As the weather changes, from warm sunny days, to the cold and the snow, are you prepared for Winter? Are you ready to gear up and hit the slopes? If you are the season for Winter Sports is nearly upon us, but did you prepare for the upcoming season? According to the Denver Post and […]
Some years ago one of my colleagues introduced me to chains as a way to improve my deadlift. The first thing I thought was: “Here we are, some ridiculous stuff to make boys feel like men!”. But it looked so funny that the curiosity won and I gave it a try. From the first attempt it […]
Have you spent the summer hiking and biking and do you think you are in good shape for the next season on the snow? It may not be enough… According to the Denver Post and to the University of Denver Strength and Conditioning staff some time spent in the gym is recommended to get ready […]
Last week a video of a girl deadlifting 189 KGs became viral on the web. Lee Winroth is a young Swedish soccer player, only 17-year-old and in this video she lifted nearly 3 times her bodyweight. What’s amazing is that if this had been a powerlifting competition regularly sectioned it would surpass the current world […]
Browsing the web looking for ideas on how to improve my deadlift I encountered this (new to me) deadlift variation from the Catalyst Athletic website. The name of the exercise is curious at least and it certainly hit me! Come on! Isn’t this funny? Isn’t deadlift supposed to be the heaviest lift? Shouldn’t we be planting […]