancer went into remission. He spent nearly his entire career as a pastor starting in the pentecostal world and ending up embracing Calvinism. We talk about his life, family, pastoral ministry, and his thoughts as he lives out his final chapters on earth.