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Dave Tate's Table Talk
Are you sick of "fitness influencers," training fads, and crappy advice that barely applies inside the gym or on the field? Then sit down with elitefts CEO Dave Tate as he interviews the strongest & smartest minds across the strength sports community to talk real, hardcore training, business, life, and more. If you're looking for real, applicable information on all things training, join the crew.
Episodes
- Dave Tate's Table Talk
#452 Why I Pulled for 2nd on a Torn Hamstring | Jared Martin
The Heaviest Weight Isn't Always on the Bar. Most lifters believe absolute emotional rage is the key to surviving catastrophic weight, but the platform quickly…
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#451 "Top-Line Revenue Is A Lie" — The Real Profit Breakdown For Gyms | Andy McCloy
Most Gyms Don't Fail Because of Rent. They Fail Because Coaches Don't Understand Business. Most gyms don't close because of rising rent. They go under because…
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#450 Stop Getting MRIs For Low Back Pain (Do This Instead) | Dr. Justin Farnsworth
The Most Powerful Rehabilitation Tool Isn't an Exercise—It's Changing How You Think About Pain. The most powerful rehabilitation tool isn't a complex exercise…
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#449 Why 90% of Lifters Pick the Wrong Weight on Game Day | Matt Gary
Most lifters don't lose a meet on strength; they lose it on ego, bad math, and missing their first attempt. After three decades inside elite powerlifting—from…
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#448 Why I Banned Headphones in My Gym | Jason Manenkoff
Building a Gym from Scratch, Real Estate Landmines, and Why Most Lifters Are Training for Instagram Instead of Real Strength He built a thriving facility with…
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#447 "F*ck Your Micronutrients" | Anthony Oliveira & Roman Mustaccio
"We're worried about micronutrients. You missed two training sessions this week. F*ck your micronutrients." Long before Anthony Oliveira squatted an all-time…
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#446 You Don't Need a Periodized Program | Guillermo Blanco
You do not need a periodized plan to build high-level performance. Guillermo Blanco started lifting in eighth grade before moving through Division I football…
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#445 Why Olympic Lifting Still Belongs in Football (Despite the Haters) | Evan Barr
Most strength coaches build athletes by the book, but the ones who actually build champions learn that true physical development begins long before anyone ever…
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#444 You're Not Overtrained (You're Overstimulated) | Steve Denovi
Stop turning your lifters into data-obsessed overthinkers who melt down the second a $10 velocity app tells them the bar moved 0.02 meters per second too slow…
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#443 25 Years a Personal Trainer: Why You're Still Broke | Charles Gardner
Most personal trainers fail because they master the mechanics of exercise but completely ignore the high-stakes psychology of holding a client's trust…
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#442 You Are Recovering From Training That Didn't Even Happen | Dr. Mike T Nelson
Most recovery protocols are actively killing your strength gains because you haven't trained hard enough to earn them. Dr. Mike T. Nelson's path to elite…
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#441 I Squatted 1,000 lbs, Then My Entire Life Collapsed | Patrick Maguire
"I've squatted 1,000 pounds more times than I've successfully asked out a female." Most superheavyweight powerlifters hide their rock-bottom moments behind PR…
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#440 The Medical Lie Keeping Strength Athletes Injured | Dr. Christopher Marvin
Most strength athletes aren't broken—they're just loading flawed mechanics until something snaps. Dr. Christopher "Marv" Marvin came back from nine surgeries…
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#439 How 47 Football Players Hit 20+ MPH in One Off-Season | Mark Uptegraff
Most coaches fail their athletes long before an injury ever occurs because they train muscles for show while completely neglecting the structural integrity of…
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#438 Why Powerlifters Die Young (Fix Your Work Capacity) | Jason Brown
The myth that aerobic conditioning steals your strength is the exact reason most experienced lifters hit an early plateau and stay chronically beat up. From…
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#437 I Ignored My Surgeon's Rehab Protocol | Josh Hendrickson
Standard medical advice after a catastrophic muscle tear will turn a high-performance lifter into a spectator if you blindly follow it. Four months after…
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#436 Why You Should Never Bodybuild | Ben Mayfield-Smith
Most lifters suffer through brutal competition preps not because they lack discipline, but because they are using a physical outcome to mask a broken identity…
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#435 Why 90% of Hardcore Gym Owners Fail | Chandler Parsons
Choosing between athlete, coach, and gym owner is the only way to avoid burning out—you can only pick two. After 20 years under the barbell and totaling 2,044…
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#434 Why Most Lifters Over 30 Are Destined To Break| Mark Valenti
