Can we adapt, get stronger, and build tolerance within what could be considered bad technique. Here’s how injuries occur and don’t.
Sums up 2020…but rewinding the clock, I thought the top guys trained hard every day when I started powerlifting. I thought it was just a matter of getting strong enough and in good enough shape to go hard and heavy 24/7, 12 months a year.
Do yourself a favor and focus on technique; don’t get too wrapped up in band tension, percents, etc. Get your technique down and worry about the other things later.
This article is not about the bands or weights but HOW you use the bands or weights. You can use these 12 techniques to keep your workouts fresh and keep your sanity without going to the gym.
In this phase, we will focus on developing more stability. We’ll also introduce movement patterns that the athlete will need down the road.
I decided to poll lifters at a meet to get their opinion. Their answers may surprise you.
It seems that lifters do not understand the importance of the upper back or how to use it in the three main lifts. The lifters I judged at a recent meet and just about all of my clients prove that to me, so let’s fix that.
Quick fixes: They’re usually bandages on a leaky pipe. But in some cases, a quick fix might be more like the duct tape that fixed the Apollo 13 module. These 3 technique fixes are like duct tape for your deadlift, so wrap up and strengthen that lift.
If you have the elitefts SS Yoke Bar, stop what you are doing right this instant. Why? Because you’re setting it up all wrong! Watch and learn to see how it’s REALLY done…
Listen: Technique is a major part of why all top lifters are top lifters. It is crucial to being a successful strength athlete. Technique before the lift is just as important as during the lift.
Frequently, athletes understand the lunge movement but do not understand what should be moving and what is the primary goal. You can fix this by regressing the athlete and utilizing these tips to help them better understand the proper mechanics of the lunge.
Enough of the excuses. I’m sick of hearing them. You have the energy to roll on the floor for 45 minutes before you train, take 34 selfies, and tag the gang before you leave the gym, but you can’t spend an extra 30 minutes on your back?
When it came to warm-ups, I didn’t always practice what I preached. As it turned out, warm-ups have done me a solid and increased my strength, endurance, and recovery. Plus, they’re a great way to hone your techniques.
When I fully shifted to powerlifting and really began learning about strength, I just kept thinking about why I never got any of this information when I was an athlete.
To get your strongest in the fastest way possible, you need to focus on training as a whole. Every aspect needs attention and focus.
All that the S4 embodied—all the history, all the depth of meaning, all the blood, sweat, tears, sacrifice and giving—will live on as those traits come to life and are reborn with S5.
Many lifters believe they use their lats on the squat, bench, and deadlift, but I have found that they’re often wrong. Here’s how to know.
Even the best of the best display small form errors while performing common lifts — Clint Darden challenges Dave Tate.
I don’t know how many questions we’ve gotten about how to train certain weak points. Of course, almost every question is in regard to a weak muscle group or a certain portion of a lift.
Just like a game of euchre, there is an optimal time to play these trump cards in powerlifting.
Before getting hung up on specific weaknesses and special exercises, try this simple approach first.
If you aren’t doing this right, say goodbye to building a fully developed backside.
If you ever want to reach an elite level in this sport, you have to get the rookie mistakes out of the way. These are the most common problems I see in intermediate lifters.
Before you start plugging in the exercises figure out why your bench sucks.
There are a lot of factors involved in being a good strength athlete. From most to least important, here is my list of what you need to excel in this industry. Do you have them all?
The specific practices demonstrated and discussed in these videos improve power transfer and increase distal mobility through focus on proximal stability.
The Whethams team up on camera again to bring another technical breakdown of a fundamental Kettlebell movement.
Maximize teaching strategies and improve learning reception by familiarizing yourself with the processes of creating and enforcing new behavioral strategies.
Bodybuilding training isn’t the only way to build muscle. Here are serious hypertrophy techniques ripped straight from the powerlifting platform.
You can follow someone else’s program and just lift, or you can develop your own training philosophy by figuring shit out for yourself.
Follow Schillero's educational process to avoid common mistakes when crafting your technique.
All sport injuries have a basic cause. Understand the risks and program around them.
With a complex organism such as the human body, answers to questions must contain a broad analysis covering various components.
If you are about to enter your freshman year of college, follow these tips for an easy transition.
It may at first seem like a small change…but this one minor adjustment can be helpful both in and outside of the gym.
If you are limited by the work and sacrifice that are required to be a champion, then embrace your mediocrity!
Do you want to keep benching, deadlifting, and squatting heavy? Then you better keep your shoulders healthy.
Elitefts Sponsored Coach and owner of The Spot Athletics JL Holdswoth explains some critical technique advice in this three part series
It’s not always the strongest lifter who wins…it is the most prepared.
Are you hurting your athletes more than helping them?
When you rip, you are at the mercy of wherever the bar goes with the rip.
It’s not about whether it’s right or wrong…it’s about if you’re doing it right!
Whether you want to Push, Press, or Jerk, these tips will definitely improve your log clean and press.
This warm–up will get you under the bar in ten minutes or less.
Driggers shares another nugget of wisdom…this time about locking out.
I have some worthy advice to share from Rick Hussey with you.
Josh finds that most novice lifters do not sit back while squatting.
There is a saying in the world of powerlifting amongst the more veteran lifters: foundation, foundation, foundation.