As a Marine stationed at camp David, who loved powerlifting, reading about Kroc going through the same thing I was going through motivated the hell outta me. I even went to the gym when ordered not to because I thought “if Kroc did it, I will too.”

Janae is such a badass. I can't imagine the courage it takes to hit the peak of what society considers masculinity and transition because you know it's what's right for you. Awesome talk.

Janae had my respect ever since the first time I trained with her over 22 years ago. Incredible human being!

My greatest memories when I got into powerlifting was watching all the elitefts stuff with Kroc and wendler and Dave, only the good times.

These stories about breaking into the weight room at 1am to lift are hilarious / awesome. Kroc is a complete badass and anyone who listened to this only with zero previous knowledge would ALL agree.

Ah Krock! He used to be a big inspiration as he was ripped and a PLer. I was similar albeit younger and at the time about 40lb muscle smaller. As I did 198s. 18 years later I am glad she is doing well. Great podcast.

What a beautiful, moving story. Including the stories about breaking into gyms to lift. The definition of "all in." And if you told me 15 years ago some of my favorite podcasts would be helmed by Dave Tate, I would have laughed. He's so good at this.

I don't care who you are, Kroc has done some extreme weights and workouts. Still an OG in my book

Strong as fuck, why would anyone care what she identifies as. She’s not hurting anyone. There’s probably a few people out there listening to this that could identify and realize they’re not alone. Thanks for having her on Dave.

Dave Tate is a fucking REAL ONE. Didn't abandon his friend

Thanks for having her on! ❤

Watched Kroc squat 1100@ 220 with no knee wraps and a loose suit. Insane

Kroc is great. If the gender stuff weirds you out, that is okay- you don’t have to understand or like it. But the person talking was a huge part of the powerlifting community and helped the sport and is a wealth of knowledge and I personally will always be thankful for the inspiration they gave me when I was just learning about powerlifting

Thank you Janae, thank you Dave.

Thanks for bringing Kroc on Dave

What a great interview. Thank you for sharing so much and being open. It says a lot without saying anything when Dave and elite fts were the only ones not to drop the sponsorship for Janae. Actions truly speak volumes

Listened to the podcast today at work but had to come to the channel and say this was one of my favourite episodes!

Dave is a great interviewer and Janae is a great interviewee.

You're an inspiration, Kroc! Sending love

Excellent episode! So much respect for Janae for being who she is in the current climate.

Such a great conversation.

Awesome. Kroc was one of the people I followed back in the 2000s. When T nation was popular and you had westside guys, Dave Tate, John Meadows, Wendler, and a whole lot more writing articles and part of the conversation.

Hell yeah, Janae!

One of the best interviews ever..🤟

the legend

Kroc is absolutely awesome

Janae, I am sorry for your loss.

Good to see janae back at elitefts

Janae is pure honesty

Love your kroc rows.

Still do my Kroc Rows...a Navy seal, idc about everything else, great cast

Great interview Dave and Jenae!!

2 absolute legends

What a great quote to end the podcast.

This was awesome, the transformer documentary was a great watch and hearing janae talk now, I hope she finds true happiness

Great interview!

Man...even thinking of one of my children dying brings pure terror to my mind...its worst thing that can happen to anybody

In B4 the haters show up !

Excellent interview, I wish Janae all the best.

KWEEEEEN ❤🎉

kroc always a legend

People always hate on people that do cheat reps yet that's called aiding in the eccentric overload, and when are you doing high volume/reps, the Kroc Row is extremely valuable

I have the book by him at the time.

Thank you both so much for doing this podcast and sharing with the rest of us.

The way he trains his lifters is almost exactly the way I train mine. The only difference is I use 5% increases over 4 week waves between 70-80%

Kroc Rows and Tate Press

The he breaths in his nose as hard and as fast as he can. But the mic amplifies ir. It's every pod cast, it's annoying. It's the number one reason I can't watch for long.

You need to write a new book with year life then end with some training programs for the reader

😍😍👊🏼

Kroc is as heavy to take in as her rows, and far more important.

Run a gram of Tren and feel awesome? Wow... I appreciate his honesty re the 500 -1000 mg a week of test during 'off' periods. 1-1.5g test and 100mg Tren a day plus the anadrol is very potent, I don't think he'd need any more.

Was he competing against women in BJJ? I might have missed that part multitasking.

And, this is why you shouldn’t juice kids.

Not sure about Kroc

I’m out - sick

I respect his lifts and his accomplishments. But I don't respect all this weird gender stuff. He needs professional help. Very sad to see this.

Lmfao hard pass on this one

Used to follow Kroc back in the day. He used to be the best. Then he decided to chop off his Johnson. Oh man... Mental illness is so cruel. 😢

Gayyyy

Kroc was one of my huge motivators growing up. GREAT EPISODE! Thank you! And hell since it was mentioned I might have also broken into places to train as well. Maybe… maybe not 🫣