

The Dan John Podcast
Dan John
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.
Episodes
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Oct 29, 2020 • 42min
EP 66 - Off Seasons, Olympic Lifting, Indoor Cardio, and more
0:00 - Training Through Pregnancy4:17 - Cardio with Bad Air Quality7:24 - What to look for in a Personal Trainer11:30 - Should You Add Salt to Your Water14:56 - Strength Training for Parkour17:44 - How I got into Kettlebells21:27 - Training after a Professional Football Career24:33 - Drills for Getting Under the Bar28:56 - Training HR in the 10,000 Swing Challenge32:02 - Grip Affecting Strength Development33:57 - Strength Training for Martial Artists36:27 - What I mean by Off Season39:51 - Are Front Squats Enough?Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)

Oct 22, 2020 • 28min
EP 65 - Fixed Weights, Fasting Before Workouts, and more
0:00 - Glute Activation2:36 - Pull Ups and Hill Sprints4:22 - Starting Pull Up Training7:33 - Loaded Carries on Sand9:32 - Doing Mass Made Simple as a Group11:23 - Not Training Hard Enough Worries13:03 - Fixing Caving Knees14:41 - Qualities of Great Coaches17:34 - Worry about Now What?22:17 - Maintaining Reasonable Strength LevelsEnjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)

Oct 15, 2020 • 32min
EP 64 - Fixed Weights, Fasting Before Workouts, and more
0:00 - Training with Fixed Weights3:21 - Do you need to fast before Easy Strength for Fat Loss workouts?6:50 - Healthy Cold Lunches10:14 - Maffetone's Two Week Diet Test Results13:34 - Calories in, calories out for mass building15:57 - Easy Strength for my 72 Year Old Mom?18:21 - Training movements on consecutive days20:21 - Training with only low weights22:42 - Playing with Workout Frequency26:31 - Training for construction workers28" 29 - Using kettlebells to increase your front squatEnjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)

Oct 8, 2020 • 32min
EP 63 - Training After Heart Surgery, Off Season Rugby Training, and More
0:00 - Returning to Training after Heart Surgery5:22 - Off Season Rugby Training9:21 - Thoughts on Isometric Training13:51 - Are Muscle Ups Good?15:43 - Training at Different Stages of Life24:10 - Getting Started in Highland Games26:40 - Using the Moutain Climbing Program Year-Round28:17 - Evolution of Easy Strength for Fat LossEnjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)

Oct 1, 2020 • 35min
EP 62 - Undoing Sitting, KB Snatch Tricks, High School Insights, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses a KB program for softball and baseball players, kettlebell snatch coaching cues, lifting during throwing season, some in depth insights about coaching high school athletes, working out with your child, undoing too much sitting, the best DJU program for hypertrophy, and losing the last bit of fat after being obese.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)

Sep 24, 2020 • 39min
EP 61 - Coaching High School, Preparing for Surgery, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses some of his lessons from teaching high school lifters, tips on avoiding ACL injuries, low rep training after a heart attack, getting through an overhead pressing plateau, meal prepping efficiently, healthy food, training cardio safely, and calculating 1RMs.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)

Sep 17, 2020 • 43min
EP 60 - Mark Twight, When to Buy a Barbell, Atrophy, and More
In this episode, Dan discusses how to exhaust the use of a kettlebell, what he learned from Mark Twight, when to invest in a barbell, tips on learning the jerk, socially distanced gym classes, doing the Moutain Climbing program year round, rebuilding an atrophied leg, training around hemorrhoids, getting through a weight loss plateau as a 35 year old woman.Enjoy!---Have a question? Send it to podcast@danjohnuniversity.com[Dan John University](https://www.danjohnuniversity.com)

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)


