The Power in Lifting

Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! I speak with Dayna McNeal who just competed at Powerlifting America Nationals in the 76kg weight class. We dive into her prep for Worlds, her past World Meets, whats next for her and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Megan Hurlburt who just won the 52 kilo weight class for Powerlifting America Nationals! We dive into everything from her missing weight at last years nationals, to her prep and PR's going into this years nationals and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today Solana Lewis & Kristen Dunsmore talk about how we have helped to adjust our athletes training program while dealing with injury, and how we ourselves had to make adjustments to our own training while dealing with pain.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today Kristen and I talk about the new what you can do to physically and mentally prepare for meet day.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! I speak with a good friend of the podcast and Sheffield 2024 competitor Natalie Richards! We dive into her prep, her Sheffield competing experience, her next goals and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! I speak with Sheffield 2024 Champion Agata Sitko! We dive into her prep, her Sheffield competing experience, her next goals and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I am joined by Steve DeNovi and I do a full recap of the 2024 Sheffield competition!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today Kristen and I talk about the new USAPL Qualifying totals, updates on the USAPL Arnold's competition and our ideas on how coaches can collaborate more on social media!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today we talk about How to Maximize a Limited Training Schedule! This is a great listen if you have very limited time to train or if you coach athletes with limited time to train! Powerlifting can be for everyone and you don't have to be in the gym for hours!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today we dive into popular recovery methods and do they really work? And our best advice for recovery.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today Kristen and I talk about what we recommend for beginner powerlifters. We address:

Do you really need a coach?

Should you join a PL gym if its available?

When should you buy equipment?

and more!

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Kristen Dunsmore becomes my official co-host of the podcast! And we dive into our favorite performances of 2023!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today Kristen Dunsmore and I dive into how/ if we adjust our athletes programs during that time of the month, how we deal with Urinary Incontinence and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I give some tips on ways to stay on top of your nutritional goals if you don't feel like tracking and my thoughts on the idea of tracking food potentially causing disordered eating habits.

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Welcome back to TPIL! Today Kristen Dunsmore and I talk about how we tend to peak and taper our athletes, what a peak and taper actually is, who we think should cut for meets and some stories of our clients cutting.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Mandy Ogoe who took the 67.5kg American Squat record at USAPL nationals and placed top 5 at her first ever raw nationals. We dive into her finding the sport and her meet prep.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today we talk about the first steps we believe people should take before they begin powerlifting coaching!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Nataleigh Hunter who just recently competed USAPL Raw Nationals! We dive into her competition, prep, switching coaches, and more!

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Welcome back to TPIL! I speak with Moriah Boldon who is fresh off of her win from USAPL Raw Nationals in the 56kg weight class. We dive into her prep, performance, goals and more!

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Welcome back to TPIL! I speak with Kate Cohen who is fresh off of her 48kg National victory from USAPL Raw Nationals. We dive into the momentum she had during prep, her meet day performance, future goals and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today Kristen Dunsmore and I talk about what is a peak and a taper and give some insight to how we go about that with some of our athletes. Please leave us a high rating and a review to support the podcast!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with multi time IPF World Champion of the 63 & 69 kilo weight class Lya Bavoil! We dive into her experience with missing weight for 2022 World's, to breaking the world record for 63kg at the Arnold's, Sheffield, mental health, life outside of powerlifting and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! I am back with Kristen Dunsmore and we dive into what are the characteristics of a "good" coach and client, group coaching vs programming only vs 1:1 online coaching, and the reason why we each decided to become coaches!

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Hey y'all! Today I do a quick episode about how to master communication with your online powerlifting coach from the perspective of both the coach and the athlete.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today Kristen Dunsmore and I go over the recent news dropped by the USAPL: How to qualify for USAPL Raw Nationals in 2025, Updates on how to become a USAPL referee, and some info on how to become a USAPL Pro.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I bring on Kristen Dunsmore and we both dive into our experiences dealing with injuries as an athlete, the feeling of being burned out while training through injuries and how it can affect your mental health. We give our tips on what has helped us during these times as well!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Jessica Espinal who just returned from IPF World's in Malta after winning 2nd place for the USA team. We dive into everything that has been going on since our last convo which was Mega Nationals 2022. And we deep dive into her World's experience, her reflection of it, how to stay organized when busy and her goal's for next year.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! I speak with Sonita Muluh who was a part of an epic 3 way battle in the 84kg + class at IPF Classic Worlds. We dive into how much she has progressed since her 1st World's meet, her experience this year at world's, article 14, and more!

