Tag Archives: powerlifting

PODCAST: Powerlifting Nutrition with Lyle McDonald!

There are a TON of stories and tangents in this one guys, but the topics range from optimal macro composition for a powerlifting diet, to how to pick your weight class, to when to move… More

Mentally Dealing with Powerlifting Injuries

There is nothing more demotivating to the powerlifter than the persistent feeling that they aren’t making progress and there is nothing more destructive to your literal p… More

How to Fix POVERTY Bench Press!

One of the more intriguing phenomenons in powerlifting circles is “poverty bench”. Poverty bench simply refers to an individual whose bench strength is largely ou… More

How to Rate RPEs CORRECTLY

One of the most common complaints I receive when it comes to RPE-based programming has to do with the perceived difficulty of rating RPEs. For whatever reason, some people view RP… More

An Informal Review: The Bridge by Barbell Medicine

When I asked for video content requests about two weeks ago, the number one request, by far, was more program reviews. The program that topped all the review requests was “Th… More

Exercise Variation is not NECESSARY

Powerlifting is the sport of the squat, bench, and deadlift. Not only that, but powerlifting is the sport of doing a one-rep max on the squat, bench, and deadlift. There are no rep-s… More

When to use Lifting Straps in Powerlifting Training

As most of you should know, wrist straps, not to be confused with wrist wraps, are not allowed at powerlifting competitions. Does that mean you should NEVER use lifting stra… More

Preparing for a Powerlifting Meet

First things first, you have to actually sign up for a meet to begin preparing. If you’re looking for help on how to find a meet, click here. Just do it. Seriously. If you’re worried ab… More

How to Pick Your Attempts at a Powerlifting Meet

Attempt selection done right is actually a brutally simplistic process. The hard part is convincing people to actually go about the process with the correct mindset. The Point of… More

Eating “Healthy” for Powerlifting

The next stop in the Powerlifting Nutrition series is a topic called micronutrition. In other words, what we’re talking about here is “eating healthy” for po… More

Setting Up Your Powerlifting Macros

While it has certainly been a while since the last installment of the Powerlifting Nutrition Series, the show must go on. Beginning with this article, we’re going to discus… More

How To Diet for Powerlifting

Thus far in the powerlifting nutrition series, we’ve really outed the WHY and the WHAT behind powerlifting nutrition. Now that we’ve got those pieces in place, we ne… More

One Weird Programming Trick To Increase Your Strength!

I’ve been wanting to write this article for a very, very long time. Despite the fact that I spent nearly a month reviewing dozens of programs, various methods of organizing trainin… More

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