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What’s the difference between powerlifting, olympic weightlifting and strongman?
All you need to know about powerlifting, olympic weightlifting and strongman – the events, how to learn, how to compete
Does lifting more always mean you get stronger?
How to vary intensity in the training cycle to continue getting stronger. Examples from weightlifting, powerlifting and strongman.
Basic barbell programmes reviewed
Independent review of popular barbell programmes such as Starting Strength,Wendler’s 5/3/1 and Stronglifts.
How-to: Good morning
How to perform the barbell good morning, for powerlifters, olympic weightlifters and bodybuilders. Step by step guide with photo illustrations and video demo. Also includes concentric good morning.
Five secrets of more effective training
Five training ideas that will make a difference to progress: speed work, recovery, testing, deloading and carrying.
Scenes from a powerlifting year
“It took me years to fully appreciate the value of the lessons I have learned from the Iron. I used to think that it was my adversary, that I was trying to lift that which does not want to be lifted. I was wrong. When the Iron doesn’t want to come off the mat, it’s […]
Ladies who lift
One of the nice things about going to national or international drug free powerlifting meets is that I get to catch up with the other female lifters. There aren’t many of us and we are scattered around the country. It’s mainly at competitions where we can renew our acquaintance and watch each other lift. I […]
On not making progress
in which our heroine muses upon her results and resolves to improve them I’m just recently back from the World Drug Free Powerlifting Championships (sounds cool, huh?) in which I lifted more or less what I did at the Nationals seven months ago and ended up with a total which was 5kg less than in […]
Assistance exercises
If you are doing squats, deadlifts, cleans and so on you are already way ahead of the game. But perhaps your progress has stalled or you are not satisfied just doing the basics. Maybe you have become aware of some of your weak areas but don’t know how to starting improving them. If so, you […]