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Speaker: Welcome everybody. We're back on the ah the EBT, Equipped, Bruised, Tired podcast. and we are three equipped bruised tired guys Emphasis on the tired.
Speaker: Um, and maybe bruised in some cases. But. We don't have a guest today. We're just, we're just kind of going vibes based. podcasting today so might be a little more freeform but One of the things we're going to talk about is we're going to get into looking at some of the some of the stuff that's coming up at Worlds, which is around the corner. Equipped Worlds, very, very exciting stuff.
Speaker: And then... Yes. Perfect use of that. Absolutely. Freaking nailed it. Um...
Speaker: And yeah. so we'll get We'll get into like a bit of an Equip Worlds preview. um and And probably just kind of. jabber a little bit. A boat. equipped lifting and stuff. So.
Speaker: Welcome. Welcome. how are How are you two gentlemen doing here today? How's things?
Speaker: Don't ever talk at once. I'm i'm great. i'm Personally, I'm great. Garrett, how are you? I'm i'm good, I'm good Uh... Yeah.
Speaker: we are We are very bruised and very tired, but... Good. Mm hmm. I'm not very bruised. i don't Lift. things in polyester anymore so You're like the epitome of health now doing... doing running and...
Speaker: I am not the epitome of health. You've done a couple of couple of races now, hey Ryan? No, i've just done I did the half marathon. Okay. in September. Do you have another one coming up then? I do have a full marathon. planned in January.
Speaker: Oh. And how's how's your preparations for that? Um,
Speaker: Yeah, it's it's moving along. um You know, it's it's twice the distance. Dramatic pause. I got to go twice the distance now, which. Yeah. It does seem quite a bit further. ah So.
Speaker: I was the first one, dude. You clearly survived it. You're still here with us. Yeah, it was ah barely. Survived it would be the way to put it. um It, uh...
Speaker: It. I think... You know, it's kind of like in lifting, you kind of... peek in and then taper a bit. um I... didn't really ever peak and Didn't really ever taper? No, I... It's like...
Speaker: I had surgery obviously in July. July 17th And my race was. September 12th, I think so. I got back to running some distances. about a month after.
Speaker: Surgery. And then I had hurt my back like two weeks before the race. So... Uh, It, uh... Yeah, I kind of. missed like the last two weeks of running basically at all. so I felt kind of under -prepared going into it. um Bye.
Speaker: you know it is what it is i really was not going in to compete i was just going into Um, Participate. Yeah, so I got this participation medal. So I'm Hell yeah. how yeah you know basically just like power lifting You got it. So yeah, ah it'll go with all my other powerlifting medals. It'll sit somewhere on a shelf. and I'll forget about it. but No, it was... It was an experience. I was actually very sore. I was i bet. I've...
Speaker: I would say I was more sore than any powerfully ever made me. it just didn't last very long like it was uh you know 36 hours of soreness and then Kind of dissipated, but... Um,
Speaker: Not the like my bones hurt for. No, a week and a half kind of thing. No existential. Pain. No. um you know Yeah, so that was that was interesting. uh so it's been it's been good now having to deal with you know weather and training outside and this is We had our first snowfall of the year. so um I think you got it just after we did.
Speaker: Yeah. So hope we're going to go away soon, but... I think it'll be dry enough I can get outside tonight, so. Sweet. Do you have any goals for the run in January? Survive, yeah. yeah to survive it yeah just uh it's 42 kilometers i don't know if you know how long that is or friing it's yeah it's a lot of i mean to be fair it'll be a lot of walking um i was gonna say i would like I'd be very proud of myself if I could walk that long.
Speaker: Yeah. In like one stint. So. I do have to. Uh... do some I think when ah we're in. Sheffield. I think I'll have to do like a 28 kilometer.
Speaker: Run. Oof. And then two weeks later, I'll do a 32 kilometer run. And then I'll kind of taper off after that. And hope that... My AI running coach has steered me not too terribly. I was just going to ask ah what your...
Speaker: what your sort of periodization has looked like or if you've dug into all kinds of like running programming and stuff yet. Yeah, you know, it's my YouTube algorithm that it' has totally been. Oh yeah. So. Uh...
Speaker: It's now all just how to get better at running. Yeah. You know, it's you know it's it's it's very similar obviously right you're kind of building weekly volume and ah and time on feet and, you know.
Speaker: you know doing some different speeds, some different intensities. but you know in the end it's a lot of you write stuff with rps and You know, you you hit a certain. uh Um,
Speaker: speed for the session and you know you want to this one's gonna be a really easy session so it's you It's not dissimilar to... to the way you think about powerlifting coaching. and And so.
Speaker: I've done kind of a... it on my own but also using a little bit of AI to kind of help. shape things a little bit. Because I don't really feel like I need to hire a coach quite yet, you know.
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah, that's fair Survival. Yeah. So now that we've talked about nothing but running for the first five minutes of this. I think that's a great way to start an equipped powerlifting podcast, honestly. Yeah. like I mean nothing.
Speaker: Bryce, Bryce competed. At Westerns. Like equipped lifting, I think our podcast should have a barrier to entry. almost good that Ryan's going to talk about his running training because I find it interesting and that's just the way it's going to be. You have to sift through this first.
