Many lifters believe that a squat shoe with a raised heel is only for a lifter who has issues with their ankle range of motion or a lifter who wants to be more upright. If you are a wide stance squatter or a...
First I'm going to tell you what OpenBarbell is. OpenBarbell is a device that was made out of necessity. It was made because we physically could not do the type of training we wanted to do, and that we knew could make the time we...
Squats & Science is defined by two things, can you guess what they are? If you said both the optimization of athletic performance and the scientific principles of strength training, you would be correct. We've been working hard to bring you products that we can...
The following list was originally written by Matt Gary, USAPL coach of the year, USA team coach and overall one of the most well respected minds in drug free powerlifting. It was then modified and expanded upon by Dr. Mike Zourdos, Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University,...
The first time I bench pressed 365 pounds was during my senior year of high school in 2007 at a weight of about 168-170 lbs. I barely had an idea of what I was doing and had no clue what powerlifting was, but I knew I...
Immediately after being elected President of the FSU Weightlifting Club in late Spring 2014, I was told that we had to move off campus. This was not an optimal start to my presidency. Objective #1 became clear – find a place to train. After a month...
This post was written for a friend of mine, Josh Chamblin, who is about to open Capital City Barbell, Tallahassee's premier powerlifting gym just off FSU campus. He's been an asset to the FSU Weightlifting Club since his tenure as a student athlete and is continuing to...
RPE & VBT: Listen to your body and remember the numbers don't lie....
There is a time in a parents life where the first born child has to leave the nest. It can be nerve racking thinking of all the things the young one still doesn't know, how many things can go wrong, possible bodily harm or in...
[caption id="attachment_14967" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Render for future OpenBarbell prototype.[/caption] OpenBarbell is a cheap, open source device for measuring important information about barbell exercises. The science behind the device is based on decades of well respected research about strength training that isn’t being utilized outside of professional...