This week, the boys are joined by Bryce Lewis to discuss the concept of gamification as it applies to strength training, social media and habit formation. Listen to hear about the key principles of meditation, Peej's WOW addiction, competitive meditating. 

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This week, Alex and Owen discuss why the USAPL might be losing lifters to other federations before pondering how IPF powerlifting could become more watchable in future.

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This week, Alex and Bryce talk through some of the non-science-y skills that make a good game-day coach, vent their frustrations about the ongoing lack of international competitions and are introduced to the concept of earshotting.

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This week, the boys are joined by multiple world record holder Heather Connor to discuss how to get hyped for a lift, how NOT to get hyped for a lift and where long lasting motivation comes from.

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This week, Bryce, Peej and Owen are reunited to answer some high quality listener questions such as 'biggest powerlifting  trend', 'weirdest variation' and 'how many teeth is too many teeth'.

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Next episode on March 1st

This week, the x1@8 podcast takes over @CalgaryBarbell's twitch stream to discuss the legacy of Westside Barbell, how your social situation situation affects your strength gains and which athletes we would most like to recruit from other sports.

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This week, Bryce Lewis returns to the show to discuss why we have such an easy time lying to ourselves about our training, where these biases come from and how to know if you are falling victim to one of them.

link to the Stronger by Science article cited in this video: https://www.strongerbyscience.com/5-ways-we-sabotage-success-with-cognitive-biases/

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This week, Peej is joined by USA Team Coach Arian Khamesi to discuss recent changes in the USAPL competition calendar, how to hold competitions in a post-pandemic world and ways in which powerlifting competitions could be improved in the future.

Really sorry about my audio on this episode guys! My laptop was finishing a huge render while we were recording so you can hear the fan noise. Hope it isn't too distracting - Samuel

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This week, Alex and Owen react to some of the recent noise in the endless 'excessive arching' debate before getting distracted and disappearing down several tangents as usual.

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This week, Alex and Bryce discuss their changing relationship to lifting over the years, how lifting is like marriage, and Peej's retirement plan.

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