Powerful Perspectives

Welcome back to the podcast everyone. This week, Julianna and Savannah do a brief recap of Collegiate Nationals. Fortitudo Fitness/The Strength Guys had a few athletes that Julianna went down to Atlanta to handle so we had a behind-the-scenes experience.  For this episode’s entertainment weekly we went down a rabbit hole of the most expensive houses you can buy in the United States. We found quite...

Happy Monday Everybody!  Welcome back to the pod everyone. This week on Entertainment Weekly, Julianna and Savannah talked about movies such as ‘Miller’s Girl’ and the mini-seies ‘One Day.’ They discuss how soundtracks can affect the mood of a scene and how that can and will impact the viewing experience.  For the main topic of this week’s episode, they discuss their pre-gym and set-up rituals tha...

Hello all, Happy Tuesday! For this week's episode, we talk about an overlap of two very big aspects of life: dating and lifting. As gym rats, it can be hard to find the time to date and find people who understand how important training is in our daily lives.  Julianna and Savannah discuss their own dating experiences and what they have found to be the most important aspect of finding a partner...

Happy Monday Everyone, and welcome back to another episode. This week we discuss a little different topic as we discuss gender roles throughout society. With our respective backgrounds in both the literature aspect and historical aspects of women and mental health, we dissect the societal standards that women are held to and how they can still impact us today in both day-to-day life and lifting. W...

Happy Monday everyone! For this week's entertainment weekly, we discuss a brief recap of PA nationals, which took place throughout last week. We also discuss the moving pieces that we believe some of the big names moving to PA will now bring into the sport. For our main topic, we talk a little bit about the differences in the culture of powerlifting and how it differs from every sport. As a ve...

Happy Monday, everyone! Let's get down to business. For this week's entertainment weekly we talk a little bit about how we have been occupying ourselves including an analysis of If We Were Villians by M.L. Rio and Julianna's concluding thoughts on The Truly Devious series by Maureen Johnson. We also discuss briefly the new releases of Dune Part 2 in theaters. For the main portion of th...

For all of you who have been following along on our Full Send Prep Series, we are now bringing it to a close with a talk about Post Meet Blues. To kick off the discussion, we start by talking about some of the things we have been up to now that we have a little bit of extra time on our hands with the meeting behind us. This, of course, spirals a bit into some of the writing styles we love and love...

Welcome back, everybody, to a very special meet recap episode! On this week's entertainment weekly we talk about our romcom movie of the week, Upgraded, and how it has compared to our previous romcom fails. We also discuss the Disney throwbacks we have been watching and the changes we have been noticing in television throughout the past couple of years. After a long six weeks of prep competiti...

Happy Monday everyone! We are officially one week out, and we are tired! For this week's entertainment weekly both of us spent a lot of time reading so we talked a little bit about our books of the week. Hopefully, if you get nothing else from this podcast you get some good book recommendations. For this week's main topic, we talk about what it is like being one week away from a meet. From...

Happy Monday all!  Big week for powerlifting as we had our version of the superbowl and our entertainment weekly. Sheffield 2024 In this week's episode we break down all the big events and our thoughts.  4:45 First off we breakdown the woman’s events. The woman’s event was probably the biggest due to the battle of the 69s and the fact that there was so much more room to break the records.  36:...

Happy Monday, everyone! Happy 3 weeks out for us! :) To kick off this week's episode we start with our entertainment weekly involving a big announcement made by Taylor Swift at the Grammys. Something we were watching purely because we speculated there would be a big announcement. For all you powerlifters and other athletes out there, join us for our main segment, where we discuss how we are fe...

Happy Monday, Everyone! Hope all of the Detroit Lions fans are coping well (we are not). On today’s entertainment weekly section, Julianna and Savannah discuss a movie that fell a little flat along with some of their go-to favorites.  For this week’s main topic, we switch it up a little from our typical weekly powerlifting segment to discuss the things we have learned during our post-grad experien...