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Sonita Muluh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonita_ml/?hl=en

Hey y’all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Natalie Richards, your new 57kg IPF World Champion and overall Best Female Lifter! We pick up right where we left off from the last podcast we recorded, diving into everything that has happened since the 2021 USAPL VA Pro which was Natalie’s breakout meet, and all of the meets and changes that lead her to competing and dominating at her first World’s meet!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Brandes Dey who is fresh off of winning Carolina Primetime! We dive into her prep for this meet, competing and winning her Pro Card, her plans for nationals and her experiences as a Physical Therapist!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Psychologist Dr. Lisa Lewis. Dr. Lisa specifically works with athletes and coaches to improve their mentality to optimize sports performance and to help coaches guide their athletes towards an optimal mentality for performing well. We focused on Powerlifting and how powerlifters can set themselves us for a successful day on the platform using certain tools, and how powerlifting coaches can help prepare their athletes and coach them on meet day towards success no matter how the day is going.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today we dive into why going 9 for 9 may be a goal that you need to have for every meet!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! I go over a few tips to help you manage your emotions in training. It can be tough to do and I hope this resonated with some of y'all!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Arthi Nithi. We dive into her experience with powerlifting and going to Junior World's in 2019, dealing with injuries, her community South Asian Strength and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Joy Nnamani and we dive into her competitions at both British Nationals and Sheffield, her decision to move to 63kg class, what she is looking forward to at this years IPF World's meet in Malta, and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Evie Corrigan the winner of Sheffield. We dive her getting her Sheffield invite, her decision to cut to 52kg, her thoughts about cutting weight in general, her experience at Sheffield and what she will do next!

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Hey y'all, welcome back to TPIL! I speak with Jade Jacob as she makes her second appearance on the show. We pick up where we left off from the last episode and we talk about all meets that she has competed in since then, battling injury, and finding out she was a wild card pick as she made her way to competing at Sheffield to take 3rd place overall and break the 57kg deadlift and total record!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I get to speak to Karlina Tongotea again! She is back for a second time on the show and this time we get to recap her performance at the first ever Sheffield Powerlifting Competition! Last time I spoke to Karlina, she had just had an amazing meet at New Zealand Nationals, and since then she has some amazing performances including breaking the world record total for the 76kg women's weight class. We talk about the meets leading into Sheffield, finding out that she was a wildcard pick, and her actual meet day performance!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I am talking about how to set realistic goals for meet day to help you manage expectations and overall end up having a better meet because of it!

Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with the USAPL Pro Series Winner, Celine Crum! Celine has had 6 performances in a row where she has executed PERFECTLY on meet day and gone 9 for 9. We dive into her prep for the Arnold's Pro Finale, how she feels about her win and her past year in powerlifting, what she wants to do next, and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! On today's episode I speak with Avilia Lieu. We dive into her break ouot performance at Mega Nationals, her prep for Arnold's, and we talk a lot about gut cuts/ water cuts! Don't forget to subscribe, share and leave a rating!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Demetria Thaten and we dive into her story of getting into PL, her prep going into the Arnold's Pro Series Finale, her life outside of training and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Chelsea Savit. Chelsea started powerlifting a decade ago, and we dive into her past experiences as a competitive athlete in other sports,  her experience competing at IPF World's twice, her comeback from injury and serious surgery, her goals as she is about to compete at PA Nationals and is looking to battle it out in the 69's, and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with Alyssa Parten! Alyssa is a powerlifting coach and head of her coaching business, Lady Beef Athletics. She is also pursuing her doctorate in Exercise Science and we dive into her coaching style, how she built her coaching business, how she is doing research on female powerlifters for her doctorate, and more!

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! Today I speak with the legendary Jen Thompson who has won 11 World Championships and holds the bench press World Record in multiple weight classes in the USAPL along with the IPF. We talked about how she got started with Powerlifting in 1999! And the journey to becoming one of the strongest woman in the world, and more good conversation! Subscribe to the Pod and don't forget to rate and review!

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Welcome back to TPIL! I speak with the owner of PerforMotion Kelly Mann. Kelly is a powerlifting coach based out of Australia. We dive into how she built her business, who she enjoys training, how she has helped World Champion Meg Scanlon improve her training, and more!

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Welcome back to TPIL! On today's episode I am explaining the difference between my group coaching program UStrong12 vs. my 1:1 coaching offer so you can understand which one is a better fit for you, and in general you can learn the typical differences between personalized coaching vs group coaching.

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Hey y'all! Welcome back to TPIL! On this episode I dive into how to accurately track your macros to ensure you can get results! 

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