Will Ball & Emil Krastev: The battle, if Russ will respond, and much more!

About this episode

Will Ball and Emil Krastev discuss the upcoming powerlifting battle and the potential response from Russ.

93 kg US National Champion Will Ball & 93 kg World Champion Emil Krastev join KOTL to discuss the upcoming battle, whether Russ will respond at NAPFs like he did last year, and much more!Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

People in this episode

Host: 6 Pack Lapadat

Guests: Will Ball, Emil Krastev

Topics covered

• powerlifting
• competition
• national championship
• world championship
• athlete performance

Keywords

• powerlifting
• Will Ball
• Emil Krastev
• Russ
• NAPFs
• competition
• championship

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