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Mar 20 2017

I don’t do any cardio and I lost 15 pounds

“You’re doing cardio too, aren’t you?,” my doctor asked when I saw her last month. “Nope,” I say. “I just lift heavy weights. That’s all.” My doctor clearly never hears […]

Written by Katelynn McBride · Categorized: Articles · Tagged: healthy

Mar 15 2017

I suck at sports but I want to be a great powerlifter

I have always been a mediocre athlete. Born with little body awareness and nonexistent intrinsic understanding of how to perform a new movement or task, when learning any new physical […]

Written by Katelynn McBride · Categorized: Articles, Powerlifting · Tagged: deliberate practice

Mar 01 2017

Getting Strong Makes You Happy

“A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people who would like the intellectual or […]

Written by Katelynn McBride · Categorized: Articles · Tagged: happy

Dec 31 2016

Professional Athletes Rely On Their Strength Coaches

In case you haven’t heard yet, the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series. I am not here to discuss the tremendous achievement and historical implications of the thrilling victory, […]

Written by Katelynn McBride · Categorized: Articles

Nov 21 2016

If You Can’t Do It Over 40, It Isn’t Worth Doing

A few weeks ago, I was helping Coach Dave move equipment into the gym when we saw two people who must have been in their 80s, hunched over, slowly walking […]

Written by Katelynn McBride · Categorized: Articles

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