I'M NOW THIRD IN THE WORLD! — Transcript

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1. 0:00We are here in Lithuania and I have the
2. 0:04biggest battle ahead of me yet. This
3. 0:07time I have pressure from above and
4. 0:10pressure from below. I am competing
5. 0:12against Nathaniel Messiah, Emil Norling,
6. 0:15and Anatoly. I'm competing against
7. 0:18Anthony McNaughton.
8. 0:20A lot of guys I really admire and I
9. 0:23really like in this sport, but I'm so
10. 0:26ready to hopefully bring the best
11. 0:28version of myself yet. And I feel like
12. 0:31things has started to go my way this
13. 0:34prep, but we'll see and we'll find out
14. 0:38on the 18th of June
15. 0:41here in Lithuania at the IPF World
16. 0:44Championships 2026.
17. 0:47Okay, so usually I'm not very good at
18. 0:51showcasing my diet and I don't know. I
19. 0:54don't find it very interesting. I just
20. 0:56eat, I go about my day, I do
21. 0:58what I'm used to doing, right? Sometimes
22. 1:01I eat mom's home cooking, sometimes I do
23. 1:02this, but we're at a competition now.
24. 1:06And I wanted to take you guys through my
25. 1:09competition diet and the thought I have
26. 1:12going into the weight loss I got to do
27. 1:15to get into my weight class because
28. 1:17right now I am 108 kilos, so that means
29. 1:22I got to drop 3 kilos-ish and this is
30. 1:25how we do it. I'm going to present to
31. 1:27you the food.
32. 1:30So, just to take you guys through it.
33. 1:32Today is pretty normal. I just got to
34. 1:35make sure I get the right amount of
35. 1:37carbs, the right amount of protein, the
36. 1:39right amount of fats, and not too much
37. 1:42sodium. Tomorrow we will initiate the
38. 1:45gut cut, as we call it. So, tomorrow
39. 1:48will be very very limited on what I'm
40. 1:51getting and the most important part is
41. 1:54that I hit my my
42. 1:55I don't recommend or condone this. This
43. 1:59is just what has been working for me.
44. 2:01What I'm doing is that I do about two or
45. 2:04three liters of juice as my main
46. 2:07carbohydrate source. I make sure that
47. 2:10there is low to no sodium in it. So,
48. 2:13yeah, this is my main source of carbs.
49. 2:16Then I have my main source of fats,
50. 2:19which is
51. 2:21cashew nuts.
52. 2:22Uh not too exciting, but it gets the job
53. 2:24done.
54. 2:25Then I'm going to probably eat a little
55. 2:28bit of chocolate because chocolate is
56. 2:31very high in calories. It's very calorie
57. 2:33dense. Just a little piece of chocolate
58. 2:36has a lot of calories in it. Um and it
59. 2:39doesn't weigh that much, so just to keep
60. 2:40the the energy going and everything. And
61. 2:43for my main protein source, I'm going to
62. 2:45go with some whey protein powder. Just
63. 2:47as simple as that, with some water. I'm
64. 2:50probably also going to take some sauna
65. 2:52to make weight. We still got to figure
66. 2:54out the the complete plan before we
67. 2:56initiate, but the most important thing
68. 2:58is that we have the main things ready.
69. 3:01So, that was for the gut cut. When I am
70. 3:04on the platform, I like to say that I
71. 3:07should eat the things I like to eat,
72. 3:09right? And it has to be something with
73. 3:11carbohydrates because you need that on
74. 3:13the competition day when you need to go
75. 3:15in and perform at your max.
76. 3:18So, I need to make sure that all the
77. 3:21liquids get back into my body, and I do
78. 3:23that with electrolytes right here and an
79. 3:26electrolyte drink right here.
80. 3:29And then [snorts]
81. 3:30one of my favorite things to do at a
82. 3:32competition is get some toast bread,
83. 3:35get a peanut butter, get a Nutella,
84. 3:38and get some bananas. And then I make
85. 3:40sandwiches because that tastes [ __ ]
86. 3:43amazing. And I can always eat that. Then
87. 3:46for tomorrow, we have a special edition.
88. 3:49The Japanese national team gave me this
89. 3:52treat, so I'm pretty sure if I eat this
90. 3:54at the competition, uh this will give me
91. 3:57a great piece of luck. So, I'm
92. 4:00definitely going to save this
93. 4:02for when I'm in the zone and when I am
94. 4:05competing.
