Monday, December 3, 2018

Now available for Instant Download - LPL E-Book and 16 week self-calculating program


Put up to 34lbs on your Bench and Squat in 16 Weeks
 with Lakeville Powerlifting Strength program and E-Book.

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Teenage Athlete – just want to get stronger for High School or College Sports?
Average Joe – Want to feel simply better and get stronger?
Competitive Powerlifter – Ready to put some structure in your training and hit PR’s on the platform?

Tired of just going to the gym with no plan? Or maybe following program after program with little to no gains, or worse yet – Injury?
  • Or how about complicated programs which you need a PhD to follow along?
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  • Or maybe you have a life outside the Gym and don’t have 2+ hours a day, 4 days a week to commit to the gym?

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What I’ve done is figured out what works for 90% of all Athletes – from ages 13 to 70 – and I’ve taken out all of the fluff and extra exercises, and then consolidated it into a 2 or 3 day program that can be done in 60-90 minute training sessions. 

This program is based upon a modified 5th Set Training Protocol (developed by EliteFTS' Swede Burns, credit to Swede), and combined with Louie Simmon's Westside Barbell/Conjugate Max Effort principals - all used and tested right here at Lakeville Powerlifting. 

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Saturday, July 23, 2016

Friday Night Teen Strength: First Class will be Friday 7/29/16


Beginning Friday 7/29/16, Lakeville Powerlifting will be offering "Teen Strength" group training classes for Teenagers 13-17 years of age on Friday nights from 6:30pm - 8pm for $10 per session.

Click here to view Class Schedule and Sign up for upcoming Classes

Downloadable forms:
Each class will be limited to 8-10 participants maximum for a hands-on experience. If there is additional demand, we will create additional classes where schedule allows.

Thursday, July 7, 2016

More updates on our move...

Looks like this should be the final update on the move to our new place at 260 Center St in Middleboro. Spoke w/realtor today and they will be ready to go for Fri July 15. That being said, we are looking at a move in date of that weekend, Fri 7/15-Sun 7/17... Been a loooong journey, and we will be glad to get it done. In the meanwhile, Stay Strong, my friends!‪

#‎staystrong‬ ‪#‎bullstrong‬ ‪#‎lakevillepowerlifting‬

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Max Effort Lower 6.12.16

Camber Bar Box Squats to 2RM (Geared)
1 top set of 10 Reps (Raw lifters)

KB Swings 4x10
Farmers Walk 4 trips
Reverse Hypers 4x12
GHRs 4x12

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

6.2.16 Dynamic lower training


Dynamic box squats against bands
55% + Light bands 8x2
Speed pulls against bands 6x1
Reverse Hyper 4x10
GHRs 4x12
Standing Ab Curls 4x20

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

5.31.16 Max Effort Bench

Floor press + chains to 2RM
Close grip football bar tricep ext 4x10
Tricep band extensions 100 reps
Barbell Rows 4x10
Inverse flyes 4x20

Sunday, May 29, 2016

5.29.16 Max Effort Lower training


SSB off low box to 5RM Raw (Geared lifters)
(Raw lifters 4x10 using Conventional deadlift stance)
Two handed Kettlebell swings 3x10
One handed farmers walks 4 trips
Reverse Hypers 4x12
GHRs 4x15

Thursday, May 26, 2016

5.26.16 Dynamic lower training



Dynamic box squats against bands
50% + Light bands 8x2
Speed pulls against bands 6x1
Reverse Hyper 4x10
GHRs 4x12

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Just received my Westside Barbell Certification!



Very excited to have been notified today that I passed my Westside Barbell Certification Course.
I just want to say it was a lot more in-depth course than I even imagined. It was about 12 hours of DVDs and 3 books to study. Typically I'm pretty good at testing situations, and they allowed 2 hours to complete the exam, and it took me a full 1:56. Only 7% of the questions were multiple choice, and the rest were essay-based.

Knowledge is power, and I've learned a ton of great knowledge to integrate into our teams training plans in the coming months and years.

More updates on new facility

Well.. I'll give you the cliff notes version. Thought we were all set with the lease.. good credit.. money in hand..agreed on terms.. then at the last minute the landlord told us he didn't want a fitness facility in the property because he felt it would damage the floors. Honestly, I have no problem with his decision, but I wish he didn't wait 3 weeks to make the decision after we had agreed on terms, and I secured a business license, etc.

Good news?

