00:00 - Intro 01:24 - Doing Squats for Getting Stronger?! 10:15 - Tracking Progress in Subjective Fields 18:49 - Strength Standards for ABC & The Press Challenge 23:41 - ABF with 2,3,5,10 Rep Scheme 27:13 - Dan John's Favorite Version of The Sword in the Stone 31:58 - Adapting Armor Building Formula to Your Busy Schedule 38:17 - Alternating Exercises in Easy Strength 42:02 - Best Short Workouts for Busy and Tired People 46:03 - Best Strength Program for Athletes Over 50 ► Personalized workou...
May 15, 2025•56 min
00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Best Ways to Use the Landmine for Presses 04:26 - Becoming a Trainer After 60 12:09 - Modifying the 10k Swing Challenge 15:56 - Armor Building Formula for Runners 19:40 - Using Kettlebells Without Ballistics 24:28 - Trap Bar Deadlift for Lifters Over 60 ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're interested in getting coached by Dan personally, go to http://DanJohnInnerCircle.com to apply for ...
May 08, 2025•31 min
00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Superhero Training Program by Dan John 14:15 - Best Training for a 49-Year-Old Fireman 26:01 - Adding Cardio to Perfect Workout 33:32 - Increasing Kettlebell Weight on ABC 39:26 - Dan John’s Favorite Shoes 44:19 - Doing Squats with Bad Mobility or Injury 49:09 - One Lift a Day with Just Three Lifts? ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're interested in getting coached by Dan personally, go...
May 01, 2025•52 min
00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Spreading the Workload in Your Programming 11:36 - Why Light Weight High Reps Feel So Hard 20:44 - Adding Additional Exercises to ABF 24:41 - Best Exercises to Improve Your Sprinting 28:17 - Best Way to Do Squats 32:47 - Getting Your Old Strength Back 37:23 - The Best Beginner Program for Middle-Aged Women 42:27 - Understanding Love at A Deeper Level ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're...
Apr 26, 2025•51 min
00:00 - Intro 00:57 - New 10K Hip Thrust Challenge? 04:59 - Building Strength Without Adding Weight 10:04 - Best Joint-Friendly Program 14:26 - Setting & Achieving Your Fitness Goals 22:18 - Dan John's Secret Oatmeal Recipe 25:06 - Combining Mass, Strength, and Hypertrophy 30:28 - Best Program to Get Your Old Strength Back 36:01 - Best Program for Athletic Performance ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're...
Apr 17, 2025•40 min
00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Chasing Strength Standards With Limited Sleep and Time 08:38 - Dan John’s Journals 10:57 - Dan John on Alcohol Consumption 14:50 - Adding Backward Carries to Boost Anaconda Strength 18:23 - Bringing Up Neglected Lifts After “Bro Splits” 23:26 - Building a Bodyweight Overhead Press ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're interested in getting coached by Dan personally, go to http://DanJohnI...
Apr 10, 2025•32 min
00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Best Kettlebell Exercises for Golf 07:27 - Heavy Workout Plan for Muscle and Strength 11:03 - Are Swings Necessary if You’re Doing Cleans 17:45 - Dan John on Macro Counting 34:00 - Getting Parents to Prioritize Health and Fitness 42:47 - Replacing Loaded Carries in Tight Spaces ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're interested in getting coached by Dan personally, go to http://DanJohnInne...
Apr 03, 2025•46 min
00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Best Program to Build Muscle 09:32 - Helping Young Athletes with Competition Jitters 19:49 - Best Workout Program for New Dads 27:08 - Improving Olympic Lift While Building Strength 34:00 - Simple Diet Tricks for Stressful Times 48:47 - Building Muscle and Strength After 60 ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're interested in getting coached by Dan personally, go to http://DanJohnInnerCir...
