#157 Brandon Smitley | SQUAT WORLD RECORD, THIRST Terre Haute Intensity

Dave Tate's Table Talk

Dave Tate

Health & Fitness, Fitness

5.0 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 189 minutes

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Brandon Smitley takes a seat in this 157th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.

Brandon Smitley is the co-owner of Terre Haute Intensity Resistance and Sports Training (THIRST). As a competitive powerlifter, Brandon currently holds the all-time world record squat in the 132-pound weight class, with a 567-pound squat. He also holds a 330-pound bench press and 510-pound deadlift in that weight class, totaling 1377 pounds, ranking 4th all-time. He provides online coaching and programming worldwide and has personally worked with over 200 athletes in the US, UK, France, Italy, Mexico, Canada, and other countries. Brandon is published in elitefts, Muscle and Performance, and Muscle and Fitness magazine.

Brandon's IG: https://www.instagram.com/bsmitley/

THIRST: http://www.brandonsmitley.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™.

Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/underthebar/?hl=en

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0:00.0	This episode is brought you by EliteFTS.com, founded in 1998 with the primary aim to live,
0:06.0	learn, and pass on. Please help EliteFTS support this mission by smashing the like button,
0:11.2	leaving a comment, sharing with a friend, and thinking of us for your training needs.
0:15.5	If you can put it in a gym bag or load weights on it, Elite FTS has it.
0:19.7	What's going on? I'm Dave Tate.
0:21.3	We are broadcasting from the middle of the Elite FTS wait room,
0:24.1	where the underground still thrives and you're part of the crew.
0:27.0	It's time to sit down, keep it real, and cut the bullshit.
0:30.6	Welcome to Table Talk.
0:42.7	Before we get started, shout out to our sponsor, Merrick Health.
0:49.0	Merrick Health is a premium telehealth platform specializing in hormone optimization and preventative medicine.
0:55.1	For you guys that haven't seen the show before or haven't heard me talk about Merrick Health before,
1:04.6	they do this through two different means. One is a self-service blood profile. So how do you go about explaining this to somebody that doesn't know what they're thinking about? So if you feel
1:09.0	like shit, if you can't sleep, if your health markers are off,
1:13.0	if you think something's off and you need blood work done, or if you're taking antibiotics,
1:18.4	or you think that you may need to take antibiotics, or your health is just a disaster and you're
1:23.6	working with a primary care physician that has no idea with what you need to do.
1:29.2	Because every time you walk in, they're like, oh, you lift weight.
1:31.6	So you must take testosterone.
1:32.9	So you're going to be biased.
1:34.1	And they're not going to listen to what your actual health concerns are.
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