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- 2 days ago2h 19m
#433 Stop Buying Biohacks Until You Fix Your Training | Anthony Castore
An 185-pound frame earned in the trenches taught Anthony Castore that no protocol can out-discipline a broken foundation. From a 117-pound teenager asking too many questions to a Fellow at the Seeds Scientific Research & Performance Institute, Castore turned an obsession with cellular mechanics into decades of coaching elite athletes, executives, and physicians. Before chasing modern peptide hype and quick-fix stacks, lifters must master the free, high-yield biological signals that only heavy iron, dialed nutrition, and real recovery can trigger. INSIDE THIS CONVERSATION The 117-Pound Baseline: How hard-earned mass requires relentless execution rather than perfect genetics. The Peptide Trap: Why expensive compounds fail when basic training, nutrition, and recovery are ignored. Mitochondrial Mechanics: How to structure nutrition and meal timing around the body's natural cellular cleanup processes. Circadian Biology: Why morning light, breathwork, and evening habits have a direct impact on recovery, hormone health, and performance. Hydration Beyond Water: How strategic electrolyte balance and osmolytes help drive nutrients into muscle tissue instead of your bladder. MEET THE GUEST Anthony Castore, known as "The King of Peptides," is a strength coach and cellular medicine authority with more than three decades of experience training high performers, executives, and physicians. A former student of Charles Poliquin and Dr. Eric Serrano, Castore became one of the few non-physician Fellows at the Seeds Scientific Research & Performance Institute (SSRP), where he lectures at the Peptide World Congress. He is the founder of D.R.I.V.E. Longevity Solutions, creator of The Castore Method, and founder of AlchemIQ Labs. FOLLOW ANTHONY Website https://www.castoremethod.com AlchemIQ Labs https://www.alchemiqlabs.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/anthonycastore Skool Community – Castore: Built to Adapt https://www.skool.com/castore-built-to-adapt-7414 Become an elitefts Channel Member Get early access to Dave Tate's Table Talk, exclusive content, and member-only perks. ➡️ @eliteftsofficial Support Dave Tate's Table Talk Full Crew Access https://www.elitefts.com/join-the-crew Limited Edition Apparel https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html Programs & Exclusive Content https://www.elitefts.com/shop/dave-tate-s-table-talk-crew.html TYAO Coaching Application https://www.elitefts.com/dave-tate-s-tyao-application Best-Selling elitefts Products Pro Resistance Training Bands https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bands.html Specialty Barbells https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/specialty-bars.html Wraps, Straps & Sleeves https://www.elitefts.com/shop/power-gear.html Official Sponsors & Discounts elitefts — Save 10% OFF with code TABLE TALK https://www.elitefts.com/ Marek Health — Save 10% OFF Labs with code TABLETALK https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk LMNT — Get a FREE 8-Count Sample Pack http://www.drinklmnt.com/tabletalk ChiliPad 2.0 — Save Up to $255 with code TABLETALK https://sleep.me/tabletalk Visionary Meals (Official Meal Prep Partner) — Save 10% OFF with code TABLETALK10 https://visionarymeals.com MASS Research Review — Save 20% OFF wi
- 5 days ago2h 18m
#432 Your Heavy Squat Is Actually Fake Strength | Brian Bott
If you train high school athletes like Division I pros, you are destroying their potential. For 13 years at Wisconsin, Brian Bott built NFL offensive linemen and Rose Bowl champions using old-school grit—only to realize that the biggest mistake strength coaches make is confusing intensity with actual development. Bott reveals the hard-earned wisdom behind taking a 13-year-old from a broken squat pattern to a 500-pound lift, detailing why chasing glitzy speed drills over raw force production dooms young athletes to failure. He breaks down the exact conjugate framework he uses to build armor, protect fragile backs, and teach high schoolers how to handle brutal, back-to-back stress so they dominate when November comes. INSIDE THIS CONVERSATION Fixing Broken Movement: Why correcting bad motor patterns takes eight weeks—and why Bott would rather train a blank slate than a kid taught the wrong way. The 2010 Programming Shift: How Wisconsin linemen front squatted heavy during spring scrimmage weeks so they could survive the physical demands of late-season Big Ten football. Basketball vs. Football Wear and Tear: Why high school basketball players often sustain more back compression issues from repeated landings than