Mar 27, 2025•56 min
00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Best Training Program for Busy People 07:36 - Teaching Young Female Athletes to Throw 13:55 - Best Way to Do Cardio With Kettlebells 23:15 - Reducing Body Inflammation 31:46 - Best Tools for Home Gyms 34:24 - Building Power and Speed for Martial Arts ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're interested in getting coached by Dan personally, go to http://DanJohnInnerCircle.com to apply for his...
Mar 20, 2025•40 min
00:00 - Intro 00:57 - Best Lifts for Minimalist Training 07:17 - Best Exercises for Golfers 13:05 - Training for Longevity 25:09 - Adding Snatch Row Variations to ABC? 29:20 - Olympic Lifting Over 40 ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're interested in getting coached by Dan personally, go to http://DanJohnInnerCircle.com to apply for his private coaching group. ► Go to ArmorBuildingFormula.com to get Dan's la...
Mar 13, 2025•38 min
00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Getting Shredded After Easy Strength 07:15 - Dan John on Thrusters 09:02 - LitviSprints with Kettlebell Swings?! 12:08 - Minimalist Hypertrophy/Mobility Program 15:42 - Avoiding Overtraining And Staying Consistent on One Program 22:03 - Kettlebell Training for Performance 25:36 - Best Books on Strength Programming 28:08 - Home Gym Barbell Strength Training for the Family 29:13 - Combining Easy Strength with Other Sports ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, abilit...
Mar 06, 2025•34 min
00:00 - Intro 00:48 - One-Arm Swings for the 10,000 Swing Challenge? 05:19 - One Lift a Day Minimalist Training 11:57 - Which Kettlebell Is The Best? 17:05 - Balancing Strength Training with Seasonal Sports 20:32 - Easy Strength: Hypertrophy? 32:26 - Building Strength for the Eagle Kettlebell Drill 40:09 - When to Take Time Off from Training 48:37 - Sustaining ABC 2.0 Gains with Easy Strength ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniver...
Feb 27, 2025•54 min
00:00 - Intro 01:02 - Getting Into Barbells After 60 12:59 - Getting Back to Training After Surgery 21:14 - Progressing in Armor Building Formula 25:56 - Longevity Variations for ES4FL and ABF 30:57 - Best Exercises for BEAT UP Bodies 38:12 - Best Way to Build MUSCLE With Squats 44:17 - Transitioning to a Full-Time Coaching Career 01:02:27 - Doing Deadlifts with Kettlebells?! ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If yo...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 9 min
00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Using Easy Strength to Deload 15:21 - Mixing ABC with Kettlebell Rite of Passage?! 24:17 - Bodybuilding with ABF vs. MMS 31:56 - Best “FUN” Program for 50+ Year Old Dads ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're interested in getting coached by Dan personally, go to http://DanJohnInnerCircle.com to apply for his private coaching group. ► Go to ArmorBuildingFormula.com to get Dan's latest boo...
Feb 13, 2025•41 min
00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Fixing a Shaky Squat Walkout 04:12 - Working Out With Double vs Single Kettlebell 09:41 - Sticking to One Program Without Program Hopping 13:53 - Easy Strength for Martial Arts 16:54 - Youth Athlete Training: Movement, Volume, Load 20:44 - Adapting Your Training As You Age 27:35 - Strength Training vs. Circuit Training 30:07 - Fixing a Jerk That Feels Like a Push Press 32:27 - Training for Longevity 35:03 - Avoiding From Stress Eating 40:29 - Dan John on His Book Interventi...
Feb 06, 2025•45 min
00:00 - Intro 01:11 - Strength Programming with Only 2 Lifts 12:48 - Dan John on the Wide-Leg Sweep in Discus 19:02 - Scaling Up to Double 32s in ABF 22:59 - Best Exercises With Carryover 31:29 - Fixed Weights for Easy Strength 38:22 - Best Bodybuilding Exercises for Broken Bodies 45:35 - Best Exercises for Lower Body 48:32 - Press Alternatives for Shoulder Injuries ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're inter...
