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Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio


Timestamps:

00:00 The best Bulk Boys intro yet

00:50 Sam’s upcoming strongman competition

1:30 Viper pressing the log ladder is jock mode

2:15 One weird trick to bench 600; Sam actually isn’t the biggest guy in the world (yet)

4:00 Sam’s secondary pressing day

4:30 Sam’s pressing hasn’t even reached its final form

4:40 I KNOW YOU LIKE DIPS

4:45 Sam doesn’t like dips (at the moment)

5:50 Sam’s pressing accessories

7:00 My plans for balding gracefully

7:45 SSB and front squats as developmental movements for strongman

8:20 Dealing with big loads in front of your body

9:40 Sam’s advice on elbow pain in the squat

12:00 You can get your back tight without taking a narrow grip

14:00 Grip adjustments

16:00 Sika Strength fetishizes Max

16:10 Sika Strength acknowledges Sam

17:00 SHW powerlifting is won with the squat

19:45 Sam’s best squat (technically)

21:15 We hate leverage copers

22:30 You’re only weak because you haven’t gotten stronger

25:00 Practice tech on your main movement, then go get diesel

26:30 Self-limiting variations

30:00 Execute your warmups with the same tempo as your heavy work

31:30 Expectations transitioning from a hypertrophy phase into a strength block

32:30 Should you incorporate singles year-round?

35:15 Sam’s thoughts on DUP

37:00 Asynchronous descent speed on the squat

38:00 Just accept that you are a tennis ball

39:00 Low bar in heels or flats?

40:00 Stair calves for ankle mobility

40:45 A dumb circle jerk

42:00 History vs. PubMed; limitations of studies

43:10 SAM WANTS PICS

44:30 Sam’s two-year plan for strongman

47:30 THE SEVEN CATEGORIES

48:30 Sorry fellas, looks like you actually have to train your weaknesses

49:00 Understatement of the century

49:45 Sam’s garage is turning into a sandbox

51:00 The power of repetition

52:00 What Sam’s touching, and how much he touches it

52:45 Wisdom from Bromley

53:40 Long-term goals aren’t evidence-based

55:30 Sam’s hidden hands

56:30 Incremental goals are the way

57:30 Sam unequivocally promises us that he WILL bench 700 (jk)

59:00 The infinite five pounds fallacy

1:01:00 How Sam will know it’s time to exit strength sports

1:02:30 Why Sam is pretty anti-weight cut for strongman

1:04:30 Sam steals fat person valor

1:06:00 Gatekeeping in strongman

1:08:00 I drastically underestimate the length of Sam’s Youtube tenure

1:09:00 We summon  @AlexanderBromley  to the podcast

1:10:00 Obligatory content creator discussion

1:12:00 I say “you know” way too much, you know?

1:13:00 Guess I need a whiteboard

1:14:30 Video production is like benching

1:15:45 A bright new idea for Sam’s GoPro

1:16:00 Where to find Sam

1:17:00 Wholesome gratitude

1:17:45 Stan Efferding is CONFIRMED for Large Lads 22