Kirk Karwoski is an American powerlifter. Kirk is a 7 time national champion and 6 time world powerlifting champion. Kirk currently holds the International Powerlifting Federation world record in the squat of 455 kg.(1,003...

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This is a continuation from the last article in this series where I am intending to outline 10 general  and uselful guide lines for anyone wishing to gain size in the gym.Rule 6 -...

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If your interested in weight and strength training chances are you have at some point wanted or currently want to get bigger not just stronger.  Over this article I will outline 10 rules to...

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a problem with inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity, or a combination.- US Library of Medicine (2011). It is almost universally accepted in the strength and conditioning community that a perodised programme...

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In the last article in this series I discussed how to set up a perform a good unequipped high or low bar rep.  During this installment we will look at a few common problems...

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Squatting is one of life's little mysteries we are all born knowing how to squat perfectly upright with good alignment and perfect depth.  Then something happens when we get older and grow we somehow...

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On Saturday the 25th of October 2011 Scotland played host to teams from Wales and England for the annual home countries challenge.  I was lifting for Scotland.Weigh in - Was 105.9 I had time...

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Over this series of articles I will write about programmes that I come back to when ever set loading programmes have stalled out.  What I have experienced in the past is that set loading...

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In the above pictures Arnold is no older than 15/16 and Surge is 24/25.

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In the post internet training world the recreational lifter who has aesthetic goals or other aims that are not based on strength for strength's sake has been led up the garden path fairly spectacularly...

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For the majority of weight trainers pyramids or trying to add reps or weight to sets from previous work outs are the way forward.  However for people who have been following this approach for...

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The weightlifting belt is a bit of kit that anyone who has spent any amount of time inside a weights room will be familiar with. It is also a bit of kit that receives...

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3 hours down on train/bus. Weigh in 12,20 - 104.15 kg Warm up started at 13:45 Squat bar 2x10 (felt awkeard)70kg 2x5120kg 2x2 160kg x 1180kg x 1200kg x 1 (was fast enough but I felt myself kink...

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The bench press probably more than any other exercise has a large following of promoters and detractors. Due to it's high profile it comes under a lot of attention some of it warranted...

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Got back from this comp today was an awesome experience really well ran and everything that is good about strength sports. Below are vids of me and my training partner Nick Foxall 18...

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I am currently listening to the audio-book "Why we get fat and what to do about it" by Gary Taubes. I am currently about 60% the way through the book and have thoroughly...

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I listen to quite a lot of podcasts since I do quite a lot of walking too and from work one of the Podcasts I listen to on a weekly basis is Dr.Kiki's science...

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Over the past two to three weeks something has been crystallised to me through my own training and watching the training of others. The thing that has been made apparent to me is...

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