Written by: Kevin Cann As Raw Nationals 2018 approaches, I think this topic is extremely relevant. My IG feed is filled with coaches explaining the concept of supercompensation as they are peaking themselves or athletes for a meet. The basic definition of supercompensation comes from Hans Selye’s stress model and is used to … Continue reading The Fallacy of Supercompensation and Understanding Peaking Strategies
Written by: Kevin Cann The internet is filled with a bunch of “coaches” always trying to show everyone how much they know. This article is going to be the exact opposite. You see, this is my 3rdyear coaching powerlifting. Even then, the first year I had 1 lifter, and the second year I ended … Continue reading I F’d Up
Written by: Kevin Cann In the past I would analyze someone’s lifts, identify where they are breaking down, and utilize the proper variation to fix that technical issue. These variations would be in the lifter’s comp stance, comp bar placement, comp grip, and comp deadlift. The goal was to fix a poor skill. … Continue reading A New Variation
Written by: Kevin Cann Every year I like to look back and reflect on how well I did as a coach. I try to look at everything and see what things I am doing well and what things I need to improve upon. I usually do this after Nationals, but since I have grown … Continue reading My Self Analysis and Some Changes to Programming
Written by: Kevin Cann This is a topic that came up multiple times within the last few days for me. It is something that I think is very important and something that I think a lot of coaches miss the mark with. In a conversation with Zac Cooper, he made a great point. … Continue reading The Importance of Variation and GPP
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