Training - Cast Iron Strength

06 Mar

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

March 6, 2018
Posted by Marc Keys
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
Posted by Marc Keys
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
Posted by Marc Keys
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
Posted by Marc Keys
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...

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
Posted by Marc Keys
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...

15 Mar

Coaching, Training Attitude, Training Rant introduction.

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

March 15, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
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...

18 Mar

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High and Low days for Strength Training – Can lifters learn something from sprinters?

IF anyone of my readers has ever come across the work of Charlie Francis you should be familiar with the concept of what he considered to be high intensity work and what he considered...