Training-Days Leading up to OPA Provincials
And thats it, the last two training days before provincials!
SWIS 2015 - Lessons Learned
Speakers I saw Kelly Armstrong JL Holdsworth Bill Kazmaier John Berardi Dave Tate John Meadows Julia Ladewski Joe Defranco Charles Poliquin Biggest Takeaway Integrity and values - Seeing and speaking with Dave gave me clarity as to the reasons why I see him as a mentor. He spoke a lot about living by […]
Training 2 Weeks Out - With Video
Two weeks out from Ontario Provincials. Lots of benching and heavy squats!
Female Power Weekend in Montreal
Last weekend I had the opportunity to head to Montreal (AKA French Canada), and train with some of Canada's strongest ladies. It was great to get to know these girls, especially since when we normally see each other we are in competition mode. These girls are all unique, wonderful, strong ladies, who are absolutely inspiring […]
Training 4 weeks out
Training from 4 weeks out to The Ontario Provincial Championships. With video from deadlift rep PR
Mark Webster - Ottawa Fall Open Meet
After attending the Powerlifting Experience and coaching from Steve Goggins, Mark makes his return to powerlifting after a brutal bicep tendon detachment.
September - A Month in Review
What a crazy ride this month has been! It started with trying to recover from the DTS open, which took far longer than I wanted it to. On my first day back to training I tweaked my QL and glute a few hours after training while sitting funny. This left me crippled for a few […]
Duffin Movement Systems - Part 2
On day two of the DMS course, we woke up, and tried to locate some half decent food in time for our earlier start. I was unsuccessful on this mission, which caused us to be about 10 minutes late, and I get anxiety about being late for anything so my nervous system was all sorts […]
Training 5 weeks out
A solid week of training even though I was recovering from a heavy deadlift session.
Heavy Bench Training + How many times a week do I press?
Meana Franco has quickly become a top-level 63-kilogram lifter after joining elitefts in August 2014. She works closely with Steve Goggins and is currently preparing for the DTS Open. Her all-time best total in the 63-kilogram class is 825 pounds.
Back to training at home; Deadlifts
First day back to training at home and first day pulling from the floor since my competition in April
Finding the Beauty in Powerlifting
I've given my body up to powerlifting, but it is truly great to see the beauty in the body powerlifting has given me.
Deficit Pulls
Well sometimes training doesn't go exactly as planned, but what really matters is what you learn from it.