MBPPEP 721 Ben Clarfield: Fitness Philosopher - Lessons From Charles Poliquin & the ATG Fundamentals

Ben Clarfield, AKA The ATG Coach is a Level III P.I.C.P. National level strength coach and BioSignature practitioner. Ben has trained with Charles Poliquin, one of the top strength coaches in the world, at the Eleiko Institute in Sweden and at the Poliquin Strength Institute in Rhode Island and owner of Reach PT.
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stamps:
0:00 - Intro
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4:42 - Daily caffeine intake of Ben.
9:42 - What's a warrior point?
11:11 - Martial arts & Ben.
17:19 - Fastest way to be stronger is to lose body fat.
18:51 - Charles Poliquin & his finger tip techniques.
24:23 - Magic & Philosophy of training.
29:24 - Ben sharing a philosophical story.
36:34 - Eight steps fundamentals.
39:19 - ATG Basic 1 - Sled.
42:24 - ATG Basic 2 - Split Squats.
51:02 - Correlation between Lifting & knee problems.
57:08 - Movements are made up with a high level of belief to be safe.
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1:04:23 - Focus on quality of movement with the load.
1:08:59 - ATG Basic 3 - Continue to squat & enjoy the process.
1:09:58 - ATG Basic 4 - Train the hamstrings as knee flexors.
1:11:29 - Freak list for level two coaches.
1:17:30 - How do you persuade somebody to continue movement even when in pain?
1:22:19 - How do you make the ATG program attractive to people?
1:26:46 - What is Loaded Stretching?
1:30:25 - ATG Basic 5 - Relative Strength.
1:33:38 - Iron neck training.
1:34:27 - Educate coach & have better equipment.
1:41:00 - Self improvement & Personal responsibility.
1:42:09 - ATG checklist.
1:44:55 - Benefits of Long & Short range movements.
1:51:19 - Has Ben hurt himself doing movements.
1:53:49 - Ben's knee surgery.
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2:01:05 - Knowledge of Philosophy & Pandemic situation.
2:09:36 - Pros & Cons of Social media.
2:12:20 - What does Mark & Ben mean by 'Step away' from social media?
2:20:28 - Favorite books on Stoic Philosophy.
2:24:18 - Why did the Philosophers pop up?
2:31:19 - Learn & gain from great Philosophers.
2:35:01 - Fat Shaming in Canada.
2:39:21 - According to Ben, people who are doing fascinating things within fitness.
2:44:23 - Who else should one pay attention to for long term periodization & strength coaching.
2:50:49 - Like, Share, Subscribe, Comment,& Follow the podcast.
2:51:06 - Best Way to connect with Ben.
2:51:47 - Outro.
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3 people who have improved my life. Thank you for this work Ben C, Mark, & Nsima - and Andrew and team

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Love how you guys have created an inclusive, welcoming and engaging community in fitness. It has really changed the way I look at my fitness and other fitness pals in my life. Keep it up, I'll keep watching if you do!

[@Thebravemovement]

Ben Clarfield was easily one of the top ten guests on Power Project! Phenomenal dialogue and I learned A LOT!

[@personalatg3228]

Thank you that means the world to me

[@dakotasonney2142]

You guys get me everytime! I'm always thinking I'm gonna skip through with the timestamps( just cause I really have time for the whole podcast) but everytime I listen all the way through. THIS SHIT IS TOOOO GOOD!!!

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lol sorry? haha thank you so much Dakota, we sincerely appreciate you!!

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[@mjslov3]

Incredible episode!! I’m so happy you had Coach Ben on! He has so much knowledge and experience to share with the world and is easily one of the kindest, most uplifting humans that I know. ❤️🙏🏻

[@MECASTRONG]

This is honestly fantastic Ben! Wonderful chat!

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Really enjoyed this. Thanks for the upload

[@fedefoga]

This was an awesome episode. I never thought that Ido Portal movement method and stoicism would be combined. You guys are making a real change to people mindsets. I wish you the best for all.

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Amazing episode here! Appreciate you all for sharing this discussion!🙏👊

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Again amazing podcast! You guys should bring coach eugene teo!!!

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hes in toronto???? Need to start training with him asap

[@ThePhantum]

Hey you guys should get Alex Hormozi on the podcast

[@michael16862]

This episode is incredible. You guys are saving lives with this podcast. Thank you so much

[@ericbuffington8220]

Wow, I learned a lot from this episode. Ben is such a great dude, I wish I was in Toronto so I could learn coaching directly from him.

[@janpokrzywinski]

I have more questions than answers now, thanks.

[@fitbrownguy]

Loved this podcast!

[@jfitness432]

Poliquin was the best thing to happen to strength training and fitness in general. He was an absolute genius who was decades ahead of his time, haters will say he was on steroids and focus on his early death while sadly underplaying his immense contributions to the world.

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Great episode saved it to my playlist.

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best thing ive watched in a while

[@troyharrington7043]

First martial art I took was Nick Cerio's Kenpo and he had a ton of pressure point techniques at the higher levels. I was just a kid and my uncle Bill was a black belt and if we were fuckin around in public he would just just like touch our face or someshit and fuck us up lmao we would then stop fuckin around.

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Such a great podcast!! Good job, Ben C.

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Ben!!!! Love seeing you. Hope to meet up in a few weeks :)

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Let's go

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Get John Danaher on the show!!!

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[@TheREDSKAL]

Using progressions for difficult exercises is simply a way to practice . When you want to fully achieve a certain difficult goal you will have to believe in Jeesus Christ and with this belief you can achieve anything either with practice or instantly. I enjoy the processes so Ill keep practising the progressions although I know that I could do it instantly with faith.