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 …
But if you’ve been training hard for years, progress often comes at a snail’s pace. Lifting weights is like reverse compound interest: the more time and effort you put into it, the lower your return. It’s not fair, but it’s true. And it’s why so many people quit. Sometimes you need to have a few …
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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 …
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DELOAD Most lifters know you SHOULD deload, but few understand what actually happens when you back off the throttle. It helps to understand the relationship between fitness, fatigue and performance. Fitness: An athlete’s ability to perform a specific physical task (i.e., a powerlifter is “fit” to lift heavy weights for low …
