The Garage Gym Experiment Podcast7 Jan 2022

1 on 1 with the Founder of Weightlifting House, Seb Ostrowicz

Seb Ostrowicz is the founder of Weightlifting House, a company bringing people closer to the sport of Weightlifting with podcasts, articles, videos, apparel, and equipment. In addition, WH provides Weightlifting education through their Coaches Only and Athlete Only portals. Seb is also the author of two books: one is a weightlifting historian's guide to the greatest Sinclairs of all time, and the other is The Pendlay Method which is everything Seb learned from coach Glen Pendlay before he passed.

This chat walks us through the story of WH, their struggle and successes when selling equipment, the future of the sport, and more!

Show Notes:

(1:48) What was it like in the training halls at the IWF World Championships?

(3:28) What does Weightlifting House do?

(5:23) What was the birth story of Weightlifting House?

(11:43) Where are your barbells manufactured?

(19:16) What does Weighlifting House do better or different than other equipment companies?

(27:12) Any plans on bringing a new product to market?

(32:37) You go to to the World Championships, and you see your logo being sold without authorization. Can you give us the story behind that?

(37:19) Who is your target audience?

(41:48) Where do you see Weightlifting House going in the future?

(44:01) Where is the sport of weightlifting heading? And, can you give us a rundown of what the recent Olympic news means and what it means for the future?

(47:36) What’s your prediction on how all of it will turn out?

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