Rob Austin is a Tallahassee-based powerlifter, USAPL ref, and front squat enthusiast.  

Timestamps:

0:10 How Rob found his way into the weight room

01:30 How Rob found his way out of the weight room

01:40 How Rob found his way into the weight room yet again

02:00 Man walks into a commercial gym, gets Shane Hunt as his trainer

03:00 Joining Capital City Barbell

04:50 The infamous Coach Curling 

06:00 Success is motivating

06:50 The (recently) legendary Coach Curling’s patented 8/5/3

07:45 You can get pretty far winging it

08:20 Filming your lifts keeps you honest

09:15 I get Molly’s name wrong

09:45 How to get your wife to lift

10:15 Rob convinces me to do the local deadlift only meet

11:15 Specificity; Rob’s training approach

12:30 Sometimes it feels longer than it looks

13:00 The woes of paused benching 

15:00 You’d better not sling that into the rack

15:45 The ultimate goal, from a ref’s perspective

16:45 Improvised touch-and-go

17:15 How Rob got into refereeing for USAPL

19:00 Crash course on the certification test

20:00 The most obscure rule in the USAPL

23:00 Front squats will get red lights

24:00 Rob’s thoughts on anaconda-tight knee sleeves

26:20 Rob’s quads

27:00 You should be doing RDLs

27:45 Rows for the seals

28:30 Pull ups for some other endangered species

29:00 Rob makes the mistake of mentioning dips

***LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT DIPS***

30:30 What Rob used to lift back in college

31:00 What Rob can lift now

31:30 Resetting your goal posts

32:30 The Georgia state meet pulls out all the stops

33:00 Rob’s next meet

33:30 Rob’s approach to meet prep

34:20 Simulating meet pacing on SBD days

37:00 I make more excuses about why I don’t compete

37:30 Adjusting your expectations for meet day

38:45 Attempt selection

40:30 Deadlifts are always hard (and I envy them for that)

42:30 Rob’s standards are impeccable 

43:30 Sumo and its nuances

49:30 The many blessings of belt squats

50:30 Rob’s ambitions for his upcoming meet 

52:30 The advantage of competing infrequently

54:30 Alternative competition formats

57:00 Rob says nice things about my channel