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22.01.2022 Product of environment - by @coach_alex_hockley Although lifting is an individual sport - it, like most other sports is also about the people you surround yourself with. Having mentors, coaches and/or phenomenal training partners will elevate you to do better and get to your best performance. Of course you can achieve greatness alone but if you truly want to succeed, the odds will be much more in your favour with the right people helping and guiding you. Whether in a psycho...logical, online or physical form, the people you surround yourself with will ultimately create your outcome. I personally don’t think any other sport comes close to the community within powerlifting, whether they're watching an ATWR being broken or a 5kg PR in a novice competition, everyone will cheer you on.

17.01.2022 When they haven’t squatted to depth (despite your best efforts) all prep but somehow they don’t bomb How many coaches out there can relate

17.01.2022 Nice little goblet squat variation to try which can be a really nice exercise to cue the hips to open. Also wonderful for those still training at home

14.01.2022 PRESENCE It's well known that mastery of anything is a lengthy process that requires time, repetition, dedication and above all else, consistency. There is no disputing this fact. But one thing that is seldom anticipated by anyone undertaking the steps to become expert at something, is that presence of mind is going to be required at different times of ones journey on the path to true mastery.... When we start our journey to becoming elite at something, the smallest most repetitive, mundane tasks require presence of mind. Then we begin to gain some competence and confidence in our 'work' or actions, then many of these tasks can be done mindlessly, on 'auto-pilot' if you will. This is good because when competence leads to tasks and actions being controlled subconsciously, it frees up our conscious mind to be present for tasks or specific details that we may personally struggle with. If we think about the practical application of this and how this might translate to performance under a barbell. A beginner might need to devote the majority of their conscious mind into inhalation and bracing for months on end, keeping their mind present for every single breath of every single repetition. But this will get to a point where they can hopefully take a breath in and brace their core reasonably well without too much thought. Then, once the task of inhalation and bracing becomes subconscious for them, they can allow the inhalation to become 'second nature' and focus on something else. There is no point forcing more and more cueing for only one aspect of a lift. At some point their priority of presence will need to shift. Basically, be present and mindful in the gym but allow yourself to feel comfortable enough to allow some cues and movements to just happen by virtue of the exercise you’re executing.

01.01.2022 Perspective & Accomplishment All things are going to appear different, to different people. Whether we think about inanimate objects, physical attributes of people, accomplishments of people etc, it's all going to come down to perspective and context. Perspective and context will differ from person to person based on their own experience & accomplishments. I mention this because, as a coach, it is important to maintain perspective. This allows me to have to past experience t...o look a client in eyes and say that I have 100% faith that I'll be able to help them squat 800 pounds or to be able to bench press 300 kilos in gear but then on the flip side I can share in someones absolute accomplishment with a 70 kilo clean and jerk or 140 kilo deadlift. I have the context to understand where someone is in their training journey, what their genetic limits are, how much a certain task means to them, etc. For example, I’ve been prouder watching a 180 kilo deadlift or a 70 kilo clean and jerk more than I was when I pulled this 327.5 kilo PR back in 2019. At the end of the day, no one should have to power to tell you that you should or shouldn't be proud of something you've down. Always be proud of your lifting but always strive to be better.