On this episode I sit down and talk to Yuki Kashima (@yuki_66kg) about his journey in the powerlifting sphere, being raised in Japan and moving to Australia, The Australian Powerlifting scene post Wilks Era, Athlete responsibility, Winning and his IPF Worlds experiences.

Steve Denovi returns to the podcast.

Is there inherently good/textbook powerlifting technique?

Building muscle within certain structures

Chance SQ vs. David Woolson SQ with similar leverages

Creating Longterm Success:

Optimizing your early stages as a powerlifter

Managing acute fatigue vs Identifying acute fatigue

tErTiarY DaY pR

Pause Squats vs Tempo Squats Debate

Matt Gary relives some of his favorite head to head matchups in Powerlifting.

The art of gameday coaching.

Making mistakes as a coach.

IPF Worlds is DIFFERENT

"You can set PRs on any other..."

Matt - South Africa or Vegas?

Humble beginnings - Injuries and Identifying crossroads

You want to be a top level lifter?

"Who is this guy? He just came out of nowhere" 

74kg (667.5kg) → 66kg (700kg)

The standard in water cuts and food volume changes 

IPF Worlds (Travel considerations - Joe lifts at 3AM TX time)

"If I'm making a list of things to do... IT'S TO FUCKING WIN. That's it."

GBPF Senior Men's Nationals Recap

UK's IPF Team selection

Powerlifting scene differences in UK

Programming and specializing earlier on in training

Injury prevention and Input vs Output reward

Powerlifting America

JPA Nationals - Kanan streamed nationals for their federation

How to better build exposure for Japan's powerlifting scene?

Stigma still around for Women's lifting in JP?

Outlook as an Australianised Japanese

Balancing of mental health and discipline 

Kanan: "From USA's perspective what are the factors that yield more results than other countries?"

USVI Nationals - The bribery attempt - missing weight - executing under the worst circumstancesBlowing up on Tik TokIPF WorldsInternational Experience vs. Domestic ExperienceGavin 'Tiger Woods' AdinChance's Anti-PED take (+Mental Health)Younger people are way too exposed to PEDsWe need to be way more encouraging to the younger lifters

USAPL Hawaii + Future meets

Follow up from Jaron's Team NORi inteview 

Attack on Titan anime no spoilers

Discipline 

Powerlifting podcast with minimal powerlifting

Self-coaching and accountability Developmental Phases of Training, Spinning your wheels, and Managing your neuroticism, Gathering long-term data.

Adhesive-Gate (2021 Raw Nationals)

Imposter syndrome (For the highly qualified)

New META for the future gen of PL

DEEP LIFE NON-PL Discussion

In this episode Berto and I speak on the ever expanding scene of Natural bodybuilding and Powerlifitng.

Nutrition at the highest level for each sport.

Finding balance across sports and mesh points.

Berto wants medicare for all lifters ;)

Delaney Wallace highlight (We recorded this right before Nationals)

Spicy lightning round.

Normative morality.