Episode List

Season 3

Episode 11 – July 13, 2017

  • Ryan Fowler is our guest
  • CPU Coaching Certification Program

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 10 – April 28, 2017

  • Blaine Sumner is our guest
  • Training like a bodybuilder
  • World’s victory and injuries
  • Chicken Shakes and Coaching

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 9 – April 13, 2017

  • Connor Lutz is our guest
  • Experience with different programs
  • Setting up training blocks
  • Going up and down weight classes and reasons for it

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 8 – March 30, 2017

  • Clifton Pho is our guest
  • Converting to sumo deadlift
  • Converting to hook grip
  • Attempt selection and goals

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 7 – March 4, 2017

  • We are back!
  • Protocols for peaking
  • Evaluating singles in training
  • Doing back to back meets

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 6 – January 26, 2017

  • Keith McHoney is our guest
  • How he got into the sport and his competitive history
  • His warm up strategy and why he decided on it
  • Why he was excluded from the 2017 USAPL World Team

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 5 – December 18, 2016

  • Joel Boulianne is our guest
  • How the planning for the 2017 Nationals is going and what he’s doing to make it the best ever
  • How he started his club and why it’s always producing top level athletes
  • What new initiatives he is implimenting as the president of the QPF

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 4 – December 4, 2016

  • Brody Laybolt is our guest
  • How and why he’s transitioned his training from RPE to percentage
  • How his club has grown and changed over the years
  • How he modifies his training for his shift work lifestyle.

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 3 – November 4, 2016

  • Trent Blanchard is our guest
  • His year of competition including Nationals, Worlds, and Provincials
  • How he controls his intensity in training
  • Why he squats so much

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 2 – October 22, 2016

  • Maria Htee is our guest
  • How she trains, volume and intensity
  • Recovery protocol, when is enough too much
  • Experience at worlds this year

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 1 – October 6, 2016

  • The three of us sit down to chat
  • Staying motivated when you aren’t competing for a while
  • Competing through adversity or injury
  • Deloading

Available from iTunes, Google Play

Season 2

Episode 10 – August 11, 2016

  • Brett Gibbs is our guest
  • Brett discusses his performance at IPF Classic World’s
  • We discuss how Brett trains
  • Brett’s coaching philosophies and methods

Available from iTunes, Google Play and Youtube

Episode 9 – July 31, 2016

  • Just Avi, Ryan and Steve chatting about worlds
  • the three of us sit down to discuss five key characteristics of high performing athletes. Episode inspired by our time at IPF Classic World’s.

Available from iTunes, Google Play and soon on Youtube

Episode 8 – July 14, 2016

  • Just Avi, Ryan and Steve chatting about worlds
  • Recap of Steve’s lifting
  • The importance of building a total

Available from iTunes, Google Play and soon on Youtube

Episode 7 – June 9, 2016

  • Marc Morris is our guest
  • Long term nutrition planning and importance of tracking
  • Short term modifications to make a weight class

Available from iTunes, and Youtube

Episode 6 – May 26, 2016

  • Maggie Morgan and Mallory Rowan are our guests
  • Mallory talks about training and how LVD was founded
  • Maggie talks about training for her first international event
  • Competing at Nationals

Available from iTunes, and Youtube

Special Episode – May 22, 2016

  • Joanna Rieber is our guest
  • Nationals recap
  • Training for worlds in Texas

Available from iTunes, and Youtube

Episode 5 – May 12, 2016

  • Brittney Bergen is our guest
  • Training for both weightlifting and powerlifting
  • Modifying training for female hormone cycle
  • Competing at Nationals in two sports in one year

Available from iTunes, and Youtube

Episode 4 – April 28, 2016

  • Bryce Krawczyk is our guest
  • How he incorporates RPE style training
  • How he modifies and combines RPE and % based training
  • Recent competitions and future plans

Available from iTunes, and Youtube

Episode 3 – April 14, 2016

  • Aras Kvedaras is our guest
  • How he got involved in powerlifting
  • How he treats injuries vs other people
  • Tips you could use to stay healthy

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 2 – March 31, 2016

  • Stef Puddicome is our guest
  • Nationals and Arnold performance
  • Cutting weight and mental game
  • Plans for 2016

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 1 – March 17, 2016

  • Our hosts return for another season
  • Nationals performances
  • Future competitions
  • Happy to bring on board LVD Fitness

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Season 1

Episode 10 – February 4, 2016

  • JP Cauchi is our guest
  • The 5trong method
  • Future plans for JP
  • Recent competitions

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 9 – January 21, 2016

  • Adam Ramzy is our guest
  • Training philosophies
  • Tracking metrics to improve your training
  • Competing classic vs equipped

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 8 – January 7, 2016

  • Sarah Leighton and Kacey Baines are our guests
  • Competing in the sport over time
  • Training philosophies
  • Changes in the sport

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 7 – December 31, 2015

  • Kelly Branton is our guests
  • Recap of Kelly’s lifting from the Commonwealth’s where we attempted to break the Classic Open Total Record

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 6 – December 24, 2015

  • Marc Morris, Carla Ramsay and Ashley Bird are our guests
  • Coaching at an international event
  • Coaching philosophies
  • The stress and pressure of making split second decisions on meet day

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 5 – December 10, 2015

  • Mark Giffin is our guest
  • Drug testing in the CPU
  • Coaching Program
  • Nationals qualifiers and sizing

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 4 – November 26, 2015

  • Rhaea Stinn is our guest
  • International Competition
  • Strategies for making weight
  • Game day mental attitude

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 3 – November 12, 2015

  • Tom Kean is our guest
  • Program design for men vs women
  • Volume loading principles
  • Mental preparation for a meet

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 2 – October 29, 2015

  • Kelly Branton is our guest
  • Raw training vs equipped
  • Overcoming injuries

Available from iTunes, and Youtube.

Episode 1 – October 15, 2015

  • Introduction of the Podcast
  • Introduction of the Hosts

Available from iTunes, Youtube, direct file download here.