After all, does a soft, neoprene knee sleeve have any effect over a squat, a snatch or a clean and jerk? A good orthopedist will positively tell you: from a mechanical point of view, NO. A knee sleeve offers no mechanical support. This is why it is allowed in raw (or unequipped) powerlifting competitions. A […]
Knee sleeves: what we know and what we don’t Read More »
There are SANCTIONED meets and NON SANCTIONED meets SANCTIONED meets are those that strictly follow a set of guidelines known as “rulebook” from a “sanctioning body”, also known as “federation” NON SANCTIONED meets are informal powerlifting competitions more or less inspired in traditional PL rules, but accommodating for local conditions (for example: lack of certified,
Nine things that would make everything easier to understand for powerlifters Read More »
For a radical meritocrat such as myself, who defends the strict employment of equanimous judgment criteria in sport, in science and in art, this title sounds a bit weird. “Lift with your friends”? What do you mean? For what reasons? To organize the discussion, I will list my arguments: One of the worst things in
Lift on friendly platforms Read More »
This is an “accidental” interview with the great lifter and, in his own words, “an ambassador for the sport”, Gordon Santee. Gordon Santee, one of the most amazing lifters in our sport, having collected 105 World Records, 112 American Records and too many championships to count at the age of 67, is also a responsible
A few comments from Gordon Santee about the history of equipped and raw lifting Read More »
I have just been asked a question about the lifting belt: Daniel – Thank you Marilia! I am essentially asking what is a reasonable point at which to begin using a lifting belt for squats and deadlifts. I have observed a lot of people using a lifting belt with very small weights and I
A question about the lifting belt: will using it make you weaker? Read More »
These last few days have been marked by a wave of negativity in the sport: all possible dirty forms of the infamous federation war, athlete bashing, angry arguments ending in open aggression – all over issues that have already been addressed in sober and more technical terms and never came even close to consensus. By
Negativity in powerlifting Read More »
Some coaches believe that the stance is something genetic, like the color of your eyes. Lifters come as sumo deadlifters or traditional. It’s a joke, of course, but not that far from the truth: you will notice that elite lifters very rarely shift from one to the other. There is a general rule that short
The deadlift: sumo or traditional? Read More »
Nowhere is home. After a while, it doesn’t matter anymore. Home materializes and then vanishes. Home is a transient state of recognition, of self-recognition and of remembrance. I was at home in Detroit but I wasn’t exactly in Detroit. I was at a Marriott hotel, far from downtown, where usually pilots and airlines personnel are
Sponsorship is not about the athlete: it is about the sponsor’s product, service and brand. The truth is that the sport itself doesn’t matter too much. If we are talking about individual sponsorship to an athlete involved in an activity mostly unknown to the public, it should be obvious that the potential sponsor cannot
Individual sports sponsorship in marginal sports – what it takes Read More »
That past weekend I had to red light a couple of lifts because of floating butts. A floating butt is something that always frustrates the lifter to the point of rage: been there, done that, much more than I would like to. Nobody wants to raise their butt. So why does this happen? Let’s start
Floating butts and leg drive – 4 tips Read More »