Happy Monday everyone! On today's episode, Julianna and Savannah discuss Savannah's experience purchasing a new car and Julianna's struggle with registering for USAPL Nationals. For this week’s main topic, we discuss what to expect at different levels of powerlifting (local, national, international) and how each of them differs. While you listen, don't forget to subscribe to our po...

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope everyone in the northern states survived the first big snow of this year’s winter. On today's episode, Julianna and Savannah discuss Michigan’s big week full of snowstorms, a big University of Michigan win (Go Blue!), and the Detroit Lions playing in the playoffs.  For this week’s main topic, we discuss how to go about picking a competition schedule and the importa...

Welcome back, we hope everyone had a great first week of the year.  In this episode, join Julianna and Savannah as we talk about how to set and succeed at the goals you have for 2024.  For this week’s entertainment weekly, the girls discuss their current show of the night which is Chuck , featuring Zachary Levi. Into Spys or amazing tv shows? You’ll want to listen to this. In Question of the Week,...

In this episode of Powerful Perspectives, join Julianna and Savannah as we introduce our first ever guest Colin Thompson - A fellow lifter and coach from F3 Fitness. .  In this week’s Entertainment Weekly, we discuss Colin’s Roman Empire of entertainment. Which leads us to a discussion of his love for anime and why he thinks lifting and love for anime often go hand in hand.    In this week’s we fe...

Mondays on repeat, now with video! In this episode of Powerful Perspective, join Julianna and Savannah to discuss gym controversies.  In this week’s Entertainment Weekly, we discuss Tate McRae's new album and a recent Reel that blew up. We also highlight the Questions of the Week segment, where we answer the question of what we think of different gym controversies. We talk about arching, peein...

It's been a long time coming, but we are BACK. In this episode of Powerful Perspective, join Julianna and Savannah as we discuss our little hiatus from the pod and all the new revamps we are bringing into the coming episodes.  In this week’s Entertainment Weekly, we discuss the chokehold Ballad of Songbirds of Snakes has had on us (Tom Blyth amirite everybody ;) ) alongside a brief recap of ou...

Julianna and Savannah return to discuss all things coach-athlete relationships. Coming from both the coach and client perspectives, they discuss the importance of communication and connection within coach-athlete dynamics. Research referenced in the episode: Jowett, S. (2017). Coaching effectiveness: the coach–athlete relationship at its heart.  Curr. Opin. Psychol.  16, 154–158. doi: 10.1016/j.co...

In this episode, Julianna and Savannah dive into a popular topic in the lifting world: body image.  Join us as we discuss our own journeys with body image and the changes we have made from the beginning to now. This also leads us into a discussion of the very non- linear journey many people will take when dealing with body image struggles. We aim to leave you with some tips on having a better mind...

In this episode, Julianna and Savannah discuss new and upcoming rules that are being set in motion by USAPL. We discuss the pros and cons this new rule could bring to athletes in the upcoming years and how it may affect the powerlifting community as a whole.  We also discuss the differences in federations and how you may be able to choose the federation that best fits you as you work towards your...

In this episode, Savannah and Julianna discuss how they become friends (spoiler alert: they were not fast friends initially) and dive deeper into their own powerlifting histories. Follow us on socials: instagram.com/savvy_lifts instagram.com/juliannaking_

Join Julianna and Savannah as they discuss their upcoming powerlifting meets and the mental and physical prep that goes into them. The discussion also takes a turn into their life post-grad and how they both navigated creating a space for themselves in a world outside of university. Follow us on socials for more: Julianna's IG: instagram.com/@juliannaking_ Savannah's IG: instagram.com/savv...

Welcome to Powerful Perspectives with Julianna & Savannah. In this episode, we begin with introductions and discussion on why we decided to start this podcast. Then, we dive into our main topic: longevity in strength sports. We discuss the importance of consistency and flexibility within powerlifting. We also provide practical tips on staying committed during challenging times, finding a posit...