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Power or Nah Podcast

Cory O'Connorpodcasters.spotify.com
This podcast is about the sport of weightlifting . Will talk about topics like training, competitions, programming, friendships, mentality and mental fortitude in the sport.
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Episodes

Ep. 22 From Track Star to National WL Champ (Nathan Gonzaga)

Today's episode I got the chance to interview my friend and teammate Nathan Gozaga. He recently competed at the Virus Weightlifting Series 1 at the Arnold Classic convention and won the University Championship category!

Mar 07, 20251 hr 1 minSeason 2Ep. 22

Ep. 21 Annie Gough-New Up and Coming Athlete

Annie Gough is a 55kg Lifter going to switch to 53kg when the new weight classes change. She's only been lifting for about a year and half and already qualify for nationals twice! She's got some big goals coming up so tune in and hear what she has to say!

Jan 30, 202538 minSeason 2Ep. 1

Ep. 19 Riley Breske- Weightlifting and Hardcore

Riley Breske is a 67kg Weightlifter who has represented Team USA. We talk about burnout, breaks, doing other sports like BJJ and how hardcore brought him to weightlifting and also how we met as well. Hope you guys enjoy you weightlifters and people who listen to rad music!

Apr 25, 202455 minSeason 2Ep. 19

Ep. 18 Life is More than 2 Lifts

Hey guys, thank you for tuning in. it's been a really long time but this is an update on the podcast moving forward, as well as an update on my life. This one is super personal and I hope you enjoy it.

Apr 10, 202420 minSeason 2Ep. 1

Ep. 17 The Weightlifting Black Panther (JJ Williams)

Today's episode I get to talk to my friend JJ Williams he is a 89/96kg weightlifter who just got done competing at the AO finals in Wilmington NC where he shocked his competitors with a huge 151kg snatch that earned him a silver medal. He is only 22 years old and have been weightlifting for only 3 years he is the future of this sport. Tune in to this awesome pod he is an awesome person with such positive energy!

Dec 18, 20231 hr 6 minSeason 1Ep. 17

Ep. 16 Fueling for Finals w/ Jesus Aldape

This episode is all about health and nutrition. Today's guest Jesus, is a dietician and an olympic weightlifter and we dive into fueling for lifting and specifically olympic weightlifting. There's tons a good info in this so stayed tuned and find out!!

Nov 20, 20231 hr 18 minSeason 1Ep. 15

Ep. 15 Post Training Japanese Talking Time w/ Dean Kenji

This podcast hits home to me as I have Dean Kenji Otsuka (61kgs/67kgs division) as a guest and we talk about all things weightlifting, sports before weightlifting, Japanese American culture and food. He is a great chef and Senior National weightlifter and has been competing for over 10 years! He is considered a masters athlete but still compete along side the Senior age category. Very inspirational person and my favorite podcast to date. hope you guys enjoy!!

Oct 23, 20231 hr 34 minSeason 1Ep. 15

Ep. 14 Programming w/ Coach B (Brittany Rucker)

This episode I had the pleasure to have my coach on the pod to dive deep into topics of programming. We talk about how she became a coach, thoughts on other methods like Bulgarian vs Russian, usaw model, smolov and all sorts of programming!

Oct 09, 20231 hr 21 minSeason 1Ep. 14

Ep. 13 Bexar Boyz (AO2 Recap)

Today is a special podcast I have my fellow teammates talk about their experience at the American Open Series II in California this past month Sep 2023.

Oct 02, 20231 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 13

Ep. 12 Angelo Kelly

Today's guest is the host for Better Than Yesterday Podcast. We talk about life, his story on how he started podcasting and his weightlifting journey.

Sep 25, 20231 hr 41 minSeason 1Ep. 12

Ep. 11 Frylifts

Today's guest is Tony Ashford aka Frylifts. He is an 81kg weightlifter for Bexar Barbell and a content creator. He makes really cool YouTube videos and IG reels. In this podcast we talk about how he manages his life in the Army being on the road, lifting in the least optimal circumstances and why he chose to do more media content in the first place.

Sep 18, 202340 minSeason 1Ep. 11

Ep. 10 Who's Going to Carry the Boats?

