Welcome to the Root Strength Podcast, bringing you worldwide experts from all areas of health and fitness.

We cover training, nutrition, coaching, and mindset.

Welcome your host, Strength and Conditioning Coach,

2012 and 2013 Prospect Games Champ, Michael Kaju.

Mind, Body, Brute. body brute.

Hey and welcome back. My name is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength

podcast. This week's guest is Jim Winler. Jim is an elite level powerlifter and the

creator of the 531 method. At his best, he had a thousand pound squat, a

675 pound bench press and a

seven hundred pound deadlift for a twenty three seventy five total weighing two hundred

and seventy five pounds he's also the creator of the

Wintler 531 which is one of the most successful

strength programs and the simplest of all time.

This guy is just a storyteller so most of the show is him telling

stories of lifting, training, competing, coaching, etc. We talk specifically

about his experience walking on a D1 University football team which was the University of Arizona and what it took for him to letter for three years in a row.

We talked about him meeting Dave Tate, the owner of

elite FTS, and the importance of always being open to opportunities and even

noticing them when they're at your doorstep. We talk about why he created the 531

method and how it became so successful. And finally, the importance of

simplicity in training in life, that's that's what Jim is really known for and what really drew me to him is this idea of

simplifying things in life to be to master fewer things. Before we get the show started,

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