football players do from squatting. Auto-Regulating Dynamic Effort: How to adjust speed work using bar velocity and readiness when athletes are drained from school, practice, and life stress. Minimal-Dose In-Season Training: The strategy that eliminates unnecessary accessory work to preserve shoulders while continuing to build real power. MEET THE GUEST Brian Bott spent 13 seasons as an Assistant Strength Coach for the University of Wisconsin Badgers, contributing to three Big Ten Championships, three Rose Bowl appearances, and developing elite NFL talent including Joe Thomas, J.J. Watt, and Russell Wilson. As the owner of Sports AdvantEdge—now expanded across seven locations—and Head Strength Coach for LOVB Madison, Bott has spent more than 25 years developing resilient, high-performance athletes through battle-tested conjugate methods and uncompromising technique. FOLLOW BRIAN Sports AdvantEdge https://sportsadvantedge.com Instagram @brianbott23 X (Twitter) @23botter Become an elitefts Channel Member Get early access to Dave Tate's Table Talk, exclusive content, and member-only perks. ➡️ @eliteftsofficial Support Dave Tate's Table Talk Full Crew Access https://www.elitefts.com/join-the-crew Limited Edition Apparel https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html Programs & Exclusive Content https://www.elitefts.com/shop/dave-tate-s-table-talk-crew.html TYAO Coaching Application https://www.elitefts.com/dave-tate-s-tyao-application Best-Selling elitefts Products Pro Resistance Training Bands https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bands.html Specialty Barbells https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/specialty-bars.html Wraps, Straps & Sleeves https://www.elitefts.com/shop/power-gear.html Official Sponsors & Discounts elitefts — Save 10% OFF with code TABLE TALK https://www.elitefts.com/ Marek Health — Save 10% OFF Labs with code TABLETALK https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk LMNT — Get a FREE 8-Count Sample Pack http://www.drinklmnt.com/tabletalk ChiliPad 2.0 — Save Up to $255 with code TABLETALK https://sleep.me/tabletalk Visionary Meals (Official Meal Prep Partner) — Save 10% OFF with code TABLETALK10 https://visionarymeals.com MASS Research Review</st
- 1 weeks ago2h 29m
#431 To Fix Your Body, You Have to Destroy Your Identity | Ben Pollack
To survive the brutal reality of elite-level strength, you might have to destroy the very person you spent a lifetime building. Ben Pollack earned a PhD in physical culture history while systematically destroying his own body, ignoring years of excruciating warnings for the sake of world records and plastic trophies. But when a sudden, terrifying neurological shutdown left half his body completely unresponsive overnight, he was forced to abandon the self-destructive addiction to pure suffering and learn what true strength is actually for. INSIDE THIS CONVERSATION The Paralyzing Price of Progress: How chronic tension and "clenching" led to a sudden neurological collapse that left Ben unable to flex his own lat. The Trap of Extreme Weight Cuts: The brutal reality of starving down to 181 pounds, and why the physical toll of dehydration is more dangerous than any PED. Forced Identity Death: Why the most critical step in recovering from a career-ending injury is literally becoming a different human being. The Illusion of More: How chasing a 600-pound deadlift proved that achieving your ultimate physical goals won't fix who you are on the inside. Redefining Effort: Why your accessory work is wasting energy, and how to train with high frequency without accumulating crippling global fatigue. MEET THE GUEST Ben Pollack is a physical culture scholar, former world-record powerlifter, and IFBB Pro bodybuilder who has spent his life bridging the gap between academic theory and under-the-bar reality. After reaching the peak of both strength and physique sports, Ben faced a near-fatal neurological reckoning that forced him to dismantle his philosophy. Today, he coaches athletes not just to build elite strength, but to survive it. FOLLOW BEN Instagram https://www.instagram.com/phdeadlift YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@phdeadlift Website https://phdeadlift.com Substack https://phdeadlift.substack.com Become an elitefts Channel Member Get early access to Dave Tate's Table Talk, exclusive content, and member-only perks. ➡️ @eliteftsofficial Support Dave Tate's Table Talk Full Crew Access https://www.elitefts.com/join-the-crew Limited Edition Apparel https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html Programs & Exclusive Content https://www.elitefts.com/shop/dave-tate-s-table-talk-crew.html TYAO Coaching Application