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Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique, Squat, Squat (exercise), Uncategorized

The Top 5 Assistance Exercises for Squat – The Pause Squat – How to set up, perform and programme for pause squat.

The Following is an exert from the squat chapter of my upcoming powerlifting book.  The text is becoming something of a behemouth so would expect it's release to be closer to the middle/end of...

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Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique

The 5 biggest mistakes Powerlifters make come meet day

I've done a lot of competitions in my time but I was out of competitive lifting for a couple of years between 2013-2015 due to a combination of injury and training back up to...

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Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique, Programme, Technique, Training Attitude, Training Specifcity

Deliberate practice for powerlifting – Why just showing up is not nearly enough.

  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...

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Fitness, Novice, Powerlfiting, Powerlifting, Programme

Learning when to push through and when to pull back as a self coached lifter.

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...

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Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique, Uncategorized

The Boris Sheiko Experience – London Seminar – 28th February 2016

Kirill Sarychev and his 335 kg unequipped bench press is just one of the many reasons when Mr. Sheiko speaks wise men listen.   It's 4 am and I am leaving my flat in Edinburgh...

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