In this Episode of Chalk My Back! Michael Seay joins the boys to talk about his meet prep for the USAPL Virginia Pro meet and how he plans to bring home the money and place top 3 at the meet. Along the way we get to know Michael's background with powerlifting and find out how he started with the sport and how he rose to the top of the 74's so quickly. Michael also gives us a glimpse into his previous training leading up to nationals and how his injury set him back and his mentality on how he and his coach Marcellus were able to craft a game plan to get Michael back into competition shape and get back on track with training. Michael and the Chalk My Back boys also discuss the nitty gritty with the upcoming Virginia Pro meet and give you guys the rundown on what to expect as well as give our predictions with who will come out on top. Along the way Michael shares stories of previous meets that you won't want to miss and gives us a preview as with what's to come with the upcoming meet as well as what he thinks is in store for powerlifting meets going forward. Will this be a new era for the sport of powerlifting and what's to come following USAPL pro powerlifters? Tune to all this and more wherever you listen to podcast. This is Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys sit down and get to know the newest gym owners on the block the Panther City Strength Owners Gregg Wong and Robert Livingston! We get to hear their back story as to how they came about powerlifting and how the two of them became best friends and eventually came up with the idea to start a gym together. Gregg and Robert pass along lessons learned along the way as well as give their own take on what the sport of powerlifting and strongman are going to look like and become in the future. Gregg and Robert also give us their take as to what it takes to open, own, operate, and run a powerlifting/strongman gym and how to appeal to general population. Along the way we hear stories that make us laugh and even get a glimpse into a few life lessons that the two gym owners pass along in regards to their philosophy of training. Is Anas considering a career in meet directing? Abe making his Pro Strongman debut? Josh becomes a semi pro wrestler and starts a career in physical therapy? All this and more on this episode of CMB!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! Anas, Josh, and Abe return as a three piece and a biscuit to give you some updates from powerlifting world! We cover the latest news in terms of what Powerlifting America has put out and what this means for the landscape of international eligibility for United States lifters. We go over some of the more recent changes that has happened in the USAPL and how they propose the future of powerlifting should be and we cover the pro's and con's of each side with memes and laughs along the way that NO ONE LISTENS TO (but I digress). The boys also cover the "new old" weight classes that the USAPL has decided to use and who got canned in the process of converting the weight classes back to the old system. Does Abe still believe that John Haack is natty? Is Anas gonna acquire his IFBB pro card and jump ship to the USPA? Does Josh still think that he can become a RPS drug tested world champion? All this and more on this episode of CMB!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We have DFW's very own David Garcia come and join us on the podcast! We asked our audience as well as USAPL Texas for questions and you guys did not disappoint! He gives us his origin story with his start in athletics and powerlifting and how he came to become a strength and conditioning coach and even becoming an international powerlifting coach. David also gives a some tips and tricks as well as a peek behind what it takes to run a powerlifting meet and what it entails to be such a busy powerlifting and athletic coach. David owns his own powerlifting coaching service with Ray Williams and together the team form "Prime Predator Performance" which has a number of athletes as David likes to call them stretching from different parts of the world all the way to here in the DFW area. David also gives us a small glimpse into his daily life as well as what it takes to maintain his awesome hair! All that and more on this episode of CMB!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys take a dive into new experiences this weekend as Abe attended and helped at his first weightlifting meet! He breaks down his experience as well as the differences between what he saw with powerlifting and weightlifting, he also discusses learning about weightlifting strategies and how coaches and lifters can play with attempts to be able to guarantee more time to rest or the ability to take away someone's rest time. Anas takes us through the TSS H-Town showdown meet from when he left for the meet to what he experienced first hand as a coach and covers how each of his lifters performed and even opens up the floor for a discussion on what he thinks the coach/athlete relationship entails and ways to learn and enhance that experience to give his lifters the best possible chance to make PR totals. If you are one of Anas's lifters on team Ikigai you'll wanna tune in to this episode as Anas takes us from day 1 and 2 and gives each lifter an in depth meet review performance. All this and more on this episode of CMB!

In this episode of CMB! We have the newest Texas Co-State chair join us to answer your questions that you asked on the Chalk My Back page! We cover everything from Keone's origin story with powerlifting and how his son Ty took up the sport later on in life. The boys also ask him some hard hitting questions about what Keone plans to do with USAPL TX and what the future of the USAPL holds in terms of not being affiliated with the IPF. Keone also talks about what he thinks the future of USAPL TX is and what his platform stands for and what he is going to do with his tenure as the Co-State chair. Along the way we cover Anas moving up to the 105 KG weight class, Abe again loves covering the Inzer knee sleeves and should just buy a pair, and Josh plans to move to the USVI so he can become a world champion. All this and more on this episode of CMB!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys learn about more plates more dates Anas and how he got a juicy gym PR total! We also cover the 2021 Texas State Championship meet held this past weekend at Absolute Recomp where Josh and Abe began their professional commentary careers and the experience of what it was like to be commentators for all the lifters this weekend. We give a quick recap over how the meet went and some notable lifters that made such an impact during the meet. Anas gives a preview of his lifters and gives us a quick run down of how each of lifters are doing and coming up prepared for this meet! All this and more on this episode of CMB!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! we cover the theory and ideas behind what we think the levels are in powerlifting strength standards. Join us as we take a dive into the many different nuances within these structured levels and what we think is the new meta in terms of how lifters are progressing versus when we first got started with powerlifting. David and the boys also talk more about fast food and compare diets to look like greek gods and what exactly training has been looking like for David in order to help boost his numbers through careful and concise planning when it comes to training. Tune in to see what exactly David has in store for us as he gives more tips on ways to hone in on your training in order to maximize performance while creating a solid no guess work program that will increase your numbers! All this and more on this episode of CMB!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys give a recap of IPF Worlds and who the top lifters in each of the open and some of the junior weight classes. We go over how each lifter lifts went and how they earned each placing as well as who we think the top contenders will be for next year's world's competition. We recap how the USVI team did overall and also discuss the Thor vs. Devon boxing match. Does Abe think he can be the next best clout boxer? Is Anas going to upset the 83 kg class and become the next world champ? Why is Josh not a PT yet? We cover all this and more on this episode of CMB!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! we got the best of the best food tier list coming at y'all (maybe) Abe, Anas, and Josh go over their best food places and compare what they think. Abe brings up the topic of all of us being jacked so we go over what pro diets we consume on a daily to look "jacked." We also cover the WRPF showdown meet and give our thoughts on all the records broken and the high points of the meet. If you're one of Anas's lifters that competing at the Houston meet in October you're gonna wanna listen to this one to see what's in store for the meet. All this and more on this episode of CMB!