In 2010 I competed in my first powerlifting competition. A small, unaffiliated competition hosted by a local gym. That day changed my life forever. I didn’t set any records. I...
If you want to be strong squat moderately heavy once a week for the next decade. – Matt Vincent Strength is pretty simple. Seems too good to be true but really...
When a new lifter comes through the doors of Burley for their first coaching session the first thing we address is the skill component of strength training. We generally start...
One of the easiest ways to make progress in powerlifting (and just about any pursuit) is to improve upon your weaknesses. The analogy most often thrown around is that of a...
Fear is a wonderful thing. In my mind to be completely fearless is the mark of sub-par intelligence and not something that I would ever actively seek out for myself or others....
When you step foot in a gym for the first time someone’s likely to ask you what your goals are. It’s a pretty straightforward question and a great way to establish which path...
Human movement is a universal language and an integral part of our evolution. Over millennia humans have evolved from nomadic hunter gatherers to live a largely sedentary...
The age of the Instagram coach is well and truly here to stay. Every day another lifter is adding “DM for coaching/programming” to their profile and officially becoming a...
When I first discovered powerlifting and training for pure strength I thought, having watched a lot of YouTube videos, that the best way to get fired up before a heavy attempt...
Yesterday I was talking to one of my business partners about a guy name David Maister. I’d never heard of him before but was soon to discover that, despite the fact...