What is the Jefferson deadlift?
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What is the Jefferson deadlift?

The Jefferson deadlift is an interesting deadlift variation which has some unique advantages. Unfortunately, it also doesn’t have as much usage in current strength sports, relegating it mostly to the status of a niche exercise which won’t be for everyone.

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Training For the Supertotal
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Training For the Supertotal

The supertotal is the combined total of your powerlifting total and your weightlifting total, measuring general strength across all the powerlifts and Olympic lifts. There is no competition which recognizes this total, but you may still wish to train for it, and we lay out a solid plan for doing it here. We also analyze the problems you’ll likely face with this approach, and why it won’t be a good fit for most.

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Powerbuilding For Dummies - Strength And Size
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Powerbuilding For Dummies - Strength And Size

Powerbuilding is the act of combining powerlifting and bodybuilding training - both size and strength - in order to have a good mix of the two. While there’s some natural affinity between these pursuits, there are also ways that you can easily mess it up, resulting in loss of progress. In particular, diet is a point of weakness, and requires a lot of care in order to pull off properly, especially if you have competitive goals. If you do it right - you can certainly get the best of both worlds.

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How Widespread Is Steroid Use?
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How Widespread Is Steroid Use?

Steroids use is widespread, but certainly not total. Steroid use also carries significant health risks. Different pressures will lead to different levels of adoption - relevance to your sport, legality, and economic incentives all have an impact on how willing people are to use steroids, and how likely they are to be willing to discuss their usage. Still, this should not impact your personal decision-making too much - regardless of whether or not someone else is using, this doesn’t impact what you need to do to make progress in your own training.

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