https://www.elitefts.com/dave-tate-s-tyao-application Best-Selling elitefts Products Pro Resistance Training Bands https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bands.html Specialty Barbells https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/specialty-bars.html Wraps, Straps & Sleeves https://www.elitefts.com/shop/power-gear.html Official Sponsors & Discounts elitefts — Save 10% OFF with code TABLE TALK https://www.elitefts.com/ Marek Health — Save 10% OFF Labs with code TABLETALK https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk LMNT — Get a FREE 8-Count Sample Pack http://www.drinklmnt.com/tabletalk ChiliPad 2.0 — Save Up to $255 with code TABLETALK https://sleep.me/tabletalk Visionary Meals (Official Meal Prep Partner) — Save 10% OFF with code TABLETALK10 https://visionarymeals.com MASS Research Review — Save 20% OFF with code ELITEFTS20 https://mas
- 2 weeks ago2h 13m
#430 Why "Bought Fitness" Will Never Make You Strong | Daniella Means, Kailey Latimer, & Lu Faustin
You can buy fat loss with an injection, but you cannot fake the raw, violent physical capability required to survive when the lights turn on and the floor turns into a warzone. Before stepping under the Hollywood lights as the new faces of American Gladiators, Daniella Means, Lu Faustin, and Kailey Latimer forged their armor through shattered orbital bones, grueling Division I athletic politics, and the unforgiving reality of immigrant grit. Along the way, they realized that true elite-level performance isn't about chasing aesthetic superficiality or corporate fitness trends, but about weaponizing a zero-compromise mindset that translates directly from the platform to the dirt. INSIDE THIS CONVERSATION The Pump Illusion: Why traditional backstage preparation caused elite male competitors to break down while the women survived the heavy volume. The Earning Curve: The harsh psychological divide between physical attributes you can buy off a shelf and the absolute power that must be taxed out of your own spine. Combat Transfer: How pro-wrestling ring psychology outmuscled raw weightlifting metrics the exact second the script went out the window. Isolated Pressure: The brutal transition from team-dependent field sports to the cold, solitary numbers dictated by the barbell. MEET THE GUESTS Daniella "Voltage" Means is an IFBB Pro and IPF World Champion who stood on a national competitive platform just eight weeks after surviving a devastating hammer attack to the face. Lu "Empire" Faustin is an IFBB Figure Pro who conquered Miss Fitness Belgium on sheer instinct while managing severe scoliosis. Kailey "Hurricane" Latimer is a former Division I powerhouse and the longest-reigning NWA World Women's Champion in history, capturing elite sports supremacy by treating competition as an absolute expression of faith. FOLLOW THE GLADIATORS Daniella Means Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellameans YouTube: @daniellameans Lu Faustin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lufaustinpro Website: https://ludniefaustin.com Kailey Latimer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecat5kailey Become an elitefts Channel Member Get early access to Dave Tate's Table Talk, exclusive content, and member-only perks. ➡️ @eliteftsofficial Support Dave Tate's Table Talk Full Crew Access https://www.elitefts.com/join-the-crew Limited Edition Apparel https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html Programs & Exclusive Content https://www.elitefts.com/shop/dave-tate-s-table-talk-crew.html TYAO Coaching Application https://www.elitefts.com/dave-tate-s-tyao-application Best-Selling elitefts Products Pro Resistance Training Bands https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bands.html Specialty Barbells https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/specialty-bars.html Wraps, Straps & Sleeves https://www.elitefts.com/shop/power-gear.html Official Sponsors & Discounts elitefts — Save 10% OFF with code TABLE TALK https://www.elitefts.com/ Marek Health — Save 10% OFF Labs with code TABLETALK https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk LMNT — Get a FREE 8-Count Sample Pack http://www.drinklmnt.com/tabletalk ChiliPad 2.0 — Save Up to $255 with code TABLETALK https://sleep.me/tabletalk Visionary Meals (Official Meal Prep Partner) — Save 10% OFF with code TABLETALK10 <a href= "https://vision
- 2 weeks ago2h 28m
#429 I Ignored My Surgeon's Warning (And Benched 435lbs Anyway) | Jordan Wong
