Coming from someone who didn’t listen to these tips the first time and learned the hard way…

What’s wrong with powerlifting? Not online coaching. Not Crossfitters doing meets. Not other lifters secretly being deep cover Nazi operatives. Not anything about other lifters, or coaches, at all. All that’s really wrong, from my perspective, is this…

All that matters is how you look, and if using equipment allows you to train heavier and harder, build more muscle, and ultimately look better, then you should use it! Here are my top-5 powerlifting Christmas gifts for bodybuilders.

Through articles two and three we have now shared the first fourteen, of many, perspectives for the beginner and intermediate powerlifter to consider. Let’s dig into the next five.

From 1990 to 2000, there wasn’t a single person who came to Westside and stayed who didn’t get significantly stronger. Everyone got stronger, wearing gear or not.

We’ve covered the first ten perspectives for new lifters. Now it’s time to get more specific about what it takes to break through the beginning stages of powerlifting.

Single-ply, multi-ply, 20 different kinds of raw — what is the right way for you to compete?

Does being an elite powerlifter mean something different today than it did 10, 15, or 20 years ago?

Just like a game of euchre, there is an optimal time to play these trump cards in powerlifting.

This list and the included video give you what you need to know before, during, and after the meet to help your lifter reach their competitive goals.

The month of raw training has ended. Now it’s time to learn your gear and hit big doubles.

We all love a chalk-filled garage gym or a basement torture chamber with Olympic plates leaning against cracked cinder block walls, but the commercial gym presents some perks that your powerlifting gym lacks.

Are you afraid that the chalk police will find illicit lifting paraphernalia in your gym bag?

I started experimenting with single ply gear a few months ago including Metal IPF V-Type Squatter, Metal IPF King Presser, and Metal IPF Deadlifter.