Glenn Pendlay, Author at T NATION

Better Than CrossFit and Powerlifting

Glenn Pendlay — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Know Your Total Lifters who prize strength know their totals. They know the total amount of weight they can move for what they deem the most important lifts. The powerlifting total is the total amount of weight you can lift for the squat, bench, and deadlift. And a few years ago, CrossFit introduced their own

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Tip: Muscle Building Exercises for Weightlifters

Glenn Pendlay — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Just Not Jacked Enough Louie Simmons said that if a weightlifter was put on trial for lifting weights, the judge would dismiss the charges for lack of evidence. This gets a smile every time it's repeated. There is a grain of truth there and all weightlifting (Olympic lifting) fans know it. The competition lifts in

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Tip: Master the Athlete's Lift

Glenn Pendlay — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Most coaches recognize that any player who can power clean a big weight is probably going to be a terror on the field. The fact is, the power clean to bodyweight ratio is better at predicting vertical jump and 40 yard dash performance than any other method outside of actually jumping or running the 40.

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Tip: Why You Must Push Press

Glenn Pendlay — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 18:00:00 +0000

The push press is like the upper-body power clean. I think I've called it the upper body squat previously but that was wrong. The squat can be performed slowly. In fact, when you have near limit weight on the bar, slowly is the only way it can be performed! But the push press, like the

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Knock Them On Their Asses

Glenn Pendlay — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:00:00 +0000

Sports, Speed, and Specificity When lifters talk about specificity, they're usually talking about an exercise being specific to a competition lift or a movement in sport. For instance, the bench press is considered to be specific for a lineman in football because it has a similar movement pattern to what a lineman does when he

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Tip: The Toughest Exercise You'll Ever Do

Glenn Pendlay — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 16:00:00 +0000

If you're looking for an effective way to challenge your metabolic conditioning, or you're just wanting a new posterior chain movement, the death march is hard to beat. Mental Focus Under Extreme Stress One thing that goes beyond strength and good motor patterns is the ability keep your mental focus while you're under extreme stress.

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2 Training Secrets of Jacked Olympic Lifters

Glenn Pendlay — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:00:00 +0000

You Should Be Jerking The jerk is in the overhead press family, but it's much more violent. The bar begins at shoulder level then ends with your arms locked out overhead. You're able to use so much more weight than you would with a simple overhead press because of the way it gets up there.

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The Lost Training Method

Glenn Pendlay — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:00:00 +0000

The Sketchy History of Isometrics In the 1960's, weightlifters at York Barbell started experimenting with steroids. They gained significant strength and muscle in a short amount of time. Their Olympic lifts also went up quickly. Founder Bob Hoffman had to have a story to explain the dramatic changes. He couldn't tell the public that the

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The Holy Grail of Sports Training: EMOM Sets

Glenn Pendlay — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Lead Photo Credit: Straight 8 Custom Photography I've been experimenting with EMOM sets, or every minute on the minute sets, since the 1990's. I always thought this method was effective, but it's only recently that I've figured out how to use it optimally. What's an EMOM Set? EMOM training entails doing a set of an

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