The 4th Pull Podcast

How to Incease Power with Mike Dewar- Ep: 25

01.26.2016 - By CrossFit Federal HillPlay

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Mike Dewar jumps on the show today to drop some serious knowledge.  Mike is an accomplished, entrepreneur, strength coach, and athlete.

Mike has been featured in Breaking Muscle a premier strength and condition website. He is also the co-founder of J2Fit. Where he helps athletes get stronger and faster through personal training and online programming. He is the founder of The Barbell CEO which helps brands and athletes develop programming and find the right mindset. He also just started The Fittest League, with his team they host a podcast and hold live weightlifting meets.  They are focused on the fun and excitement of CrossFit competitions but the performance aspect of a weightlifting meet.

Mike also has a bachelors and masters in the fitness field and holds a slew of certifications.  In the episode today we talk about power output.  Most importantly how to tweak your programming to increase power out put.  Power is one of the  most important things we can develop when it comes to raw strength.  How fast can you lift the bar off the ground? The faster it is moving to harder it will be to stop it.  That is a good thing!

Mike also gives some insight on how he preps for a weightlifting meet.  What he does the week before and how he uses self talk to calm himself during the meet.

As always the show is filled with tips and tricks for the strength athlete looking to add some numbers to their game.  If you want a bigger squat, bench or press be sure to listen in!

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