08 Jan

Ed Hall 260 (572 lb) Bench Press.

January 8, 2014
Posted by Marc Keys
Bench Press, Ed Hall, Lifting Video, Strongman, Training, UK Strongest Man, World Strongest Man, WSM

06 Mar

Powerlifting, Programme

Sequencing your training to maximise your strength – Part 1 – Terms and conditions

March 6, 2018
Perodisation, power, Powerlifting, strength, Strength and conditioning, Training
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What programme are you on at the minute? The powerlifting version of how’s the weather, small talk we make with people we see in the gym every now and again who we haven’t spent...

13 Sep

Athlete Advice, Attitude, Being Honest., Strength and Conditioning

Lessons Learned – painful experiences in the world of strength training, part 1. – Gavin Laird

September 13, 2017
know, knoweldge, philosophy, Powerlifting, Training
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I started training as a teenager sometime in the mid 1990’s; started helping others with their training round about 1998 and opened my first gym just after the start of the current millennium. I’ve...

08 Jul

Sports, Strength and Conditioning

Keeping your standards high – How to stand out as a personal trainer or S&C coach by being better.

July 8, 2017
Coaching, habit forming, habits, Personal Training, strength and conditoning, Training
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Personal training and strength and conditioning can be hugely rewarding and fulfilling jobs and as such, they attract a lot of people who want to get into the business. If you're looking for just...

31 May

Deadlift, Powerlfiting, Programme

Training your deadlift if you have poor technique – how to get stronger without getting hurt.

May 31, 2017
Deadlift, Deadlift Programme, deadlift strength, how to fix your lowerback, Stronger Deadlift, Sumo Deadlift, Training
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When I take my powerlifting seminar and we get onto the deadlift this is my first slide you will notice how I don’t mention how the deadlift is the king of strength or the...

08 Jun

Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique

The 5 biggest mistakes Powerlifters make come meet day

I've done a lot of competitions in my time but I was out of competitive lifting for a couple of years between 2013-2015 due to a combination of injury and training back up to...

31 May

Bench, Bench Press, Bench Press Programmes

Solving Poor Lock out in the Bench Press – Part one getting swole.

May 31, 2016
Bench Press, close grip bench press, getting a better bench press, how to get better lock out, Lock out, Powerlifting
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Most people find that when they fail in the bench press that they will fail about half ways up or just towards lock out as the load goes from the chest and lats transferring...

11 May

Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique, Programme, Technique, Training Attitude, Training Specifcity

Deliberate practice for powerlifting – Why just showing up is not nearly enough.

May 11, 2016
Bench, Deadlift, Deliberate Practice, Getting better as a powerlifter, How to Powerlift, how to up your total, mastering powerlifting, Powerlifting, Programming, squat, Training
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TAKE AWAY ITEMS Never rest on your laurels improve in every aspect of your lifting. Be exacting on yourself high standards are essential. Always seek feedback subjective, objective, video, lifting partners and coaches. Have...

18 Apr

Fitness, Novice, Powerlfiting, Powerlifting, Programme

Learning when to push through and when to pull back as a self coached lifter.

April 18, 2016
Adapting a programme, Bench Press, Deadlift, Getting Stronger, making a programme easier, making a programme harder, Powerlifting, Programming, squat, strength, Strength Training
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I’m what you might refer to as a self made man in the gym pretty much for 90% of my 12 year lifting life I have written my own programmes and devised my own...

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15 Mar

Coaching, Training Attitude, Training Rant introduction.

5 Reasons your “coach” is nothing more than a deadbeat.

March 15, 2016
Coaching, Personal Training, Rant, Strength and conditioning, Thought, Training
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1 - They got their weekend certification 2 weeks ago. Personal training and to a lesser but saddeningly increasing degree "strength and conditioning" are industries and not professions (I have Ashley Jones to thank for...

05 Nov

Humor

Strength Sport Fan Boys – Weightlifter vs Powerlifter vs Strongman – why only an idiot takes the debate seriously.

November 5, 2015
crossfit, Humour, internet, Powerlifting, Strongman, vs, weightlifting, Who is the strongest
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Every sport has it's own fan boys/girls without these characters then a lot of sports wouldn't be able to support professional athletes and equipment manufacturers would have no one to sell their wares to....

20 Oct

Powerlifting Technique

Back to Basics – Bettering your bench press

October 20, 2015
Bench Press, Correct Bench Press, Good bench press technique, How to Bench, Novice Bench
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Bench press is in pretty much every programme ever written it’s definitely my favourite upper body pressing exercise nothing really involves the whole upper body or allows you to push such high force outputs...

14 May

9 Week Bench Blast, Bench Press Programmes, Uncategorized

The 9 Week Bench Blast – Smash your bench press plateau.

May 14, 2015
Bench Press, Calculators, Cast Iron Strength 9 Week Bench Blast, Programmes
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The Cast Iron Strength bench blast is a 9 week volume based programme that uses Perplin's chart and the intensity by number of lifts devised by Hristo Hristov in 2005. Before we go into...

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