I am serious about wanting to qualify and compete at powerlifting. When I started out on this series there were several key problems, such as poor hip mobility. Having had some reasonable successes at the end of 2009, fixing the remaining problems while also driving up the strength numbers are now the priorities of the program. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Powerlifting'
Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-nine
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Training
Tags:Powerlifting·Training
Lessons learned: keeping training records
July 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Training
Many trainers will tell you that it is vitally important to maintain training records. I was starting to think about changing my workout and putting a few new exercises in recently. As a result I had to dig back through my training records which reminded me about the importance of keeping them. What to record [...]
Tags:Powerlifting·Records·Training
Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-eight
July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Training
I am serious about wanting to qualify and compete at powerlifting. When I started out on this series there were several key problems, such as poor hip mobility. Having had some reasonable successes at the end of 2009, fixing the remaining problems while also driving up the strength numbers are now the priorities of the program. [...]
Tags:Powerlifting·Training
Why I squat
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Exercises, Training
A few weeks ago I did a post about back squat form. Building on this I was going to do a post about the different types of squats and what they are beneficial for, but it struck me that there are more than enough of these types of articles elsewhere on the internet. What you [...]
Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-seven
July 12th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Training
Oh dear. This post would be better titled “Powerlifting regress”. Last week I ended up with only one workout at my disposal due to work commitments. I used the session to find some new depths that I could squat to and deadlift from. As a result I went into this week with my eyes wide [...]
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Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-six
July 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Training
Post holiday it has been tough trying to get myself to start working out again. Work doesn’t help either. Following the late night arrival from holiday, I elected to skip out my Sunday workout last weekend. I was a physical and mental mess. Unfortunately I also knew that I’d be away with work on Wednesday, [...]
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Weight training women
June 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Training
I’m a woman and I do weight training. For many people the statement above is an oddity. Why should I want to train at weights if I’m a woman? Tony Gentilcore put it perfectly when he summarised the fact that people frequently question why a woman is choosing to do any weight training whereas nobody [...]
Tags:Bone density·Figure·Glutes·Grip·menstrual cycle·Powerlifting·Training·Women
Lessons learned: good back squat form
June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Exercises, Training
I’ve often seen trainers telling people that they shouldn’t squat because it is bad for their knees. Ok, that’s not true. What I tend to see or hear is people who have been told by their personal trainers that they won’t be learning to squat because it’s bad for their knees. By working out in [...]
Tags:Injury·Powerlifting·Squat·Training
Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-four
June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Training
I am serious about wanting to qualify and compete at powerlifting. When I started out on this series there were several key problems, such as poor hip mobility. Having had some reasonable successes at the end of 2009, fixing the remaining problems while also driving up the strength numbers are now the priorities of the program. [...]
Tags:Powerlifting·Training
Resistance training for weight loss
June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Training
Weight loss – part 6 This is the sixth part in a series about weight loss including diet, exercise, measuring your success and keeping the weight off when you stop. Last week I spent some time looking in detail at high-intensity interval training since there is plenty of research about So far we’ve looked at [...]
