...COME ON YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF *%$#! THE !@$#%! FINNS AND RUSSIANS ARE LOOKING TO TEAR YOUR YOUNG ASS UP! THEY'RE COMING AFTER YOU! THEY'RE GONNA EAT YOUR BREAKFAST, YOU GIRL! THEY GONNA TAKE YOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND SPIT ON THE AMERICAN FLAG! NOW WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT - Myers to Kirk

The hard part for so many is to be able to remove themselves from the environment when they know it's not working or for the environment to remove them when it's not working.

Is that Santa Claus or a powerlifter? It's Dave Tate, back to host another Table Talk Podcast episode.

I just rediscovered this from a post I made on March 9, 2015 and it speaks about this already being two years old. This is now six years later and its still relevant today.

How many times have you read that people are making training too complicated & need to just keep it simple? Is this really true or total BS?

What is Autism? How do I define it?

Training through chemotherapy took everything Clint Darden had. All in all, he believes it was important that he did. There was nothing else he'd rather do and no place he'd rather be.

Another straight up Q and A Table Talk

The real gratitude we reflect upon doesn't come from others. It is not a gift that we are given. And it’s not some new way of thinking that we don't already know. In reality, it is inherent in every human being.

We all have things that we are grateful for. You won’t know it, though, because it isn’t posted on social media or the headline of the e-blast you are about to receive. Likely, it’s a culmination of little things that collectively bring happiness to our daily lives.

I don’t know you, but I do know that we all have our demons. We all have our pasts that we don’t want to deal with, and we have things that we’d rather forget. If we didn’t have these things, we wouldn’t be alive. What I’m questioning here is whether you’re alive or just living.

Stop blaming other people for your situation. Learn to be accountable and in charge of your actions, and for others if you are the one managing or leading them. ⁣

Three ways to increase your bench press lockout.

This is a conditioning phase I have used with great success.

Don't do drugs. Negative side effects and addiction concerns aside, PEDs can really harm athletes' long-term development and careers. They're not worth losing the future gains over, we promise.

A unique way to train your triceps.

In this sit down we discuss his training in greater detail, coaching and several other topics.

Since you guys couldn't get enough of him the first time, we've asked JM Blakley to come back to record another Table Talk Podcast episode. So sit back, relax, and listen to JM's soothing voice instruct you on how to become a better lifter!

It’s funny how often this has come up in my life and readings.⁣

I get the working “smarter than working harder” statement, but I think that what gets left out is the part about working long enough to know what “smart” actually is. ⁣

A small snapshot of what I was doing and how I was training in 1988.

Beginners should not concern themselves with this and should spend more time. FAR MORE time than they do now... working on technique.

...I'm using powerlifting lifts in a bodybuilding style... Dan Green shares the secrets to building muscle as a powerlifter and as a bodybuilder.

An excerpt from my Table Talk with Jordan Shallow on the hip shift.