Powerlifting Team I'm Coaching

[hangclean]

True.  Everyones form gets sloppy sometimes during ME movements.  At least you have these guys doing useful movements for sports (box squats with added resistance, chains/bands).

[Van_Bilderass]

Just to add, the people I train have NEVER had a training injury.

Are you talking about the kids only? Because ALL powerlifters have injuries, ALL athletes have injuries. It's simply unavoidable. What competitive powerlifter hasn't had multiple serious injuries? Many of them can't even squat their body weight without being in a suit or briefs and loaded on narcotics and lathered with horse liniment.

Don't you think the kid was pushing his knees too far out?

I don't know, but I sort of feel that using bands may be too advanced for that kid, like for many others that use them. Same with doing these advanced "conjugate" programs. Should be doing technique work and linear programs for longer before starting a bunch of advanced shit. JMO.

[hangclean]

Are you talking about the kids only? Because ALL powerlifters have injuries, ALL athletes have injuries. It's simply unavoidable. What competitive powerlifter hasn't had multiple serious injuries? Many of them can't even squat their body weight without being in a suit or briefs.

Don't you think the kid was pushing his knees too far out?

I don't know, but I sort of feel that using bands may be too advanced for that kid, like for many others that use them. Same with doing these advanced "conjugate" programs. Should be doing technique work and linear programs for longer before starting a bunch of advanced shit. JMO.

The conjugate system works for any level of strength.  On DE days the load should be light enough that you are mainly working form and speed.

[Van_Bilderass]

The conjugate system works for any level of strength.  On DE days the load should be light enough that you are mainly working form and speed.

That's just the thing, form isn't down yet for a beginner. They wont use the same form with light weights that they use when maxing. Like that kid in the video, he doesn't have it down, he isn't sitting back and attempting to keep chins vertical (not that you need to do this always though, depends on what your trying to do, but that's murder on the knees).

[Coach is Back!]

Are you talking about the kids only? Because ALL powerlifters have injuries, ALL athletes have injuries. It's simply unavoidable. What competitive powerlifter hasn't had multiple serious injuries? Many of them can't even squat their body weight without being in a suit or briefs.

Don't you think the kid was pushing his knees too far out?

I don't know, but I sort of feel that using bands may be too advanced for that kid, like for many others that use them. Same with doing these advanced "conjugate" programs. Should be doing technique work and linear programs for longer before starting a bunch of advanced shit. JMO.

I don't train powerlifter but we do powerlift movements. This kid has been with me for 4 years, he just turned 18. That being said, no using bands on this particular kid is NOT too advanced. One of the best ways to create speed and explosivness in the field is not by taking a kid out and constantly running him/her but rather speed starts in the gym and adding different resistant to exercises he's alrready been doing. At his last combine he ran 4.56 electronically timed 40. No, I don't work with bands and chains with everyone but eventually they WILL work with them at some point.

[Boost]

Coach, I have long arms and can only bench 185. With proper technique do you think it's possible to get much higher than 220? I don't think I'm built for benching.

[Coach is Back!]

Our conjugate training is the second periodization in our system. I don't start with that.

[Hedgehog]

I don't train powerlifter but we do powerlift movements. This kid has been with me for 4 years, he just turned 18.

How much have you charged him for those four years? 

Got any money back guarantee?

Because he still haven't learned proper squat form based on that clip.