By Andy Bolton
Whatever your goal – whether you want to get
stronger for the sake of being strong, stronger
to increase your muscular size and build a
harder, denser physique or stronger to improve
athletic performance…
The 3 powerlifts will help get you stronger
faster than anything else you can do in the
gym.
The 3 powerlifts are of course the Squat, Bench
Press and Deadlift.
Now here’s the thing…
These days you are bombarded with choice when
it comes to what you do in the gym.
You can do the 3 powerlifts, or you can do
Olympic Weightlifting, or you can do Strongman
training or you can lift Kettlebells.
But, when it comes to building absolute strength,
the powerlifts RULE. They always have and they
always will.
That’s not to say that the other methods of
weight training aren’t valuable, of course they
are – but when it comes to getting a STRONG
AS POSSIBLE… you can’t beat the squat, bench
press and deadlift.
Think about it…
The biggest Kettelbell is 48kg. Is that likely
to build the same strength as squats with 500
pounds or more and deadlifts with 600 pounds +?
I think not. And I use kettlebells myself, but
they are an assitance movement, not my main
thing in the gym.
The Olympic Weightlifts are awesome for building
explosive power, but when it comes to limit
strength, they are still second to the powerlifts.
Strongman training can build a ton of strength
as well but not the same way as the powerlifts
can.
There’s a clue here by the way… Many olympic
weightlifters and strongmen use the powerflifts
to improve their strength.
For instance, weightlifters tend to squat a lot
and strongmen tend to squat and do a ton of
deadlifting.
I think what I am saying is clear.
If you want to develop absolute strength and
the kind of rock hard, tough as nails kind of
physique that only strong dudes posses – you
should be doing the powerlifts.
The next thing we should discuss is how to
actually squat, bench and deadlift.
It is my experience that most gym rats are
always looking for the ‘miracle’ training program.
The one that’s going to add 400 pounds to
each lift in 8 weeks.
Well, guess what?
It doesn’t freaking exist!
However, if there is something that is more important
than you’re training program – it’s your technique.
Most guys have truly awful technique and could make
rapid improvements in their strength by improving
their technique.
I have seen technical improvements add 50 pounds
The same cannot be said of a particular training
program.
And you are probably in the same boat. You probably
don’t have perfect form and you should work on it.
It’ll make you STRONGER and reduce your injury-risk.
A nice ‘double whammy’.
I’ve been in the iron game over 20 years and I’ve
squatted 1214lbs, benched 755lbs and deadlifted 1008lbs.
And do you know what?
I still work on my technique each and every time
I train and I have my clients do the same.
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