Trainer Talks

Episode #63 Dan John - Strength Training made Simple, but not Easy!

Jason Stella

Join Author, Coach, All-American Discuss thrower, Olympic lifter, Highland Games and American record holder in the Weight Pentathlon Dan John and Jason Stella discuss....

  1. How he became known for minimalist training from his experience as a discus thrower. 
  2. How he developed his relationship with Pavel Tsatsouline and how he gave his training the name Simplexity
  3. How he created and has people following the Simple, but not easy method
  4. His Core principles, The Fundamental Human Movements and the most important variables to consider when training and trying to recover.
  5. More time in a week gives you more time for the other important aspects of achieving results. What are your top 5?
  6. What is the 1, 2, 3, 4 Assessment


John believes each person needs to do the following to live a healthy lifestyle….
• Make a Difference. 
• Live. Love. Laugh. 
• Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude) 
• Sleep soundly. 
• Drink Water. 
• Eat veggies and protein. 
• Walk. 
• Wear your seat belt. 
• Don’t smoke. 
• Floss your teeth. 
• Put weights overhead. 
• Pick weights off the floor. 
• Carry weights. 
• Reread great books. 
• Say thank you

Link to Dan's website - https://www.danjohnuniversity.com/