Do you want to be a better lifter? In my opinion, every person that steps into a gym, should be coached, until at the very least, they are competent at a few of the major fundamentals of strength training; breathing, bracing, squatting, bench pressing and deadlifting. A relatively small investment into the fundamentals at …
Deficit Deadlifts; Friend Or Foe? In this article, we are going to talk about one of the most over used, and most butchered movements I see powerlifters do; The deficit deadlift. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love deficit deadlifts, and I actually attribute a lot of my deadlift strength to them. Done well, I …
Train Harder In Your Off-Season! It’s been a long time between posts as we have been very busy at Valhalla Strength, but at this time of year, I’ve made some time to talk about something that most people take completely take for granted, or at the very least don’t put enough effort into; Off-season training for …
Everything You Need To Know About Comp Day! I host a lot of powerlifting events, a lot of them are for complete beginners, and one is very clear, nearly all competitors don’t really know what to expect on comp day. That’s ok though, I run these events for novices to learn about our sport. In …
Cutting Weight For Competitive Powerlifting! STOP! Let me preface the following article by saying this: Unless you have a real shot at placing in the division below, or are going to be breaking a record, you have no place cutting. None. Stop reading now. Move onto another of our articles, and focus more on …
Welcome to our new site! We are very excited about the new website, and will be using it a lot to add content to improve your training via training programs, techniques and step by step walk through on topics like water cutting, competition preparation and meet day, as well as interviews with some of the …
