SNR #233: Bryce Lewis - Athlete Development, Identity & Psychology

Sigma Nutrition Radio

Danny Lennon

Sigma, Dietetics, Evidencebased, Nutrition, Training, Health & Fitness, Science, Diet, Fitness, Evidence, Bodybuilding, Health

4.8 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Bryce is the founder of The Strength Athlete and is a world-class elite-level powerlifter in the IPF.

Bryce competes in the -105 kg class, winning USAPL Raw Nationals in both 2016 and 2017, as well as winning silver at the IPF World Championships in Minsk in 2017.

Through his success as an elite lifter, Bryce’s dream is to pass on his knowledge and skills through The Strength Athlete (TSA) powerlifting coaching services online. Bryce passionately advocates for the application and love of the sciences, evidence-based philosophies, and skepticism of pseudoscience.

Off the back of his 2017 Raw Nationals win with a 890 kg total (315/220/355), Bryce will again represent the USA at IPF Worlds this year in Calgary, Canada.

In This Episode We Discuss
Preparing for world championships
Modifications made over the past year
How some weight loss has helped deadlift leverage for Bryce
Family background of athleticism, How was that cultivated as you grew up?
exploring how psychology and sport psychology practices can affect lifting
how thinking about athlete development is not simply about how do we increase physical performance through training
Is there a distinction between building a better athlete and a better person?
What Bryce has improved on to become a better athlete
How athletes identify themselves; implications of tying their whole identity and/or self-worth to being an ahtlete
On what idea have The Strength Athlete team yet to reach a consensus or common position stand on?

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0:00.0	We engage in a sport because we like it, but we also learn lessons from the sport and we're able to attach to it in healthy ways and and I
0:22.6	think the the type of people that you magnetized to and the type of people that kind of healthy
0:30.6	integrative coaching can do can lead to people who enjoy their sport for longer, who are injured less often, who can teach lessons to other people and kind of teach this sport and get other people involved in a healthy way.
0:47.3	So, Hello and welcome to another episode of Sigma Nutrition Radio.
1:07.2	As ever, I am your host, Danny Lennon, and we're at episode 233 of the podcast, where in a few
1:15.1	moments I'm going to be joined by Bryce Lewis.
1:19.1	Before we get into things, just again, a big special thank you to everyone who continues to
1:24.1	support the podcast, whether that's via your reviews on iTunes, which are extremely
1:28.8	helpful, whether it's posting about it on an Instagram story or in a Facebook group, or whether
1:34.2	it's just sharing it with a friend, all of that stuff massively helps, as well as those of you who
1:38.7	go that extra mile and support us on Patreon. It's all very, very much appreciated. This episode, like I said,
1:47.0	is going to be with Bryce Lewis, who is one of my favorite people to talk to and just really
1:51.9	favorite people to hear his insights and just see the way he thinks through different ideas.
1:57.9	And if you're not already, follow him on anywhere on social media and you can get to see day to day different things he thinks about and insights he gives, which are, I find at least extremely useful and valuable as well as thought provoking. And so hopefully I'll be able to pick his brain on a few ideas today that I'm kind of curious about in relation
2:18.4	to his own background as an athlete, the way he thinks through different processes, what he does
2:23.9	with some clients, his ideas around sports psychology, athlete identity, and a number of other
2:30.2	things that I think are particularly interesting. and I think all of you will find extremely
2:35.6	useful even if you have no interest in powerlifting whatsoever. This is full of gems that Bryce
2:42.4	brings to the fore. So again, if you're not into power lifting just as a bit of background,
2:47.9	Bryce is the founder of the strength athlete, which is a top quality powerlifting
2:52.8	coaching service and is a world-class elite-level powerlifter in his own right within the IPF.
2:59.1	So Bryce competes in the 105-kilow class. He's won USAPL raw nationals in both 2016 and 2017, as well as winning silver at the
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