Todsy our Powerlifitng squad hit our daily mobility work then onto deadlifts, good mornings, rev-hypers, then some abs and conditioning.  Very tough training session today.  I have early groups tues/thrus morn and get to see the early group getting after it.  It is great to see all 4-5 pushing each other and getting better.  If […]

Today our lifters hit some upper body movements all at 5x6 set-rep scheme.  The last couple weeks and this week have really challenged our lifters.  High reps and a lot of similar movements during each session has really helped build their base for the upcoming months. As fsr as for myself I hit some light […]

4 Way Neck: 1x20x6.0 1.  Barbell Curl 2.  Cable Tri Push Down 3.  DB Curl 4.  Supine DB Tri Ext 5.  Hammer DB Curl 6.  Dips 7.  Seated BB Curl 8.  C/S Tricep Kick Back 9.  Concentration Curl 10. Over head Cable Tricep Ext   All exercises 5 sets of 20 reps.  Combine an odd […]

Monday I was feeling the flow on Monday.  Doing the bull dance. SSB Box Squat: 295x5/335x5/3x2@385 FBB Press: 115x5/135x5/155x5/5x5@115 Pull-ups: 10x5 Trap Bar Farmer's Walk: 5x40 yards w/225 Tuesday RFESS/DB Squat: 5x5/10 Dips w/25lbs/Band Pushdowns: 5x10/10 Pull-ups w/25lbs: 5x5 I used a 70lb DB with the DB Squat.  Felt awful, but I liked the combination […]

The bench arch is perfectly fine to do. Arching your back in the bench press is a part of powerlifting.

My son, Hunter plays for two teams during the Hockey season.  The Santa Clara Blackhawks is his club and travel team and he also GETS to play for Coach Derek Eisler (who was at one time the Head Coach of the San Jose Sharks of the NHL)  on his Elite team for the NorCal Blazers. […]

Because not every training week is eventful.

The doctor said he would like for me to get to a point where I forget that I even have a disease. That would be nice.

Today our lifters hit some lower body.  This is their last week till we rotate next mon.  All sets reps were at 5x6.  We have some lifters hitting box squats instead of free squats due to some knee issues.  The day started off great when I walked into work.  We had our early group wrapping […]

Today our Powerlifitng squad wrapped up the week with an upper body training session with almost all reps sets at 5x8.  Bench press, incline press, BB mil, BB low Rows, scarecrows, face pulls, and some planks were all on the menu.  Really stressed to them to go hard on all sets reps and if they […]

If you are reading this, I want you to know how AWESOME I think you are. Thank you!  After all it is the season of Thanksgiving.   Dynamic Squat: 8x2x60% GHR: 3x8 1x12x15 1x10x20 1x8x25   Reverse Hyper (STRICT): 3x15   Prowler: 10x40

I would say this article articulates how I feel about weak point training better than any other I've ever written. Over a decade old, I still believe it all to be true today.

My autoimmune issues were kicked into full gear this week and my joints were killing me. Rather than not lift at all I did what I could to get some blood flow.

I have been very busy and stressed out the last few weeks.  I haven't done a good job of keeping my training log up to date, nor have I given any updates on the training ideas that I'm running with my athletes.  Life gets in my way sometimes. Here's a quick catch-up on what I've […]

Sometimes in life the only thing you can control is your training

We hope to see you at our next meet on February 18th!

Last week of true offseason before beginning meet prep; dealing with bad workouts; and grip dilemmas

Bodybuilding season is over... time to move some weight!

VIDEO: You Can Too!

I'm sure many of you have seen the Veterans Day promotional e-mail we sent earlier, or you have already seen it on the site. Like many of you, I just saw the e-mail blast, as well as hundreds of other promotional e-mails today. I feel compelled to add something that has been bothering me for years.