Greg Nuckols of Stronger by Science once said, “If you need your warm-up routine to be more than 20 minutes, you need to be in physical therapy, not in the gym.” I’m paraphrasing, but people tend to get carried away with this whole warming up thing, especially if you’re healthy and injury-free. I’m speaking specifically …
Most people aren’t nearly as advanced as they think they are. When it comes to lifting, most of us can thrive on the basics. Simple progressive overload (adding a bit of weight to the bar and/or a few extra reps each workout) is all most people need for increased muscle growth. Assuming you’re also eating …
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Core training for powerlifters should be just like anything else you do in training: specific to the athlete’s goal. In this case, the goal of powerlifting is to lift as much weight as possible for 1 rep in the squat, bench press and deadlift. So should a powerlifter’s core training regimen be similar to that …
Since returning to heavy barbell training after nearly a 3-month hiatus, I got to thinking about when I would need a deload week. When the time came that I would usually back off and take it easy for a week, I had a strange thought: I don’t think I need a deload. There’s a saying …
