The Dan John Podcast
Conversations on strength, health, fitness, life, coaching, and anything else that comes up.Dan John has spent his life with one foot in the world of lifting and throwing, and the other foot in academia. An All-American discus thrower, Dan has also competed at the highest levels of Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon, an event in which he holds the American record.Dan has written 14 books and has been coaching for over 40 years. He is a wealth of knowledge and is happy to share it freely.
Latest episodes
Sep 10, 2020 • 22min
EP 59 - Presses, Mantathalons, At Home Workouts, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses increasing your press with poor shoulder mobility, training for a mantathalon, 30 minute at home workouts, making substitutions in Mass Made Simple, circuit training versus normal training, and excessive sweating.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
Sep 3, 2020 • 36min
EP 58 - Going Lighter to Get Stronger, 3 Day Easy Strength, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses doing Easy Strength 3 days per week, getting started as a coach, going lighter to get stronger, a kettlebell focused hypertrophy program, pressing the 48kg kettlebell, doing Mass Made Simple twice, strength training for tennis, kayak strength training, and feedback from the Southwood program and Velocity Diet.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
Aug 27, 2020 • 44min
EP 57 - Turkish Get Ups, Easy Strength for Fat Loss Update, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses heavy Turkish get ups, an update to the Easy Strength for fat loss program, headaches after pressing, big KB weight jumps, extra heavy Mass Made Simple, improving sprint speed, increasing your back squat, strength differences between Americans and others, building muscle and losing fat, becoming a coach later in life, improving striking power, sumo and conventional deadlifts, and a high school football program.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
Aug 20, 2020 • 39min
EP 56 - Deadlifts, Easy Strength, Team Training, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses a question from an 11 year old martial artist, building core strength for beginners, building your back using Easy Strength, how heavy you should KB snatch, how to increase your deadlift without doing heavy deadlifts, using ladders to build strength, specific strength loss, training a team using social distancing, and using the contrarian approach for the shot put.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
Aug 13, 2020 • 42min
Special Episode - Fat Loss and Nutrition
We have a special episode for you this week! Instead of the normal question and answer format, we uploaded the audio from a recent workshop that was very popular on YouTube. You can see the slides that go along with the workshop there.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
Aug 6, 2020 • 28min
EP 55 - Plyometrics, Cold Weather, Weight Loss Update, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses doing plyometrics in your 60s, a 2-day high school program, what to do for a 14 year old, how to train in cold weather, changing your progressions on easy days, books on the history of strength, doing the Olympic lifts with power lifts, and Tim's weight loss journey update.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
Aug 2, 2020 • 48min
EP 54 - Gut Health, Grip Strength, Hip Health, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses getting value from workshops, using the push press in Easy Strength, breathing during exercise, his thoughts on supplements, using complexes for water polo, cleaning with a bad elbow, getting back into discus throwing, training around a bad hip, burden carries, grip strength, only training a few lifts, and his gut health.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
Jul 30, 2020 • 43min
EP 53 - Grief, Mass Made Simple for Older Lifters, Pole Vault, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses 5/3/1 versus Easy Strength, the concepts of bow and arrow and hammer and stone, double kettlebell movements, going through grief, highland game training after a powerlifting competition, Mass Made Simple for 60+ year olds, pole vault training, gymnastic rings, training for obstacle course races, and what is a hypertrophy and mobility program.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
Jul 16, 2020 • 39min
EP 52 - Teaching Online, High School Boys, Tranquil Mind, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses strength goals for life, packing the shoulders, transverse plane training, developing a tranquil mind, high school boys in the weightroom, developing a PE curriculum, squatting when you can't squat, teaching online, and his latest diet experiment.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
Jul 9, 2020 • 25min
EP 51 - Deadlifts or Squats, Complex Weight, and More
In this episode, Dan covers 50+ mobility work, 70+ hypertrophy work, adding cardio to Mass Made Simple, deadlifts or squats for athletes, increasing motivation, Mass Made Simple for Women, single leg bulking programs, training for obstacle races, using straps while lifting, and the weight used in complexes.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)
