If you don’t start on the right path, you might spend years training hard and making no progress.

I thought about competing in powerlifting for nearly a year before actually signing up for a meet. Then I learned that I wasn’t going to figure out what I needed to do to improve as a lifter if I didn’t test my abilities and face my failures.

The primary question you should ask for your training is this: How can I get stronger while staying injury free? Maximize your results with these general rules.