#154 Jim Wendler | 1000 LBS SQUAT, H.S. Strength Coach, 5/3/1
Dave Tate's Table Talk
Dave Tate
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🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 176 minutes
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Jim Wendler takes a seat in this 154th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.
Jim Wendler was the first employee of elitefts. He is worldly known as the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375 pound total. He serves the London, Ohio, community as a strength coach at London High School.
Previous podcast episodes with Jim:
Episode 18: Wendler, Rhodes, Dezenzo
Jim's IG: https://www.instagram.com/jimwendler/
Jim's Website: https://www.jimwendler.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is brought you by EliteFTS.com, founded in 1998 with the primary aim to live, learn, and pass on. |
| 0:08.5 | Please help EliteFTS support this mission by smashing the like button, leaving a comment, sharing with a friend, and thinking of us for your training needs. |
| 0:16.3 | If you can put it in a gym bag or load weights on it, Elite FTS has it. |
| 0:20.5 | What's going on? I'm Dave Tate. We are broadcasting from weights on it. Elite FTS has it. What's going on? I'm Dave |
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