Freakie D is a Youtuber, powerlifter, coach, mentor, father, and diversely strong dude.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Pretty hype intro
00:40 I attempt a pec pop in Dennis’s honor
01:00 Dennis Arnold is in fact the second
01:15 His best lifts
01:30 Freakie D doesn’t get anything out of straps
02:00 It’s mainly an issue of engaging the lats
02:30 BIG FITNESS is lying to you about bicep tears from mixed grip
03:55 Dennis’s Kinobody summer
4:30 The origins of Dennis’s long-time lower back pain
08:15 How to mend up from a back tweak
11:15 I whine about my back tweak from last fall
12:45 I erroneously assume that Dennis has been Larsen pressing despite viewing and liking his incline press video from literally that morning
14:20 Dennis is the dean of Larson pressing
15:45 Leg drive is overrated
16:00 We return to Dennis’s youth, when even he was a Johnny one-plate
18:00 The OG Freakie D bench and basketball program
19:15 Pro tips for recovery: no squatting or benching, a few free throws, and many grams of MSG
20:00 Takeaways from Dennis’s early training
22:50 Dennis ‘s first Youtube upload was him benching 405 in gloves, Tims, and jeans
23:55 Dennis started powerlifting at Shake ‘N Bake Fitness and Tanning
24:30 Dennis’s first meet
25:50 Dennis’s first 500 lb bench
26:45 Benching 500 without much upper back work
27:45 If you become a turbo bulk boy, you’ll probably surprise yourself with your strength gains
28:30 My bench has plummeted since entering a deficit
29:30 Dennis’s bloat maxing recommendations (tl;dr: stick with slow and steady)
32:00 Dennis basically lost 100 lbs
32:30 Why he did it
34:30 Sometimes the flu takes you on a vision quest
38:00 Discipline is discipline
39:45 Dennis’s appetite is simultaneously fascinating and disgusting
40:15 Volume eating hacks: 11 pounds of food for 2600 calories
41:45 Fast and feast
42:30 Fasting to remove the reliance on food for dopamine
44:30 Exercise selection: sick vs. optimal
45:45 How Dennis’s training changed during his epic diet
48:30 The origins of Crossfat (a trademark of Freakie D enterprises)
50:00 Dennis would be in the NFL if he hadn’t found pot and pussy in middle school
52:20 The first time Dennis touched a log
55:00 Powerlifting is basically a JRPG
56:00 Dennis’s shocking suggestion to bring up your log press
58:00 Split jerking the log
58:45 Standing incline log press
59:45 I passed out the first time I tried log press
1:00:00 I also passed out on a paused front squat
1:00:30 Derek Wilcox made Dennis exhale and re-brace at the bottom of front squats
1:03:00 Dennis’s current lifting aspirations
1:05:45 Dennis’s coaching (conditioning block guaranteed)
1:10:00 The mindset dangers of surprise PRs
1:11:30 Athletes need to give coaches the chance to learn how they respond to training
1:15:00 Dennis goes above and beyond for his athletes
1:15:45 Tobias has horrible taste in snacks
1:16:45 The importance of building rapport with your athletes
1:17:25 Mentorship
1:21:00 Dennis has become a role model in the lifting community
1:23:30 Therapy helps
1:25:00 The perspectives Dennis inherited from his childhood, and how he outgrew them
1:26:00 Divorce, growth, and what you carry with you
1:27:30 Dennis’s marriage was like Game of Thrones
1:30:00 Why Dennis goes to bed at 7:56 1:31:30 Fatherhood
1:33:00 Dennis’s parenting style
1:35:50 my two cents as the child of two fucking incredible parents
1:37:00 The rewards of parenthoodIntro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio