Deadlifting is one of those lifts that becomes more than a little frustrating, especially when you hit lulls and plateaus in your training. The key is to continually find ways to train the principle without actually pulling them all from the floor.

Over the years, I’ve seen many powerlifting/strength training clubs come and go. In my home state of North Carolina, I have personally witnessed at least five come and go in the last four years, and I have watched the camaraderie among the lifters disintegrate. It’s a sad fact that...

I’ve spent most of my powerlifting career training with two elite powerlifters who both happen to be top level bench pressers. Don Thompson is a mountain of a man who hefts up 800 plus like it’s a feather. Marc “Spud” Bartley is built like a fireplug and benches 700 plus...

My wife and I are both active members of the USAPL as competitors, coaches, and national referees. My wife, Sioux-z, was also recently voted to serve on the USAPL Women’s Committee, which is designed to promote, protect, and serve the interests of women’s powerlifting.

This will be the first of a four part series devoted to the handling of a lifter at a meet. This installment will revolve around general help and handling. Part two will cover the squat, part three the bench, and part four will pertain to the deadlift.

The great philosophers pontificate about man’s existence preceding his essence. This in short means that truly every other species on the planet has a purpose in life, its rightful place in the food chain, a responsibility, a function. We, as part of the human species, are aware that we are aware, realize that...

I’ve been training with weights for 25 years and have spent the last 25 competing in both bodybuilding shows and powerlifting meets. Although I’ve done fairly well in the sport, it seems my Internet persona has overtaken anything I’ve done lifting.

So, you’ve just spent a day’s pay on a great piece of powerlifting apparel, whether it’s a squat/deadlift suit or a bench shirt. You use it for a training cycle and a meet and find that it’s simply not as tight as it was out of the package. Or, you lose a bit of weight and find yourself in a lower weight class.