Andy Baker
@BakerBarbell
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Author. Strength Coach, Personal Trainer
Houston, TX
Joined September 2021
Okay, yall asked for it so here it is….. My simple “Busy Dads” Muscle Building Program. Short, Simple, Focused muscle building workouts. 30 mins or less. Designed for guys 30s, 40s, 50s who are short on time but still wanna kick ass and build muscle. Check out my post
andybaker3068.gumroad.com
Strength & Muscle Building Program for "Busy Dads" who are short on time, but still want to be strong, jacked, and fit. A simple "done for you" routine. Short & Focused sessions designed to...
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One of the best things you can do as a young strength coach working with athletes is to sit in on your athletes practices/games. Get an idea of what they do on a day to day basis. Athletes are notoriously bad self reporters. Go see with your own eyes. One of the worst
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Hit this pulldown variation yesterday to smoke the rear delts as part of my shoulder workout. Seat all the way at the bottom, grip on the outside. Versus having the seat up high and using the interior grip which is a killer lat movement. Small adjustments can transform an
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Used to say the same thing to losers about powerlifting meets. “Everyone gets a trophy.” “Anyone can go win a local meet.” Okay - then go win one. Almost always said by guys who have never and will never compete at any level.
Some people say that they’re just handing out IFBB Pro Cards. They’re just so easy to get. Cool, then go and get one, show us how easy it is. Nothing can be said that will take away this moment and how proud my wife and kids were at this moment. While on pause for the
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In a well structured strength program - your planned deloads may not always feel “easy.” Lifters report that back to me all the time. “Why did the deload week feel so heavy?” One - were deloading because we hit a little mini peak and you NEEDED the deload. ie were
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After several of you older guys putting the screws to me, I finally finished my “Over 60 Basic Barbell Program.” It’s now available on Gumroad (not on my website yet). https://t.co/tX4lEgCGyN
andybaker3068.gumroad.com
A basic barbell strength program for older adults. Designed with the Over-60 trainee in mind but potentially useful for any age who wants a low frequency / low volume basic barbell strength program...
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Probably the most under utilized / underrated bar for the quads. 14” Rackable Camber Bar
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He’s right on this. Been doing detailed programming for clients for 15+ years. It’s very clear in the numbers. The only time I’d recommend this is complete mental burnout. And that should not be happening once a year.
Wild how posts like this take off. Genuinely though…how fundamentally flawed must your whole training approach be to need this time off? Something has got to be off with your whole programming/execution/recovery if you NEED a month off after a training block. Telling on
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Big protein haul this morning. And a lifetime PR Redfish. 44 inches and over 40 lbs. Caught limit by 7:45am. Cold as hell and raining but good time had by all.
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Crippling body dysmorphia is the secret to long term adherence and consistency. No matter how jacked you get, you stay perpetually small, fat, and weak. Far more powerful than motivation
We keep posting physique until everyone has crippling body dysmorphia.
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Had done pin squats in the past when I was powerlifting. Usually for singles. And always in low bar. I actually did them as a deadlift assistance movement. Learned that from the old U of H powerlifting coach John Hudson who believed in heavy pin squats singles as a
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After several of you older guys putting the screws to me, I finally finished my “Over 60 Basic Barbell Program.” It’s now available on Gumroad (not on my website yet). https://t.co/tX4lEgCGyN
andybaker3068.gumroad.com
A basic barbell strength program for older adults. Designed with the Over-60 trainee in mind but potentially useful for any age who wants a low frequency / low volume basic barbell strength program...
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These Kensui grips are a good and cheap addition to a home gym. Mixing up your grips for pull ups / chin ups fairly frequently is a good idea for mitigating against elbow inflammation - as well as getting a little different stimulus each workout. The narrow-neutral grip is
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I actually think it’s easier - as a coach - to make women happier than men. Reason being - women care far more about legs and ass. Get them squatting and they see massive transformation in lower body relatively quickly. Men care more about upper body - and there is no upper
Any lifting without steroids. The only way women will gain so much muscle that they look masculine, they’re on steroids. It’s insanely hard for women to gain muscle. So the answer is, lift like a man but don’t take steroids.
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This is good advice especially for young entrepreneurs. I’ve been living off the same salary for the last decade plus. As income grows, the extra money has gone into paying off the house, investing in the market, and buying land. Don’t keep raising your standard of living
A trick I made up and follow. I live on a certain salary (don’t ask) regardless of income. Initially this was because I’ve seen many people go broke. Not every year will be like the last. But it’s useful for my online big mouth talking, as I still check prices and cook at home.
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My favorite way to do lateral raises now. Can’t cheat them, little stretch at the bottom, highly recommend
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This is correct. I also think that these numbers would more or less give you all of the “health” benefits of having bigger stronger muscles or at least 90% of the way there. We tend to focus on the performance aspects of being stronger, but simply having more muscle improves
For most men, if you get your lifts to about these numbers: 135 x 5 Press 225 x 5 Bench 315 x 5 Squat 405 x 5 Deadlift 5-10+ chins Toss in a 6-7 minute mile You will rarely be limited physically in any of the activities you want to do.
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To prioritize shoulders in your hypertrophy program. 1) Train them on their own at the beginning of the week while fresh and full. So monday after a weekend of rest and food. Shoulder presses / side delts / rear delts / shrugs 2) make thursday your chest day and start
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Aside from the lunacy of people believing that a man can actually become a woman……what’s more grotesque about this: (1) that he was allowed to compete in the first place by the organizers of the event? (2) how genuinely happy he appears after beating a bunch of girls in a
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Full Back Session today: Wide Grip Pull Ups 3 x 8 DB Rows 3 x 6-8 T-Bar Rows 3 x 10 (descending sets) Machine Rows (rear delt grip) 3 x 8-12 Been doing 10 mins Airdyne bike post workout the last couple weeks. Making a HUGE difference in my pace during workouts. Between
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Joined the Marines
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