Partial Squats: An Overlooked Exercise to Build Power As all of us can verify, there are dozens of...
Weight Training Over 50
An unusual way to improve your power lifts: Do them Blind.
An unusual way to improve your power lifts: Do them Blind. Usually when someone pitches a method...
Becoming the best lifter you can be: Developing Self-Awareness
Becoming the best lifter you can be: Developing Self-Awareness Most readers of this blog have been...
Can Recreational Sports Build Character? Its Possible, not Automatic
Can Recreational Sports Build Character? Its Possible, not Automatic As recreational athletes (powerlifting or other sports) we enjoy participating in these activities for fun. We have chosen to pursue a given sport for a variety of personal reasons. The actions we...
Practice Like a Pro: Work on the Small Details of Performance
Practice Like a Pro: Work on the Small Details of Performance If you have been competing in powerlifting for a long time or playing another sport that requires precision movement, you will find that it is usually the small details needed for peak performance that...
Visualization: A Powerful Tool for Heavy Lifting
Visualization: A Powerful Tool for Heavy Lifting Most lifters have heard the term visualization. This is the practice of visualizing a perfect lift in your mind before you actually do one. That is a pretty vague description. About the same level of insight as "The Red...
Longevity and Weight Training
Longevity and Weight Training As I close in on birthday number 85 Im still lifting (relatively) big iron, having fun playing with other toys in the gym and running outside in the weather. Throughout seven decades I have enjoyed the experience of working out and...
Practice CAN improve performance
Practice CAN improve performance Among the many clichs that we are exposed to as we go through life, one that stands out for its misleading qualities is: practice makes perfect. Anyone who is even a casual visitor to a gym, tennis court or golf course will observe...
A Super Cheap Power Training Equipment Idea: HUGE value for the $
A Super Cheap Power Training Equipment Idea: HUGE value for the $ In the never-ending scramble to build new and fantastic" training equipment, one thing is constant: the price for new gadgets never seems to go down. I thought you all might enjoy seeing an unusually...