Strength Chat Steven Cuthbert

In this week's episode I was joined by strength and conditioning coach and Founder of Garage Strength, Dane Miller.  

Dane puts some awesome content and information out there and it was great to pick his brains on all things strength and power as they play an important role in most, if not all sports. How Dane breaks down what can be a complex and confusing topic gives a great insight in how best to apply them into training your training programmes.  

In this chat, as well as a lot more topics and tangents, we covered: 


What is explosive power 


How explosive power is different between sports 


How to fit strength and power in your programme 



Follow Dane via the following links:  

👉 @ghostfacedmillah 

👉 Garage Strength           

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It was an absolute pleasure to be joined in this week's Strength Chat with the Sheffield 2024 powerlifting champion, taking records in the bench, deadlift and total, Agata Sitko.  



With the success that Agata has had in her powerlifting career so far, it was great to get an insight into what the makes the mind and life of a champion tick.  



In this chat, as well as a lot more topics and tangents, we covered: 




Her performance at Sheffield 2024 


Transitioning from competing in the Juniors and the Opens 


What the future holds for Agata Sitko on the platform 



Follow Agata via the following links:  

👉 @ja.gata_sitko              

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In this week's Strength Chat, it was an absolute pleasure to be joined by 3x European Powerlifting champion and the first woman in IPF history to squat over 300kg, Sonita Muluh. 

Seeing Sonita compete live at Sheffield was absolutely awesome and it was great to speak with her and get an insight what it takes to be a truly world class lifter.  

In this chat, as well as a lot more topics and tangents, we covered: 


Her journey in powerlifting so far 


What was going through her mind when she walked out to lift 300kg+ 


The challenges she has faced and overcome 



Follow Sonita via the following links:  

👉 @sonita_ml                

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In this week's Strength Chat, I was joined by strength coach and author, working with EliteFTS and Thibarmy, Tom Sheppard. 

It was great to chat with Tom who has so much knowledge, and passion, for strength training. His understanding of programming, planning, and playing the long game to help his clients and athletes build long term strength is clear to see. You only have to look at the results his coaching produces.  

In this chat, as well as a lot more topics and tangents, we covered: 


Building a powerlifting total and the pros and cons of focusing on single lifts 


Programming for strength 


Quality vs quantity 



Follow Tom via the following links:  

👉 @phoenixperformancetraining                 

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This week's episode was an awesome chat with the owner of Four Pillars Studio, with countless qualifications and years of coaching experience to his name, Ben Wright.  

With some much information out there, it can be confusing to know what works, what’s the best method to use, and how to actually get results. Ben filters all that out and provides his clients with a high standard of coaching support and training so they can get, and maintain, the results they want. 

In this chat, as well as a lot more topics and tangents, we covered: 


Building trust with your clients 


How to get results with your clients 


Why making hard choices is important 



Follow Ben via the following links:  

👉 @ben.wright.fourpillars 

👉 https://coachbenwright.uk/                     

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As a sport powerlifting is growing in popularity and participation year on year so it was great to chat with the dream team behind Barbell Coalition, who are pushing the standards higher and higher, Ibrahim Dridi, Stephan Karidis and Mahin Zafar. 

Seeing the passion and love for the sport of powerlifting from these guys it’s clear they are driven to spread that feeling with the athletes and coaches they work with. You only have to look at the results they are producing and the content and information they put out there.  

In this chat, as well as a lot more topics and tangents, we covered: 


Working as a team of coaches, as well as the wins and challenges 


Developing powerlifting athletes from universities 


Professionalism in powerlifting 



Follow Barbell Coalition via the following links:  

👉 @barbellcoalition  

👉@idstrength 

👉@mahin8or 

👉@thickaridis 

👉 https://www.barbellcoalition.co.uk/                        

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