A Plague of Energy Is the Greatest Kind of Plague

On this episode, I’m delighted to be joined by Jamie Lewis to debate the historical past of power coaching.

Extremely the origins return a few thousand years, and far of what individuals had been doing again then nonetheless holds now. So there undoubtedly are many classes to be realized by doing all your historical past homework.

Jamie describes himself as a cultural historical past nerd wrapped in tattoo-covered muscle.

He has a ardour for historical past and holds a BA in Historical past and East Asian Research from the College of Arizona, an MBA from the Vienna College of Economics, and an iMBA from The College of South Carolina.

This ardour for historical past, mixed along with his love of lifting (in 2012, he set an all-time, all-federation WR powerlifting whole of 1,620 for a 181 pounder, making him the go-to man in terms of investigating coaching historical past.

Throughout this fascinating interview, Jamie shows a near-encyclopedic data of the whole lot training-related from round 1,600 BC to the trendy day.

So typically, we will be taught a lot by trying again. This episode will undoubtedly offer you jaw-dropping tales of how individuals used to coach, the social, political, and financial pressures that drove bodily tradition at totally different levels of humanity, and why, with all the benefits we at present get pleasure from, it’s a criminal offense so many people are in such unhealthy well being.

I had a ton of enjoyable on this interview and have little question Jamie’s infectious persona will seize your consideration and encourage you to demand extra of your self.

For those who’d prefer to know extra about Jamie, look on his web site or Instagram

@plagueofstrength.

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