Every episode of my podcast covers some aspect of training theory, coaching, psychology, and nutrition. Pretty much anything related to performance. With that comes a lot of abstract thinking and imagining how it would play out in practice. Until now... In this crossover episode, Dani and I get interviewed by the Red Gauge podcast and discuss our coach-athlete relationship, remote coaching, and USAPL Nationals. We also get roped into playing the "Newly Coach" game, one of the funniest segments I...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Sign up for the Power and Strength Summit, where Zach will present on bridging the gap between weightlifting and sports performance. Register here: https://www.powerandstrengthsummit.com/ Follow Zach: https://www.instagram.com/ciniman_waffle/ https://www.instagram.com/optimus.performance/ https://www.instagram.com/optimus.barbell/ Follow me and get coaching: https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/ https://www.instagram.com/philosophicalweightlifting/ Weightlifti...
Jun 20, 2025•54 min
Sign up for the Power and Strength Summit: Register here: https://www.powerandstrengthsummit.com/ Follow Sergii: https://www.instagram.com/putsoff/ https://torokhtiy.com/ Follow me and get coaching: https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/ https://www.instagram.com/philosophicalweightlifting/ Weightlifting House: code PHILWL for 10% off https://www.weightliftinghouse.com Onyx: with code PHILWL for 10% off / https://www.onyxs...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Sign up for the Power and Strength Summit, where Mike will present on plyometrics for sport! Register here: https://www.powerandstrengthsummit.com/ Follow Mike: https://www.instagram.com/mikeyoungphd/?hl=en https://www.athleticlab.com/ Follow Jessie: https://www.instagram.com/jessiestemo/ https://powerandgraceperformance.com/ Follow me and get coaching: https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/ https://www.instagram.com/philosophicalweightlifting/ Weightlifting House:...
Jun 06, 2025•59 min
Sign up for the Power and Strength Summit, where presentations will cover all things strength, hypertrophy, power, and MORE.Register here to attend the greatest online Strength Power event in 2025: https://www.powerandstrengthsummit.com/Follow Max and sign up for CoachLogik:https://www.instagram.com/max_aita/https://app.coachlogik.com/loginFollow me and get coaching:https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/Onyx:https://www.onyxstraps.com/ with code PHILWL for 10% offVirus:https://virusintl.com code...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Todd Kashdan is an intellectual idol of mine. He has a PhD in clinical psychology, is the founder of the Well-Being Lab at George Mason University, and a leading educator to the public. He's written books on curiosity, negative emotions, and the art of insubordination. His writings alone have influenced the trajectory of my life and career. In this episode, we explore the underpinnings of curiosity, how to manage social anxiety, and the reason relationships fail (and why that's okay). Check out ...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Sign up for the Power and Strength Summit, where Jessie will present on her experiences as an elite athlete, elite weightlifting coach, and the CEO of Power and Grace Performance! Register here for an early bird discount: https://www.powerandstrengthsummit.com/ Follow Jessie: https://www.instagram.com/jessiestemo/ https://powerandgraceperformance.com/ Follow me and get coaching: https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/ https://www.instagram.com/philosophicalweightlifting...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman is a psychologist, professor at Columbia University, best-selling author, and host of The Psychology Podcast . His work has reshaped how we think about intelligence, creativity, and self-actualization—and in this conversation, he brings those ideas to life. In this episode, we explore topics like reframing trauma, overcoming a victim mindset, and building self-belief. Scott also shares insights from his new book Rise Above and explores how authenticity, flow, and the envi...
May 08, 2025•59 min
Sign up for the Power and Strength Summit, where Jake will present on the development of muscle hypertrophy. Register here to attend the greatest online Strength Power event in 2025: https://www.powerandstrengthsummit.com/ Follow Jake: https://www.instagram.com/jake.remmert_coach/ https://www.jakeremmert.com/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jacob-Remmert Follow me and get coaching: https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/ https://www.instagram.com/philosophicalweigh...
May 04, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Sign up for the Power and Strength Summit, where Jessie will present on her experiences as an elite athlete, elite weightlifting coach, and the CEO of Power and Grace Performance! Register here for an early bird discount: https://www.powerandstrengthsummit.com/ Follow Jessie: https://www.instagram.com/jessiestemo/ https://powerandgraceperformance.com/ Follow me and get coaching: https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/ https://www.instagram.com/philosophicalweightlifting/ We...
