Elitefts Table Talk Podcast

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html           Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/       Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html          In this 235th episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk, Laura Phelps joins us. Welcome, Laura!     Laura Phelps-Stackhouse is a certified Westside Barbell Special Strengths Coach. She spent ten years training and competing in powerlifting under the tutelage of the late Louie Simmons. In her 10-year powerlifting career, Laura broke 45 All-Time World Records. She still currently holds 5 All- Time World Records: *   440 lb Bench Press in 148 lb Weight Class *   775 lb Squat in 165 lb Weight Class *   1800 lb Total in 165 lb Weight Class *   540 lb Bench Press in 181 lb Weight Class *   540 lb Bench Press in 198 lb Weight Class Since retiring from powerlifting in 2015, Laura has spent her time coaching numerous powerlifters, from N

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html           Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/       Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html          In this 234th episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk, David Kirschen joins us. Welcome, Dave!    Author of Gear: The Ultimate Guide to Equipped Powerlifting, Dave competed in powerlifting from 1997 to 2020. As a competitive powerlifter, his best total was 2061, weighing 181 pounds. Dave totaled 11x times his bodyweight in two weight classes and benched 3x his bodyweight in four weight classes (all in full meets). He retired in 2020 at the WPO Semi Finals at the Arnold Expo.    Dave was born in NYC. He resides in Connecticut with his wife and son.    Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/davekirschen/ FREE eBook: The Ultimate Guide to Equipped Powerlifting: https://www.elitefts.com/news/dave-kirschens-free-443-page-e-book-on-ho

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html          Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/      Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html        Mike Van Wyck takes a seat in this 233rd podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.   Quickly climbing the social media ranks, Mike Van Wyck is a force that's just getting started. A former career in personal security, he now influences and trains IFBB pros and amateurs hungry for more muscle with his unique bodybuilding training methods.    Learn more about Mike, his competitive background in football and bodybuilding, training methods, injuries, and more!    Mike's IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/CgzEkPsANAF/?hl=en Mike's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WYCKEDTRAINING         ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html          Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/      Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html        Aram Grigorian takes a seat in this 232nd podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome, Aram!     A former finance douche and party boy, Aram came to the hard realization that it wasn't the material things in his life that drove him but rather the impact that he made on the lives of others in a positive way.   He started personal training people after being laid off from his finance job, and ten years later, he has coached hundreds of clients with his belief system of food quality/quantity, training intensity/frequency and rest/recovery.   He provides food for thought daily on his Instagram page @4weeks2thebeach and he gets clients to release themselves of their limiting beliefs by changing perspective and helping folk

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html          Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/      Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html      Massenomics takes a seat in this 231st podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome, Massenomics!   Massenomics is known for its lighthearted approach to the strength and fitness industry. Their motto of “Lift Hard. Live Easy.” summarizes how they like to take the lifting journey seriously but still have as much fun as possible. It was started by Tommy DeFea and Tanner Baird in Western North East South Dakota, and they have developed a diehard community of supporters and enthusiasts...online and otherwise.    One of the things they are best known for is their podcast, where they chat about all things related to getting strong. It's not just about lifting weights but also about the culture and lifestyle around it. They sp

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html          Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/      Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html      Bryce Krawczyk is a Canadian powerlifter in the CPU/IPF, powerlifting coach, and the head coach and owner of Calgary Barbell.    Bryce began his career lifting and competing raw in 2012, and in 2015, he broke the IPF Open World Record deadlift. He came in second at the 2016 IPF Classic World Championships. Bryce has since gone on to win nine CPU National Championships across both raw and classic, and has broken a total of four IPF Open World records in the deadlift.   Calgary Barbell was founded by Bryce in 2014 to coach and educate powerlifters. It has grown to a coaching staff of four and evolved into a steady source of information and education for powerlifters via social media and content production.   Bryce's IG: https://

