Articles | competition


Jim Moser | July 20, 2022

I get asked this question a lot. The answer is: start early. The first thing that you need to understand is that the best time to learn the technique needed to be a World Class weightlifter is between the ages of 5 and 10. The body is extremely elastic, and bad habits have not yet taken hold. If there are any bad habits, they are easily corrected. The mind is very easy to train at this age. It is at the first stage of the three stages of learning.

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Geoff Bischoff | July 13, 2022

Starting Strength is not a powerlifting program. I’ve been told so in person by Mark Rippetoe, and if he doesn’t know what his model exists for, then I can’t imagine who does. But I’d been using the model in my own training for that specific purpose for some time, and it worked pretty okay, so I figured … Why the hell not?

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Carl Raghavan, SSC | December 29, 2021

Welcome to the second installment of what I learned from my last weightlifting meet. I’d like to begin where I left off, discussing my taper – which I followed with great success...

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Carl Raghavan, SSC | December 14, 2021

I recently did my second Olympic weightlifting meet, on October 2nd, 2021. The first was 6 years ago. I’m not new to meets, as many of you know, but I’ve mainly done powerlifting and strengthlifting ones before. The lifts performed are different – that’s obvious – but in a way all three meets have a lot more in common than their differences.  

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Jim Moser | September 15, 2021

If you want to set more personal records in your barbell training program, or if you want to be successful at your next weightlifting contest, this article is for you. Early in your training PRs come every workout. As your body adapts to barbell training and your weights begin to stall, personal records become less and less frequent.  

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