Mar 29, 2021
The Barbell Academy provides an online learning environment for
passionate lifters, novice coaches, and professional coaches.
Whether you're simply interested in the "why"s behind strength
training, considering coaching, starting to coach, or would like to
deep dive & continue your coaching education, the Barbell Academy
offers something for you. Furthermore, it has become the funnel &
process to identify new coaches for Barbell Logic & earn your
Professional Barbell Coach (PBC) certification.
The Principles Course helps passionate lifters and new or potential
coaches learn the basics--the principles--of anatomy & physiology,
programming, biomechanics, and the 4 main lifts. It helps you
understand why we do what we do. It will make you a better lifter
and a better coach.
Even if you don't plan to coach others, if you develop your own
training, then you're acting as your own coach, so knowing the
basics can help you improve your lifting.
The new Barbell Academy allows you to learn at your pace on your
schedule. The previous academy had required you to commit to a
2-hour time block weekly. It also tied you to one coach, and though
that coach was a great coach and lifter, this new platform allows
the expert in a particular subject to write & teach that portion of
the curriculum.
It has also freed up CJ & other coaches to have more time to engage
the community as a whole, as opposed to calls with 6-10 people. CJ
is regularly engaging the Academy students on topics they care
about, on calls and on social media.
One of the great benefits of the course is that it incorporates a
variety of perspectives & learning strategies & reiterates the
material through different methods (multi-modal learning). This
ultimately helps you better learn and retain the
material.
Now, what are the steps or courses of the academy?
First is the Principles Course, which is out now and is perfect for
passionate lifters, new coaches, and coaches looking to brush up on
knowledge.
Second is the Advanced Course, which is coming soon. This takes a
deep dive into important topics, and is aimed at lifters who REALLY
love this material and want to understand it deeply, coaches
looking to earn the PBC certification, and coaches serious about
improving their coaching.
The other crucial part about the Advanced Course is that we will
develop more courses, so if you purchase the Advanced Course when
it opens, you'll get further courses for no additional
cost.
Now, for the PBC Certification. This is now the standard to coach
as a staff coach at Barbell Logic. What's the value of the
PBC?
The process of earning the PBC will make you a better lifter and
coach. You'll become part of a community of coaches, dedicated to
self-improvement who will also be there for you with their
expertise & experience. You will also have the stamp of approval of
Barbell Logic and be searchable on our coaching database, so if a
coach in your area searches for a Barbell Logic coach, they can
find you. The PBC is something you will be proud to earn and
represents a high-level coach. Though all coaches at Barbell Logic
will have a PBC, not all PBCs will work at Barbell Logic (though
there is a great chance this will happen).
Okay, so how do you earn your PBC? The 3 steps are: written exam,
oral interview, and platform test ALL OF WHICH CAN BE COMPLETED
ONLINE.
The written exam & oral interview are currently occurring online,
with the written exam being the first step. Next will be the oral
interview.
The final step, and what had heretofore been an in-person event,
will be the platform evaluation. This is being beta-tested, but you
are able to upload videos of your coaching & will receive feedback
and a pass or fail for the PBC. If you have passed the other exams
and are deemed likely to be a great fit for Barbell Logic, you
stand a good chance to be invited to an apprenticeship process at
Barbell Logic and coach as an associate coach.
Ultimately, this is about making more great coaches. It's about
providing Barbell Logic great coaches--without lowering the
standard--and ultimately having more lifters receive great
coaching. It's about making the process to becoming a great coach
easier and creating a community.
So, here it is, the Barbell Academy. It's for lifters, it's for
coaches, Check it Out.
0:00 Introduction
2:09 The Barbell Academy & The Principles Course
8:25 Self-Paced Learning on YOUR Schedule
13:16 Principles Course Overview
17:27 Incorporates Multiple Learning Strategies
22:21 Steps & Courses
27:29 The Advanced Course: Who is it For/Who is it By?
34:13 The Value of the PBC Certification
41:15 PBC Process
48:43 Apprenticeship & Online Platform Test
55:37 Putting it All Together
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