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Big News! New(ish) podcast launched from 2020-02-01T10:32:11
Hello everyone! Today we share some quick news: the launch of the ATG Podcast! This will basically be a continuation of all the podcasting we do here, just as part of the ATG universe. Go check it ...
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Breakfast check-in from the AO Finals! from 2019-12-06T18:24:16
A little chat over breakfast at the start of the American Open Finals in Salt Lake City. Guests include Nat Arem of hookgrip, Jen Marchese of One Kilo, and Ethan “Big Dog” Sigmon. Enjoy!
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Field report! Greg drives to Switzerland from 2019-10-24T19:03:17
Gregor, Nat, and Dr Boffa check in while Gregor makes the drive from Berlin to Tramelan, Switzerland, for the 49th “Challenge 210” competition—a Bronze level Olympic qualifier that will feature man...
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2019 Worlds post-event report TWO from Bangkok! from 2019-10-02T19:14:57
Even MORE ramblings from Bangkok! Some thoughts on the competition and who may end up in Tokyo 2020, among other topics. Recorded in a less-than-ideal restaurant setting, so audio is a little bit d...
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2019 Worlds POST-event report from Bangkok! from 2019-09-29T06:00:20
Just a little breakfast café chat post-2019 Worlds from Bangkok. Includes Nat Arem, Dr Boffa, Steve Galvan, and Gregor Winter. Enjoy!
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2019 Worlds Field Report #6! from 2019-09-25T18:34:33
A few of us (finally) left the compound hotel grounds for some food after the women’s 81A and men’s 102A. Banter ensued, as well as a surprise visit by an Olympic Champion. Enjoy!
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2019 Worlds Field Report #5! from 2019-09-22T20:15
Some late-night ramblings following a couple of *amazing* days of lifting. We try to cover everything: Shi Zhiyong and the men’s 73s, Kuo Hsing-chun and the women’s 59s, Deng Wei and the Tomanator ...
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2019 Worlds Field Report with 55kg bronze medalist Hidilyn Diaz! from 2019-09-22T18:07:16
A quick breakfast conversation with Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines, bronze medalist in the 55kg class, recorded the morning after her competition. Enjoy!
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2019 Worlds Field Report #3! from 2019-09-20T17:01:21
Quick update with some random recordings—including a little chat with Meso’s physio—at the 2019 Worlds! The packed schedule and astonishingly slow internet have made podcasting a bit challenging, b...
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2019 Worlds Field Report #2! from 2019-09-17T18:09:34
Some (very) random updates from the first day when we’re all in Thailand. Includes lots of incoherent and jet-lagged ramblings by podcast regulars as well as some special new guests. Enjoy!
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2019 Worlds field report with Gregor (ATG) and Nat (hookgrip!) from 2019-09-15T11:00
The first field report from the 2019 Worlds in Thailand, before the meet has even begun! Gregor of ATG and Nat of hookgrip are already on the ground sharing their thoughts. Enjoy!
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2019 Worlds preview with the Commentating team! from 2019-09-14T22:39:03
A little pre-2019 Worlds in Thailand podcast with (most of) the commentating team: JP Nicoletta, Sean Waxman, Mike Choi, and Dr Boffa. We go over some behind-the-scenes prep aspects and then talk a...
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Another visit to Nat Arem and the Hookgrip Palace! from 2019-07-27T15:59
I return to the Hookgrip Palace cafeteria for more weightlifting talk with Nat Arem. We go over some predictions and thoughts on the upcoming (or currently happening) Pan Am Games and American Open...
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ATG and Team USA update with Gregor! from 2019-07-22T00:08:14
Gregor of ATG and I were on a call and decided to record it for a little podcast episode. We talk about visiting some of Team USA as they prepare for the upcoming PanAm Games (Jourdan Delacruz, Har...
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Field report! A visit to hookgrip palace and Nat Arem from 2019-05-26T10:36:10
While on a trip to New Jersey I stopped down in the southern part of the state to visit Nat Arem at the hookgrip palace. We recorded a nearly three-hour podcast episode while enjoying some fine NJ-...
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More USAW Nationals 2019! Second Field Report from 2019-05-12T08:08:27
Another post-competition update from Memphis, Tennessee. After 28-ish minutes of rambling conversations—including a discussion of my hotel check-in issues—we eventually get to talking about weightl...
