Are You Hearing or Listening? It Could Be Killing Your Gains
Perfection is the enemy of greatness. Here's how to get it right.
Should You Squat Low or High Bar?
It's a trick question: I believe you need to use both in your training, or else you're selling yourself short.
Bodybuilding for the Powerlifter— How to Use High Reps to Get Strong(er)
High-rep training is extraordinarily useful to powerlifters (even if it’s also extraordinarily unpleasant). Like any other programming tool, however, it needs to be used appropriately, or it can cause more harm than good.
WATCH: Deadlift & Back Training for Size & Strength
Bringing the intensity with high-rep deadlifts, lat pulldowns, and more.
Four Ways to Unf*ck Your Program
Learning to program for yourself is the single greatest secret to become a great lifter.
Spoon-Feeding is for Babies, Not Lifters
Ben’s diving into a much-needed extended offseason. Throughout the course of this month, he’ll be sharing his approach to diet and training. Of course, the mental game is always a big part of Ben’s process, and so he’ll also share some approaches to managing progression without any external goals. Other topics on the docket: gear reviews, Texas powerlifting events, and
Why Your Meet Prep Sucks
It can be hugely discouraging to feel that all the work you did in the offseason and during your meet prep was wasted because you had one bad day, Unfortunately, all that really counts is what you put up on the platform. Or is it?
Stop Trying to Be Someone You're Not
The best gains of your life will come from being true to yourself and your own strengths.
Visualization for Powerlifting: How to Train Your Brain for Big Gains
Sorry to burst your bubble. There’s really no such thing as 60 seconds to a huge PR. Training, whether it’s mental or physical, requires practice.
Why You Are Injured
It's rarely why you think, so stop feeling sorry for yourself and start fixing yourself.
How Much Accessory Work Should You Do?
The last video explained how to choose bodybuilding exercises for your strength program. This one explains how to use them in a workout.
Gurus & Charlatans
It's no secret that some powerlifters are a little extreme – but don't let the extremes of the fitness industry change how you feel about yourself.
Know Your Motivation
I can’t tell you how many people I’ve met who have no time under the bar, no idea of why they’re training, and no vision for their future powerlifting career. Once I started to understand why I lift, I became a better lifter overnight.
WATCH: Exercises for Powerbuilding
When you’re scrolling through your Instagram Explore page, maybe you notice that hey, there aren’t a whole lot of guys who are big and strong. But most programs out there say that if you want to get big, you have to get strong; and that if you want to get strong, you have to get big. What gives?
How to Find Work-Life Balance as an Online Coach
It's easy to get sucked into a never-ending work cycle, but you need some balance to excel in the long term.
Staying Calm When the Weight is On — 60 Seconds to a Huge PR
This breathing exercise will help you to perform your heaviest sets with much more confidence and ease. It will take practice to get the hang of the process, but once you do, I promise, it’s absolutely worth it.
Keep Track of Your Training This Holiday Season
Struggling to maintain your gains during the holidays? Here are some tips to help.
Why Mobility Sucks for Gaining Muscle
It's not enough to be able to move a lot. You have to be able to move well.
WATCH: Powerlifting Tips with Mind Pump Media
Bench, squat, and deadlift tips straight from the Mind Pump studio in San Jose.
The Internet Gold Standard
"That looks high. I can tell from some of the pixels and from missing quite a few squats in my time."
Meet Report: All-time World Record and Best Overall Lifter at 2017 Reebo...
I finished 7/9 with a 799 squat, 424 bench, and 815 deadlift (raw with wraps). That was good enough for a 2039 total and an all-time world record in the 198-pound weight class, plus a 592 Wilks and best overall lifter.
Are Your Genetics Holding You Back? Here's How to Fix Them
Genetic enhancement really is the secret to powerlifting success.
Why Mobility Sucks (and What's More Important)
Unless you’re into some truly extreme sex stuff, your hips don’t need a 360-degree range of motion. Here's what to focus on instead.
How to Heal Any Injury Overnight
When recovering from a recent hamstring tear, I started using a simple practice that can not only make training more intense, productive, and satisfying, but can also help you handle anything in training — including injury.
3 Exercises to Supercharge Your Squat
Squat got you down? Here are three exercises you've never heard of to help clean it up.
Unfuck Your Squat Technique
Part 2 of a two-part series but much larger project on fixing your body and how it moves for any strength sport.
WATCH: How to Perform the Hook Grip
There is an astronomical amount of misinformation floating around right now about the hook grip, and, in my opinion, that’s the result of a lot of people (mostly beginners) using the hook grip inappropriately.
WATCH: Un-Fuck Your Squat
Mike Lusby and I share some corrective exercises for squatting dysfunction.
August Training Roundup
The split I'm using for my raw training leading up to Reebok Record Breakers.
The Dark Side of Motivation
So you had an awful training session and you feel like shit? Here's what to do about it.
Bodybuilding Exercises for the Powerlifter — Get a Grip on Your Guns
I’ve neglected training both my upper and lower arms, and now I’m suffering for my lack of grip strength. Prevent this. Here's my newfound twist on traditional arm and grip work.
