After the inaugural 5th Set Black Meet on Saturday, I drove all night to Cincinnati for the Women’s Pro Am. My motivation for a weekend short on rest and long on PRs can be summed up in a single sentence: I love powerlifting.

Swede Burns is readying the release of his new book, a book of poems. Each poem puts forth feelings of intimacy and despair, unveiling a new layer of Swede; one the public isn’t so familiar with.

Training in commercial gyms has its pros and cons. This is a call to arms for those who need to hear it.

Day 1: Constant, crippling pain. Day 10: Pain free. This is the new game plan for lower back nerve pain.

This protocol seems to be at least as effective (if not more effective) than training in traditional rep ranges, while at the same time remaining far less expensive in terms of recoverability.

Your life and your future are yours and yours alone. It’s going to be difficult, but the sooner you take responsibility and stop blaming others for your misfortune, the better your life will be.

I learned what it was like to feel old and weak, but my heartbeat was a war drum again. As long as I was breathing, I would be moving — I would be moving toward the conflict.

Keyhole Barbell isn’t meant to be comfortable — it’s meant to scare you. And it will.