#105 - ANDY BAKER | WHY YOU'RE STILL WEAK — AND HOW TO FIX IT

About this episode

Robert Santana interviews Andy Baker about strength coaching, programming misconceptions, and achieving long-term progress in fitness.

In this episode of the Weights & Plates Podcast , Robert Santana sits down with Andy Baker — owner of Baker Personal Training and co-author of Practical Programming for Strength Training . They dive into how strength coaching has evolved, what most lifters get wrong about programming, and why results matter more than methods. Andy shares lessons from nearly two decades of coaching everyone from competitive powerlifters to everyday clients, emphasizing practicality, consistency, and efficiency. The two also discuss the connection between strength and hypertrophy, the misconceptions spread by social media fitness culture, and why good diet and smart training will always beat shortcuts. It's an honest, no-nonsense conversation about what really drives long-term progress in the gym. Subscribe for more episodes of Weights & Plates where we cut through the noise and get real about strength training, nutrition, and long-term progress. https://weightsandplates.com/online-coaching/ Follow Weights & Plates YouTube: https://youtube.com/@weights_and_plates?si=ebAS8sRtzsPmFQf- Instagram: @the_robert_santana Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/weightsandplates Web…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Santana

Guest: Andy Baker

Topics covered

• strength coaching
• programming
• hypertrophy
• fitness culture
• long-term progress

Keywords

• strength training
• coaching
• fitness
• programming
• nutrition
• hypertrophy
• powerlifting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baker Personal Training

Books & works: Practical Programming for Strength Training

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