In this episode of the Perf Roundtable, the team go over some factors considered before going into the day of competition and during. They talk about knowing your lifter's strengths and tendencies, having an idea of the winning plan, and time management.

In this episode of the Perf Roundtable, Leanne, Steve, Danny and Kelly discuss how unconventional training strategies may arise when working with athletes.

They discuss what it means for training to be unconventional, how programming prescriptions divert from what is conventional over time and how tapering is the most individualised portion of programming. 

On this installment of Athlete Things, Sam, Steve and Danny sit down with U105kg Powerlifter from the UK, Ben Pape. 

They discuss Ben's training history, the big run of competitions he had in 2022 and how he is now preparing mentally and physically for the upcoming battle at British Nationals. 

This episode provides some different insights into what it takes to compete at the highest level, including controlling arousal and having a more relaxed attitude in training and on the platform. 

In this episode, Shania, Danny, Kelly and Steve the detail the programming decisions when coaching female athletes.

The team go over the differences in training age and experience level, recoverability differences between smaller females to heavier weight females, the use of multiple top sets for exposure within the week, the differences in work load between males and females and how deloads are planned.

Chris, David and Leanne sit down with Melnard De Leon, Powerlifter and Physiotherapy graduate, to discuss similarities in treatment, programming and how to manage athletes that are experiencing chronic knee pain.

In this episode of the Perf Roundtable, Danny, Steve, Sam and Kelly discuss the topic of peaking and tapering for athletes. 

• How size can influence the way we plan a peak
• How fatigue plays a role during the peaking process
• The expectations that come after a taper dependent on size
• The markers for a successful peak/taper 
• Deep dive into the thought processes after trialling a peak and taper strategy between Sam and Kelly.

Kelly and Steve sit down and chat with Owen Legget, the owner of EST barbell in the UK. 

The coaches chat through their coaching style & approach, the importance of giving back to the sport of powerlifting, and the standard of international competition presently. 

In this episode of Athlete Things, Sam Steve and Danny had the pleasure of speaking to 76kg lifter Karlina Tongotea fresh from the announcement of her invite to Sheffield 2023. 

Karlina climbed her way to the top putting on an absolute show at the recent Commonwealth Championships, being the first 76kg female to total 600kg, also securing a World record Squat of 223kg.  

In this episode, they discuss her training history transitioning from World Powerlifting to NZPF/IPF, her Commonwealths performance, and most importantly her preparation mentally and physically for the Sheffield

This episode has many great insights from one of the best powerlifters around today so don’t miss out. 

In this episode of the Perf Roundtable, Danny, Kelly, Steve and Sam explore how the differences in size can affect the way training is organised.

Differences in recoverability for lighter vs heavier weight male classes, ability to tolerate differing amounts of training, how it feels to be doing too much versus too little from an athlete's perspective.

In this episode, Tom and Chris sit down with Kelly and Steven to discuss Steven's rehab following APU Nationals, with the goal to be in his healthiest state moving into his performance at Malta, June 2023.

They also cover how the injury occurred and what a lot of Steve's training looked like leading into nationals, and how they put Steve in a position to compete without being able to even body weight squat the week of competition.

See how Tom helped Steve get under a barbell that week and what they are doing moving forward.

If you have any niggles or pains with your performance, don't hesitate to get in touch with Tom and Chris!