Brandon Smitley appeared yesterday as the first guest on the new Portland-based podcast "Northwest Strength Science."

The podcast, hosted by Christopher Evans, premiered this week and claims to "do its absolute best to bring entertaining and intellectually engaging conversation."

Evans is a graduate of Portland State University where he studied exercise science and worked as a strength and conditioning assistant.

In this episode, Brandon Smitley talks about his experience in strength and conditioning and his world record numbers in powerlifting.