To say that Scott Hambrick is many things is an understatement.
He started a data storage company that he ran for close to 20 years before recently selling it.
He's a Starting Strength coach and online coach for Barbell Logic
He also is Co-Host of the Barbell Logic podcast.
https://barbell-logic.com/barbell-logic-podcast-episodes/
He is also the founder of
https://onlinegreatbooks.com/team/
and the co-host of the podcast
https://onlinegreatbooks.com/onlinegreatbooks-podcast/
Scott has been an avid reader and autodidact his entire life. After pursuing a science education at University he entered the world of small business and operates Data Storage, Inc., a successful enterprise in Tulsa, OK.
Scott and Charity, his wife of 20 years, homeschool their two daughters. After getting some serious skin in the educational game, Scott became more rigorous about his own continuing education. This interest lead to the creation of OGB. Scott hopes to introduce tens of thousands of people to the great books of the western world through this new platform.
A snippet of Scott's bio from his website:
A long time ago I realized I was fat. I was out of breath and winded after tying my shoe laces. That very day I hired a personal trainer and commenced to lose the weight. After 3 years and thousands of dollars, I lost 53 pounds. I was 6’2″ tall and weighed 179. After all that, I was skinny fat. I lost 53 pounds of fat AND muscle.
Bosu ball work, muscle confusion BS and typical NASM, NSCA, ACE, ACSM personal trainer work didn’t make me strong. I could do some planks, but I couldn’t bench press 165 pounds. I had never even attempted a squat or a deadlift. I wanted to be able to eat more food and I wanted to look better. I knew the “trainer” route wasn’t going to get me there. I had already given that experiment 3 years.
I launched an educational initiative for myself. I set out to find out how people get strong. I knew there were strong people. How in the hell did they do it? I found the answer. They do it with barbells
After more research and trial and error I found that the Starting Strength Basic Barbell Training method absolutely worked for me. After 6 weeks on starting strength I was stronger at age 38 than I had ever been in my life. I was convinced.
My wife and I started training together and in an effort to do the best possible job of training in the safest possible way, I began studying the craft of barbell training, form, coaching, exercise physiology, mechanics, and more. Soon, I was interning as a strength coach under Matt Reynolds at Reynolds Strong and later after he founded Barbell Logic Online Coaching, the best online coaching service in the world.
In December of 2016 I passed the platform coaching test at Wichita Fall Athletic Club and in January of 2017 I passed the written exam and became a Starting Strength Coach, an SSC. I chose this because the Starting Strength method is the most complete, most efficient means to get a new athlete very strong, very fast, regardless of their age. I relinquished that credential on July 31, 2019.
Charity and I love to apply our expertise in the training of young folks who are unhappy with their weight (both over and underweight!) and want to change their lives by getting crazy strong. What we really love though is to help older folks get strong with the same methods.
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