#363 Anything Can Be Taken to the Extreme | Pete Rubish

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Dave Tate

Fitness, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 156 minutes

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Pete Rubish takes a seat in this 363rd podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk. Welcome back, Pete!

Pete is a competitive 242-pound powerlifter with best lifts of 772 pounds on squat, 485 pounds on bench, and 920 pounds on deadlift. For the last ten years, he has been coaching and training lifters. His passion is helping others get stronger and realize just how much more capable they can be as they pursue their true potential – and their next PR. After being off PEDs for four years, Pete has found other competitive passions, such as running. He recently ran 66 miles in the Bighorn 100 and ran a half marathon in 1 hour and 38 minutes. Pete and his wife own Koa Strength and Fitness in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Koa Strength and Fitness: https://koastrengthandfitness.com/

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0:00.0	I grew up reading about ultramarathons, 100 mile races.
0:03.0	Even when I was lifting, I just found it fascinating. This is so interesting these 100 mile races in the mountains. It sounds terrible. So I always wanted to do one. It was like a bucket list thing. I look back on what I accomplished or the lifts I hit how big I was and it doesn't feel real. When I was at my peak, as far as lifting, I'm like, I can't even imagine now. I don't know what 800 pounds feels like in my hands.
0:22.3	And I used to wrap that for five.
0:23.8	It's just crazy. peak as far as lifting like I can't even imagine now I don't know what 800 pounds feels like in my hands
0:22.2	and I used to rep that for five it's just crazy I'm gonna say it's time to sit down keep it real
0:36.2	and cut the bullshit.
0:37.9	Welcome to Table Talk.
0:40.2	All right, guys.
0:40.7	We're back again with Pete Rubish.
0:42.8	He was on 173 and 204.
0:45.7	We have some catching up to do.
0:47.7	So what I'm going to jump off right here is going to the ER for energy drinks.
0:53.4	Oh, my goodness, yes.
0:55.0	That was an interesting experience.
0:58.0	I'm quite the fan of energy drinks.
1:01.0	And I'm not even going to say what specific brand it was or anything.
1:05.0	I've been drinking them for years.
1:08.0	And I was actually, this probably was the first bad idea here so I'd been having them
1:13.2	before my runs right so I'd go for like a six seven mile run and I had them beforehand and this
1:20.1	particular day I had that one I was about midway through the run and my my heart just started
1:25.4	going crazy so just from one yes just 200 milligrams of
1:29.4	caffeine heart palpitations where we're going going wild i couldn't bring my heart rate down i
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