86. Why Back Squats Don’t Build Athletes? With Mike Boyle and Andreas Öhgren
About this episode
Mike Boyle and Andreas Öhgren discuss why traditional back squats may not be effective for building athletes and challenge common coaching practices.
When two of the most successful coaches in the world sit down, you listen. In this powerful and brutally honest conversation, Andreas Öhgren and Mike Boyle challenge everything you thought you knew about performance, strength, and athletic development. Mike Boyle is one of the most accomplished strength and conditioning coaches on the planet, former strength coach for the Boston Bruins , Boston Red Sox , and Team USA Hockey . He has coached countless elite athletes, including multiple Hall of Famers, and is recognized globally as a true pioneer in human performance. He is also the author of Functional Training for Sports , a groundbreaking book that has been translated into multiple languages worldwide. Together, Andreas and Mike go deep into: • Why back squats don’t build athletes, they break them • Why barbells have become a religion? • Why the internet created more noise than knowledge , and why most coaches just copy dumb people • Why unilateral strength are far more important for real performance • What the industry completely misunderstands about pain, rotation, and functional movement • And why the future of performance belongs to those who lead with principles, not…
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