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USAW Nationals 2019! Field report from 2019-05-11T08:39:40
Checking in from Memphis, Tennessee, at the 2019 USAW National Championships. Our truly rambling discussion covers a little bit of weightlifting, memories from Rio 2016, credit card points, airplan...
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Field Report 6! The biggest episode yet! from 2019-04-27T19:18:45
Nat and Gregor check in with a HUGE three-hour update from the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China. Topics include: their police interview! Recapping the 109kg session with Akbar Djuraev 6/6 with ...
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Field Report 5! Another huge update from the Asian Championships from 2019-04-26T19:54:41
Weightlifting and Chinese banking experts Nat and Gregor check in with more shenanigans from the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China. After a discussion of a police visit to the hotel room the wei...
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Field Report 4! Heavy lifting at the Asian Championships from 2019-04-25T21:09:22
Nat and Gregor check in from the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China. Topics include: a lengthy treaty on the Chinese banking system and trying to exchange 100USD opening a Chinese bank account! w...
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Field report 3! Still more from the Asian Championships in China from 2019-04-24T19:41:40
Nat and Gregor check in with more updates! Highlights include: Deng Wei and Toshiki Session recap Meso vs Tian Tao Ilya’s comeback ATG shirts back in stock soon Working on the Hookgrip store Zhang ...
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Field Report 2! Another update from the Asian Championships from 2019-04-23T16:03:02
The second update from Ningbo, China, and the 2019 Asian Championships. Topics covered include a recap of the previous day’s sessions, the upcoming sessions (M81 and W59), Chinese Olympic qualifica...
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Field report! Nat and Gregor check in from the Asian Championships from 2019-04-21T16:09:05
Nat (Hookgrip guy) and Gregor (ATG guy) report on what’s happening at the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China. Check out a great discussion of what the media situation is like in China and (just a...
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Update TWO from Taiwan trip to visit Kuo! from 2019-03-21T14:00:29
Another update from Taiwan! Enjoy some rambling musings about the drive back from Taitung City to Kaohsiung, our interview with Coach Lin, and the training hall here. Support ATG on Patreon! Also o...
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Special update from TAIWAN trip to visit KUO from 2019-03-20T13:49
Greetings from Taiwan! In this short episode, Gregor (of ATG) and I update you on our current trip to visit Kuo Hsing-Chun and her coach. We go over what we’ve done and seen (and eaten) so far, fro...
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The Arnold! A look back at the highs (and some lows) from 2019-02-28T11:30:38
Few weightlifting meets—if any—are as legendary as the Arnold Weightlifting Championships, held every year in Columbus, Ohio (and part of the much larger Arnold Expo, which features dozens of sport...
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Interview with Kate (Vibert) Nye! from 2018-12-28T10:31:49
Dr Westbrook and I spent a solid hour and a quarter chatting with Kate Nye, an athlete who has distinguished herself nationally and internationally in just a few short years (2018 Jr Worlds Silver ...
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On location from the American Open Finals 2018! from 2018-12-09T06:39:03
Nat Arem, Mike Choi, Ethan Sigmon, and I sat down for some Thai food and recapped the first couple days of the American Open Finals out in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Enjoy the banter and the ambiance! ...
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[Special Episode 11] We get the 2018 Worlds band back together! from 2018-11-19T18:37:21
Now that we’ve all settled in post-World Championships we got together (online) for a little more podcasting. I’m joined by Gregor, Sean Waxman, JP Nicoletta, Mark Cannella, Mike Choi, and Dr Westb...
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[Special Episode 10] 2018 Worlds, day 10! from 2018-11-11T05:15:31
The final day of the competition! We chat with a local, briefly recap the final sessions, speculate on next year’s Worlds, hear Nat Arem lament the perception of doping by outsiders, and share some...
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[Special Episode 09] 2018 Worlds, day 9! from 2018-11-10T07:49:25
Possibly our most scattered episode yet! We discuss the usual happenings (including Ilyin’s trolling of the weightlifting community), have special guest Viviana Podhaiski of everyday lifters join u...
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[Special Episode 08] 2018 Worlds, day 8! from 2018-11-09T06:45:40
Some more great casual conversations from the 2018 Worlds. To start we hear some detailed information from Nat Arem on the inner workings of hookgrip and the difficulties of shooting, editing, and ...
