What grip width should you use when benching? What’s the difference between a close, moderate, and wide grip bench? This video goes over how I define a close, moderate, and wide grip bench press, the key overall points with any grip width, how to change your competition grip over time, and how to program assistance exercises and accessory work when changing your grip width. And if you want to hear me discuss the best bench Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann The world of sports has changed quite a bit over the years. Coaches and athletes are often trying to gain competitive edges over everyone else. This has led to a massive spike in data driven coaching. This can be seen across all of sports, even the NFL. In the documentary “The Art of Coaching” which interviewed Bill Belichick and Nick Saban, they discussed this. These coaches are the two most successful coaches in the history Read More
This video goes over how the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) is structured. There are a number of national Powerlifting federations out there and some of them are also part of regional federations and international federations. In this video, I go over how the IPF is structured as newer lifters are typically confused on the matter. For example, if you live in the US, then your regional federation would be the North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann I love taking singles. In any sport I have ever participated in, I would much rather scrimmage than drill various aspects of the sport. Singles to me are like getting to scrimmage in practice. I always felt that all of the sparring rounds that I did in mma made me a better fighter than anything else. I honestly believe that if we could do more singles in training, we could yield better results. I Read More
Dr. Larry Maile sits down with Spicy PL Podcast.
This video goes over the in-competition drug testing procedures for USA Powerlifting (USAPL). There are slight differences in the drug testing process for in competition and out of competition. In addition, there are differences with the process at local, national, and international levels. So I focused this video on local level in-competition testing. In the video, I go over, ⚛How many athletes get tested ⚛Why are certain athletes tested ⚛When are the athletes selected ⚛How Read More
Your ROM Should Match YOU!While you must meet an arbitrary range of motion (ROM) in a Powerlifting competition, you don’t have to use a set ROM for your non-competition exercises in training. Just because you see someone else go through a certain ROM, doesn’t mean you need to match it. Your ROM should match you and what you’re capable of. This holds true for both the Romanian Deadlift (RDL) and the Stiff Leg Deadlift (SLDL). Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann Understanding motor control is important for any coach. I believe that all coaches will emphasize the importance of technique. In order to help guide a lifter to better technique in the lifts, the coach must understand how the human body solves movement problems. In order to do this, we must look into the Degrees of Freedom (DOF) problem. The DOF problem was introduced by Nikolai Bernstein, a Russian neurophysiologist, in 1967. Bernstein researched the repetitive Read More
Written by: Kevin Cann I will admit, this title is a bit of clickbait. I honestly did not know what to title it and have this weird OCD thing that makes me title it before I get started. With that said, here we are. This is a conversation that I have had quite a few times in the last few days. Not only with lifters of PPS, but other lifters as well. We have all heard someone tell us Read More
Are you looking for a Powerlifting coach and the first thing you plan on asking them is how much they charge? Did you have a bad experience with a past coach using this method of selection? Well, price in a vacuum means nothing! There are numerous questions you should be asking when selecting a coach, and many of them are more important than their price. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬!Instead, ask what services are included in Read More