How to Powerlift: A Beginner's Guide to the Squat, Bench and Deadlift

For many people, getting into training is hard. There are no two ways around this. You might be someone who has never set foot in a gym before. You may even be someone who has never considered how their current lifestyle can affect vital things such as posture, metabolism and eating habits. This lif [...]
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For many people, getting into training is hard. There are no two ways around this. You might be someone who has never set foot in a gym before. You may even be someone who has never considered how their current lifestyle can affect vital things such as posture, metabolism and eating habits. This lifestyle can result in low energy, little patience and little motivation to then finish a 9-5 shift and drive across town on a rush hour and hit a gym for a difficult and draining session. For the people who are in this situation they may find themselves in a position where they have the 9-5 job, followed by a school run, then a family meal so that they simply can not make the time to get themselves to the gym. The people with lifestyles such as this who do manage to make it to a gym are then most in need of finding a way to make every minute count. Without knowing how to best use your time, you may find yourself unsure of what to do. You want to get stronger and fitter, but you end up spending the majority of the time on cardio machines or doing exercises for muscles in isolation, rather than compound movements which could help your overall issues such as posture and strength. You manage to stick with this routine for a year and enjoy the 'escape' offered by the gym from everyday life is pleasant but you still don't see the changes you want, you're still lateral raising the same weights as 8 months previously. As a result you find yourself losing motivation to go even more so. You may be the type of person who wants to get stronger but only knows how to train for looks. You may result in looking better but not actually feeling or being stronger. This is normally fine, but if we go back to the example of the office worker who needs posture and lifestyle improvements, you may need to add in some more specific strength work. Focusing on the wrong things in the gym, or not making it to the gym at all can result in simple, everyday tasks becoming difficult. Try to pick something up off of the floor and then assess how you did it. Did you pick it up like you were taught to in your health and safety seminars in work? Or did you just bend down haphazardly with your heels raised and next to no balance involved? If it was more like the latter then you may need to focus on the proper movements (the squat, the deadlift, etc). You may think this doesn't affect your everyday life, but imagine picking your child up off of the floor, getting yourself off the couch or toilet, or even, carrying your shopping home. Better movements and strength will help with these everyday tasks. Now that you've agreed that you can use a plan to get you stronger you decide to aim for your favorite strength athlete and follow their routine. You try it, you get a little stronger at first, but then you find yourself fatigued and not enjoying it. You may even find yourself struggling to fit it all in. The fact is, if you're a beginner you do not need fancy movements or workouts that push the gym's opening times to the limits. What you need is to focus on the basics, and get incredibly good at them. However, a bad training plan could result in you becoming demotivated and see you leaving it all behind. The Solution Powerlifting. Powerlifting focuses upon the increase of strength in the body but also in the mind. In this book you'll learn to: -Improve your posture -Get stronger -Move better -Feel better -Build muscle -Lose fat -Develop better habits -Increase focus -Boost confidence