08 Apr Dr. Fred Hatfield – Life Lessons In Strength
(#114) Dr. Fred Hatfield (a.k.a. Dr. Squat) returns to the podcast this week for another wisdom-filled interview.
In this sesssion, I asked about his life lessons, key learnings, and best advice as a world-class athlete and coach.
Dr. Hatfield is renowned as a strength scientist and elite athlete, where he competed as a powerlifter.
He’s also got a long list of athletic accomplishments, including Olympic Weightlifting, Bodybuilding, and Gymnastics.
He’s the author of several great books and best sellers, including POWER: A Scientific Approach and BODYBUILDING: A Scientific Approach.
Dr. Hatfield is a true “icon” in strength and performance training and this is a tremendous honor for you and I to learn from his decades of record-breaking athletic performance.
Here’s what you’ll hear about this week:
- Surprising things you probably don’t know about Fred Hatfield
- Who his biggest influences were
- His relationship with Russian Strength Scientist, Dr. Yuri Verkhoshansky
- His greatest lesson from Dr. Verkhoshansky
- A review of CAT (compensatory acceleration technique)
- Specific advice to learn CAT
- His open thoughts on “bands and chains”
- A simple biofeedback technique to implement CAT
- Hear about his famous “squat off” against bodybuilder Tom Platz
- Why he transitioned into Powerlifting from Olympic Weightlifting
- His view on “competition” and the real reason he was an athlete
- His best advice to induce strength gains in 6-12 weeks
- What he really thinks about today’s bodybuilders
- “Fiber Fusion” to promote hypertrophic response
- Understand the many qualities of strength
- “Angle Q” – the secret to elite strength
- The untold story behind “Supertraining“
- The book he’s most proud of
- Defining “fitness”
- The #1 goal for all personal trainers
- His greatest achievement as a coach
- The psychology and flow of being in a peak state
- Key advice to abide by for successful long term training
- And, more.
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SHOW NOTES:
- 7 Training Laws according to Dr. Hatfield, click here.
- His latest book with Josh Bryant is The Complete Guide to Dumbbell training
- My personal favorite is: POWER: A Scientific Approach
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