Russel Orhii

Russel Orhii returns to KOTL to tell his future plans, the reasoning behind his plans, factors that impacted his decision, what weight class he will compete in during 2024, his thoughts on how the USAPL and the IPF have progressed since the split, the branding change, new members to his team, Corrupted Strength culture, silencing critics, his new podcast, and much more.  Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Russel Orhii returns to KOTL to tell his future plans, the reasoning behind his plans, factors that impacted his decision, what weight class he will compete in during 2024, his thoughts on how the USAPL and the IPF have progressed since the split, the branding change, new members to his team, Corrupted Strength culture, silencing critics, his new podcast, and much more. Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Russel Orhii: The Moment of Truth

Taylor Atwood

Atwood addresses the discussion about his last two performances, his thoughts on Calle’s upset win, his legacy, how he would like to be remembered in Powerlifting, whether someone can take over like he did in 2019-2022 (Be #1 on all formulas and have the World record, and win Best Lifter at Worlds twice), people giving hot takes, lifters in the 74s/75s, the direction of the sport (media, competitiveness, culture), his current condition physically &amp; mentally, his future goals, and much more!   Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Atwood addresses the discussion about his last two performances, his thoughts on Calle’s upset win, his legacy, how he would like to be remembered in Powerlifting, whether someone can take over like he did in 2019-2022 (Be #1 on all formulas and have the World record, and win Best Lifter at Worlds twice), people giving hot takes, lifters in the 74s/75s, the direction of the sport (media, competitiveness, culture), his current condition physically &amp; mentally, his future goals, and much more! Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Taylor Atwood breaks his silence!!

Joe Stanek

Joe Stanek is back!! We discuss the influence of Jonnie Candito &amp; Layne Norton, the status of Austin Perkins, the 74s, his roster heading into USAPL Nats, starting up Game Day, the evolution of the game, his coaching influences, and much more!  Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Joe Stanek is back!! We discuss the influence of Jonnie Candito &amp; Layne Norton, the status of Austin Perkins, the 74s, his roster heading into USAPL Nats, starting up Game Day, the evolution of the game, his coaching influences, and much more! Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Joe Stanek Returns!

Brittany Schlater

Brittany Schlater joins KOTL to discuss winning the 84+ kg title, her fast progress since Nationals, the magnitude of her sensational battle, and qualifying for Sheffield.  Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Brittany Schlater joins KOTL to discuss winning the 84+ kg title, her fast progress since Nationals, the magnitude of her sensational battle, and qualifying for Sheffield. Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Brittany Schlater: Defeating the GOAT in the greatest battle ever fought

Karlina Tongotea returns to KOTL to discuss winning the 76 kg title, her rise to the top of Powerlifting, balancing being a Doctor with being a World Champion, future showdowns.  Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Karlina Tongotea returns to KOTL to discuss winning the 76 kg title, her rise to the top of Powerlifting, balancing being a Doctor with being a World Champion, future showdowns. Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Karlina Tongotea: taking the 76 kg title

Delaney Wallace

Two-time World Champion Delaney Wallace returns to KOTL to discuss defending his title, USAPL crossovers coming, the backstory to his Worlds experience, and much more!  Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Two-time World Champion Delaney Wallace returns to KOTL to discuss defending his title, USAPL crossovers coming, the backstory to his Worlds experience, and much more! Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Delaney Wallace: Battling the 83s/USAPL crossovers/PRs vs titles/& more

Natalie Richards

IPF Worlds Best Lifter, Natalie Richards, joins KOTL to discuss her fast rise, what lays ahead, and her thoughts on the game.  Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

IPF Worlds Best Lifter, Natalie Richards, joins KOTL to discuss her fast rise, what lays ahead, and her thoughts on the game. Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Natalie Richards: Best in the World 

Nick Manders

IPF Worlds bronze medalist, Nick Manders, returns and gives his thoughts on recent events in the game, his Worlds experience, and some rising tensions in Powerlifting.  Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

IPF Worlds bronze medalist, Nick Manders, returns and gives his thoughts on recent events in the game, his Worlds experience, and some rising tensions in Powerlifting. Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Nick Manders Returns! 

