#131 Ed Coan | The Legend (#1 Ranked Power Lifter '84-'04)

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00:00 - intro
04:45 - The GOAT?
10:45 - How Ed Coan got into strength sports
17:00 - Did Ed Coan Care about strategy?
25:00 - How Ed Coan Trained
36:00 - Practice Makes Permanent?
43:20 - Ed Coan’s Perfect Meet
49:00 - Why do you care?
54:50 - Has anything ever changed?
1:03:00 - When are you done?
1:10:00 Ed’s New Buisness
1:12:00 - What Ed sees wrong with most lifts
1:20:00 - Training through injuries
1:24:00 - the dumbest things people do at meets
1:27:00 - Ed at the Swis Symposium
1:32:00 - Ed Coan Classic
1:35:00 - Social Media Meatheads and the future
1:50:00 - from one Washed up meathead to another
1:55:00 - Ed’s knee injury
2:00:00 - Are you satisfied?
2:05:00 - How Dave met Ed Coan

Ed Coan joins Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast as a guest in the 131st episode. Ed Coan is regarded as the greatest powerlifter of all time.

Throughout his active powerlifting career (including international meets), Ed Coan has set over 71 world records. He became the lightest person at 220 pounds to cross the 2,400-pound total barrier and set an all-time powerlifting record total at 2,463 pounds (1019 squat, 584 bench, and 901 deadlift).
Ed's IG: https://www.instagram.com/eddycoan/?hl=en

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Today's topics include:

-How Ed got into the sport in the '80s.
-How Ed's training, competition, and the sport itself changed through the '80s, the '90s, and 2000s.
-Ranking #1 from 1984-2004 starting in the 181 weight class up to the 275 with almost a decade at 220.
-Transitioning from a lifter to an ambassador of powerlifting.
-Why Ed is still in and around the sport of powerlifting.
-Longevity as a competitor and training in your 50s+.
-Ed's history with SWIS.
-The Ed Coan Classic at Omaha Barbell.
-And more!

About the Host

Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.
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