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Feb
In this day in age when powerlifting is gaining much more popularity and isn't just what those weird fat lads who hog the squat rack every night do technical words get banded...
12
Sep
Lots of people like to think that getting stronger or programming is some kind of dark art or super difficult problem to overcome. That is a load of horse shit, getting stronger is simple you...
28
Jun
When it comes to programming for any physical quality be it strength, fitness or power we are going to introduce some amount of fatigue during training. There isn’t really any two ways about it...
04
Apr
Rep outs aren’t anything new they have been around probably for as long as weights have been around it doesn’t take a genius to take a weight and say I am going to do...
06
Mar
What programme are you on at the minute? The powerlifting version of how’s the weather, small talk we make with people we see in the gym every now and again who we haven’t spent...
24
Aug
Disclaimer – this is an overreaching programme it is designed to push your 1 rep max over 12 weeks and will be a stressful period of training. Don’t run this programme back to back...
25
Jul
It's that time of the month again!For a sweet article, of course! Seriously though, we're going to be examining the details that ladies who lift should take into consideration when building a programme. Including,...
19
Jul
I’ve given CrossFit a fair amount of shit in my time, I won’t shy away from it some of the movement standards allowed by boxes and at competitions doesn’t really do much to put...
20
Jun
When it comes to squatting the old internet guard would have had you believe that you could only train it heavy once a week maybe at a push twice a week but the second...
06
Jun
Almost all of my writing tends to be on the bigger picture things like programming, why to choose specific exercises over non-specific or technique when it comes to powerlifting. I am guilty of not...
31
May
When I take my powerlifting seminar and we get onto the deadlift this is my first slide you will notice how I don’t mention how the deadlift is the king of strength or the...
18
May
When it comes to programming there are a whole bunch of variables to consider some of which can lead to massive gains in a very short period of time when it comes down to...
27
Oct
Apologies for not writing to this blog for a while I have been somewhat snowed under with other time commitments since pre-season hit in July of 2016. Now the dust is starting to settle...
11
May
TAKE AWAY ITEMS
Never rest on your laurels improve in every aspect of your lifting.
Be exacting on yourself high standards are essential.
Always seek feedback subjective, objective, video, lifting partners and coaches.
Have...
18
Apr
I’m what you might refer to as a self made man in the gym pretty much for 90% of my 12 year lifting life I have written my own programmes and devised my own...
16
Jan
Everyone’s got to have at least one programme to their name so since numbers seem to be pretty cool and 5/3/1 was already taken why not put a programme out there that sounds like...
16
Sep
If you want to be strong you have to lift heavy all of the time right? You need to provide constant overload in the form of one more rep or one more kilogramme week...
22
May
In the last installment of this blog we looked at abdominal training and possible progressions for flextion and extension around the hip in this second installment we will be taking a look at rotation...
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