#193 CJ Murphy | Total Performance Sports, TPS Method - Elite FTS

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CJ Murphy takes a seat in this 193rd podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk #DTTTP.

CJ Murphy has been a coach and nutritionist for almost 35 years. His gym, Total Performance Sports, is well known in the strength community and was voted one of America’s 20 Best Gyms twice by Men’s Health Magazine, among many other awards.

Murph is a retired powerlifter and strongman competitor, a long-time member of the Muscle and Fitness Magazine and Men’s Fitness Magazine advisory boards. He was a featured writer for both companies for decades.

He is the founder and head coach of the TPS Method, which features programming for powerlifting and Training for Life (TFL). His latest endeavor is TPS Method Tactical, the Boston Area’s best civilian firearms training and instruction resource.

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CJ Murphy takes a seat in this 193rd podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.

CJ Murphy has been a coach and nutritionist for almost 35 years. His gym, Total Performance Sports, is well known in the strength community and was voted one of America’s 20 Best Gyms twice by Men’s Health Magazine, among many other awards.

Murph is a retired powerlifter and strongman competitor, a long-time member of the Muscle and Fitness Magazine and Men’s Fitness Magazine advisory boards. He was a featured writer for both companies for decades.
He is the founder and head coach of the TPS Method, which features programming for powerlifting and Training for Life (TFL). His latest endeavor is TPS Method Tactical, the Boston Area’s best civilian firearms training and instruction resource.

CJs IG: https://www.instagram.com/tpsmalden/

TPS Method: https://www.instagram.com/tpsmethod/

TPS Method Tactical: https://www.instagram.com/tpsmtactical/

TPS Method: https://tpsmethod.com/

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0:00 Sponsors

4:10 Who is Murph

9:30 Dave’s and Murph’s Hip replacement

42:00 Ed Coan’s Hip Replacement

47:00 Working on walking gait after hip surgery

53:50 Murph starting TPS

1:00:30 Renting or buying a building for your business

1:09:25 The vasectomy thing

1:11:45 Most memorable speaker that has come to TPS

1:20:05 Some of the strongman speakers

1:25:30 Dave accidentally insulting and then meeting Charles Poliquin

1:31:00 Having Boris Shieko out at TPS

1:42:00 Other seminars that have had great take aways from

1:45:25 The Fitness industry…for better or for worse

1:57:30 Training like a washed up meathead

2:05:15 What does Gen pop want to achieve by being physically active

2:13:25 Fred Hatfield advice on training people as explained by Murph

2:21:45 Murph learning to fire a client from Fred’s advice

2:28:35 Matt Rhoades and Vincent Dizenzo story

2:38:20 Murph’s Sunday story about Jim Wendler

2:52:50 The record store story with Jim, Murph and Dave

2:59:45 Conditioning younger lifters to watch and coach veterans lifters

3:01:50 What Murph has seen in the 30+ years he’s been in the strength game

3:09:00 Comradery is the glue that holds strength sports together

3:17:35 Matt Rhoades Sh!tting on the floor

3:22:20 Getting ahold of Murph on social Media

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