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Philosophical Weightlifting Podcast

Join me as I explore the minds of elite athletes, coaches, and experts in strength, power, and human performance. During these conversations, I often look for the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and well-being; a combination you've never seen before and will never hear again!

Ep. 226: Aaron Cunanan, PhD | The Journey of a Generalist

76 hours 9 mins; November 30, 2023

Ep. 225: Lifting Beyond Maximum | Chris Taber, PhD

44 mins; November 23, 2023

Ep. 224: Finding Meaning in Training (and Life) | Jacob Tsypkin

39 mins; November 16, 2023

Ep. 223: 200,000 Download Special | Max Aita

50 mins; November 09, 2023

Ep. 222: Solfrid Koanda | The Journey of a World Champion

51 mins; November 02, 2023

Ep. 221: Strength Training for Endurance Athletes | Michael Ryan, PhD

79 hours 13 mins; October 26, 2023

Ep. 220: How to Become a Sport Scientist in the MLB | Dylan Suarez, PhD

78 hours 28 mins; October 19, 2023

Ep. 219: Olivia Reeves | The Strongest Female in USA Weightlifting

62 hours 25 mins; October 12, 2023

Ep. 218: The Anatomy of 2023 Worlds | Jo Ann Aita

61 hours 53 mins; October 04, 2023

Ep. 217: Maximal Pulls & Lessons from Worlds | Wil Fleming

64 hours 1 min; September 28, 2023

Ep. 216: Lifting Ratios & Weightlifting for Sports Performance | Shyam Chavda, MSc

67 hours 28 mins; September 22, 2023

Ep. 215: The Mind of Dr. Mike Israetel

53 mins; September 06, 2023

Ep. 214: Seb Ostrowicz | On the Shoulders of Giants

103 hours 1 min; August 31, 2023

Ep. 213: Training Talks w/Max Aita | Failing Forward

61 hours 10 mins; August 25, 2023

Ep. 212: Aaron Williams | A Battle at Super Heavyweight

59 mins; August 17, 2023

Ep. 211: Keiser Witte | The Strongest in USA Weightlifting

63 hours 57 mins; August 10, 2023

Ep. 210: Dani Myers Glynn | Purpose in Powerlifting

64 hours 14 mins; August 03, 2023

Ep. 209: Sean Waxman | Finding Mastery in Strength and Conditioning

69 hours 54 mins; July 27, 2023

Ep. 208: What is Good Coaching? | Dr. David Puder

86 hours 39 mins; July 20, 2023

Ep. 207: Alex Lee | ALee Athletics

63 hours 35 mins; July 14, 2023

Ep. 206: Training Talks w/Max Aita | Does the Perfect Program Exist?

78 hours 11 mins; July 07, 2023

Ep. 205: Athlete Case Studies | Live from Nationals w/Max Aita

70 hours 38 mins; July 02, 2023

Learn the Ukranian System | Oleksiy Torokhtiy, Dr. Sergii Pustov, & Dr. Guy Hornsby

20 mins; June 23, 2023

Ep. 204: Are You Actually Stronger?! | Max Aita & Chris Taber, PhD

77 hours 19 mins; June 22, 2023

Ep. 203: Women in S&C | Crystal McCullough

64 hours 36 mins; June 15, 2023

Ep. 202: Purpose and Meaning in Life | Todd Kashdan, PhD

82 hours 58 mins; June 08, 2023

Ep. 201: Lessons Learned from Powerlifting | Max Aita

59 mins; June 01, 2023

Ep. 200: The 5 Year Special | Max Aita

108 hours 41 mins; May 25, 2023

Ep. 199: What to do After You Compete | Sergii Putsov, PhD

59 mins; May 19, 2023

Ep. 198: Which PEDs are Weightlifters Using? | Broderick Chavez (Team Evil GSP)

79 hours 42 mins; May 11, 2023

Ep. 197: Feeding the Fire | Alex Bellemarre of Team Canada

74 hours 3 mins; May 05, 2023

Ep. 196: Max Aita | EWC, Lasha, & Changing Weightlifting Forever

78 hours 23 mins; April 27, 2023

Ep. 195: The Bane of Weightlifting | Zach Caswell (Optimus Barbell)

