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There is nothing traditional about Jim Laird.
This week we welcome the owner of GYM Laird Strength and Conditioning and once roommate of Jim Wendler. The former Powerlifter turned industry leader has some unconventional opinions about, well just about everything.
After some discussion on Jim’s background, we get down and dirty with his fascinations with optimal posture, high vs. low threshold environments, and the power of meditation. Learn how his life took some interesting turns and conscious reprioritizing after struggling with a major health setback. His brutally honest take on the experience and it’s possible link to a lifestyle of poor eating, excessive training, and steroid use is sobering to say the least.
Next, we chat about his typical client. Working with nearly 90% females, Jim has developed a unique finesse to converting your average cardio fiend or triathlete into a competitive Powerlifter. How does he do it? The secrets lie just moments away.
Jim Laird is not your average coach. Our candid conversation revealed his unique approach to athlete assessments, vision for the future of our industry, and insight to what really matters in training and in life.
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If you want to learn more about Jim and his upcoming seminars, head to his website GYMLaird.com. Stay tuned to hear more about the October meeting of the minds aka “The Cube Summit” in Atlanta, GA.
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Join us next week when our guest will be Rob “Maximus” MacDonald. The former MMA champ now helps run the online training resource gymjones.com. Find out why he thinks having a “Dad Bod” is indicative of a culture that is simply ok with settling.
And because it’s topical, I leave you with this quote from General George S. Patton
“It’s the unconquerable soul of man, not the nature of the weapon he uses, that insures victory.”
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Tagged: Conditioning / Female Athletes / Jim Wendler / Meditation / posture / Powerlifting / Steroids / Strength
AUTHOR
John
John Welbourn is CEO of Power Athlete and host of Power Athlete Radio. He is a 9 year starter and veteran of the NFL. John was drafted with the 97th pick in 1999 NFL Draft and went on to be a starter for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999-2003, appearing in 3 NFC Championship games, and for starter for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2004-2007. In 2008, he played with the New England Patriots until an injury ended his season early with him retiring in 2009. Over the course of his career, John has started over 100 games and has 10 play-off appearances. He was a four year lettermen while playing football at the University of California at Berkeley. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Rhetoric in 1998. John has worked with the MLB, NFL, NHL, Olympic athletes and Military. He travels the world lecturing on performance and nutrition and records his podcast, Power Athlete Radio, every week with over 800 episodes spanning 13 years. You can catch up with John as his personal blog, Talk To Me Johnnie, on social media @johnwelbourn or at Power Athlete Radio.
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Good ole’ Ulcerative Colitis… As a teenager in 2002, I unsuccessfully tried to avoid the surgeries with all kinds of meds and clear liquid diets but never found something that worked for me. I will ping Jim for some additional info.
My inner @ingob can’t help myself:
Stress is an asshole.
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Well played you.
90% of his clients are female? How does one become a strength and conditioning coach? Color me intrigued.
I heard he used to be a DJ…you guys have so much in common.
The colouring-in books idea isn’t so crazy. My mum is a psychiatrist and gives them to her patients all the time, there’s a bunch of people putting out colouring books for mindfulness (though admittedly the dinosaur ones are way cooler). Kind of an active meditation.