Zero to Barbell:

Zero to Barbell is a digital resource designed to help you master the following four movements:

• Bodyweight squat
• Standing hinge
• Bodyweight row
• Push-up

Mastering these four movements gives you a dual foundation of technical skills (software) and physical attributes (hardware). And, with this dual foundation, your brain and your body will be better equipped to perform every single barbell and/or bodyweight exercise your vanity driven ego will contemplate performing, in the name of building the sort of body that’ll make your former classmates stalk you on Facebook.

How does it work?

The least important component of Z2B: technical breakdowns of the four exercises. You’ll learn how to put yourself in mechanically favorable positions, which will reduce your risk of injury and increase the effectiveness of your training.

• Keeping your elbows tucked during push-ups? If not, then…
• Keeping your heels glued to the ground during squats? If not, then…
• Initiating rows with shoulder-blade retraction? If not, then…

The technical breakdowns are the least important component of Z2B. If learning good technique was “enough” to master the four exercises, I wouldn’t have made Z2B. I would have made Dear Jackass: Search YouTube.

Understanding good technique is different than being able to implement good technique.

Unfortunately, there’s a gap between knowing and doing. Knowledge may be easy, but the same can’t be said for putting knowledge into practice.

Here's what I mean...

Stan (the goober doing curtsies) knows he needs to squat lower. When he tries, his knees cave inward and his heels hover off the ground. .

No matter what Stan does, he can’t stop these things from happening. Stan has the software, but doesn’t have the hardware.

Although “hardware” has many components, the component that holds most people back from being able to do basic barbell and bodyweight exercises safely and effectively: being able to reach and control ranges of motion (ROM).

Reaching and controlling ranges of motion (ROMs) is a phenomenon usually viewed through a “flexibility” prism. And this is a problem.

It’s a problem, first, because not all ROM issues are flexibility-based. Second, and perhaps even worse: most people have a notion of “flexibility” (and what it entails).

For instance, let's say you can't keep your heels glued to the ground when you squat. Here's a fun experiment: Grab a kettlebell and hold it in front of your heart. Do a squat. Chances are, you can squat loooowwww  keep your heels on the ground.

How? How did you suddenly become more flexible? Hint: You always were flexible enough, you just aren't MOBILE enough. 

Anyways...

Most people have flexibility and mobility restrictions, which prevent them from implementing good technique, which is why the most important component of Z2B is a system that helps you diagnose and repair restricted ranges of motion, so that you can perform the four "Forefather" exercises safely and effectively.

In other words…

If your elbows are flaring during push-ups, if your heels are elevating during squats, and if your shoulder-blades are hunching forward during rows, then —

Don’t worry.

It’s okay.

I got you.

Tell me other things that will encourage me to buy Zero to Barbell.

Most of Z2B can be done in the comfort of your own home. The gym is a scary place. I don’t care what anyone says. When you’re in the gym, you are being watched.

You know this, because — be honest — when you’re in the gym, you’re watching people.

The best way to deal with gym awkwardness is to not deal with gym awkwardness. With Z2B, when you walk into the gym, you’ll have a solid foundation of coordination and technical prowess.

You won’t become a meme.