Temple of Iron

May 22, 2016

Coach Vs Personal Trainer

There are many different terms used to describe professionals in the fitness industry, from the most common “Personal Trainer” followed by the less common but more specialised terms including: Sports Coach, Strength Coach, Sports Trainer and more but which one...

General Fitness/Powerlifting

May 20, 2016

Bench Press – Tuck or Flare ?

There is often a lot of debate about optimal bench press technique, part of that debate is whether the elbows should be “Tucked” or “Flared” and at almost any powerlifting meet you will hear coaches cueing their lifters to “Tuck”...

Bench Press

May 11, 2016

The Westside Method

The Westside Barbell Method, was developed by Louie Simmons. The methods used at Westside Barbell were developed through experimentation and through the principles of old Eastern bloc sports science literature, primarily from Russian and Bulgarian weightlifting methods. Follow @trusylver

Training Programs

April 2, 2016

The Texas Method

The Texas Method is a periodization program developed by Olympic weightlifting coach Glenn Pendlay. The program was created, primarily, for the training of Olympic lifters and general strength athletes, the program is not specifically aimed at powerlifters who have need to maximize their deadlift...

Training Programs

April 1, 2016

StrongLifts 5 X 5

This is Part one of a series looking at some of the popular training programs that are to be found on the internet and asses their suitability for powerlifting at various levels of lifting experience and goals. In this post...

Training Programs