Speaker: I mean, Bryce looking at Westerns is way more interesting, though. i did i did yes just uh just lifted westerns we got our footage back from the uh the media team maybe like a week or a week and a half ago but i just Yeah. We've been swamped trying to get everything ready at the gym for.
Speaker: like dylan's manually wiring everything because the contractors that wanted to wire the control access systems and cameras and new routers so that we can split it all and whatever. He was like.
Speaker: That's insane. I can do that They're gonna charge us how much? I can just do that. um So he's been he's been wildly busy. um But...
Speaker: Yeah. hopefully. Within like another week or so we should be should be open for memberships, which is exciting. um So anyways, the meat, yes. I don't have footage. Yes. Um,
Speaker: It went went really good. like i Had Zaid come out with me. Shout outs to Big big Z. uh pretty pretty g move pretty pretty friendly move to just be like yeah i'll spend my weekend just coming out there like wrap your knees and stuff Um,
Speaker: Yeah. Opening squat. I think we got it. How'd Zade call my depth? We got it. Yeah. Second one. I don't know if I came up a little bit before he called me up or. If I actually came up on his call.
Speaker: I think looking at my second and my third like I thought my second was deeper. And I got. Red lit on my second and two to one. Good lift on my third. So finish with a 365 squat.
Speaker: Yes. Definitely more in the tank. Like it felt really good last week or two of training heading in felt really good. The bar. At that point was really starting to feel like.
Speaker: reasonable on my back i took 355 a couple times in the weeks prior and was like oh Like this feels kind of light like this feels Great. Um, Bench.
Speaker: Training that block was... Kind of crummy Kind of crappy. I had a really hard time. Getting anything as low as it should go for what weight was on the bar And if it did I was struggling to press it and everything just kind of felt wonky and off and iffy.
Speaker: Um, but funny enough like A week and a half out, I had this conversation with... A client of mine from Japan. Shout outs to Hiro. I doubt he... takes the time to translate our whole podcast, but. just in case.
Speaker: Um, and And he like he recorded me this like 10 or 15 minute video. um of him talking about that like. pre -movement that you see that a lot of the Japanese benchers do where they kind of unrack.
Speaker: And then they. like bend their elbows and kind of tuck extra And then descend? right like it's like the two -part kind of descent that you see a lot of a lot of japanese lifters do Um,
Speaker: And there was something about... like the way he just explained it or or or the idea or theory behind it that Really made a lot of sense. when I thought about it. Combined with... Reyes, like, don't bend your elbows, Q.
Speaker: Right. Like. I think I struggled with that a lot. And then. combining it with this like kind of ah You know. Whatever. pre -movements Double start. whatever you want to call it thing.
Speaker: just was like oh oh okay i just like toss it down there and then throw it back So my... Last. Session. I was like, oh, okay, I think we might. We may be on to something here. And then Meat Day was like. way better than it had any right being.
Speaker: Like my opener was. slow and looked really hard. But it was just, I was. I was sick at the time and i I swear I could feel my sinuses like coming out of my nose by the time I got the touch.
Speaker: Like. I was just if Felt like... um Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall. like actually popping out of my face, out of my skull.
Speaker: Um, and that was with like 225 227 or something like that jump 237 and Absolutely smoked it. Like, I don't think I've. Ever.
Speaker: press that weight that fast. So I think we jumped 245 or 242 maybe. Um, And it just was like. Yeah. Remember your training wasn't very good. Yeah. So that didn't ah it didn't go up.
Speaker: but Felt pretty good on the way down and groove felt good and then pulls. Um, Yeah. Polls went well. I think I finished with 375. I want to say. And. that. felt like there was... Probably still a little bit more there.
Speaker: Which was a good a good way to walk away from it. Maybe not much more, but... A little bit more. So. Yeah, pushed the push the total a decent bit from Nats. Felt like I had more on the squat and deadlift and I think figured some stuff out on the bench. so I'm happy with it And then next for you is nationals. Nats, yeah.
Speaker: So. With the goal being Japan, I would take it. Yes, sir. Yes, sir Sweet. Trying to get to Kidex Yushu. I'm not sure how to pronounce it.
Speaker: but Go to Japan. Japan. Oh yeah. Yeah, I think ah what really started to be... from your meat was uh your third squat. win. Your coach left you out to hang. And...
Speaker: Yep. And still somehow you got that lift. It was truly impressive. You really fleeced those referees. And you came up before your your coach still said down as you as you start coming back up. and yeah yeah they just didn't say anything he just kind of like froze up Yeah, Zed's calls were basically down, down, down.
Speaker: Down. Yeah. And where he cut off, I started coming up. But instead of... being like try like trying to time it or like whatever trying to sell it yeah He was just like, oh, that sucks. Shouldn't have done that. And then as I'm like, you know, getting through the middle of it, he's like. oh Let's go.
Speaker: like Some bag encouragement. Um, Exceed. yeah love that guy that was good you got it That was good. Yeah, yeah I did. and um Like I said, I feel like it was...
Speaker: Not as deep as my second. But. I don't know I don't know man I got my opener. That was pretty cool. Fake them when you get them. Yeah. Yeah, I think the Rhea don't bend your elbows cue thing is definitely. a difficult cue for a lot of people um and i don't she doesn't literally mean that obviously but You know.
