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May 31, 2016

Powerlifting for the over 40s

Powerlifting is a sport which is not restricted to the young, it is a sport that is growing in popularity for ladies and men over 40, not that I consider 40 to be old. Powerlifting has several age division devoted...

Bench Press/Deadlift/Fitness Over 40/Injury Prevention and Rehab/Squat/Training

May 30, 2016

Why am I not gaining Muscle ?

There are a wide range of reasons you may not be making the gains in size or strength from your training sessions at the gym. You will often hear gym goers complaining about being “Hard Gainers” and blaming their genetics...

General Fitness/Nutrition & Supplements/Training

May 25, 2016

Specificity in Powerlifting

The first question that comes to mind is “What is Specificity”. Specificity is defined as the principle of training in which the sports training should be relevant and appropriate to the sport for which the individual is training in order to...

Powerlifting/Training

May 20, 2016

Bench Press – Tuck or Flare ?

There is often a lot of debate about optimal bench press technique, part of that debate is whether the elbows should be “Tucked” or “Flared” and at almost any powerlifting meet you will hear coaches cueing their lifters to “Tuck”...

Bench Press

May 11, 2016

The Westside Method

The Westside Barbell Method, was developed by Louie Simmons. The methods used at Westside Barbell were developed through experimentation and through the principles of old Eastern bloc sports science literature, primarily from Russian and Bulgarian weightlifting methods. Follow @trusylver

Training Programs

Temple of Iron

Category: Training

Powerlifting for the over 40s

Why am I not gaining Muscle ?

Specificity in Powerlifting

Bench Press – Tuck or Flare ?

The Westside Method