Advanced Concepts

      So I’ve been talking about Emerging Strategies for a while now.  If you’re not sure what that is, you’ll want some background before pro...

IPF Classic Worlds 2018 is underway in Calgary.  We have 16 lifters competing this year -- a point of pride among RTS coaches and athletes.  As s...

I recently came across this review article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2018.00403/full I quickly noted that they ranked ...

By Mike Tuchscherer 2 April 2018 There are no magic programs. Coaching is about a lot more than writing a good program. Of course writing a good...

 By Mike Tuchscherer 07 March 2018 Many of us treat "what works for you" like a math problem and it's not.  If I ask you "What is 247*53", you lik...

By Mike Tuchscherer 28 February 2018 Bottom line up front:  It wasn't developed for Powerlifters and will have limited direct applicability.  A ...

By Mike Tuchscherer 14 February 2018 Bottom line up front: measuring fatigue helps you make useful training choices, but will not help you to de...

by Mike Tuchscherer, 10 Jan 2018 In 2013 I met Boris Sheiko at a seminar he was conducting in Vicenza, Italy.  It was quite an enjoyable time an...

by Mike Tuchscherer, 20 December  2017 Deloading is taking an easy week every third or fourth week, right? Well... That's a caricature of what e...

By Mike Tuchscherer, 14 November 2017   One of the general movement deficiencies I identify in the powerlifts is "squishing", but a lot of peop...

Correcting Max-Effort Technical Deviations By Mike Tuchscherer, 10 September 2017 I’ve written before about why I think including assistance wor...

Using Block Reviews By Mike Tuchscherer, 12 September 2017 In my estimation, there is only one good reason to keep a training log – to help you ...