Written by: Kevin Cann I have always been skeptical. My whole life. I wish smartphones and Google existed when I was kid so that I could have called bullshit on a few of my teachers at the time. This attitude has led me to be wrong probably more often than I have been right. However, it has taught me to think for myself and to really learn. Periodization was one of these concepts that were driven down my throat Read More
The anticipated Women’s 8th weight class has finally been announced by the IPF. Beginning January 1, 2021, the 72kg will be eliminated and will now include a 69kg and 76kg weight class. Lifters who achieve the 63kg QT can lift in the 63kg class go up to 69kg Lifters who achieve the 72kg QT can go down to 69kg or up to 76kg Lifters who achieve the 84kg QT can lift in the 84kg class Read More
Registration is now open for the 2021 USA Powerlifting Boynton Barbell Center Championship (FL-2021-03)! Please read all the information below about the Championship if you’re interested in competing. If you have any questions, then you can email me at arian11@gmail.com Registration Links –Day 1 RegistrationDay 2 Registration Date – January 9-10th, 2021 Location – Boynton Barbell Center, 2950 NW Commerce Park Drive Unit 8, Boynton Beach, FL 33426 Tentative Schedule –Day 1 – Saturday, January 9th, 2021:Session Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann I have been involved in competitive sports for 32 years now. There has been a value system that has been embedded in me from all of these experiences. I have learned that we can only control what we can control, and this is our attitude and our efforts. Whether we were successful or unsuccessful on the previous attempt, we need to do the same thing moving forward. We need to refocus our attitude and efforts Read More
This video goes over a user-submitted topic on the central nervous system. In the world of Powerlifting, many lifters are worried about “overtraining” or “frying their CNS”. So, in the video, I go over the idea of stress and how there are so many variables that can affect your recovery rate and rate of progress. During the video, I bring up an article by Greg Nuckols on Stronger By Science that goes over a study Read More
USA Powerlifting would like to invite all members ages 8-18 to participate in the United Through Sports (UTS) Virtual Youth Festival. UTS is an international non-profit organization working to help kids from disadvantaged backgrounds through sports. UTS is in allegiance with the IOC, Sports Accord and AIMS. The Virtual Youth Festival (VYF) encourages kids to participate in international sport in a time that our entire world is facing a pandemic. We have all seen first Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann I am currently doing a series for my Patreon channel about the general principles of training. Specificity is of course a general principle that all coaches need to apply. You can’t play tennis and expect to have a bigger total. I think that many coaches and lifters actually miss the mark on specificity in their training. Seems like the majority views specificity of the movement as the primary driver, and others seem to argue Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann I discussed this with PPS last night during our bi-weekly team meeting. I think that this is a fun topic and actually one that is relatively important. Understanding these social theories and how they influence research and ideas can be very important to identifying a bias and making decisions. I like to read. I read on average about a book per week. These books vary in their topics and range from social theories, economics, coaching Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann I was asked this question in a direct message on Instagram by a lifter. I think it is a very good question and sparks a good discussion. I also was not even aware that there was this thought process that training should be drastically different for a beginner. When I first started out with Boris Sheiko, he had laid out his system for his lifters. The only real difference between level of lifter would Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann This is a topic that seems to come up quite frequently in discussions with other lifters and coaches. I really enjoy these conversations and they happen to be some of my favorite ones to have. Biomechanics was always one of my favorite classes in both undergrad and grad school. It is a topic that has always interested me. It is probably another reason why I was so drawn to Sheiko when I hired him Read More