95. 4:06I'm just going to go in with some very,
96. 4:08very simple carbohydrates like sugars.
97. 4:11Uh just make sure that I always spike my
98. 4:14blood sugar. This is just to get an
99. 4:16overview of how I structure my diet
100. 4:19around the competition. And this is only
101. 4:22for competition purposes. But I hope
102. 4:25this uh gave you a little bit more of a
103. 4:27deep dive into how I manage uh my
104. 4:31nutrition in terms of competition.
105. 4:34We are on the day of the competition.
106. 4:36And last night I made sure that my gut
107. 4:39cut was uh [ __ ] functioning. And I
108. 4:42watched some powerlifting and I chilled
109. 4:44with my family, like I should. Today, I
110. 4:47just got a sauna the rest of the way. I
111. 4:49woke up at around 106 kilos, so uh I had
112. 4:53a
113. 4:545 uh hour time cap to make weight. And 1
114. 4:59kilo in 5 hours, that's not too bad.
115. 5:01Probably lose the most of it naturally,
116. 5:03but just to make sure I'll do a bit of
117. 5:05sauna so I'm on point with the weight.
118. 5:08But yeah, say hello Mr. Magnussen.
119. 5:11>> How we doing?
120. 5:13It's a cool camera, actually.
121. 5:14>> You You don't know the the Osmo?
122. 5:16The Osmo pocket.
123. 5:18No, okay. Well, why are you here? Can I
124. 5:21ask you a couple of questions? Yeah,
125. 5:22okay. So, you're the big favorite in our
126. 5:24class. That That makes sense. How are
127. 5:26you feeling for today?
128. 5:27>> Feeling pretty good.
129. 5:29Um obviously we know that numbers don't
130. 5:30mean anything, so you just got to show
131. 5:32up, you know? And that's what we're
132. 5:33doing today. Um I don't like to listen
133. 5:36to the outside statistics cuz I was as
134. 5:37you've seen plenty of times, you know,
135. 5:39things could happen, so just showing up
136. 5:41sharp today, as sharp as you can. That's
137. 5:43all That's all I can control.
138. 5:46>> Uh in my heart I'm a little bit of a
139. 5:48McLauren fanboy. So, I I'm I'm I'm I
140. 5:50believe in you. Like I don't I'm I'm
141. 5:53I even told a lot of people, I'm like,
142. 5:55"Well, it would be unrealistic to go for
143. 5:57first because McLauren is here." But but
144. 6:00still, it's like it's it's a balance,
145. 6:02right? Because you want to be hungry.
146. 6:03You want to go for the first place.
147. 6:05That's why we're all here. But still,
148. 6:06like realism is like when you're this
149. 6:08good and you have showcased this much
150. 6:11potential, I I I believe that you can do
151. 6:13more like we've talked about in the DMs
152. 6:15and stuff. Your road to a thousand. I'm
153. 6:17I'm a little bit younger than you and I
154. 6:19still have stuff to work on. But I also
155. 6:21believe in myself that one day
156. 6:24uh I'm like Kobalely.
157. 6:25>> Yeah.
158. 6:26>> Yeah, man.
159. 6:26>> Maybe today. Who knows? We'll find out.
160. 6:30What lift are you most excited about?
161. 6:32>> I'd probably have to say squats.
162. 6:35>> Yeah, I thought so. But thank you,
163. 6:37brother. I'll see you at the comp later.
164. 6:39>> See you at the comp later.
165. 6:41>> Ladies and gentlemen, you heard it
166. 6:42yourself. We got to lock in.
167. 6:47I'm 1 hour out from the competition and
168. 6:50I'm just so [ __ ] excited to lift some
169. 6:52heavy weight. Like
170. 6:54I'm sitting here doing
171. 6:56all my refeed, like all the waters,
172. 6:59fluids, carbohydrates. And I I can't
173. 7:02wait to go into the platform and just
174. 7:05lift heavy. Yeah. Feel like I need to
175. 7:07get back into that mindset where I'm
176. 7:09like I lift heavy because I enjoy it,
177. 7:11not because of podium placements.
178. 7:14Think I'll be able to bring that today
179. 7:16and with that bring a good result. So,
180. 7:18uh
181. 7:19I love you guys.
182. 7:20See you in there.
183. 7:24>> Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
184. 7:25Welcome back.
