Today I’m talking to powerlifter Andy Huang, perhaps better known online as That Huge Asian Guy. Andy has put up some of the world’s all-time great totals at 275 lbs bodyweight, and after battling several injuries, he recently came back to top competition form. Andy talks about finding powerlifting a bit later in life, and how his training approach has grown over the years. Andy also discusses the benefits of training with and around other world-class powerlifters, and how their mentality helps shape his own.
In this episode of the BarBend Podcast, David Thomas Tao talks to Andy Huang about:
- Andy’s early strength career and “dabbling” in coaching and bodybuilding (2:20)
- Why Andy — a coach himself — leans on his coach for programming and progress (6:22)
- “I made bodybuilding way harder than it needed to be” (8:30)
- Andy’s top powerlifting competition memory (14:00)
- Why are there so many powerlifting federations? (18:00)
- Could powerlifting ever be an Olympic sport? (19:00)
- What Andy would change about powerlifting competition and structure (22:30)
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