What you learn while young you practice in the older age. When it comes to power lifting, the skills and techniques help you through your whole career.

Through out the years, the deadlift has been our ”national sport” here in Finland. World records has been broken since early 70´s. What makes Finns pull so much, what is their secret?

On June 17, 2000 while competing in the IPA York Barbell Strength Spectacular I completely ruptured my right patella tendon while setting up with my opening squat attempt of 780 pounds.

One of the most asked questions throughout the day was “What would you have done differently, if you knew what you know now?” And though I answered the question as best I could, I couldn’t help but rethink the question over and over.

Get fast and slam a big log up overhead. As an added bonus your bench will go up too.

This article is all about you, as a unique individual, training for your goals and based on your needs.

Kenny Patterson: As a bench press specialist I train somewhat different from the other members of the Westside Barbell Club.

Sample Westside Barbell Workout by Bob Youngs when he was training at the gym.

The other day I got off the phone with a friend of mine who coaches college football. I told him that I had recently consulted with Dave Tate about applying the Westside principles for a college football player

Here is a training diary and some thoughts on my preparation for the 2001 IPA Nationals.