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/ limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/      Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html      Graciano Rubio takes a seat in this 228th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome, Graciano!       Graciano Rubio is a gym owner and investment advisor based out of California. He began competing in strongman in 2012 and turned professional in 2015. He learned many methodologies on his path to going pro and is known for applying both CrossFit and Olympic Weightlifting movements toward his strongman training.       His training style has been branded as the 50 to 1 method, a unique method that fuses elements of each strength sport with dedicated mental training.       Graciano's IG: https://www.instagram.com/wallstreetweightlifter/     ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/ limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/      Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html      Graciano Rubio takes a seat in this 228th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome, Graciano!       Graciano Rubio is a gym owner and investment advisor based out of California. He began competing in strongman in 2012 and turned professional in 2015. He learned many methodologies on his path to going pro and is known for applying both CrossFit and Olympic Weightlifting movements toward his strongman training.       His training style has been branded as the 50 to 1 method, a unique method that fuses elements of each strength sport with dedicated mental training.       Graciano's IG: https://www.instagram.com/wallstreetweightlifter/     ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html          Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/      Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html      Josh Bryant takes a seat in this 227th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome, Josh!   At 16, Josh Bryant immersed himself in the world of strength, managing a hardcore gym and learning from experienced lifters. He worked with powerlifters, athletes, and more, from observer to coach. Interning at a D1 University and training world record holders expanded his knowledge. Josh achieved milestones like a 600-pound raw bench press and winning Strongest Man in America. Training diverse clients at Metroflex Gym, he grew his reach through online coaching, bestselling books, and popular training programs. Additionally, Josh developed personal training certification courses and currently hosts seminars worldwide.    Today, J

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html          Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/      Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html      Josh Bryant takes a seat in this 226th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome, Josh!   At 16, Josh Bryant immersed himself in the world of strength, managing a hardcore gym and learning from experienced lifters. He worked with powerlifters, athletes, and more, from observer to coach. Interning at a D1 University and training world record holders expanded his knowledge. Josh achieved milestones like a 600-pound raw bench press and winning Strongest Man in America. Training diverse clients at Metroflex Gym, he grew his reach through online coaching, bestselling books, and popular training programs. Additionally, Josh developed personal training certification courses and currently hosts seminars worldwide.    Today, J

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=join+the+crew   Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html   In today's 225th episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast (#DTTTP), we're throwing it back to our 3rd EVER podcast with Jim Wendler! You WON'T want to miss this   Jim Wendler is one of the first employees of elitefts. He is worldly known as the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona, where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375-pound total. He serves the London, Ohio, community as a strength coach at London High School.     ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=join+the+crew   Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html   Our Discord group gets an EXTRA podcast every month and this month so do you! Here's Crew Cast No. 7, where Dave addresses a multitude of questions from the Crew.   Topics discussed include:   Dynamic Effort Work for Raw Lifting   High Intensity Training   Weight Gain   Training the Muscle vs Training the Movement   Mistakes Made from ALL Lifters   How Podcast Guests Challenge Dave's Views   And more!     ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio,

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/    Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html     Chad Aichs is a former world-class powerlifter. He owns Courage Barbell. Having a late start in powerlifting at the age of 27, he rose to be one of the top powerlifters of his day. Chad put up many world-record lifts in amateur and professional powerlifting. At one time, he held the fourth-highest total in history, the highest full meet bench in history, and the fourth-highest squat in history. Chad had a training style that went against the norm, as he was not constrained by the theories that were most popular in the industry.      Chad Aichs on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chadaichs       Courage Barbell Website https://couragebarbell.com/       Courage Barbell Unlimited Podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/    Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html     Anthony Hobaica takes a seat in this 222nd podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.   Anthony Hobaica has always been relentlessly competitive. He graduated at the top of his class in 2009 from Hobart College as a three-year starter as a running back.   Anthony began competing in powerlifting in 2002 at age 15. He quickly came up the ranks, holding world records in both raw-wrapped and sleeve categories, including three overall Arnold XPC Championships and totaling ten times his body weight in 181 and 198 classes.   In the 2017 Animal Cage, he completed an expo lift (one squat, one bench, and one dead), totaling ten times his body weight in less than 60 seconds.   Anthony has always been a fan of the entire sport of powerlifting

