Informative Powerlifting content directed towards those wanting to dive into the deep nuances of training, programming, and technique on the squat, bench press, and deadlift.
This is very nice thank you for all the videos, but what if following your template the deload is heavier than the planned first week? Since i feel like having 2 very low intensity weeks in a row kinda makes me weaker should i skip the deload and go directly for the first week or should i skip the first week and use the deload (that follows your template) as a first week?
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I did not quite commit to weekly haha. I am like Dom Mazzetti, newwwww videos every.....time I feel like making them, which is about every other month.
I’ll try to remember for the next Q and A. But in regards of coaching men vs women: have you ever had to take a women’s monthly cycle into consideration when programming?
I have not, and that generally is what I hear from other coaches as well. I am sure there are cases where it needs to be accounted for, but the only thing I have ever seen personally is just it's possible effect on a weight cut when it happens on meet week.
Hey Steve ! Thank you for putting out content such as this . I would like to ask if it’s possible to set up a business meeting to ask questions that’ll help me as a coach!
This is fantastic and I definitely think you should do these. It's much easier to listen to you talk than have to hold down a story on instagram and read a wall of text. But let's be honest....I'll still read the wall of text.
I swear, your bracing before inhaling video was one of the main driving factors in me going from a 275lbs for 1 highbar to a 315lbs for 3 highbar in a 5 week program when I was stuck on 275lbs for almost a year While yes, I learned to dial back and focus more on getting sleep and stuff, solidifying the cueing and timing with the exhale-brace-inhale, it made me more confident and stable than the prior bracing I did
You are killing us with that upload frequency Steve! My old coach always told me to look to the ceiling while benching but it never felt right to me. I have a barrel chest + short arms, so that might be why it just feels right to follow the bar.
Uploads every month still on PN though 😉. Just haven’t had anything I thought was worthy to make a video on recently, but have some topics ready for the next couple months.
How does this apply to a high bar squatter. I've been taught many different things, break and the knees and hip at the same time, but id often feel not balanced over the mid foot. Now I've been taught hinge back then squat, but now i get lower back tightness doing that. What to do lol
I have just been relearning to powerlifting again, it actually surprise me that I hit a pr on both squat and bench However, transitioning to block 3 squat and deadlift kind of preventing progress per se( I pull conventional, it takes a hit every after a big squat or deadlift day) Any advice would be appreciate. Thank you
Agreed. If you can look with your eyes and not your head there's literally no downside to looking at the bar. It's free feedback. Especially considering how unathletic/uncoordinated most powerlifters are, relying on just proprioception probably isn't optimal. Additional feedback is likely to help.
hah my first instinct was it's probably irrelevant unless it changes your head position, so I'm going to give myself a pat on the back. I am curious now to see where my eyes actually go.
I coach mostly new lifters. I’ve been telling them to not watch the bar for a while now. Definitely the first video I’ve seen talking about it. My thought process was more about feeling the movement - similar to why we shouldn’t watch our squat in the mirror.
I’d probably argue looking in the mirror on squat is a little different though than looking at the bar on bench for 3 main reasons 1.) You don’t have mirror in competition, but you can look at the bar on bench in competition and 2.) a mirror is reverse, so it can be confusing and 3.) On squat, you do not want to be changing head position and gaze throughout the movement, and watching yourself in the mirror likely creates consistent movement of your gaze. Looking at the bar IMO is more like looking at your feet during your squat walkout. It can be helpful because that visual can help with proprioception. The single biggest thing though is you don’t have a mirror in competition, so you have to be used to not having that in front of you for the reasons you said.
@@johnno8586 the way a movement feels is going to be more reliable and the feedback for which is instant. Same reason we might use a tempo or a pause to help with technique, because the feedback of how it feels gives our body a chance to adjust.
@@PRsPerformance certainly agree it’s not exactly the same thing. But walking out is a good comparison. Also something I suggest new lifters try - walking out without watching their feet. Mostly in the case of they’re unsure where to place their feet. I feel that where you land naturally is likely where you should be. I think there’s more value in not watching a squat in a mirror beyond the reasons you gave. Feedback for how a squat feels is instantaneous. It’s also more accurate and reliable. I’ve had so many squats that feel different or way off, yet on video, they look the same.
Super helpful video. I wanted to see if you had any tips on elbow flaring and wrist positioning changing while pressing? Been struggling with that lately
If these grip, shoulder mobility address, does this also fixed the body imbalance during squat like delaney wallace? I also have uneven:imbalance stance. How to fix this?
Hello, Im planning on using this as my first program. A little confused on what the primary,secondary, and tertiary lifts mean on the reccomended split. Could you elaborate?
I'm more of a static slack pull sumo puller. I trained myself to be very patient of the floor for this. Recently someone suggested a more dynamic slack pull. Would you think this is generally more beneficial? I kinda feel more in control with the static version now but I'm well aware that the other techniques might be equally as good but need practice. I'm not really sure though if I should spend that time practising another technique now or just keep improving on m current style..
Hey Steve, What would you recommend if for the final day, the deduction of your liquid calories exceeds your water limit laid out for the day (if also running the water load) For example: on the final day of the water load you have 0.5 gallons of water, but need 0.7 gallons of orange juice to hit your quota for the high density carbs (macro wise)
Great video, I got one question hope you can clarify for me please, our foot pressure is still on the mid foot when hinging? after the hinge we flex knee and wedge to deadlift, my confusion is since we are in the mid foot,isn’t the wedge and flexion of the knee gonna put our foot pressure a bit too much over the toe rather than mid foot
one cue that came to me while pressing was to find my window pane on the way down and then slightly break the window on the way up. That keeps a tight vertical decent. Then you feel the bottom of the rectangle in the low position and power through up and through that window. The geometry of it really helps me when I think of it as a flat plane, that I then break with my slight j curve on the way up. It feels great to press that way, and getting the chest up is the only way to get it to work right. Great tips and reminders!
Hey it’s it cool to do incline dumbbell bench 2x a week I messed up and I wasn’t paying attention, didn’t know it was flat on primary bench days but I don’t wanna switch it up? Thanks