Speaker: You should just don't bend your elbows very much is kind of what it is. Spend them in minimal amount. Uh... And, uh... Yeah, I think... ah that That kind of too...
Speaker: part start that you're kind of describing there. It's very similar, you know kind of a lot of lateral movement. Can we get the bar moving in that? But... path that bubble as you might call it for the shirt yeah and touching a little lower than what you might normally want to.
Speaker: so Yeah. yeah like trying to prioritize the horizontal movement yeah Which I think then makes it feel way more natural to actually throw it. Back. Right. Which I think then like if you nail it.
Speaker: coming Back. you just have so much momentum like the lockout doesn't get sticky But I think if you're trying to go too up and down. Then, you know, I feel like the shirt kicks out way more distinctly. Right. It's like you got shirt, shirt, shirt, no more shirt.
Speaker: Whereas I feel like if you can get the horizontal movement right, it feels like there's more of a gradient to it and you can kind of. anticipate and accelerate through as the shirt kicks out. Yeah.
Speaker: But then again, I don't know, man. I'm not Garrett Bentley. flare so kind of think about flaring the elbows on the press like so you're kind of moving that bar back towards the So. Yeah, very similar cues, just different ways to say it and sometimes it takes...
Speaker: five different ways to kind of get something that kind of clicks with your with the way you think, right? Yeah. Yeah. Speaking of equipped bench. Garrett, how are we doing, man? how we Well, I know, like... For context for anybody, Garrett went into his last competition.
Speaker: I think pretty banged up. I think you had a. a pretty rough session maybe two weeks out or something right we had a shirt Blow. Yeah. I had the sleeve.
Speaker: and the like armpit go in one of my shirts and ended up dumping 410 pretty Pretty forward on the one side. Um, Which I thought was just like, okay, like I'm just going to wear a different shirt at the meet. This will be fine.
Speaker: My shoulder hurts a little bit, but like. I just dumped 410. That tracks. and ah Yeah, for like two weeks. the The like tail end of the press, I just couldn't get my right arm to... To extend.
Speaker: So I made the call. ah during my last session to switch to a 50. uh from a 48 so a much looser shirt way more broken in Uh,
Speaker: And, yeah, meet. Meat did not go as planned. Uh... Took my last warm -up in the back, and it felt... fine Uh...
Speaker: I looked at Fowler and I was like, yeah, we could lower my opener. two or five kilos. I'll be able to touch. It's not a problem. ah was able to touch. And... on every single attempt i could not get my right elbow to uh to fully extend and it just soft And of course, like I tried selling it and I tried like. making it seem like it was locked, but...
Speaker: 2020 hindsight it wasn't and that's okay. They called me on my bullshit Um, And yeah, it turned out I had a grade two tear in my trap and a grade two tear in my rotator cuff.
Speaker: So I've been... Been pursuing some avenues there. I just did a round of injections last week. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Speaker: not Not the fun injections. oh That's an avenue I guess. Yeah, yeah. um There will be signs. but uh Yeah, so we've been doing some aggressive physio Lots of rehab work.
Speaker: And I have a... Another round of imaging. uh not next week the following week with the goal being returning to like semi -normal training. Uh... to make a run at nationals.
Speaker: And when you say semi -normal, do you just mean like... 370 minimum. Twice a week. ah the idea The idea is to like be in a shirt and get to like a two board.
Speaker: I like. 340. 350 would be like something. I would say is like reasonable enough for me to consider nationals. Um, Because now I'm in a position where for nationals.
Speaker: I need to break in. Two new shirts still. I need to actually train. i't trained really since Commonwealth. I think. I've done maybe like six total sessions.
Speaker: Um, So yeah, training training is not very good right now. but that's okay. Uh... The goal remains the goal. And I would like to go to Turkey and do another Worlds as a super.
Speaker: Mm hmm. uh... Then who knows then maybe you let my body not feel as awful as it feels Yeah. yeah You're in the first of the three years of like.
Speaker: Yeah, after this one I'm going to cut. Buddy I've been saying I'm gonna cut since like 22 Yeah. Ugh. I said that for a boat. 10 years, so.
Speaker: It wasn't until I determined that I couldn't lift anymore because my elbow was so bad that... I was like, well, shit, I can't make any more excuses, I guess. Yeah. uh Yeah, the the shoulder feels like I'm starting down that pathway a little bit. so We will We will see.
Speaker: What, uh... Do you want a rotator cuff muscle use tour? I can pull up. the i have the detailed imaging notes
Speaker: I actually just had imaging done on my shoulders too. oh How good are yours? I don't know. They said a bunch of them. stuff. Gravel's in there. They put some gravel in there for some reason.
Speaker: Yeah, I don't know. What did what did he say? Thanos.
Speaker: tenosynovitis, osteoarthritis, and bursitis. So. That's... The big three. I think I'm fine. Yeah. ah my infraspinatus.
Speaker: Oh yeah, that's... oh It's not a great one, but... No, can confirm. Feels... It feels not good. It feels not very, and it's like.
Speaker: Currently, I'm noticing it like ah I'm... a very right hand dominant with a lot of stuff as many people so like driving driving is miserable like turning my steering wheel that's the one that i really notice Um...
Speaker: like getting up from a chair i like press with my right side more than my left and it like That really sucks. So i trying to be aware, trying to. Take care of it. Um...
Speaker: Yeah. And it also turns out I don't have a raw qualifying total anymore, so I can't even lift raw nationals. so Really? Yeah, I don't have a Rocky T. I haven't lifted Ross.
Speaker: Since, I don't know. three nationals ago, I think, two nationals ago. Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, suspiciously around the time elbow death became a thing yeah Who would have thought that was a problem? I've had so many people in the warm -up room.
Speaker: Watch me bench raw and they're like, oh, that's not depth. I'm like, yeah, man that's That's why I don't live off. I'm not gonna hit that. ah like Yeah, I know.
Speaker: Yeah. It is what it is. So, yeah, I don't know. Nationals. try and try and salvage somewhat of a prep. and See if I can give Shane a run for his money, I guess.
Speaker: Uh... hopefully get to Turkey and see how it goes. Yeah. ahem Sounds pretty good. But before that, you get to go to Turkey anyway.
Speaker: Yes, yes. I get to go to Turkey anyway because that's what we're here for. We're talking about equipped worlds in Turkey. turkey turkey In two weeks.
Speaker: Three weeks. So it's in 10 days on for the meeting.
Speaker: meetings But, yeah po Because I know a bunch of us are flying in, we fly on the 10th, so we get there on the 11th. i Think Ryan you guys are the same I think We fly the 11th, get there the 12th.
Speaker: Soca. Unfortunately, there's... ah A launch happening. Right then, so we gotta... Stay home a little later than we normally would. So the plan currently is.
Speaker: 11th to the 12th and then we have to stay anyway until The 20... Third. Third. Because Sheffield's weak. next week, so... Mm -hmm. A lot of time in Europe. A lot of traveling. so But yeah, Turkey. Never been there before. Should be interesting.
Speaker: ah my My stress is every super heavy I've talked to. has has just made a point to tell me that there is no air conditioning and there's no fans. so That's mentally what I'm preparing for and trying to get Zade prepared for.
Speaker: It's also... November? Yeah. I don't know. What's the average weather like there in November? It's not hot. I checked it out because we were kind of looking at doing some touring there. I think highs were. teens.
Speaker: So. Okay. I think you probably will survive. Even for a super, I think that's pretty... Pretty doable. I don't know, brother. You want to go back to cabinets? You want to go back to cabinets with me real quick?
Speaker: Can I have a minute? That was bad. That was... Heatwave Chemnitz? that That had to be up there as one of the worst warm -up room experiences I've ever had. One of the hottest. Without a doubt.
Speaker: Very warm very yeah very sticky Yeah. Yeah. ah I did my signature. so zad Zane thought this was crazy, but i but I did my signature six. pack of Gatorade throughout the course of the...
Speaker: Meat. And Zay thought that was absolutely crazy work. Yeah, good. Does that strike you as... like out of character or that wild to drink six bottles of Gatorade throughout the. course of a three session or three flight.
Speaker: Three liters of liquid? No, that seems okay. Zade notoriously does not eat or drink enough. That's true. We've established that Zade does not walk enough. He does not drink enough. He does not eat enough.
Speaker: Probably doesn't sleep enough. 1800, man. Fair enough. and uh He was very proud of that, too. Yeah, the pride coming off of that man's face. He said, I got 1 ,800 steps today. It was crazy. This is just the Zaid getting roasted episode. Honestly, I think that's like a really good jump off point.
Speaker: Uh... Alright, well, who... who what Categories, what what what what are we thinking? What are you feeling are going to be the the big battles? what are you What are you kind of looking forward to? I mean, obviously the Supers, speaking of Zaid. I think the supers in the men's category is going to be.
Speaker: Pretty friggin nutty um But there are also other lifters at the championship. um Yeah, like... Amen? This is one of the years where the men's side especially.
Speaker: It's like... a lot of divisions where it's pretty close like you have The 59s, 74s, 83s, 105s, the 120s. Like it's. it's Like, there's actual battles happening. It's not like someone's just showing up and walking off. Yeah, the 74s are crazy with the top three nominations at 850.
Speaker: Yeah. Like that's wild. a lot of actual battles happening which Again, it's equipped. Anything can happen. Like you could have someone nominated six and. One through five, just bomb. That could happen. That's yeah that's not unrealistic.
Speaker: The year that I went up to 120 because I thought I would have a better. ranking, better placing as a 120. Um, I think i came I came in sixth on the day, fifth after. a Drug test. This is a Dubai.
Speaker: Um... and In the 105s, I think like three of the top five bombed. And I was like, oh, my like Nats total plus five kilos would have. would have won.
Speaker: That was the year after. Pilsen. with 105s. where... Oh man. I'm going to start with this, but I'm pretty sure. top seven were like over a thousand is that does that sound right to you yeah it was like five yeah top seven i think Bryce is like, screw this. I'm out of here. Yeah. And then I went up and everybody was like, oh, I'm going to go 120 this year. And it was like. We all have the same idea. You did. Yeah.
Speaker: Um... Yeah, and then on the the men's side you have your boy Oliver he's in the mix. Hell yeah that'd be a good one yeah and then like obviously special mention to to our boy zade yeah in the one twenties who, uh,
Speaker: Again, unfortunately, at the last minute, got bumped out of the the A flight, so we get to watch him do the five man. Yeah, that's a tough one. That's a tough one for sure.
