About this episode

Seb Ostrowicz joins Joshua Gibson to discuss a recent squat controversy and the evolution of weightlifting clothing.

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People in this episode

Host: Joshua Gibson

Guest: Seb Ostrowicz

Topics covered

• weightlifting
• squat controversy
• athletes
• clothing
• absurd lifts

Keywords

• weightlifting
• squat
• controversy
• athletes
• clothing
• absurd lifts
• podcast

Sponsors

Weightlifting House, Onyx

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Weightlifting House, USAW

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