Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! Anas and Abe talk about the recent news and talk about the events that have been occuring between Israel and Palestine. Anas covers the history of the conflict with how it started and arose and how the territory came to be while Abe gives us the context and more current events and how they tie in what the news might talk about. Join in as we discuss a topic that is dear to the hosts and as always tune in to us every Tuesday wherever you listen to podcast.

It's been a while CMB gang but we're back with a banger for you guys! In this episode the boys go over some life PR's as well as recap raw nationals. Anas gives us the play by play as to his entire experience as well as some behind the scenes of the meet that offers some unique perspective as to what the whole experience of raw nationals is like. Does Josh get his pro card? Abe is now a world champion? Anas is Mr. International using his pro card to get into the mother land? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode we are joined by Nevin Saju a DPT who specializes in helping those who want to get back to either lifting to their fullest or being better at their respective sport! We also get into his origin story with how he started PT school his why and how he got to where he is in his Physical Therapy journey. Along the way Nevin gives us some personal insight into how he treats his patients to how he found powerlifting and then some personal life details that influence what he does in his own training and his how he views the physical therapy space as a whole. Does Abe finally get to chalk some cheeks? Anas gets into the rice and beans of pain science? Josh is now a full fledged PT and a chiropractor? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode we discuss where we've been for the past couple weeks since our last upload as well as what we've got planned for the future! Josh talks about a recent home project while Anas gives up a meet recap for his athlete Mae at the TBS meet. Along the way we discuss commentary that we did for equipped nationals as well as future plans to do more commentary to bring you the fans more CMB takes!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We finish the three part series of diving into each of our host and what their own respective journeys through powerlifting have been. Abe closes out the series with a look into his start with powerlifting and how powerlifting flows in different priorities and how to balance lifting, friends, being a father and more! Tune in as we give you the keys to finding how to fine tune your schedule to fit whatever busy life you might have as well as how to prioritize lifting to your lifestyle if you are feeling like you don't have the time or at a low point in your lifting career. Abe finally does a strongman competition? Anas is a Pro USAPL commentator? Josh is back on the good good? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We get to hear Anas's journey with the beginning of powerlifting and what motivates him now being a pro powerlifter. Anas gives us the origin details as to what first got him into lifting, what he thought of the layout of powerlifting as he started and how the community has evolved ever since he began. Josh and Abe also ask him questions along the way in terms of his first plan with his career, what he does with his free time, and how his training philosophy had changed or how it has adapted as he becomes more and more in tune with his training. Will Anas become one of the top 75kg lifters? Does he finally give us the secret sauce stack? What is being a pro powerlifter like? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We take you guys through the first of our three part series into a more personal dive into our journey with powerlifting and how it has changed throughout the various stages of our life. Josh talks about the beginning of how he first started powerlifting and how it helped shape his personal and life goals the more and more he found ways to integrate powerlifting into his lifestyle. Along the way Abe and Anas also ask pertinent questions to what he thought was the future of his career after working for so long, what the impact of having a coach can be to your training and more! Join us as we keep taking a deep look into the lives of our hosts for this ongoing 3 part series.