Speaker: but I'm sure he's been training fast and he's ready for it though, right? Yeah. he's He's been taking some short breaks. and i don't know I don't know how, man. He just keeps getting stronger. He's just...
Speaker: Two. Toot. dumb to understand that his body needs a break but I don't know, man. I think he's just the right amount of dumb. Yeah.
Speaker: Like he's able to just turn it off. like you need to when you're an equipped lifter. Oh yeah. ah And then, yeah, like the women's side, obviously. No slouches on the women's side. i think Oh, no. Not at all.
Speaker: ah Like, Canada, this is... I would say one of our strongest showings on the women's side. um Like we have Rhea. Danielle, another one of yours, Bryce, Diana.
Speaker: Dan and the 63s, yeah. a lot of really strong female athletes showing up Um, So like I think it's going to be really exciting. like charles dominated Top 10. We've yeah yeah like I think it's going to be a good year just for... One of yours in the 84 plus, Garrett.
Speaker: I believe. Yeah, I've got my fiancee lifting as well. so That will be the most stressful session I'm doing, not because of Zayd, but because I have my fiancé lifting. Yeah.
Speaker: Um... which is always nerve -wracking. for whatever reason. Yeah. Um, Yeah, what about you guys? What are you guys looking forward to? Any sessions or or... lifters you're excited for?
Speaker: I mean personally and I – I hate to be. this guy, but I was a superhero my whole career, so. you know. The thing about the super heavyweight men is it always seems so.
Speaker: Streaky? And... You go like a lot of drought years where. you know, some really middling totals start winning. and Man, I wish I was lifting again. I remember in 23, I think ah in Denmark, I believe.
Speaker: And I'm pretty sure third place. was 1017 and a half. And I was like, oh my God, how am I not lifting here? Uh, and now we're back to, you know, we got one nomination over 1200, another. A couple right below it. so um last year the ninth was a thousand eighty eight yeah it's crazy it's it's insane uh Last year's Supers was... was impressive and and this year i think it's going to be even more so yeah So I'm always excited to watch that session. Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah, I think it's going to be. Pretty crazy like there's a lot of really strong really capable lifters like I don't know I think.
Speaker: at some point like ray just competed right to to move his nomination up to get him out of Out of the B group, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, he did like a sandbag total. Mm hmm. I mean like that that's obviously a standout like 500 kilo squat Yeah.
Speaker: Like potential anyways, but. Yeah, like... i don't know It... will be very cool to see. I don't know. The guy's just so consistent, right? like Yeah. like He just doubled to 475, I think.
Speaker: A couple weeks ago, a week ago. Yeah. you know and not hard He's only in kit for... three or four weeks before the meet. so Just ramping up. Rude. that's That's what, yeah.
Speaker: How dare he? How dare he? have the expertise to know how to be in kit for 15 weeks. Yeah. I also saw... um I just came across Newt.
Speaker: Newt Einar Scars. Instagram. like suggested to me like yesterday or something. And I think he he pulled a 390. In training? Wow, I'm not mistaken And it looked like.
Speaker: Pretty smooth. And, uh... Squat and 320 double in wraps. Right. um But yeah, I think that. Record and again, selfishly invested in this category. um But I think that that record currently still stands at like 389, I want to say, maybe 89 .5.
Speaker: I think it's 89 .5. Yeah. Because I think. I sat at 80. aid. Right? In 2017? I think 88. That sounds right. yeah Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah, no, it's I mean. It's good. Like there's not a. some classes don't have a ton of depth but the top there still looks like there should be a couple people battling at the top some classes like 83s like there's five guys between 915 and 900, so...
Speaker: Yeah. yeah um 93 looks like maybe one of the standouts in terms of like the separation from... Yeah. Top to second, just based on nominated totals. Yeah.
Speaker: And those two, like I expect Risa and Misnanka will have a a good battle. You know. Just based on purely unnominated totals like 50 kilos I mean, I guess that's the other thing about equip lifting, right? 50 kilos sounds big until somebody misses one squat jump. Absolutely. Yeah. but And then it's just, oh. And then you're like, oh, that was 30.
Speaker: You know? Yeah. no that's That's going to be exciting. it'd be interesting to see like ah Diana and the 63s. Mm -hmm. All of a sudden.
Speaker: Nominated second. um but with the Like Larissa Solanova's first. um
Speaker: And. Probably. you know if she has a good day she's probably not catchable but Diana and people in her area should be a battle for the podium there. Yeah, it looks like it. Like 62, 52, 55, 40.
Speaker: yeah I was going to say, seeing Ellie Steele's name. back on the noms here too back yeah Because I think she had... A kid, a couple of kids. I think she says one, but I could be wrong on that. She was away for a little bit.
Speaker: And being a mom anyways. um But yeah, coming back in and like... boom right in the mix like i'm assuming this would have to have been a relatively recent total for her right So.
Speaker: Yeah, that's that's pretty cool to be able to just pop back in like that.
Speaker: Yeah, Wei Ling Chen in the 47s. as well. Nominated second lifter. but You know, she's. a crazy lifter to watch Still one of the most impressive. Feats was her, I think. uh, unracking and re -racking three times before getting the SWAT command.
