Learn how to reduce technique breakdown and form creep to have the most optimal barbell technique for your body, reduce injury risk and prevent injury in powerlifting.
Bench Press: The Arch
When it comes to the bench press, the technique of arching your back has become a somewhat controversial topic depending on who you talk to. Some people will say that it’s cheating, and others will tell you that you need to have a bigger arch to bench heavier weight. Determining the best technique for your bench press depends on your goals for the lift and your training.
3 Reasons You Pee When You Powerlift & How To Fix It (Part 2): Mechanical Contributions
In Part 2 of our article series on urinary incontinence in Powerlifting, we want to rule out the most easily modifiable factors, including belts, incorrect breathing, technical breakdown, and bloating. These fall under the realm of mechanical stress acting directly on the bladder that can cause leaking.
5 Reasons To Use a Beginner Powerlifting Program After A Month Off Training
The Safety of Barbell Resistance Training for Adult Powerlifters with Scoliosis
Barbell resistance training is the most effective type of exercise training to accomplish nearly all goals. From achieving a muscular and lean physique to maintaining health and function as you age, and rehabilitating from surgery and returning to your sport of choice. But often, doctors, physical therapists, and chiropractors shy away from “lifting weights” because they lack an understanding of safe and effective programming and technique implementation across the life and healthspan.
3 Reasons You Pee When You Powerlift & How To Fix It (Part 1)
Where peeing in your pants was once thought to only affect women who’ve had babies or entered the years of menopause, peeing in your pants has become as common as a barbell athlete losing a deadlift due to grip failure. Over the last 8 years, the growth of powerlifting has been tremendous and participation at USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Raw Nationals has increased 6.8x from 183 in 2012 to 1,260 lifters in 2019.
Powerlifting Injury Prevention: 7 Keys To Reduce Barbell Lifting Injuries & Increase Longevity In Powerlifting
56 Alternatives To Barbell Train Around Mobility or Injury Limitations
8 Simple Ways to Ditch Excuses & Start Your Barbell Resistance Training Journey Today
8 Reasons To Be Strong and Why You Should Resistance Train with Barbells
Barbell resistance training is the BEST way to get stronger and will improve all aspects of your life. f you’re afraid of resistance training and afraid of picking up a barbell, stop! Being physically strong has more benefits than I can count on both hands and feet. Strength is the foundation of everything related to health, fitness, sports performance, and human survival.
How to Get The Most Beginner Gains: The Deadlift
Why Everyone Should Press Overhead
What are the first exercises you think of when someone says they’re doing “upper body?” Bench press? Biceps and triceps? Dumbbell lateral raises? The obsession with growing arms, shoulders, and chest means cable columns, dumbbells, and benches are abundant in any gym with a weight room. So why do so many strength programs underemphasize, underrate, or completely omit the most important exercise for developing upper body strength and maintaining shoulder health?
PRS Mythbuster: Weight Training & Your Physique
We’ve all seen and heard it before - the advice on how to “tone up”, “bulk up” (or NOT bulk up), “get shredded”, “lean out”, etc... If you’re like me you’ve probably tried light weights, heavy weights, sets of 8, sets of 20, supersets, cardio, yoga, circuit training… the list goes on. So why did it all stop working eventually? Why do your pants not fit better? Why don’t you have 21-inch biceps? Chances are, at one point or another, you’ve succumbed to at least 1 of 5 common myths about strength training in your pursuit of a leaner, “more toned”, or muscular physique. Well, I’m here to set the record straight!
IPF Bench World 2018 Meet Recap
Part 3 of 3: 3 Reasons Your Bench Hasn't Progressed & It’s Not Your Programming!
Part 2 of 3: 3 Reasons Your Bench Press Hasn’t Progressed & It’s Not Your Programing
Leg drive gets its own article as is a huge component of the bench press that can make or break a maximal attempt in competition or the completion of a training set as fatigue sets in throughout more and more reps. Additionally, in my physical therapy practice with barbell athletes, lack of leg drive is a common cause of shoulder injuries and pec strains while benching.
