1739: How to Get Stronger in the Big 3 Lifts, Ways to Correct Knee Pain When Squatting, What to Do If Your Right & Left Side Don’t Match & More

 There are three big lifts: deadline, squat, bench press. If you are a beginner, run through the lifts first. Ensure to improve your technique to identify sticking points before you increase the weight. 

 Don’t get stuck in a routine. Instead, switch programs regularly.

When you are training for a competition, visualise the competition, then practice the lifts in the order you will perform them.

When you have knee pain, it is almost always because of the ankles or the hips.

Work on your mobility. Ensure to do ankle and hip mobility exercises every day. If you cannot do a conventional squat, try split squat stance or Bulgarian squat.

When we think we have clear differences in lengths of limbs, it is often just tightness in the muscles. We then overcompensate to correct the perceived imbalances.

To improve, do unilateral movements moving one arm and one leg. Start with the weaker side and let that side dictate how many reps you do on the stronger side.

During the off-season, you train heavy and hard. Do resistance training two days per week, one or two days per week of cardio exercise, and mobility on off days.

During in-season training, do correctional exercise and your prescribed triathlon training.