Written by: Kevin Cann PPS is hitting a competition squat this week for max effort work and this has brought up a conversation that I tend to have a lot. The most common technical breakdown in the squat seems to be the chest falling forward out of the hole. The internet will tell you until they are … Continue reading Building the Bottom of the Squat
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You Need to Build the Ego, then Kill the Ego
Written by: Kevin Cann I have been reading a lot of Carl Jung lately. As I struggle with being human, I wanted to educate myself by learning from some of the greatest thinkers in the field. I have suffered from chronic nightmares my entire life due to trauma and his work on dream analysis was intriguing to … Continue reading You Need to Build the Ego, then Kill the Ego
Max Effort, A Pathway to the Unconscious
Written by: Kevin Cann Sports is a way that man can look into his own soul. Unfortunately, competitive athletics is typically reserved for those that display skills at a high level. This is more and more true the older we get. Powerlifting on the other hand is a sport where we are in constant competition with ourselves to … Continue reading Max Effort, A Pathway to the Unconscious
The Mindset of Primitive Man and Sports Performance
Written by: Kevin Cann Primitive man took their place in nature, while modern man attempts to control it. This is evident in the sport of powerlifting. When things happened that were not easily explainable, primitive man would chalk it up to some arbitrary higher power. Let us put this thinking into modern society. If a smoker gets a … Continue reading The Mindset of Primitive Man and Sports Performance
Exploring Jungian Philosophy in Training
Written by: Kevin Cann The culture of modern powerlifting has been bothering me quite a bit lately. It has become this sport where creating social media content trumps the more important pieces of the process. If powerlifting was like this when I started, I would not have participated in it. Sports has been a lifeline for me … Continue reading Exploring Jungian Philosophy in Training
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