Ep. 272 - Mike Tuchscherer: Peaking After 20 Years of Powerlifting

The man, the myth, the legend, Mike T is back! Fresh off a 900kg total, an 800lbs deadlift, and placing just off the podium at Powerlifting America National by bodyweight, Mike T is showing how much longevity can be had for the lifelong lifter, even at the highest level. We’ve only got a penlight in this pitch-dark morphing cave, but that’s apparently all you need. Join us on this episode where we discuss mental maturity and growth as a lifter, Mike’s journey and his future plans in equipped lifting! 00:00 Introduction to a homecoming episode Iron Culture Ep. 4- Periodization & Autoregulation Roundtable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIVw1OxvZUA 07:15 Catching up on Mike T’s achievements and competing equipped Iron Culture Ep. 46- Powerlifting: Raw vs Equipped Lifting (Ft. Calgary Barbell, Corvus Strength & RTS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG618RmkoPA 22:13 Keeping the spark for lifting and training Lepper 1973 Undermining children's intrinsic interest with extrinsic reward: A test of the "overjustification" hypothesis. https://web.mit.edu/curhan/www/docs/Articles/15341_Readings/Motivation/Lepper_et_al_Undermining_Childrens_Intrinsic_Interest.pdf Fishbach 2012 When thinking about goals undermines goal pursuit https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749597812000222  30:42 Mike T’s athletic arc 37:30 Facing and navigating adversity: injuries and load management 50:10 What has changed over time for Eric, especially with his injuries   01:04:18 The ‘hot streak’, sticking with it, and moving forward 01:19:15 We are all getting out of this cave together… or do we even need to get out? 1:25:44 The plan for Mike T the athlete and where to find him Instagram: @miketuchscherer https://www.instagram.com/miketuchscherer/ Threads: @miketuchscherer https://www.threads.net/@miketuchscherer Reactive Training Systems Coaching https://pages.reactivetrainingsystems.com/coaching  RTS Lab https://pages.reactivetrainingsystems.com/rts-training-lab

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Iron Culture was started by Eric Helms and Omar Isuf, now currently hosted by Eric Helms and Eric Trexler with Omar as a returning guest, as a means of exploring the world of physical culture and attempting to distill a unified philosophy of lifting and to help listeners find greater meaning from the iron. The lifting community has become fractured over the last ~70 years and this Podcast will attempt to explore the fundamental threads that unite these different tribes. The Podcast focuses on dispensing practical, useful information to the listener, bouncing from history, to philosophy, to contemporary lifting culture issues, to science. This can range from teaching the audience about lifting, programming, nutrition, supplements/PEDs and the history of lifting culture. The format includes casual conversations between the two hosts on a variety of topics, discussions with a panel of experts and interviews with authoritative figures in the lifting community.