Rob Austin is a Tallahassee-based powerlifter, USAPL ref, and front squat enthusiast.
Timestamps:
0:10 How Rob found his way into the weight room
01:30 How Rob found his way out of the weight room
01:40 How Rob found his way into the weight room yet again
02:00 Man walks into a commercial gym, gets Shane Hunt as his trainer
03:00 Joining Capital City Barbell
04:50 The infamous Coach Curling
06:00 Success is motivating
06:50 The (recently) legendary Coach Curling’s patented 8/5/3
07:45 You can get pretty far winging it
08:20 Filming your lifts keeps you honest
09:15 I get Molly’s name wrong
09:45 How to get your wife to lift
10:15 Rob convinces me to do the local deadlift only meet
11:15 Specificity; Rob’s training approach
12:30 Sometimes it feels longer than it looks
13:00 The woes of paused benching
15:00 You’d better not sling that into the rack
15:45 The ultimate goal, from a ref’s perspective
16:45 Improvised touch-and-go
17:15 How Rob got into refereeing for USAPL
19:00 Crash course on the certification test
20:00 The most obscure rule in the USAPL
23:00 Front squats will get red lights
24:00 Rob’s thoughts on anaconda-tight knee sleeves
26:20 Rob’s quads
27:00 You should be doing RDLs
27:45 Rows for the seals
28:30 Pull ups for some other endangered species
29:00 Rob makes the mistake of mentioning dips
***LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT DIPS***
30:30 What Rob used to lift back in college
31:00 What Rob can lift now
31:30 Resetting your goal posts
32:30 The Georgia state meet pulls out all the stops
33:00 Rob’s next meet
33:30 Rob’s approach to meet prep
34:20 Simulating meet pacing on SBD days
37:00 I make more excuses about why I don’t compete
37:30 Adjusting your expectations for meet day
38:45 Attempt selection
40:30 Deadlifts are always hard (and I envy them for that)
42:30 Rob’s standards are impeccable
43:30 Sumo and its nuances
49:30 The many blessings of belt squats
50:30 Rob’s ambitions for his upcoming meet
52:30 The advantage of competing infrequently
54:30 Alternative competition formats
57:00 Rob says nice things about my channel