Looks like lady luck is in our corner.. another property became available just a few hundred yards down the same road in Middleboro, and we agreed on terms today. They will be taking down a wall to open the space up a bit, plus installing a new front door and some fresh paint. At this point it looks like a July 1 move in. Its not as big as the other place, and not as big as I had hoped for - but this can be Lakeville Powerlifting 1.5 and if we continue to grow.. we can always expand down the road.

This facility will be larger than what we have now and be able to handle all of our equipment, plus the additional competition bench we have coming.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Updates on new facility...





Quick update on the move to our new gym location.. Looks like we are just about in agreement on the terms of our lease for a property at 222 Center St, in Middleboro, MA. This location is right in downtown Middleboro about 2 blocks down from Central Cafe for anyone familiar with the area... Should be centrally located for all.. Plus close to a good Pizza place for some post-training carb loading lol.. Stay tuned for more updates as they happen. Assuming town licensing goes smooth, looking at a potential June 1 official opening, with hopefully a mid-may move in date.



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Sunday, April 17, 2016

Gym Updates ... 4/17



Ok.. finally making some progress on our move to a new, larger facility. We haven't finalized a lease yet, but we've got 3 locations we are close on and hopefully will wrap one of them up this week. The reason I have to be so careful on our location is although we need more space and are ready for growth, I don't want to jump in to some big-rent lease where I have to be running around chasing for membership fees to pay our bills. I don't do this for the money. I do this for the passion I have for this sport - both training myself, as well as others. We are looking to double our square footage to around 1000 square feet, and be able to get the bills paid without overcrowding, or high membership fees.

Update #1: I am in the process of studying to become a Westside Barbell Certified Personal Trainer. I feel the addition of this knowledge will only make us a stronger team. Knowledge is power. If you aren't familiar with Westside Barbell, this gym probably isn't made for you.

Update #2: We have finalized our Fee schedule for training as follows:

  • Option 1: One time Drop-in fee $10  
  • Option 2: 10 Visit Punch-card $65
  • Option 3: $60 per month with Auto-deduct (30 day cancellation notice)

For this fee you can train within our coached group training sessions, or train on your own on our equipment during operating hours.

I'll continue to update as we get closer to our move, and have more information.

#bullstrong

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Exciting news for LPL.. We're growing!

I have some very exciting news for Lakeville Powerlifting on the horizon.

For the last 18 month's we've operated out of  a small 2 car garage, and focused on providing quality powerlifting equipment in a specialized training environment. Together we have all worked to help each other's lifts grow.

Now its time for Lakeville Powerlifting Gym to grow. Here on Facebook, we have nearly 2,000 followers and I get requests weekly for people who want to train with us - and unfortunately I've had to turn away many lifters because we were limited by our space. (Currently about 500 sq feet)

As we wrap up our 10 week meet prep and head into our upcoming RPS NE Revolution powerlifting meet on April 2/3, we will be taking a short break to heal and rest up afterwards - and re-open in a new, larger facility - nearly double in size, with even more specialized equipment not found within 70 miles of our location. Also during this time off, I will be studying to receive my Westside Barbell Personal Training and Athletic Coaching Certificate.

I encourage you to stay tuned here on Facebook for weekly updates as we transition. We anticipate re-opening as soon as we wrap up a few loose ends.. early spring.

Here's a sampling of new equipment coming to Lakeville Powerlifting:

Atlas Stones up to 250lbs
Log Press Bar
Farmers Walk apparatus
Heavy Tires for flipping
Competition Power Bench
A 2nd Power Rack for squats and bench
A 2nd Deadlift platform

and this is in addition to what we currently have:

Monolift Squat Rack
Competition Bench and Combo Rack
Glute-Ham Developer
Westside Barbell Reverse Hyper
300lb Stack Lat Pulldown
Huge assortment of specialty bench and squat bars - Buffalo Bar, Football Bar, Camber Bar, Fat Bar, Safety Squat Bar..
Iron Wolfe Squat Bar, Texas Power Bar, Texas Deadlift Bar
Dumbbells to 205lbs
Kettlebells to 100lbs
Zercher/Front Squat Harness
Full assortment of Bands & Chains

and most important of all - A FOCUSED TRAINING ATMOSPHERE found at no other commercial gym around. 

If you want to people watch and show off your biceps - this isn't the place for you. 

If you want to get stronger, safely - stay tuned.

