There were only a few competitions last week, but fortunately there were enough spectacular training lifts to make this a terrific show.

Will you ever compete again? What are your goals? How did you get so strong? Why does Reddit have an issue with you? What are your thought on American politics? What do you think about drugs in sport? Who are your favourite lifters?

I had so many questions I wanted to ask Evan on this week's episode of the Weightlifting House Podcast, and I managed to ask almost all of them.

Evan became famous when he began posting videos of himself squatting nearly 300kg on instagram. Since, he has snatched 166kg, squatted 320kg for a double, and completed a number of other insane strength feats.

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I kick off this episode by going over the highly anticipated Caffeine and Kilos battle of the 105s with Ian Wilson, Wes Kitts, and D'Angelo Osorio.

I also talk about the recent announcement from the IWF that 9 countries will be banned from international competition for the next year, and what that means for the sport and to us, the fans.

Lastly I go over the biggest training lifts of the week, including that of Denis Ulanov, who unofficially smashed the world record.

In this week's episode we discuss some of the principles of the Soviet training system and whether they still apply to today's training. We discuss the average intensities and volumes of the Soviet system and how they would translate to a modern day clean athlete - It is no secret that many of the Soviet lifters were on PEDs.

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On this week's episode of the Weightlifting News Show I discuss the incredible world record setting total of Iran's Sohrab Moradi, as well as the many incredible training and competition lifts from around the world.

But first I speak briefly about the great Naim Sulemanoglu and his decorated career, having recently fallen into a coma. The thoughts of the entire weightlifting world go out to him.

The people's coach Glenn Pendlay is back, and he's calling out all the snowflakes that think that their body responds to training differently to everyone else's.
We also talk about the time when Glenn tested Abadjiev's theory of only snatch and clean & jerk, NO SQUATS. The results may surprise you.
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Ian's status as a competitive weightlifter is only rivalled by his deep knowledge of the sport. Of course having such a great athlete who also knows the history of the sport so well is a recipe for a great podcast! From his time spent training with Abadjiev and Cal Strength, to abolishing the press-out rule, we spoke about it all. An absolutely terrific episode.

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This was a great episode of the weightlifting news. I explained the selection process for Team USA going into the World Champs in Anaheim, the potential for subjectivity, and Dimas' role in everything.
There were of course some astonishing lifts from around the world, all of which were reported in detail!
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Kate Vibert (63) is a junior American record holder in the snatch which she set last week at the American Open series with 96kg.
We spoke about Kate's upbringing, her training before her national record, her aspirations in the sport, and the current weightlifting climate where countries are being banned left right and centre from international competition.

In part 2 we talk about Kevin's relationships with the other lifters at California strength, how Glenn created competition and its effects on his lifters, and the new Russian doping documentary 'Icarus' which of course led to the inevitable discussion of drugs.

Next week we have Junior American record holder Kate Vibert on the show!