Are you a geared lifter looking to enter your first raw meet? Read this…
Getting strong is all about the movements you go through that help carry over when you get under that bar.
A record setting bench launched Yard to the third highest total in the USAPL.
What does it take to crank your training intensity? Team elitefts goes all Siskel & Ebert on that.
I had some good PRs, some serious let downs, and a great battle with IPF world deadlift champ Mike Hedlesky.
When you rip, you are at the mercy of wherever the bar goes with the rip.
Squatting 750s, benching high 400s and pulling over 800 every meet as a drug-free 264.6-pound man is unbeatable on American soil.
Elitefts.com™ Sponsored Lifter Scott Yard performing a Reverse Band Squat
Elitefts.com™ Sponsored Lifter Scott Yard performing the Bench Press using the Elitefts™ Shoulder Saver Pad
Elitefts.com™ Sponsored Lifter Scott Yard performing a maximal set of Barbell Step-ups with 415 pounds.
His main goal at the USAPL North East Regional Championships was to total at least 1,800 pounds, but that doesn’t mean Scott didn’t try to shatter a current American record as well.
How to prepare, what to expect, and all that comes in between your first time on the platform.
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I wanted to get on the biggest stage a raw lifter could find…and then win.
I started my raw journey back in December of 2008. After an equipped meet in April 2008, I left the meet feeling empty.
I learned that what I have been doing is working just fine and as long as my lifts keep moving.
Same old, same old. Just training. I just did a meet about eight weeks ago, and I’m still feeling like hell.
On February 17, 2001, Dave Tate opened up the Q&A section on the EFS server to find the following inquiry: