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The official podcast of the Iron Legion Strength Co., where we believe in "empowerment through strength". Owner, founder and coach Scott Baumann and guests talk about the power of strength to overcome extreme hardships and adversity!
Coaches Jon, Luke and Todd have decades of combined coaching experience, and they've each worked with multiple CrossFit Games athletes. They’ve seen every coaching method, programming trick, and mindset hack under the sun, and, in the Legion Strength & Conditioning podcast, they deconstruct what works best to get CrossFit athletes results -- better and faster.
“The fire does not come from the mind.” One thousand years ago... Mtilan, the Unborn King, pledged his life to Legion, the fallen spirit from beyond the veil of time. Through dark and forbidden magic the broken man gained both immortality and incredible power -- but lost his soul. Over a millennium later Pekra and his sister Lely race to find the mythical cottonwood tree and protect it from Mtilan and his master Legion -- but to succeed they must first befriend their father’s killer -- a for ...
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Episode 277- The myth of the "athlete's body".
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We’ve all heard of the workout that will give us the “fighter’s body” or the person who said they want to have a “dancer’s body”.Let’s dive into that a little and see what is involved in getting these “bodies”.
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08 - Let's Create Characters For AS&SH And Coriolis
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📺 Full episode of the RPG DIE GEST livestream from 28 June 2020.👍 Please take a moment to post a comment, share and like this video, and subscribe to our channel. Thank you. TIMESTAMPS• 0:00 Intro• 1:00 Welcome & Conversation• 15:42 AS&SH Character Creation• 1:41:04 Coriolis Character Creation• 3:21:27 CommentaryLINKS• Discord: https://discord.gg/x…
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07 - Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea | Vaesen RPG | Dragonlance disclaimer
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📺 Full episode of the RPG DIE GEST livestream from 19 July 2020.👍 Please take a moment to post a comment, share and like this video, and subscribe to our channel. Thank you. TIMESTAMPS• 0:00 Intro• 1:00 Welcome & Conversation• 12:46 Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea - Advanced Combat• 1:17:39 Vaesen - Nordic Horror Roleplaying• 1:58:5…
I’ve always loved this prayer and now more than ever it seems appropriate.
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Episode 275- The dichotomy of the fat dog.
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Have you ever seen someone with a dog that’s a little, let’s say, “overfed”?You know what I mean. The dog that spends too much time on the couch and has a few too many leftovers from the dinner table?What do you think when you think about that dog’s owner and how her or she is treating that dog? Are they showing it too much love or not enough love?…
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Episode 274. The incredible difficulty and power in asking for help.
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We hate to do it, yet it is so incredibly powerful. The huge upside to putting our egos and fears aside and asking for help.
Having spent time in a lot of different gyms and seen people following a lot of different competitive programs, I know for a fact that many of the coaches who write those programs would have a meltdown if they saw what was being done in their name. I’ve seen athletes in my own gym who I personally coach doing things that have made me freak out. And…
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Episode 273: Life lessons from a 9 year old.
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We can learn a lot from the little humans around us. In this episode we’ll discuss something that we have likely all been guilty of.By Scott Baumann
Why I didn’t touch a weight for 3 weeks, the “50 more” program and what habit I have had to eliminate.By Scott Baumann
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#62: When to do Targeted Skill Work (and When it's Unnecessary)
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As athletes improve in the sport of fitness, their weaknesses become obvious and apparent to them. “Man, I really struggled on those handstand push-ups.” “My weightlifting numbers just aren’t up to snuff.” Driven athletes home in on their weaknesses and will want to work on them obsessively. However, especially for a lot of intermediate athletes, i…
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Episode 271- "If it's meant to be it's meant to be." Hmnnn... really?
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A well-meaning expression, but one that I think can have the wrong effect on many people.By Scott Baumann
Fear is driving the majority of the decisions that people are making these days. In the face of uncertainty and fear, it’s important to make smart and strategic decisions, not just fear-based decisions. Now, more than ever, it’s about becoming bulletproof against all the things that threaten to destroy your health, your livelihood and even your way…
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#61: Is it OK to Leave Something in the Tank?
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Intensity and volume reign in the competitive fitness landscape. While debates go back and forth about which is more effective for adaptation (Hint: It depends), very few people are asking whether they should just stop training when they still have something left in the tank. In fact, many athletes who we coach often ask if it’s ok that they feel l…
We’ve got another episode with Sergio going deep on the metabolism of lactate—and its underrate role as a signaling molecule and a preferential fuel source for many internal organs. In this episode of Science with Sergio, we review some of the highlights for performance-based athletes in George Brooks’s extensive 2018 review of lactate shuttle theo…
When the opportunity presents itself will you step up? Will you be ready?By Scott Baumann
Like everyone else in the CrossFit world, all of the Legion coaches wasted at least a few hours a few weekends ago streaming the CrossFit Games instead of doing whatever work we should have been doing. And, like everyone else in the CrossFit world, we all each have some opinions on the programming and the testing—some positive, some negative, and s…
“Realistic” is a four letter word in the goal setting space. Shouldn’t goals be out of reach? Something to shoot for? Absolutely. But they also must be in the realm of possibility or you will completely lose your mojo once you realize you have set a goal that may be unattainable.By Scott Baumann
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#58: Science with Sergio | Lactate, Metabolic Flexibility, and Fat Oxidation
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And now, for a new segment on the Legion podcast: “Science with Sergio” Lots of CrossFitters talk about lactate or “lactic acid,” like joggers from the 1970s—saying things like “my legs were burning with lactic acid” or “my lat are so sore from the lattice acid from that workout yesterday.” Our understanding of the metabolism of lactate has progres…
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Episode 267- Special guest Coach Julian Despres. “What was once a hobby gave me a life.”