Jan 30, 2025•56 min
00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Adjusting Squats in the ABC Program 04:36 - Jumping from 24 kg to 32 kg in Kettlebell Press 11:03 - Progressing with KB Swings 18:28 - Getting Past Sticking Points in 5x5 Training 24:28 - Best Exercises for “Phasic Muscle Groups” 33:08 - Combining ES with Original Strength and ABF 38:12 - Armor Building for Martial Arts 41:29 - Dan John on KB Pressing 3x A Week ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ...
Jan 23, 2025•47 min
00:00 - Intro 00:49 - ES4FL Without Fasting 13:35 - Shoulder Mobility for Overhead Squats 20:15 - Stretching in Minimalist Training 24:58 - High-Rep Training After 50 29:17 - Dan John on Band Training 32:57 - Cheating in Armor Building Formula 36:26 - Best Alternatives for KB Swing 43:59 - 1-Inch vs. Olympic Barbell for Clean and Press 48:19 - 2x5 vs. 3x8 for ES4FL ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're intere...
Jan 16, 2025•56 min
00:00 - Intro 00:46 - What to Do After Armor Building Formula 04:21 - Buying A Cable Station For My Home Gym? Is It Worth It? 08:04 - Dan John on Time-Based Workouts 15:30 - Barbell vs Kettlebell Front Squats 20:08 - Dan John on Coffees 25:10 - Training In A Sustainable Way ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUniversity.com. ► If you're interested in getting coached by Dan personally, go to http://DanJohnInnerCircle.com to apply for h...
Jan 09, 2025•31 min
00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Cutting After Armor Building Formula 05:25 - The Best Workout Plan for the Bataan Death March 12:46 - Sled Training as a Substitute for Squats and Swings 20:28 - Dan John on Isometric Training 28:20 - Kettlebell Strength Training for Endurance Athletes 30:47 - ABC with Poor Shoulder Mobility 33:38 - WTH Effect of Kettlebell Clean and Press 37:18 - Doing Your First Pull-Up ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJohnUnive...
Jan 02, 2025•45 min
00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Training Effectively With A Physically Demanding Job 08:42 - Dan John on How to Keep Logbooks 21:39 - Working Out Without Working Out 25:21 - Kettlebell Progression Without Increasing the Weight 30:43 - Building Muscle for Hard Gainers 36:24 - Building Armor After 50 38:23 - Fixing Diastasis Recti 42:03 - 45-Minute Long Perfect Workout 45:34 - Recovering After Peaking 53:43 - Kettlebell Swings for Strength and Cardio Benefits ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ...
Dec 26, 2024•1 hr 1 min
00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Timing the Transition to the ABC Program from Single Kettlebell Training 07:58 - Training to Be Healthy in Your Seventies 17:47 - Balancing Swimming with Overhead Presses Over 50 21:29 - Managing Central Nervous System vs. Muscular Fatigue in Training 32:08 - Squatting 400 over 40 39:14 - Training for Fatherhood 48:45 - Home Gym Essentials 54:44 - Dan John on Blood Flow Restriction Training 58:35 - Adding Easy Strength to Armor Building ► Personalized workouts based on your...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 4 min
00:00 - Intro 02:17 - The Best Way to Prepare Yourself for An Upcoming Operation 08:39 - Maximizing the ONLY Kettlebell You Have 12:57 - Squat Standards Before Mass Made Simple and The Best Way to Squat in MMS 19:34 - Dan John’s Favorite Fermented Foods 26:10 - When You Can’t Finish a Workout… 32:50 - What to Do in Rest Days During ABC 38:13 - Preventing Wrist and Elbow Discomfort During Kettlebell Training 40:19 - Developing Speed and Agility Over 40 45:36 - Doing Deadlifts to Improve Squats ► ...
