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In this episode I discuss long-term athletic development for Powerlifters.

In this video I describe what it means when a coach is telling you that "fatigue" is masking your ability to perform the intended output.

Having trouble understanding why you can't add weight to the bar every week? Having trouble understanding why your squat tanks one day but not on another?

This video will answer all your questions in regards to stimulus, recovery, and adaptation and how fatigue masks our performance until adaptation occurs and raises our baseline.

RPE = rate of perceived exertion

Great tool to measure objectively the amount of exertion you put into a set.

This allows us to continue to make progress via a relative measurement rather than always leaning on an absolute measurement to dictate our progress where we cannot account for all variables subjectively.

Here’s a quick look into the owner of Ambitious Strength’s journey. Coach Amber has been through an incredible transformation, both physical and emotional. She speaks on her journey with PCOS and the struggles of losing weight and keeping it off, strength training and it’s importance, as well as starting her own business to help others who are struggling to write their own similar transformation story.

This is a lesson that pops up for me time and time again. Whether I'm halfway up a mountain or in the middle of a ruck run where I desire the comfort of my own home or car.

I believe it's easy to see seasoned lifters or athletes and think "they must never struggle with the mental aspect of training" but they are just as susceptible as anyone else to the negative thoughts.

Here is how I approach those negative thoughts when they arise.

Amber discusses several exercises that can be used to start someone at the easiest level of understanding breathing mechanics to bracing under a load to resist rotation leading to the ultimate goal of making you a better bracer under your 1RM squat, bench, and deadlifts!

In this episode, Amber and Rachel discuss the proper types, fittings, and placement of the belt as a strength training tool. They will cover how to properly brace into the belt making it a more effective tool in your training regimen.

What is the purpose of the brace?

Anatomy of Pelvic and Thoracic Diaphragm

Piston Mechanism of Bracing

Importance of Building the Brace

Here I define both state and trait anxiety. I touch upon how they differ and how we can use them to our advantage in performance.