Conversations on strength, health, fitness, life, coaching, and anything else that comes up. Dan John has spent his life with one foot in the world of lifting and throwing, and the other foot in academia. An All-American discus thrower, Dan has also competed at the highest levels of Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon, an event in which he holds the American record. Dan has written 14 books and has been coaching for over 40 years. He is a wealth of knowledge and is happy to share it freely.
What this show covers
strength trainingfat lossprogrammingrecoveryjoint healthmobilitykettlebellsstrength coachingsports trainingsandbag workoutsThe Odysseytraining mistakesvaluesovertrainingsets and reps
What listeners will find here
Mobility, recovery, and smart program changes for lifters who want to keep progressing
This episode tackles whether lifting hurts mobility, how aging lifters should recover, and when rotating similar programs makes sense. It also gets into dedicated mobility days and how to train hard when a joint is giving you trouble.
Dan John tackles safer lifting, sport prep, fat loss, and smart comebacks
Kettlebell conditioning, fat loss, sport-specific training, and sandbag work all get practical attention in this wide-ranging Q&A. The episode also digs into bench press risk, returning after time off, and the kind of questions Dan John wishes people asked more often.
From The Odyssey to overtraining: Dan John connects values, mistakes, and smarter reps
This episode moves from The Odyssey and Western morality into Dan John’s three core values, his biggest training mistake, signs of unnoticed overtraining, and when to change sets and reps. It looks like a mix of philosophy, self-audit, and practical training guidance.
Dan John tackles plateaus, fat loss, GLP-1s, and what decades of training notes revealed
Strength training and fat loss take center stage as Dan John answers questions on press plateaus, thick bar deadlifts, overtraining, squat programming, and GLP-1 drugs. It also closes with a look at what 50 years of journals taught him about training and progress.
Travel, squats, baseball, and why finishing the plan beats chasing the perfect one
This episode tackles consistency while traveling, warm-up volume, high-rep squats, baseball strength work, and injury prevention for one-sided sports. It also includes Dan John’s favorite training books and a practical case for finishing your current program instead of endlessly optimizing.
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