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/    Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html         Bob Merkh is a middle school teacher outside of Atlantic City, New Jersey. He runs Atlantic City Barbell out of his home since 2014.   He did his first equipped meet in 2016 and had his daughter (10 at the time) call his depth and his wife wrapping his knees. He went 955/725/700 for 2380 at 275. He used this total to qualify for his first equipped Arnold and hit a 2500 total via 1040/770/690. Things went on this way for a couple of years as he clawed his way up the total charts. He was noticed enough after a 2605 total (1125/760/720), and he was invited to the WPO return in 2018, where he finished second in the heavyweights after Hoff.   For the 2019 WPO, Bob finished second behind Hoff again, although there were no classes th

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/    Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html         Members of The Table Talk Crew Brad Lewis, Cody Ritchey, and Tom Smith take a seat in this 220th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. As we embark on the FIRST Table Talk Crew Training Retreat this weekend, we're kicking off the party at the table.     Brad Lewis is a dad, Firefighter/Paramedic, and strength enthusiast from central Ohio. In his personal life Brad volunteers with his child’s school and travels the Midwest competing in Highland Games, Powerlifting, and Strongman.   Professionally Brad has worked in public safety for twenty years and has a passion for Tactical Medicine and Technical Rescue. Believing in a Blue collar approach to strength Brad enjoys helping other firefighters, police officers, and athletes

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/   Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html       In this 219th episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast, Joey Szatmary takes a seat. Welcome back, Joey!   Joey attended Albright College and played collegiate lacrosse. Joey's most notable athletic feat as a poly-athlete is earning the 2019 United States Strongman (USS) Heavyweight National Champion title. Joey serves as the strength and conditioning coach and lacrosse coach for Souderton High School. He formerly was the gym owner of The Lions Den in Colmar, Pennsylvania.   Joey's IG: https://www.instagram.com/szatstrength/               ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elit

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/    Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html        Ali Gilbert takes a seat in this 218th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome, Ali!   Ali helps busy men get jacked, look great naked, optimize testosterone, plus conquer nutrition—she normalizes boner talk. She does this by helping guys sift through the bullshit, providing them with structure plus a plan that works for their lifestyle. She'll be speaking at the elitefts 2023 SWIS Symposium!   She found her passion in men’s health working alongside industry-leading medical practitioners, speaking at medical conferences, the Perform Better circuit, plus building an authoritative network to empower men with the proper understanding of true Testosterone optimization. Majoring in exercise science from Springfield Colleg

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/    Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html        Joey Smith is the Owner and a Coach at Team Nebobarbell in Nebo, North Carolina. He's been a sponsored athlete for elitefts for 16 years and competing as a powerlifter for 29 years. Joey graduated from Gardner Webb University with a BS in Science and Business. He's a World and National certified judge for SPF, IPA, and 365 Strong.   His best lifts in geared competition are a 930 squat, 843 bench, and 650 deadlift. His best competition lifts raw are a 750 squat, 530 bench, and 620 deadlift.   Some of his proud accolades are:   4 weight classes with 700+ benchpress 2 weight classes with 800+ benchpress 2 weight classes with 900+ squat 4 weight classes with 600+ deadlift 7 elite totals raw and multiply combined   Record Holder for

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html          Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://whop.com/tabletalkcrew/    Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html        Dr. Andrew D. Lock takes a seat in this 216th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome, Andrew!   After graduating from La Trobe University in 1994 as a Physiotherapist, Andrew began working with Sports Medicine Victoria alongside leading shoulder specialist surgeons, medical professionals and being involved in clinical research. Here, his unique approach to strength and shoulder rehabilitation for bench press pain began to form. A pursuit of excellence in spinal care ran parallel to the shoulder work, and he undertook post-graduate education with the McKenzie Institute International. Moving to the USA in 1995, Andrew was licensed as a Physical Therapist and passed his Credentialing Examination in the McKenzie Spinal