No, we’re not talking about agility training or doing cardio (yuck). All kidding aside, tempo and speed may be useful ways to spice up your training protocols at home while waiting for gyms to reopen if you live somewhere where they haven’t opened yet (as I do). While bodyweight training and lifting with limited to […]
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I’ll be the first to admit that I lack the data for it, but I’m willing to go on a limb and assume that most of my readers live largely sedentary lives, myself included. Some of us might have experiences with back pain, and some of us will attribute a decrease in back pain with
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I’ve been in quarantine for nearly 13 weeks. I haven’t left the house in that time. That’s almost three months spent within the same four walls, with the same mat and the same limited equipment, and a low-calorie diet. The motivation to train left me after month two. I had been diligently pushing myself day
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You will find pull ups in many powerlifting programs. Pull ups are an easy and universal way to train the muscles of the back, as well as the stabilizers in the shoulders. They don’t replace rows (do both), but they’re still a great exercise. What can you do to make pull ups more challenging and
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I don’t typically go for titles like these, but I feel like powerlifting recovery is one my pet topics insofar that I find it’s fairly underrated because we don’t like to talk much about it. Recovery isn’t sexy or fun unless someone finds a way to make it sexy and fun, but that way tends
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When we’re comparing shoes to squat in, us powerlifters only have two options: flats, and squat shoes (heeled shoes, or weightlifting shoes). This is because most powerlifting competitions don’t allow you to lift barefoot, and because any other kind of shoe is likely an “athletic” shoe with a cushioned sole, which means more give +
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Powerlifting can be useful in everyday life, within the right context. The caveat is that to get good at powerlifting, you need to sacrifice time you could’ve spent doing something else. For some people, that time is well-spent focusing on physical strength and fortitude. To get better at a sport, you must specialize in that
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If you’re new to the sport of powerlifting, you might have noticed that a lot of top powerlifters aren’t exactly “in shape”. Top-level powerlifters are big. This isn’t unique to the world of powerlifting – you’ve also got people like Brian Shaw, Eddie Hall, and Hafþór Björnsson, who generally compete at a bodyweight and fat
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An estimated 85% of Americans consume caffeine in some shape or form, and America isn’t even close to the world’s per capita leader in caffeine consumption. It probably played a massive role in the rising levels of productivity leading up to the industrial age. It’s a genuine way to boost your IQ (by making you
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Nearly every athlete can benefit from powerlifting. Not only does a stronger body last longer and prevent injury, but it lets you take tasks in stride. It improves your energy economy – and helps you endure better. We’re not just talking about carrying heavy things or curling a lot of weight – everything that requires
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A powerlifting total is the best and simplest measurement of a lifter’s performance. To those who take this sport seriously, the ultimate goal of every training session and every pre-meet prep is to hit the highest possible total (hopefully without injury). Because powerlifting is a rather small sport, coefficients like the Wilks score are used
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I love powerlifting. But I will be the first to acknowledge that it can be a dangerous sport. The keyword here being can. Inherently, powerlifting is about as dangerous as similar sports, and less dangerous than most sports kids play. Statistically, it’s also dangerous to cross the street or eat a hot dog. Is powerlifting
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