Written by: Kevin Cann My Instagram feed is constantly filled with lifters hitting personal records (PR). Most of these PRs that I see are actually hit in the gym. Now, the goal of powerlifting as a sport is to be hitting your best lifts at the most important competitions of the year. If … Continue reading Should You Be Hitting PRs in the Gym? How PPS Takes Heavy Singles
Written by: Kevin Cann I wrote extensively about my failed RPE experiment not too long ago. I was pretty confident that I could combine an RPE system with a Sheiko program. The problem was that it did not work. The RPEs were too light for some days and too heavy for others. You … Continue reading Operation Kina: Patient Zero
Written by: Kevin Cann Zatsiorsky states in The Science and Practice of Strength Training That the maximal effort method is the act of lifting a maximal load against maximal resistance. This method, according to Zatsiorsky, is best for improving the intramuscular and intermuscular coordination to improve maximal strength. He is basically saying that … Continue reading How We Use the Maximum Effort Method
Written by: Kevin Cann That title is part click bait and part truth. For those of you that know me, know that I feel that Westside style training is very inadequate for the raw powerlifter. Multiply and raw are vastly different sports. Best way I have heard it explained is through this analogy. … Continue reading One Thing We Are Doing More Like Westside
Written by: Kevin Cann Dave Tate of EliteFTS posted this question on Instagram the other day: “Most coaches I speak to that only endorse the “sports specific” angle for powerlifting (only do the specific competition lifts) would have a more expanded view of the training process if they took the time to learn … Continue reading Understanding Variation: How Specific Should You Be?
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