As a powerlifter, you have one goal: move the weight. The faster, the better. Or maybe not.
What is the best way to prepare for your training session? Do you need a foam roller? Muscle activation techniques? A reverse hyper?
Instead of telling you about the event, I’ll do you a favor: here is an eight-hour video of every presentation.
Novice and advanced lifters make this mistake all the time, in the gym and at meets. To fix this, figure out if the problem is mental, physical, or technical.
Men and women have different needs. Pay attention to these eleven factors when programming for your female clients.
If you haven’t suffered an impact injury, finding the cause of your discomfort will be a complicated challenge. Use these adjustments to help alleviate pain and discover the source of your lower-body aches.
This revision and reconsideration of the ‘block’ misnomer helped me better understand concentrated loading and produced a new way to program each lift.
When you test your clients, are you using the assessment to improve a fitness quality or simply to make yourself appear knowledgeable?
We have known for years that the Glute Ham Raise (GHR) was regarded as one the best movements for the posterior chain (lower back, glutes, hamstrings and calves).
Trends dominate the personal training industry. Rely on self-education to determine the difference between what sounds good and what IS good.
To develop and ingrain the habits of success overlook no fine details.
You’ve tracked the timing of rest between your sets, precisely selected your weight jumps, and perfected the fit of your gear. So why are you squatting to the same box height as everyone else?
Use these cues and coaching methods to teach an inexperienced lifter how to squat safely and build a foundation for future strength.
When it comes to training athletes in the weight room, remember that just because you love science doesn’t mean your athletes do. Learn to speak their language.
Don’t build a false sense of security by relying on bands and chains. Remember this fact: straight weight trumps all.
Master this skill to ensure you don’t let a lack of mental presence hinder your competitive performance.
These 10 coaching mistakes can hurt you, your team, and your entire program. Are you making any of them?
You should be doing core exercises as part of your warm-up and as part of your accessory work on certain training days. Are you doing the right ones?
Coming off a debilitating injury, respect your body’s range of motion and only push the limits when the time is right. You’re on your way back, don’t blow it now.
It’s time to roll out a mat and put down the sandwich for a few minutes while we go through some joint greasing.
As you focus on moving maximum weight on squats, benches and deadlifts, wimpy isolation movements just don’t have a place. Or do they?
One doesn’t need to look that hard to see glimpses of this rebirth of powerlifting because they are all around us. I caught a glimpse (one of many) of the resurgence at the 2015 APF Chicagoland Summer Bash.
Is your program letting you down? These three aspects of Triphasic Training will repair the damage of repetitive incompetency.
Illness didn’t stop me from competing, and dropping 525 pounds on my chest didn’t stop me from finishing the meet. But later that night, I realized I was in more serious pain than it seemed at first.
If you want legs that shake the ground and crumble the streets where you walk, you’re going to need some specialized training techniques. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
The three laws of motion are the roots of athlete programming. Find out how to apply these rules and improve your athletes.
This seminar is the real deal, not a staged production. It is exactly what I was teaching years ago.
Watch Jo Jordan squat with the buffalo bar as he prepares for RPS Southern Conquest Meet.
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.
The OBB Power Handles aren’t just great for saving your shoulders and elbows, they are great assistance work and stability as well!
Your career in this world of strength will only go as far as your desire to win. Lose that, and you lose any chance you ever had to succeed.
With summer programming for athletes, control what you can control and don’t sweat the rest.
Can proper implementation of unilateral exercise produce healthier, higher-performing athletes?
You might need a long-term progression to overcome nagging pains and to increase your lifts. Or maybe you just need these simple tips.
Three of our best experts discuss world-class coaching of the squat, the bench, and the deadlift.
Save your shoulders by incorporating Cambered Bar squats into your squat routine.
Author of the upcoming ‘5th Set’ ebook joins lifting legend and hall-of-famer Steve Goggins to break down powerlifting movements and programming.
In your search of what is new and exciting, do not forget the principles that are proven to produce success.
When I tore my rotator cuff, I transitioned to more concentrated stimuli and a higher frequency per muscle group to avoid being forced to reduce my training intensity.
When weekend seminars at the S4 Compound come to a close, everyone in attendance leaves with a renewed determination for self-improvement. We have harnessed this motivation for you.
We gave up the glamour and comfort of a commercial gym. Here in our dungeon, 15-feet underground, we’ve found the secret to building strength.
When you’re chipping away at that all-time PR, every pound matters.
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.
If you can survive these challenges it will be good for…but it won’t feel that way.
We cut the time in the gym and on the field, hoping to increase efficiency. Now we find out: did it work?
You can adjust thousands of variables in your training but until you find which ones truly matter, you’re going nowhere.
Mark Watts visits JL Holdsworth and his staff at The Spot Athletics to discuss instruction of the squat and how to create proficiency in an untrained population.
