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Massonomics. Welcome, everyone, episode 4902 of theonomics podcast, The Lifting Podcast, About Nothing.

My name is Tanner.

And my name is Tommy.

We got a special one broadcasted this week from the corners of the Dakotas.

That's not why it's special.

We do that every single week.

This is special because this is a Q&A episode.

We've got questions that have come in all day long from a whole bunch of you.

We have more questions than we're ever possibly going to get to on this episode,

but we will get through as many as possible.

And Tommy, I know that you probably haven't seen any of these.

There are some doozies in here.

All right.

So strap in as I begin to tell you about Texas power bars.

When buddy caps began lifting weights with Olympic bars in the 1960s,

he quickly noticed the problems with the equipment.

The nerding was so light and crappy that even when the bars were brand new, there was

hardly any grip whatsoever.

And after years and years and years of use, they became almost slick to the touch.

They were greasy, you could almost say to the touch.

The sleeves were made from three pieces held together with some bale or twine and God knows what else, and maybe a threaded

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