#495 Ben Yanes - Why Your Assessment Might Be a Waste of Time

Podcast: Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates · Andrew Coates

Opublikowano: 2026-08-13

Ben Yanes makes his long-overdue first appearance on the podcast and brings his trademark nuance to assessment, biomechanics, exercise selection, injury narratives, science-based fitness, and what good coaching actually looks like in the real world. Ben joins me to discuss: • Why “a vast majority of the assessments you’re doing are a total waste of everyone’s time” • Why skilled coaches are continuously assessing clients during actual training • How training itself can function as an assessment • The relationship between science-based and anti-science fitness communities <...