Athlete: Chris Duffin

WATCH: Chris Duffin Interviews Ryan ‘Bench Monster’ Kennelly

In this interview, I sit down with Ryan “Bench Monster” Kennelly. Ryan recently took a several year hiatus from the sport after dominating the shirted bench press world for quite some time. Ryan has more over 1000-pound competition bench presses than any other lifter. His best record-setting lift was an incredible 1075. Many people probably are not aware that of benchers of his caliber, Ryan is one of the very few who have never had any major pec or shoulder issue requiring medical intervention. Ryan is a master of the technical aspect of benching and doing so safely to preserve his lifting career. In this interview we discuss his return to the sport and his goals.

WATCH: Chris Duffin Interviews All-Time Record Holder Sam Byrd

It was a great pleasure to have Ryan take the time to come to my gym, The Kabuki Strength Lab, and sit down and share his thoughts with everyone in this interview. The primary purpose of Ryan’s visit was to help provide him some direction on dealing with some spine issues in regards to his training. But we also worked on some ShouldeRok swinging and benching with the Duffalo Bar, which he loved both. Ryan ended up deciding to take one of each home to incorporate in his training. We also worked on refining the squat technique for his fiancé, Ashley Condray, who is a very competitive lifter in her own rights.

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Chris Duffin, world renowned powerlifter and coach, is this week’s featured guest on the podcast.

Chris is an elite level powerlifter, coach, inventor, owner of Elite Performance Center, and founder of KabukiStrength.com. His goal is to inspire and motivate men to chase their dreams despite adversity – to think bigger, dream bigger, and BE bigger and stronger than they’ve ever thought possible.

His most recent endeavor – Kabuki.ms – is an innovative new web tool for learning and coaching proper movement patterns.

I’m excited to talk with Chris today about his approach to training, coaching, and the movement principles that have become the foundation for his new online coaching tool, Kabuki.ms.

Here’s what you’ll hear about in this week’s amazing episode:

• Chris explains why he’s called “The Mad Scientist of Strength”
• Getting technical with evidence based training
• Chris discusses where his movement and rehab principles come from
• Understanding the body’s operating principles so you can find out what’s driving your injuries
• Incorporating autoregulation principles into your volume and intensity
• Why profiling the speed of your lifts is important
• Chris’s approach to training clients all around the world
• The importance of having a long term vision
• How to get clarity with your vision
• Prioritizing what is important to you and understanding who you want to be
• How Chris overcame adversity and become a pillar of strength
• You create who you are, not the sum of your experiences!
• Slow, long, incremental steps over time is where the opportunity lies
• Chris explains his shift from a corporate executive to full time athlete and coach
• The biggest mistakes people make with the squat and deadlift
• Coaching cues for optimal spine position
• Paying attention to the “The 6th Month Rule”
• How to strengthen, stabilize and remove shoulder pain with the ShouldeRök™
• The differences between the ShouldeRök™ and Indian Clubs
• Understand the WHY behind everything you do
• How to prioritize what’s important and remove the junk from your life
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Changing The Way You Move Can Change Your Life

World-Class Powerlifter and Coach Chris Duffin’s Approach To Fixing Movement Issues Can Improve Anyone’s Movement To Reduce Pain and Increase Functionality.

Chris Duffin is one of today’s most accomplished and recognizable athletes in powerlifting. He’s set several world records in his career, including an 881-pound squat and a Guinness Record for most weight deadlifted in one minute.

Duffin consults on rehabilitation and training strategies with top strength athletes from around the world, and regularly lectures to clinical professionals on his findings as an elite strength coach.

An engineer by trade, Duffin has a unique, mechanical approach to examining movement problems in athletes that can also improve anyone’s quality of life.

Instead of treating symptoms with medication or prescribing hours of mobility work, Duffin can talk about how to find and fix root weaknesses and increase overall physical stability to help increase strength output and reduce or eliminate painful dysfunctions.

Chris Duffin can also talk about overcoming challenges in life. He grew up homeless, and put himself through college while taking custody of and raising his three younger siblings.

Duffin recently left a long and successful career as a corporate executive doing company turnaround work, to focus on his expertise in human movement and his family. Currently he is co-owner of Kabuki Strength Lab in Portland, Oregon. And co-owner and CEO of Kabuki Strength Equipment with multiple patents on products they manufacture based on movement principals as well as online educational resources.

On his popular YouTube channel, Duffin regularly interviews the biggest names in the strength industry, and has produced an impressive collection of training and technique videos for powerlifting and movement. He as also done numerous podcasts and frequently they are the among (or are) the most popular/most downloaded podcasts for those channels.

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/kabuki07/
Blog - http://www.kabukiwarrior.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mad_scientist_duffin/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chrisduffinstrong

OOM 046: BUILDING PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STRENGTH WITH CHRIS DUFFIN

February 2, 2016

Chris Duffin is an Ex Corporate Executive turned Inventor and Movement professional.

He has positioned himself uniquely in the fitness world bridging the gap between (and working with both) the top clinical rehab and sports professionals in the world and the in the trenches athletes and S&C coaches.

He promotes and uses evidence-based approaches in developing his coaching and cueing methodologies and strength training equipment.

Chris keeps it simple with reinforcing clean natural movement patterns and then focusing on building strength. He is the only person in the world today squatting and deadlifting over 900lbs at his bodyweight and is one of the best Powerlifters of our age, and one of the most respected powerlifting coaching strength coaches.

He is the only powerlifting strength coach that is regularly asked to present at PHD level courses on human movement.

“Strength training should make you better at life.” Tweet That
— Chris Duffin
WHAT YOU’LL BE LEARNING

How strength training will help you excel in all areas of life
The difference between the scientific and Hollywood approach to building muscle
3 metrics for building lasting success
The “Practice of Living in Fear” and how it will help you excel
The non-traditional approach to balance in your life
The importance of strength training in your workout regiment
How to breathe correctly when lifting weights

“You’ve got to live in un-comfort. You’ve got to seek the un-comfortness.” Tweet That
— Chris Duffin
CONNECT WITH CHRIS DUFFIN

Website: www.kabukiwarrior.com
Website: www.kabuki.ms
Facebook: ChrisDuffinStrong
Twitter: KabukiStrength
Instagram: Mad_Scientist_Duffin
YouTube: Chris Duffin

“Moderation never got anyone anywhere in life.” Tweet That
— Chris Duffin

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WATCH: Chris Duffin Interviews Ryan ‘Bench Monster’ Kennelly

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Changing The Way You Move Can Change Your Life

OOM 046: BUILDING PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STRENGTH WITH CHRIS DUFFIN