by TheBodySmith | 2026/09/10 \pm\30 3:37pm | personal training, Strong, Training
In 2016, I pulled a 270kg raw deadlift — no wraps, no straps and no drugs. Since then, I’ve coached hundreds of novice, intermediate and advanced lifters on how to perform the deadlift with perfect form and total confidence. I use the five steps every single time:...
by TheBodySmith | 2026/09/10 \pm\30 3:34pm | personal training, Strong, Training
Struggling to stop your back rounding during deadlifting? If you’re following these five simple steps and setting up for the deadlift correctly but still find your back rounds during the exercise, these three exercises will fix it: Cat-Camels: This simple exercise...
by TheBodySmith | 2026/09/10 \pm\30 3:32pm | personal training, Strong, Training, Uncategorized
Most coaches attribute back rounding in the deadlift to poor hip mobility. They are wrong. I have coached hundreds of people with poor hip mobility to deadlift correctly without increasing joint range of motion or muscle flexibility. In my experience, there are three...
by TheBodySmith | 2026/09/01 \am\30 9:52am | Recovery, Strong, Training, Uncategorized
“You don’t get big and strong from lifting weights; you get big and strong by recovering from lifting weights.” – Mark Rippetoe Strength is built through a simple process: stress, recovery, adaptation. Training provides the stress, but recovery allows your body to...
by TheBodySmith | 2026/08/18 \am\31 10:51am | personal training, Strong, Training, Uncategorized
Making mistakes in the gym is easy Especially when you first start out with no experience or guidance on the safest and most effective way to get stronger. Here are five mistakes beginners make when starting out with strength training: Not following a structured...
by TheBodySmith | 2026/05/23 \pm\31 6:00pm | Strong, Training
I’ve been lifting weights for more than 25 years. Looking back, I knew almost nothing about strength training and made nearly every mistake a beginner could make, some of which led to injuries that cost me years of progress. Here are five tips I wish I knew when I...
