The adductor group and groin region are commonly injured in barbell training and powerlifting and it could be related to shoulder tightness on the opposite side. This phenomenon is the opposite shoulder and adductor relationship.

Should powerlifters have FAI or hip labral repair surgery? Dr. Eric Helms, powerlifter, and coach with 3DMJ shares his battle with hip pain while squatting, lack of progress, the decision to have bilateral hip surgery, and surpassing his best strength after surgery.

Barbell Training on Vacation: In almost all instances we don’t recommend skipping the gym altogether. We usually recommend modifying the program and adapting to what equipment, or lack of equipment you have.

While hip pain from deadlift isn’t as common as it is with squatting, Knowing how to modify the conventional or sumo deadlift for hip pain of various types is important so you can continue to train for strength and performance despite issues you have with your hips.

Nonsurgical management of FAI & Labral Tears In Powerlifting: Physical Therapist & Elite Powerlifter, Dr. Rori Alter shares her story managing Femoroacetabular Impingement, hip labral tears, and a hip fracture and continuing to be successful in her powerlifting career.

Garage Gyms: These three things can have the largest impact on your body, barbell equipment, and overall desire, willingness and ability to train consistently.

Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, hip osteoarthritis, and general hip pain are common reasons people stop squatting heavy. Knowing how to modify the barbell squat for hip pain of various types is important so you can continue to train for strength and performance despite issues you have with your hips.

Femoroacetabular Impingement & Barbell Training - is surgery the only option? It's possible to find support and work through your symptoms to help reshape the narrative around pain, injury, and barbell training.

Barbell strength training for youth athletes and adaptive athletes it’s not only possible, but extremely important for sports performance and injury prevention. However, there is a common belief that it’s dangerous for youth and adaptive athletes to do resistance training and lift heavy barbells.

The hip is one of the most common areas in the body that people experience pain with barbell training and the position of your back and legs can either enhance or reduce your symptoms.

Better understanding the functional anatomy of the hip, barbell training technique, and how to optimize your movement & your training program, allows you to address symptoms of hip pain while continuing to barbell train.

Signs you’re breathing wrong when you bench: People commonly breathe incorrectly when bench pressing and it can affect their pelvic floor. The proper way to breathe when you bench press is to perform the Valsalva Maneuver.

If you’re following a strength training or powerlifting program utilizing progressive overload, you’ll eventually need a lifting belt. When worn and used properly and combined with the Valsalva Maneuver, a lifting belt is a positive addition to your strength training program.

How should you breathe while lifting? You should perform the Valsalva Maneuver when you resistance train with barbells or any other kind of resistance training. However, people believe the Valsalva Maneuver is dangerous or they perform it wrong.

Are you breathing correctly while bench pressing?  The proper way to breathe when you bench press is to perform the Valsalva Maneuver. Breathing correctly while benching is important for injury prevention and optimal strength.

As one of the most common medical concerns, back pain will arise whether or not you squat. Knowing how to modify the barbell back squat for back pain of various types is important because you’ll be faced with it at some point.

For most of us, the thought of needing any kind of surgery is terrifying and the unknown of what could happen after is even scarier. Join us as we interview an elite powerlifter about her journey from spinal surgery back to barbell strength training.

The Bench Press: Bar crash is when the lifter brings the bar down to the chest with little control and too much speed causing loss of tension, force transfer into the thorax, and loss of shoulder position and power in the bench press.

As one of the most common medical concerns, back pain will arise whether or not you deadlift. Knowing how to modify the deadlift for back pain of various types is important because you’ll be faced with it at some point.

Even though we can do everything in our power to avoid injuries we can’t prevent them. We interviewed a mental performance coach, Siana Sylvester, to hear her take on how to be better equipped to deal with injuries before they even happen.