Off-season doesn’t have to mean a lack of muscle gains. With these five tips, you can keep up your progress without feeling like it’s time to coast.
How do you prepare for your next week? When do you start preparing? Jeff Guller likes to get started with conjugate powerlifting nine weeks before meet time.
No idea what to do now that your meet is over? Here is an easy guide to help you make the most out of your “off-season.”
How are strongman and powerlifting related and how do you combine the two in a program? This is something Dave Tate wanted me to write, so here it is.
As strength athletes, we care only about lifting the weight from Point A to Point B, but from a bodybuilding perspective, that is dead wrong, but how does that translate to powerlifting? The idea is to challenge the muscle — not just focus on completing reps and sets.
These off-season lane options are meant to keep them in the ballpark of being in game shape without beating the crap out of them. They don’t have to be ready all the time; just ready to get ready. If you think they are not sport-specific enough or intense enough, that’s why.
Your motivation is sky-high because you either won your competition and want to reach the next rung on the ladder, or you bombed and want the sweet taste of redemption, so you want to jump back into it. Slow down, kid, or you’ll hurt yourself.
It can be hugely discouraging to feel that all the work you did in the offseason and during your meet prep was wasted because you had one bad day, Unfortunately, all that really counts is what you put up on the platform. Or is it?
This article was conducted in collaboration with David Kitchen (Bloomsburg University), Matt Clapp (University of Indiana), Ryan Nosak (UNC Charlotte), and Parker Showers (University of Cincinnati).
SWOT analysis is crucial in developing a business plan, but can it also be applied to your powerlifting?
This article is dedicated to all those involved in the greatest season for strength coaches…the summer!
Watch how Stina Tellhammer approaches the IFBB figure season.
Use extra workouts to aid with recovery, build work capacity, and to address weak points.
Football is one of the few sports that cannot be PLAYED year round, but it must be TRAINED year round.
If you are a strength and conditioning coach, or looking to break into the industry, it’s time you think about these relevant points.
Each athlete is different, but there are several aspects that most competitive bodybuilders agree upon when it comes to diet and training practices.
It’s often assumed that a strength coach’s primary responsibility is to make their players better at their sport. While making the players better is essential, making the TEAM better should be the ultimate goal.
Strength coaches, our critical off-season is being taken away before our very eyes.
In order to provide some “spice” to our workouts, we have implemented a game day every two weeks.
Off-season is upon us! It’s time to bench, squat, and power clean until your players puke.
In my career as a private strength coach, I’ve had the pleasure of working with some very talented players.
With high school football coming to an end, many high performance football training dungeons and gyms are prepping for off-season training.
