#333 Is Strongman the Next WWE? | Ryan Rhodes

Dave Tate's Table Talk

Dave Tate

Health & Fitness, Fitness

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 174 minutes

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Welcome to another podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Today's guest is Ryan Rhodes with co-host Ilya Khazov.

Ryan Rhodes is a drug-free pro strongman and 5x World's Strongest Man Masters athlete who's competed in multiple weight classes over his past 26 years in the sport. Thriving in spite of his ND, VAST, C-PTSD and pacemaker implant for Stokes Adams Syndrome, he is recognized as the strongest human cyborg ever and the first pro athlete ever to compete with a battery powered heart. Ryan is also a successful business owner, the producer of 'Clash on the Coast' on ESPN- the first strongman competition ever to air live on TV- and has worked with Disney, Warner/Discovery, NBC and Viamedia among others.

Ryan's IG: https://www.instagram.com/honkystrong/

Ilya Khazov, born in Russia and based in Cyprus, is a strongman competitor who holds a Guinness world record for rope jumping with an 80kg anvil, a feat he accomplished on Italian TV. In 2022, he competed in the Strongman Champions League, securing notable placements and lifting a 360kg front loader in Finland. Despite a serious bicep tear, he remains focused on competing at top levels, including the World's Strongest Man. Ilya also excels in martial arts and professional paintball, with his team placing third in Europe. Off the field, he enjoys competitive PC gaming and escape rooms with his wife, Lily.

Ilya's IG: https://www.instagram.com/ilyakhazov.strongman/

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0:00.0	They transfer over to the hospital, to an actual hospital, by ambulance, and I coded once in the ambulance,
0:07.0	and then, I think, three or four times at the hospital after that.
0:11.0	And you know, you're big, you're intimidating, you know, which is, that's going to be that first impression.
0:17.0	But what you've got to remember is you had their attention.
0:19.0	There's a reason a lot of the best strongman athletes are usually athletes that were in some other sport.
0:24.6	All of that one big package and then you make them stronger.
0:26.9	That's your perfect recipe for a strongman.
0:41.5	It's time to sit down, keep it real, and cut the bullshit.
0:43.5	Welcome to Table Talk.
0:45.9	All right, guys, we're back with another episode of Table Talk.
0:51.7	Today, my guest is Ryan Rhodes and being assisted and co-hosted by Ilya.
0:53.0	Great to be back here.
0:54.1	Say your last name for me.
0:59.7	Haasov. Yep. That's, I mean, he was on podcast, whatever number. I went to write it down,
1:05.5	didn't write it down. Your whole history is through there. And to jump this off, I will introduce you real quick, right? So athlete, business owner, event promoter, producer, five times in the world's strongest man,
1:14.1	father, husband of three. And I'm sorry, husband and father of three. Right. Maybe my madapha, yeah,
1:24.1	my medapidal dose was these little, little adjusted, right?
1:27.6	I have to double check that.
1:30.0	And we're going to talk about your powered heart or however when it's being a cyborg.
1:36.8	So we're going to get into that.
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1:43.4	So it's a Discord group. They get free e-books, webinars, all these other things. And we allow them to ask, you know, a question for each one of the podcast. So the question that I have from the crew. And if you want to join the crew, click a link in the description. So there's that. Also, if you want to support the show, we have limited edition of apparel and buy anything from elitefts.com.
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