High Volume, Smart Recovery
High volume training builds capacity. Recovery determines how much of that work turns into strength.
Call the Third. Build the Total.
A third attempt should be a number that extends the total while still matching how the second moved.
Build for the Long Run: Sustainable Strength in Powerlifting
Sustainable progress with the barbell comes from balancing workload, recovery, and adjustment—not chasing heavier weights every session.
Controlling Inflammation: Nutrition Strategies for Powerlifters
Nutrition can shape how powerlifters recover, adapt, and stay productive with the barbell. Managing inflammation through food supports consistent training and long-term progress.
Scory Leads Record-Heavy Day at Pirates of the Platform ’26
Multiple national records set at the Pirates of the Platform '26 Powerlifting Meet. Alexander Scory took the overall win on the men’s side while Tia Braithwaite led the women’s division.
L-Citrulline: Sustaining Output Across Heavy Sets
L-citrulline may support stronger training sessions by improving blood flow and helping sustain output across repeated efforts with heavy weights.
High Volume, Smart Recovery
High volume training builds capacity. Recovery determines how much of that work turns into strength.
Read moreDetailsCall the Third. Build the Total.
A third attempt should be a number that extends the total while still matching how the second moved.
Build for the Long Run: Sustainable Strength in Powerlifting
Sustainable progress with the barbell comes from balancing workload, recovery, and adjustment—not chasing heavier weights every session.
Controlling Inflammation: Nutrition Strategies for Powerlifters
Nutrition can shape how powerlifters recover, adapt, and stay productive with the barbell. Managing inflammation through food supports consistent training and long-term progress.
Scory Leads Record-Heavy Day at Pirates of the Platform ’26
Multiple national records set at the Pirates of the Platform '26 Powerlifting Meet. Alexander Scory took the overall win on the men’s side while Tia Braithwaite led the women’s division.
L-Citrulline: Sustaining Output Across Heavy Sets
L-citrulline may support stronger training sessions by improving blood flow and helping sustain output across repeated efforts with heavy weights.
Program Hopping. Pick One. Build It.
Consistency builds strength with the barbell. Frequent program changes often interrupt that process without improving it.
High Volume, Smart Recovery
High volume training builds capacity. Recovery determines how much of that work turns into strength.
Build for the Long Run: Sustainable Strength in Powerlifting
Sustainable progress with the barbell comes from balancing workload, recovery, and adjustment—not chasing heavier weights every session.
Program Hopping. Pick One. Build It.
Consistency builds strength with the barbell. Frequent program changes often interrupt that process without improving it.
Lat Pulldown Variations That Carry Over to Your Deadlift
Lat strength supports a stronger deadlift by improving bar path control, upper-back stability, and the ability to stay tight with heavy weights. These three lat pulldown variations carry over directly when trained adequately.
Zercher Variations for Powerlifting
Zercher lifts build upper-back strength, bracing, and positional control that carry into squat and deadlift. The bar sits in the crook of your elbows, forcing a tight trunk and strong posture. Each variation trains a different pattern: deadlift (break from a stop), squat (sit and stand), and RDL (hinge under tension).
Bench Press Warm-Up: A Simple System for Stronger, Safer Lifts
A structured bench warm-up improves strength, bar control, and shoulder stability. Raise temperature, open thoracic mobility, use dynamic movement, then activate upper-back support. Ramp with purpose into working sets. Consistency here supports safer, stronger bench press performance.
Call the Third. Build the Total.
A third attempt should be a number that extends the total while still matching how the second moved.
Control the Process: Emotional Discipline in Powerlifting
Emotional discipline shapes how powerlifters perform with the barbell, turning focus into consistent execution across training and competition.
Balancing Body Composition and Performance: What Powerlifters Need to Know About Extreme Dieting
Cutting body fat can affect strength. Calories, sleep, recovery, energy, and hormones can all shift. Keep nutrition precise, protect sleep, manage fatigue, and fuel training. Leaner isn’t always stronger—match body composition to performance. Powerlifting performance depends on managing tradeoffs. Lower body fat can help with weight classes, but it changes how your body responds to training.
High Volume, Smart Recovery
High volume training builds capacity. Recovery determines how much of that work turns into strength.
Recenter and Move Forward: Confidence and Identity in Powerlifting
Confidence in powerlifting comes from progress over time, not just your current numbers. Misses give feedback. PRs give feedback. Keep your head up, stay focused on your goals, and keep moving forward. Enjoy the process. Strength builds your body—and your character.
Recovery in Powerlifting: The Work Between the Work
Recovery drives strength. Manage training stress with planned rest, sleep 7–9 hours, fuel with protein and carbs, and use active recovery to stay ready. Treat recovery as part of your program to keep progress moving and performance consistent.
Self-Care: The Practice Behind Consistent Strength
Self-care drives steady strength. Recovery, mindset, community, and awareness support consistent training, better sessions, and lasting progress.
Self-Care for Powerlifters: A Performance Tool, Not Just a Luxury
In a sport built on discipline and intensity, self-care can easily become an afterthought. But for powerlifters balancing demanding training, meet preparation, and daily life, neglecting recovery and mental balance can stall progress.
Do Magnesium Gels Aid Recovery? A New Study Examined
Topical magnesium creams and gels are often marketed as recovery tools — promising reduced soreness and faster muscle repair. For powerlifters managing high training stress with the barbell, that sounds appealing. A recent controlled study put that claim to the test.
Controlling Inflammation: Nutrition Strategies for Powerlifters
Nutrition can shape how powerlifters recover, adapt, and stay productive with the barbell. Managing inflammation through food supports consistent training and long-term progress.
Read moreDetailsL-Citrulline: Sustaining Output Across Heavy Sets
L-citrulline may support stronger training sessions by improving blood flow and helping sustain output across repeated efforts with heavy weights.
Built for the Barbell: Nutrition for Joint Durability in Powerlifting
Powerlifters support joint health through consistent nutrition choices that reinforce connective tissue, manage inflammation, and sustain performance across long training...
Fueling Long Cycles: Practical Nutrition for Powerlifters
Sustainable nutrition for powerlifters comes down to alignment with training and lifestyle. Experienced lifters treat nutrition as part of the...
Phosphatidic Acid for Powerlifting: A Signal for More Strength
Phosphatidic acid may help powerlifters produce more force by strengthening the signaling that drives adaptation to heavy training.
Vitamin C Complex for Powerlifting: Recovery and Tissue Support
Vitamin C gets most of the attention, but in whole foods it rarely appears alone. It comes packaged with bioflavonoids...
Minerals for Powerlifting: The Overlooked Foundation
Minerals support strength. Adequate intake of key minerals and trace elements can help maintain muscle contraction, hydration, recovery, and steady...
Scory Leads Record-Heavy Day at Pirates of the Platform ’26
Multiple national records set at the Pirates of the Platform '26 Powerlifting Meet. Alexander Scory took the overall win on...
McCall Tops Ascension Classic with 772.5 kg; Brown Pulls 320 kg
Ascension Classic wrapped at Strong Life Training with Jared Davis McCall putting up the biggest total of the meet, finishing...
BNB Blitz IX Recap: Butler Tops Field with 750 kg Total
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2026 USA Powerlifting Collegiate Nationals: Midland Wins Three, McKendree Claims Men’s Raw
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Mendez Totals 810 kg to Win Concha Classic, Vargas Tops Overall Scoring
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McKinney Leads Windy City Spring Classic with 2359 lb Total
At the SPF Windy City Spring Classic in Thornton, Travis McKinney took the overall with a 2359 lb total.
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