Swede Burns - Greg Panora - Brandon Lilly RealStrength Workshop 5/15/16 at Lakeville Powerlifting

Hey all - just a reminder next week I'm going to start firming up attendance for the Brandon Lilly - Swede Burns - Greg Panora RealStrength/Lakeville Powerlifting seminar at Dan Berlin's Iron Way fitness gym in Rockland, MA on May 15.

Greg Panora is a world-record holding powerlifter(formerly training at Westside Barbell) and coach, totaling over 2100 raw and 2600 equipped.

Cory "Swede" Burns is an EliteFTS columnist, coach, accomplished Bodybuilder and Powerlifter, and creator of the ‪#‎5THSET‬ training protocol.

 I've just been informed top coach and athlete Brandon Lilly (creator of the Cube training method) will be attending and rounding out our team of coaches as well!

Here's a link to a 9 minute highlight video from the last seminar we hosted with them back in September.. It was a great time and everyone walked away with some knowledge. All topics are covered from nutrition, to programming, to hands-on technique work on the Squat/Bench/deadlift.. Whether you are a dedicated powerlifter, crossfit, or anywhere in between - it's a good time.

If you are interested - inbox me on FB or email me at nepowerlifters@comcast.net and let me know your intentions. Attendance is filling up quickly, and size-limited to keep the seminar/workshop small and hands-on.

$100 via PayPal in advance.

RPS NE Revolution April 2/3 Meet Write-up

Quick update from this weekend's RPS NE Revolution meet.. Hit a 700lb squat PR... Overall the meet was an outstanding turnout by our team, with some great lifting by all.. The meet ran smooth, professional, and was an awesome time. I personally barely made it to the meet, as the strongest person I know (my wife Kellie)was admitted to the hospital with severe dehydration (from battling a virus) on Friday, and didn't get released until this morning.. 

Big props to Gene for allowing me to switch to PM Session on Sunday at the last minute. All of our team members have their own victories and stories to tell, so I'll let them post away.. 

Although the bench didn't go quite as planned - I hit a huge personal 700lb squat PR - which to me was what I was after this weekend. I got what I came for, and I'll be back in October. 

Big thanks to everyone for their support - and especially Fred for being my #1 Handler - I couldn't do it without you man... Nick Tsourounis for coming up from Maryland to visit, Dennis for motivating me that age is just a number, and of course my wife Kellie for her endless support ! 

Oh yeah, and ‪#‎5thset‬ doesn't work for geared lifters.. Haha yea right. Looking forward to getting back training 5th Set this coming offseason! ‪#‎lakevillepowerlifting‬

Sunday, November 8, 2015

LPL #bullstrong Hoodies now available

We now are offering limited-edition Lakeville Powerlifting #Bullstrong hooded Champion brand sweatshirts for sale! These make great Holiday gifts!
These sweatshirts are available in two fabric weights - a Standard Medium-weight Champion which is what you would find in your typical sports store, and a Heavyweight edition which is a thicker, warmer, heavier Hoodie.
It is rumored the Heavyweight hoodie can stop a 7mm ballistic round... I wouldn't want to test it, but hey if caught in a combat situation.. go for the best.
The front of the sweatshirt features our trademark #Bullstrong logo, and "Lakeville Powerlifting" down the sleeves. There is also a 100lb weight plate on the hood.
The back of the sweatshirt has "The only easy day was yesterday" screenprinted.
 
 
 
 

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Why I do what I do..

Contrary to what you may believe, nothing in your life is truly under your control - except for that moment when you step under the squat bar. At that particular moment in time, it's just you and the bar. You are totally in control. Whether you make the lift or not - it's 100% up to you. Either you stand back up with the bar, or you don't. It's up to you. That defining moment is what makes me do what I do. I live for that 30 seconds of control...

Monday, October 26, 2015

Post meet write-up.. RPS NE Power Challenge TPS Boston 10/17-18/15



Great weekend with the Lakeville Powerlifting team and good friends participating in the 19th Annual RPS Power Challenge.. A ton of great PRs, some great times with friends, and the battle with the iron continuing on for another day. I'll let each lifter tell his own story.. But some highlights were Fred's 600lb squat.. Brian going 9-for-9 in his first meet and totaling over 1500lbs..585-375-575.. Brandon with a big 425 squat, 285 bench, and 475 dl at 165lbs.. I fought a hard battle in the squats chasing depth.. Finally nailing a 640 squat (10lb pr) on my 3rd and final attempt..narrowly escaping a bomb out lol.. Then 505 bench (5lb pr)..and a 555 deadlift (5lb pr) for a 1700lb pr total. Big thank you to Ol Man Fred for working hard all weekend to wrap countless knees for all! And thank you to Dennis for all his wisdom and training assistance over the last 10 weeks... And of course my wife Kellie for putting up with me and my friends training until 10pm in our garage!