Stop chasing cheap metrics in your youth only to end up a broken, thirty-five-year-old former athlete who doesn't even know how to properly brace. When high…
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#433 Stop Buying Biohacks Until You Fix Your Training | Anthony Castore
An 185-pound frame earned in the trenches taught Anthony Castore that no protocol can out-discipline a broken foundation. From a 117-pound teenager asking too…
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#432 Your Heavy Squat Is Actually Fake Strength | Brian Bott
If you train high school athletes like Division I pros, you are destroying their potential. For 13 years at Wisconsin, Brian Bott built NFL offensive linemen…
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#431 To Fix Your Body, You Have to Destroy Your Identity | Ben Pollack
To survive the brutal reality of elite-level strength, you might have to destroy the very person you spent a lifetime building. Ben Pollack earned a PhD in…
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#430 Why "Bought Fitness" Will Never Make You Strong | Daniella Means, Kailey Latimer, & Lu Faustin
You can buy fat loss with an injection, but you cannot fake the raw, violent physical capability required to survive when the lights turn on and the floor…
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#429 I Ignored My Surgeon's Warning (And Benched 435lbs Anyway) | Jordan Wong
The worst thing that can happen to an elite bencher might be the exact psychological reset needed to save their career. Before Jordan Wong could break all-time…
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#428 Stop Training Athletes Like They're Good at Lifting | Lucas White
"Your skill set's not going to be lifting weights—it's going to be the sport, but you still have to learn how to strain." For thirteen seasons, including…
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#427 The Trap of the 300-Pound Power Clean | Monte Sparkman
Most high school strength coaches are hiding behind a rigid workout template because they are terrified of what happens when the plan fails on the weight room…
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#426 What Powerlifting Judges See (But Never Tell You) | Valerie Smith
You aren't truly learning how to lift until someone forces you to pull the slack out of a stiff bar with an opener that's completely out of your league. For…
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#425 We've Broken Our Natural Hormones to Survive the Modern World | Mike Stratton
Your body naturally produces testosterone, but it doesn't make the gallons of coffee you are using to survive a modern, unsustainable lifestyle. Mike Stratton…
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#424 You Learn More From One Loss Than 100 Wins | Phil Daru
Most people think discipline is about pushing harder, but Phil Daru argues that real growth begins the moment failure exposes the flaws in your plan. From…
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#423 Powerlifting's Dirty Secret (The Real Freaks Haven't Arrived) | Matt Levine
The elite coaches dominating the fitness industry aren't out-programming you; they are out-communicating you. For twenty years, Matt Levine didn't just survive…
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#422 The Barbell Giveth, and the Barbell Taketh Away | Jim Wendler, Matt Rhodes, & Vincent Dizenzo
If you think your current training routine is built for longevity, you are lying to yourself about what decades under a heavy barbell actually does to the…
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#421 Why Most Dedicated Lifters Crash Out Outside the Gym | Marcellus Williams
The illusion of world-class strength is built on rigid programming—but the truth is that strict protocols are often what cause elite lifters to plateau or…
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#420 Why D1 Strength Programs Are Actually Ruining Elite Athletes | Jared Bidne
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#419 Do ONLY These 3 Exercises for the First 5 Years | Dr. Ian Butcher
Stop majoring in the minors and trying to fine-tune a physique or training split you haven't even earned the right to optimize yet. Dr. Ian Butcher runs four…
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#418 To Total 2,000lbs, I Had to Change Who I Was | Matt Sharafinski
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#417 The Truth About Your Breaking Point (It's Not What You Think It Is) | Dr. Dylan Seeley
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#416 Why "Data-Driven" Coaching is Failing the Next Generation of Athletes
The weight room isn't just a place to build muscle. It's a battlefield where psychology meets physical adaptation — and most coaches are losing because they're…
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#415 The Raw Truth About the American Gladiator Arena (What TV Cut) | THE BULL, STEEL & FANG
The staged spectacle of the ring and the curated edits of prime time are stripped away to reveal a raw physical reality that cannot be faked. Eric "Bull"…
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#414 Your Strength Has an Expiration Date | Sean Noriega
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#413 How to Handle 10x More Weight: The Secret to a Flawless Setup | Jordan Buchla
Taming your "dumb strength" is the only way to survive when 900 pounds is trying to crush your spine into the floor. Jordan Buchla spent a decade as an…
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#412 How Westside Training Saved Me From 4 Years of Cancer | Kalil Sherrod
