Category Archives: Training

Mentally Dealing with Powerlifting Injuries

There is nothing more demotivating to the powerlifter than the persistent feeling that they aren’t making progress and there is nothing more destructive to your literal p… More

How to Fix POVERTY Bench Press!

One of the more intriguing phenomenons in powerlifting circles is “poverty bench”. Poverty bench simply refers to an individual whose bench strength is largely ou… More

Bicep, Elbow and Shoulder Pain from Low Bar Squats

If I had to pick one “injury” that is by far the most common among all the powerlifters that I’ve worked with, it would easily be some kind of tendinitis from lo… More

When to use Lifting Straps in Powerlifting Training

As most of you should know, wrist straps, not to be confused with wrist wraps, are not allowed at powerlifting competitions. Does that mean you should NEVER use lifting stra… More

Semi-Sumo / Modified Sumo Deadlift Biomechanics

Depending on how you view such things, Ed Coan is perhaps the best deadlifter of all-time. His deadlift success is so outstanding that the “Ed Coan Deadlift Program”, which he… More

How to Change Your Lifting Technique

One of the great questions that I was asked recently is how one should go about the process of trying to change to a new powerlifting technique. For example, maybe you want to shift fr… More

Back Rounding and Back Injury

One of the oldest and most controversial topics in terms of lifting weights is whether or not you will get hurt from rounding your back when you deadlift. Opinions tend to run the gam… More

How To Improve Your Bench Press Arch

The recent trend on all of my training videos is to make some sort of comment about my bench arch. People want to know what my secret is to having such a big arch. Well, in this article… More

Squat to Deadlift Carryover: A Statistical Analysis

In powerlifting, there is one number that is paramount above all others: The Total. One of the most important, and yet forgotten, aspects of technique selection for each movement… More

High Bar vs. Low Bar Squats for Powerlifting

I participate in several powerlifting forums and one of the ever-controversial topics that has come up quite a bit lately is high bar vs. low bar squats. Opinions range from “any… More

Powerlifting Deadlift Technique

Before we get started, I’d like to say that I drew heavily from the concepts I learned in Starting Strength to create this material. While Starting Strengthis not a book abou… More

Deadlift Form: Sumo vs Conventional, Round Back vs Flat Back

I’ve mentioned this at the beginning of every article in this series and I’ll continue to do so here: I drew heavily from Starting Strength to create this material. If… More

Deadlift Setup Science

I have to make it abundantly clear that many of the biomechanical principles and physics applications in this article are derived from Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength.… More

Bench Press Technique for Powerlifting

If you weren’t aware by now, a lot of the concepts in this Powerlifting Technique series were distilled directly from Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength. While I… More