Coach Patrick (@coachpulling) touches on the topic of competing in your first USA Weightlifting meet! Learn about some of the dos and don’ts and how to keep your focus on what really matters during your first experience in this Olympic sport. —

Episode 13: Weightlifting Etiquette & Culture with Sean Spraggins

Aug 16th, 2021 58m 20s

Keep Pulling chats with Sean Spraggins, a long-time and experienced Weightlifter and friend of KP! Liz Klauka also joins us to talk about etiquette and culture within the sport of Weightlifting. Hear about customary and polite behavior when tak

Episode 12: Kilos Against Cancer

Jul 25th, 2021 23m 50s

Keep Pulling chats with Adler Edwards, the creator of Kilos Against Cancer! Kilos Against Cancer is an organization that is dedicated to raising both awareness and donations to the American Cancer Society through the sport of Olympic Weightlift

Episode 11: A Series of Fortunate Events

Jan 10th, 2021 1h 7m

Hosts Patrick Costello and Andy Blaida revitalize the Podcast by recapping the events of 2020 and sharing Keep Pulling’s plans for 2021! Learn more about the Keep Pulling Grand Prix Series that ties our three events together (Spring, Summer, Fa

Episode 10: Creating the Concept of Community

Sep 21st, 2020 1h 12m

Host Patrick Costello is joined by special guest co-host Elizabeth Klauka to discuss the concept of #community in the Weightlifting world. We’ll define community, ways to build and engage it, and then take a bonus trip down memory lane with our

Episode 9: It’s Not Arnold, It’s Mark Cannella!

May 18th, 2020 1h 5m

Hosts Andy and Patrick sit down with Mark Cannella from Columbus Weightlifting! Mark is the creator and Meet Director for the Arnold Weightlifting Championships since its inaugural year in 2003, is a Senior International Coach with USA Weightli

Episode 8: “Which one is Pedro?” with Pedro Meloni

Apr 3rd, 2020 1h 28m

Hosts Andy and Patrick interview Pedro Meloni, the Director of Events and Sponsorships for USA Weightlifting! Learn about his role at USA Weightlifting, dive into the planning process of national and international competitions, and figure out “

Episode 7: Postponed (COVID-19)

Mar 29th, 2020 1h 26m

Hosts Andy and Patrick talk through the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide crisis and how it is affecting USA Weightlifting, clubs and gyms, and small businesses in their community. We also recap the AO Series 1 at the Arnold Classic in C

Episode 6, Part 2 — A Competition Survival Guide

Mar 18th, 2020 1h 2m

Hosts Andy and Patrick continue their talk on all things events within USA Weightlifting! Learn how to navigate a USA Weightlifting sanctioned event from an Event Director’s perspective! Andy and Patrick together have hosted 10 sanctioned compe

Episode 6, Part 1 – A Competition Survival Guide

Mar 18th, 2020 40m 22s

Hosts Andy and Patrick talk all things events within USA Weightlifting! Learn how to navigate a USA Weightlifting sanctioned event with views from both the athletes’ and coaches’ perspectives. Andy and Patrick together have hosted 10 sanctioned

Episode 5: Remote Coaching and Training to Win with Arielle Murray

Dec 20th, 2019 1h 15m

Hosts Andy and Patrick interview Keep Pulling’s original Remote Athlete, Arielle Murray! Arielle is a CrossFit and nutrition coach at Cigar City CrossFit in Tampa, FL has been with Keep Pulling for over 3 years. In that time, she has earned the

Episode 4: If the Shoe Fits, We Review It!

Nov 8th, 2019 1h 35m

Hosts Andy and Patrick review the latest Weightlifting shoes on the market. We touch on 6 main points of each shoe, read through listener reviews, and give our two cents on the best shoes. Our list includes: Nike Romaleo 2 & 3, Adidas Leistung,

Episode 3: World Class Lifting with Hala Paiva from Team Lebanon

Oct 25th, 2019 1h 10m

In this episode, we interview Hala Paiva, a 64KG Weightlifting competitor fresh off of her top 20 performance at the 2019 IWF World Championships and her husband Ryan Paiva, the web developer behind LiftingLife. Hala has been competing for over

Episode 2: Recap, Recap Baby! (2019 IWF World Championships)

Oct 1st, 2019 1h 4m

In this episode, hosts Patrick Costello and Andy Blaida give a light recap of Team USA’s performance at the 2019 IWF World Championships in Thailand, touch on some Weightlifting pop-culture including the Tokyo Strong initiative from USA Weightl

Episode 1: Hello, World!

Sep 20th, 2019 1h 1m

We did it! Keep Pulling has entered the internet podcasting world to give our two cents on all things Weightlifting! In this episode, we debut our brand new podcast by introducing your hosts Patrick Costello, Club Director and Head Coach for Ke

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