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How to Bench More

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How to Bench More

Bench seems to be the hardest for powerlifters, and oddly, seems to be the easiest for 'gym bros/gals'. In years past, there was almost a odd pride in have a bad bench (is...
How to start training and keep training

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How to start training and keep training

An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion. Good Ole Newton, that was his first law. We, as humans, are exactly the same.   How to...
Things you should know - open vs closed exercises

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Things you should know - open vs closed exercises

The older you get, the more you realise that small changes in the gym can lead to big changes in your strength and health. You should know the difference between closed and open...
Why Programs Fail

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Why Programs Fail

Programs fail (in general) for three reasons 1. The program is literally too hard (and unrealistic)2. You have failed to have yourself conditioned enough to carry out the program3. You just didn’t show...
Three Silly things about Powerlifting (and how to fix them).

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Three Silly things about Powerlifting (and how to fix them).

Powerlifting as a sport has a set of rules that are designed to make the competition as ‘fair’ as possible. Its also has had a zillion revisions by a zillion federations, which makes...
How to fix your back, or at least, how we did

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How to fix your back, or at least, how we did

Every single one of us will be told we have a bulging disc at some point (or herniated disc). In fact, I got told that a few weeks ago, its annoying. We are...
How to Maintain your barbell

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How to Maintain your barbell

Hey, you reading this WD40 is a DEGREASER, that is the opposite of what you want. This is the most common issue we see, somebody spray degreaser in a bar. If this is...
5 Goals you should be working on

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5 Goals you should be working on

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” Ole Albert Einstein, he always had pithy things to say. Good concise statements about life....
How to Untwist your Deadlift and Squat

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How to Untwist your Deadlift and Squat

Are you a twisty trainer This is a short read with a series of solutions to a extremely common problem, that not many people review or fix. A single side adductor, glute med or...