# @underthebar on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-02-10T19:41:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dave Tate (@underthebar) — https://gondola.cc/underthebar

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New Podcast Alert 🚨

Big thank you to Dr. Chris Stepien for coming out and going deep on chronic pain, why so many “fixes” fail lifters, and what actually moves the needle when something’s been nagging you for months (or years). 

Topics: 

	•	“Unfixable” isn’t a diagnosis, it’s usually a missed variable (or the wrong variable being chased).

	•	Why MRIs + imaging can lie (or at least mislead) when you’re trying to solve pain for athletes. 

	•	The difference between tight vs. stuck vs. irritated (and why treating everything like “tightness” keeps you spinning your wheels).

	•	The biopsychosocial side of performance: stress, work, sleep, load management, and why your body keeps “holding the bill.”

	•	What it looks like to rebuild a training plan when pain has been driving the decisions.

	•	The darker side of the story, how discipline, the gym, and hard lessons shaped the path that led him to help others.

This is the kind of conversation that sits right in the middle of what’s actually trending in strength right now: pain science that still respects hard training, and practical steps that don’t require you to stop being a strength athlete.

This podcast (Dave Tate’s Table Talk Podcast — Dr. Chris Stepien — Episode #396) can be seen on elitefts YouTube and Spotify and heard on all podcast networks.

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