Julia, in conjunction with Alexander Cortes and Scott Paltos, discusses how training like a bodybuilder and adding in higher reps might help powerlifters with the big three lifts.
A torn callus may not be a long-term injury that requires a rehab protocol, but if it happens close to a meet, you need to be ready. Here’s how I recovered after tearing my hand open at the S4 Compound.
The month of raw training has ended. Now it’s time to learn your gear and hit big doubles.
In the authors previous article he sold you on the importance of solid programming. In this one, he delivers the game plan.
Not any old training system will give you an 860 raw squat at 220.
The term strength and conditioning usually brings visions of a meathead coach loading plates, spotting athletes, and screaming motivational words.
Take an objective look at your needs and figure out a plan that will achieve these goals.
Last we heard from Jesse Pierce, he was working to meet the Army’s physical fitness standards. Has he achieved his goal?
Isometric lifts, lifts where the muscles contract without causing movement at the involved joints, might be an under-appreciated tool for lifters and athletes.
You’re only limited by as much information and ability as you have to logically modify your programming.
As powerlifters, we need to avoid that dreaded first symptom of heart disease, sudden death.
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.
More is better? Not always, especially in terms of your training.
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.
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.
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.
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between muscular overcoming, yielding, and holding during training for absolute strength on the bench press.
A lifter uses multiple lifting techniques because the body has many different modes of adaptation.
The maximal effort method is very important in your training if you’re an athlete.
So it’s been three meets now and I’m still doing this raw thing.
Testing your physical wit, pushing yourself to the very limits all to move the biggest numbers—awesome!
Can structure exist without rules? If you have a penchant for a more Apollonian protocol, you would answer with a passionate “no.”
Rate of force development (ROFD) is probably the most important and under-recognized area of applied science pertaining to strength training and athletics.
Please note that different classifications may be used depending on the athletes’ weak and strong points, level of development, training period, emphasis, and additional items. Those classifications are used to help the coach organize the training system and prioritize things according to the demands of sport and position.
For as long as I have been involved in sports and training, I have seen more cookie cutter training programs than you can shake a stick at (and that’s a lot).
I’ve been asked several times to document the template I used for my last strength phase of training.
Maximal effort training is a superior method of increasing strength in a core barbell lift. Make sure you aren’t misusing it.
It seems like yesterday when I first set up the Q&A section on EliteFTS.com. I still remember answering the first question back in the winter of 1998. It was about the dynamic bench press, and I knew this would turn out to be a great thing. What I didn’t know at the time was how great it would become.
I’m going to do is make a list articles and other assorted products that will make things very, very easy for someone navigating this site and trying to learn.
As covered in my last article, the dynamic effort (DE) session is dedicated to speed. Max effort (ME) is dedicated to huge weights and re-writing the record books every session you train. My approach is a bit different from the traditional Westside approach.
I’ve wanted to write this article for awhile and there have been several questions on the Q/A that touched on this subject. For those not familiar with the term “deload” by basic definition of it is this: to take a break from extreme training.
This article was inspired by Alwyn Cosgrove and something that he mentioned to me in passing.
In many instances team weight training consists of athletes of varying levels of strength preparedness- all performing the same training parameters.
When I first started training using the Westside methods, I would often end my max effort exercise and feel like I didn’t do anything.
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