Powerlifting drama, one attempt at a time.
King Of The Lifts is powerlifting coverage from inside the room, built around interviews, meet previews, recaps, and sharp matchup talk. It treats kilos, attempts, rankings, and records as the raw material for pressure, confidence, and stakes.
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King Of The Lifts covers powerlifting as a sport of numbers, nerves, and public pressure. It is not satisfied with saying someone had a good meet. The show wants to know what the total meant, who it moved past, what the deadlift changed, and whether the athlete actually had more in the tank. Recent episodes range from weight-cutting research to U.S. Nationals recaps, Euros preview talk, Worlds selection drama, Sheffield aftershocks, and interviews around total records and deadlift exhibitions. The pace is brisk. The conversations often start with a result, then widen into the prep, the injury, the cut, the coach, the rivalry, and the social noise around it. A lifter making a bold claim matters here because the platform eventually has to answer back. That is where the show finds its tension. It tracks classes with the intensity of fans who know exactly why one missed attempt changes everything. It also has room for the human side. Guests talk about demanding jobs, sleepless nights, burnout, training as stress relief, and the awkward feeling of expectations not matching the day. The Sports Science Series adds another gear, turning subjects like weight cutting into practical performance talk without losing the casual rhythm. Meet previews are heavy on matchups and meet math. Recaps are full of momentum swings, handling decisions, rule tweaks, and the question of who really had control. The show’s interviews are familiar and blunt, but the underlying respect for the athletes is clear. It likes big personalities. It likes pressure. It especially likes the moment before Worlds when confidence, rankings, and reality are all about to collide. For powerlifting fans, that makes it less a highlight reel than an ongoing conversation inside the competitive scene.
Made for: For powerlifting fans who already care about totals, weight classes, cuts, records, coaching systems, and meet-day attempt calls. It also suits strength-sport followers who want personality and rivalry with their analysis.
What sets it apart: The show turns technical powerlifting detail into sporting stakes without sanding off the scene’s edge. It moves easily from weight-cutting talk to bold Worlds predictions, meet math, and post-meet honesty from lifters.
King Of The Lifts is a weekly podcast featuring 10 year powerlifting veteran/World Championship commentator 6 Pack Lapadat. The show is uncut, unedited, and unrated. Interviews with the World's greatest strength athletes, previews and recaps of the biggest events, and all the latest powerlifting news.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
King Of The Lifts turns powerlifting results into detailed conversations about preparation, technique, attempt selection and competitive pressure.
King Of The Lifts works from the decisions behind a powerlifting result. 6 Pack Lapadat moves between athlete interviews and group discussions, pressing past the final total to ask how training, injury, technique and attempt selection shaped the day.
World-record math meets post-meet soreness, with enough insider detail to test your powerlifting fluency.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A weight-cutting discussion that frames meet-day performance around expectations, proxies, and doing less.
Eric and Kedrick treat weight cutting as a performance problem, not just a weigh-in ritual. They move through a paper tied to Dr. Kwan's PhD work and keep circling the tougher question of how to tell whether a lifter felt good, felt bad, or simply came in with different…
A record chase with real lift-by-lift stakes, not just the headline number.
Colton Engelbrecht is at his best here when the focus stays on pressure, missed pulls, and the awkward reality that a deadlift with straps can loom larger than a total still meant to rise.
A sharp powerlifting review where Leanne's Worlds selection, Sheffield fallout, and RTS training ideas all carry weight.
King Of The Lifts finds powerlifting at a genuinely tense moment. Leanne has taken Heather Connor's Team USA spot for the IPF World Championships, just a day after Sheffield staged what the host calls the greatest 47 kilo battle between Connor and Turbo Tiff.
A brisk Euros preview that still keeps the women's classes and 120 pluses in focus.
King Of The Lifts moves from U.S. Nationals to Euros with very little runway, but the episode still keeps its focus. It opens on the women's side, where the 57s, 69s, and 76s are presented as the tightest fights, and then runs through France, Italy, the U.K., Malta, and the 120…
A loose post-meet review where bench technique and a 390 deadlift reveal the pressure inside a championship fight.
This post-national championship conversation treats the meet aftermath as more than a result sheet. Joe walks through why 390 sat in his head as the deadlift target, how the squat phase shaped what he expected from Jayden, and why the contest did not feel settled until the…
A 900-kilo total becomes a focused contest story, shaped by Taylor Atwood's surge and Joey's hidden squat adjustment.
A 900-kilo total is treated here as a pressure test, not just a headline. The episode follows Joey and coach Doug from a goal set eight and a half months earlier to the platform, where gym strength had to hold up against standards, bright lights, and a tightening field.
A grounded powerlifting review of a missed 1,250-kilo target, a strapped 520-kilo pull, and the recovery question behind the next record chase.
The episode frames a 1,250-kilo total as only part of the story, since the strapped 520-kilo deadlift ends up carrying much of the heat. The host follows a record-scale plan into injury, possible burnout, and the old risk of spending the biggest lift before it counts.
Comics talk with the detours left in.
Coaching roundtables and meet talk from inside powerlifting.
Powerlifting history with chalk still on it.
Powerlifting talk from inside the sport.
Powerlifting's psychology and politics, talked through with curiosity.
Joey B and his coach discuss his historic 900-kilo total victory at US Nationals, where he defeated rivals including Taylor Atwood.
Powerlifter Colton Engelbrecht joins King Of The Lifts to discuss his recent performance where he aimed for a 1250kg total but fell short due to injury.
This episode previews the Sheffield men's division by analyzing the bottom four competitors, including Gel Backland and Emil Norling, discussing their records and competitive challenges.
The hosts preview the women's division of the Sheffield powerlifting competition, discussing rankings and predictions for lifters like Amanda Lawrence.
Eric and Kedrick open on a paper linked to Dr.
Colton and the host unpack what came after a big meet, with the deadlift with straps getting more buzz than the total.
This episode discusses Presser's mysterious persona in powerlifting, his viral videos at Powerlifting America Nationals, and potential collaborations with KOTL.
A power lifter discusses how his demanding corporate job with 163 employees provides intense stress, making power lifting his essential escape and stress relief.
Two-time world champion powerlifter Delaney Wallace discusses his preparation and mindset coming into a competition, reflecting on his journey from finance to powerlifting and his competitive drive.
King Of The Lifts centers on Elliott Sykes and Leanne Le after Leanne takes Heather Connor’s Team USA spot for the IPF World Championships and Elliott totals 852.5, the second-best male GL total of all time.
The show opens in a hurry.
Joe and the group come out of an almost two-hour post-meet conversation with Worlds still in view.
Elliott Sykes (74 kg) and Leanne Le (47 kg) react to their US National titles on King Of The Lifts, with Sykes totaling 852.5 kg at age 19 and Le hitting a 440 kg total.
This episode previews the Sheffield men's division by analyzing the bottom four competitors, including Chel Backland and Emil Norling, based on their records and competitive outlook.
This episode is a preview show for the women's Sheffield division, featuring discussions and predictions about team rankings and upcoming battles.
The host humorously recounts a frustrating day where a long nap disrupted their schedule, leading to a rushed gym visit with an incomplete workout.