Dennis Reinhart, USPA Record Holder & Coach, Montrose HS Pt 2| The Platform Episode 14

In Part 2 of our conversation with Dennis Reinhart, USPA bench press record holder and longtime Montrose powerlifting coach, Denny picks up where he left off with even more stories from the platform. He looks back on an 80-game football winning streak and walks through Montrose powerlifting's turnaround from its early days to a perennial contender. Denny also gets into the training weeds, sharing his approach to building a bigger chest for powerlifting and how he tapers and peaks his lifters heading into a meet. He touches on the sport's growing number of female lifters, revisits the marathon that was his first major meet, and explains how drug testing works at USPA competitions. Takeaways: The story behind an 80-game football winning streak Montrose powerlifting's turnaround from a startup effort to a statewide powerlifting force Denny's approach to building a bigger chest and other accessory training How he structures taper and peak week heading into a meet The growing number of female lifters joining the sport Memories from his first major meet and the long day it turned into How drug testing works at USPA-sanctioned meets Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Deezer