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Mentality
The Trick to Successful Self-Coaching
As strength athletes, most of us face an interesting split. On one hand, we are athletes who participate in a sport…
powerlifting
Ease Off the Throttle: Lessons from Pushing Too Hard
What you’re about to read comes from some hard lessons I’ve had to (re)learn this year. It’s not always easy or fun to…
bench
Benching From The Bottom Up
If you’re a raw lifter, odds are that you have much more trouble with the bottom of your bench than any other part…
Training
A Case Against Specificity
Pendulums swing to and fro. That’s what pendulums do. I see another pendulum swinging lately and this one has to do…
powerlifting
Strength Doesn’t Care
This past June, I went to Russia for the IPF raw world championships. I met one of the Austrian lifters in the 120kg…
powerlifting
Speed Work: Not This Again
So the last article I wrote made some people rejoice and made other people pretty upset. And for myself, since I rarely…
powerlifting
Why Speed Work Doesn’t Work
So this article is about why speed work doesn’t work — at least not for the reasons you think it does. Speed work…
powerlifting
You Are Not Overtrained
There’s a notion in the sometimes-weird world of strength training that you’ll get stronger from doing less work. You…