93 kg World Champion Jonathan Cayco returns to KOTL to discuss recapturing the World title, his biggest rival among his many rivals, his thoughts on Brandon Pitre coming to the IPF, the possibility of Russ moving up to 93 kg, what makes him keep hitting 9/9 (27 white lights), and much more!  Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

93 kg World Champion Jonathan Cayco returns to KOTL to discuss recapturing the World title, his biggest rival among his many rivals, his thoughts on Brandon Pitre coming to the IPF, the possibility of Russ moving up to 93 kg, what makes him keep hitting 9/9 (27 white lights), and much more! Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Cayco: Then, Now & The Future 

Carola Garra

Carola Garra, fresh off her reclaiming the 63 kg World title, joins KOTL to discuss her return, overcoming setbacks, a potential clash with Lya Bavoil at Sheffield and much more!  Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Carola Garra, fresh off her reclaiming the 63 kg World title, joins KOTL to discuss her return, overcoming setbacks, a potential clash with Lya Bavoil at Sheffield and much more! Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Carola Garra: reclaiming the title and eyeing the Sheffield Showdown

King Of The Lifts is a weekly podcast featuring 10 year powerlifting veteran/World Championship commentator 6 Pack Lapadat. The show is uncut, unedited, and unrated. Interviews with the World's greatest strength athletes, previews and recaps of the biggest events, and all the latest powerlifting news.

The ESPN of powerlifting. The best powerlifting podcast hands down. 6 Pack is the best commentator in the game. The podcast has tons of general sports commentary too for listeners that just want to hear incredible sports stories. The man is a sports buff and can talk about anything. But the powerlifting content is unmatched anywhere. Please keep up the good work KOTL!!

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King Of The Lifts

Defending US Champion Russel Orhii joins 6 Pack Lapadat and Paul Maranzan to discuss the Raw Nationals, the rivals he fears the most, what he has learned from the IPF Worlds and his experience,  his progress since we last seen him, and how he thinks the battle of the 83s will unfold!

Russel Orhii joins KOTL to discuss the US Raw Nationals!!

Taylor Atwood joins 6 Pack Lapadat and Robbie Little to discuss his rivalry with Kjell Bakkelund, his showdown with Brett Gibbs, chasing Jesse Norris, how he wants to finish his 74 kg career, and possibly moving into the 83 kg class!!!

Taylor Atwood joins KOTL to discuss his rise to the #1 spot!

Bill Gates

Garrett Fear

Garret Fear reveals a shocking life of being fascinated by drugs at 5, a 2 pack a day smoker by 12, and OD'ing on heroin at 15, while being one of 17 children and living off food stamps. Fear gives the facts about PED use, why Larry Wheels S's instagram's D and may die within 5 years, who won't be in the game soon, and much more cold-hard-truth in the wildest, rawest, podcast episode ever! 6 Pack Lapadat and Robbie Little also discuss if Bruce Lee was a phoney and how A.I. is going to kill us all!

Heroin, PEDs, 17 siblings, & dinner w/Bill Gates. Garrett Fear joins KOTL!

Guest of the Year: Garrett Fear (recast)

Joe Stanek joins 6 Pack Lapadat to discuss the storylines from the Arnold Classic. Among the discussion topics are Micheal Seay's unfortunate bomb out while shooting for the 800 kg mark, Ashton Rouska surprising many coming in as a 93 kg and taking the World record total, Sam Calhoun's sneaky strategy that may make the difference at the IPF Worlds, Chance Mitchell reigning supreme at squat AMRAPs, LS retiring to form, and much much more!!

Ashton's triumph, Seay's agony, Calhoun's strategy: Arnold Recap

Pitbull Torres

Pitbull Torres joins 6 Pack Lapadat &amp; Paul Maranzan to discuss how the Strength Cartel came to be, the reason for the fall out with Rich Piana, the unknown side of the story about the confrontation with Brad Castleberry, a shocking tale about Chad Wesley Smith, training 3 times a day, his mindset with rival powerlifters, the US Open, and much much more!!! Think you know about the Strength Cartel and Pitbull Torres? Guess again...

Pitbull Torres joines KOTL to take you inside the notorious Strength Cartel!

Brandon Allen

Elite Powerlifter Brandon Allen joins KOTL, drops some off the wall sound bites on everything from training, PEDs, competing, and the US Open. Originally posted March 1st, 2017

Brandon Allen joins KOTL!

83 kg IPF World Champion Russel Orhii returns to KOTL to discuss his scare during the squat event at the US Raw Nationals, if he thought he was about to bomb, his response to those that doubted his depth, his overall performance, Taylor Atwood, Brett Gibbs, who had better hair (Taylor Atwood vs. Micheal Seay), the 2020 Worlds in Belarus, and the battle coming at the SBD Invitational!!!

Russel Orhii on US Nats, Depth, Atwood, Gibbs, 2020 Worlds, SBD Invitational

Robert Oberst

Larry Wheels

Micheal Seay

The Larry Wheels controversy is discussed, The Robert Oberst backlash addressed, and special guest Micheal Seay (74 kg IPF junior World Champion) joins to discuss his dramatic battle with rival Richy Cho for the World title!!

