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What Common Mistakes Do You See Lifters Making?
Jacob Tsypkin – At risk of sounding cliche: too much too soon. This is particularly true for weightlifters. You never…
weightlifting
The Switch: Transitioning from Powerlifting to Weightlifting
My competition career began at the ripe age of 12. I was exposed to Powerlifting by a football coach who took me to my…
powerlifting
Designing a Peaking Block
A well designed peaking block is key to maximizing your meet performance and a poorly designed block could mean that…
powerlifting
Reflections on Westside
Last year in February, I pulled a personal best 535 deadlift at about 190 lbs. In the months immediately following, I…
bench
8 Steps to Great Bench Technique
Cover Photo by 9for9 Media Building massive pressing power requires a combination of strength through the pecs…
powerlifting
Peaking for Powerlifting
Properly designed peaking happens through the optimal management of the fitness-fatigue relationship to maximize…
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Training for Both Raw and Equipped Bench Pressing
Even though raw powerlifting seems to have taken over in popularity in the past few years, equipped (geared)…
bench
Train Like You’re No. 2 – Even When You’re No. 1
Ever since I broke Mike McDonald’s all-time bench press record back in 2006 with 605 lbs, I get asked just about weekly…
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Snowflake Training
In the age of self-esteem and participation trophies, it seems like everyone wants to think that they are a special…
powerlifting
Maximize Your Online Training Experience
This may come as a shock to everyone, but yes, I am old. When I started training, we read books, had subscriptions to…
powerlifting
Creating A Strength Block
How do you organize your training? In a traditional periodization model, we will divide training into 3 focused blocks…
powerlifting
Letter to a New Lifter
Dear PowerLiftingGodLegendKilla37, It’s great to see new people involved in powerlifting. Yes, I saw your motivational…