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Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-nine

July 26th, 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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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Hip thrusts

June 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Exercises, Training

Last week I explained that I rave about Hip Thrusts and Weighted Glute Bridges because I’ve seen such amazing improvements to my glutes, both in strength and appearance, since I started dedicatedly incorporating these into my program. I wrote about how to do glute bridges as a progressive exercise and promised that this week I [...]

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Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-three

June 13th, 2010 · 2 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. [...]

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