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When Should You Move Up A Weight Class In Powerlifting?

In the first articles in the nutrition series, we established that Powerlifting Nutrition primarily serves two purposes: performance enhancement and weight management. In th… More

ProgrammingToWin Edition TWO is Out NOW!!!

ProgrammingToWin TWO Is Finally Here! Grab a copy now! If you’d rather watch than read: What It Is ProgrammingToWin is the distillation of best practices I have learned in t… More

All About Autoregulation

As detailed in Mike Tuchscherer’s Reactive Training Manual, traditional percentage based programming is highly flawed. The crux of the issue is that most programmers make two f… More

Steroids vs. Natural Training

I recently received a great question on the differences between programming for the natural and the enhanced lifter. From reading or watching the Powerlifting Programming Seri… More

The Best Way To Measure Body Fat for Powerlifting

In the last installment of the Nutrition Series, I discussed how to optimally cut and bulk for powerlifting. One of the main tenets of the strategy I advocated was that one should bu… More

Powerlifting Diet: Cutting and Bulking

In the inaugural edition of the PowerliftingToWin Nutrition Series, we established that nutrition in Powerlifting serves primarily two purposes: 1) weight management and 2) p… More

Powerlifting Nutrition: How To Pick Your Weight Class

So begins the PowerliftingToWin Nutrition Series! Nutrition, in powerlifting, primarily serves two purposes: 1) performance enhancement and 2) weight management. When don… More

How to Change Your Lifting Technique

One of the great questions that I was asked recently is how one should go about the process of trying to change to a new powerlifting technique. For example, maybe you want to shift fr… More

Back Rounding and Back Injury

One of the oldest and most controversial topics in terms of lifting weights is whether or not you will get hurt from rounding your back when you deadlift. Opinions tend to run the gam… More

The Cutting Edge: RTS Generalized Intermediate Program Review

Well, well, well, we’ve come to the very last program that I’m going to review: Mike Tuchscherer’s Generalized Intermediate Program using RTS principles. After this, I’m going t… More

How To Improve Your Bench Press Arch

The recent trend on all of my training videos is to make some sort of comment about my bench arch. People want to know what my secret is to having such a big arch. Well, in this article,… More

How to Gain Strength While Cutting

Recently, I’ve lost about 6-7kg of bodyweight while adding 40kg/90lbs to my powerlifting total. Because of this success, as you might expect, I’ve been receiving a lot of questio… More

The Best Way To Learn About Steroids

So… you want to learn about the dark side, do you? While there may not be a right way and a wrong way to go about it, some methods are certainly more productive than others. If you just wa… More

When To Wear A Lifting Belt

Here is the big question: when should I wear a powerlifting belt in my training? My recommended Powerlifting Belt: For whatever reason, when to wear a belt is pretty controversial… More