From the lab to your pocket – Part 2: Accurate max strength measurement with your iPhone
by Bret Contreras October 10, 2016
From The Lab To Your Pocket – Part 2: Accurate Max Strength Measurement With Your iPhone By: Carlos Balsalobre-Fernandez It’s all about the speed: The load-velocity relationship One key variable when...
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How Femur Length Affects Squat Mechanics
by Bret Contreras March 05, 2016
Meet Maren and Brett, the two latest Glute Squad members. They are the same height, but their torso and femur proportions differ markedly. Maren has a longer torso and shorter...
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Calculating Joint Moments in the Squat
by Bret Contreras September 21, 2015
Here’s a complicated biomechanical article on the squat from my colleague Andrew Vigotsky (my former intern who is now smarter than me LOL). Hopefully some of you will be able...
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Random Thoughts – When Being Anatomically Jacked Can Benefit You and A Valgus Collapse Epiphany
by Bret Contreras September 05, 2015
Hi Fitness Brothers and Sisters! Here are 10 random thoughts/things for you. 1. Being Anatomically Jacked Up Isn’t Automatically a Life-Sentence Check out Lamar Gant in 1988 deadlifting 672 lbs...
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All About Box Squats
by Bret Contreras August 31, 2015
Ever since I started following Louie Simmons and Dave Tate around 15 years ago, I’ve heavily incorporated box squats into my personal training. I do agree that raw powerlifters should focus...
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How to Become a Metabolic Machine! An Interview With Katie Anne Rutherford
by Bret Contreras July 20, 2015
I’m quite pleased to interview Katie Anne Rutherford today – a dual powerlifter/figure competitor with a highly impressive work ethic and regimen, and an advocate of DUP for powerlifting strength...
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Post Powerlifting Meet Reflections
by Bret Contreras June 23, 2015
Post Powerlifting Meet Reflections By Sohee Lee Last month, I wrote a post discussing the first two and a half of months of my powerlifting prep (see HERE). I’ve since...
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A Long-Term Plan to Build the Deadlift
by Bret Contreras June 10, 2015
Bret’s intro: My friend Carlo Buzzichelli sent me this article to post on my site (from his colleague Emanuele). Carlo is an Italian strength coach who studied under Tudor Bompa,...
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First Powerlifting Meet: 20 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
by Bret Contreras May 07, 2015
Several years ago, I decided to delve more into the sport of powerlifting. Since then, I’ve competed in 3 competitions, I’ve prepared clients and training partners for competitions, I’ve attended around...
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Switching Focus from Bikini to Powerlifting
by Bret Contreras April 13, 2015
I’ve been working with Sohee Walsh for the past couple of months. I know that my readers would love to hear some of the behind the scenes details prior to...
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Simplify Your Deadlift
by Bret Contreras February 26, 2015
Simplify Your Deadlift By Adam Pine Getting a big deadlift may not be easy, but it’s a lot simpler than most make it to be. The most important advice I...
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Bret’s Third Powerlifting Meet: What a Crazy Day!
by Bret Contreras February 23, 2015
I have never been very strong in the gym. I frequently joke around with my powerlifting friends at Revolution Training Systems, saying that if only the lifting community valued hip...
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The Bret Contreras Podcast: Episode 2 – The State of S&C Coaching and More Squat Mechanics
by Bret Contreras February 05, 2015
Click HERE to download an mp3, click HERE to listen in iTunes, click HERE to listen on Stitcher, or use the player below. Links from the Podcast: Part I...
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The Bret Contreras Podcast Episode 1: Ideal Squat Mechanics
by Bret Contreras January 20, 2015
Click HERE to download an mp3, click HERE to listen in iTunes, click HERE to listen on Stitcher, or use the player below. Today’s episode reviews Mark Rippetoe’s recent T-Nation...
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Why Should I Use “Good” Form if I’m Stronger With “Bad” Form?
by Bret Contreras January 18, 2015
There are 5 primary ways to perform a compound exercise: In a manner that best targets a particular muscle In a manner that allows for the greatest load to be lifted at...
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Why Do People’s Knees Cave Inward When They Squat?
by Bret Contreras January 05, 2015
Strength coaches and physical therapists tend to use fancy terminology to describe knee caving in a squat. For example, the terms knee valgus, valgus collapse, and medial knee displacement are...
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3 Hacks to Improve Your Bench Press
by Bret Contreras December 19, 2014
The following is a guest blog by Jordan Syatt. Right about here is where I’m supposed to insert a moronically generic article introduction about the bench press and how it’s...
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From Wannabe to the Platform: My First Powerlifting Competition
by Bret Contreras July 01, 2014
From Wannabe to the Platform: My First Powerlifting Competition By Kellie Davis “I think that’s it. I’m done,” I said to my then nutrition coach Alan Aragon after placing 4th...
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5 Smart Assistance Exercise Strategies for Powerlifting And Overall Strength Mastery
by Bret Contreras June 12, 2014
5 Smart Assistance Exercise Strategies for Powerlifting and Overall Strength By Charles Staley A familiar core concept of strength training (and powerlifting in particular) is the idea of partitioning workouts...
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Should I do a Powerlifting Competition?
by Bret Contreras June 10, 2014
Should I do a Powerlifting Competition? By: Tim Henriques If you have been lifting seriously for a while and you have gotten a bit stronger, you might be pondering the idea...
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From the lab to your pocket – Part 2: Accurate max strength measurement with your iPhone
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How Femur Length Affects Squat Mechanics
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Calculating Joint Moments in the Squat
September 21, 2015
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Random Thoughts – When Being Anatomically Jacked Can Benefit You and A Valgus Collapse Epiphany
September 05, 2015
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All About Box Squats
August 31, 2015
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How to Become a Metabolic Machine! An Interview With Katie Anne Rutherford
July 20, 2015
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Post Powerlifting Meet Reflections
June 23, 2015
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A Long-Term Plan to Build the Deadlift
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First Powerlifting Meet: 20 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
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Switching Focus from Bikini to Powerlifting
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