#105 - ANDY BAKER | WHY YOU'RE STILL WEAK — AND HOW TO FIX IT
From Weights and Plates Podcast by Robert Santana
October 31, 2025 · 1h 16m
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: https://weightsandplates.com
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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