Freakie D is a Youtuber, powerlifter, coach, mentor, father, and diversely strong dude. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Pretty hype intro 00:40 I attempt a pec pop in Dennis’s honor 01:00 Dennis Arnold is in fact the second 01:15 His best lifts 01:30 Freakie D doesn’t get anything out of straps 02:00 It’s mainly an issue of engaging the lats 02:30 BIG FITNESS is lying to you about bicep tears from mixed grip 03:55 Dennis’s Kinobody summer 4:30 The origins of Dennis’s long-time lower back pain 08:15 How to mend up from a back tweak 11:15 I whine about my back tweak from last fall 12:45 I erroneously assume that Dennis has been Larsen pressing despite viewing and liking his incline press video from literally that morning 14:20 Dennis is the dean of Larson pressing 15:45 Leg drive is overrated 16:00 We return to Dennis’s youth, when even he was a Johnny one-plate 18:00 The OG Freakie D bench and basketball program 19:15 Pro tips for recovery: no squatting or benching, a few free throws, and many grams of MSG 20:00 Takeaways from Dennis’s early training 22:50 Dennis ‘s first Youtube upload was him benching 405 in gloves, Tims, and jeans 23:55 Dennis started powerlifting at Shake ‘N Bake Fitness and Tanning 24:30 Dennis’s first meet 25:50 Dennis’s first 500 lb bench 26:45 Benching 500 without much upper back work 27:45 If you become a turbo bulk boy, you’ll probably surprise yourself with your strength gains 28:30 My bench has plummeted since entering a deficit 29:30 Dennis’s bloat maxing recommendations (tl;dr: stick with slow and steady) 32:00 Dennis basically lost 100 lbs 32:30 Why he did it 34:30 Sometimes the flu takes you on a vision quest 38:00 Discipline is discipline 39:45 Dennis’s appetite is simultaneously fascinating and disgusting 40:15 Volume eating hacks: 11 pounds of food for 2600 calories 41:45 Fast and feast 42:30 Fasting to remove the reliance on food for dopamine 44:30 Exercise selection: sick vs. optimal 45:45 How Dennis’s training changed during his epic diet 48:30 The origins of Crossfat (a trademark of Freakie D enterprises) 50:00 Dennis would be in the NFL if he hadn’t found pot and pussy in middle school 52:20 The first time Dennis touched a log 55:00 Powerlifting is basically a JRPG 56:00 Dennis’s shocking suggestion to bring up your log press 58:00 Split jerking the log 58:45 Standing incline log press 59:45 I passed out the first time I tried log press 1:00:00 I also passed out on a paused front squat 1:00:30 Derek Wilcox made Dennis exhale and re-brace at the bottom of front squats 1:03:00 Dennis’s current lifting aspirations 1:05:45 Dennis’s coaching (conditioning block guaranteed) 1:10:00 The mindset dangers of surprise PRs 1:11:30 Athletes need to give coaches the chance to learn how they respond to training 1:15:00 Dennis goes above and beyond for his athletes 1:15:45 Tobias has horrible taste in snacks 1:16:45 The importance of building rapport with your athletes 1:17:25 Mentorship 1:21:00 Dennis has become a role model in the lifting community 1:23:30 Therapy helps 1:25:00 The perspectives Dennis inherited from his childhood, and how he outgrew them 1:26:00 Divorce, growth, and what you carry with you 1:27:30 Dennis’s marriage was like Game of Thrones 1:30:00 Why Dennis goes to bed at 7:561:31:30 Fatherhood 1:33:00 Dennis’s parenting style 1:35:50 my two cents as the child of two fucking incredible parents 1:37:00 The rewards of parenthoodIntro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio