Weakly Weights

The boys reminisce over some of the big mistakes they've made in their training and development as lifters, their implications, and what they learnt. Will shreds the ukelele.

Robert Wilks joins the boys to shed some light on his dispute(s) with the IPF and his decision to establish a new global powerlifting federation, World Powerlifting. He also gives us the first news on things such as approved equipment lists, updating the Wilks formula, and what the implications of having a rival federation are for the sport and competitors at the top. 

The boys are joined by Tim Davies to talk through the results of scientific papers he co-authored discussing the role of training to failure and training frequency in strength gains. Alex sits quietly while the others nerd out.

Clint Hill joins the boys for a chat about what being a strength and conditioning coach entails. We prepare and discuss sample programs for an athlete who is preparing for rugby and powerlifting, respectively. Sign up to our newsletter to have them sent to you!

Matt joins the boys for a chat about his transition from team sports and bodbuilding to powerlifting. We cover changes in programming, the execution and techinque of the lifts and how to go about creating a team that facilitates your best performance. Plenty of good takeaways in this episode.

Lift Performance Centre powerlifting coach, sports scientist and former Commonwealth and Oceania record holder Julz Nannetti joins the boys for a chat. We cover the soft skills in coaching, adapting communication and coaching styles to suit the individual or the situation, and how she managed to stay motivated and continue to train through long-term injury.

Alex and Will sit down with Adonis Athletics Owner, Coach, Educator, Powerlifter and Glam, Amir Fazeli to discuss how he has built a culture of hard work and success at Adonis Athletics and why this is important to him. We also talk about mentality, training, what it takes and what it feels like to break a world record, and how he is trying to cater to different personality profiles in his own program. Finally we take a look at developing powerlifters beyond the competition cycle.

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The boys chat about common lift execution errors they've seen recently in powerlifting meets. They give insight into how to reduce the chance of these mistakes being made through certain lift variations in training, correct cueing and mental triggers.