Dave Tate's Table Talk

Dave Tate

dtate@elitefts.net

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Booking Overview

Dave Tate’s Table Talk books high-credibility voices from strength sports to break down training that works in real gyms and real competition. The show’s PR value is strong if you have expertise that translates sport science or coaching into actionable performance and coaching systems.

Metrics

Episodes: 300

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 222.0k subscribers

Instagram: 183.0k followers

Contact Information

dtate@elitefts.net

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Host

Dave Tate - CEO of elitefts and a prominent figure in strength training and the strength sports community. He hosts Dave Tate’s Table Talk, aiming to cut through fitness fads with practical training, business,...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Demonstrated credibility in strength sports (elite athletes, coaches, training system founders) and/or academic/practitioner sport science translation (PhD researchers, high-performance consultants). Often includes leaders who can connect training methodology with real-world coaching execution and results.
Required Achievements:  
Elite competition history (powerlifting or wrestling/athletic performance), Leadership roles in strength coaching/training companies or communities, Published research or applied PhD work translating science to coaching systems, Coaching systems producing high-level athletes (national/world-level; draft/champions as relevant)

Recent Guest Discussions

Dr. Justin Lima - Coach-to-athlete Communication; Data-driven/metrics-based Coaching Limitations; Readiness Metrics; Institutional Vs Private-sector Coaching Transition

Michael Wardlow - High-stakes Performance With Injury; Competition Mindset And Training Tradeoffs In An Elite Spectacle Format

Jesse Godderz - Training/conditioning Under Competition Constraints; Athlete Mindset And Performance Grit

Eric Bugenhagen - Training And Injury Realities; Behind-the-scenes Competition Demands; Unorthodox Intensity And Applied Strength In High-pressure Settings

Sean Noriega - Long-term Strength Development; Programming And Technical Evolution; Rpe/data-driven Approach; Tested Vs Competing Tradeoffs

Recent Topics

Strength, Powerlifting, Coaching, Sports Science, Performance

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Dave Tate's Table Talk
:

#418 To Total 2,000lbs, I Had to Change Who I Was | Matt Sharafinski

May 26, 2026

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#417 The Truth About Your Breaking Point (It's Not What You Think It Is) | Dr. Dylan Seeley

May 21, 2026

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#416 Why "Data-Driven" Coaching is Failing the Next Generation of Athletes

May 18, 2026

The weight room isn't just a place to build muscle. It's a battlefield where psychology meets physical adaptation — and most coaches are losing because they're coaching numbers instead of people. Dr. Justin Lima joins Dave Tate at the elitefts compound to dismantle the myth of "optimal" training and explain why giving athletes a stimulus they aren't prepared for can rob them of long-term development. From scaling Strength Coach Network to his PhD research on reactive force development, Lima c...

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