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Head & Shin Position in the Deadlift
What is the best head position to have during a deadlift? Should your shins be vertical or not when you pull? Let’s find out. Recently Coach Mark Rippetoe put an article on the deadlift where he...
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Star Wars – A First Review
First off, this blog will have nothing to do with lifting weights, instead we will talk about another topic near and dear to my heart – Star Wars. I know you might not expect to find a Star Wars...
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How to Properly Taper for a Powerlifting Competition
I see this question posted all the time on message boards and lifting forums: ‘I am two weeks out from my meet, what should I do?’ To help answer that question, I have put together this article....
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All-Time Records
The Arnold expo happened recently and scrolling through my social media feed I saw several incredible lifts including a few new all-time world records. In my book All About Powerlifting I listed the...
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The Wilk’s Formula is Too Wrong to Use
I love powerlifting because of how objective it is. We don’t have any of the debates one might find in gymnastics or figure skating or bodybuilding – sports in which the end result appears to be much...
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Introducing the Henriques Squat Chart
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a simple chart you could look at that would provide guidance as to how many reps you should train with and what kind of weight you should use for each competitive lift?...
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Gorilla vs Grizzly: Who Wins?
Who would win: A Silverback Gorilla vs a Grizzly Bear There are a lot of potentially awesome animal battles out there: Jaguar vs Anaconda; Man vs Wolf; Tiger vs Crocodile. One battle that keeps...
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Can Lifting Weights Stunt My Child’s Growth
Lifting weights – It does a body good I teach a kid’s fitness and fun camp. When I tell parents about that class, one of the questions I often receive (spoken or unspoken) is: Can...
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The 1-5% Rule of Fitness: Why You Should Follow It
As a trainer and a coach, it is my job to simplify the concepts in fitness and health and then relay that information to my clients and athletes. How often should I work out? How much time should I...
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Strength Training for High School Football Players
The main priorities for football players are: strength, power, size, and speed Strength is the easiest to improve and the ceiling for improvement is very high Power can also show significant...
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