# @underthebar on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-10-14T19:44:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dave Tate (@underthebar) — https://gondola.cc/underthebar

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New Podcast Alert 🔔

Thanks to Ben Pauli for coming back on Table Talk. Here’s what will hit home with the elitefts crew:


• Why you can bomb a meet yet still run a great training cycle—and how not to overhaul a good plan because of one bad day.


• The meet-from-hell story (double staph in both quads) and the reminder to separate performance day from preparation.


• Bench cues that move the needle: expand the rib cage, keep the sternum from dropping under leg drive, and learn to “belly up” for a shorter stroke.


• Deadlift fixes that aren’t just “more glutes”: hamstring length and timing, packing lats and bracing at the right moment, and why belts expose mobility gaps.


• RPE that isn’t make-believe: Ben uses “RPE check sets” to calibrate effort and stop sandbagging.


• Conjugate done with intent: three-week max-effort waves, box/free squats, and progressive chains/bands to build to a true top week.


• Builders that carry over: strap-pause good mornings for hinge strength and “scap-free” pressing to open the shoulder capsule without pain.

Ben, I appreciate you sharing the wins, the misses, and the exact training chess moves our people can use in the next session.

This podcast—Table Talk #374: “Your RPE is a LIE. Here’s How to Find Your TRUE Max Effort” with guest Ben Pauli—can be seen on elitefts YouTube and Spotify and heard on all podcast networks.

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