At its core, Powerlifting competitions aim to find the strongest person in the room by pitting lifters against each other in the categories of squat, benchpress and deadlift. 

On this week’s episode, Sasha goes deep with Matthew Taylor, a world champion power lifter who discovered the sport as a teenager.  In 2014, he set a national squat record in Canada and won his division at the Powerlifting World Championships. However, Matthew’s story is about much more than physical strength, In 2022 an autoimmune condition relegated him to the sidelines and forced him to reevaluate his life and training goals, including his dreams of squatting 500 pounds and deadlifting 600 pounds, raising the question, what truly makes a person strong?  You can find Matt’s company, Stronger You Personal Training, online at strongeryoupt.com and on Instagram @StrongerYouPT

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Sasha Graham Podcast Host, Sports Will Save Us All

Sasha Graham is the host of the award-winning podcast, Sports Will Save Us All, a sports podcast for the NPR crowd. Sasha has worked as a television writer and producer, at Walt Disney Studios as Vice President of National Publicity, and has published two children's books, Milo Does Not Like Mornings and Whitney Wins Everything.