#349 TRADITIONAL Strength & Conditioning Never Fails: RESULTS GURANTEED! | Tanner Shuck
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🗓️ 28 May 2025
⏱️ 119 minutes
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We welcome Tanner Shuck to this episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast!
Tanner Shuck is a Dubai-based fitness champion, online coach, and content creator known for his intense, no-BS training style. A former collegiate football player and CrossFit athlete, Tanner blends strength, conditioning, and tactical grit into a hybrid training philosophy that has earned him a massive global following—254K on Instagram and 271K on YouTube.
From sand dune sprints to brutal barbell sessions, Tanner leads by example and delivers results. In this episode, he breaks down his training approach, life in Dubai, and how he built a thriving online brand without selling out. Whether you're a serious lifter, coach, or content creator, you'll get real insight, raw motivation, and no-fluff advice from one of the most respected voices in the game.
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| 0:00.0 | When I first got into CrossFit, I started following all these benchmark workouts. |
| 0:04.0 | I actually got weaker. I got worse. I was like, all right, this is not working. |
| 0:09.0 | I basically got back into traditional strength conditioning, and that's the approach I took to compete in CrossFit. |
| 0:14.0 | Principle number one is, if the food did not exist 200 years ago, do not eat it. |
| 0:20.0 | Principle number two, if the food did not directly come |
| 0:23.2 | from an animal or was not directly grown from the ground don't eat it and |
| 0:28.0 | principle number three every time you eat prioritize protein if you follow those |
| 0:32.2 | three nutrition principles you'll never fail. |
| 0:47.5 | It's time to sit down, keep it real and cut the bullshit. |
| 0:49.5 | Welcome to Table Talk. |
| 0:52.2 | All right, guys, we're back with another episode of Table Talk. |
| 0:54.0 | Today, my guest is Tanner Shuck. Is that I pronounce that right? Yes, sir. Okay, Dubai Fitness, Champion and Strength Coach, online trainer, content creator, former Division I football player and founder of true strength. Yes, sir. I'll leave anything out of there? No, you got that correct. Yeah. Where I like to jump off with you guys is you play Division I football. |
| 1:13.5 | I'm always interested in what your sporting background was when you were a kid. |
| 1:17.5 | For sure. |
| 1:18.0 | So if we go all the way back to pre-junior high. |
| 1:22.4 | Absolutely. |
| 1:23.0 | I'd love to. |
| 1:23.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:23.9 | What kind of sports? |
| 1:25.1 | The reason I ask is because values are created when you're younger. |
| 1:30.5 | Absolutely. |
| 1:30.9 | But there's also opportunities or windows to develop certain characteristics. |
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