This is an impromptu podcast with just me today just a life update and what's going on and also talk about some life topics of motivation, dedication and just learning how to balance weightlifting in your life.

Jun 29, 202316 minSeason 1Ep. 10

Ep. 9 Versed Skateshop- Poetry in Motion w/ Aaron Vaughn

In this Episode I get to talk with Aaron Vaughn the owner of Versed Skateshop in Carmel. Indiana. Is a skater/owner of versed skate shop in Carmel, Indiana. Born and raised in Lawerence Indiana, he is one of the pioneers to help give back to the community with his opening of his own skate shop within the past year. We also talk about how keeps a balanced healthy life with health and fitness as he hired Matt Blas to coach him with his strength and conditioning program. It is interesting hearing h...

May 29, 20231 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 9

Ep. 8 Leila Cook BHE (Big Hoop Energy)

Today's episode I got the chance to speak with Team USA's 55kg olympic weightlifter Leila Cook. Leila has been in the sport of weightlifting at the age of 15 when she did her first competition and hasn't looked back. In this episode we talk about her background on how she became basically a science project on herself through trail and error lifting alone for the majority of her career to her education and experience at ASU with the sports performance side of her coaching and kinesiology experien...

May 15, 20231 hr 3 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Ep. 7 Josh "The People's Scientist" Gibson

Today's episode I had the pleasure to interview Josh Gibson. Josh is a weightlifting coach, an author and podcaster of his own called Philosophical Weightlifting Podcast. He's currently going back to school to earn his PHD and has a lot of exciting news to come for the future. He's usually the one interviewing so it was nice to hear his personal journey and how he became one of the more successful people in this sport as a whole.

May 01, 20231 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 7

Ep. 6 Stegelmann Performance "The Godfather"

This weeks episode I got the pleasure to talk to one of my friends Andrew Stegelmann. He runs his own weightlifting team called Stegelmann Performance based out of Tennessee. Andrew is a Physical Therapist and competitive weightlifter and we talk about programming, rehab, business and other fun topics.

Apr 24, 20231 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Ep. 5 ABCDELI

Today's guest is Eli Avarado. He is a 61kg weightlifter and content creator. He is the "Social Media Guy" for Alamo City Crossfit and Brooklyn Lifting Co. We talk about his struggles during college trying to do the 9-5 to now branding his own media company. If you want you can follow on instagram _cr.ea.te_. We also talk about social media influencers in weightlifting and how it has grown over time. Hope you guys enjoy!

Apr 05, 202330 minSeason 1Ep. 5

Ep. 4 Matt Blastoff

Today's episode is a podcast with my best friend and the guy who got me started into weightlifting Matt Blas. He's been in the game for a very long time and has been growing a team in Indianapolis while still training and competing himself. He also owns a clothing company Movalke and we just talk about the Indiana weightlifting scene along with other weightlifting topics. enjoy!

Mar 28, 20231 hr 17 minSeason 1Ep. 4

Ep. 3 Aaron Williams:Spectator to Main Event

Today's episode is about how my guest/friend was a spectator last year at the Arnold Convention, to being on the one of the biggest stages in America for Olympic Weightlifting. We talk about meet prep, recovery, training and the overall experience of being a high level athlete in the sport of weightlifting.

Mar 10, 202353 minSeason 1Ep. 3

Ep. 2 JC the TACP

Today's guest is JC Richardson, he is a Master's athlete based out of Florida. Currently serving 17 years in the Air Force and is a father to a teenage daughter. He talks about the balance between his priorities in life while still being able to compete in weightlifting. A big takeaway from this podcast is how he keeps himself motivated by challenging his friends from his team, being competitive with another but also keeping it fun!

Jan 30, 202347 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Ep. 1 Grant Lifts World

Today I got the pleasure to interview my good friend/teammate Grant Pierson. He is a national level olympic weightlifter in the 89kg category, we talked about how he got started into the sport, sports psychology, faith, military and much more. Hope you guys enjoy, he is such good dude!

Jan 19, 202345 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Backstory of Cory

New podcast I'm just talking about my goals for this podcast and give a little background about myself and how I got started. Thanks for listening!!

Jan 16, 202319 minSeason 1Ep. 1
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