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Today I took Coach Julian for a ride in the Jeep and we talked about his introduction to strength as a kid in a local barn (freaking awesome) and his thoughts on all things strength. This is a must listen!By Scott Baumann
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Episode 266-Strange days indeed. How do we move forward and avoid living in fear?
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A global pandemic. Lockdowns. Elections. So many unknowns. So much uncertainty. How can we continue to pursue greatness, to chase our dreams and to live our lives in this time of fear?By Scott Baumann
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Episode 265- “This looked much easier in the documentary.”
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The struggle for success seems very glamorous in movies. In real life it’s not so glamorous, it’s just struggle.By Scott Baumann
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Episode 264- The challenges of an extraordinary life.
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Hearing stories of success is always inspiring. We love to hear the hero’s journey, the overcoming of seemingly insurmountable obstacles that leads to victory. There are parts to success however, to achieving greatness, that we don’t hear about. One of those things is resentment. We don’t hear about how there are times during our quest that we begi…
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#57: What About People who are in between "Class" and "Competitor"?
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Athletes who are in between classes and being high level competitors can often feel “homeless” in their training. They may also struggle with calling themselves a “competitor” if they’re not interested in trying to qualify for higher level events or if they still struggle with certain aspects of their fitness. Still, these athletes often enjoy usin…
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RPG Die Gest #06 | Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea | Disclaimers & H.P. Lovecraft
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TIMESTAMPS• 0:00 Intro• 1:00 Welcome & Conversation• 22:48 Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea - Combat• 1:51:15 Disclaimers in RPG books.• 3:19:31 Viewer call-ins.• 3:48:15 Final comments.LINKS• Discord: https://discord.gg/xVgVB4W• Home: https://legionofmyth.tv• Twitch: https://twitch.tv/legionofmyth• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/L…
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RPG Die Gest #05 | Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea | Oriental Adventures
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TIMESTAMPS• 0:00 Intro• 1:00 Welcome & Conversation• 21:28 Disclaimer & Pronouns• 36:44 Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea - Adventuring & Henchmen• 1:42:49 Is AD&D Oriental Adventures racist?• 2:41:38 Final commentsEPISODE LINKS• The Man Behind the Screen: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWsmTdZtgRuTz0dkHbWFZg• Unscripted & Unchaine…
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Episode 263- How thinking about your goal can sometimes be the worst thing you can do.
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We always want to be properly prepared, to have the perfect game plan, to think it through. Often though, this is the perfect way to stall and never actually pull the trigger, a recipe for failure.By Scott Baumann
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#56: Should Gyms Write Their Own Programming?
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The Morning Chalk Up recently posted an article by Hilary Achauer called “Remember When Gyms Programmed Their Own Workouts?” Since all of us Legion coaches have combined decades of experience programming workouts for group classes at gyms, we felt it only right that we vent our thoughts on whether gyms should write their own programming into our mi…
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Episode 262- There is great power in overcoming the fear of criticism.
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The fear of criticism, the fear of looking stupid, the fear of being the new guy is so limiting that it keeps many people from achieving their dreams. Don’t let that be the thing that holds you back.By Scott Baumann
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Episode 261- The dark, cold, rainy and miserable road to success.
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The road to success seems glorious. It’s not. There will be massive levels of discomfort and pain en route to the better life that we desire. The faster we can accept that the sooner we will get there.By Scott Baumann
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Episode 260- The optimal workout schedule. What is it?
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The optimal workout program will vary dramatically depending upon the individual. Today we’ll discuss those variables and how to manage them.By Scott Baumann
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#55: How Should I Go From Classes To Competitor?
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As people get into CrossFit, some percentage of them start to get pretty excited about the training. While they just start off coming to classes, enjoying the workouts, and maybe making a few friends along the way, they start to realize that there’s a whole world of skills, personal records, and faster times to be uncovered. For these folks, there …
At some point in life we all had a dream. We dreamt of what our life would be like or who we would become.At this point, one of three things have happened. We’ve achieved that dream, we are actively working towards and progressing towards that dream or we have given up on that dream. Which one applies to you?…
Anger is a powerful emotion if you can harness it to your advantage.By Scott Baumann
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Episode 257- Special guest Jon Janson. “I eat like it’s my job because if you want to change your body, it is your job.”
