# @elitefts on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQVE5mjCUbQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36202679-elitefts-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-27T22:24:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** elitefts (@eliteftsofficial) — https://gondola.cc/eliteftsofficial

## Caption

LIVE tomorrow, October 28th! 🚨

We welcome Eugene Bazemore to episode #378 of Dave Tate’s Table Talk Podcast!

Eugene “Big Gene” Bazemore is a 32-year-old Army veteran-turned-super-heavyweight powerlifter who clawed his way from orphan shelters in Hampton Roads, VA to a 2,050-lb raw total and an XPC Arnold Worlds title in barely three seasons on the platform. After military service left a competitive void, Eugene discovered powerlifting through Westside vs The World, self-coached his first meet in 2022, and has been stacking 2K-plus totals—and life lessons—ever since. In this conversation with Dave, Gene breaks down the realities of untested lifting, balancing an elite training schedule with day-to-day life in Marietta, nutrition that fuels 800-lb deadlifts, and why the barbell became the lifeline that kept him out of prison.

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tabletalk, biggene, eugenebazemore, 378, davetate

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