Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Walter Cariazo joins Omar and the Erics on Iron Culture to discuss his decade long journey in powerlifting. He’s won the 93kg National Championship twice and the 105kg National Championship once in Canada and has had the opportunity to represent Canada twice at the IPF World Championship, most recently in Lithuania in June. In this most recent competition he was a dark horse for the podium, as he placed 4th in the 105kg class, getting the opportunity to pull for the bronze medal position, which would have secured him a spot in the first World Games in 2025 to include the raw division. While this in and of itself is worth highlighting, most impressively, Walter has continually progressed in his decade in the sport, despite a busy, demanding work and life schedule. He is a full time medical radiation technologist, in addition to working as a videographer (you may have seen him on Omar’s YouTube channel) and photographer. The perennial life long lifter, Walter embodies the spirit of iron culture as a “blue collar powerlifter” who is optimizing his lifting pursuits within the constraints of life - approaching the pinnacle of the sport while doing so.
00:00 Introducing our guest (a true OG) and some LOTR quizzing
07:00 Walter’s story and his part in the rising standard in Powerlifting
19:52 The lifelong lifer
28:10 Walter’s numbers throughout the years
39:46 The second renaissance in 2024
45:31 The showdown with the deadlifts and some PRs
51:16 What’s next for Walter? Some Trex reminiscing and practical strategies for training
1:06:03 Twin Suns Media, doing the thing, and closing thoughts
Twin Suns Media @twinsuns.media Instagram instagram.com/twinsuns.media
Walter’s Instagram @dub.c_ instagram.com/dub.c_/?hl=en
Walter Cariazo joins Omar and the Erics on Iron Culture to discuss his decade long journey in powerlifting. He’s won the 93kg National Championship twice and the 105kg National Championship once in Canada and has had the opportunity to represent Canada twice at the IPF World Championship, most recently in Lithuania in June. In this most recent competition he was a dark horse for the podium, as he placed 4th in the 105kg class, getting the opportunity to pull for the bronze medal position, which would have secured him a spot in the first World Games in 2025 to include the raw division. While this in and of itself is worth highlighting, most impressively, Walter has continually progressed in his decade in the sport, despite a busy, demanding work and life schedule. He is a full time medical radiation technologist, in addition to working as a videographer (you may have seen him on Omar’s YouTube channel) and photographer. The perennial life long lifter, Walter embodies the spirit of iron culture as a “blue collar powerlifter” who is optimizing his lifting pursuits within the constraints of life - approaching the pinnacle of the sport while doing so.
00:00 Introducing our guest (a true OG) and some LOTR quizzing
07:00 Walter’s story and his part in the rising standard in Powerlifting
19:52 The lifelong lifer
28:10 Walter’s numbers throughout the years
39:46 The second renaissance in 2024
45:31 The showdown with the deadlifts and some PRs
51:16 What’s next for Walter? Some Trex reminiscing and practical strategies for training
1:06:03 Twin Suns Media, doing the thing, and closing thoughts
Twin Suns Media @twinsuns.media Instagram instagram.com/twinsuns.media
Walter’s Instagram @dub.c_ instagram.com/dub.c_/?hl=en