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Today I had a great chat with Coach Jon Janson about how he got started, his personal transformation and the things that have made him successful in the gym and in life. This was a blast!By Scott Baumann
Tight shoulders? Difficulty getting overhead for squat snatches and overhead squats? Struggling with handstand push-ups or handstand walking? The market in fitness wants to sell you a simple solution. You can’t get overhead because your muscles are “tight.” What do you do with a tight muscle? You loosen it! You can stretch it, since muscles are bas…
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Episode 256-Two inconvenient truths about training.
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Some things we just don’t want to acknowledge.By Scott Baumann
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#53: How to Design and Use Testing Protocols
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Testing protocols are huge in the sport of CrossFit. Since we have so many things we can measure, we always want to know “how we are doing as athletes.” Still, as we’ve discussed many times on the podcast, the relationship between testing results and performance in events that we care about is often looser than either athletes or coaches would like…
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#52: How to Motivate Yourself to Train with no Competitions
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Yearly training plans are often built around competition schedules. Even casual athletes who just enjoy participating in local events will usually have a few events that they plan their years around. For some, that’s the Open and a few local competitions. For others, that used to be Regionals and is now Sanctionals…and may be Regionals again? Right…
In this episode, as usual I refer to it as the wrong episode number, but that’s to be expected by now. More importantly, we answer the commonly asked question “Why should I train or lift weights if I don’t have any specific goals that I want to accomplish?”Honestly most people don’t have aspirations to be competitive or to accomplish anything speci…
How we define success is a very important aspect of how we achieve it. How do we know when we are succeeding?By Scott Baumann
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#51: What's the point of this training session?
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“What’s the point of this session?” “What time should I be shooting for on this?” “What muscle group is this working?” While these questions are often relevant, coaches need to be able to help athletes zoom out and see the bigger picture, rather than getting caught up in the weeds of their day-to-day training results. This isn’t just about preventi…
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Episode 253-“Life is short, have a s’more.”
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Every year I put up a meme that starts with this. The second line of the meme is “Unless it interferes with your goals then don’t have a s’more.” There is a lot of meaning behind this simple meme and although it’s meant to be humorous, there is a real message behind it too.By Scott Baumann
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#50: How should qualification for the CrossFit Games work?
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With all of the upheaval in the CrossFit world, it’s no surprise that we will likely see huge shake-ups in the qualification process for the Games starting in 2021. How can CrossFit take the best of the Regionals era of qualification and potentially integrate some of the aspects of the Sanctionals era? Will CrossFit develop a better relationship wi…
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RPG Die Gest #04 | Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea | Outmoded RPG Concepts
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👍 Please take a moment to like & subscribe, it really helps us out. Thank you. TIMESTAMPS• 0:00 Intro• 1:00 Welcome• 9:57 [Segment #1] Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea (Magic)• 1:35:23 [Segment #2] Outmoded TTRPG tropes and concepts• 1:36:20 Class-based TTRPG systems -vs- Skill-based TTRPG system• 1:46:43 Player Agency -vs- Railroa…
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Episode 252- "Listen to your body." Good advice? Sometimes but not always.
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RPG Die Gest #03 | AS&SH (part 3) | Earthdawn Thread Items | Diversity and Dungeons and Dragons
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👍 Please take a moment to like & subscribe, it really helps us out. Thank you. TIMESTAMPS• 0:00 Intro• 0:59 Welcome• 18:13 Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea - Races, Religion, Equipment, and final statistics.• 1:31:34 Earthdawn: How to introduce Thread Items• 2:20:46 Diversity and Dungeons and Dragons.• 3:11:06 Viewer call inLearn mor…
The number one mistake that almost everyone makes when it comes to managing their nutrition and how to correct it.By Scott Baumann
It’s one of the most important things that an athlete can improve in the sport of CrossFit. However, it’s not very exciting. It’s not something that people can post about on Instagram and get a bunch of engagement. We’re talking about reducing variance in training results. This means that - as you improve - you will often find that the range of pos…
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Episode 250- What are we apologizing for?
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Every day lately it seems that more and more people are apologizing for having a hard time. We are apologizing for struggling with all that’s going on in the world right now. We are struggling with asking for help. We are struggling with admitting that we need help. Let’s discuss.By Scott Baumann
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RPG Die Gest #02 | Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea | Consent in Gaming, X Card
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TIMESTAMPS• 0:00 Intro• 1:00 Welcome• 1:36 Heathendog's computer issues• 8:24 What is RPG Die Gest• 10:41 Links, schedule, thank you, and disclaimer• 17:49 Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea (Sub-classes)• 1:51:13 Consent in Gaming, X Card, TTRPG Safety ToolkitLIVESTREAMS• LoM Prime: https://twitch.tv/legionofmyth• The Deuce: https:/…