Larry Wheels & Robert Oberst take heat. Micheal Seay joins!!!

Stan Efferding

Stan Efferding, IFBB Pro and Powerlifting World Record breaker, joins KOTL to discuss the Vertical Diet! You have read about it online, found out some of the biggest names of the strength game use it, now hear what the diet is all about from it's legendary creator!

Stan Efferding, creator of the Vertical Diet, joins KOTL!

Charlie Dickson

IPF 83 kg Junior World Champion Charlie Dickson joins 6 Pack Lapadat and Paul Maranzan to discuss how the World's largest 83 kg lifter (possibly ever) cuts for a two hour weigh-in, his training methods, how he found the sport, crushing people in wrestling, his biggest sources of inspiration, and how he approaches the game from a mental aspect.

IPF World Champion Charlie Dickson joins KOTL to speak on his incredible weight cuts and training

Matt Gary joins 6 Pack Lapadat for a division by division recap, including the battle of the 74s, Orhii's squat scare, Cayco's domination, Dennis Cornelius's return, Sam Calhoun and Jennifer Millican getting the last laugh on 6 Pack Lapadat, the controversy of the 72s, and Matt Gary returns fire at the Ray Williams PED accusers.

US Raw Nationals Recap Show 2019!!

Layne Norton

USAPL legend and IPF World record breaker Layne Norton joins 6 Pack Lapadat and Robbie Little in his most candid interview ever! Layne takes us behind the scenes for some of the most iconic showdowns, and dramatic moments Powerlifting has ever seen. For the first time ever, Layne tells his full story, and takes you on a journey that will shock and inspire you.

Layne Norton in his most candid interview ever!!

James Strickland

James Strickland discusses with 6 Pack Lapadat &amp; Paul Maranzan his riveting childhood story about his father being murdered while trying to save a mother and her child. While growing up as a wild child, James found his stride in sports. As an adult, he would confront his father's murderer in a chilling face to face meeting in prison. James would find Powerlifting in his 30s and has quickly moved up the ranks as one of the World's biggest bench pressers. He now has his sights set on the 700 lbs club!

Road to a 700 lbs bench: James Strickland joins KOTL!!

Breakdown/Recap of the 2018 Kern US Open!6 Pack Lapadat and Randy address those who were waiting for Stefi Cohen to fail, haters celebrating Ashton Rouska's fall, Brandon Allen coming within 1 second of $40,000, the emergence of a Super Star, the bomb outs, and all the action/drama from the event!! They also take a brief look ahead at the Russel Orhii vs. Brett Gibbs showdown, and Taylor Atwood's rise.

Breakdown/Recap of the 2018 Kern US Open! 6 Pack Lapadat and Randy address those who were waiting for Stefi Cohen to fail, haters celebrating Ashton Rouska's fall, Brandon Allen coming within 1 second of $40,000, the emergence of a Super Star, the bomb outs, and all the action/drama from the event!! They also take a brief look ahead at the Russel Orhii vs. Brett Gibbs showdown, and Taylor Atwood's rise.

Kern US Open recap/100,000 followers special

In an episode that busts some myths, uncovers some truths, and rises new questions, we crunch statistics and look into whether Powerlifting is still growing or shrinking, whether social media has skewed our perception of what is elite and what is mediocre, where the sport of Powerlifting has expanded in the World, and signs that point to a future that may look entirely different! Andrius Virbicianskas joins 6 Pack Lapadat.

Powerlifters: Social media lied to you. here is the truth..

John Haack

Joey Flexx

Brett Gibbs

John Haack IPF 83 kg World Champion, USAPL 83 kg National Champion &amp; Joey Flexx, Arnold Classic Champion, USAPL Bench Press National Championship bronze medalist, Coach of the Champions!

Joey Flexx & John Haack on Brett Gibbs, Programming, and the IPF suspension

6 Pack Lapadat weighs in on the controversial profanity laced email reply by US Open meet director Gracie V to a lifter looking to compete at the US Open!

The Gracie V Email Gate

Ray Williams

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.

Ray Williams joins KOTL!!!

Joe Sullivan

US Open medalist "Mighty" Joe Sullivan is our special guest as 6 Pack Lapadat and Randy find out about Joe's incredible tale of growing up in Flint Michigan with a deathly sick mother, a father working two jobs to make enough money to save her, drive-bys at local public schools, poisoned water throughout the entire city, living in a morgue during college, and ultimately rising to the top of Powerlifting!! Originally published August 1st, 2017

Mighty Joe Sullivan joins KOTL

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