#215 Jen Thompson l 4X IPF CLASSIC TITLE, 7X IPF BENCH TITLE, 77 WORLD RECORDS
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Dave Tate
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🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 140 minutes
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In today's 215th episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast (#DTTTP), guest Jen Thompson sits down.
Jen Thompson has won 4 IPF classic powerlifting titles, 7 IPF bench press titles, and 77 world records. She is in the USA Powerlifting and IPF Hall of Fame and the only lifter to be #1 three times in bench press and powerlifting. She holds a world record bench at 145.5 KG.
Aside from being a high school and middle school teacher, Jen is the USA Powerlifting North Carolina State Chair (since 2004) and international referee since 2007.
Jen's IG: https://www.instagram.com/jenthompson132/
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by First Attachment. Are you looking for a supplement brand that truly understands hardworking athlete? Look no further than First Attachment. I have known Justin Harris for pretty close to two decades. And if there's anybody that I trust with nutritional and supplement needs, it's Justin Harris. |
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| 1:02.0 | What's going on? I'm Dave Tate. We are broadcasting from the middle of the Elite FTS wait room, |
| 1:06.5 | where the underground still thrives and you're part of the crew. It's time to sit down, |
| 1:10.7 | keep it real, |
| 1:11.5 | and cut the bullshit. Welcome to Table Talk. |
| 1:20.4 | All right, what's up, guys? We're back with another episode of Table Talk. Today, my guest is |
| 1:24.7 | Jen Thompson. I got a lot of stats I can list through here. Four-time |
| 1:28.7 | IPF classic champion, seven-time IPF bench champion. Let's just put it this way. You've won |
| 1:35.2 | everything. There's like 77 world records. There's 115 meets. The most impressive thing about |
| 1:40.0 | the 115 meets, unless it's not on here, there's only one DQ, right? |
| 1:45.7 | Which is, that's amazing. |
| 1:48.9 | That's kind of bother you, too, that there's like only one out of the 115? |
| 1:52.4 | Yeah, that was when I was at the Arnold, and I tried to do a raw meet one day and a clip meet |
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