185. 7:28>> Come on, pal.
186. 7:44Come on.
187. 7:50>> First place to the reigning junior world
188. 7:52champion
189. 8:06That was Harris Kulagin,
190. 8:09201 [applause]
191. 8:09points.
192. 8:11Three more spots and one more spot left.
193. 8:14The Lars Nooten first to talk is
194. 8:16225.
195. 8:59And in first place Mr. Kakias
196. 9:032.5 to matches personal best and a great
197. 9:0633 for the reigning junior world
198. 9:08champion Kakias.
199. 9:11The gold medal goes to Kakias followed
200. 9:13by Lars
201. 9:38>> Let's go.
202. 9:53>> [cheering]
203. 10:08[cheering]
204. 10:17>> Let's go, Reagan. Go.
205. 10:31>> [applause]
206. 11:32>> Come on, Ian.
207. 11:54Come on.
208. 11:59>> [applause]
209. 12:04>> The body
210. 12:05>> Uh this first time
211. 12:06>> 3:45
212. 12:11>> Come on.
213. 12:39>> The body is still here for Brakken from
214. 12:41Cactus, Denmark.
215. 12:46>> [applause]
216. 13:18[applause]
217. 13:21>> Denmark is included. Give it up for
218. 13:22Brakken. He's pushing and pulling for
219. 13:25the
220. 13:25podium for
221. 13:26>> [cheering]
222. 13:27>> Come on.
223. 13:28>> [screaming]
224. 13:59[screaming]
225. 14:04[cheering]
226. 14:10[cheering]
227. 14:31[applause]
228. 14:39>> All right, gentlemen. We're going to be
229. 14:40moving on to the bench medals now.
230. 14:44With his second attempt at 227.5
231. 14:48kg,
232. 14:49and it's Riku Kestilä from Finland.
233. 14:52>> [cheering]
234. 14:54[applause]
235. 14:54>> I know how much this is supported.
236. 14:56So, thank you very much
237. 14:57for keeping them straight.
238. 15:00>> Majid is personal best at 232.5
239. 15:04>> We're lucky to have him.
240. 15:06>> Thank you, gentlemen. Now, it is time
241. 15:08for the deadlift medals.
242. 15:12Majid is personal best at 375 from
243. 15:15Sweden, and it's Emil Norling against
244. 15:17deadlift bronze.
245. 15:20>> [applause]
246. 15:22>> You know, that was a deadlift PB for
247. 15:23him, a
248. 15:35>> [cheering]
249. 15:50[applause]
250. 15:55[applause]
251. 16:01>> Moving on to what we've been waiting
252. 16:02for, the final placings in the weight
253. 16:05class.
254. 16:10With 935
255. 16:13kilos, your bronze medalist is from
256. 16:15Denmark. It is Reagan Sturgill Keys.
257. 16:21>> [cheering]
258. 16:22[applause]
259. 16:31>> Silver medalist and vice champion with
260. 16:33935 and lighter on body weight is from
261. 16:36Ukraine, Anatolii Novopysmennyi.
262. 16:40>> [applause]
263. 16:45[applause]
264. 16:50>> Making a thousand unbelievable and 980
265. 16:54from USA, Anthony McDonald is your 2026
266. 16:58world champion.
267. 17:01>> [applause]
268. 17:10>> Ladies and gentlemen,
269. 17:12worlds is officially wrapped up. I have
270. 17:16a couple of things [snorts] I want to
271. 17:18say to my performance and how stuff went
272. 17:22down. First of all, I'm very grateful to
273. 17:25you all, to all of those who has been
274. 17:28supporting me throughout this journey
275. 17:30and to all of those who has been
276. 17:32believing me this whole time I've been
277. 17:36doing powerlifting.
278. 17:38I came out as a junior. Nobody knew me
279. 17:42pretty much in the powerlifting world,
280. 17:43became a world champion
281. 17:45and made sure to defend my title against
282. 17:49Nathaniel the year after.
283. 17:52And now we're in the open.
284. 17:55I am 24 now, so we're going to compete
285. 17:59in the open from now on. From From
286. 18:02always. It It doesn't even It's not even
287. 18:05open anymore. It's just
288. 18:07It's just worlds, right? [laughter]
289. 18:09Because before it was junior worlds, now
290. 18:11it's just worlds, right? Yesterday
291. 18:15I ended up with a total of 935
292. 18:20and that was a personal best. It doesn't
293. 18:23matter which weight class I compete in.
