#319 Modern Lifters vs. Old School; Training and Mental Toughness | Paul Leonard, Dave Tate's Table Talk
Dave Tate's Table Talk
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🗓️ 27 November 2024
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Welcome Paul Leonard to the 319th episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast.
Paul Leonard, a powerlifter from 1986 to 2018, holds multi-ply records of an 810 squat, 480 bench, and 744 deadlift. His best raw lifts include a 545 squat, 322 bench, and 628 deadlift in the USAPL as a masters lifter, with a raw deadlift of 750 and a single-ply bench of 534. Paul also competed in strongman, placing 4th at the 2005 Atlantis Strongman Competition. Recently, he's participated in ArmliftingUSA grip contests and authored Built by History on Amazon. He also announces powerlifting and strongman contests for the USPA and USS.
Paul's IG: https://www.instagram.com/pauljleonardplusa/
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| 0:00.0 | was you competed against Mike O'Hern and the 95 California State Powerlifting Championships. |
| 0:06.4 | So we'll pull the video up real quick. |
| 0:09.6 | And we'll just kind of click through there, but you beat him, right? |
| 0:12.6 | So that's kind of that. |
| 0:13.4 | So tell me the story as we kind of click through this and he'll find, I think that's just the deadlifts, right? |
| 0:19.9 | Yes, my YouTube channel is Paul L. P. Leonard 71, so it does have some footage from that 95 Cal State meet. |
| 0:26.6 | So, yes, but let it be noted that Steve Denison beat me in the toll. |
| 0:32.0 | Okay, well, second. |
| 0:32.8 | Going into this, where were you ranked to Mike? |
| 0:41.6 | Yeah, I knew who Mike. |
| 0:43.5 | No, no, no, I mean. |
| 0:49.5 | Sit down, keep it real and cut the bullshit. |
| 0:53.3 | Welcome to Table Talk. All right, guys, we cut the bullshit. Welcome to Table Talk. |
| 0:55.6 | All right, guys, we're back with another episode of Table Talk today. |
| 0:58.4 | My guest is Paul Leonard. |
| 1:00.0 | I want to thank you for coming out because you've been discussed a couple times with Josh when he's come out here. |
| 1:05.6 | I've known of you since forever, right? |
| 1:09.4 | You have almost 40 years, you know, as a strength athlete, did your first |
| 1:14.3 | meet in 88. 86? 86. It was 86? Yes, sir. Ah, that's open power lifting, right? Yeah, I like those |
| 1:21.4 | guys, but it's not, they're about 90% there. Yeah, there's a lot of mine that are still missing |
| 1:25.8 | off there, but fortunately not |
| 1:27.5 | any of the best ones. You know, so I'm good with that, you know, where I was actually kind of |
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