Speaker: And then still getting the lift. ah Yeah. Just... wild I can't remember what year that was, but that was... Crazy impressive. And famously like a very successful multi. sport athlete as well, right? If I'm not mistaken, she is like a...
Speaker: bronze medal weightlifter as well yeah bronze medal olympics i think a way think so yeah um And real athlete. got I got to say this. Born in 1982. Hey, what's that supposed to mean?
Speaker: That means guys like me still have a little bit of hope. Okay. Okay. We're not, we're not aging out yet. Well, you want to talk about that, then you got to look at... Olic, right? Olic, yeah. Olic is the...
Speaker: Example. you know, Olek. Born in 74. I was going to say, it was it 70s? I think he's lifted. That was. Damn. uh yeah he's he's i don't know how many worlds he's won but Uh,
Speaker: yes That's wild. He's only been defeated a couple times. Yeah. and Yeah, that's just absolutely wild, man. My wife, obviously, at 84.
Speaker: you know. It's I don't want to say too much. I'm really looking forward to seeing how how Danielle does. Yeah. that' She's still still very much like getting used to the kit. Like, I think over the last couple months, it's been more like, okay, yeah, let's let's switch to the comp reps.
Speaker: take the sleeves in a little bit you know let's try to maximize kind of what we can get out of the equipment because I think A lot of what she's done has been... like quite comfortable, right? like She's a very, very talented, very skilled.
Speaker: classic lifter. So. her like entry point to things, I think. was pretty. straightforward like pretty Not easy. But like she adapted to it incredibly well.
Speaker: She had the strength to handle it. Yeah. yeah yeah the the baseline was there like that was even nationals A lot of her stuff at nationals was just like. Very loose, hand -me -down -y. You're probably getting 10 kilos out of this thing. Yeah.
Speaker: yeah so she got a new squat suit she got a new bench shirt I think Deadlift Suit, she's still rocking. Maybe it's taking it in a little bit, but like. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I think especially you got more room to do that kind of thing on a deadlift suit anyways. like Going mega tight on a deadlift suit.
Speaker: I don't know. I feel like there's diminishing returns. pretty quick there but Yeah, there's been there's been a few now where she's like, oh, I didn't hit depth there. like that's Like, you know, really like kind of.
Speaker: God, I'm messing it up. And I'm like, Danielle. You're an equipped lifter now. Sometimes we don't hit depth. It's okay. We only tipped up a couple times. yeah Three times. Some of us go full training blocks without ever seeing death.
Speaker: It'll be there on meet day is like a ah more valid. Yeah, just have someone call you a dip and don't listen to the dip. That's right. Zane just catching strays ais all day here. Man, every time I can hit Zayn, I'm doing it.
Speaker: That's fine. Yeah, I think. ah You know, she's... Like you said, she's obviously come from. being a very successful classic lifter. Wow. You know. multi -time. national team.
Speaker: Uh... I think... Best was... Second in Worlds? I think. and classics so i mean obviously insanely strong. and that kind of strength coming over.
Speaker: as the baseline. It's going to set you up quite well. um Obviously learning the kit. We need more people doing that. Yeah, learning the kit and learning how to control the The weights. But having that strength to... to Just... Kind of.
Speaker: you know, handle that is is going to be such an asset. so certainly she's going to be a force to be reckoned with. Yeah. Yeah, I think Think she's going to do really well.
Speaker: Okay. And I think. The coaches are probably going to be like. Why? We're your thirds. That easy.
Speaker: Because she she does tend to be like a little bit conservative sometimes, you know? Right. Just. She'd rather... be sure I think with things, but. Sometimes we get to... We get to let loose a little bit. I think at Nats we... We loaded. loaded the pole a little bit for something fun.
Speaker: Bye. Um, Rhea. Just... Still... So good.
Speaker: How? um Yeah, I don't want to talk too much. She's kind of struggled with some. knee stuff. So, uh, We'll see you on some stuff. goes here. So Um,
Speaker: But... Yeah, bench is looking quite good, actually. um She's hitting hitting benches and training that. She only hits very rarely. Tuesday. Like, ah you know. getting close to 220 in training, which is... Not too common. so um Yeah, be interesting to see how that goes. Um,
Speaker: Yeah. She's it's how does she, it's, um, Stubbornness, I think, is the the answer to the question. I I was not as stubborn as she was. which is Which is probably... you know, not as good of an asset too. be ah a quick lifter. I think there's a lot of stubbornness has to be in there to try and really force your body into submission and to do what you want it to do. Mm -hmm.
Speaker: I think after... getting injured pretty early in my career with my back. guy got more um
Speaker: more leery of trying to force my body into submission. So. um I was always more of a... you know, take what's their minimum effective dosage sort of lifter. Mm -hmm.
Speaker: Where she's, uh... She's much more of a maximum. you know, recoverable volume kind of person. So. um Yeah, I think. ah Should be good. I think she's getting hopefully some.
Speaker: resolution to the knee, hopefully. and be able to push like the real goal for her. I think still would be. looking ahead to 2029. Maybe try to do ah another World Games. but And 28 is qualifying year is India. Is that right? Yeah. currently Yeah. Mm hmm.
