Review of Barbell Medicine Podcast - 5 Years Coming—All Things BBM

5 Years Coming—All Things BBM Are Great

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“I have been intending to write a review for some time now. Over the past couple of years as I have listened to Jordan’s intro or outro on the podcast encouraging listeners to leave a review, I have told myself “I’ll do it sometime” and then never seem to make it happen. Today is that day. There have been too many positive effects in my life from Barbell Medicine to ignore. I first encountered Jordan and Austin in one of Alan Thrall’s YouTube videos in 2017, midway into what was becoming a 9-month version of starting strength for me, ever chasing 5 more lbs and beginning to hit a wall. I immediately saw the value in their content and began following them. Paying attention to their cues on lifts, programming advice and more. Sometime in 2018, I began using their then-newly-released free “Bridge” program with its accompanying text. I later bought my first template from them and had been actually implementing more and more of their advice related to auto-regulation and programming to a greater extent. Fast forward to today–I’ve listened to every single podcast they have released, some multiple times over. I’ve purchased multiple templates, t-shirts, and most recently their Peri-Rx without caffeine (btw–AMAZING). The quality of Barbell Medicine across the board is excellent. And I mean that as it relates to all the dimensions. Jordan, Austin and the entire team are genuinely interested in promoting evidence-based physical health and training performance. Their content has matured–they admit mistakes or acknowledge shortcomings, and then update their priors. They put out quality items. The templates are well-thought out and really do strike the balance of training-specific and general health adaptations. The accompanying resources with many of the templates help fill in the gaps, and the usability with the recent app also makes it easier that ever to make good use of their training. What I have learned relating to pain management and adjusting my own training is invaluable. I have peers, many of whom are younger who catastrophize so much of their pain, complain about their backs or knees or ankles, joke about being “old” in their mid-thirties and I feel free from all of the worry and self-limiting ideas that they live with. Even among a few friends who exercise/train, they obsessively worry about their form and this or that, whereas I have this strong sense of self-efficacy. I feel able to address any challenges in my training or relating to my health by focusing on meeting or exceeding the physical activity guidelines for Americans, eating a health-promoting dietary pattern with adequate calories and protein, fruits and vegetables, appropriate fiber and minimizing saturated fat, and engaging in meaningful social interactions and more. I feel like I’ve stumbled on the greatest secret. None of this is to say that BBM is infallible–but they are real, high quality, and have made a meaningful impact for my quality of life, self-efficacy and the confidence I have facing the remainder of my days. Their t-shirts are some of the best fitting shirts I’ve ever worn and I love the simplicity and presence of the block logo. Peri-Rx is fantastic. I train later at night most nights due to my schedule, and so I avoid caffeine for those sessions, but most off-the-shelf pre-workouts have caffeine and frankly taste pretty bad and haven’t really been worth the effects or the price. So when I finally decided to give Peri-Rx a try, my expectations were low. I couldn’t have been more wrong. As BBM crew have said, you don’t necessarily NEED to take a supplement, but if you are going to, you might as well use those which have the best evidence and are dosed appropriately. I cannot recommend this highly enough. First, it mixes really well and fully dissolves. Other pre-workout supplements I have tried never fully dissolved and always had a bitter aftertaste or some off putting flavor. Peri-Rx is slightly salty–I wasn’t expecting that–but somehow it actually made it smooth and as I said before, it fully dissolved. Second, the effects–I took a scoop about 30 minutes before my session and when I began warming up with the bar, all the effects starting kicking in. It was surprisingly potent, considering I had taken no caffeine with it nor had any caffeine since well earlier in the day. I had a great deal of focus throughout the session and everything just worked well. And prior to taking a scoop that night, my energy was flagging, and I almost wasn’t going to do the session. I didn’t feel particularly hyped, or enthusiastic (just juggling life stress and demands) but the real impacts carried me over that and I had a fantastic session. When I compared the key ingredient amounts in Peri-Rx to the other stuff I still had on hand, I saw that that product had ⅓ of the amount of the beta-alanine, citrulline-malate and betaine anhydrous. Peri-Rx is like the rest of BBM–no fluff, has the essential heavy hitters, in a quality and smooth product, for real benefits. If you are in it for the long haul, approach BBM with the same perspective–they keep giving good content, good information, good products and good vibes. You’ll glean more insights as you spend more time with the content, and they offer so much for free, it really is a gem in this space. They are not the only good content source, but they are my first content source and have made a meaningful difference for me.”

StevenHRogers via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/07/22

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Tons of real applicable info

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“I’ve been following these guys since I found starting strength. They bring the real medical knowledge and insight. Love these guys.”

A.Peralta via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/12/18

Great content

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“Learnt a lot from your podcast. Thanks Dr. Baraki and Feigenbaum for the information”

The White Wolf of Rivia via Apple Podcasts · Germany · 04/02/18

Love love love