#296 Gym Ownership, Coaching, Beyond Powerlifting | Ryan Celli, Dave Tate's Table Talk
Dave Tate's Table Talk
Dave Tate
4.9 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2024
⏱️ 157 minutes
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In this 296th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk, Ryan Celli takes a seat.
Ryan Celli, 50, co-owns Celli's Fitness Center in Pittsburgh's Northside with his wife, Dana. Since 2007, their 5,500-square-foot family-owned gym caters to both serious lifters and regular fitness enthusiasts. Ryan manages daily operations, including equipment maintenance, member relations, and personal training. A competitive powerlifter from 1989 to 2012, Ryan has competed in eight weight classes and achieved elite totals in four, primarily in APF, USPF, and USPA federations. He also excelled in NPC/IFBB bodybuilding, with significant wins including two middleweight Mr. Pittsburgh titles in 2000 and 2015.
Ryan's expertise led him to contribute to Powerlifting USA's POWER FORUM and appear on the cover of its March 2009 issue. He has also been featured in media like the Crossfit Journal and on FOX's Phitness: Pittsburgh Fitness. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt, Ryan is passionate about continual learning and helping others achieve their strength and rehabilitation goals. He is particularly interested in biomechanics to enhance strength training, injury prevention, and rehabilitation.
Ryan's IG: https://www.instagram.com/ryancelli/
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 , 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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| 0:56.1 | today. Effort. Yeah. Effort. So like, and that's another good question. What do you mean by |
| 1:02.4 | effort? Because I'll see people work out for four hours. I mean, there's 15 minutes between |
| 1:09.6 | sets. They're on their phone. |
| 1:11.0 | Like, I don't know. |
| 1:12.0 | It's like, I don't know. |
| 1:14.5 | It's like, how are you going to get anywhere with that? |
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| 1:20.4 | Like a lot of them do like the squat every day thing and bench every day and deadlift |
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