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Podcast: Barbell Shrugged
Episode: The Single Thing That Makes the Squat the Most Effective Exercise for Strength w/ Dan John, Anders Varner, and Doug Larson, and Travis Mash - Barbell Shrugged
Description: 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. Â Dan spends his work life blending weekly workshops and lectures with full-time writing, and is also an online religious studies instructor for Columbia College of Missouri. As a Fulbright Scholar, he toured the Middle East exploring the foundations of religious education systems. Dan i...