• This intense three week program comes from the Russian Smolov Squat Routine.
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  • Andy Bolton talks with seriouspowerlifting. Click here to see the full interview.
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Pre-Workout Supplementation

One of the questions I am most frequently asked by my athletes is regarding supplements. Do I need them? Do they work? Are they safe? In my opinion, any athlete or person who trains hard and eats correctly can benefit [...]

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Grip Tip-Chalk Up

Weightlifting chalk is made from magnesium carbonate that has been pounded into a fine powder. It comes in many different forms such as a ball or block, pressed cake, as a chalk bag and as a loose powder. The chalk [...]

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Konstantins Konstantinovs Interview

Where did you grow up? I was born in a small seaside town Liepaja in the country Latvia. Have you always been naturally strong? Did you play any sports growing up? From early childhood I was a strong kid, much [...]

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Smolov Squat Routine

Smolov is a 13 week Squat Program that was developed by Sergey Smolov, the Russian Master of Sports. It was popularized by Pavel Tsatsouline when he published it in a 2001 issue of Powerlifting USA. Projected gains from Smolov range [...]

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Seriouspowerlifting Talks With Up And Coming Teen Powerlifter James Pak

What made you get into powerlifting? My original intent was to get better at football; after not playing football at all freshmen year, I was extremely disappointed and said with myself. Sports were never my thing, I was usually either [...]

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Arnolds Chest Power Training Program

Everybody knows who Arnold Schwarzenegger is and every weightlifter whether it be powerlifter, bodybuilder, or strongman idolizes him in some way shape or form. When you have someone who changed the game as much as Arnold did, weightlifter or not, [...]