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  • Five Online Coaching Benefits

    Five Online Personal Training Benefits Do you prefer to work out on your own or avoid the gym whenever possible? Are you in need of fitness guidance or advice, but don’t know how to get it! Then you should consider online personal training/online coaching to help you! Not sure how online personal training/online coaching works,…

  • 10 Reasons to Consider Hiring a Personal Trainer

    10 Reasons to Consider Hiring a Personal Trainer. If you are just starting out with an exercise program or you aren’t seeing results with your current routine, a personal trainer might be able to help. You can weigh the possible benefits and expenses to decide if it’s a good choice for you. People work with…

  • Powerlifting Deadlift Technique

    Before we get started, I’d like to say that I drew heavily from the concepts I learned in Starting Strength to create this material. While Starting Strengthis not a book about powerlifting, it contains more than 300 pages of biomechanical analysis directly relevant to the powerlifts. If you grasp this knowledge, you will begin to develop your own…

  • Deadlift Form: Sumo vs Conventional, Round Back vs Flat Back

    I’ve mentioned this at the beginning of every article in this series and I’ll continue to do so here: I drew heavily from Starting Strength to create this material. If you enjoy biomechanical analysis, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Starting Strength. There is literally no other book in existence that spends 300+ pages…

  • Deadlift Setup Science

    I have to make it abundantly clear that many of the biomechanical principles and physics applications in this article are derived from Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength. If you enjoy discussions on leverage and optimizing technique, do yourself a favor and grab a copy of the book. Of the three powerlifts, the conventional version of the deadlift is…

  • Bench Press Technique for Powerlifting

    If you weren’t aware by now, a lot of the concepts in this Powerlifting Technique series were distilled directly from Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength. While I’ll do my best to convey these complex topics in stream-lined article form, if you find yourself wanting more, note that Starting Strength contains 300+ pages of this type of discussion.…

  • Bench Press Form: Wide Grip vs. Narrow Grip, Arched Back vs. Flat Back

    I don’t care if I sound like a broken record: the principles used to create the optimized powerlifting bench press technique in this article were distilled from Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength. If you find yourself enjoying this type of analysis, you’ll love Starting Strength. Do yourself a favor and snag a copy of the book.. In the…

  • Powerlifting Squat Technique

    Many of the core, foundational biomechanical principles discussed in this article were gleaned from Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength. Though the book is not about powerlifting per se, it contains over 300 pages of discussion on how to apply classical mechanics to the powerlifts. I highly recommend getting a copy of the book if you consider yourself a student…

  • Squat Form: Wide Stance vs. Narrow, High Bar vs. Low Bar

    Originally posted on www.powerliftingtowin.com As far as I am aware of, there is only one book in existence that analyzes lifting from a framework of biomechanics and classical physics: Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength. Though the book is focused on general strength techniques, the powerful powerlifting optimizations contained in this article were distilled from principles found in…

  • Powerlifting Technique and Leverages

    Originally posted on www.powerliftingtowin.com In Powerlifting, athletes often select their technique in one of two ways: a) they simply “do what works for them” (what is most comfortable, usually) or b) they copy great lifters. While both of these methods have their merits, unless you get lucky, both tend to cause more problems than they…