Industrial Strength REPLAY: Episode #55 w/ Paul “Triple H” Levesque!

Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

Joe DeFranco

Fitness, Muscle, Health, Sports, Health & Fitness, Lifting, Bodybuilding, Strength

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

SURPRISE, SURPRISE!! Last week Joe announced that there would NOT be a podcast this week... But, in honor of Triple H’s WWE Hall of Fame induction, Joe changed his mind and decided to REPLAY Triple H's first-ever appearance on the podcast! This episode originally aired on March 31, 2016 and it quickly became the most downloaded Industrial Strength Show of all-time…until it went missing!!! But thankfully Joe was able to track down the “missing file” and now you can enjoy this historic episode once again!

Highlights from Joe & Triple H's conversation include:
Triple H tells his version of the story of how he and Joe met
The promise that Joe made to Triple H during their very first meeting
Triple H’s “old way” of warming up vs. the “new way” and how it’s affected his training and overall health
Why Triple H trains barefoot
How switching from Free Squats to Box Squats has improved Triple H’s knee health & overall strength
How/Why Triple H’s shoulders got BIGGER [and healthier] once he stopped lifting heavy weights
Triple H tells the story of when WWE superstar Sheamus tried doing “Blackburns” with him
The misconception that “training for function” will take away from your hypertrophy gains & aesthetics
The reason Triple H trains at midnight
What exercise(s) does Triple H “hate so much that he wants to Pedigree Joe D. onto a pile of broken glass"?
Triple H explains why he feels the gym teaches you everything you need to know about life
The #1 characteristic Triple H looks for when recruiting new NXT talent
Who was Triple H’s favorite wrestler when he was a kid?
Triple H reveals the best overall athletes currently on the WWE roster
Triple H’s favorite workout music
Who did Triple H enjoy wrestling the most during his career?
Triple H’s all-time favorite in-ring moment
What are Triple H’s all-time favorite wrestling matches to watch?
Who’s the better boxer – Triple H or Stephanie McMahon?
Triple H talks about his current [leaner] physique and his low-carb diet
Is Triple H on a strict “Keto” diet year-round or just when he’s peaking for Wrestlemania?
What will be Triple H’s GO-TO cheat food after his Wrestlemania match this year?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Surprise, surprise, people.
0:03.1	And welcome to this bonus episode of the Industrial Strength Show.
0:10.1	I know I told you guys that there would not be a show this week because we were heading to Vegas for WrestleMania and Triple H's Hall of Fame induction, which we still are.
0:21.6	In fact,
0:22.2	I'm probably,
0:23.4	if you're listening to this show when it drops,
0:25.4	I'm probably on my way there right now.
0:28.2	But there has been a change of plans,
0:31.9	and you are about to listen to a replay of episode number 55, which was Triple H's first ever
0:45.6	appearance on the Industrial Strength Show back in March of 2016.
0:51.1	It was the most downloaded Industrial strength show of all time before it went missing.
1:00.7	It was deleted by CBS Radio and then it went missing on my part from my records.
1:08.7	I couldn't find the file anywhere.
1:12.1	I've been wanting to repost this for years since the day I realized it was taken down.
1:18.9	And for those, for the newer listeners of this show, just a quick little backstory.
1:24.5	My podcast used to be under the CBS radio umbrella. I think I was with them for about a year,
1:33.0	a year and a half, but they got rid of their podcasting division, which was fine. I ended up going back
1:40.2	on my own. It was really, um, nothing changed for the audience, but a lot of the shows that were
1:48.2	recorded when I was with CBS radio ended up being deleted, uh, from all the podcasting platforms,
1:56.2	because they had their own RSS feed. And when they dropped the podcasting division, I guess they just deleted everything, which
2:05.0	sucked because there are a lot of great episodes.
2:07.7	And for whatever reason, for the life of me, I have all the original files saved of
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