This weekend we had Fred lifting on Saturday, and the rest of our team lifting on Sunday so that we could support Fred's coaching needs on Saturday (wrapping knees, etc) and then he could be there for us on Sunday.

Brian and I drove up with Fred on Saturday around 11am to get him ready, as well as for Brian and I to weigh in. We both made weight.. I was pretty close at 274.8 but a win is a win haha.

After Fred was finished, we all drove back home to get some well-needed rest for our day on Sunday.. we got home around 6pm .. we ate like animals then went to bed.

Sunday morning we headed up at 7am, getting to Everett for around 8.. even though Brian and I were in the 3rd flight, I like to get there a bit early so my warmups are not rushed. We camped out in the far corner of the gym and proceeded to loosen up and eat/drink as needed.

Usually what I like to do is get my light warm-ups/mobility work out of the way real early.. about halfway thru 1st flight.. then move into the heavy warmups once 2nd flight gets going.

Squat warmups went smooth, and fast.. a big reason being is our gym equipment is exactly the same as whats on the platform.. we knew what warmups we were going to be taking, and we just followed our plan... but like Mike Tyson said.. "Everyone's got a plan 'til they get punched in the mouth."

Thats where my plan started going sideways.

Brian's squats went smooth, I'll let him do his own write-up, but he went 3-for-3 on the squat, finishing up with 585.

My opener was 605 which was about the lightest I could open up with and still have a shot at depth with my multiply gear.. My first squat was red-lighted high. Not the best way to start out a meet... but if you remember back from an earlier post, I had a plan for that as well.. regardless of what happened with my opener, I was going up. It was champ or chump. I'm not hanging around for a 605 squat (25lbs under my march PR).. originally I was going to go 605-660, but I made a smart decision to go to 640 which was a 10lb PR and a weight I knew I could smoke.. twice if I had to.. and I did...

2nd attempt was fast, but again.. red light for depth.

Now it was shit or get off the pot time. I told Fred, "Don't call me up until either I fall over backwards, or I am definitely deep enough...,.." ... My last squat of 640 again was fast.. and finally.. Good lift!

Now it was time to play it smart.. Obviously an 1800 total was out of reach at this point.. so I made a decision to go for small lift PRs at this time, and at least break 1700 for Total PR.

Bench opener of 480 went smooth.. then 505 went pretty good.. not quite as fast as we've hit in the gym.. but confident. At this point I was going to pass on my third and conserve energy, but I said fuck it, lets go for 520. Everything felt good as I unracked the 520, I just ran out of steam halfway up and just couldn't lock out the last inch or two...

Moving on to deadlifts, my plan is always to get my Total with 2 lifts. The deadlift is a very tiring lift - especially after 3 max effort squats and benches.. and especially after the mental-warfare I went through trying to get my squats passed.. I opened with an easy 520, which gave me a small jump to 555 to lock in the 1700lb total. I felt I quite possibly had 570-580 on this day quite possibly, but it wasn't worth the risk of going for it, then missing it - and being left with a 520 opener, a 1660 total and no PR.

Like Brian Carroll always told me.. Pull for your Total. Pull smart.

In the end, this meet was a huge victory for me in a lot of ways.. first and obviously - it was a 20lb PR total. Not a huge PR to write home about - but a PR is a PR gotta take them when you can... but most importantly this was a HUGE psychological victory.. to be down 0-2 going into your 3rd squat, and needing this lift to just stay in the meet.. after 25 weeks of hard training.. it all came down to one lift.. and to be able to put that lift together, was a big personal triumph.

Then - being a smart and mature enough lifter to make calculated attempts on the next Bench and Deadlifts to be able to lock in individual lift PRs, and still get the 1700... that mental win was more satisfying than you can imagine.

Anyhow.. moving forward, there is a short off-season of about 13 weeks, then we head back into 10 week meet prep for April RPS NE Revolution.. If I put the hard work in, and stay healthy.. hopefully we can take another run at 1800 or better...

