This episode featured a conversation with Howard "Ocho" Aaron, a 73-year-old powerlifter and cancer survivor. Howard shared his backstory, including his diagnosis with a rare intravascular B-cell lymphoma, which inspired his nickname "Ocho" due to being the eighth patient his oncologist treated for this cancer. He discussed his journey through chemotherapy, his return to powerlifting, and his world record achievements in the bench press. Howard emphasized the importance of mindset, strength training, and his mission to help others get stronger. He also mentioned his book, "Strength Training for Life," and his approach to coaching and training. The hosts, Josh and Lara, asked Howard about his training philosophy, handling self-critical lifters, and his advice for new gym-goers.
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Team Rohr PowerliftingThe Powerlifting & Power Ballads Podcast is co-hosted by Josh Rohr and Lara Sturm and sponsored by Team Rohr Powerlifting - for all of your powerlifting coaching and meet day handling needs. The podcast covers Georgia Powerlifting information as well as National Powerlifting news. One of our more popular segments is music, specifically 80’s music and Power Ballads.
