My first week using the Transitioning Intermediate program went quite well. I enjoyed the variation in training, but more importantly, Friday's competition lift day went well. I was a little sore over the week, presumably from the introduction of a few new lifts and a bit more volume. As usual, I was concerned about how …
Experimenting with a TKD
If I had any Faithful Readers, they would know I've been doing some form of ketogenic dieting for the better part of 4 years. I started with a cyclical ketogenic diet, which entailed ultra-low carb dieting during the week (less than 30 grams of net carbs per day), followed by a carbohydrate load of some …
Picking Bones
Jamie Lewis, one-time Powerlifting World Record holder, after preparing for a competition with his chaotic brand of training, including no deadlifts at all, wrote: “What I learned, training-wise...take everything everyone says with a grain of salt. There's very little training advice I've gotten over the years that's worth a shit.” My experience over the last …
Facing Facts
Facts are stubborn things. Regardless of one's aspirations, wishes and desires, they remain resolutely in place like gravity. Reality isn't malleable, especially under the bar. You pit your body against a fixed weight in time and space and you either move it or you don't. Powerlifting is a test of strength in three specific lifts, …
High Frequency Training Split
I am a fan of training often for many reasons, most of which are psychological. I feel better, eat better and find my waking hours to have been more productive if I started the day in the gym. No matter what happens the rest of the day, I got some quality work in, perhaps even …
Joe's Blog 