86 hours 2 mins; April 20, 2023

Ep. 194: Meredith Alwine | Where Philosophy & Weightlifting Converge

79 hours 20 mins; April 13, 2023

Ep. 193: Building a Legacy | Virus Intl w/Melanie Lin

44 mins; April 06, 2023

Ep. 192: Team Sports, Leadership, & Social Identity | Jeremy Holt

85 hours 59 mins; March 30, 2023

Ep. 191: Finding Mastery in Human Performance | Mike Young, PhD

76 hours 19 mins; March 25, 2023

Ep. 190: Spencer Arnold | Beyond Power & Grace

66 hours 30 mins; March 16, 2023

Ep. 189: Long-term Athlete Development | Derek Evely

107 hours 41 mins; February 23, 2023

Ep. 188: Steven C. Hayes PhD | ACT & reducing human suffering

95 hours 41 mins; February 17, 2023

Ep. 187: The History of Weightlifting House | Seb Ostrowicz (pt 1)

71 hours 49 mins; February 09, 2023

Ep. 186: Ryan Doris | Redefining yourself

99 hours 0 mins; February 02, 2023

Ep. 185: All Things Weightlifting (Ex Variation, Gymnastics, & Business) | Kim Ransom

69 hours 30 mins; January 26, 2023

Ep. 184: "The Weightlifter's Guide to the Snatch" | Max Aita

42 mins; January 19, 2023

Ep. 183: From Music to Massive Quads | Johnny Franck (Bilmuri)

66 hours 19 mins; January 12, 2023

Ep. 182: Embrace the Process | Alison Scudds

63 hours 41 mins; January 05, 2023

Ep. 181: Deloading + Sport Science Dogma | Dr. Pak

81 hours 1 min; December 29, 2022

Ep. 180: Worlds wrap-up + chat about success | Max Aita

53 mins; December 22, 2022

Ep. 179: Quantifying Training Stress | Mike Tuchscherer

73 hours 3 mins; December 15, 2022

Ep. 178: Overreaching, Tapering, & Peaking for Strength Performance | Dr. Kyle Travis (Rebroadcast)

83 hours 23 mins; December 09, 2022

Ep. 177: Training Talks w/Max Aita | Creating "Squat Programs"

45 mins; December 01, 2022

Ep. 176: The Science of Isometrics | Dustin Oranchuk, PhD

69 hours 50 mins; November 10, 2022

Ep. 175: The Science of Individualization | Craig Pickering

56 mins; October 28, 2022

Ep. 174: Asian Championships recap | Max Aita

58 mins; October 21, 2022

Ep. 173: The Edges of Autoregulation | Ciaran Fairman, PhD

58 mins; October 13, 2022

Ep. 172: Training Talks w/Max Aita | Non-Responders and Exercise & Volume Variation

62 hours 53 mins; October 06, 2022

Ep. 171: Work Capacity, General Training, & CrossFit | Alex Bailey

49 mins; September 01, 2022

Ep. 170: The Business of Weightlifting | Sarah Amenta, SoCal Weightlifting

48 mins; August 25, 2022

Ep. 169: Training Talks w/Mike Tuchscherer | Peaking, Phase Potentiation, & AI

72 hours 11 mins; August 18, 2022

Ep. 168: Readiness, Technology, & the Biomechanics of Weightlifting | Aaron Cunanan, PhD

72 hours 0 mins; August 12, 2022

Ep. 167: Training Talks w/Max Aita | All About Technique Primers

45 mins; August 05, 2022

Ep. 166: Training Talks w/Max Aita (The Technique Triad & Westside vs Sheiko)

48 mins; July 28, 2022

Ep. 165: The History of Weightlifting | Conor Heffernan & Max Aita

62 hours 35 mins; July 22, 2022

Ep. 164: Training Talks w/Max Aita | Obscure exercises, 90% lifts, & minimums

47 mins; July 14, 2022

Ep. 163: All Things Programming | Max Aita & Seb Ostrowicz

66 hours 30 mins; July 08, 2022

Ep. 162: The Science of Accentuated Eccentric Loading | Chris Taber, PhD

73 hours 19 mins; June 23, 2022

Ep. 161: Max Aita Special (Powerlifting America & EWC Commentary)

