Old School Powerlifting w/ Mark Bartley, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Coach Travis Mash Barbell Shrugged #580
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2021
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Marc Bartley was one of the premier 275-pound lifters in the world. At the 2005 Arnold Classic he squatted a huge 1058. Marc has been competing in powerlifting for over 6 years and has used the IPA, APF, USAPL and the WPO to showcase his strength. He currently owns Total Gym in South Carolina. He holds two degrees from the University of South Carolina; one in finance and one in economics. His best lifts include a 1058 squat, 700 pound bench press and a 722 deadlift. His best total is 2463.
In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:
- How people got so strong without the internet
- The mindset to squat over 1,200 pounds
- Eliminating limiting beliefs around strength
- Growing a business after athletic performance
- The similarities of athletic performance and business
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | truck family. Today's episode of our bell struck we are talking to Mark |
| 0:04.3 | Bartley aka Spud. He was a 275 pound lifter totaling 2,463 pounds. That's a |
| 0:18.5 | 1,058 pound squad a 700 pound bitch and a 722 pound deadlift. We traveled |
| 0:25.6 | down to Columbia South Carolina at Spud Inc. Last time all of us were together |
| 0:31.2 | about a month and a half ago we got to go kick it into Columbia South |
| 0:34.8 | Carolina and it's a ton of fun. Mark makes a ton of cool lifting equipment |
| 0:40.0 | specifically for power. There's people that are like way too jacked. He makes |
| 0:43.4 | the stuff to make you that enormously jacked and strong. Highly recommend |
| 0:49.0 | getting over checking out Spud Inc. Everything in the show notes about Mark |
| 0:53.1 | Bartley as well as I want to remind everybody to get over to barbellstruck.com |
| 0:59.8 | forward slash diesel dad were all the busy dads get strongly in an athletic |
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| 1:12.9 | the busy dads are hanging out talking about getting strong friends before we |
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| 1:26.6 | take the green first thing in the morning I wake up I make a little protein |
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| 1:35.4 | morning every single morning and should be a part of your morning as well |
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