One heavy squat at 400 pounds was all Kalil Sherrod needed to know the poison hadn't won. Seven weeks before this recording, Kalil walked into elitefts HQ to…
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#411 How to Get Every Type of Jacked (Even With Zero Genetics) | Drew Donaldson
You are likely sacrificing long-term health for short-term gains because you're following a "get bigger" blueprint designed for a body you don't actually want…
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#410 The Comical Truth About "Accidental" Muscle Growth | Pat Davidson
Wealth and muscle follow the same law: if you're terrified of the extreme, you'll never master the baseline. From hauling fish on Cape Cod to earning a PhD…
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#409 How to Accurately Hit 100% of Your Maxes | Dr. Dwayne Jackson
Stop looking for the magic pill and start fixing the foundation that's actually killing your progress. Yale-trained neurovascular physiologist Dr. Dwayne…
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#408 "You Can't Out-Lift Being An A**hole." | Bob Merkh
The strongest man in the classroom returns to the table. Bob Merkh is back to discuss one of the most unique careers in strength history—highlighted by a…
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#407 The #1 Reason Your Off-Season Is Failing | Tim Walsh
Alcohol is a biological detergent that systematically strips away the healthy gut microbiota required for elite performance and recovery. Tim Walsh, famously…
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#406 Any Idiot Can Make You Tired (The Professionalism Crisis) | Jack Lovett
The industry says you need more certifications, but the truth is you just need to be undeniable. Jack Lovett walked away from a stable government career and…
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#405 The 50% Testosterone Drop: The Hidden Cost of "The Grind." | Allan Bacon
Most people believe that mastering your physique requires a radical sacrifice of your professional sanity, but the reality is that the most elite…
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#404 Stop Drinking Water: Why Every Elite Athlete is Doing Hydration Wrong | Nathan Payton
Your nutrition protocol is failing not because of your effort, but because you are ignoring the biological godfather that dictates every gram of muscle gained…
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#403 The Peptide Gray Area: Crossing the Line in 2026 | Anthony Castore
EPISODE DESCRIPTION The industry lied to you: performance isn't built on a squat rack—it's engineered at the cellular level. Most coaches are guessing with…
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#402 11 Years of Ballroom Dancing Made Him This Strong | Adam Roszkowski
In this episode, we dive into the extraordinary "Triple-Threat" career of Adam "Rosco" Roszkowski, one of the most uniquely versatile athletes in modern…
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#401 The Most Overlooked Part of the 800lb Bench | Nick Benerakis
In this episode, we sit down with Nick Benerakis, the mastermind behind Big Benchas, to deconstruct the technical precision required for elite strength…
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#400 The Strength Athlete's B-Plan: How to Pivot | Anthony Diehl & Aaron Chappel
In this episode, Anthony Diehl and Aaron Chappel from MODUS pull back the curtain on the "Longevity Arc" of elite strength. From World's Strongest Man stages…
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#399 Powerlifting Rivalry 2026: This Pro Athlete is Making a Massive Mistake | Zachary Zeus Smith
Zachary "Zeus" Smith is the owner of Flex Gym (Virginia Beach) and a veteran Powerlifting Coach who has spent a lifetime in Rugby and Combat Sports learning…
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#398 How to Stop Wasting Force: The Power of Globalized Core Training | Josh Miller
Josh Miller, founder of NTBFW Training Systems and UNC Chapel Hill Exercise Science alumnus, is a strength coach and powerlifter specializing in globalized…
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#397 In-Season Strength Training: How 100% of Our Team Hit PRs | Michael Brinson
Michael Brinson is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Jackson Academy athletics and a competitive powerlifter with a 2155 raw total. He's coached…
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#396 Fixing the "Unfixable" Athlete: Non-Surgical Chronic Pain Solutions | Chris Stepien
Dr. Chris Stepien — founder of Barefoot Rehabilitation Clinic (Denville, NJ) and developer of Adhesion Release Methods. Dr. Chris specializes in helping…
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#395 Fake Nattys, Synthol Freaks & Gym Fails (Dave Tate Reacts)
Dave Tate reacts to the internet's most viral fitness moments, including Kim Kardashian's Hollywood workout, Ronnie Coleman's take on the modern era of…
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#394 The Problem with Modern Powerlifting | Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson, better known as Delco Jesus, is a 140 kg raw powerlifter, coach, and member of the Delco Spotting Crew from just outside Philadelphia. After…
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#394 I Drank 1 Gallon of Milk a Day (GOMAD) for Strongman & Wrestling | Bruss Hamilton
"The Gentleman Barbarian" Bruss Hamilton, a former U.S. Marine, World Strength Games u265 champion, and 2025 America's Strongest Veteran who traded the…