When you first started weightlifting you were smashing records all the time and you were smiling and celebrating almost daily because there was always something new to be excited about. Now you turn up to training and put in hard work day in and day out and you're still not seeing progress on the platform. It leaves you a little heartbroken, thinking it's all your fault and questioning whether weightlifting is for you or not. Maybe it's the program's fault, or there weren't t

The taper week (AKA back off week). This is the week that your coach programmes weights and sets that you can do with your eyes closed… AND IT WILL DRIVE YOU MAD!!! I swear my athletes think I program things just to annoy them, the truth is the body needs time recover in order to work properly. You can’t keep pushing your body to 110% every hour of every day. Something will give. Not sure what to do with your back off week? Here’s the answer. 1. Get stuff done that you keep p