The worst thing that can happen to an elite bencher might be the exact psychological reset needed to save their career. Before Jordan Wong could break all-time world squat records and scale a massive commercial gym facility, he had to navigate a catastrophic, full-tendon pec rupture without health insurance and a surgeon who treated him like a dumb meathead. By ripping up the traditional six-week immobilization protocol on day three and treating his recovery like a full-time corporate job, he discovered a counterintuitive approach to training longevity that most lifelong lifters ignore until it is far too late. INSIDE THIS CONVERSATION The Day-Three Rebellion: Why abandoning traditional medical timelines and ignoring the six-week sling protocol saved his chest from locking up with crippling scar tissue. Auditing the Ego: The brutal reality of time-tracking your daily habits and why looking like an idiot on paper prevents empty training sessions. The Death of the Niche Gym: How shifting away from a hardcore powerlifting aesthetic to embrace gen-pop members drove a 140% explosion in revenue. The 10% Jump Trap: Why male coaches consistently ruin their girlfriends' lifting progress on the bench press by ignoring the strict math of structural percentages. Chasing the Exit: The stark biological warning against migrating to Masters divisions just to chase rankings and satisfy a fading competitive identity. MEET THE GUEST Jordan Wong is a two-time all-time world record squat holder, elite powerlifter, and the founder of Showcase Strength & Fitness in North Port, Florida. After a devastating full-tendon pec tear threatened to permanently sideline his competitive career, he leveraged the injury to completely overhaul his approach to training economics and high-performance longevity. Today, he translates that hard-earned physical resilience into business metrics, scaling his facility's footprint while cultivating a results-driven, community-first culture that bridges the gap between elite lifters and everyday athletes. FOLLOW JORDAN WONG Website https://www.showcasestrength.com Instagram @wongstwong Become an elitefts Channel Member Get early access to Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast and other perks. ➡️ @eliteftsofficial Support Dave Tate's Table Talk FULL Crew Access https://www.elitefts.com/join-the-crew Limited Edition Apparel https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html Programs & More https://www.elitefts.com/shop/dave-tate-s-table-talk-crew.html TYAO Application https://www.elitefts.com/dave-tate-s-tyao-application Best-Selling elitefts Products Pro Resistance Training Bands https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bands.html Specialty Barbells https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/specialty-bars.html Wraps, Straps & Sleeves https://www.elitefts.com/shop/power-gear.html Sponsors Get an Extra 10% OFF at elitefts Use Code: TABLE TALK https://www.elitefts.com/ Get 10% OFF Your Next Marek Health Labs Use Code: TABLETALK https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk Get a FREE 8-Count Sample Pack of LMNT's Most Popular Drink Mix Flavors http://www.drinklmnt.com/tabletalk ChiliPad 2.0 – Save Up to $255 Use Code: TABLETALK https://sleep.me/tabletalk OFFICIAL MEAL PREP PARTNER Save 10% on the Best Meals in Central Ohio Use Code: TABLETALK10 https://visionarymeals.com Support Massenomics https://www.massenomics.com/ S
- 3 weeks ago2h 24m
#428 Stop Training Athletes Like They're Good at Lifting | Lucas White
"Your skill set's not going to be lifting weights—it's going to be the sport, but you still have to learn how to strain." For thirteen seasons, including eleven in the collegiate trenches, Lucas White has survived the brutal, revolving-door reality of Division I strength coaching by adapting elite powerlifting principles to hyper-talented athletes who have never had to grind out a rep in their lives. By rejecting the copy-and-paste templates of traditional football programs and introducing Westside-influenced periodization to a 120-man roster, he transformed the weight room from a mandatory chore into a high-stakes diagnostic lab where athletic longevity is built and weaknesses are ruthlessly exposed. INSIDE THE EPISODE Managing the Chaos: The exact mechanics of running a multi-wave conjugate system inside a high-pressure Power Five football program. Specialty Bars as Diagnostics: Why safety squat bars, cambered bars, and Swiss bars are essential diagnostic tools rather than optional accessories. The Private Sector Carryover: What elite collegiate programs must steal from underground powerlifting gyms to drastically reduce player mileage. The 20% Rule: Cultivating absolute, bone-crushing strength when your athletes are genetically gifted but technically raw in the weight room. Surviving the Trench: A raw look at the grueling reality of zero-dollar internships, moving across the country, and