“i can’t relate to people who wouldn’t die for what they do.”
This week are joined by coach, lifter, musician, and legend, Jim Wendler. Jim was nice enough to indulge us for a lengthy conversation about his training ethos and it’s origins.
We discuss the culture of sports and how unique the team dynamic really is. Jim appropriately makes note of (and I’m paraphrasing here) rhow the people outside the culture try dictate how the culture should behave.
After some football reminiscing, we have to explain to Jim how an “up down” is really called a “burpee” now and that people voluntarily do them for conditioning. His response is of course, priceless.
If you’re like me, you’re probably wondering what Jim thinks about the popularity of the now widely used “5-3-1” method. Find out what he really thinks about the implementation and how he navigates questions like “Can you 5-3-1 wallballs?”
Finally, hear what’s new with Jim and what is on his agenda for 2015.
Get your pencil and paper ready to jot down some of the most quotable Wendlerisms including this one:
“Most of your problems could be solved if you just took a shit and thought about it for ten seconds.”
Yep. More of that to come on Power Athlete Radio.
Show notes
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That’s all for Episode 93. Stay tuned to Power Athlete Radio in the coming weeks for our most recent interview with Robb Wolf.
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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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Here is the badass article, ‘The Walk On’ discussed during the episode: http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/the_walk_on&cr=
I Had The Westside Conjugate Method On VHS. (dating myself) One Of My Favorite (Actual) Experts Ever. Great Interview. Would Love To Hear Another Episode With him.
looking back on the last 8years of training and coaching, I can honestly say that starting off as a disciple of Uncle Jim was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. Constantly learning and growing as a coach is important, but nothing will replace those early years in terms of molding your training ideologies and principles. 5/3/1 should be required reading for every American male on their 18th birthday.
GREAT Podcast!!!
Best line- “Whatever you thought of, Ive already thought of it and that’s why its not in the program.” Great stuff guys
Jim is a humble dude. After this interview he text me and thanked me for having him on the podcast. The guy thanked “me” for having “him” on the show??! One can learn a great deal from Jim about what it is to have passion for something…total passion in the true sense of the word. Not some bullshit gimmick.
Always enjoy anything Wendler related. One of my personal favorites: http://www.t-nation.com/powerful-words/letter-to-young-jim-wendler
Thanks for having him and thanks to Jim for gracing us with his time. Fun.
@cali so when everyone was talking about weight room cheerleaders…does it look something like this? Oh and what do we call the hype man? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YigZO_4O8bU