69 hours 24 mins; June 16, 2022

Ep. 160: Building De Novo, and other life lessons | Ben Esgro, RD, MS

75 hours 2 mins; June 08, 2022

Ep. 159: How to Develop Emotional Agility | Todd Kashdan, PhD

86 hours 1 min; June 02, 2022

Ep. 158: From Sport Science to Practice | Chris Amenta & Antonio Squillante

81 hours 30 mins; May 26, 2022

Ep. 157: The War in the Ukraine | Sergei Putsov, PhD

60 hours 12 mins; May 19, 2022

Ep. 156: All Things Verbal and Visual Feedback w/Keith Davids, PhD

92 hours 30 mins; May 13, 2022

Ep. 155: A Heavy Metal Life w/Jo Ann Aita | Team Aita

92 hours 57 mins; April 28, 2022

Ep. 154: Does Weightlifting.ai Have Willpower? | Max Aita, Justin Holly, & Seb Ostrowicz

82 hours 19 mins; April 21, 2022

Ep. 153: Training Frequency, Plyometrics, and Overload | Sean Waxman & Antonio Squillante

92 hours 22 mins; April 14, 2022

Ep. 152: Narcissism, Ego, & Confidence in Sport | W. Keith Campbell, PhD (pt. 2)

57 mins; April 08, 2022

Ep. 151: The Self, Personality, & Narcissism in Sport | W. Keith Campbell, PhD (pt. 1)

57 mins; March 31, 2022

Ep. 150: A Deep Training and Coaching Discussion w/Ben Esgro, RD, MSc

67 hours 42 mins; March 27, 2022

Ep. 149: What makes it a weightlifting system? | Seb Ostrowicz, Weightlifting House (part 1)

59 mins; March 15, 2022

Ep. 148: The Programming Masterclass | Jim Rutter (Philadelphia Barbell Club)

64 hours 22 mins; February 25, 2022

Ep. 147: Creating a Championship Culture | Brian Secrest (Vero Beach Weightlifting)

49 mins; February 17, 2022

Ep. 146: The Influence of Repetition Number on Training Adaptations | Dr. Pak (part 2)

59 mins; February 10, 2022

Ep. 145: Are We Training Too Much? | Sport Scientist Antonio Squillante

65 hours 29 mins; February 03, 2022

Ep. 144: Science & Practice of Athlete Monitoring | Dr. Guy Hornsby

119 hours 4 mins; January 27, 2022

Ep. 143: For the Love of Weightlifting | Crystal McCullough

95 hours 1 min; January 20, 2022

Ep. 142: Minimum Effective Dose for 1RM Strength | Dr. Pak (part 1)

52 mins; January 14, 2022

Ep. 141: The Traits of Highly Effective Coaches | Justin Holly & Kevin Cann (part 2)

55 mins; January 06, 2022

Ep. 140: Building a Weightlifting Legacy | Chris Amenta of SoCal Weightlifting

79 hours 17 mins; December 30, 2021

Ep. 139: Crossover Episode w/Arthur Lynch, PhD | No Lift Podcast

91 hours 43 mins; December 23, 2021

Ep. 138: On Coaching | Jonathan Marcus (On Coaching Podcast)

103 hours 27 mins; December 16, 2021

Ep. 137: Youth Weightlifting Roundtable | Dr. Mike Stone, Dr. Kyle Pierce, & Dr. Guy Hornsby

84 hours 52 mins; December 09, 2021

Ep. 136: The Traits of Highly Effective Coaches | Justin Holly & Kevin Cann (Part One)

47 mins; November 26, 2021

Ep. 135: The Science & Practice of Youth Resistance Training | Dr. Helen Collins & Derek Miles, DPT

66 hours 50 mins; November 18, 2021

Ep. 134: Coaching Novice Weightlifters & Learning from Failure | Coach Blanco

60 hours 48 mins; November 12, 2021

Ep. 133: Overreaching, Tapering, & Peaking for Strength Performance | Dr. Kyle Travis

83 hours 23 mins; November 04, 2021

Ep. 132: What Artificial Intelligence Coaching is Missing | Justin Holly & Kevin Cann

96 hours 59 mins; October 28, 2021

Ep 131: Understanding Injury and Rehab for Strength Athletes w/Cody Misuraca, DPT

68 hours 36 mins; October 21, 2021

Ep. 130: Exercise Classification for Weightlifting w/Derek Evely

94 hours 19 mins; October 14, 2021

Ep. 129: The Weightlifting Encyclopedia w/Artie Drechsler

97 hours 8 mins; October 06, 2021

Ep. 128: Fighting Sport Psych Pseudoscience w/Hugh Gilmore (part 2)

63 hours 26 mins; September 27, 2021

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