5 secrets from Pavel Tsatsouline and Jim Wendler to make you stronger

These two are titans of strength training which you will find all over the internet with different pieces of advice. While Pavel takes a functional approach to strength using kettlebells as his main tool of punishment, Jim is a big fan of the compound lifts as he was a powerlifter and football player. When you combine Pavel’s ideas for your warm up with the Wendler 531 program I personally think you get a very nice well-rounded program which makes you a better athlete.

Topics: Lift stronger, Jim Wendler 5/3/1, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman

Stop making mistakes with Stronglifts 5x5

In this post, I describe which mistakes I made while training on Stronglifts 5x5 so that you can avoid them. If you have any tips for the program please leave them in the comments.

Topics: Lift stronger, Stronglifts 5x5, Bench Press, Squat, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman

Avoid the biggest mistakes with Jim Wendler 531

Based on my own experience I summarised what I did wrong on the Jim Wendler 531 program from my perspective. I test several programs regularly here on my blog and share my experiences. Please leave a comment if you did something when on Jim Wendler you would not do again or if you have any questions.

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Topics: Lift stronger, Jim Wendler 5/3/1, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman

When to use Smolov Jr

Smolov Jr is a powerlifting program which lasts for a month and resembles the base cycle out of the original Smolov program from which it was boiled down. If you are not afraid of hard work and like to reap the benefits in the gym hitting a new personal record on one of the big three within a month, you want a program you want to pour your heart and soul into.

Topics: Smolov, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman

Can you do Stronglifts 5x5 to get ripped ?

Great so you have decided to work out more regularly to look like Chris Pratt ? Good for you and you also found the Stronglifts 5x5 program which promises results even if you are a complete nerd ? So you have everything you need to get started ? Well maybe not and read on to find out what else you might need.

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Topics: Stronglifts 5x5, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman

Wendler 531: Is it worth your time ?

If you are fit, know how to handle a barbell and want to apply an aproach of half an hour a day to get strong beside your other sports commitments, I think Wednler 531^is one of the best options around.

Topics: Jim Wendler 5/3/1, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman

3 reasons on why to do Smolov 

There is some discussion out there whether it is stupid to do Smolov and if it is a one-sided program. It is extreme, but it delivers what it says on the tin: A bigger one repetition maximum on the squat. This makes it a good program if that is what is you want and I ran it in 2016. Here are my top three on why to do Smolov

Topics: Smolov, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman

Guide to Smolov

This is an overview and guidance for Smolov based on my experience. If you want to see how the program is structured in detail please refer to the Smolov post on the Stronglifts web page. I used their calculator and it worked. Here is the anecdotal report on how to make it through it without a major injury or dropping out.

Topics: Smolov, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman

Explanation for the Smolov Jr Calculator

This is an explanation of the Smolov Jr calculator which has the purpose of being printed and taken to the gym after typing in your one repetition maximum. Please let me know if i could do anything better and improve. I hope you will find as much pleasure with the Smolov Jr program than I did. I personally moved my bench press from 140kg up to 150kg in one month.

Topics: Smolov, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman

Stronglifts 5x5 to lose weight ?

So you are looking into doing 5x5 to lose weight ? Keep going. Even If I will describe that the program is not ideal for this purpose, if you like it and you are not active yet, it is more important that you get your ass off the couch. If you were really serious about losing that 40% body fat of yours, try running. That worked best for me. 

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Topics: Stronglifts 5x5, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Strongman