Wylie Sung is a raw powerlifter who competes in the 100kg and 110kg weight classes. He has totaled 870kg in sleeves and 880kg in wraps. In 2022, Wylie won the 100kg class at the BPU British Championships along with becoming the Spartan Raw '22 overall champion.
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Thomas Lilley is the owner and founder of Zero Weakness, a strength and powerlifting coaching brand, chain of gyms and equipment manufacturer based in Australia. He is also a powerlifter who has totaled 1012.5kg single-ply in the 125kg class (Australia's number one equipped total at the time of recording).
Jordan Helyer is a Zero Weakness coach and a powerlifter who has totaled 850kg at 100kg. He is the owner of Zero Weakness Wales, coming soon to Cardiff.
In this episode, Alex, Jordan and Thomas discuss almost every factor that is typically atrributed to a lifter making progress in powerlifting, with Jordan and Thomas weighing in on how much each of these factors actually make a difference. Thereafter, Jordan and Thomas decide on the "top three" factors which a powerlifter should prioritise if he or she wishes to make maximal progress.
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Jack and Alex wrap up Spartan Raw '23, recapping the event from a promoter's point of view and discussing the action with a breakdown of the top three male and female overall podiums. Alex then interviews Rob Spence and Julia Mills, the male and female overall champions of Spartan Raw '23.
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Chris Pappillion is an American powerlifter who has totaled 1017.5kg (2238lbs) single-ply, a top-50 total on the all-time list. He is a three-time Olympia Pro Powerlifting champion, a five-time national champion, and a three-time world champion in various federations. He also holds records in the raw and multi-ply divisions.
Chris has very recently (at the time of recording) finished a seven-year jail sentence and is already planning his return to powerlifting competition, including a campaign to win his fourth Olympia Pro Powerliting title.
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Fernando Arias is a raw powerlifter from Pennsylvania, USA. He is the current ABS Clash Of Titans champion, and he has totaled 1035kg raw with wraps and 985kg in sleeves.
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Jay, Ian and Alex preview and make preditions for Clash Of Titans which is a competition decided on total rather than formula with some of the strongest lifters in the world competing for the belt. They also discuss and predict Series 12.
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Tom Martin is a raw powerlifter who is currently ranked first in the UK by both Wilks and Dots formulas. He has totaled 985kg in the 100kg class and 1000kg in the 110kg class.
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Jordan Helyer is a powerlifter and coach from Wales who coaches as part of the prestigious Zero Weakness team. He is also a type 1 diabetic.
Ian Humphreys is a masters 3 under 82.5kg powerlifter who has squatted an all-time world record of 285kg in wraps, and holds the all-federation British total record in his class with 677.5kg. He also owns Oxygen Strength and Fitness in Penzance.
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Alex and Jack wrap up Spartan Raw '22. In its second year, Spartan Raw was a huge success, and in this episode, the competition's organisers break down what transpired during the meet, the battles between the top contenders, the unique stories of some of the lifters, and plans for Spartan Raw '23.
Owner of ABS Powerlifting and promoter of the ABS Powerlifting Series, Jay Farrant, joins British Strength Radio once again to preview the imminent ABS Series 11. Ger Buckley and Nick Mellor (both competitiors in the event) also join the discussion.
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Andy Smith is the owner of LIFT Gyms UK, the co-founder of Brawn Power, and a GPC European powerlifting champion. In this episode, Andy provides his unique insight on what he believes powerlifting must do in order to elevate itself to the level of more lucrative sports when it comes to sponsorhip, exposure, prize money and athlete salaries.
Andy has written a series of articles, "How Can Powerlifting Go Pro," for British Strength Magazine. To read them, subscribe at britishstrengthmagazine.com
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Dan Stewart is a powerlifter who competes both raw and equipped. He has totaled 972.5kg in the 110kg class raw and has recently totaled 1100kg equipped in the 125kg class. He has also held an all time world record in the squat with 411kg at 110kg, and he was the 2019 Irish Pro winner.
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Will Newton is an all-time world record holding powerlifter and an adult performer.
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Jake Brennan is a superheavyweight raw powerlifter from Ireland. He is the first man in Irish history to squat 400kg and total 1000kg raw. He is also the winner of multiple ABS Series titles.
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As well as being a 2x Britain's Strongest Natural Man winner and strength coach to athletes from various sports, Jack Lovett is a successful business owner. Jack owns Spartan Peformance in Consett, County Durham, England, which is a strength training facility currently in its fifth premisis and continuing to grow and expand. In this episode, Jack provides an insight for aspiring business owners (particularly gym owners) who are looking to make their businesses more successful.
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Tony Stevens is an IPF Hall of Fame powerlifter who lifted in the 70s, 80s and 90s, but mainly in the 80s. He won fourteen British titles, seven EPF European titles, achieved gold at the IPF Worlds three times and won the World Games twice. His best lifts on the platform were a 380kg squat, 230kg bench and a 362.5kg deadlift, all at 100kg bodyweight, in a very light squat suit and soft knee wraps in the days when equipment had not yet advanced to anywhere near what it is today; the bench and deadlift were done raw!
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Vicky Mirceta is a sports performnce nutritionist whose clientelle includes world-class strength athletes. Vicky has also competed in powerlifting, strongwoman and bodybuilding.
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Sam Bollands is a former 125kg powerlifter who, at the time of publication, still holds the UK cross-federation total record in the 125 class. In this episode, we discuss the realisations Sam has made since he stepped away from powerlifting due to the fact that he found he had an unhealthy relationship with the sport and began a journey of self-discovery.
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