294. 18:25It doesn't matter
295. 18:27what I did in prior. It's the best
296. 18:29version of Reagan Stagaakis I've ever
297. 18:32seen.
298. 18:33And the guys who have been watching
299. 18:36YouTube for a long time know that I'm
300. 18:38all about the it's you versus you
301. 18:40mindset, the self versus self. And I
302. 18:43feel like we did something this time. I
303. 18:45I was able to beat myself. I was able to
304. 18:48come in and do some really, really good
305. 18:51results. And I'm not going to lie, after
306. 18:55that third back squat got red lighted
307. 18:57and I didn't get it, I was
308. 19:01a bit bummed because I knew that was
309. 19:03going to affect my total result at the
310. 19:07end. Because going into this, I thought
311. 19:10the maximum I had in me was what I did
312. 19:13at Euros, the 75. I did something that I
313. 19:17barely believed in. Like
314. 19:19it was it was total confusion because
315. 19:22first the Danish coaches sent me in on
316. 19:27377
317. 19:29and 1/2 and that was 2 and 1/2 kilos
318. 19:31more than I've ever pulled before.
319. 19:34And then I went in on the platform and I
320. 19:37was like, "Why Why does it say attempt
321. 19:39change?" And then they called me and
322. 19:41they were like, "Oh, you need to get
323. 19:42out. You need to get out." And I got out
324. 19:46and they were like, "Reagan, you're
325. 19:48pulling for bronze."
326. 19:50And this time around, I was like
327. 19:53"Okay,
328. 19:54I'm pulling for bronze."
329. 19:56And I knew that I couldn't let you guys
330. 19:59down. I knew that I couldn't let my
331. 20:01family down.
332. 20:02Um I knew that I couldn't let the people
333. 20:05who came and supported me, Cielos down,
334. 20:07and Daniel down.
335. 20:09I don't know which mode I went into. I
336. 20:11just pulled for everything. I just went
337. 20:14with everything I had.
338. 20:16Uh
339. 20:17tried to pull like I do in training and
340. 20:19I think that's that's really good. When
341. 20:22you're just able to lock in as you are
342. 20:25in training,
343. 20:26that's that's precious, you know?
344. 20:30So I ended up pulling 382
345. 20:34and 1/2, which was officially the
346. 20:37heaviest deadlift ever done in
347. 20:40Denmark's history.
348. 20:42Um it tied me for first, technically,
349. 20:45but Nathaniel won over me in body
350. 20:48weight. Hey,
351. 20:49Nathaniel.
352. 20:51>> [laughter]
353. 20:52>> I love you, brother.
354. 20:53But yeah,
355. 20:54um
356. 20:55I am really satisfied
357. 20:58with the results,
358. 21:01but I'm so hungry for more. Like I've
359. 21:04what even when I say it now,
360. 21:06I I I don't think I even understand how
361. 21:08much I I want this. It is
362. 21:12It's hard to encapsulate in in words,
363. 21:15but I want to keep on this journey
364. 21:18because
365. 21:20not only is powerlifting giving me so
366. 21:23much, you guys are are giving me so many
367. 21:27opportunities. Like my family and you
368. 21:30guys are the reason I keep on pushing
369. 21:33boundaries of what I can do. And it's
370. 21:37ridiculous, right? Because the thing I
371. 21:39did to to yesterday, well, it's
372. 21:42technically when you watch it. The The
373. 21:44thing I did today
374. 21:47would really have put me in
375. 21:50a good position.
376. 21:52If we look back as
377. 21:55far as 2024,
378. 21:57because I remember that Ashton Roushka
379. 22:01and Anatoliy was battling for 940.
380. 22:05And I did 935,
381. 22:07and I think this was a mediocre day. It
382. 22:11showed a little bit of what my potential
383. 22:13really was.
384. 22:15I'm just very happy and fortunate to be
385. 22:18in this position.
386. 22:19And I just want you to know that I am
387. 22:22willing to get better, to get as close
388. 22:24to that first spot
389. 22:26that I can. I just want to spend this
390. 22:29time enjoying this with my friends and
391. 22:31family. And uh
392. 22:34I really hope that you enjoyed this
393. 22:36video, and
394. 22:38you will support me for the next one.
395. 22:43Thank you.
396. 22:44Bye.