@Confused Squirrel Hey brother, I am not a mod so... no. I would, of course, be more than happy to be a mod and do the modcast but, alas, I am cherry AF on this site. No big deal. Most of what I know I have picked up myself or learned from the strength and conditioning coaches where I work. I can point you at some decent reading materials, however.
The first is:
5/3/1 The Simplest and Most Effective Training System for Raw Strength by Jim Wendler.
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https://www.amazon.com/Simplest-Eff...ook/dp/B00AJ8CIQM?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc#navbar)
Also his follow on book Beyond 5/3/1
Starting strength by Mark Rippetoe is good too.
The problems with those is that they rely on linear progression which is GREAT for beginners but isn't really how the body adapts once you reach a higher, more elite level of strength. BUT I have been working the 5/3/1 system for years now and it is still working for me so either I am not progressing as fast as I think or I was a weak ass son of a bitch when I started.
Testosterone Nation (
www.tnation.com) has some good articles too. Wendler writes for them. So does Christian Thibaudeau. Both have some really good information. Thibaudeau tends to be a BIT more towards the body building side and be careful of some of his high percentage of 1RM workouts as they will fry your central nervous system, but the information is good.
I will admit that one of the biggest issues I have with my program is that it is super easy for me to find gym time. Once you start getting stronger, it gets addictive as hell, but making the time to condition... that is the problem. As I said above, I try to mimic the training cycle of a defensive back, particularly a safety. Those dudes are big but not massive, strong as fuck, fast, explosive, and agile. They have a level of practical endurance (being able to perform over and over at a high level with minimal rest) that is amazing. Sure, I need to adapt it to my world. I'm about as likely to become a big time defensive back as I am to give birth to the next king of Nigeria, but the training premise remains the same.