{"podcast":{"title":"Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates","slug":"lift-free-and-diet-hard-with-andrew-coates-60220","podcast_index_feed_id":60220,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/4acb2b0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://andrewcoatesfitness.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/684268/684268-1730332827731-5cb6847635b12.jpg","author":"Andrew Coates","episode_count":493,"summary":"The Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast dives deep into the science and practice of living a strong, healthy, and intentional life. Hosted by Andrew Coates, the show brings together inspiring guests to share insights, stories, and practical advice that empower listeners to build confidence, make informed choices, and stay resilient in their fitness and wellness journeys. Every episode encourages thoughtful exploration of what it means to lift free, diet hard, and live fully.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T12:20:46.823568+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lift-free-and-diet-hard-with-andrew-coates-60220"},"episode":{"title":"#495 Ben Yanes - Why Your Assessment Might Be a Waste of Time","slug":"495-ben-yanes-why-your-assessment-might-be-a-waste-of-time","published_at":"2026-08-13T06:20:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lift-free-and-diet-hard-with-andrew-coates-60220/495-ben-yanes-why-your-assessment-might-be-a-waste-of-time","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lift-free-and-diet-hard-with-andrew-coates-60220","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liftfreediethard/episodes/495-Ben-Yanes---Why-Your-Assessment-Might-Be-a-Waste-of-Time-e3nbfd9","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/4acb2b0/podcast/play/124156777/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-13%2F429753218-44100-2-d8c7731760f32.mp3","summary":"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 • Why the two tribes often rely on each other to create content • What actually qualifies someone as “science based” or “anti-science based” • Why nuance rarely performs as well as certainty on social media • The different camps that emerge around fitness information online • How people can rewrite the story they tell themselves about lifting • Common “bro biomechanics” misconceptions • What Ben means when he says, “Exercises don’t have a purpose, only people have a purpose” • Why exercise selection needs to begin with the goal of the individual • Why muscles respond to tension rather than knowing the name of an exercise • How biomechanics, physics, and subjective experience can coexist • The panic that sometimes develops around exercises like preacher curls • Why blaming an exercise for an injury can create misleading narratives • What Ben means by asking how “f#@kupable” an exercise is • Why load management and respect for an exercise matter • Why anterior pelvic tilt is not automatically something that needs to be fixed • The problems with quick-fix diagnoses and corrective-exercise identities • How diagnostic labels can influence someone’s perception of their own body • Why good coaches need to bec…","meta_description":"Ben Yanes makes his long-overdue first appearance on the podcast and brings his trademark nuance to assessment, biomechanics, exercise selection, injury n…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3335,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lift-free-and-diet-hard-with-andrew-coates-60220/episodes/495-ben-yanes-why-your-assessment-might-be-a-waste-of-time/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lift-free-and-diet-hard-with-andrew-coates-60220/495-ben-yanes-why-your-assessment-might-be-a-waste-of-time.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}