Mark DohertyMax Effort Singles in Training: Is The Juice Worth The Squeeze?As a member of Precision Powerlifting Systems (coached by Kevin Cann) for well over three years now, I’ve gone through different training…Jul 23, 2021Jul 23, 2021
Mark DohertyHigh Reps and Hypertrophy: What’s The Relationship?Recently, I posted a few thoughts on high rep sets (8+) of the main lifts in powerlifting — squat, bench press, and deadlift — in the…Mar 19, 2021Mar 19, 2021
Mark DohertyManaging Injuries: What About Stretching, Mobility, and Core?What’s the fun in discussing pain and injury without modalities like stretching, joint mobilizations, and core stability exercises? It’s…Jan 14, 2021Jan 14, 2021
Mark DohertyThe Box Squat: An Underrated and Undervalued exercise in Raw PowerliftingOver the weekend an Instagram post was brought to my attention. This post listed a hierarchy of exercises that have the best carry over to…Jan 5, 2021Jan 5, 2021
Mark DohertySingles are the Bread and Butter, Not the Meat and PotatoesWe’ve spoken extensively about the SAID principle, and the specificity of heavy singles and their importance in a comprehensive…Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021
Mark DohertyHeavy Singles in Training: The Devil is in the DosageProceeding the introduction post to this series on the implementation of “heavy” singles in powerlifting training which I posted on the…Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020
Mark DohertyThis year has been quite the emotional rollercoaster.This year actually started off great, at least for me. In December of 2019 I was let go from a job that I absolutely hated. It was a full…Dec 21, 2020Dec 21, 2020
Mark DohertyWhat is your purpose for training?With the current state of the pandemic, gyms are closing, meets are scarce, and motivation is low. We all have been impacted by COVID to…Dec 17, 2020Dec 17, 2020
