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In this episode of Chalk My Back! We bring you the Texas Strength Classic Meet Recap hosted by Wes Zunker former guest on the podcast that was held at Texas Strength System in San Antonio, Texas. Anas gives you latest and greatest recaps this side of Texas and even talks about some of the insight that happens behind the scenes at powerlifting meets. Join us as we listen to his journey from Dallas...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys take a deep dive courtesy of Josh into the world of weightlifting and drugs and how the recent doping violations show just how much the US isn't as clean as athletes and lifters think. Along the way, we also talk about how public information can sometimes be funny and how you can find out who's clean in your respective strength sport and maybe how to cont...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We cover all the national competitions coming up in powerlifting world! From PLA classic nationals to Super Mega Plus Ultra USAPL Nationals to DT USPA nationals and everything in between. Come join us as the boys banter back and forth and talk over each other for the best hour of your life while we also make borderline jokes that haven't gotten us cancelled yet! A...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys take a deep dive into the most controversial topic in anime world at the moment, anime tiddies! Just kidding we talk about the most recent seasons of AOT and Demon Slayer and give you our review WITHOUT SPOILERS of the current anime meta. Baki characters to JoJo's bizarre adventure memes to how Anas waits till seasons are completely released before he sta...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We cover everything as we go back to our roots having the three habibi's come together and just talk about whatever is on their mind. There are segments covering everything you needed to know about owning and taking care of a Rogue boneyard barbell  as well as comparing the boneyard bar to other barbells that we've used in the past. Also we talk about the rec...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We recap the 2022 Big Horn Bash hosted by Tommy Janusz held at the Houston Harte center at Josh's very own alma mater, Angelo State University. Abe and Josh recap their weekend trip to the fabled town of San Angelo and talk about all there is to do in this wonderful as well as cover memes from the trip and the save the best part for the middle, the meet recap. Alo...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! Anas, Josh, and Abe are back with a meet recap of the very first USAPL meet of the year! The POD Winter Seasonal which was hosted by our previous guest David Shelton. We cover everything that the meet did from the morning till the end and give you guys our opinion as to how the meet was ran and what some of the more notable highlights were of the meet. Abe talks a...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys cover the TSS Texas Open Meet Recap and all the details that happened during this eventful day! Abe talks about the performance of both Mae and Ulises as well as covers some of the notable highlights of the meet such as Jesus folding a foldable chair and meeting Gage for the first time. Anas and Josh talk training with the patented Anas 2.5kg method and d...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! we have on the owner of Texas Strength Systems Wes Zunker! We cover everything from Wes's origin story with powerlifting and his journey into the sport. Wes talks about how he started TSS as a need in the Texas Powerlifting space and as he kept diving deeper into powerlifting grew more into a role of support for local meets and collegiate powerlifting. Wes also gi...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We take a look back at the first USAPL Pro Meet in Virginia and give our thoughts over the meet as a whole and what some of the best moments from the meet were. We cover the general performance of the lifters that competed and give you guys our take as to what future pro meets will be like and what to expect with lifters to come in the future. We also cover Heathe...

In this Episode of Chalk My Back! Michael Seay joins the boys to talk about his meet prep for the USAPL Virginia Pro meet and how he plans to bring home the money and place top 3 at the meet. Along the way we get to know Michael's background with powerlifting and find out how he started with the sport and how he rose to the top of the 74's so quickly. Michael also gives us a glimpse into his previ...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys sit down and get to know the newest gym owners on the block the Panther City Strength Owners Gregg Wong and Robert Livingston! We get to hear their back story as to how they came about powerlifting and how the two of them became best friends and eventually came up with the idea to start a gym together. Gregg and Robert pass along lessons learned along the...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! Anas, Josh, and Abe return as a three piece and a biscuit to give you some updates from powerlifting world! We cover the latest news in terms of what Powerlifting America has put out and what this means for the landscape of international eligibility for United States lifters. We go over some of the more recent changes that has happened in the USAPL and how they pr...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We have DFW's very own David Garcia come and join us on the podcast! We asked our audience as well as USAPL Texas for questions and you guys did not disappoint! He gives us his origin story with his start in athletics and powerlifting and how he came to become a strength and conditioning coach and even becoming an international powerlifting coach. David also gives...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys take a dive into new experiences this weekend as Abe attended and helped at his first weightlifting meet! He breaks down his experience as well as the differences between what he saw with powerlifting and weightlifting, he also discusses learning about weightlifting strategies and how coaches and lifters can play with attempts to be able to guarantee more...

In this episode of CMB! We have the newest Texas Co-State chair join us to answer your questions that you asked on the Chalk My Back page! We cover everything from Keone's origin story with powerlifting and how his son Ty took up the sport later on in life. The boys also ask him some hard hitting questions about what Keone plans to do with USAPL TX and what the future of the USAPL holds in terms o...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys learn about more plates more dates Anas and how he got a juicy gym PR total! We also cover the 2021 Texas State Championship meet held this past weekend at Absolute Recomp where Josh and Abe began their professional commentary careers and the experience of what it was like to be commentators for all the lifters this weekend. We give a quick recap over how...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! we cover the theory and ideas behind what we think the levels are in powerlifting strength standards. Join us as we take a dive into the many different nuances within these structured levels and what we think is the new meta in terms of how lifters are progressing versus when we first got started with powerlifting. David and the boys also talk more about fast food...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! The boys give a recap of IPF Worlds and who the top lifters in each of the open and some of the junior weight classes. We go over how each lifter lifts went and how they earned each placing as well as who we think the top contenders will be for next year's world's competition. We recap how the USVI team did overall and also discuss the Thor vs. Devon boxing match....

In this episode of Chalk My Back! we got the best of the best food tier list coming at y'all (maybe) Abe, Anas, and Josh go over their best food places and compare what they think. Abe brings up the topic of all of us being jacked so we go over what pro diets we consume on a daily to look "jacked." We also cover the WRPF showdown meet and give our thoughts on all the records broken and the high po...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! You got questions and we got answers (maybe) for this week's QnA episode! We cover a whole range of topics such as small red tacos, top 3 fast food places, chiropractic stuff, Drake vs. Mr. West, knuckle sliming exercises, and how to ascend past humanity. Does Abe have a good tier list for food? What is Anas's secret sauce for pushing past your limits and becoming...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We cover the essentials of tools physical and non-physical that you should keep in your powerlifting tool bag! Some of these tools the boys have learned along the way and some we have learned from our own training through trial and error. Anas and Josh a dive into how they mentally prepare for training sessions as well as Abe talks about some of the physical aspec...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We cover the controversial topic of the USAPL suspension from the IPF. We cover all the "facts" and give you our take on the announcement and what the future of the USAPL and international competition may look like. Topics such as the "theoretical" cost of why a drug test has increased 20 fold, what kind of middle ground could have been met, and all the facts and...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! we come back to you with some tips and tricks to help benefit your training by going over some past cues given to us when we first started lifting and the implications behind them to what cues we use now and how to implement them into training sessions, we also discuss how training has changed within powerlifting and how research changes the landscape of how we pe...

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We bring you a fresh, off the press, off the cuff meet recap of Anas's TBS summer open meet! But first Abe has to get something off his chest and rag on his favorite powerlifting company while not doing his research yet again. After that we get into the heart of the episode and get you a summary of the high points and low points of Anas's meet experience. We cover...