When I do my infamous Atlas lift, people become little confused on why I do it what is the purpose etc.; and also, superficially people think it is easy, but also they’re a little bit scared, especially when you see the barbell with seven plates, eight plates, nine plates, 10 plates, essentially the barbell being maxed out. Most human beings have never seen more than five plates, six plates, or even seven plates on a bar… Let alone eight, nine, 10 and beyond.

I think one very undervalued thing in the world of weightlifting is shoulder strength and stability. For example, if you want to try to lift 1000 pounds on your shoulders back and traps, you actually must have really strong shoulders.