earning trust at the elite level. MEET THE GUEST Lucas White is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Penn State Football, operating under Director Reid Kagy and Head Coach Matt Campbell. Over a thirteen-season career spanning stops at Iowa State, Boise State, and Mississippi State, White has cemented himself as a premier practitioner of team-scale conjugate periodization. His philosophy was forged not in pristine football facilities, but through years of coaching Olympic sports and training alongside world-record lifters in the private sector—proving that true strength coaching isn't about chasing arbitrary numbers, but building a robust physical base that survives the chaos of late-November football. Become an elitefts Channel Member Get early access to Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast and other perks: ➡️ @eliteftsofficial Support Dave Tate's Table Talk FULL Crew Access https://www.elitefts.com/join-the-crew Limited Edition Apparel https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html Programs & More https://www.elitefts.com/shop/dave-tate-s-table-talk-crew.html TYAO Application https://www.elitefts.com/dave-tate-s-tyao-application Best-Selling elitefts Products Pro Resistance Training Bands https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bands.html Specialty Barbells https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/specialty-bars.html Wraps, Straps & Sleeves https://www.elitefts.com/shop/power-gear.html Sponsors Get an Extra 10% OFF at elitefts Use Code: TABLE TALK https://www.elitefts.com/ Get 10% OFF Your Next Marek Health Labs Use Code: TABLETALK https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk Get a FREE 8-Count Sample Pack of LMNT's Most Popular Drink Mix Flavors http://www.drinklmnt.com/tabletalk ChiliPad 2.0 – Save Up to $255 Use Code: TABLETALK https://sleep.me/tabletalk OFFICIAL MEAL PREP PARTNER Save 10% on the Best Meals in Central Ohio Use Code: TABLETALK10 https://visionarymeals.com Support Massenomics https://www.massenomics.com/ Save 20% on Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime MASS Research Review Use Code: <str
- Jul 2, 20262h 35m
#427 The Trap of the 300-Pound Power Clean | Monte Sparkman
Most high school strength coaches are hiding behind a rigid workout template because they are terrified of what happens when the plan fails on the weight room floor. For Monte Sparkman, fifteen years of building elite teenage athletes across Texas proved that being married to a specific exercise rather than a training principle is a shortcut to baseline mediocrity and broken potential. By shedding the dogma of traditional barbell chasing and embracing an aggressive, auto-regulated approach to the conjugate method, he unlocked a blueprint for high-performance speed and structural resilience that turns ordinary high schoolers into explosive, postseason weapon systems. INSIDE THE EPISODE: The Death of the Back Squat: Why traditional lower-body staples are being stripped from skill-position athletes in favor of high-transference partial range movements. The Thursday Speed Paradox: How heavy, max-effort upper body loading on Wednesdays consistently potentiates record-breaking sprint velocities less than twenty-four hours later. Minimal Effective vs. Red-line Dose: Dismantling the high school meathead culture of "PR or die" to prioritize neurological preservation and field performance over social media hype. Gorilla Learning to Floor Mastery: The evolution from printing dial-up forum articles to managing an eighty-kid weight room with seamless, military-grade efficiency. MEET THE GUEST: Monte Sparkman is the Texas State Director for the NHSSCA and the 2018 South Region Coach of the Year, with over fifteen years spent engineering high-performance athletic programs in the ultra-competitive landscape of Texas high school football. His foundational expertise was forged not in an academic biomechanics lab, but under the terrifying strain of a 2,200-pound powerlifting total—including a milestone 1,000-pound gear squat achieved through brutal trial, error, and meticulous self-coaching. Today, he holds a Master's in Educational Leadership and Curriculum, translating decades of elite iron-game wisdom into highly scalable, principle-first training models that protect and elevate teenage athletes when the stakes are highest. Monte Sparkman: @montesparkman on X and Instagram (also seen as @voodoo4power) YouTube: @platesandpancakes4593 Become an elitefts channel member for early access to Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast and other perks. ➡️ @eliteftsofficial Support Dave Tate's Table Talk: FULL Crew Access https://www.elitefts.com/join-the-crew Limited