The Strength Doctor’s Secrets to Building Power!
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Joe de Sena sits down with the remarkable Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum - a doctor and a powerlifting enthusiast with a passion for helping people transform their lives. Dr. Jordan shares valuable insights on how to break through your limits and transform your life.
They explore why strength training is skyrocketing in popularity, how it can supercharge your physical and mental health, and the secrets to staying motivated when the couch looks too tempting.
Dr. Jordan shares his journey from motocross injuries to becoming a leader in combining fitness with medicine, proving anyone can adapt and thrive. Learn the truth about common fitness myths, like women “getting too bulky,” and find out the simple, no-excuses routine anyone can follow to get stronger and healthier.
Whether you’re a seasoned athlete or a total beginner, this episode is packed with actionable tips, inspiring stories, and game-changing advice to help you level up your fitness journey.
Timestamps:
00:20 Intro
00:54 The rise of strength training as a top fitness trend
02:22 Merging strength training with medical expertise
05:12 Misconceptions about strength training
07:01 Why starting exercise is harder than continuing it 08:46 Evolutionary reasons behind avoiding discomfort
11:55 The importance of setting fitness goals to stay motivated
13:50 AI help to visualize and achieve fitness progress
14:49 Minimum exercise for health benefits
17:22 Creative exercise solutions without gym access
19:11 Myths surrounding running and physical adaptability 20:59 Strength benchmarks and the average deadlift
22:06 Invitation to a Spartan Race event
23:53 What is strength and how to increase it?
Connect to Dr. Jordan:
🌐 Website: Barbell Medicine
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordan_barbellmedicine/
🧑💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-feigenbaum-8ba40438/
💼 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BarbellMedicine
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's pretty hard to get off the couch. |
| 0:02.2 | Yeah, initiating the practice is the hardest part. |
| 0:04.9 | You have to do that in order to live. |
| 0:07.2 | More people are interested now in getting stronger, having better function, whether it's in their daily life, whether it's for recreational sport or even competitive sport. |
| 0:14.6 | It's got to be fun on some level. |
| 0:16.5 | Any exercise is better than no exercise. |
| 0:18.5 | Why do less than 20% of adults globally participate |
| 0:22.6 | in any sort of formalized resistance training? Why is that low uptake, something that we |
| 0:27.6 | see over and over and over and over again? |
| 0:29.6 | Welcome to the Hardway podcast with Joe DeCena, founder and CEO of Spartan races. |
| 0:34.6 | We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10 million plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course. |
| 0:43.3 | With insight from the smartest, we'll accomplish experts from every corner of the world. |
| 0:47.3 | Get ready to elevate your life today. |
| 0:49.3 | Joe DeSennan here, CEO and founder of Spartan and host of the Hardweight podcast. |
| 0:56.2 | I've got a unique one for you today. |
| 0:58.2 | I've got a doctor that's also a powerlifter. |
| 1:03.1 | Dr. Powerlift. |
| 1:04.1 | I don't get very many of those. |
| 1:05.2 | Jordan Feigombom, welcome aboard. |
| 1:08.0 | Hey, thanks for having me. |
| 1:08.8 | I'm really excited to be here. |
| 1:09.8 | Right now, I mean, when I was |
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