The Strong Talk Podcast

This weeks guest is Trey Mitchell, Trey won 2017 Strongman Corporation Amateur Nationals as a Super Heavyweight to earn his pro card a long with winning Official Strongman Games Giants Live Qualifier. Follow him on Instagram @BerserkerLifter Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStrength Support this podcast by hitting Subscribe and giving a 5 star rating! Brought to you by Renaissance Periodization...

Nick Shaw is the Co-Founder of Renaissance Periodization known for the RP Diet, Diet templates, training templates and more. We talk about how "RP" came about, fundamentals of diet and why a structured approach is key in performing your best athletically. Check out RP Strength on RenaissancePeriodization.com, Instagram @RPStrength and Facebook Check out the RP products and services mentioned in th...

Andrew Clayton is professional Strongman in both the heavyweight and middleweight divisions. He is fresh off winning Worlds Strongest Man 105kg. Andrew talks about his approaches to training and competing, weight cutting and recaps his dominating performance at Worlds Strongest Man 105kg. Follow Andrew on Instagram @RunningStrongman Pick up Built By Mike Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStrengt...

Kalle Beck & Michael Battaglino catch up on the current news in the Strongman world including Strongman Corp nationals, Arnold Classic events, & The Official Strongman games which is THIS weekend.

This weeks guest is Steve Greenstein producer of the Documentary "They Mighty Atom" Known as "The Mighty Atom," Joseph Greenstein was, indeed, the greatest and perhaps the most unlikely strongman who ever lived. He overcame impossible odds to simply survive to adulthood, then learned to harness the powers of the body - and more importantly, the mind - to achieve the impossible. Stopping an airplan...

Kalle Beck talks to the producers and directors of Born Strong Film. Gary Cohen & Ross Hockrow. Born Strong is a documentary that follows Zydrunas Savickas, Eddie Hall, Brian Shaw and Hafthor Bjornsson as they prepare for The Arnold Strongman Classic in 2016 and showcases them throughout the contest. We talk about how the film came to be, what it was like shooting the film, behind the scenes, and...

Nicolas Cambi is a 105kg Pro Strongman that just got done competing at America's Strongest Man. Follow him @Cambidude

Kalle Beck & Robert Oberst bring you the first episode of Strong Talk. A podcast about our lives, strongman, fitness & fun. They talk about if Mexico is safe, is Kalle safe in Mexico, new years resolutions, the direction of this show the Giants Live Log lift world championships and OB expanding on his disdain for Edward Hall

Michael Battaglino and Kalle Beck discuss what happened to America's Strongest Man, The Truck Pull World Championships and look ahead to Amateur Nationals. Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStrength Support this podcast by hitting Subscribe and giving a 5 star rating! Brought to you by Renaissance Periodization Become a supporting member on Patreon and get some sweet swag! Sign up for Strongman...

Lynn Morehouse comes is this weeks episode for a record 3rd time. Lynn talks about The Official Strongman Games (Worlds Strongest Woman and Worlds Strongest Man U80,U90,U105kg, etc) now that the online qualifiers are done. What he learned, what he would have done different and looking ahead to the event in the Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 16th & 17th. For More information an...

Kalle Beck & Michael Battaglino talk about the past weeks happenings in Strongman including the Giants Live Finals and the Official Strongman Games online qualifiers coming to an end. Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStrength Support this podcast by hitting Subscribe and giving a 5 star rating! Brought to you by Renaissance Periodization Become a supporting member on Patreon and get some sweet...

Matt Mills is a 105kg Pro Strongman with a third place finish at America's Strongest Man. He is now a few weeks out of Strongman Corporation Nationals where he is looking to win his heavyweight pro card. Matt also owns and runs one of the best Strongman gyms in the world Lightning Fitness located in South Windsor, CT and has wrote numerous articles as a columnist for EliteFTS Matt talks with Kalle...

Pat Davidson is a Strongman competitor who has competed at the Arnold World Championships but more than that Pat has a PHD in Exercise Physiology and one of the smartest people in the sport. Kalle and Pat talk about how his students (Rob Kearney, Andrew Triana, etc) got him into Strongman training, how he did and would approach Strongman training and his new book MASS II which is a treasure trove...

