Weight Training - Cast Iron Strength

14 Aug

Expo, Glasgow, Mikhail Koklyaev, Olympic weightlifting, Palace of Arts, Powerlfiting, Strongman, Weight Training, Worlds Strongest Man

Mikhail Koklyaev comes to Glasgow

August 14, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Mikhail Koklyaev came to the glasgow palace of Arts to put on a show for that the UK strength community. There where some 70 people in attendance to witness the man lift and...

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

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...