#212 Micah Marino l 795 LBS DEADLIFT, The American Pro, Fight or Quit (FQ)
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🗓️ 1 August 2023
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Micah Marino takes a seat in this 212th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome, Micah!
Micah Marino is the Co-CEO of Fight or Quit (FQ). FQ is about overcoming obstacles and adversity. How you choose to deal with them will define who you are. Keep fighting, it will be worth it.
He started powerlifting in 2007, back when raw wasn't a thing. At 165 pounds, Micah formerly held the all-time total at 1665. He holds the all-time deadlift at 795 pounds, weighing 181 pounds.
FQ gym resides in Las Vegas. They host meets, from local USAPL/WRPF meets, to the WRPF Nationals (three years in a row to AMP 2, the biggest non-tested event powerlifting has seen).
Micah's IG: https://www.instagram.com/micah_marino/
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| 0:19.9 | What's going on? I'm Dave Tate. We are broadcasting from |
| 0:22.5 | the middle of the elite FTS wait room where the underground still thrives and you're part of the |
| 0:26.9 | crew. It's time to sit down, keep it real, and cut the bullshit. Welcome to Table Talk. |
| 0:41.2 | What's up guys? We're back with another episode of Table Talk. |
| 0:46.6 | Today, my guest is Michael Marino. |
| 0:52.5 | You know, the thing with this was, I knew I was going to screw it up, and I kept telling myself I was going to screw it up. |
| 1:11.0 | Then I screwed it up, but I screwed up the fucking part I didn't think I was going to screw up. I was going to screw up the Marino. The Micah was like solid right in there, but it happens all the fucking time. So whatever. Micah is the owner of FQ, so it's Fighter Quit. And I believe that's the apparel line. It's the coaching line and it's the gym, right? So it's fight or quit. And I believe that's the apparel line. |
| 1:12.8 | It's the coaching line and it's the gym, right? |
| 1:14.4 | So it's all things together. |
| 1:21.9 | Been competing since 2007, I believe, and have competed in every discipline. |
| 1:25.8 | You know, it's unlimited as in there, but I think it was a slingshot thing that you did. |
| 1:26.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.4 | Which we can talk about that later if it pops up. |
| 1:28.9 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:35.8 | Throughout the almost 40 competitions that you've been in, a couple all-time world records fell in there. |
| 1:37.0 | You've been in the sport from the capacity of, you know, basically a teenage lifter to an |
| 1:43.1 | advanced lifter to a pro lifter. Also from the |
| 1:46.9 | meat director's side, you know, judging side, you've covered every area that there is to cover |
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