Powerlifting

Training goals after powerlifting, quality time with children, training at Westside, leaving Westside, thoughts on training methods, the purpose of life, the challenges of being a mentor, and more — all in this video.

A good training program has three main parts: the main lifts for technique, the secondary movements for strength, and the accessory exercises for muscle-specific work.

I went into this meet to total 1800 at 180 pounds bodyweight, but learned an important lesson about having backup plans.

You're never going to build a big total by going into the gym and lifting as much as possible every session, week after week, year after year.

I’m going to share my strategy and reasoning behind it here, so hopefully, you can get some inspiration for whatever meet you’ve got coming up.

A lot of strong lifters have come and gone through this sport, posting two or three big totals to then never to be heard from again. The best lifters are there, year after year, finding new ways to stay healthy enough and hit PRs. How?

I recently made a transition from someone who had a decent amount of experience and was relatively advanced in one sport, to someone who is a true beginner in another sport. It's taught me a lot about training and shooting.

We might look dysfunctional, but this lifting family is like a Swiss clock put together with a hodgepodge of parts that somehow still always has the right time.

A few weekends ago, a world record squat was attempted. The lift passed, but the video got torn apart on Facebook. Want to know my thoughts on it? No? Well, I'm going to tell you anyway.

How do you get your mind in the right place for a big lift in training? Should you treat it like meet day?

At least, not at this point. As it stands, we are left with adding up our heaviest successful attempt for each of the three lifts and the sum of those is how a powerlifting total is born.

When you look at the best lifters, you find that they have several things in common. Make these behaviors a regular part of your life and you'll continually see progress, too.