#132 Luke Edwards | 5x Pro Totaling, WSBB

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Luke Edwards joins Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast as a guest in the 132nd episode.

Luke Edwards is a Westside Barbell member and Westside Barbell certified. He is one of four lifters to have a pro total in five different weight classes. He earned his last two pro totals at his lightest competition body weight. Luke has undergone two kidney transplants (earning another pro total afterward) as a result of a genetic disease Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.

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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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0:00 Intro\Welcome Luke
6:20 Where Did Luke Edwards Start
10:25 Training "Hard"
12:00 Joining Westside Barbell
15:40 What Its Like To PR Total
18:00 Injuries
21:30 Training at Westside
25:12 The Unexpected
31:00 What Keeps You In The Gym
34:10 Louie and His A.M. Crew
37:00 Inspiration
43:00 Recovery
47:30 What Kept People at Westside
50:40 Who Wouldn't Last at WSBB
53:45 Was It Needed?
58:00 Time Of Luke's Life
1:09:20 Health is Wealth
1:26:30 Comings and Goings Of The Gym
1:29:30 Crazy WSBB Stories
1:37:20 Where To Start
1:42:35 Dynamic Effort For Dummies
1:51:30 Luke Currently
1:57:00 What Pushes You
2:06:00 What Would You Do Different
2:10:00 Box Squats
2:14:00 Training Volume
2:15:30 Staple Lifts
2:22:28 Band Tension/Get To Work
2:32:00 What Benefitted You Most