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Jordan Syatt on Deadlifting, Hustling, & Wizard Wands

Category: Health
Duration: 00:54:49
Publish Date: 2015-03-09 05:00:00
Description:

In this episode I chat with Jordan Syatt of Syatt Fitness in Boston.  Jordan is a 5x World Record Powerlifter and has lifted 4x his bodyweight on the deadlift.  He has been featured on CNN, The Huffington Post, Men’s Fitness Magazine, Schwarzenegger.com, T-Nation.com and more.  He was also included in the Fitocracy 30 under 30: The Young Professionals Changing the Face of Fitness in 2014.  He has released a new e-book entitled Raw Strength for Powerlifting: Your 12 Week Peaking Program to help people add huge gains to their strenght PRs.  He has now moved from training just for strength and is aspiring to succeed at a the new challenge of Brazilian Ju-Jitsu.

 

In this episode we discuss: 

 

- lifting 4x his bodyweight (132 pounds) on a deadlift

- how to frame your mind for the long haul of getting stronger

- strength is not linear

- why the sumo over the conventional

- what you do to keep the barbell from rolling away on a deadlift

- his new book Raw Strength 

- how he developed his training principles

- one thing he has learned on his own that has benefited him in training/biz/or life in general

- people don't see results because they dont follow a program long enough.

- why some people treat fitness like Frogger

- wanting it all now vs hustling

- how he keeps his client accountable

- flexible dieting and how it is a progression

- what wizard house he would be in and what spell would be his favorite spell

- A whiskey a day keeps the doctor at bay

- Power Ranger Reboot

- What color would be be as a Ranger and what animal would his Zord be

- his spirit animal

- The Rock 

- what historical figure would he have dinner with

- His quest to become a ninja

- How heavy lifting will help him in Brazilian Ju-Jitsu

- How he learned to backflip in 20 minutes

- his guilty pleasure track

- How Lightsabers and Wizard Wands could solve World Peace

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