You can train for powerlifting using nothing but the equipment outlined in the section above. However, there are a few additional tools that you can add to your home gym set-up to make your workouts more varied and, potentially, more effective and enjoyable. These items include: Adjustable Du...
Mike is a powerlifting champion and Deadlifts exactly as laid out in this guide: bar over mid-foot, shoulder-blades over bar, neutral back. Watch and learn… Deadlift Technique Stance Left: wide stance pushes your legs against your arms. Right: narrow stance creates space for your legs and...
To maintain consistency and reduce our need for motivation, we have to create a zone of focus free from distraction and procrastination triggers. A great technique I teach in my program for this is the distraction cheat sheet. Do some work or study and anytime you get distracted, write down...
For example, you might want to compete in your first powerlifting meet. You might decide to set a goal for a PR (personal record) you want to achieve in one, two, or all three of your lifts. That will help you customize your training accordingly with a program of progressive overload ...
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Upper-back.Arch your upper-back to create support for the bar. Squeeze your shoulder-blades and raise your chest. Chest.Raise your chest before you unrack the bar. Keep it up and tight by taking a big breath before you Squat down. ...
If you're a visual learner, check out this video to learn how to create a value proposition. Before we start, there’s an important through line that nearly every expert I spoke to brought up: Internal alignment. It can be tough to iron out internal disagreements about core benefits or ...
I wouldn't go so far as to say that the bench press is a full-body exercise (as I might say for the squat and deadlift), but it certainly brings in more muscles than just the chest, shoulders, and triceps. Aside from the legs pressing off the floor in a powerlifting-style bench pr...
Can you increase your strength and does it have to do with strength training or other factors? Before you can learn how to get stronger, you have to know what strength is. How we define it. If we want to look at it in its most basic form, strength is the ability to create muscular...
A female with novice strength can generally squat a weight of 107 pounds, this amount increasing to 227 pounds for those with advanced strength. It should be noted that you don’t have to be in powerlifting to work toward a PR in these exercises. Any exerciser with any level of fitness ...