Dec 12, 2024•53 min
00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Staying in Shape on Long Trips 10:48 - Dan John on Loaded Carry Variations 17:24 - Keep A College Class Engaged When Teaching Material That Gets Dry 30:06 - 8-Week-Easy Strength for 60+ 31:42 - Mass Made Simple with Injured Shoulders 34:57 - Optimizing Kettlebell Training For Fat Loss And Martial Arts 43:45 - Best Lifts Dan John Has Ever Seen And Lifted 51:11 - Getting Diplomas From Dan John University?! 53:48 - Why Did Dan John Decide on Religious Studies As a Major? ► Per...
Dec 05, 2024•58 min
00:00 - Intro 00:41 - At-Home Barbell Complex Program for Skiing 05:47 - Adding Barbells To Your Kettlebell Program 10:02 - Best Exercises for Back Pain 14:09 - Strength Declines and Maintenance After 50 28:13 - Bodybuilding with Kettlebells 32:52 - Programming For The Whole Year 37:52 - Armor Building Formula for Beginners 41:06 - Best Program for a 74-Year-Old 47:04 - Starting Armor Building Formula ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.DanJ...
Nov 28, 2024•52 min
00:00 - Intro 01:09 - Working Out As A New Parent with NO Time & Sleep 10:44 - Dan John on Recovery Showers 17:08 - Easy Strength for Agility/Plyometrics 25:36 - Dan John on Autoregulation 32:30 - Training for Quadrant 2 And Chasing Too Many Rabbits At The Same Time 46:15 - Including Barbell Pullovers in Your Program 54:13 - Not Increasing Weight In Training 01:03:35 - Doing Cleans in ABF Program 3 ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equipment options. http://www.Dan...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 9 min
00:00 - Intro 00:57 - Programming Sprint Training 07:45 - Auxiliary Work for Armor Building Formula 11:43 - Getting Rid Of Loose Saggy Skin After Weight Loss 16:46 - Dan John on Opening Your Own Training Facility 20:58 - Varying Exercises 24:44 - Training For The Secret Service Snatch Test 34:46 - Building An Intimidating Look For "Skinny Fat" Beginners 36:46 - Who Can Get Value Out Of Armor Building Formula? 39:57 - Dan John on Loaded Walking 46:21 - What To Do After Easy Strength? 49:00 - Usin...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min
00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Replacing Walks After Workout 07:35 - The Best Alternatives To Kettlebell Swings 12:58 - Alternating Armor Building Formula With Easy Strength 17:45 - Getting in Shape For Beginners 22:16 - The Value Of Dead-Stop Bench Pressing 25:26 - Flexibility And Mobility Standards 28:15 - Dan John on Hyrox With Kettlebells 36:44 - Increase The Weights While Doing Easy Strength 41:01 - Isometric Hangs, Pull-Ups, And Dips After Posterior Chain Training? ► Personalized workouts based on ...
Nov 07, 2024•46 min
00:00 - Intro 00:57 - Progressing in Easy Strength 06:45 - Dan John on Working Out With Chains 13:26 - Programming ES4FL And ABF Together 20:11 - Doing Overhead Squats in Easy Strength 24:18 - Integrating Turkish Get-Ups Into Your Program 31:34 - Dan John on Split Snatch and Clean 34:12 - Getting Stronger with Kettlebells 36:47 - ABC Without Clean? 38:28 - Chasing 2 Rabbits vs. Balanced Training 41:33 - KB Strength Work - Cardio Ratio ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and ...
Oct 31, 2024•50 min
00:00 - Intro 01:02 - Dan John on The Big 21 Program As a Challenge 07:04 - Value of Different Olympic Lifting Exercise Variations 10:52 - WTH Effect: Getting Better at Lifts Without Doing Them 17:16 - The Perfect Kettlebell Swing Form 20:36 - Adding Run, Sprint, or Walk For Burning Fat 22:53 - Feeling Great After Workout 27:12 - Dan John on Increasing Testosterone 37:00 - Adaptive Strength Training for People With Limited Mobility ► Personalized workouts based on your schedule, ability, and equ...
Oct 24, 2024•46 min
