{"id":26526,"date":"2026-08-11T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=26526"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:10:00","slug":"it-aint-just-sports-sean-smith-powerlifting-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=26526","title":{"rendered":"It Ain\u2019t Just Sports: Sean Smith powerlifting coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) &#8211; We\u2019re back with another episode of It Ain\u2019t Just Sports \u2014 where the games are just the start of the conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In this episode: We sit down with powerlifting coach Sean Smith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>Watch here:<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4ykTSj23tgA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It Ain&amp;apos;t Just Sports: Sean Smith powerlifting coach\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ykTSj23tgA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>We also spotlight:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u27a1\ufe0f American Pro Meet 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u27a1\ufe0f How Smith got into power lifting<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u27a1\ufe0f The physical and mental battles in lifting<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>Listen here:<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header | article-header w-100\">Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment!<\/h3>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u25b6\ufe0f Watch all episodes of It Ain\u2019t Just Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLLCvB1nHXBWuSNi-WmHE1TqEJsBa7YH2L\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLLCvB1nHXBWuSNi-WmHE1TqEJsBa7YH2L\">HERE<\/a> on YouTube<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\ud83d\udc4dLike us and drop a comment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itaintjustsports\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itaintjustsports\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\ud83d\udcf8 Check out highlights on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itaintjustsports\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itaintjustsports\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header | article-header w-100\">Previous Episodes<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>Copyright 2026 WWBT. 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Watch here: We also spotlight: \u27a1\ufe0f American Pro Meet 2026 \u27a1\ufe0f How Smith got into power lifting \u27a1\ufe0f The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1111,"featured_media":26527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-powerlifting-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It Ain\u2019t Just Sports: Sean Smith powerlifting coach - World Bodybuilding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=26526\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It Ain\u2019t Just Sports: Sean Smith powerlifting coach - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RICHMOND, Va. 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