It feels good to reach a goal total and nab several PRs in the process.
So your training is on point, but you still had a lackluster meet? If your nutrition is in check, your rest may be lacking.
A properly constructed training system is one with a synergy between training means such that the result is greater than the sum of the individual training means.
Jeremy Frey offers career advice, as well as a few first meet pointers.
Timing of the warm ups is just one of the many tasks that falls under the handler’s responsibility at a meet.
Is your weight gain taking you to the point of diminishing returns?
Putting a program through its paces and getting enough sleep will really help you SFW.
This Valentine’s Day, we are helping you express your feelings for your one true love.
These short seminar clips will make you think about what you eat and how you approach your daily routine.
You can read a set of encyclopedias and not remember a thing or read just one insightful paragraph that changes your life. Same thing with video!
Many factors can influence your progress. Josh McMillan points out a few aspects that are key to making strength gains.
Barbells are the most awesome items in any gym. Check out what these guys use and why.
Whether you are new to Conjugate Training or whether you are a seasoned veteran, I think you will relate to many of these…
This is part twenty-three and twenty-four of the original elitefts™ Tour De Force Strength Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.
If you haven’t been reading the training logs, you’ve been missing out on some great “in the trenches” training advice.
This is part seventeen and eighteen of the original elitefts™ Tour De Force Strength Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.
Nick Lavitola’s prowess at both powerlifting and bodybuilding was evident, both by his thickly developed physique and the slew of victories in both sports. Rest in peace, friend.
This is part fifteen and sixteen of the original elitefts™ Tour De Force Strength Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.
If you’re new to the art of lifting in powerlifting gear, here are some tips you should consider. Your form will go to crap, you’ll panic and go way too deep, or you’ll go brain-dead and cut the squat by three inches.
Most people aren’t willing to risk life or limb in a backyard meet. Yet, that’s what happened as Kandahar Airfield hosted its second annual “1000 lbs. Club” powerlifting challenge in Afghanistan.
I’m half way through the training cycle for my meet. I almost forgot how hard training for a meet is on your body.
There are no special mystery exercises that only the best of the best know.
I hadn’t competed in anything since college and that fire was raging again after the meet.
Did you hear the one about the guy that gets 200lbs out of his bench shirt?
I’m 44, have a list of injuries that keep me from walking, never mind lifting, but I’m not done yet.
This is part eleven and twelve of the original elitefts™ Tour De Force Strength Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.
My training went relatively well going into this meet and I expected to hit some PRs, but things never seem to go as planned.
When I was younger, I read about Hatfield’s 1000-pound squat and said to myself, “I will do that someday.” That day never came.
Squats should be looked at as more of a movement, not simply a specific muscle developer, and the entire body should be involved in the lift.
This is part nine and ten of the original elitefts™ Tour De Force Strength Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.
Jim and I have been doing a lot of seminar traveling lately and nothing we have ever done in the past could have prepared us for the “The Gift.”
Dave shows up for work pretty riled up. He feels the need to say some things…
When it was time to bench, I put on my shirt with the hope that it would be fairly easy. It was not.
This is your only chance; how do you want this set to go down?
When I first decided to pursue powerlifting seriously, I knew I could be good. How good? I didn’t know.
If it is a weakness issue, you should be adding good mornings and Zercher squats to your assistance training.
During the last two meets, I had a lot of problems with losing my balance and falling forward in the squat and deadlift.
If you live a healthy enough lifestyle and perform the correct preventative movements, your body’s ability to heal will be exponentially greater.
Once you learn the motions and the feel, you’ll exceed even your own expectations.
I’m going to push through that ache in my hips, that sting in my shoulder, and get that damn PR.
By far, the most important reason to compete is because it’s a blast.
I have said it before and I’ll say it again, the best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t.
This is part six of the original elitefts™ Tour De Force Strength Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.