Do You REALLY Have What It Takes?
How do the elite fare after the platform? Is their descent into middle age a dignified one, or do the sins of competitiveness mixed with youthful ignorance lead them down a black hole of addiction, depression, and forgotten potential?
Why Laundry Lists Suck
Save the mindless bullshit for when you’re watching The Proposal, and do it right when it counts.
Monday Training - Pre-Leader Week 1: Squat
New plan. More conditioning. Not sure if I'm comfortable with my decision the breath heavily.
GET IN THE GAME AND MAINTAIN RADIO SILENCE
Are you about radio silence, or socialookatmedia? Are you actually in the game, or just posting through the motions? Did you know that those with big numbers win, and those without big numbers post? Here is what we mean.....
“The things that make me different are the things that make me.” ~ WTP
That little bear had some great sayings.
CAN ANYONE REALLY EMBRACE AMRAP?
AMRAP is such a different animal when it comes to training. It takes a mindset like no other.
Don’t Tell Me What You Placed, Tell Me Your Numbers.
To put this into perspective, we calculated just over 18,000 total competitive powerlifters in the USA. By the numbers, this would give every lifter in the USA 9,722 first places and 366 world records.
5/7- Deadlifts off 2” Mats w/vids of me and some of the crew
This is providing the biggest obstacle to me putting weight, and thus strength, back on
Coaching According to Rhodes - Art of Coaching: Part 1
These poor kids get a lot thrown at them on Day 1, but you have to be thorough and you will repeat yourself... A LOT!
THE PENDULUM OF POWERLIFTING
There is no right nor wrong in powerlifting as neither RAW nor equipped are better than one another. After all, minor squabbles aside, powerlifting as a whole is a brotherhood of iron. However, in the land where RAW is 90% of the game, powerlifters, like shards of metal to a magnet, are drawn to big numbers and biggest numbers