Myles Kantor

 
Finish Your Deadlift Upright
Finish Your Deadlift Upright

Many lifters begin the pull with a good arch, approach lockout, and then exaggerate the finish position with overextension of the lumbar spine. This is a good way to become injured and weaker.

Deadlift Fundamentals — The Difference Between Failure and Lockout
Deadlift Fundamentals — The Difference Between Failure and Lockout

These elite lifters share some fundamental characteristics at the start of their deadlifts—hips high, arm length maximized, shins very close to the bar, and torsos not vertical.

The Decline of Team USA at IPF Worlds
The Decline of Team USA at IPF Worlds

At IPF Worlds last year, the American men and women’s teams finished in ninth place and fourth place, respectively. This is the third consecutive year that neither team has placed in the top three at Worlds.

Anonymity and the State of Powerlifting
Anonymity and the State of Powerlifting

Powerlifting isn’t a sport that lacks for melodramatic opinions.

Extreme Depth: Unsafe and Unfair
Extreme Depth: Unsafe and Unfair

Squat depth has been a matter of controversy in powerlifting since the 1970s and continues to be so.

Bombing into Triumph
Bombing into Triumph

Bombing out of a meet sucks.

Proof of Life
Proof of Life

One of my favorite moments in the history of powerlifting is Doc Rhodes’ third deadlift at the 1977 IPF Worlds in Australia. Rhodes was in the 165-lb weight class and had squatted 512 lbs and benched 374 lbs.

 Five Pounds Is Gold
Five Pounds Is Gold

With astounding strength, brilliant technique, and a champion’s will, Andy Bolton returned to the platform and showed us who he always was. And looking at the speed of the 1008-lb deadlift, he’s not finished.

Going Deeper into the Deadlift with Mark Rippetoe, Part 2
Going Deeper into the Deadlift with Mark Rippetoe, Part 2

What you’ll see is that he takes about two or three pulses of pull in order to get his weight from his toes back onto the middle of his foot before the bar leaves the ground. In other words, he’s using those little tugs to pull the slack out of his hamstrings after he sets his lumbar spine.

Going Deeper into the Deadlift with Mark Rippetoe, Part 1
Going Deeper into the Deadlift with Mark Rippetoe, Part 1

In the November 2006 issue of CrossFit Journal, Mark Rippetoe published, “A New, Rather Long Analysis of the Deadlift.” He concluded this breakthrough article by identifying three criteria for a correct deadlift starting position:

Dreams, Labor, Facts
Dreams, Labor, Facts

I recently slayed a dragon. It wasn’t a large dragon, but it was mine.

 Get Your Back into Your Lifting
Get Your Back into Your Lifting

I’m becoming a deadlift supremacist more and more. Louie Simmons recently wrote in Powerlifting USA, “A weak man has a weak back, and a strong man has a strong back. It’s that simple.”

After the Meet Is Before the Meet
After the Meet Is Before the Meet

Fans of Run Lola Run might recall a piece of wisdom featured in the beginning of the movie—“After the game is before the game.”

Powerlifting as Evolution
Powerlifting as Evolution

“Carryover” is a word often used to describe how equipment improves lifts. What kind of carryover has powerlifting had in other aspects of your life?

Theodore Roosevelt on Powerlifting
Theodore Roosevelt on Powerlifting

You can’t choose your potential. But you can choose to fulfill the potential you do have.

From Paper to Iron Mike: Mike Stuchiner’s Journey to Elite
From Paper to Iron Mike: Mike Stuchiner’s Journey to Elite

Mike Stuchiner is a paragon of tenacity. In 1991, the native of Long Island, New York entered his first powerlifting meet. On August 18, 2007, he earned his first elite total at the Cincinnati Pro Am with a 775-lb squat, a 555-lb bench press, and a 620-lb deadlift in the 275-lb weight class.

Defending the Deadlift: An Interview with Coach and Powerlifter, Eric Cressey
Defending the Deadlift: An Interview with Coach and Powerlifter, Eric Cr...

If you needed an expert on Russian writer, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, you might contact Daniel Mahoney, a professor at Assumption College. For an expert on squatting, there’s Fred “Dr. Squat” Hatfield of the International Sports Sciences Association.

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