Powerlifting - Cast Iron Strength

09 Mar

Operation 700 – Blog Update 2

March 9, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
700 lbs, Blog, Deadlift, how to deadlift, online coaching, Operation 700, Powerlifting, Programming, road to 700, training blog, training log, Vlog
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In the last entry, I took you through the reasons and rationale for my goal of a 320 kg deadlift. Since then I have actually been doing some training I am currently on week...

05 Mar

Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique, Uncategorized

The Boris Sheiko Experience – London Seminar – 28th February 2016

March 5, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
Bench, Deadlift, IPF, London, Powerlifting, Programming, russian powerlifting, Sheiko, squat, UK seminar
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Kirill Sarychev and his 335 kg unequipped bench press is just one of the many reasons when Mr. Sheiko speaks wise men listen. It's 4 am and I am leaving my flat in Edinburgh...

16 Dec

Dietitian, Nutrient, Nutrition, Powerlifting, Uncategorized

The Powerlifter’s Diet – Protein

December 16, 2015
Posted by Marc Keys
Diet, how much, hypertrophy, Powerlifting, protein, size gain, strength gain, when to take protein
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Diet is an important part of any physical preparation programme your nutrition is one of the main contributors to your ability to recover from training and to perform in training and competition. Nutrition advice...

16 Nov

Powerlfiting, Powerlifting, Strength and Conditioning

The Powerlifter’s Off Season

November 16, 2015
Posted by Marc Keys
Injury Prevention, Off Season, Perodisation, Pilates, Planning, Programming, Recovery, Stretching, Yoga
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I've worked with sports men and women for nearly a decade now I have worked with Olympians, International team sports stars and youth athletes who have never stepped in a gym before. One thing...

16 Sep

Powerlfiting, Powerlifting, Programme

Training to Build Strength not Display it.

September 16, 2015
Posted by Marc Keys
Powerlifting, Programming
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If you want to be strong you have to lift heavy all of the time right? You need to provide constant overload in the form of one more rep or one more kilogramme week...

19 Mar

Conditioning, Powerlifting, Strength Sports, Strongman, Weightlfting

Conditioning for strength and power sports. Part one building an aerobic base without affecting your strength and power training.

March 19, 2014
Posted by Marc Keys
Aerobic Base, Base line Conditioning, Conditioning, Powerlifting, Rugby, Strength Sports, weightlifting, Wrestling

Weightlifting and powerlifting are typically very static sports and don’t require a huge amount of aerobic capacity yet it is common practice for a lot of eastern European/Asian weightlifting programmes to have some...

15 Jul

Deadlift, Health, Lumbar vertebrae, Muscle, Powerlifting, Shear stress, Vertebral column, Weight Training

Good Form Bad Form

July 15, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

It is almost uniformly accepted in the strength and conditioning world that one should look to keep a "natural lumbar curve" when performing lifts such as the deadlift. There is a rational for...

21 Jun

Bodybuilding, Olympic weightlifting, Physical exercise, Powerlifting, Sport, Sports medicine, Strength Sports, Weight Training

More Injuries.

June 21, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

After writing the last installment about deep squatting the question of injuries and the rate in which they occur in both weightlifting and powerlifting peaked my intrest. To this end I have performed a...

02 May

Average, Bench, Clean, clean and jerk, Deadlift, International, IPF, IWF, men, Powerlifting, Snatch, Squat, Stats, Weighlifting, Weight Loss, Weight Training, women, world records

Elite Strength Sports (IPF and IWF) a Comparision of Sex and Performance

May 2, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Quite a few authors have tackled the issue of differences between the physical performance of male and female athletes. Differences between fat free mass, relative strength and body fat percentage are usually put...