#195 Andrew Clayton | Pro Strongman in 2 Classes, First Called Strength and Performance - Elite FTS

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Andrew Clayton takes a seat in this 195th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.

Andrew is an online coach with First Called Strength and Performance. He started competing in strongman at 16 years old and became a pro strongman competitor in 2014 (in two classes, mind you). He also enjoys endurance sports, including ultramarathons, marathons, and triathlons⁣ (ran 62 miles of an 100-mile ultra with 16 miles of training).

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Andrew Clayton takes a seat in this 195th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.

Andrew is an online coach with First Called Strength and Performance. He started competing in strongman at 16 years old and became a pro strongman competitor in 2014 (in two classes mind you). He also enjoys endurance sports, including ultramarathons, marathons, and triathlons⁣ (ran 62 miles of an 100-mile ultra with 16 miles of training).

Andrew's IG: https://www.instagram.com/runningstrongman/?hl=en

First Called Strength and Performance: https://www.firstcalledstrength.com/services/onlineplans

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Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.

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0:00 Sponsors

3:00 Who is Andrew

10:45 What aspects of BB did Andrew keep going into strength sports

20:20 Where there any sports Andrew played as a child

23:10 Weight training at 14 and getting into Strongman

42:15 Conversations with Andrew’s brother after the most recent strongman show

45:45 Strongman being part of Andrew’s identity

56:00 Getting a strongman pro card

1:07:20 Dave’s view on the groups in strength sports

1:23:22 Andrew on ultra marathons

1:27:55 How to regulate running with lifting

1:53:15 How Andrew handles intensity and explains to his clients

2:14:45 Focusing on the main points of training

2:26:10 Training people in person

2:34:04 “Never, Never Quit”

2:41:15 Not quitting, but redirecting your efforts

2:46:00 “Don’t call it a come back”

2:47:50 “You’re not that special”

2:52:50 Self imposed physical challenges

2:54:50 Hardest physical challenge

3:01:25 Training in less than optimal conditions

3:03:15 Having people do what Andrew did not do when he was younger

3:08:10 Biggest pet peeve

3:16:20 Controlling mindset

3:29:15 Additional questions

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About the Host

Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.

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