On this episode of The ZAO Strength Podcast, we chat with powerlifting coaches Tyson Eckel, Seba Ehmann, and Jim Elli about implementing Intuitive Training with their athletes. This is the fourth episode in our series exploring Intuitive Traini...

Coach Jim Elli and Jake from Data Driven Strength discuss how and why auto-regulation principles, combined with getting helpful feedback from athletes, can help coaches optimize their athletes' strength development programs. Auto-regula...

In this episode of the ZAO Strength Podcast,  coaches Jim Elli and Tyson Eckel bring back guest Michael Churnin to discuss the art of mastery  the realm of strength sport.Additionally, we dive deeper into what it means to trai...

Join Tyson Eckel and Jim Elli as we discuss how to design a program based on intuition. We will explore how intuition can be used to solve complex problems, how to create a program framework that embraces intuition, and where to start if you've...

In this episode, coaches Seba Ehmann and Jim Elli welcome Dr. Buckner from the University of South Florida. Research focuses on skeletal muscle adaptation, and his current work emphasizes enhancing understanding of the effects of blood ...

Thank you for your patience. It's been 4 months since our last podcast upload. We are happy to bring to you this absolute gem of content to help you dig deep into your powerlifting brain. We had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Churnin who re...

 In this Episode, Olympic Weightlifter, ex-rugby player, powerlifter, and powerlifting coach Jacob Lynch joins ZAO Strength Coach Jim Elli to discuss the realities of the powerlifting Left. is powerlifting really an "individual" sport, or ...

I began working with Ben Wharton in November of 2018. Working with Ben taught me more about coaching than I had learned in 3 years. The first competition that mattered to him... IPF Worlds 2019 in Sweden was a disaster. Nothing went to plan. St...

In this episode, we had the pleasure to speak with Swedish Powerlifting Phenom Alba Bostrom. Alba is the 2021 Open World Bench Champion, a 4x Swedish National Champion, Bronze Medalist at Junior IPF Worlds and has a lot to share about her uniqu...

The last two episodes of the ZAO Strength Podcast feature the legends Josh Pelland and Zac Robinson from Data-Driven Strength and they were so much fun to speak with. In part two of the series, we discuss specific moments in our coachin...

Periodization can be described as the way in which we organize our training day, week,  month, and year. Proponents of a top-down periodization model typically encourage pre-planned training structures with some built-in predictions. Where...

It's no question that Boris Shieko has made a great impact on powerlifters around the world. Canadian Powerlifter Matt Vena is not immune to this influence. Matt is currently ranked 9th in the 93kg weight class in the IPF, has amassed 83k subsc...

In this episode, coach Jim Elli speaks with American deadlift record holder, 2018 USAPL National Champion, and Brazos Valley Strength Owner David Woolson. We speak about what it takes to self-coach, achieve greatness within the sport of powerli...

In this episode, coach Jim Elli chats with IPF Powerlifter, World Deadlift Record Holder, and Content King Bryce Krawczyk about his powerlifting journey over the last few years. We discuss his hip injury and how he's managed to break world reco...

In this episode, coaches Jim Elli and Tyson Eckel speak with Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum from Barbell Medicine about the problem of disinformation and misinformation in the lifting world. Disinformation can be described as "intentional misinformation...

In this episode, coaches Jim Elli and Tyson Eckel speak with Madi Riebe from Better Outlook MN about the limitations of powerlifting coaching, when to refer out, when to seek help, the unjust stigma of mental health disorders in powerlifting, a...

In this episode of the ZAO Strength Podcast, Coach Jim Elli speaks with Australian Powerlifting Queen Liz Craven about what life as a powerlifter has been like after her federation left the IPF, the pandemic started, further fractioning of Aust...

It seems as though powerlifting is on a never-ending roller coaster with an unknown destination. From the Covid-19 Pandemic to the recent departure of the USAPL from the IPF, it can be difficult for athletes to find motivation for the sport. So...

Yeah... you weren't expecting this were you? A powerlifting podcast where we talk about drugs that have nothing to do with performance or anabolism. In this episode, Coach Tyson Eckel, Jim Elli, and IPF World Champion/Owner of The ...

Setbacks are inevitable. In this episode coach Jim Elli, Verena Grimm, and Tyson Eckel discuss how we've all experienced relatively significant setbacks in our training and what we've done to overcome them and thrive in training. 

The thing with strength sports is that sometimes it feels like we have to justify our dedication, passion, and sacrifice for the sport by competing. In this episode, coach Jim Elli, Seba Ehmann, Verena Grimm, and Tyson Eckel discus...

In this wild episode, we speak with our first guest, Sal Nakhlawi from StrongHER Girls®. Sal is both a business owner, a signed sports and fitness model at

In this episode, coach Verena Grimm, Seba Ehmann, and Jim Elli discuss the role that Body Image has in our strength journey. For many of us, the way in which we relate to our bodies and how we see ourselves may impact how we relate to the world...

In this episode, the ZAO Strength team chats about sustainable nutrition.  What is Sustainable Nutrition? Why is it so difficult to develop a sustainable approach to your nutritional habits? Why have all of the co...

In this weeks episode, coaches Seba Ehmann, Jim Elli, Verena Grimm, Tyson Eckel and Seif Adel talk about what it means to develop sustainable strength. How do you know if your training approach is sustainable? What should you do about it once y...