Edition Apparel https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html Programs & More https://www.elitefts.com/shop/dave-tate-s-table-talk-crew.html TYAO Application https://www.elitefts.com/dave-tate-s-tyao-application Best-selling elitefts Products: Pro Resistance Training Bands https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bands.html Specialty Barbells https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/specialty-bars.html Wraps, Straps, Sleeves https://www.elitefts.com/shop/power-gear.html Sponsors: Get an extra 10% OFF at elitefts (CODE: TABLE TALK) https://www.elitefts.com/ Get 10% OFF Your Next Marek Health Labs (CODE: TABLETALK) https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk Get a free 8-count Sample Pack of LMNT's most popular drink mix flavors http://www.drinklmnt.com/tabletalk ChiliPad 2.0 - Save up to $255 (CODE: TABLETALK) https://sleep.me/tabletalk OFFICIAL MEAL PREP PARTNER - Save 10% Best Meals in Central Ohio (CODE: TABLETALK10) https://visionarymeals.com Support Massenomics! https://www.massenomics.com/ Save 20% on monthly, yearly, or lifetime MASS Research Review (CODE: ELITEFTS20) https://massresearchreview.com/ Get 10% OFF RP Hypertrophy App (CODE: TABLE TALK) https://rpstrength.com/pages/hypertrophy-app
- Jun 29, 20262h 14m
#426 What Powerlifting Judges See (But Never Tell You) | Valerie Smith
You aren't truly learning how to lift until someone forces you to pull the slack out of a stiff bar with an opener that's completely out of your league. For multi-time world champion Valerie Smith, transitioning from a decade in corporate HR to the elite tiers of Master's powerlifting meant trading worst-case scenario corporate risk models for the cold reality of the platform. Her evolution from a rookie who bombed out of her first meet to an international referee and state chair reveals why true strength isn't about chasing numbers on a spreadsheet, but about mastering the brutal, second-order consequences of training past forty. INSIDE THE EPISODE The Referee Advantage: How dissecting hundreds of perfect and horrible lifts from the judge's chair will instantly fix your own execution. The 40-Year-Old Engine: Why elite conditioning from CrossFit and obstacle racing allows older lifters to survive brutal trial-and-error programming. Strategic Warmups: The exact logic behind picking openers that build platform momentum instead of draining your energy before the third attempt. Overcoming Platform Fear: The psychological shift required to transition from hoping a max squat is there to obsessing over it until it becomes reality. MEET THE GUEST Valerie Smith is a Georgia-based powerlifter, USPA Meet Director, IPL International Referee, and multi-time national and world champion. Moving away from a ten-year career as a corporate HR manager, she applied her deep understanding of human performance, decision-making, and structural discipline to iron. Today, she runs Iron Beast Strength and co-leads USPA Georgia, dedicating her career to mentoring new lifters and building a resilient, high-performance lifting community. FOLLOW VALERIE Instagram @valerie_smith_powerlifter Iron Beast Strength @Iron Beast Strength Facebook Valerie Smith Become an elitefts Channel Member Get early access to Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast and other perks: ➡️ @eliteftsofficial Support Dave Tate's Table Talk FULL Crew Access https://www.elitefts.com/join-the-crew Limited Edition Apparel https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html Programs & More https://www.elitefts.com/shop/dave-tate-s-table-talk-crew.html TYAO Application https://www.elitefts.com/dave-tate-s-tyao-application Best-Selling elitefts Products Pro Resistance Training Bands https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bands.html Specialty Barbells https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/specialty-bars.html Wraps, Straps & Sleeves https://www.elitefts.com/shop/power-gear.html Sponsors Get an Extra 10% OFF at elitefts Use Code: TABLE TALK https://www.elitefts.com/ Get 10% OFF Your Next Marek Health Labs Use Code: TABLETALK https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk Get a FREE 8-Count Sample Pack of LMNT's Most Popular Drink Mix Flavors http://www.drinklmnt.com/tabletalk ChiliPad 2.0 – Save Up to $255 Use Code: TABLETALK https://sleep.me/tabletalk Support Massenomics https://www.massenomics.com/ Save 20% on Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime MASS Research Review Use Code: ELITEFTS20 https://massresearchreview.com/ Get 10% OFF RP Hypertrophy App Use Code: TABLE TALK https://rpstrength.com/pages/hypertrophy-app
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