Powerlifting
Podcast Appearances
My own podcast, Weakly Weights, is located on Podbean and iTunes Other podcast appearances Luke Tulloch Podcast – Training volume – listen here Luke
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Detraining, retraining, muscle maintenance and muscle memory - Navigating lockdown
This article begins with an overview that attempts to roughly answer a few questions. They are – How long can I take off of training
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Optimism and aspiration - Two lenses with which to examine your training
In George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, 1984, there is a concept called “doublethink”. Doublethink entails the simultaneous acceptance of two contradictory beliefs, and part of what
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Can you shuffle your training days around, and does your training split matter?
I’m frequently asked by clients whether making alterations to their prescribed training structure is going to cost them gains. Obviously there’s a reason that I
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Is "technique" training just practice?
When we think about technique training, we often think of performing a number of immaculate reps. I definitely think that practice has value – it
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Doubt yourself and improve as a coach
For context, consider the following story. I was having a discussion with a client today. Her best squat is 145kg, and in her last peak
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How much will I get out of a taper? Variability in competition performance
I’m often asked how much strength an athlete can expect to gain out of a taper, a question to which I’m not sure there’s a
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The Coach's Toolbox - Training prescription, cueing and feedback
In this article I want to explore the coach’s toolbox a little, and see how manipulating exercise prescription, cueing and feedback can help promote learning.
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I was recently having a chat with my friend Thomas Lilley (aka the man everyone thinks is Frustrated Strengthcoach, in the same way that everybody
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The thing I focus on most when coaching the squat
Sometimes you hear other people say something that you already know, but the way in which they express it is so elegant that it helps
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When “near enough” is “good enough” with technique, and why it is important to actually train
I was prompted to write this piece after a discussion with one of my clients, a fellow personal trainer and exercise physiologist, whose lifting technique
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Variations – What are you doing and why?
Whether you’re a powerlifter, bodybuilder, or just training for general strength, every exercise that you perform SHOULD have a distinct purpose, whether that happens to
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