One of the things I try to engrain into every client that I coach is that it will serve you very well if you are always holding yourself...

One of my main philosophies as a lifter and coach has always been that if you get stronger in large, compound, multi joint, full body...

Setbacks I tweaked my back again this morning.  This time it was picking up a basket of laundry.  It wasn’t even full.  It was also on a...

Integrating Block Periodization Concepts with a Bottom-Up Framework Some of the main criticisms of traditional periodization methods,...

Periodization, or what the idea of periodization means, has fallen out of favour in a lot of powerlifting training over the past few...

If you’re like me, you hate the idea of deloading or tapering.  It’s boring, unexciting, and leaves me uninspired.  Deloads betray...

I’ve been very woe is me lately.  I injured my hip and low back, and while I have dealt with issues like this before, this time it feels...

If you are reading this, you are probably familiar with the concept of overload and overcompensation.  Our body reacts to stress by...

I am going to bring you back to the bronze age of raw powerlifting, let’s say 2014-2016.  CrossFit has changed the strength and...

One area of my programming where I have tried to be more deliberate lately is the way in which I am prescribing RPE for indicator sets...

“I am fatigued.” “Yeah, but fatigue drives fitness.” This was an interaction between a client and I last week.  I stated it as such a...

What does it all mean? Average training is good, but average training does not mean average effort.  It means that with repeated bouts...

Celebrate the small wins. I know it is super cliché to say, but it always ends up holding so much more truth and wisdom than it seems at...

A fun strategy I have been experimenting with on a few high-level clients is the week 1 performance week.  This programming strategy...

At some point in your powerlifting career, you are going to have to work really friggin hard.  As much as we love to obsess over the...

At some point, motivation must come from within. I believe that to truly be successful in the sport of powerlifting, and in the rest of...

A study was released recently that stated that training performance is negatively impacted by browsing social media prior to executing...

The whirlwind of a week is over.  I am still recovering.  Physically and mentally.  I hit a PR for number of days, and sessions,...

Reinforcement The most important factor in any behaviour change - Reward.   We are more likely to repeat a behaviour if we find it...

The goal of this section is to help teach us how to direct our efforts appropriately.  Our plan doesn’t need to be optimal, it just has...