The world of powerlifting can be a very formulaic world. The world is easily organized into blocks and percentages in a top-down fashion. But what if your athlete doesn't fit into the block? Coach Mike Tuchscherer has set world record holders and coached numerous champions himself. He has set out to create a bottom-up approach to periodization that allows for better individualization. On this episode of the podcast he joins us to talk about how he has tried to tackle this problem and incorporated the ideas of Anatoli Bondarchuk into powerlifting. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2017/11/hmmr-podcast-episode-127-bottom-up-periodization-with-mike-tuchscherer/

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