In this episode, the boys have been steady busy with lots of handling and helping lifters in their own aspects as in this episode we give you guys an update as to what we've been up to. Anas starts us off with giving a quick recap as to how his lifter Michelle did at her meet in Austin and what some of the takeaways are as a coach to work on with improving her performance come time for Raw Nationals. Abe tells us what how he was able to handle an out of state lifter and make sure that his first meet was smooth and Josh gives us some insight into judging and loading at a local meet here in the area. Will Abe change the rules of the sumo deadlift? Anas stops by the Eleiko headquarters and gets them to sponsor the barn? Josh is now a supertotal athlete? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! Josh and Anas recap the days that they were at collegiate nationals here in Arlington. Anas who was coaching a few of his lifters as well as others recaps the day and how his lifters did and what the take away was with how the meet was run and how his overall experience was. Josh also gives his experience of being the Technical Controller during his session and some of the more notable highlights of working that position. Abe gives us an update on what happened within the USAPL regarding its decision to ban a certain state and how this could impact powerlifting plus the boys talk about the sudden capacity limit of raw nationals. Did Abe finally sign up to do a powerlifting meet? Anas is now gonna be a DT USPA athlete? Josh finally got his Pro Card? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We get down to discussing Collegiate Nationals as this weekend it is being held in Arlington Texas! Josh talks about what he's gonna be doing to help out and we see if Anas and Abe have athletes competing or if Anas still hates collegiate nationals. Abe talks memes in the fitness world and how his feed is populated with nothing but shirtless, suspect, videos of Mike O' Tren. Anas gives us an update of his ASMR channel, future content, and when he's gonna start taking fast food orders and turn POD into a restaurant. All this and more on this episode of CMB!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We get to hear Josh's meet recap and return to the platform after 4 years. We discuss training leading up to the meet and and Josh was able to do to come back to the platform strong and ready and the strategies he used to get him meet ready. Anas and Josh have an in depth conversation as to how his blocks and training were structured and what other lifters can use if they also face the same problems of having a busy and inconsistent work balance life. The boys then talk about meet day and how the day when for Josh and we get some insight into how he performed for the day as well as some take aways points for next meet. Does Abe finally come out of powerlifting retirement? Josh is still a hardcore kid? Anas is finally doing a bodybuilding show? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! we review and cover the IPF Sheffield Powerlifting Championships which was the biggest payout meet in IPF history! We give you our takes and go over some of the highlights of meet and what the boys thought overall of the meet. Also this past weekend Josh attended the Clash of the Barbarians meet and Forth Worth to help out a friend for meet day handling and he gives you an overview as to what Metroflex has been up to. Along the way Gaston from the IPF drops by to say hello to his favorite hosts and wish the best for his favorite powerlifting podcast as we weigh in and give you some news regarding the most recent developments in the South Korean branch of the IPF. Anas finally rejoins the USPA and plans to take gear? Abe becomes the new president of the IPF Korea federation? Josh finally competes and puts his money where his mouth is? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We get to have a chat with Anas about his most recent performance at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus and how he felt about this meet. Anas gives us the breakdown about how he felt throughout prep and what he expected to hit at the Arnold versus the meet day performance. He gives us the details behind his weight cut, attempt selection, and overall readiness coming into the Arnold and what he could take away from doing better at this meet. Anas also talks about his trip to TSS Houston for the Rising Tide meet and gives us his opinion of the new TSS location. The boys then cover the most recent powerlifting drama that involves Joey Flexx and the Swolefessor (Marcellus) and as always we give you our takes that no one asked for mixed with memes , jokes and factual speculations. Does Abe admit that he is an elite Joey Flexx athlete? Anas is secretly part of Joey's amateur team? Josh got all kinds of fat and is now a 120+? all this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode we cover some of the biggest upcoming meets such as the Sheffield which is going to be one of the biggest IPF money meets of the year! Anas also gives us a quick update of his almost finished prep for the Arnold and what he plans to try and hit and his plans for this upcoming meet. The boys talk about the most recent Nationals that happened in Austin Texas being Powerlifting America's Nationals and recap the winners of some of the classes as well as which lifters have secured their spot for the world's team. Anas is gonna be a world renowned professional RPS lifter? Abe is gonna be the newest CAT II IPF judge? Josh is finally starting his cycle and is gonna be bigger than Arnold? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We have on our long time friend Calvin come on the podcast and talk to us about his most recent trip to Korea with his girlfriend Mae. He discusses the many facets of Korean culture that differs than American culture and highlights some of the differences with lifting culture as well. He also talks about how he trained at a powerlifting gym Train True and gave us his experience with how Koreans see powerlifting and talks about what USAPL Korea is like at Train True. Anas is planning on doing a meet in China and taking all their national records? Abe is becoming an Oklahoma lifter? Josh is now the best pokemon trainer that ever was? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back the boys have a chat about potentially holding a meet this year? Would you guys be interested in having more competitions in the DFW area hosted by your favorite podcast? Also we cover Anas's brief thoughts going into the Arnold this year and what some of his base expectations are. Along with the topics of gyms, we also take a dive into commerical gyms and how they operate to run a for profit model. Want to learn more about Anas and how he structures programs or how he analyzes data for prespective lifters? He goes into the topic of what questions to ask him on his own Sunday QnA's so be sure to tune into that every week! As always tune in to us every Tuesday for the latest CMB releases and listen to us wherever you listen to podcast!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We take a slight detour in the guest that we usually have one and bring on something that we've never had on before; ChatGPT! That's right, your favorite fitness cigarette podcast is getting some AI help to make content for this episode and we take a deep dive into whether on not AI could replace powerlifting in the form of programming, coaching, and even doing someone's meet prep. Does ChatGPT do all the things that humans can do but better? Also we take a quick look at Anas's previous block to see what kind of gems we can deduce and he gives a few more gems for those of you interested in trying to improve your own powerlifting training. Does Abe finally get his home gym a combo rack? Josh is now a certified home gym weightlifter? Anas finally has his named spelled right on the spotify page? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode we cover the most recent drama unfolding within the USPA federation. We go over all the research instagram videos and non speculative information to give you guys our non biased completely fact based opinion! Also since we are now transitioning to becoming a news podcast we give you guys the most breaking news with Anas's new business venture. Can you hire him to come guest lift at your gym? We he be offering "exclusive" content behind a pay wall? Or will Anas squat 800 and pull 850? All this and more on this episode of Chalk My Back!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! we're back for the 2023 year with some new ideas and shirts in the works for you the CMB gang as we kick off this year with getting to know what the boys are deciding to do for new year goals. We learn a little bit more about Anas and his mysterious family and what he plans to do outside of powerlifting, Josh gives us his numbers goal for the new year and what he plans to do with the new home gym and Abe gives us an update of what the podcast has in store for this next upcoming year. We got the jokes, the drama, and all things to get us cancelled as we come into the new year so make sure to tune in to us every Tuesday wherever you listen to podcast!

In this episode of Chalk My Back! We give you guys a two for one meet recap of the meets that have been happening the past two weeks in Texas! The boys have been busy as Anas has been coaching his athletes from the TSS Open in San Antonio all the way to Josh helping Salma with her first meet at the North Garland Classic. We give you guys the behind the scene details and what we thought of the meets in general and what happened to all our athletes first hand from a coaches perspective. Along the way we give you the typical cancelable jokes that haven't got us any comedy gigs yet and we find out how far we can push the boundaries with our AR jokes. Abe starts his journey to become an iron man athlete? Anas benches more than Thor "the mountain" bjornsson? (of course he can) Josh becomes the first ever super pro powerlifting athlete? All this and more on this episode of CMB!