Speaker: No. Who knows? Ryan Fowler talked to the president of India at Commonwealths. and I was talking about having equipped worlds that year and blah, blah. and He's like, oh no, we have classic worlds.
Speaker: And Ryan's like, no, no, you have equipped worlds. I know. The guy proceeded to argue with him. So Ryan just walked away. So. Uh... I don't know where, you know. when When they'll figure out what worlds they have or if they'll still have it, or they'll just back out of it. But who knows? It has not been there since I think. 2009.
Speaker: Damn. That's it. A minute ago. And, yeah, it's interesting. one to to go to. That's like before the advent of classic worlds, is it not?
Speaker: Yes. The first class was 2011. The classic cup. was in Sweden, I think in 2012, maybe in the first worlds was 2013. Was First Worlds Russia or Belarus? Russia.
Speaker: Right. so Like first classic worlds, I should say. Yep. So. Yeah, it's... Been a long time since I've been in India. um I know people that went to the 2009 event and... came away with some stomach issues so obviously it be a matter of being careful with what you eat and What you drinking?
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. from I don't know. Zaid said there's ah there's a number of people who are pretty pretty on the fence about it. going and are are potentially opting to try to hit.
Speaker: Total. oh Okay. I'm back. We're back. But anyways, that there were there were a number of people who... would rather hit their totals at like ah regionals or in any APFs or something like that and might try to avoid that.
Speaker: that trip yeah the problem with that is usually there's only one Well, exactly. large yes So. So. so weve Yeah. like I know. like obviously with sim when we mapped out her world games run, we just looked it at it like we want as many bites at the apple as we can get.
Speaker: And that means you do North Americans, you do worlds and you get two stabs. Let's be real, man. I know you, it was bites and a blizzard.
Speaker: Yeah. Reese's Pieces Blizzard. Um, So yeah, like I think I don't know if I have any say in what Zade does. We're doing both. Yeah, I don't know if he said what he was going to do, but just what he had heard.
Speaker: Sorry about that. Woof!
Speaker: Um... Just give me a sec. Yeah. That's okay. I just got a warning for Bryce. I don't know if there's an issue with his recording.
Speaker: Just going to mute myself for a second. That's fine.
Speaker: Not Bronson, is that Dylan's dog? the first At first it was Bronson because Dylan and his dogs just got back. and then i poked my head out and then dylan's dogs were like oh you roor rooo What the hell are you doing here?
Speaker: Oh.
Speaker: I'm getting a lot of different warnings on my... Yeah, I just got it. some weird failures or something but i also have a check mark next to my name so it Is it working? I don't have a checkmark.
Speaker: Nope. I have a check mark now.
Speaker: Garrett is having a problem. garret's having problem failure I think this is Seemed to be a little delayed because Garrett froze for a second like a minute ago. Uh oh. But he's back now I can see him. I can hear him.
Speaker: Okay, so we're good. yeah So let's just pretend that didn't happen. If I click the checkbox, I can see your... um your statuses and I passed my health check. Yes, the health check was good.
Speaker: Thank goodness. Yeah, we're going to pretend like everything's good. Nothing is wrong. and uh yeah i mean it's just it's it's yeah we don't edit these things i don't know You you get where you go.
Speaker: If you don't want it, you don't have to be here. so Barrier to entry. Yeah. The good with the bad. You got to work a little bit. It's abrasive, just like equipped lifting itself.
Speaker: Um, Yeah, India. Mm hmm.
Speaker: yeah I wouldn't mind going India. I think it'd be cool. but I think so too. Yeah, no, it's, it's something, it's a place I'd like to travel to. and Basically, I need a reason to go to places. so It's nice to have that. Japan, obviously, next year is... a yeah nice one we did that in 20.
Speaker: Eight 19 for bench worlds. in there Yeah. Yep. So only spent a few days after the event, but I'd like to spend a little longer this time, I think, if we go again. yeah i'm ah i'm pressuring Miriam Zaid and a few other equip lifters to make sure they they get onto the teams that I have a reason to go.
Speaker: So we will see. You you can coach me. Hey, there we go. I don't i don't know if Mike's going to want to go. So. i can I can put you down for me. Perfect.
Speaker: Yeah, I think like me and Miriam talked about staying in Japan for a month. Bye -bye. around worlds. Good for you. a week. four and three weeks after. As like a honeymoon kind of thing.
Speaker: nice But it gives ah it's it's also an excuse to go to Japan. Aside from honeymoon. Yeah. Yeah. Feel like that's where a lot of us get to um You know, like Ryan said, need a reason to go.
Speaker: It's like well Powerlifting is always the reason. So we just go where powerlifting takes us, right? powerlifting is taking me some weird spots like i never thought i would go to mongolia Mm hmm.
Speaker: mongolia was pretty sweet yeah feel like i would i would go back to mongolia i would just spend more time in mongolia I feel like that would be very cool to see. Yeah. And that's that's kind of how I feel about India, I feel like.
Speaker: Indie would be pretty cool. Yeah.
Speaker: I was... I was kind of looking forward to Brazil before it got changed. Bro, I knew Brazil was not happening the minute it was posted The minute it was posted, I talked to my athletes in Brazil. I'm like, hey, where is this? And they were just like.
Speaker: you can't get there What do you mean? like It's like two planes, a bus. You got to like. Kicking up a hill, like you can't get there. Oh.
