Dave is one of the most experienced and decorated powerlifters and strength coaches you will ever have the fortune to come across. And that's just the start of it. Through his work at EliteFts, he has over the years educated and outfitted countless lifters, and been of true value to the strength community.

In our conversation, we discuss everything from his biggest lessons learned from his time at Westside, the qualities of a great coaching and training environment, and the hurdles he had to overcome to grow EliteFts into what it is now.

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TIME STAMPS:

• A little intro of who Dave is, and what his work at EliteFts involves - 3:00
• How he got into training in the first place  - 3:50
• What it looked like in the early days, and how he got into geared powerlifting  - 5:45
• The mistakes he feels he made early on in his training - 7:50
• What made Dave move to Westside, and some awesome anecdotes from his time there  - 15:00
• A discussion on the intricacies of Concurrent programming - 22:50
• The biggest misconceptions people seem to have about Westside - 34:30
• The importance of enjoying training, even at the expense of optimality  - 48:00
• Dave's current practices to avoid and treat injuries  - 51:40
• What it was like in the early days of EliteFts - 1:00:00
• The biggest mistakes he's made along the way with regards to business - 1:09:30
• How he got through the tough times early on in his career - 1:14:00
• A discussion on the having the say "no" to things in the interest of staying true to your values  - 1:16:00
• The Quick Questions begin  - 1:18:00
• Awesome little back-and-forth on various subjects ranging from the disadvantages of online coaching, to a little background on my own story - 1:29:00

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