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John Meadows knew how to take care of a body that had been through the wringer. Watch him demonstrate one of the best shoulder activation drills you're probably not doing.

Auto-regulation isn't a cheat code for lazy lifters. It's the hardest skill in strength sports to develop, and most people never get there.

"The mission behind the whole company, Elite FTS, is to educate and outfit those with a strong desire for strength to become better".

Joe Jackson argues that modern powerlifting must evolve beyond a niche participant activity by prioritizing compelling storytelling and head-to-head battles that engage a wider audience. He also reflects on the mental demands of the sport, warning lifters that they cannot "out total a bad relationship" with themselves and must separate their self-worth from the numbers on the bar to survive the plateau periods following the initial "honeymoon phase" of strength gains.

 Eating hundreds or thousands of extra calories is often "absurd" because the body can typically only generate three to five pounds of new muscle per year, making massive surpluses unnecessary. Rather than traditional bulking, a "maingaining" approach focuses on keeping body fat levels neutral while progressively increasing strength on key lifts over several months.

You log more miles, follow the training plan, and push through fatigue, yet you've hit a wall. Your race times have stagnated, or worse, that same nagging injury keeps reappearing. It's a frustrating paradox for any dedicated endurance athlete: how can more work not lead to better results?