Apr 24, 2025•42 min
Sign up for the Power and Strength Summit, where Chris will present on power development for athletes. Register here for an early bird discount: https://www.powerandstrengthsummit.com/ Email Chris to express interest in Lori S. Bigelow scholarship: taberc@sacredheart.edu Follow Chris: https://www.instagram.com/drchristaber/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Taber Follow me and get coaching: https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/ https://www.instagram.com/...
Apr 21, 2025•40 min
Steven Hayes returns to the podcast! If you're unfamiliar with his work, he is one of the most cited psychologists in the world, publishing 47 books and over 700 journal articles. In addition to his prolific publications, he's the originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and has played a massive hand in developing the Psychological Flexibility Model. In this episode, we discuss the six processes of ACT, which compose the concept of psychological flexibility. Steven also comments on ...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Sign up for the Power and Strength Summit, where Jessie will present on her experiences as an elite athlete, elite weightlifting coach, and the CEO of Power and Grace Performance! Register here for an early bird discount: https://www.powerandstrengthsummit.com/ Follow Jessie: https://www.instagram.com/jessiestemo/ https://powerandgraceperformance.com/ Follow me and get coaching: https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/ https://www.instagram.com/philosophicalweightlifting/ Weight...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Andrew Stuart and I first met at the NSCA conference in Baltimore, Maryland. At the time, we discussed his role as the Assistant Director of the Athletic Performance Lab at Nebraska, his experience with US Speed Skating, and how weightlifting fits into the broader picture of performance. In this episode, we explore some fundamental questions in the human performance world: What is sport science? Who does it? And how do you become a sport scientist? We also reflect on Andrew’s path as a strength ...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Zack Bartell got his start in athletics, developing an insane level of strength while training for football and, eventually, powerlifting. Fast forward nearly a decade, and he's turned that passion for training into building an incredibly successful in-person gym called SoCal Powerlifting. Through that process, he's built his own business and expertise to help others achieve the same within the in-person and online coaching space. In this episode, Zack and I deep dive into the basics of building...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Dr. Peter Giacobbi and I first met in a bar where we ended up discussing various philosophical interests and ways of understanding the world. Little did I know I was talking to one of the foremost experts in sport psychology and guided imagery. Since that fateful day, he's become a member of my dissertation committee and enlightened me to the many benefits of guided imagery and mindfulness for sport performance and health behavior change. In this episode, we deep dive on guided imagery for perfo...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr
You're in the backroom with your athlete and they just smoked their opener. As they walk off the stage, you need to figure out how many kilos to bump up. Is there a science to attempt selection? Is it all based on intuition? Is it both? In this episode, Chris details his recent work examining the jumps elite weightlifters take in competition and how that relates to their probability of success. Along the way we also talk some philosophy and examine the concept of free will. Enjoy. Follow Chris: ...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Strength is a hot commodity in the sport of weightlifting. Every coach and athlete will claw and scratch for every kilo they can add to their squats, pulls, and presses. This is for good reason - strength underpins all forms of movement. So, the question becomes, what's the best way to develop it, and is it even that important in the first place? Listen in as we deep dive on the concept of strength, including how it's defined, developed, and optimized for within a program. Enjoy. Follow Tim: htt...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Many athletes struggle with similar aspects of the lifts. This is because snatches and cleans will always be snatches and cleans, without much external unpredictability. Pull variations are intended to emphasize phases of the lift that must be trained perfectly. How you program these movements, including high and low stress days, to your specific population of athletes SHOULD be meaningfully different than most other coaches. Listen in as we discuss our favorite things, including snatch high pul...
Feb 20, 2025•56 min
The longer you write programs, the less they look like templatized, cookie-cutter 12-week blocks. Eventually, the programs morph into something more akin to something found in the Russian manuals. This is due to the critical nature of training volume, intensity, and exercise selection driving the adaptive response. Blanket prescriptions (5x5) go the way of the dinosaurs, and more responsive, finely tuned strategies emerge (1x1, then, 3x3, then 2x6). Listen in as we discuss the recent programming...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Steph Mock Grubbs hails from Pennsylvania, spending the last four years as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance at the University of Pittsburgh. As of 2025, she's accepted a position as a MLB Strength Coach with the Houston Astros, taking her understanding of S&C, sport science, and leadership to H-Town. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the keys to great leadership. Steph discusses her time as a strength and conditioning coach and Director/Assistant Director at va...