Here's my individual lifts:


Saturday, October 10, 2015

8 Days out .. reflecting on Meet prep and next 8 days


Looking back on the last 10 weeks of meet prep, and off-season.. I'm pretty hesitant to say it.. but.. I feel good. Comparing this meet prep to last cycle (March '15 meet).. this cycle things went pretty good.. I hit all my lifts.. made progress.. and gained some confidence in my multiply gear while adding predator briefs in. I remember when I first put these briefs on in June a few months ago, I thought there was going to be a LONG road to get to depth in these things.. thank God they broke in since then lol.

Last cycle was my first meet prep in multiply gear, and squats went ok - but I wasn't able to find my groove in the Metal Jack shirt.. I didn't even have one good clean touch before the meet.. and ended up with a 500lb bench PR. This time around I've gotten good, clean touches - and worked up to 530lbs off a 1 board. Hopefully if all goes well, I'll  grab another bench PR. At this point, its looking like 480-505-520 for attempts.

Regarding squat, I really like how the meet prep cycle we've been running has me hammering the geared squat openers for the most part in weeks 4-5-6.. basically the theory behind the meet prep is make the lifts reliable and confident.. Its not so much about getting stronger during the meet prep (properly peaking - yes.. strength building..not so much).. but rather making sure the lifts will pass on the platform.

6-7 weeks out I was still a few inches high on the squat.. but by weeks 4-5 I was able to get passable depth.. my last opener was last week (3 weeks out) and I feel pretty good about it. Main cues are to make sure I drive my knees out and arch hard in the hole. Bringing my grip in on the bar a little (about one-hand width) has helped me tighten up my back as well. Right now, I'm looking at 605-660-700 for squat attempts. I'm going in with the plan that if anything goes bad on the opening 605, I'm going up no matter what. I PR'd last meet at 630, and I'm not going backwards. Its champ or chump in my mind.  I might drop the 2nd a little (From 660) to maybe 650.. but I'm going all in. Not interested in going backwards at this meet.

As far as the deadlift, we ran a good 12 week cycle of Deadlift work back in late-spring/early summer, and my deadlift feels stronger than ever, with form seeming to be dialed in. I hit a 605 deadlift PR in the gym in July.. my best meet PR is 550.. so anything over 550 will be a win. At this point, I'm thinking 520-560- ?? see how it feels after a long day.

My best total was 1680 back in March, and I'm hoping to break into the 1700s. 1800 would be a gift, and its do-able .. but it requires a perfect day of 700-520-580 to do it.

Time will tell.

This upcoming week, I plan to do some lightweight/bodyweight stuff just to stay loose .. I've been following a good high-protein/low-shit diet (my trademark lol) and my bodyweight was down to 268 this morning.. so weight doesn't seem to be a problem.. any lighter and my gear isnt going to fit!

Last week training plan:

Squat- (Sunday)
A few sets w/225 x 1 or 2
Some foam rolling/hip mobility stretching
Air squats

Bench- (Tuesday)
A few sets w/225 x 1 or 2
More mobility work.. some band flyes/triceps

Deadlift- (Wednesday)
A few sets w/315 x 1
Some reverse hypers/mobility work

Thurs/Fri ... Then rest up for the meet and help support my training partners on Saturday.

We have a bunch of lifters from our team competing on Saturday and Sunday, and everyone's prep seems to have gone well and inline to hit some PRs.. now its a matter of supporting each other, and git-er-done.


Monday, September 21, 2015

4 Weeks out .. Squats and Pulls

Typically 4 weeks out we are taking our 1st and 2nd attempts, and a 3rd to a reverse band. (Geared lifters).. also, we like to Squat and Pull the same day to get used to the meet workload.. that allows us to use Thursday (when we normally deadlift) as an additional Back Accessory day.

For the raw lifters, we stuck to the plan with Brian going 505-530-550 raw  in the squat, then some form pulls to 500 for two singles.

For the gear lifters, we look at today with a little flexibility - if the depth is there on the opener, then we will continue to go up to 2nd and 3rd attempts (RB).. if the depth is questionable, we will just use the day to retake the opener several times  .. (As many times as needed...) until depth is there/better..

After the squats we did some form deadlift pulls up to500lbs, pulling for 2 singles each and focusing on moving the weight fast..

Wrapped up with some light accessories of Reverse Sled drags and GHRs..

Video below: