Ep 781: Powerlifters, you NEED to hear this
Power Athlete Radio
Power Athlete
4.8 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2024
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
John sits down with the man, the myth, the legend—Ed Coan. The dude who doesn’t just lift, he redefines what’s possible under a barbell. Ed breaks down his insane technique, the grind that got him to the top, and how his mindset turned record-breaking lifts into a walk in the park. If you think lifting heavy is about muscle, think again. It’s about precision, focus, and a will that doesn’t quit. Hit play and get schooled by the powerlifting GOAT himself.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day. |
| 0:08.4 | Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more. |
| 0:17.0 | So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt, you've come to the right place. |
| 0:24.5 | Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin. |
| 0:27.2 | Hey, Power Thionnation, I want you to strap up for a hard-hitting, powerful, explosive, dynamic podcast with the legendary Ed Cohen. |
| 0:36.2 | Ed needs no introduction, |
| 0:37.9 | probably one of the most dominant power lifters to ever step on the platform. |
| 0:42.9 | And whoever decided to lift weights, |
| 0:44.2 | he was systematic, methodical, |
| 0:46.2 | and extremely pinpointed and vicious in how he lifted weights. |
| 0:50.9 | And if you are a fan of powerlifting dudes of lifting heavy weights and on YouTube, you need to Google and look up Ed Cohen. I've been an Ed Cohen fan for as long as I've seen him train and the stories about him definitely fit the billing. So I had the opportunity to meet Ed at Somersong last year. And we've been talking about doing this podcast. So finally, I was able to get him on. Hopefully at some point, maybe in the next few months, if he makes his way to Austin, we can sit down and do it across the table. Until then, Mr. Ed Cohn. So what's up, man? How you doing? Pretty good. I was just at the Swiss symposium this last weekend in Toronto. Oh, nice. How'd that go? It was really good. They crammed it in the one day. |
| 1:28.5 | So there's like five rooms going from 8 a.m. to 5.30. |
| 1:34.0 | What did you speak on or were you just there as a like support? |
| 1:37.2 | This year they had a lot of hands on stuff. |
| 1:40.5 | So my room, we had two different squat racks, two different benches, two different deadlifts. |
| 1:47.7 | And it was a hands-on instruction. |
| 1:50.3 | I was doing deadlifts. |
| 1:52.3 | There was, I guess you had to sign up for that special room when you got there. |
| 1:58.9 | And there was people lined up at 5 a.m. for that 810 start it was like |
| 2:04.5 | a few hundred people lined up so it was pretty cool it was a good session this year so people |
| 2:10.5 | were waiting in line to be coached by the master by the one of the most dominant power lifters in the |
| 2:15.7 | history of the world. Yeah. |
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