#255 Travis McKinney | WPO Record Squat, Benchpress, 5 X Bodyweight Squat

Dave Tate's Table Talk

Dave Tate

Fitness, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 243 minutes

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In this 255th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk, Travis McKinney takes a seat.

Travis McKinney is a 28-year-old powerlifter, primarily in the 220-pound multiply division. Travis holds a Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics with a minor in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, and a Master's Degree in Food and Nutritional Sciences from the University of Wisconsin - Stout. He is the Head Coach for a high school powerlifting team with 50 athletes. Travis has 12 years in the Army Reserves, is a Drill Sergeant, Master Fitness Trainer (updated: H2F-I), and has achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant. He scored 584 out of 600 points on the Army Combat Fitness Test. Travis works as a life insurance broker in Appleton and is a proud owner of a seven-pound Yorkshire Terrier named Remie.

Accomplishments:

Currently sponsored by Overkill Strength Equipment

WPO 2nd place, 2022 + 2023

WPO Record squat, benchpress, total at 220lbs

1113 squat, ATWR and heaviest 5x Bodyweight Squat

777lb Benchpress, 810 at 242

771lb Deadlift

2662 Total

2022 APF Nationals Best Lifter

5x Arnold Sports Festival Competitor

XPC Arnold 2020 Raw 2nd place 220lb

XPC Arnold 2017 Multiply Winner 198lb

IPF Worlds 2013, 2nd place, 2nd Best Lifter

IPF Sub Junior World Record Benchpress - 501lbs at 205lbs [Former]

USAPL 3x Highschool National Benchpress Records

USAPL 4x Highschool National Podium Finishes

Spartan Race Trifecta Completionist (5k, 10k, 21k races)

Travis' IG: https://www.instagram.com/tkinneyv2.0/

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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0:31.9	restricted range of motion. Exercises like board press that basically just pop the pad on the bar reduces the range of motion,
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0:56.0	Fuck the shit now. I's time to sit down.
1:24.0	It's time to sit down, keep it real, and cut the bullshit.
1:26.0	Welcome to Table Talk. All right, guys, we're back with another episode of
1:31.0	Table Talk. Today, my guest is Travis McKinney. He's, I want to say, a 220 pound power lifter,
1:38.3	but you've been in several different weight classes. You currently hold the all-time world record,
1:42.2	multiply squatty at 1113, been competing for like 15
1:47.2	years.
1:48.2	We'll go through all that.
1:49.2	I believe you started in 2007.
1:51.2	2010.
1:52.2	Well, there are some high school things that were before that.
1:54.2	That started in 2010.
1:55.2	2010.
1:56.2	So that was in 2010.
1:57.2	You currently work as a coach of a high school power lifting team. You've been in the Army
2:02.9	reserves. Is that right? Correct. For 12 years? It'll be 12 in April. So in 12 years there
2:08.3	and have competed raw single ply and multi-ply. So as we move through this conversation, you know all genres started in the USAPL,
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