In this episode, the team discuss programming concepts related to bench pressing. They cover how leverages, recoverability and experience play a role in determining volume, intensity and exercise selection as well as accessories supporting bench press.

Annie Nelson is a u69kg lifter from Great Britain, with her most recent competition being the European Open Classic Championships in Estonia. 

Annie walked away with a huge 540kg total consisting of a 200kg squat, 115kg bench and a 225kg deadlift - which let her walk away with 3rd place just 3kgs behind Marte Kejenner of Sweden and tying on total with France's Clara Peyraud but being slightly heavier. 

In this episode, Annie, Steve and Kelly sit down and discuss the weight-cutting experiences and Annie's decision to move into the u69kg class since 2022 Worlds in South Africa. They also discuss some of the challenges she faced leading up to Euros, the stacked u69kg class, and the powerlifting scene's progression over the years. Finally, Annie delves into the shift in her attitude towards  powerlifting that catalysed her high-performance

In this episode, the team discuss the factors we consider when beginning to program for the competition lifts. They also detail this in relation to squatting frequency, volume, intensity an exercise selection.

This episode the team talk about foundations of the deadlift. They talk about setting up the hinge, pulling slack and wedging. They also discuss differences between sumo and conventional and things to consider for both styles of deadlift.

In this episode, the team discuss setting up and executing the bench press.

They talk about it from a point of contact perspective, from hand positioning, setting the torso and the feet, breathing and bracing as well as the eccentric and concentric portions of the lift.

In. the first episode of the Roundtable of the year, the team sit down to talk about the foundations of the squat. They discuss setup, walking out, centre of mass and how each of these play a role in the execution of the squat and ways to improve in each portion of the movement.

Steve and Kelly sit down and discuss Daisy's journey as a Nutritionist, how she got into powerlifting and what she has her eyes set on for 2024 - from Australian Nationals to the Texas Bench Championships and even a ticket to Malta for Junior Worlds in 2024!

If you are interested in Daisy's services, please feel free to contact @performotion or @daisy_performotion on Instagram and inquire through https://www.performotion.net/! 

In this episode, the team is joined by Ben Nguyen, (@bigbench and @_kamistrength) to talk about warmup room etiquette when sharing and working around tight knit spaces. They go over the differences in dynamics at local, state, national and international level and the unique challenges each one poses. They also discuss etiquette in order to make warmups run more smoothly between lifters and different teams.

In this episode, the team sit down to talk about training around the holiday period. 

They talk about what to expect when taking time off, common behaviours during holiday period and their effects and training through the holiday period for those committed to their goals, 

On this episode of Athlete Things, Sam Steve and Danny sit down with 74/83kg powerlifter from Norway Kjell Bakkelund

Kjell is a legend of the game with 4x Equipped World Titles, 1x Classic World title and 1x World Games title and is fresh of an amazing performance at the European Championships where he totalled a record 800kg at 74kg and the highest ever GL score by a male in the IPF of 117.74

In this episode they discuss Kjell's year of Powerlifting including his preparation and performances at the Euro Championships, Classic Worlds in Malta, how he's balanced over a decade of Equipped and Raw lifting, his future plans and much more!