HeyJaredStrong Principles
Strong Principles is a no-nonsense fitness podcast created for everyday people—whether you're from the local gym or halfway across the world.
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Twenty Pounds, No Perfect Plan or Small Goals, Real Change. (opens the original)
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Rob and Wendy flip the mic on Larry — the co-host who isn't a coach, doesn't live in the gym, and has spent twenty years watching life get in the way of fitness. Six months into the podcast, Larry's down about twenty pounds. He didn't do a cleanse, a challenge, or a 5 a.m. overhaul. He added protein to meals he was already eating, cut the handful-of-nuts habit, stopped skipping workouts because something hurt, and started working around injuries instead of using them as a reason to quit. The con
GPP Can't Build Your Base (opens the original)
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GPP was never designed to build you a base. It was designed to keep Eastern Bloc athletes from going backwards in the off-season — and somewhere along the way, an entire industry turned a maintenance tool into a training program. Rob breaks down what the original literature actually says about general physical preparedness versus specific preparedness, why GPP works beautifully for total beginners and high-level athletes but fails the enormous group in between, and the point at which more mixed-
Warm-Up Sets: Why Your Last Set Shouldn't Feel the Best (opens the original)
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Most people confuse warming up with warm-up sets. One raises body temperature and opens up your joints. The other is the barbell in your hands — and skipping it is why your third set finally feels good while the first two were a waste. In this episode, Zach, Rob, Larry, and Pete break down what a real ramp-up looks like: starting with an empty bar, stacking 10 to 15 practice reps, and making small jumps to your working weight so your central nervous system, movement pattern, and joints are all o
The Minimum Effective Dose: How to Hold Your Gains When Life Gets in the Way (opens the original)
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A week away from the gym feels like a setback. It usually isn't. In this episode, the crew breaks down what actually happens to your body when training stops — and how long you really have before it matters. One week: nothing meaningful. Two weeks: endurance dips, muscle holds. A month or more: now we're talking, but even then, the road back is shorter than the road that got you there the first time. We get into the real mechanics behind it: why the "deflated" look after time off is fluid and gl
Stop Negotiating With Yourself (The Perfect Scenario Doesn't Exist) (opens the original)
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Everybody has a goal. Almost nobody has a plan for the day the goal gets inconvenient. In this episode, Zach, Pete, Larry, and Wendy get into the quiet habit that stops most people from reaching what they say they want: negotiating with yourself. The big goal is "lose weight." The sub-goal is "but I want wine every night." Those two things don't align — and the negotiation is where the goal dies. The crew talks about why waiting for a perfect scenario is a trap, why motivation is the worst possi
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