We have our first Listener Feedback segment and I also check in with the three new members of Team elitefts™: Mickey Manley, Chad Walker and Marshall Johnson. The episode is one hour and eleven minutes.
During the beginning stages of this strength circus called “powerlifting,” I’m finding a serious need for patience.
The hardest part about eating right is not chewing, it’s food prep.
Unracking the bar without losing your positioning is key.
There are a number of things that can be done to help a lifter that has a weakness off the chest.
With Dizenzo’s permission, we plopped him down on the virtual therapist’s couch and did a tag-team psychoanalysis on some of the mental struggles he is going through with his fat loss diet.
This is part five of the original elitefts™ Tour De Force Strength Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.
It’s just as important to have a strong mind as it is to have a strong body!
This is part 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.
Thinking fondly of my favorite brain hemorrhaging Smolov sets and the growth one can literally feel, I chose to include one single drop set in this spirit.
We know that each and every time we get ready for the gym to train, there is battle on the horizon.
This is part three of the original elitefts™ Tour De Force Strength Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.
Believe me, your training will all of a sudden be turned into another kind of important.
This is part two of the original Tour De Force Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.
This is part one of the original Tour De Force Training Seminar (video). We will be posting all parts of this seminar so keep checking back.
I’ll try to give you my advice as best as I can without reviewing your strengths, weaknesses, training, etc.
Will I ever cure my kyphosis totally? Probably not, but I can at least work on keeping my shoulders healthy.
Apparently, biologists have known the power our minds hold over our genetics. Yet we aren’t being taught how to take advantage of this fact.
Lately, it has occurred to me that too many people are under the impression that they’re huge when they’re clearly not.
At IPF Worlds last year, the American men and women’s teams finished in ninth place and fourth place, respectively. This is the third consecutive year that neither team has placed in the top three at Worlds.
One of my great passions in life is spending time in the gym lifting heavy weights.
These tips can help steer you in the right direction, but they aren’t any substitute for common sense and hard work.
The types of adaptations that power athletes have elicited through their training emanate not from one particular muscle group but rather from the entire central nervous system.
There’s certainly a time and place to test your strength, occasionally in the gym and always on the platform.
I believe that since I’ve been training with it like this these last couple of years, at least I should be able to continue without a problem.
Having a base level of aerobic fitness can be highly beneficial for a powerlifter.
The deadlift may be the purest test of strength in the iron game. Heavy weight. On the floor. Must pick it up.
These videos made me realize what I needed to do in order to preserve longevitiy in doing what I love…lifting!!
The deadlift can be considered as one of the best tests of overall body strength. It is a multi joint movement that in simple terms involves picking up a barbell from the floor and standing to the erect position.
There are many different schools of thought, each with their own ideas on how to train athletes in order to increase athletic performance. So how does one know which particular program will work for any given athlete?
Sports science has taught us that visualization electrically activates the corresponding muscle groups.
This is a must read for any trainer, coach or athlete interested in the programming of training.
There is NO other place I would rather be a part of in terms of powerlifting than elitefts™.
This is part two of a two- part series discussing lessons that bodybuilders and powerlifters can share with each other.
We fully expect 98-pound weaklings to protest outside of our offices when this article is posted.
No matter what niche your lifting passion falls into, there are a few universal truths on which every lifter can agree.
“As far back as I can remember I’ve always felt small. I have never been one to look in the mirror and see a monster.”
Josh Bryant discussed strategies for getting strong and big Metroflex-style. Kori Propst discusses the psychology of dieting. Plus much, much more…
I’m sure that if I stay on my PC for a while longer, I could come up with more reasons, but here’s what immediately comes to mind…
This article is about a lifter who I have talked with over the internet a few times. I won’t mention any names or places, but he knows who I’m talking about. I watched a disaster happen at his first meet. There are a number of things that he and his group could have done differently to help him through his first meet. So, let me introduce you to lifter X. This is his story.
I wanted to get on the biggest stage a raw lifter could find…and then win.
I put in my time and went from a kid that was hazed to a guy that the older lifters all respected.
Look for our next one (the APF/AAPF Southern States) to be towards the end October as usual.
What’s more important is bench pressing without messing up your shoulders in the process.
I was first introduced to powerlifting in 1983 by my sixth grade geography teacher, Mr. Spero Tshontikidis. In addition to teaching, Mr. Tshontikidis was a competitive powerlifter in the ADFPA.
If there’s one thing I learned over the course of the past five years, it’s how to train by myself and be successful.
And if all else fails, I’ll do what all other powerlifters do with nagging injuries, I’ll ignore it.
Recently, I had several inquiries about training and memberships at my gym.