Strength coaches and physical therapy types are always talking about the types of stresses our bodies undergo. But they usually sprinkle around words such as stress, strain, load, tension, shear, compression, torsion, etc. more like they are decorating a cake than trying to teach us something. I sometimes wonder why so many like to impress … Read more
Originally published on September 4, 2013 Many People Believe You Can Get a Hernia From Deadlifts, But Is it True? It is commonly believed that hernias are caused by a single bout of heavy lifting. Certainly, many people have felt the first symptoms of a hernia as they lift something heavy, such as on a … Read more
Originally published September 6, 2009 What is the difference between an Olympic deadlift or clean deadlift and powerlifting style deadlift? There is no such distinction. There never was. I am sure that many powerlifters think that they have a style of deadlifting that should be called a “powerlifting style deadlift” but the deadlift is not … Read more
In this article, I want to talk about flaring your elbows out on bench press versus tucking them to your sides. I recently got a bench press question from a commenter on my (old) forum. You know it’s funny, I used to get more bench press questions than anything and after a while, I started getting … Read more
Although you may come across a lifter, once in a while, who is stronger on incline bench press than flat bench, most of the time the regular flat bench press is stronger. Why is this? Is incline bench really harder than flat? If so, why? This question, which I’m sure most bench press warriors have … Read more
Originally published on April 29 ,2015 If You Don’t Use Too Much Weight and Have Perfect Lifting Form, You’ll Never Get Hurt? I’m currently reading a novel where the main character needs to put on muscle. Well, at least he thinks he needs to put on muscle. The author is confused. The character really needs to … Read more