Live Life Aggressively Podcast w/Mike Mahler & Sincere Hogan Ep #89: Popular #LLApodcast guest & top strength coach Steve Maxwell returns for an in depth discussion on programming, Olympic Lifting myths, strength & conditioning for martial arts, mobility and flexibility improvement, why "crawling before you walk" i
Jul 18, 2014
01:38:26
Top strength coach & popular #LLApodcast guest Steve Maxwell (http://maxwellsc.com) returns for an in depth discussion on programming, Olympic Lifting myths, strength & conditioning for martial arts, mobility and flexibility improvement, why "crawling before you walk" is not only a popular phrase, but an important tool in training, as well as the following:
- What are Steve's reservations with the barbell overhead squat & why he is not a fan of it
- Why does Steve like the barbell front squat as an alternative to the backsquat & who is the ideal athlete for them
- Is it ever a time to be "too flexible" in terms of strength gains
- What is Steve's pet peeve with many yoga practitioners
- What is Steve's mobility/flexibility test & how does he use this to measure the chances for the trainee to get injured
- Why is Steve not a big fan of the kettlebell snatch
- Why is Steve not a fan of Kettlebell Sport
- What exercise does Steve feels gives a trainee more bang for their buck
- Why the kettlebell is not as popular a training tool in Russia as kettlebell cheerleaders would have you believe
- What's Steve's take on olympic lifting & how is this similar to Louie Simmons's view
- What is Steve's take on utilizing olympic lifting to enhance explosiveness in sports specific training, such as wrestling
- What does Steve feels is the point of diminishing returns in terms of deadlifts
- What are the common mistakes Steve sees with program design
- Why is Steve not a fan of battling ropes and tire strikes
- Why muscle endurance trumps cardio endurance
- What are the benefits of non-skill specific training to many types of programs
- What is the best way to build pull up endurance
- Why crawling gives you more bang for your buck
- "Inception".....reincarnation....visualization....welcomed divorces.....the apocalypse.....and other things you probably did not expect to hear from Steve, Mike, & Sincere