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[Special Episode 07] 2018 Worlds, day 7! from 2018-11-08T06:38:34
Today: Gregor does some curls! In addition to our usual banter, we had the pleasure of getting Maged Salama of Egypt to sit down with us for a bit. Maged coached Germany’s Matthias Steiner in the p...
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[Special Episode 06] 2018 Worlds, day 6! from 2018-11-07T06:56:07
More in our continuing series of informal recordings from the World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. In addition to the day’s sessions and some training hall info, we discuss finally findin...
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[Special Episode 05] 2018 Worlds, day 5! from 2018-11-06T04:20:31
More updates from Ashgabat and the 2018 World Championships! We cover the day’s sessions (which included the *amazing* men’s 81A session), chat with the Japanese team’s Hideyuki Nagao, get some ins...
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[Special Episode 04] 2018 Worlds continued! from 2018-11-05T04:13:15
More recordings from out and about at the 2018 World Championships! We recap the women’s 59A, Rebeka Koha’s performance, make predictions on the men’s 73A, and then (later) see how our predictions ...
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[Special Episode 03] 2018 Worlds: day 3 from 2018-11-03T19:53:58
Another series of impromptu recordings from the World Championships! There’s some wind noise early on affecting audio quality, but that’s unavoidable when you take the show out of the studio and in...
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[Special Episode 02] 2018 Worlds: the atmosphere, day 02 from 2018-11-02T19:49:13
Day 2 of our special reports from Ashgabat and the 2018 World Championships! Gregor and I just brought the Zoom H1n recorder along with us and captured some impromptu conversations: a chat over bre...
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[Special episode] 2018 Worlds With Gregor of ATG – day 01! from 2018-11-01T20:07:59
Since Gregor (of ATG fame) and I are currently in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan to help cover the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships he thought it would be fun to do a very informal podcast recording ...
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Episode 27 – Coach Kevin Simons! from 2018-09-26T15:03:29
We sat down with Kevin Simons—coach to Harrison Maurus and several other great athletes—for a conversation on coaching Youth athletes, how he developed as a coach, Harrison’s amazing strength journ...
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Episode 26 – Morghan King! from 2018-05-14T15:41:31
Two episodes in two weeks—unprecedented for the Doctors! In this episode we sit down for a great conversation with USA’s Morghan King: 2016 Olympian, three-time National Champion, American record h...
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Episode 25 – Rebeka Koha! from 2018-05-07T04:25:18
In this episode we chat with Latvia’s 58-kilo star Rebeka Koha! Although still a Junior Rebeka has already built up an extremely impressive weightlifting resume: 2016 Olympian (4th), 2017 Junior Wo...
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Episode 24 – Harrison Maurus! from 2018-02-06T11:24:36
We sit down for a chat with USA’s Harrison Maurus, who recently became the first American male in twenty (20!) years to win a Senior World Championships medal (bronze in total and clean & jerk in t...
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Episode 23 – Norik Vardanian! from 2017-09-25T02:54:39
After a (slight) hiatus, we are joined by Norik Vardanian, an athlete who has been at the highest level of weightlifting in TWO countries: the US and Armenia. Norik covered a range of topics with u...
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Episode 22! With Olympic medallist Cheryl Haworth! from 2017-05-16T14:16
This past weekend the Doctors were together in lovely Chicago (loosely, Chicago-area), Illinois, for the 2017 USAW National Championships. While there we had the pleasure to record an episode with ...
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Episode 21! With US Olympian Cara Heads Slaughter from 2017-05-02T20:22:40
After a slight hiatus, The Two Doctors are back with an interview with US Olympian (2000) Cara Heads Slaughter! She shares her background in the sport, her experiences at the Olympics, and her tran...
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Episode 20! With Olympic medallist Christine Girard from 2016-12-07T04:16:56
Against all odds, The Two Doctors podcast has reached the milestone of TWENTY episodes! And with us for this show is a VERY special guest: Canada’s Christine Girard, a two-time Olympian (2008 and 2...
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Episode 19: With IWF Executive Board members Sam Coffa and Moira Lassen! from 2016-09-20T03:41:56
In this episode we have TWO special guests from the IWF Executive Board: Sam Coffa and Moira Lassen. They share their thoughts and insights on a range of topics: new and upcoming rule changes in th...
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