Sticking Point Tips
These simple changes made my deadlift jump from a hard 700 to a solid and easy 740 with room to spare.
"So You Think You Can?" Contest
Last week an idea was suggested to take this to another level and bring in some of our team members to work with selected readers.
Equipped Lifting: How to Begin
Video as much as you possibly can of your training sessions so that you can go home and analyze your lifts.
What It Takes to Be a Better Than Average Powerlifter
I have learned in powerlifting as with life that if you want to be successful you have to move past your comfort zone.
S4: Week 5-8 of 12 Week Training Plan
As of week five, weak points have been determined and modifications to the program have been made.
My 13 Personal Training Rules
While my programing is a bit of a mess right now, I do still follow most of the same rules I’ve used for the past few years.
Squat Training and Cycle
Hopefully this program can give you some ideas on how to get strong, do it smart and make progress.
What Bob Youngs Taught Me
I don’t have to squat 1000 lbs—or even 500 lbs—to tell you what I learned about life, death, and strength in just a few email messages from Bob Youngs.
Bring your Bench Press Alive with the Dead Bench
A one second pause at the bottom of the bench press movement causes a 55 percent disruption of the benefits derived from stretch-shortening during the bench press.
S4: Week 1-4 of 12 Training Plan
This is week 2 of a 12 week plan I’ve been creating for a group of lifters in the gym.
Bench by Numbers
The more intently you focus on single points during a training session the more the body will do what you want it to do.
Train Technique to Unleash Hell in the Gym
I can’t figure it out, but it seems to me the word “technique” is a bad word in powerlifting.
5 Squat Tips for Immediate Improvement
The following article is a quick five tips to help you with your squat.
The First Time, What was it Like?
Now that I think about it, I’ve had a lot of shitty “first times.”
One Week of RAW
On the 3rd rep of 660 I dropped the bar and decided to walk away without risking injury.
The Seven Principles and You
Whenever we evaluate programs to decide how good they are, we can always come back to the seven fundamental principles to help point us in the right direction.
Big, Strong, Powerful, and Dying…
It usually starts like this—an elbow to the ribs in the middle of the night from your spouse.
What is a Perceived Max?
I usually pride myself on having common sense and being able to understand things.
Al Caslow: 2 Weeks Out
Feeling extremely run-down now, so that’s good. It means I’m putting in work.
Leigh An's Powerlifting Recipes of Awesomeness
Take two grilled cheese sandwiches put burger between and enjoy the awesomeness!
Endometriosis
I remember chanting to myself over and over, “Get under the bar and just get it done.”
How to Get Huge at Breakfast Time
Hopefully this gives you an idea what it takes to be big and strong, and by extension of those, awesome.
Dizenzo's WORLD RECORD: 1 Mile Jog in Less than 15 Minutes
Just kept busy and did a little work this week after the meet.
Deadlift and Learn
I learned that what I have been doing is working just fine and as long as my lifts keep moving.
Training and Living with Lupus: A Trial by Fire
If there is someone out there who is crazy enough to get back into weightlifting after being diagnosed with lupus, I’ll be the first to tell you that it can be done.
Leigh An's Powerlifting Recipes of Awesomeness
Old-time favorites: Mac and Cheese and Grilled Corn-on-the-Cob.
Working with Kiefer
After about 5,762,987 trillion text messages and half as many e-mails back and forth between Kiefer and myself, we came up with a plan.
20 Items You Need in Your Gym Bag to be Stronger
Of course, you’ll find this in Chad Aichs’ bag, but you’ll also find it in McMillan’s.
Part V: So You Think You Can Bench?
By this point in the process, I wasn’t anywhere near an expert, but things were starting to click.
Dizenzo Benches 800
Everyone must have been scared of me. Either that or nobody wanted to fly to Connecticut to lift.
Tips for Your First Raw Powerlifting Meet
Here are some tips for those of you who are considering your first powerlifting meet.
Part IV: So You Think You Can Bench?
The good news was that my shoulder felt fine with the much-needed grip change.
Best Bench Press Video
We asked Dave for his “best bench video ever” and this is what he ended up with.
Frequently Asked Bench Questions
The next week you could rotate to some reverse bands with shirt off boards
Part III: So You Think You Can Bench?
The first thing I learned here was I wasn’t using the proper intensity and mindset in my warm-up.
Powerlifting for Sport: Five Reasons Why Your Athletes Should Be Doing It
I will give you five very good reasons why powerlifting exercises and repetition schemes should be used in your athletic conditioning programs.
Leigh An's Powerlifting Recipies of Awesomeness
Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings with a side of man ranch.
The Periodization Bible
Another problem with the Western method of periodization is that many abilities aren’t maintained.