Boston Jacobs is a middleweight Strongman competitor with a 2nd place finish at Nationals and has competed at the Arnold Amateur World Championships. A former wrestler who battled dark bouts of depression and a suicide attempt after his career ended. We talk about how art helped him come out of this dark time and how he now uses Strength as a platform for suicide awareness and prevention. Follow B...

This week Kalle traveled up to Santa Cruz Strength to talk to the owner Clay Edgin about his story in purchasing and running a Strength gym. Clay is a longtime friend and Strongman competitor along with competing in grip contests, MAS Wrestling, Powerlifting and more. We chat about his back story, going from a corporate job to running a gym, what he has learned and advice for anyone that wants to...

This Weeks guest Jessica Fithen won the SHW championship belt at United States Strongman Nationals and has a strong meme game. Jessica signed up for coaching with Kalle Beck after USS Worlds and we talk about her start in the sport, finding something you enjoy, improving her deadlift, the value in driving hours away to train with the right group and more. Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStreng...

Brian Clark won his ASC Pro Card in the heavyweight division by winning the Dallas Europa and is just back from competing in China, Russia and at Giants Live. We Talk training, The Strongman scene in Arizona past and present, and more Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStrength Support this podcast by hitting Subscribe and giving a 5 star rating! Become a supporting member on Patreon and get some...

Caitlin Yuhas is a Pro Strongwoman in the Lightweight and Middleweight category she won the Lightweight Arnold Amateur World Championships and United States Strongwoman Nationals in the Middleweight category. Follow Caitlin @ceyuhas on Instagram Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStrength Support this podcast by hitting Subscribe and giving a 5 star rating! Become a supporting member on Patreon a...

Christina Bangma is a top ranked Lightweight Strongwoman competitor who has won United States Strongman Worlds, Competed in the Arnold Classic and is fresh off her win at USS nationals. Christina also runs Champs Academy gym in Huntington, Indiana. Follow Christina on Facebook, & Instagram @EatCake_LiftHeavy Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStrength Support this podcast by hitting Subscribe and...

This weeks guest is Steve Barkley who hosted United States Strongman 2017. Kalle & Steve talk about how it come about, everything that goes into hosting such a large event behind the scenes and more. For more information visit UnitedStatesStrongman.com MIStrongman.com BarkelyStrongman.com or follow him on Facebook and Instagram @SPjb40 Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStrength Support this podc...

This week we have Lynn Morehouse of Train Strongman back on (check previous episode 78 for the first interview) to talk about hosting the "Official Strongman Games" and answering questions about how the online qualifiers will work. Kalle also talks about his recent competition. For more info on the Official Strongman Games check out @TrainStrongman TrainStrongman.com & OfficialStrongman.com Follow...

This Week Kalle Beck talks to Michael Battaglino about what happened to StartingStrongman.com and what is next. If you want to help fund the rebuild of the website and more consider becoming a supporting member on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/StartingStrongman We also discuss the release of Strongman Corporation Nationals events, our thoughts and if we will compete. Along with talking about Kal...

Anthony Fuhrman won his pro card in the middleweight (105kg/231lb) class at the Mid Atlantic Strongman Challenge. Kalle talks with Anthony about his career in Strongman, how he approaches training, dieting down to 231 to go pro without the traditional water cut, whats next and a bit of pro wrestling. Follow Anthony on Instagram @strongman_afuhr5757/ Follow @StartingStrongman & @ChronosStrength Sup...

This week we have Canada's Nutrition Coach aka Dain Wallis on talking to Kalle Beck about competing in the Arnold Classic, just missing the finals twice, coming back from injury correctly by fixing the imbalance and movement patterns. How Dain approaches dieting with himself and clients, and we tease a breathing and bracing article Rain wrote for StartingStrongman.com Follow Dain on Instagram @Can...

In Kalle's hotel room in New Braunfels, Texas two young up and coming Pro Strongman stop by to... Record a podcast. Robert Kearney & Adam Derks are part of the future of the sport and before they compete at IFS1 we sit down and talk about training, traveling to WSM, how you can be so strong at just 24 years of age. How Adam built his deadlift and Rob built his Log Press and how the week was leadin...