I have implemented these nutritional and sleep strategies in attempts to manipulate my body into restoring a healthy hormonal profile.
Biceps and triceps tendonitis are among the most likely aches to plague competitive powerlifters. Here are several go-to ways to manage these and other common tendon and joint overuse injuries.
These strength and performance methods for positions 9, 10, and 12 maximize individual player abilities on the field and produce more capable athletes.
I thought my back-injury days were over. I thought I would continue to stay healthy if I stretched and visited my chiropractor. I was wrong.
I learned what it was like to feel old and weak, but my heartbeat was a war drum again. As long as I was breathing, I would be moving — I would be moving toward the conflict.
There are a lot of factors involved in being a good strength athlete. From most to least important, here is my list of what you need to excel in this industry. Do you have them all?
At times, training around an injury may be your only option in this sport. There is no easy fix, but these small adjustments can combine to keep you moving forward.
Life can throw a lot of obstacles your way — my health issues and hospital stay weren’t part of my lifting plan this year. But, hey, at least I am alive.
I was stupid, and lazy, and it led to a freak accident. Remember this when you’re training: as soon as confidence becomes arrogance, you’re in trouble.
It’s time to roll out a mat and put down the sandwich for a few minutes while we go through some joint greasing.
I lacked endurance. I had no drive. Then I found Men’s Physique. Through this I gained confidence. I gained ambition. Driven, I am.
While I was thinking about how stupid and selfish I was for my life decisions, I started thinking about my health. If something happened to me, how would it impact my kids?
You learn a lot from the mistakes you make at your first meet. Imagine all you can learn from the mistakes spanning an entire powerlifting career.
When your progress slows and your body breaks down beyond repair, it’s time to reexamine your recovery and restoration protocol. Is it doing what it should?
Some people will tell you that overtraining isn’t real. Don’t listen to these people. Take the time to consider your recovery just as much as you consider your training.
Deloads are extremely useful for making continual progress from harsh training. When the time comes for you to back off the weights, make sure you do it the right way.
My journey from torn muscles to new PRs led me to Dr. Parikh, an expert on unconventional methods of recovery.
Mark Dugdale takes us through a simple yet effective recovery complex he uses during back training.
From your job, from your marriage, or from a loaded barbell, your body is going to revolt against stress. How will you adjust?
When you’re chipping away at that all-time PR, every pound matters.
Bad information is passed from lifter to lifter, website to website. Let’s end the charade.
Whether you’re an off-season athlete or an athlete who isn’t getting everything you want out of your school’s team sports, powerlifting can be a viable option in your yearly process.
No time but need to shed some fat? These quick sessions will leave you in a puddle of sweat.
Athletes and lifters must care for their bodies with the attention of every detail. For me, this meant seeking deep acupuncture, electrical impulses, and the use of a percusser.
I have my own demons to keep in line. They’re a product of my disorders and I’ve learned to accept this.
You can adjust thousands of variables in your training but until you find which ones truly matter, you’re going nowhere.
Overcoming my life-altering issues started with taking back control by seeking a clinical explanation for what I was experiencing.
It is difficult to reach the top of any sport within a hyper-competitive atmosphere. It is even more difficult with depression and sleep complications.
The breakdown of food and the conversion of nutrients to energy coincides with the body’s regulation of multiple energy systems.
This fancy term might make you sound smart, but is there a way to use it to your advantage in the gym?
When you begin to see your training as more than sets and reps, you’ll find the balance you need to program intelligently.
Every online critic has his own idea about central nervous system recovery. When should you step away from the gym to accelerate progress and avoid injury?
Quit pretending you are a Ferrari when you are (in fact) a second-hand high-mileage Ford Focus.
Six REAL factors to getting strong, not the same crap we’ve read over and over… and over again. Seriously, how many times do we have to be told to train hard, be consistent, follow a program and eat right? Those may not even matter anyhow but these do.
We all love a chalk-filled garage gym or a basement torture chamber with Olympic plates leaning against cracked cinder block walls, but the commercial gym presents some perks that your powerlifting gym lacks.
Three more reps…yeah, three more. That’s it! Feel the burn. FEEL THAT BURN!
Super Zane snorts kryptonite like an ammonia inhalant and laughs in the face of rehabilitation.