Hard Work Isn’t Sexy
The fitness industry, unfortunately, thrives by playing on your emotions. This isn’t always a bad thing – for example, you aren’t going to pay close to $200/month for a powerlifting gym/coach unless you are invested in achieving certain things. This play on emotion and fears of inadequacy goes much deeper than that, however. Your favourite […]
READ MOREKeep yourself accountable
One of the differences between training and exercising, is that training is directed towards a specific goal or outcome – you are preparing yourself to achieve ‘X’. This is part of the reason competitions and events can be a great kick up the ass… you know you and your work, or lack thereof, will be […]
READ MOREComp Write Up: September 10th Novice & Improvers Powerlifting Meet
What a cracker of a meet that was! We had 37 lifters on the day, over three flights – the biggest powerlifting comp we’ve run to date. Thanks to our great crew of spot/loaders and volunteers, we were wrapped up by 2:50PM (after a 10AM start). I couldn’t have asked for more from our guys […]
READ MORESeptember 10th Powerlifting Competition
Our next powerlifting competition will be this Sunday, September 10th – lifting kicks off at 10am sharp! We will have 45 lifters battling it out against gravity for PRs, the glory of victory, and delicious smoked brisket. Come on down to the biggest powerlifting competition in the Hills district! Smack bang in the middle of […]
READ MOREStrongman Saturdays!
This past weekend we had our very first Strongman Saturday at Black Flag Barbell Club and it was a blast! The session went as follows: Yoke up to 240kgx15m Circuit/medley of farmers walks x 30m, log press x3, keg carry x40m Finishing up with sled rows and sled pushes Great session with great people. If […]
READ MOREEndure and Overcome
Endure and overcome is one of the underlying principles of Black Flag Barbell Club, as well as powerlifting, strongman… hell any endeavour you undertake in life, really. At some point in your training life, you are going to get frustrated. Guaranteed. You might hit a slump for a few months, you might stuff up a […]
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