2 White Lights

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we had the president of the USAPL on the show to discuss USAPL/IPF relations which included: - The likely expulsion from the IPF - The new IPF affiliate "Powerlifting America" - Details on what was proposed to the IPF from the USAPL to stay within the affiliate - The USAPLs plans to continue to use WADA if they are no longer apart of the IPF - A potential to retu...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we recap two massive meets that took place over the past weeks in powerlifting: - The Showdown meet (5:25-45:06) - IPF Worlds (45:08)

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we had one of our favorite unofficial cohost of 2WL on to preview the Showdown that will be taking place this weekend! We preview all the weight classes from the men and females who will be competing along with predictions for the top 5 overall males/females: - Our takes on The Showdown including lifter dropouts and what we expect from the production value of the...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we have the first 4 rounds of our live IPF Fantasy Draft! Make sure to check out our Twitch page (@2_whitelights), to see the rest of the draft!

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we preview 2021 IPF Worlds: - The turbulence leading up to worlds, potential battles, issues with predicting worlds, and mini rants on USAPL/IPF (4:48-15:43) - 59 kg men (15:43-19:43) - 66kg men (19:44-30:32) - 74 kg men (30:33-37:54) - 83 kg men (37:55-43:56) - 93 kg men (43:57-51:54) - 105 kg men (51:55- 56:53) - 120 kg men (56:53- 58:55) - 120+ kg men (58:56-6...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we had one of our unofficial cohosts on to discuss the fallout between the USAPL/IPF and why he believes the USAPL will eventually benefit in the long run as we discuss: - Lifters jumping to the USVI - Lifters withdrawing from the Virginia Pro - A potential lack of competition at future USVI/IPF meets - Longevity of a Pro Series compared to Sheffield - Whether or...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we had on the program the powerlifting king of Twitch, Ben Rice (@benrice_plg). While everyone was arguing about the USAPL/IPF, Ben was apart of one of the highest viewed powerlifting meets of all time (Twitch Rivals) over the past week and we discussed that along with: - His background in powerlifting, Twitch, and his experiences with that platform (5:26-24:00)...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we were joined by Zac Robinson and Josh Pelland (@zac.datadrivenstrength & @josh.datadrivenstrength) and we had ourselves a very informative conversation on programming/coaching and took a deep dive on: - Their backgrounds and how they got into coaching powerlifting (5:24-25:00) - Sub maximal training (25:00-32:00) - Junk Volume (32:00-39:00) - Static rep counts...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we discuss the announcement of the USAPL Pro Series and we share: - The little information we have as far as a potential format/structure - The possibilities of lifters leaving for the IPF affiliate that will be created and why its not such a terrible outcome - The comments on 2WL page on what people will like to see from the Pro Series

On this episode of 2 White Lights, Steve DeNovi and I discuss a hot take that we made way back in last spring ("steroids should never be promoted in powerlifting") and we discuss: - What we believe "promoting" steroid use it - When is there inadvertent promotion of steroids - Can you be too open with steroid use? - How we'd like powerlifters to handle the potential dangers of it - And our general...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, Kyle Miller of Project Strength joined me in recapping the TBS Summer Open. We discussed: - The atmosphere, culture, livestream, and the presentation of the meet (6:22-29:35) - The top female performers from the PT session (29:37-47:47) - The top male performers from the PT session (47:48)

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we preview the TBS Summer Open primetime sessions which will be taking place August 8th in Houston Texas. We give our predictions, takes, and breakdowns on: - Men (5:36-49:47) - Female (49:49-65:50) And we discuss US athletes getting their nominations for IPF worlds(65:52)

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we sat down with a rising star in powerlifting and one of its best trash talkers, Derek Thistlethwaite (@deathgrip.derek) and we discussed: -Why he was disinvited from Showdown, Breath belt fallout, and his opinions on Joe Sullivan (6:52-26:50) - Derek and Steve educate Angelo on the Breath belt (26:53-36:30) - His various "beefs" with other powerlifters includin...

On this episode of 2 White Lights we pick several Olympic events and share which powerlifters we believe would excel the most at those specific events.

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we had one of the best 120 kg lifters of all time, Dennis Cornelius (@denniscornelius500) on the program and we discussed: - His performance at USAPL Nationals (6:53-19:10) - How he tries to keep his motivation and if he'd ever change weight classes to face more competition (19:15-38:09) - His opinions on the upcoming pro meets in the USAPL and his distain for fo...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, Steve DeNovi is back and we discussed: - Our thoughts and opinions on the USAPL nominations to IPF Worlds possibly not getting accepted along with our takes on whether or not we are optimistic if then IPF will accept those nominations and if the IPF loses prestige if the US is not involved. (5:14-35:24) - Developments on the Virginia Pro Open including the potent...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we finally had the long awaited interview from the best powerlifter in the USAPL/IPF and arguably one of the best of all time, Taylor Atwood (@t_atwood). In this interview we discussed: - His unprecedented 838 kg total performance at 2021 Nationals which was arguably the best powerlifting performance in this sports history. - If the social media hype contributed...

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On this episode of 2 White Lights, I was joined by one of the breakout stars from 2021 USAPL Nationals, Gavin Adin (@gavin_adin) who took second place in the ultra competitive 93 kg weight class. Gavin and I discussed: - How he got his start in powerlifting. - His performance at Nationals, taking second, the controversial protested squat call, why he didn't attempt to chip the American squat recor...

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On this episode of 2 White Lights, Joe Stanek joins me to discuss my prep leading up to 2021 Raw Nationals, the meet itself, and our future plans in my programming leading up to my first USPA meet. Also, Joe shares some breaking news regarding Gameday Barbell.

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we interviewed the USAPL Virginia State Chair Sabre Schnitzer (@usaplvirgina). USAPL Virginia is home to some of the most well produced and efficient meets in the USAPL and Sabre gives insight on: - How he got his start in powerlifting/directing meets (5:29-25:15) - The sustainability of these meets and things he's needed to improve on for these meets (25:16-38:4...

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we were joined by one of the premier coaches in the USAPL Joey Flexx. We discuss Flexx Training Systems dominance at 2021 USAPL Nationals along with recaps/breakdowns of his top performers at Nationals.

On this episode of 2WL, we recap 2021 USAPL Nationals: - The presentation and "culture" of Nationals (4:51-21:10) - 59-83kg men (21:12-54:01) - 47-69kg women(54:03-73:25) - 76-84kg+ women (73:27-94:27) - 93-120kg+ men (94:29)

On this episode of 2WL, we preview the SHW and 120 kg mens weight classes along with the 76kg, 84kg, and 84+kg divisions for USAPL Raw Nationals. We also provide some recent training updates from some of the lifters along with who we believe is going to be the best overall male/female lifters. - Training updates (6:16-13:00) - SHW (13:03-31:41) - 76kg women (31:42-42:17) - 120kg men (42:18-52:23)...