Ep. 228 - The State of Powerlifting (IPF Worlds 2023)
Iron Culture presented by MASS
The MASS Crew
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
With Eric freshly back from coaching and commentating (how dare he) at IPF Classic Worlds 2023 - the largest, most competitive worlds to date - it only makes sense for a recap and discussion regarding the state of powerlifting. How have things changed after the recent Sheffield? Are the champions of today different than the champions of the past? How are things like judging changing with the advent of video replay, and how has the growth of powerlifting impacted the sport? With live-streaming of Worlds on the Olympics YouTube channel while also being televised on Eurosport, are we moving into a new era?
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| 0:00.0 | Eric, all more. |
| 0:02.4 | You've been on quite a journey, my friend. |
| 0:04.9 | I have. |
| 0:06.4 | And now you're back. |
| 0:08.0 | This is going to be the title of episode. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm just going to wing this. |
| 0:11.6 | And this is how we do. |
| 0:12.9 | Spontaneity is the basis for improvisation. |
| 0:16.9 | Is Eric leaving Iron Culture? |
| 0:18.9 | Because my friend, let me set up a situation for you. |
| 0:21.2 | Eric's like, am I? Eric's like, am I? |
| 0:23.0 | Am I fired for myself? |
| 0:25.6 | Let me set up a scenario for you, okay? |
| 0:28.2 | Okay, I'm ready. |
| 0:29.4 | This hunk is in worlds. |
| 0:31.4 | I got exclusive access to Eric's only fans, which is actually just our DMs on Instagram. |
| 0:37.2 | He's looking sensational. |
| 0:39.0 | If any bod pod says he's anything more than like 11% body fat, I am ready to sue science as a |
| 0:45.9 | whole anyways. So I get up and I'm excited because it's a new day, a new dog, we're excited |
| 0:51.9 | to be here. Okay. And I tune in to IPF world in Malta. |
| 0:57.9 | And I swear, Eric, I didn't know this, you did not tell me this. And I could be mistaken. |
| 1:02.1 | Someone did identify themselves as said Eric Helms. I knew within three seconds, I just tuned it in, |
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