Speaker: I mean, it it all sounded fine until you said hill. And then I was like, yeah, powerlifters aren't going. We can't do it. But yeah, no, Brazil is exciting. But now we.
Speaker: We got... old faithful. Sun City. Mm -hmm. Sun City. Getting real sick of Sun City. hu Yeah, I've still never been to South Africa, actually. you know It's the one I've dodged all these years.
Speaker: ah You know, I'd like to... I'd like to be there, but I don't want to have to go there is the problem. It's the traveling to get there. and was i will say this it's beautiful But yeah, the travel.
Speaker: The travel is rough. Travels a lot, for sure. yeah So I definitely feel for them. having to go anywhere because you know yes They've got it just bad. It's in with... yeah or i mean australia new zealand is what i was goingnna say yeah oh yeah Almost New Zealand was great. And it's beautiful, but holy that travel sucked.
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Similar to Dubai, I think. I think one of my flights was like 17 hours or something. thirteen We did a direct from Toronto. And it was. 13 or 14 hours. That sounds great. Long.
Speaker: Japan. yeah it's not going to be a short flight either no no I think it's like nine from the West Coast. Yeah. Something like that. I think total time when I looked was like 14 hours.
Speaker: Two flights. I see it's pretty good, actually. It's not terrible. Long enough, though. That's like half of South Africa. Yeah, South Africa was like 32 hours total travel time or something last time I went.
Speaker: Not including with the guaranteed delay. I'm gonna get somewhere along that Do you like getting screwed over when you travel? yeah that's just part of it And somebody is going to break your CPAP.
Speaker: Yeah. because they're just wearing it you just wear it oh yeah but protect the mask yeah At all costs. And then immediately sleep on it and break it. When you arrive.
Speaker: it's happened twice it's not that big of a deal twice as Crazy bro. How many times I've rolled onto my mask and broken it? Zero times. I have a lot of lot of head weight.
Speaker: Yeah, I know. I know. And you sleep in the most unnatural position of all time. Tommy time. Tell me time, Ben. i'm just doing tummy time between sessions it's not a big deal Yeah, picture this super heavyweight man.
Speaker: Arms up. Above his head. lying down. face down.
Speaker: Yeah, my arms are going to sleep for sure. I don't know. My arms are... Keeping me up. it's It's taken me probably 24 hours for my shoulders to let me lay flat in that position.
Speaker: I could get there, but I guarantee that within 10 minutes, my... Both my arms are totally numb for sure. So.
Speaker: Well guys, I think this has been a... yeahp A good great podcast, maybe. This is a nice little catch up. We don't know. We also don't know how it's going to work. We're using a new recording platform so we'll see how this Turns out I've been seeing nonstop errors now, alerts for both these people. you know for i don't know minute that's just par for the course that sounds perfect yeah yeah
Speaker: so well any of this basically it's right before the dog started barking there was just at the very least we had a nice chat whether or not this makes it to anyone ah Who knows? this got to got to catch That's all it matters.
Speaker: Who knows? That's right. So. We'll see you both in... And... the Turkey? I won't be in Turkey now. We will not see you both in Turkey. I'll see Garrett in Turkey and I'll see Bryce. promptly after yeahfield and Gary.
Speaker: I will also be... In Sheffield. Garrett and I are doing One Wild Night in Manchester first. You know, you say that, but I'm pretty sure you're probably just going to go play Magic somewhere. Yeah. we We'll lot yeah probably try to go to so at least three different card shops.
Speaker: and find some good food. here Yes. It probably won't be as wild as trying to find a card shop in, I think it was Hong Kong. oh the No, the one we had we tried to go to in Chengdu. Chengdu was the problem. That was next level.
Speaker: We went back and forth across the street. We got 30 ,000 steps that day. Yeah. That's a lot of steps. So you could walk a marathon if there's um if someone told you there's a match card at the end of it. 30 ,000 steps, does that that doesn't quite equal 42K, I don't think.
Speaker: No, but, uh... Is that getting close? but okay it's go me go so I could do a half marathon for a magic card. yeah yeah I'm just thinking now if we had Zayd with us on that trip.
Speaker: Which trip? Chengdu, the 30 ,000 steps. I don't know if you would have lived through that, man. That heat was wild too. No.
Speaker: 1800 steps, you guys. That's his limit. Just so much pride radiating off of us. Oh, I'm sorry, Zaid. I'm not. I'm not sorry at all. I'm going to tell him, just just give him a quick warning on Saturday that this is coming out.
Speaker: Or not. just Maybe. just i or not Skip the intro. Skip somewhere in the middle for a few minutes and skip the tail end of it. You'll be good. Yeah. Yeah, outside of those times, he he's good.
Speaker: All right. Well. Well. yeah That's that. We're going to wrap it up here. Thanks everybody for tuning in. Listen to us. Give us. Good ratings and thumbs up and five stars. and Leave nice comments telling. Everyone.
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Speaker: And I only used two of them, so. I was going to play this during Garrett talking about his shoulder. would have been oh That would have been punchy. That would have been known have been good, though.
Speaker: I thought it would have added some weight to it. Yeah. It's one thing Garrett needs more of. Well, next time. Yeah. Next time. Alright. Okay. Alright, guys. See you guys next time. Bye, boys.
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