Feb 06, 2025•43 min
Derek Miles, DPT, is a no silly BS rehab specialist who runs his own physical therapy clinic (Miles Rehab and Performance) in Cincinnati, Ohio, and works on the Pain and Rehab team for Barbell Medicine. In this episode, we discuss many pain and rehab-related topics, how to become more disagreeable when communicating science, training for power after an injury, and why physical activity and health matter more than most performance goals. Enjoy Derek's Content: Training for Power article: https://...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Austin Baraki should be a household name. Aside from being a kickass Internal Medicine Physician, he's a member of the Barbell Medicine team where he puts out some of the highest quality information related to health, nutrition, physical activity, and rehab. In this episode of the podcast, Austin and I discuss the concept of health (i.e., what is good health), the complexity of health behaviors, how to support those around you, and why the health optimization movement is bull****. Enjoy Follow A...
Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 31 min
I welcome Olivia Reeves back on the podcast! She was previously on episodes 219 & 236, where we discussed her background in the sport, her thoughts on making it to the Olympics, and what it would take to reach the podium. In this episode, we relive her Olympic victory, where she took gold in the 71 kg class at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. But that wasn't it for Olivia, she went on to win gold at 2024 Worlds, becoming the first American to achieve this feat since 1958. Follow Olivia: Oliviar...
Jan 16, 2025•53 min
2024 was one heck of a year for weightlifting. Olivia Reeves won Olympic gold, Karlos Nasar stole our hearts (thanks, Weightlifting House), China won 5 Olympic golds, and the sport doesn't seem to be slowing down. In this episode of the podcast, I was joined by the one and only Seb Ostrowicz, founder of Weightlifting House. Seb and I discuss the past year of weightlifting and anticipate many of the changes within the sport and Weightlifting House in 2025. This spans who we would buy/sell/or hold...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Chris Taber, PhD in Sport Physiology, joins me yet again to tackle training questions through a science-informed lens. During this episode of the podcast, we discuss flywheel training, jumps, plyometrics, and how to program power-based movements. Enjoy Follow Chris: https://www.instagram.com/drchristaber/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Taber Follow me and get coaching: https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/ Weightlifting House: https://www.weightliftinghouse.com/ code PHILWL fo...
Dec 31, 2024•44 min
Meredith Alwine is one of the most decorated weightlifters in the USA. She's a 3x Pan American Champion, 2021 World Champion, and Junior World silver medalist. Along with being an incredible athlete, she's also an avid thinker, finding her love of philosophy at thirteen years old. Join us as we discuss Meredith's most recent performance at Worlds, her retirement from international competition, what it's like competing alongside Olivia Reeves, and her next steps (hint: something involving law sch...
Dec 24, 2024•56 min
Spencer Arnold has coached at two Olympic Games, helped produce countless D1 athletes, and continues to leave his mark in the sports performance world. Listen in as we discuss his experience at the Paris Games, why he decided to step down from Power and Grace, and how Hebron Christian manages to produce so many elite athletes. This is an episode you don't want to miss. Email Spencer: spencergarnold@gmail.com Follow him on IG: https://www.instagram.com/spencergarnold/ Follow me and get coaching: ...
Dec 04, 2024•46 min
Marcos Soriano is a PhD working in both academia and athletics. He has been conducting and publishing some of the coolest research in weightlifting, all centered around understanding performance. Listen to this episode of the podcast as we explore the split jerk and weightlifting overhead pressing derivatives. This includes the role of the press, push press, and power jerk in improving performance. We also deep-dive into performance assessment and monitoring with weightlifters. Enjoy. Pick up Th...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 9 min
"Good coaching is thinking in patterns and not pieces." This is a quote that has stuck with me since I heard it on the On Coaching podcast. Long-term planning is a process of managing the patterns in training, attempting to produce the best competition result when it's needed. CoachLogik has really pushed a long-term planner that was part of the impetus for this podcast. Listen in as we discuss my recent publication "Elite Coaching Personality Analysis in Competitive Weightlifting", long-term pl...
Nov 18, 2024•59 min
