Strength Training - Cast Iron Strength

22 Nov

Carbohydrates, Nutrient, Nutrition, Nutritionist, Uncategorized

The Powerlifter’s Diet – Carbohydrates

November 23, 2017
Posted by Marc Keys
carbs, Diet, how to eat, Powerlifting, powerlifting diet, Strength Training
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If there is one macro in recent years that has been demonised it’s the common old carbohydrate. The insulin hypothesis got huge upswings in popularity with the Atkins diet, fat head the movie and...

26 Apr

Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique, Strength and Conditioning Research, Strength training

Let’s not get it twisted all periodisation is linear.

April 26, 2017
Posted by Marc Keys
getting better, Getting Stronger, linear, Perodisation, Powerlifting, Strength Training, undulating
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There is a theme that underpins all training programs that are of any quality it is as simple to say as it is difficult to put into action. All sports training, when put into...

27 Aug

Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique, Research, Strength and Conditioning, Weightlfting, Worlds Strongest Man

New Fads and Fashions in Strength Training that can get fucked.

August 27, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
Coaching, cross fit, Getting Stronger, Humour, olympic lifting, Opinion, Powerlifting, Strength Training, weightlfiting
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1 The intellectual meathead.Lifting is a verb and verbs by definition are doing words, Rene Descartes is famous for his quote “I think therefore I am” which in a philosophy is a perfectly valid...

18 Apr

Fitness, Novice, Powerlfiting, Powerlifting, Programme

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

April 18, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
Adapting a programme, Bench Press, Deadlift, Getting Stronger, making a programme easier, making a programme harder, Powerlifting, Programming, squat, strength, Strength Training
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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...

06 Apr

Operation 700

Operation 700 – Blog update 3 – Putting 300 to bed and the value of goal setting

April 6, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
320 kg deadlift, Deadlift, how to deadlift 700, Operation 700, Powerlifting, Programming, Strength Training
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So when I last updated this blog series I was heading down to London for the first time using the ironically titled Gold service down to London offered by megabus. Since then I have...

09 Feb

Athlete Advice, Fitness, Training Specifcity

Whatcha Training for Bro? Why you probably have no idea what you are doing in the gym and why you are doing it.

February 9, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
Goal Specific, hypertrophy, Programming, Specific, Sports Training, Strength Training
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When we talk about strength training it gets easy to get sucked into one of the many cults that exist here are a few of those prestigious religious institutions - The fat man cult...

11 Nov

Strength and Conditioning Research, Uncategorized

Strength and Conditioning Research the TL;DR version October 2015

November 11, 2015
Posted by Marc Keys
change of direction, research, Science, Strength Training, training for rugby, Training for size, Training to Failure
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TL;DRSome researchers are obviously of the opinion that block perodisation means doing the exact same workout (or stimulus) 2 weeks in a row. If you want to increase change of direction increase your relative strength...