Today we’re talking to Sebastian Oreb, better known online as Australian Strength Coach. Sebastian has trained athletes from professional rugby players to elite powerlifters, and he’s also the strength coach of 2018 World’s Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson. Sebastian joins us to talk about his unconventional path in strength, the ways in which personal strength goals impact how you coach, and why building personal relationships with athletes is so important in establishing trust. We also talk about how a single day and a bench press cue was what convinced Hafthor to hire Sebastian as his coach.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFnoKHdBSlT/
On this episode of The BarBend Podcast, host David Tao talks to Sebastian Oreb about:
- Coming up with the online name “Australian Strength Coach” (3:30)
- Working toward a 1,000 kilogram powerlifting total (5:40)
- Finding strength training, plateauing, and rebuilding interest (7:20)
- Meeting Hafthor Bjornsson and becoming Thor’s strength coach (12:10)
- The importance of social media for trainers like Seb (15:20)
- People in the strength space Seb admires (20:20)
- Taking strength sports mainstream and to Hollywood (27:20)
- Seb’s diet and tackling Hafthor’s day of eating (29:00)
Relevant links and further reading:
