Last weekend saw eight lifters represent team Bonvec Strength at the 2023 WRPF North American Championship in Las Vegas. It’s the most lifters we’ve had at a single national-level meet. By and large, our lifters did incredibly well, securing a handful national records, state records and podium placings. We experienced our fair share of challenges …
Training for a powerlifting meet is like shooting at a moving target. It takes a delicate blend of art and science to be at your very strongest in all three lifts on one specific day. A taper is a strategic reduction in training intensity and/or volume to reduce fatigue and improve performance on meet day. …
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They say the journey is the destination. The chase is better than the catch. I think that’s why powerlifting is so fun. There’s so much preparation and build-up to a competition. It’s both exhilarating and terrifying to put yourself out there on one single day. With that said, I see so many people piss away …
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Coaching powerlifters on meet day has come to be one of my favorite things in the world. I take tremendous pride in watching my lifters lay it all on the line, channeling months (or even years) of effort into one single day. The drama, the attempt selection strategy, and ultimately, the satisfaction once the meet …
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What if I told you that to become a better powerlifter, you should spend less time building muscle and take more time to build confidence? If you’ve been a powerlifter for any appreciable time, you’ve likely competed and fell short of your goals. It’s also likely that at some point during that subpar meet, your confidence …
A few weeks ago, I hit my first 600-pound deadlift. Although far from a world-class number, it’s a big milestone for me. It was my first triple-bodyweight pull and marked a long road of retooling my deadlift from awful to not-too-shabby. I’ve made more progress on my deadlift in the past year-and-a-half than on any …
The sport of powerlifting serves as a nice little metaphor for life. You’re competing against others, but you’re really competing against yourself. You do a ton of work for a big payoff. And there are aches and pains, but it’s all worth it in the end. This weekend, I had the honor of coaching three …
Last Saturday, I earned my first elite powerlifting total by totaling 1500 to win the 198 open amateur raw modern division (in knee sleeves) at the 2015 RPS Gate City Gauntlet in Nashua, New Hampshire. I went 9-for-9 and squatted 540, bench pressed 385 and deadlifted 575. All lifts were all-time PRs and the total …
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Last weekend I had the honor and privilege of coaching nine amazing lifters at the RPS Power Challenge powerlifting meet in Everrett, Massachusetts. It was a well-run, well-judged meet (as is the norm for RPS meets) and everyone had a great time. With a mix of first-timers and veteran lifters, CSP Powerlifting put forth a …
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I’m still riding the high of yesterday’s Optimizing the Big 3 seminar with Greg Robins and Miguel Aragoncillo. We had an enthusiastic group of lifters who came in willing to learn and ready to crush some heavy weight. We forced many of the attendees out of their comfort zones as they tried new techniques and …
