How Much Does It Cost To Train At RevFit – Your Questions Answered
3.7 / 5 ( 3 votes ) Trying to get a straight answer out of a gym about how much it is to train there is like trying to figure out how to assemble a 20,000 piece all black jigsaw puzzle with the biggest hangover of your life. Gyms keep that info hidden tighter than […]
Continue reading[ANSWERED] How Much Should I Train? 6 Days? 3 Days? How Many Set and Reps Should I Do? What Weight Should I Be Lifting?
Yesterday in our powerlifting team whatsapp we got to discussing training volume, how much is too much, should we be doing more, and what’s optimal. I could write for days on this, but today will be a brief summary, hopefully opening the door to some Qs from you that I can expand on later. TERMS […]
Continue readingBack On Why Rack Pulls Suck, Again
2.5 / 5 ( 8 votes ) Remember that great scene in the Godfather III – ‘just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in’? It seems to be the story of my life with boards.ie. As I’m sure some of you know, I got unceremoniously banned a few months ago, and […]
Continue reading-[[[–Powerlifting–]]]- Leinster Open Meet Report – Day 1
5 / 5 ( 4 votes ) God… where to start? It’s Wednesday, and the dust has just settled on a weekend of powerlifting. 1 year ago, we entered our first competition, and last weekend – Team RevFit Powerlifting had it’s largest ever contingent at a comp (18 lifters). Some won classes, most didn’t. All […]
Continue readingIrishPF Leinster Open 2017 – How My Day Went
It was a bit of a mad weekend at RevFit HQ. We’d 18 lifter compete at the Irish Powerlifting Federation’s Leinster Open over the course of Saturday and Sunday. As soon as I’m finished this post, I’ll be putting together a team meet report, but since we’d SO many lifters, that’s gonna take a while. 2 […]
Continue readingWhy I’ve Given Up Helping People In The Gym
5 / 5 ( 1 vote ) Earlier on I posed a question on my own personal facebook page; —- Has anyone else figured out a way to politely say “stop posting that fucking round back dog taking a dump higher than Afroman deadlift and squat bullshit you have your clients doing in the gym” […]
Continue readingThe Only Squat Warm Up You’ll Ever Need
I’m squatting over 10 years at this stage. I’ve come from squatting 120kg to a bench in a pair of york knees sleeves and a shitty velcro argos belt to doing over double that in powerlifting competition. If you asked me 3 months ago if there was anything I was going to learn about squatting […]
Continue readingOn Walk Outs and Warm Ups
If you’ve been reading these posts for a while, you’ll probably know I’m the Technical Director for the Irish Powerlifting Federation, and one of their competition judging team. Every time I come back from a competition I see some things that I feel obligated to share because it hurts so much seeing lifters spend […]
Continue readingOur Cyber Monday Announcement
5 / 5 ( 1 vote ) I know what you’re thinking. After seeing our BIG Black Friday announcement a few days ago, it’s unusual to see a Cyber Monday follow up right? ESPECIALLY after the content of that message. The one where I gave out about price kickers, tyre shoppers and the mania […]
Continue readingThe Lazy Man’s Muscle & Strength Plan
Most Guys Are Too Busy Exercising To Actually Train. I used to exercise 5, 6, sometimes 7 days per week. I’d show up and do whatever I felt like on a day. But I didn’t start making big leaps in strength and muscle until I started following a plan. For example, in the last week I’ve trained […]
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