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.

This is my favorite part of the whole series — you get to see how all of this comes together and how it can help YOU as a lifter.

We’ve worked on several components separately but this exercise brings them together: first getting into the left hip, then finding neutral, and then breathing and bracing while in this proper position.

We pulled him into his left hip in the previous exercise, while this correction is designed to help drive him “off” his right hip.

If you think you’ll make it in this sport by pushing through your workouts even when you’re injured or suffering, you’re wrong.

For a lot of reasons, we haven’t shared the details of what has been going on to help my training. I’m going to bring everyone up to speed now.

Every relationship has its highs and lows. You can’t stay on the honeymoon forever.

Things are getting hot between Dave and JL. What’s behind this growing bond?

Get the most out of working with your rehab expert so you can move better with less pain.

A disc injury is not a death sentence. You now need to develop into a smarter lifter who is not only focused on PR’s but also on long term health.

The more I reflect, I realize how much I have permitted this fear to dictate to the extent to which I engage in certain opportunities or cultivate a niche for myself as an educated, strong ass woman who wants to get you healthy.

When your body speaks, do you listen? You’ll pay a heavy price for ignoring it.

Still searching for your quick fix? You won’t find it anytime soon.

Remember: you don’t do “life” under a bar.

I started 2015 with a plan. Like most plans, it had to change throughout the year. I learned a lot and have even more to accomplish.

This case study, derived from my extensive rehabilitation, details every aspect of the steps I took to overcome an unexpected and immediate halt to my training.

After two heart surgeries, I was starting to recover. I was making progress. That’s when my cardiologist called with more bad news.

You’re always going to be in one of the three phases of training. Your goal is to find a way to stay in Phase One as long as possible while avoiding Phase Three at all costs.

I’ve lost, I’ve won, and now I’m tied with adversity. I refuse to the lose the next round.

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.

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.

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.

Bad information is passed from lifter to lifter, website to website. Let’s end the charade.

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.

Is this “natural” supplement used to reduce blood lipids all it’s cracked up to be?

This fancy term might make you sound smart, but is there a way to use it to your advantage in the gym?

Solid principles for pound-for-pound power.

How to intelligently address and repair injuries.

Think you’re getting the most out of your bands?

Updated with Dave Tate's FULL presentation (video) on supplemental strength from the LTT8.

While most powerlifters live to lift, Paige lifts to live.

Four and a half months post-surgery…and the hip feels good.

This cycle is the most important training I have ever written for someone.

The second segment of Brian’s journey to a healthier back.

Brian Carroll’s journey to a healthier, pain-free back.

Doing damn hard work to get back on the platform.

At some point in your career as a powerlifter, you will be injured. How will you respond?

Instead of rehabing, think about prehabing. It’s less painful and you certainly won’t regret it, unlike the alternative.

Along the way, I spotted this big rock that I really liked.

Once you’ve experienced a hamstring strain, you wish nothing more than for it to never have happened or at least for it to never happen again.

Overall I’m happy with the way things are going.

The dude does phenomenal work with his Graston technique.

The b*tch of it was that I wasn’t doing anything hard when I got hurt.

These videos made me realize what I needed to do in order to preserve longevitiy in doing what I love…lifting!!

Well, surgery or expensive and timely rehab may not be your only option.