Powerlifting – Bret Contreras

From The Lab To Your Pocket – Part 2: Accurate Max Strength Measurement With Your iPhone By: Carlos Balsalobre-Fernandez It’s all about the speed: The load-velocity relationship One key vari...

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Meet Maren and Brett, the two latest Glute Squad members. They are the same height, but their torso and femur proportions differ markedly. Maren has a longer torso and shorter... The post How F...

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Here’s a complicated biomechanical article on the squat from my colleague Andrew Vigotsky (my former intern who is now smarter than me LOL). Hopefully some of you will be able... The post Cal...

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Hi Fitness Brothers and Sisters! Here are 10 random thoughts/things for you. 1. Being Anatomically Jacked Up Isn’t Automatically a Life-Sentence Check out Lamar Gant in 1988 deadlifting 672 lbs...

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Ever since I started following Louie Simmons and Dave Tate around 15 years ago, I’ve heavily incorporated box squats into my personal training. I do agree that raw powerlifters should focus......

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I’m quite pleased to interview Katie Anne Rutherford today – a dual powerlifter/figure competitor with a highly impressive work ethic and regimen, and an advocate of DUP for powerlifting stre...

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