Bulk Boys 9: Rob Austin (USAPL ref)
57 minutes Posted May 24, 2024 at 9:00 pm.
How Rob found his way into the weight room
How Rob found his way out of the weight room
How Rob found his way into the weight room yet again
Man walks into a commercial gym, gets Shane Hunt as his trainer
Joining Capital City Barbell
The infamous Coach Curling
Success is motivating
The (recently) legendary Coach Curling’s patented 8/5/3
You can get pretty far winging it
Filming your lifts keeps you honest
I get Molly’s name wrong
How to get your wife to lift
Rob convinces me to do the local deadlift only meet
Specificity; Rob’s training approach
Sometimes it feels longer than it looks
The woes of paused benching
You’d better not sling that into the rack
The ultimate goal, from a ref’s perspective
Improvised touch-and-go
How Rob got into refereeing for USAPL
Crash course on the certification test
The most obscure rule in the USAPL
Front squats will get red lights
Rob’s thoughts on anaconda-tight knee sleeves
Rob’s quads
You should be doing RDLs
Rows for the seals
Pull ups for some other endangered species
Rob makes the mistake of mentioning dips
What Rob used to lift back in college
What Rob can lift now
Resetting your goal posts
The Georgia state meet pulls out all the stops
Rob’s next meet
Rob’s approach to meet prep
Simulating meet pacing on SBD days
I make more excuses about why I don’t compete
Adjusting your expectations for meet day
Attempt selection
Deadlifts are always hard (and I envy them for that)
Rob’s standards are impeccable
Sumo and its nuances
The many blessings of belt squats
Rob’s ambitions for his upcoming meet
The advantage of competing infrequently
Alternative competition formats
Rob says nice things about my channel
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Show notes
Rob Austin is a Tallahassee-based powerlifter, USAPL ref, and front squat enthusiast. Timestamps:02:00 Man walks into a commercial gym, gets Shane Hunt as his trainer***LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT DIPS***
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