#260 Henry Thomason | ALL TIME WR SQUAT X 3 CLASSES, Texas Powerlifting, Pet Dinosaurs

Dave Tate's Table Talk

Dave Tate

Fitness, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 191 minutes

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Summary

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Henry Thomason is joining Dave Tate on the latest episode of Table Talk Podcast!

Get ready for an epic conversation with Henry, a 44-year-old powerlifting legend hailing from Sherman, Texas. With an impressive powerlifting journey, Henry has a story that's as powerful as his lifts!

Best Lifts:

Squat (raw): 948 lbs
Squat (single ply): 1058 lbs
Squat (multi-ply): 1207 lbs
Bench Press (raw): 440 lbs
Bench Press (single ply): 805 lbs
Bench Press (multi-ply): 832 lbs
Deadlift (single ply): 733 lbs
Deadlift (multi-ply): 749 lbs
Total (single ply): 2502 lbs
Total (multi-ply): 2665 lbs
Pro Total: 275 lbs, 308 lbs & SHW

Achievements:

Founded and led the Texas high school powerlifting team
Transitioned from college football to powerlifting, winning College Powerlifting Championships
Competed in more powerlifting meets than anyone in the past 30 years, from the IPF to the WPO
Held All-Time World Records in Single and Multi Ply across three different weight classes
Coached hundreds of kids to numerous state and national championships

Henry's journey is filled with incredible highs and lows, triumphs and challenges. He shares endless stories from his extensive experience at all levels of the sport.

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Henry's IG: https://www.instagram.com/henry.thomason/

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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Transcript

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0:00.0	We've got a new limited edition drop, the original Mountain Dog Tea that John Meadows had us to sign from the very beginning.
0:08.6	So it's the first tea that he had made.
0:11.0	Once again, this is a limited edition item.
0:13.5	So when they're gone, they're gone.
0:15.1	While I have your attention, you've seen me wear this one in a few podcasts to date.
0:19.1	We've been holding back on it.
0:20.2	This here, the four star tea, I think that's what we call it. It's on the website, new items, also
0:26.2	under limited edition. Check out our shoulder saver pads. It's an easy way to do limited,
0:31.2	restricted range of motion. Exercises like board press that basically just pop the pad on the bar,
0:36.9	reduces the range of motion
0:38.6	pop it back off when you're done thank you guys for the support head over to elitefts.com Fuck What the shit now Fuck shit now
1:09.0	Now It's time. It's time to sit down.
1:21.6	It's time to sit down, keep it real, and cut the bullshit.
1:23.6	Welcome to Table Talk.
1:25.6	All right, guys, we're back with another episode of Table Talk. Today, my guest is Henry
1:30.3	Thomason. Yeah, that's right. Right? You said it different when you came in. Then it threw
1:36.3	me off. Then I go back and look at my notes. Then I looked over here. Brief history of numbers
1:43.5	and stuff like that will be in the description because you got tons of records, right? So I held the all-time world record in three different weight classes. Yeah, in the squat, yes. In the squad. More or less, yeah. Yeah. It's been competing for close to three decades. Yep. Have done close to 250 meets. Yeah. Or more, yeah. Or more, which is ridiculous.
2:01.1	If you don't count bombs, yeah. And you started when you were in high school. Yep. And you're also now working with high school kids. Yes. You know, so you've kind of gone full circle with all that. Yeah. So with that being stated in all the other stats in the description, and we'll talk more about training and all that as we go forward. What's up with the dinosaurs?
2:18.3	Okay, so let me just bring them out.
2:20.4	That'll be easier so okay so oh
2:24.3	sorry the microphone here well let me just pull it out like this okay so the dinosaurs so you have
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