King Of The Lifts

Newly crowned 120 + kg World Champion Jezza Uepa joins 6 Pack Lapadat to discuss his startling win at the IPF World Championships in Sweden! Jezza speaks on Ray Williams, how he almost pulled out of the World Championships due to injury, his struggle to remain in the competition, his valiant effort to hang onto his lead in the deadlifts, what the win means to the people of Nauru and underdogs every where, why you should always show up when given the opportunity and keeping the faith.

Expert scout/coach Matt Gary rejoins 6 Pack Lapadat & Paul Maranzan for Part 2 of the annual IPF World Championships preview show! Division by division analysis is given with their picks for the podium in each! The 2nd episode covers the last two days of the Open competition. You do not want to watch the IPF World Championships and miss this episode! Find out the battles you need to see, who are the key players, and their background stories!

Expert scout/coach Matt Gary rejoins 6 Pack Lapadat & Paul Maranzan for the annual IPF World Championships preview show! Division by division analysis is given with their picks for the podium in each! Due to the extensive review the preview is split into two episodes. The first episode covers the first three days of the Open competition. You do not want to watch the IPF World Championships and miss this episode! Find out the battles you need to see, who are the key players, and their background stories!

US National Team members Heather Connor (47 kg), Sam Calhoun (63 kg), and Meghan Scanlon (57 kg) join 6 Pack Lapadat to discuss the upcoming battles for themselves and their teammates at the 2019 IPF World Championships in Sweden!!

The King of Powerlifting, Ray Williams, joins 6 Pack Lapadat, Paul Maranzan, and his coach Matt Gary to discuss how he got into powerlifting (you won't guess it), his proudest win of his 5 World titles, the response to him squatting over 1,000 lbs, his training regiment, his idols, whether his kids will follow his foot steps, his greatest rivals, why Luke Richardson can't leave the IPF yet, and who he feels may be the next King. Also, Matt Gary takes 'em back to the golden era of the sport with some great stories of Captain Kirk, Ed Coan, Mark Henry, and more! This podcast was a special one, and it runs longer.

83 KG US Champion and Squat World record breaker Russel Orhii joins 6 Pack Lapadat & Paul Maranzan to discuss his reign of terror over the ultra deep USAPL talent pool, coming up short of his expectations at his first IPF World Championships and how this year's World Championships in Sweden will be different. Russel gives insight to how he mentally approaches the game, his game day mental chess, and how he will pull for the win with confidence regardless the weight on the bar this time around!

72 kg US Champion Kristen Dunsmore joins 6 pack Lapadat & Paul Maranzan to discuss moving into the 72 kg class, winning the National title, joining the US National team for the IPF World Championships, handling pressure and performance anxiety, her support team, and what is coming up in Sweden! Also, 6 Pack Lapadat and Paul Maranzan have a brief but furious argument that quickly escalates to start the show. Who's side are you on?

IPF 66kg World Champion Charles Okpoko joins 6 Pack Lapadat and Paul Maranzan to discuss his startling upset victory over two-time World Champion “Mr. Perfect” Sergey Gladkikh, and their up coming rematch at the IPF Worlds in Sweden. Okpoko also discusses growing up in Nigeria, his transition to the US culture, how he found Powerlifting, and his quest to make a statement that size is not the only measure of one’s capabilities for strength.

IPF World Champions LS McClain & Gustav Hedlund, and US Champion David Woolson join 6 Pack Lapadat in a special 93 kg IPF World Championships preview show! Hear from the top contenders in the most stacked division in the IPF Worlds!

John Haack, IPF World Championship winner and 82.5 kg World record holder, joins 6 Pack Lapadat and Kafui to discuss why listening to our 83 kg GoAT debate motivated him to prove us wrong, his thoughts on his IPF World title, why he switched to compete USPA, whether he has regrets about it, his thoughts on the US Open, his breakdown of the up coming 83 kg class at the IPF World Championships, how things have been going since taking over his own programming, whether he plans to move up to 90 kg (198 lbs) class, and breaking All-Time World records despite having 3 jobs.

Brandon Allen & Andy Huang Join 6 Pack Lapadat & Paul Maranzan to recap the Kern US Open. The single best lift is debated (Yury's squat vs. Cailer's deadlift), who had the best showing, what the battle between Stefi Cohen and Marianna Gasparyan means for the bigger picture, Brandon goes off a couple a times, Andy speaks on his gruesome injury, discussion is had on what it means to compete at the elite level against the best, and a future war with C.C. Ingram, Marianna Gasparyan, and Stefi Cohen is debated!

Brandon Allen & Andy Huang of the Brocast podcast join 6 Pack Lapadat to preview the upcoming 2019 Kern US Open!

Stefi Cohen & Hayden Bowe join 6 Pack Lapadat to discuss bombing out at the 2017 US Open and returning to the 2018 US Open and breaking the all time Wilks record, mental prep with a sports psychologist, handling pressure/expectations from her fan base, the massive expansion of Hybrid Performance, their take on Stacy Burr's sudden retirement, the showdown with Marianna Gasparyan at the US Open, and their picks for the men's division and who wins the Cailer Woolam-Yury Belkin deadlift battle!!!

Deadlift World record breaker Cailer Woolam joins 6 Pack Lapadat & Paul Maranzan to discuss his upcoming deadlift war with Yuri Belkin at the US Open!! Also discussed are Belkin's picks for the tournament, and his powerlifting trips to Russia and China!

Chris Bridgeford joins KOTL to discuss with 6 Pack Lapadat the up coming battles of the US Open!

Mark Plummer joins 6 Pack Lapadat & Paul Maranzan to discuss prepping for the US Open, breaking up with his GF and selling his house to eliminate distractions, mental health, the social media balance, dealing with sponsors as a teenager, and his showdown with Ben Pollack!!

Thomas Davis joins 6 Pack Lapadat & Paul Maranzan to discuss his quest to break the IPF record for bench (don't check the webpage, this one is different), chasing 700 lbs, competing in a 3 lift, and then drops a bomb for what to expect in the future!! Michael Baxter, TD's training partner, joins the discussion and debates the greats of bench only!

IPF Formula Creator Joe Marksteiner joins 6 Pack Lapadat, Paul Maranzan and Yangsu Ren (AKA Deadlift Panda) to discuss how the formula was created, why we see the changes in rankings, how it deviates from the Wilks formula, why it was chosen by the IPF over other presented options, whether it will be updated, and what the true intent behind these formulas are! Including a breakdown of the allometric option!

Two time IPF World Champion Kjell Egil Bakkelund joins 6 Pack Lapadat & Randy Cooke to discuss his quest to end the 18 year dynasty of Olech Jaroslaw, and reclaim his title from Taylor Atwood in the rematch to their 2017 Worlds showdown that Kjell won. Could Kjell win the equipped and unequipped 74 kg Worlds Championships in the same year?

IPF Junior World Champion (2017) Mark MacQueen joins 6 Pack Lapadat & Paul Maranzan to discuss how he found Powerlifting, how being hypnotized by a sports psychologist made him a World Champion, winning the triple crown, why training with Luke Richardson changed his career path, his goals for the Heavyweight division, and how Strongman is in his future!