powerlifting

What We Saw Wednesday #4: How to Breathe in the Overhead Press (Top or Bottom?)

What We Saw Wednesday #4: How to Breathe in the Overhead Press (Top or Bottom?)

The Valsalva Maneuver is an important part of the overhead press. We discuss where to breathe in the overhead press to optimize your training and reduce your injury risk.

What We Saw Wednesday #3: Does your butt come off the bench like THIS?

What We Saw Wednesday #3: Does your butt come off the bench like THIS?

Is your butt popping up when you bench press? It shouldn’t! Here’s an interesting variation of unintentional butt lift during the bench press, a cue to fix it, and a not so common reason why it may be happening and difficult to fix.

What We Saw Wednesday #2: Are You Making This Bench Press Leg Drive Mistake?

What We Saw Wednesday #2: Are You Making This Bench Press Leg Drive Mistake?

Learn about a common leg drive error that may be contributing to pec or shoulder pain or abruptly failing one to two inches off the chest.

What We Saw Wednesday #1: Knee Pain When You Lift? Check This Unracking & Reracking Mistake!

What We Saw Wednesday #1: Knee Pain When You Lift? Check This Unracking & Reracking Mistake!

If you’re experiencing knee pain when you barbell train or powerlift and you’ve done all the things to try and address it, check this unracking and reracking mistake.

10 Minute Tip #12: Staff PT to Cash PT | 4 Hacks to Transitioning From Working FOR Someone to Working For Yourself

10 Minute Tip #12: Staff PT to Cash PT | 4 Hacks to Transitioning From Working FOR Someone to Working For Yourself

Wondering how to stop PT burnout and transition to Cash PT? Here are the four things you need while keeping your day job as you transition your side hustle to the career of your dreams!

10 Minute Tip #11: Choosing the Right Cue in Barbell Training

10 Minute Tip #11: Choosing the Right Cue in Barbell Training

What is a coaching cue and how are they used in barbell training? The concept of cueing is a bit elusive, and people either use the term incorrectly or get overwhelmed and try to focus on too many cues at once.

10 Minute Tip #10: How to Modify the Barbell Lifts for Pain or Injury

10 Minute Tip #10: How to Modify the Barbell Lifts for Pain or Injury

If you are a barbell strength or powerlifting coach, barbell athlete, or a clinician, learn how to modify the barbell lifts for pain or injury without major detours.

10 Minute Tip #9: Chin Ups & Pull Ups | How to choose the right assistance exercises and progressions to get your first chin up & keep adding 1 more rep

10 Minute Tip #9: Chin Ups & Pull Ups | How to choose the right assistance exercises and progressions to get your first chin up & keep adding 1 more rep

Chin ups & pull ups are essential for all strength based sports, including powerlifting, but they are the hardest exercises to progress. Here we provide insight to progress them so you’re not chasing after one more rep for months!

10 Minute Tip #8: How To Overhead Press Optimally (even when everyone says not to!)

10 Minute Tip #8: How To Overhead Press Optimally (even when everyone says not to!)

Learn how to overhead press: This lift is safe to execute in all populations and is essential to the strength and rehab process because of how it trains the entire shoulder girdle.

10 Minute Tip #7: How To Sumo Deadlift | The only 3 ways it’s different from the conventional deadlift

10 Minute Tip #7: How To Sumo Deadlift | The only 3 ways it’s different from the conventional deadlift

How To Sumo Deadlift: everything you need to know to perform it optimally, lift the most weight possible, and remain injury free.

10 Minute Tip #6: The Conventional Deadlift: How To Deadlift With Optimal Form To Optimize Form & Lower Injury Risk

10 Minute Tip #6: The Conventional Deadlift: How To Deadlift With Optimal Form To Optimize Form & Lower Injury Risk

Want to know how to deadlift with the best form? Learn how to conventional deadlift with optimal mechanics to lift the most amount of weight possible and reduce your injury risk.

10 Minute Tip #5: Exactly How to Bench Press to Reduce Injury Without Stealing Your Gains (and how to coach it too!)

10 Minute Tip #5: Exactly How to Bench Press to Reduce Injury Without Stealing Your Gains (and how to coach it too!)

Learn exactly how to bench press and coach the bench press to help prevent injuries and maximize your potential.

10 Minute Tip #4: Exactly How to Low Bar Squat (and how to coach it too!)

10 Minute Tip #4: Exactly How to Low Bar Squat (and how to coach it too!)

Optimize your low bar squat for performance, injury risk reduction, and to reduce wrist, shoulder, knee and lower back pain with our exact framework for how to low bar squat.

10 Minute Tip #3: How to Fix Wrist Pain with Low Bar Squats (and high bar too!)

10 Minute Tip #3: How to Fix Wrist Pain with Low Bar Squats (and high bar too!)

Wrist pain while squatting is not uncommon but it’s not something you need to experience forever. Learn why you have wrist pain with squats and how to fix it!

10 Minute Tip #2: Worried About Back Pain & The Bench Press? 7 Surprising Ways to Fix It

10 Minute Tip #2: Worried About Back Pain & The Bench Press? 7 Surprising Ways to Fix It

Learn the two most common reasons for low back pain affecting the barbell bench press and 7 ways to address it so you don’t have to stop powerlifting due to low back pain.

Episode #9: Barbell Training Considerations for the Older Adult | Is Powerlifting Programming for the Master Lifter All That Different?

Episode #9: Barbell Training Considerations for the Older Adult | Is Powerlifting Programming for the Master Lifter All That Different?

Learn all the considerations you need to know about to effectively and safely write a resistance training or powerlifting program for the older adult or master powerlifter.

Episode #8: Peeing & Powerlifting | The Truth About Powerlifting Specific Urinary Incontinence Causes & Management

Episode #8: Peeing & Powerlifting | The Truth About Powerlifting Specific Urinary Incontinence Causes & Management

Peeing when powerlifting is a specific kind of Urinary Incontinence that must be addressed through training. We discuss 3 reasons you pee when you powerlift and how to address it.

Live Episode #1: What’s the Best Barbell Training or Powerlifting App?

Live Episode #1: What’s the Best Barbell Training or Powerlifting App?

Wondering what app to use to track your barbell training or powerlifting program or use with your clients to capture RPE, e1RM, recovery & other important metrics for injury prevention and PRs? Here’s your answer!