Strength and Powerlifting

Breaking the All-Time Powerlifting Total

Donnie Thompson, RKC

Nov 05, 2008 06:27 PM

Andy Bolton posted 2806 lbs total in March of 2007. Prior to that, the seven-year reign belonged to Big Garry Frank of Baton Rouge. Still going backwards, it was Ed [...]

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What Would Buddha Bench?

The Zen Path to Strength Training

C.S. Sloan

Oct 14, 2008 04:08 PM

Yes, yes, I know. The answer to the title of the article is probably, "not very much." The historical Buddha lived a life of asceticism and meditation over 2,500 years [...]

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SPEED sKillz

Jack Reape

Aug 12, 2008 05:28 PM

Speed, the Ultimate Frontier of Pure Athleticism. In the last few weeks, some College Football Players made themselves a lot of money based simply on how fast they ran [...]

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Get the Most out of Strength Training

Anders Eriksson, RKC

May 28, 2008 06:10 PM

Author's home-gym in the attic. Pull-up-bar, home-made rings, rubber-bands and kettlebells. Gym has outdoor temperature year around and is inhabited by a swarm of bat [...]

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Interview with Tammy Dianda, IPF Powerlifting Champion

Mark Toomey, RKC TL

May 28, 2008 05:42 PM

In 1994, at the International Powerlifting Federation's New Zealand Open, Tammy Dianda set a new World's Record for women in the 75kg weight class bench press. Tammy ha [...]

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Reflexive Lifting: How To Make Your Neural Reflexes Work With You And Not Against You!

Dr. Eric Cobb

Apr 29, 2008 07:39 PM

One of my favorite quotes is by Combatives expert Tony Blauer who states, "An expert is someone who has memorized someone else's material." Sadly, the health and [...]

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How to Build a Squat

Mark Reifkind, Senior RKC

Mar 17, 2008 09:23 PM

The squat has been my favorite lift since as long as I can remember. After I tore up my knee the consensus was to build up the muscles of my leg to take the slack off m [...]

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Train Your Deadlift for Your Body Type and Watch Your Strength Explode!

C.S. Sloan

Jan 07, 2008 07:13 PM

The other day I was reading an article by a well-known strength coach when he mentioned that Olympic weightlifting coach Anatoly Bondarchuk believed there were three di [...]

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The Zercher Experiment

Steve Belanger, RKC

Dec 18, 2007 09:02 PM

In this article I'm going to explain how one can maintain their strength in the deadlift and even increase it with minimal deadlifting using the Zercher lift. First [...]

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From Handstands to Bench Press to Jerks...

Mark Reifkind, Sr. RKC

Dec 18, 2007 07:23 PM

It's ironic that after living on my hands for so many years as a kid and then as a gymnast that I completely neglected that overhead position during my 'strength' phase [...]

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