Deadlift technique should precede everything else. Learn the golden rules of deadlifting first, practice them hard and often, then load up the bar.

Dave Tate goes solo to answer questions and give as much information on powerlifting as possible in two hours.

Without question, the number one reason most lifters don’t lift the weights that they are able to is…

Everyone trains hard but few do the things that are boring and tedious. It is the willingness to do the mundane that separates those top athletes from the hordes of others training away in the gym right now.

Dave has responded to this question many times but, like the sport of powerlifting, the answer evolves. Based on the sport today, here are guidelines for expectations, performance, and how to design a program.

What’s the difference between a teenager who is an absolute beginner and an older lifter coming back from a decade-long layoff?

If you don’t start on the right path, you might spend years training hard and making no progress.

It is almost as if lifters don’t think training starts until the weight gets heavy. I’ve got news for these kinds of lifters: a training session starts right after the last one is finished.

There are a lot of things we work on with fixing lifters’ squats, let’s start here.

Early in your powerlifting journey, this is the only weak point you need to concern yourself with.

No matter which of the many training programs out there you choose to use, or whether you train raw or equipped, one thing will always remain the same.

Joining Dave for another video, Maliek discusses the challenges faced by lifters who attempt to compete both raw and in gear.

Are you getting beat up from squatting, benching, and deadlifting? Here’s a handful of tips to help cure what ails you.

There are a lot of coaches to choose from and they all think they’re the best. What criteria should you use to judge them?

If your training partner’s technique is poor it will take a lot more than empty encouragement to make him better.

You’ve been away from the gym, but now you’re back. With some intelligent programming you can resume training in such a way that you’ll be blowing through your old numbers without ever getting stuck.

The founder of elitefts spoke with all attendees, finalizing a day of learning with coaches JL Holdsworth, Swede Burns, and Casey Williams,.

If you have the slightest inkling that this article may offend you, proceed to mistake number 5. You’re probably that guy.

You know the simple rules of dynamic effort training but may be forgetting the small-but-crucial details that make it effective.

Was I able to do these things and reach the level that I did simply because I believed?

In a question-and-answer session, Dave Tate and Mark Watts talk training with a group of strength and conditioning students.

You will have the opportunity to learn about any topic in strength training you choose, from execution of the main lifts all the way down to minute details of accessory work.

With a limited time frame and many issues to fix for these three lifters, I had to target their specific weaknesses with training adjustments. This is how we did it.

If you’re competing raw but want to use briefs or a shirt in training, there’s one rule you need to follow.

Leverages will influence your ideal deadlift stance, but that’s only one small part of finding your weakness is.

Consider the major powerlifting movements, cues, and technical adjustments that may prove helpful in both improving strength and prolonging health.