We have been informed that the Arnold 2021 in Columbus will be postponed due to COVID. The organizers will be holding their bodybuilding and strongman competitions in fall of 2021, but are looking to bring back the expo and the other sports in March 2022. As we get closer to 2021 Fall/Winter, we hope to have additional news on the format for the 2022 Arnold. The post Arnold 2021 Postponed until 2022 first appeared on Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann I have posted YouTube videos of the emotions of fear and frustration. Experts are still trying to figure out what emotions actually are and there is quite a bit of disagreement here. Emotions, for the purpose of our discussion, are nothing more than a certain release of neurochemistry. How we act when this neurochemistry hits us is an entirely different story. Let us look at fear really quickly. There are people that seek out that Read More
This VIDEO is part of a series where I go over Powerlifting mistakes I made and mistakes I see in beginner Powerlifters. In the first video in the series, I went over why you should fix your technique as early as you can. In the second video in the series, I went over why you shouldn’t neglect the things you don’t like doing or the things you aren’t good at. In this video, I go Read More
I’m making a switch from Squats and Science to The Strength Guys! After a little over five years doing my online powerlifting coaching under Squats and Science, I’ve decided to make a change. In this VIDEO, I go over the history of how I got involved with Squats and Science, how things have changed over the years, and why I decided on The Strength Guys. As mentioned in the video, there are no hard feelings Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann A coach I follow had asked this question on his Instagram, “Is it ever warranted to hold back an athlete’s rate of progress?” This is a great question, and one that I have wrestled with over the years. When I started with Sheiko, he literally told me what to put on the bar when we had our test. It was always a 2.5% to 5% increase in each lift. I actually surpassed this number Read More
This VIDEO is a powerlifting question and answer of various questions that have been asked of me and general questions I’ve seen asked online lately. In the video, I go over how to make a US National Team, when and where is the NAPF North American Powerlifting Championships, what are the best shoes for squats, if the USAPL membership has been going down the last few years, and what are the requirements for competing at Read More
This VIDEO goes over how you can figure out if you’re built for one or more of the lifts in Powerlifting or not. This was a question that one of my lifters asked me, so I turned it into a video to help others out as well. In the video, I go over the terminology powerlifters use when discussing this topic, what factors you can’t control, and what factors you can control. And if you Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann The human is a complex system. I think this idea most accept, but most have a hard time understanding what this means. In order to make sense of things we like to reduce the complexity down to a sum of its parts, and perhaps disregard some more complex nuances. How coaches view developing strength is a great example of this. We view the acquisition of strength as a primarily physical byproduct of certain types Read More
This video is in response to Tim Thebodeau’s “2021 USAPL Nationals is a Mess” video. In this video, I give my thoughts on the matter and say which of Tim’s points I agree with and which I disagree with. If you haven’t seen Tim’s video yet, then you can watch that one first using the link below. Tim’s Original Video:https://youtu.be/ftNJpgia6lU And as I mention in the video, if you want to make a change, then Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 15, 2021 USA Powerlifting Takes the IPF to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Anchorage, Alaska) Today USA Powerlifting filed a case in the international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). The case is an appeal challenging the IPF’s decision not to recognize the World Records earned by [9] powerlifting athletes at the 2020 Arnold Sports Festival. After pursuing our case for recognition of these World Read More